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I’m so excited to have been part of Dirty White Belt radio! It was my first time being in a radio station. We had a chance to talk about my time in Korea, rash guards, the BJJ blogging community, and more! Please check it out, but be aware – it’s one hour long! Jiu Jiu’s […]
A while back I posted an article about different messages of why women should train BJJ. In it, I posted a really cool video called “Why Women Should Train Jiu Jitsu,” and it started a really great talk. It prompted me to contact Garden State Productions, the folks behind the video. They agreed to an […]
In our TESOL courses, we train teachers how to focus their students during listening. Specifically, we talk about listening for gist or listening for details. When listening for gist you are listening for an overall understanding, such as the general idea/topic, versus for key details or minutia. It is extremely difficult for students to do […]
There were a few posts within the BJJ blogging community about promotions. I wrote “What makes a blue belt?”, where I discussed one type of way to handle promotions to blue belt. Josh wrote Promotion Standards and Belt Testing, in which he discussed how even a black belt promotion should be handled. Georgette wrote about […]
So I assume at least a FEW of you have come across BJJ interviews. There are so many things one could ask about – and I wonder what your favorite types of questions are. My plan is to visit more BJJ schools in Korea and I want to interview the coaches. I’m looking for some […]
I train at John Frankl Jiu Jitsu here in Seoul, Korea. My instructor is Myung-Hoon Choi. I want to write an article about BJJ in Korea, more specifically about women in BJJ in Korea, and the person who introduced BJJ to Korea is John Frankl. I asked him for an interview, and he agreed. This […]
