Gordon “The King” Ryan joins the show to talk about the value of strong mentors, pre-competition anxiety and conceptual learning. He also offers advice on improving leg lock success and discusses self-promotion as a professional grappler. Click “read more” for listening options and show notes!
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SHOW NOTES:
- His recent knee surgery
- Origins
- How he found Jiu-Jitsu
- Being a 15 year old spaz with a mohawk
- The value of strong mentors
- Why you should put yourself in bad spots in training
- The area of his game that took the longest to develop
- Why positional training is a staple in his daily schedule
- Learning from John Danaher
- Why Danaher teaches Jiu-Jitsu “in reverse”
- Pre-competition anxiety
- Ego
- Conceptual learning
- The most common error he sees in people’s leg locks
- Attacking while defending
- His new instructional from BJJ Fanatics (Coupon code GRAPPLINGCENTRAL15)
- Leg pummeling for guard passing
- The Pummel
- Strength and conditioning for BJJ
- His goal to pursue MMA
- Facing Fabricio Werdum in Combat Jiu-Jitsu rules
- Studying tape
- His thoughts on Jiu-Jitsu as a mainstream sport in the future
- Self promotion and building a brand as a competitive grappler
- How Tom DeBlass and Garry Tonon killed all his feelings
- His thoughts on Jiu-Jitsu being an Olympic sport someday
- Why he has no intentions to train in a gi again
- Striking for MMA
- His goals for life after competition
