Welcome back to Twin Jitsu — the #1 jiu-jitsu podcast where we barely talk about jiu-jitsu… except this week we actually do.

This episode is for anyone who’s ever taught a class, assisted a kids program, or wondered:

• Can a blue belt teach?
• Why do some world-class competitors struggle to explain what they do?
• How do you keep a room engaged when you’re teaching back-to-back-to-back?
• Why “less is more” might be the best coaching upgrade you can make this year.

We get into the real stuff: teaching as a performance, energy management, game-based learning, building a kids comp team from 2 kids to 30+, and what to do when a student asks a question you don’t have the answer to.

Next week we’ve got a special guest… aka the Brad Pitt of jiu-jitsu (he’s blonde). 😤

Drop a comment: What’s the hardest part about teaching — adults, kids, or your own brain?

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Injuries

-what injuries are we currently dealing with

-what injuries have we had

-What’s the dumbest way you’ve ever been injured on the mats?

-how can you prevent injuries in jiu jitsu

-what would you have done differently with previous injuries

-What does being injured do to your confidence/mental health?

-how can you game improve while being injured

Coaches Corner

Questions:

• How should students communicate injuries?
• Roles of coaches in protecting students
• How to keep people training while hurt (modifications)
• How long should someone rest before coming back? (Your policy)
• What we wish every student understood about being injured

Would you rather?

-would you rather be a man sized bean or a bean sized man

-jiu jitsu match between the beans

A single dry red kidney bean weighs roughly 0.65 grams. A 200 lb (90,718 gram) male would weigh as much as roughly 139,500 individual dry kidney beans.

How many kids to defeat a black belt?

Twinjitsu Episode 2: “Body Canvas” ft. Evan Muncey

In this episode we sit down with artist, jiu-jitsu practitioner, and all-around creative human Evan Muncey. We dive into his art journey, how creativity overlaps with martial arts, and what it’s like now working inside the jiu-jitsu world while still trying to grow as an artist.

We talk about: 🎨 Evan’s path as an artist 🥋 How art and jiu-jitsu mirror each other ⚖️ Balancing passion, work, and training 🦈 Jiu-Jitsu Shark Tank (fake inventions… very real laughter) 🗣️ The great debate: Guard Pulling vs. Takedowns

If you train, create, or love watching people argue about jiu-jitsu, you’ll vibe with this episode.

Subscribe for more TwinJitsu episodes every week. Two black belt twins. One podcast. Unlimited chaos.

TwinJitsu Episode 4: Bad Kids, Big Hearts ft. David Spielberg

In this episode, we sit down with David Spielberg to talk about starting jiu-jitsu overweight, navigating the first year on the mats, and how training became a catalyst for real change.

We get into: 🥋 Beginning BJJ out of shape and pushing through the hardest year 📉 Weight loss, consistency, and learning to trust the process 🔥 Being “bad kids” and the long road to personal growth 🏕️ Getting sent to an outdoor behavior program and what It taught him. How discipline, struggle, and jiu-jitsu shape better humans

This episode is honest, funny, and real — about messing up, learning lessons the hard way, and finding something that helps you grow when you least expect it.

If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong in jiu-jitsu… this one’s for you.

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