Sean Brewer is the Owner and Coach of Resilience Jiu Jitsu in Liverpool, a Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and lives and trains with a stoma bag. Sean talks about the way he approaches coaching and making Jiu Jitsu as accessible as possible for people in his area.

Sean's story involves being told he may never train BJJ again after surgery due to Crohn's Disease. He really does demonstrate such positivity and resilience whilst maintaining values that are a true inspiration in life, and in the Jiu Jitsu community. Sean is a dedicated coach with an intent to continue learning, as well as bringing his own research and growth to the sport and creating Resilience Jiu Jitsu to be the biggest No Gi BJJ school in Liverpool.

Topics:

• Good people
• Community
• Teaching Styles
• White Belt mindset
• Coaching
• Crohn's Disease
• Stoma bag
• Adversity
• The Third Space
• Coaching Styles
• Diffusing situations

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Sean on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sean.brew23/

Resilience jiu Jitsu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resilience.jiujitsu/

Official Partners of the podcast

SoulTaker Fightwear: https://www.instagram.com/soultakerfightwear/

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JiuJitsuLou

Clips on TikTok and Instagram

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UK BJJ Podcast hosted by Lou Temlett @jiu.jitsu.lou

PRODUCTION CREDIT: Kerr Mathieson of Audio Outsource

MUSIC CREDIT:

ARTIST: Maleki Ram | TRACK: Just A Little Boy

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Torrie O'neil-Strong is a Brown Belt, Founder of The Mighty Dames which is now almost a decade in existence. The Mighty Dames started as a Facebook group to be cheerleaders for supporting self-esteem and body confidence for women in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Torrie speaks of her BJJ journey and how she began to feel more comfortable in herself, travelling around the US and winning competitions.

Torrie knows that she can do good things, and trusts that her version of good is absolutely good enough. As The Mighty Dames approaches the ten year anniversary in 2027, this year Torrie is hosting an Invitational hosted at Gracie Apollo Beach in Florida on June 20. Anyone wishing to support and help with cash prizes of merchandise, please do get in touch with Torrie.

Topics:

• The Might Dames
• Speaking up
• Active competitor
• The Mighty Dames Invitational
• Mental Health
• Bipolar Type 2
• Prioritising self
• Have fun
• Don't take yourself to seriously

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Torrie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/torrieoneil/

The Mighty Dames on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themightydames/

Official Partners of the podcast

SoulTaker Fightwear: https://www.instagram.com/soultakerfightwear/

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JiuJitsuLou

Clips on TikTok and Instagram

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jiu.jitsu.lou

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jiu.jitsu.lou

UK BJJ Podcast hosted by Lou Temlett @jiu.jitsu.lou

PRODUCTION CREDIT: Kerr Mathieson of Audio Outsource

MUSIC CREDIT:

ARTIST: Maleki Ram | TRACK: Just A Little Boy

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Josh Aghdam is a Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and started his love for the sport with a dream to be a professional wrestler. It turns out that his Dad was a high level freestyle wrestler. Unpicking the wrestling game to develop became a priority for Josh, however being able to sweep people from the upper body rather than from the legs became part of his advantage in BJJ.

Josh and his business partner Simon Price have been running a Jiu Jitsu school since 2017 having started and run successful businesses. Being a Personal Trainer on the side of full time role gave Josh and in into running his own businesses and appreciating the networking and growth. Josh has observed that business owners in Jiu Jitsu community really do have great values and a hard working attitude.

Topics:

• Freestyle Wrestling
• Kids Programme
• Amateur Fights
• Persian background
• Entrepreneur
• Building a BJJ Club
• Personal Training
• Collaboration
• Business Owners
• Sales Hero UK
• Positive Values

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Josh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshaghdam/

Sales Hero on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salesherouk/

Official Partners of the podcast

SoulTaker Fightwear: https://www.instagram.com/soultakerfightwear/

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JiuJitsuLou

Clips on TikTok and Instagram

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jiu.jitsu.lou

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jiu.jitsu.lou

UK BJJ Podcast hosted by Lou Temlett @jiu.jitsu.lou

PRODUCTION CREDIT: Kerr Mathieson of Audio Outsource

MUSIC CREDIT:

ARTIST: Maleki Ram | TRACK: Just A Little Boy

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.