#139 John Will

The ROL Radio - Jiu Jitsu Podcast

Today’s guest is one of the most influential martial artists of his generation. He has trained with martial arts legends Judo Gene LeBell, Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, and the Machado Bros.

John Will is a member of the dirty dozen and is in fact the man who coined the phrase for the first 12 non-Brazilians to earn their BJJ black belts. On this episode John shares incredible stories of traveling the globe to train in various martial arts including some that have become dead arts.

Here is The RŌL Radio with the first Australian BJJ black belt, author, world traveler, and instructor for various military and law enforcement agencies including the Australian Delta Force, and at Quantico Virginia, John Will.
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Episode Highlights:
4:26 Podcasting from the Future
5:30 Pioneer by Accident
11:22 John’s First BJJ Experience
17:21 Training with the Creators
26:17 Reconsider My Life
32:48 Rules of Engagement
34:08 Bringing BJJ to Australia
37:02 Reluctance to Accept the New
39:21 India and the Dead Art
51:11 How Many Arts Have Come and Gone
56:00 Setting the Record Straight
1:00:35 Fuzzy Goals
1:06:57 Getting Smashed
1:12:13 Jay Zeballos’ Question

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