Welcome to Bloody Elbow Presents ‘Open GuardCast Jiu-Jitsu Podcast’, which is a project dedicated to promoting jiu-jitsu professionals.
Welcome to ‘The Open GuardCast Jiu-Jitsu Podcast’, which is a project dedicated to promoting jiu-jitsu professionals. Tune in each week, Wednesdays at 2pm CST, on our ‘Bloody Elbow Presents Podcast Network’, for interviews, current events, and analysis of everything going on in the world of jiu-jitsu and submission grappling!
Your host is Danny O’Donnell. In addition to hosting this podcast, he is an MMA journalist contributing here at Bloody Elbow, as well as at Black Belt Mag. O’Donnell himself is a BJJ black belt who trains at the Marcio Andre Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Phoenix, AZ. This week he will be joined by reoccurring guest co-host, Jake Watson, who is also a trained BJJ black belt, as well as the Assistant Coach affiliated with the Maracaba BJJ Academy out of Mesa, AZ. Jake is also an occasional commentator for flograppling.com.
We debuted the show recently at ‘Episode 121’, since we are picking up the pod off of Libsyn Directory, as it’s been running awhile now under its own steam. Over time, we will have all previous 120 episodes uploaded into our Bloody Elbow Presents Playlist for the show, for your listening pleasure. O’Donnell’s goal is to turn this podcast into the biggest Jiu-Jitsu Podcast out there and we intend to help him get as far as he can, so be sure to join us and check it out!
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Our guest this week is Josef Manuel, 4th degree black belt under Robson (pronounced Hobson) Moura and owner of Cutting Edge Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Harrison, New Jersey. In this episode we discuss how Josef got involved in martial arts, meeting Robson Moura for the first time, placing 3rd at the IBJJF Worlds 2021 in the adult division — despite being in his mid-thirties, his popular Instagram page: @choke_lab, and much more.
Enjoy the interview!
You can follow Danny on his brand new twitter — @DannyOD_BJJ, or he can be found on instagram — @dannyod_bjj. His reoccurring guest co-host, Jake Watson can be found on instagram — @disciple_jiujitsu & @maracaba_bjj. The show’s instagram is @openguardcast, it can also be found on Facebook here. You can check in on this week’s guest, Josef Manuel, whose academy is found on instagram @cuttingedge_bjj, or check out his website at chokelab.com, or on insta — @choke_lab.
Be sure to tune in for next week’s show and learn more about the world of jiu-jitsu, on Wednesday, February 16th, at 2:00pm CST. On Episode 124, Danny’s guest will be Alejandro Wajner. He’s one of the stars of the Daisy Fresh documentary series and is also the head wrestling coach at Mount Vernon Township High School. He can be followed on Instagram — @airwajner, or he can be found on Facebook here.
Check out this week’s Bonus Episode, which featured Elder ‘El Monstro’ Cruz, as well as today’s Episode 123 on our Bloody Elbow Presents YouTube Channel right here:
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