http://bjjbrick.com/epi-118-bjj-taboo-topics-with-tim-sledd-part-1/
Here we go my friends! An episode with Tim Sledd about the taboo topics of BJJ. The interview starts at about the 20min mark. I can’t think of anyone else that I would like to hear from about these controversial topics than Tim. Tim spent countless hours as a hard working successful lawyer, he left this career path to pursue BJJ. Tim’s opinions of these taboo topics are well thought out and he defends them well.
We talk about:
Here we go my friends! An episode with Tim Sledd about the taboo topics of BJJ. The interview starts at about the 20min mark. I can’t think of anyone else that I would like to hear from about these controversial topics than Tim. Tim spent countless hours as a hard working successful lawyer, he left this career path to pursue BJJ. Tim’s opinions of these taboo topics are well thought out and he defends them well.
We talk about:
- Washing your belt
- The history of belts in martial arts
- How dirty your belt might be
- Belt whipping and gauntlets
- Hazing students and the law
- Throwing students for a belt promotion
- How to avoid hazing
- What is a creonte
- Why you might leave your BJJ school
- Cross training with different schools
- Signing a contract to train BJJ
- Dating within the gym
- Using the phrase “go to war” for BJJ or MMA