https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com Jiu Jitsu, traveling and people who do things a bit different in life. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:13:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-BJJ-Globetrotters-patch-logo-32x32.png https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com 32 32 BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast true episodic BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast graugart@gmail.com BJJ Globetrotters BJJ Globetrotters podcast https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/~images/2340241769680151.jpeg https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com 53157688-0aeb-595a-a7f9-ac064b8d8ac2 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-21-how-mike-rode-his-motorcycle-for-two-years-from-new-york-to-argentina-and-trained-jiu-jitsu-along-the-way/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:02:51 +0000 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=99348 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-21-how-mike-rode-his-motorcycle-for-two-years-from-new-york-to-argentina-and-trained-jiu-jitsu-along-the-way/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-21-how-mike-rode-his-motorcycle-for-two-years-from-new-york-to-argentina-and-trained-jiu-jitsu-along-the-way/feed/ 0 In this episode, I have a long talk with Mike Barr about his epic motorcycle trip that took him from New York all the way to the southernmost tip of Argentina, all while training Jiu Jitsu along the way. He was on the road for more than two years and I caught him shortly after […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full false 2:07:05 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-20-the-10th-anniversary-of-bjj-globetrotters/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:01:46 +0000 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=81202 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-20-the-10th-anniversary-of-bjj-globetrotters/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-20-the-10th-anniversary-of-bjj-globetrotters/feed/ 0 It’s been 10 years since I sketched out a logo for a patch idea and BJJ Globetrotters came into existence. We celebrate that with a special episode where community members are “calling in” from many corners of the earth to leave a message or story for the podcast. The first mention of BJJ Globetrotters on […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full false 1:41:03 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-19-how-david-from-canada-used-matsurfing-to-go-on-an-epic-trip-through-europe/ Sun, 23 Oct 2022 16:01:30 +0000 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=75718 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-19-how-david-from-canada-used-matsurfing-to-go-on-an-epic-trip-through-europe/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-19-how-david-from-canada-used-matsurfing-to-go-on-an-epic-trip-through-europe/feed/ 0 Matsurfing is couchsurfing style network for Jiu Jitsu travelers and it is—unknown to many—actually how the idea of BJJ Globetrotters started out in the very beginning. It’s a little corner of our community that is less exposed but widely used. David Bruun from Canada tells his story about how he used the network to travel […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full false 1:12:24 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-18-a-talk-in-the-forest-with-chris-haueter-on-tribalism-personal-relationships-hierarchy-and-status-symbols-in-jiu-jitsu/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:53:52 +0000 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=56557 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-18-a-talk-in-the-forest-with-chris-haueter-on-tribalism-personal-relationships-hierarchy-and-status-symbols-in-jiu-jitsu/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-18-a-talk-in-the-forest-with-chris-haueter-on-tribalism-personal-relationships-hierarchy-and-status-symbols-in-jiu-jitsu/feed/ 0 Chris Haueter has had a big influence on my Jiu Jitsu and even on the creation and philosophy of BJJ Globetrotters. I sat with him in the forest at our camp in Maine and had a little chat about random things that came to mind. Chris Haueter on Beltchecker Combatbase.com That’s How I Roll | […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full false 1:20:12 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-17-bobby-and-amanda-started-bjj-in-a-village-in-moldova-now-run-a-pay-what-you-can-academy-campsite-community-in-north-carolina/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:55:10 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=51532 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-17-bobby-and-amanda-started-bjj-in-a-village-in-moldova-now-run-a-pay-what-you-can-academy-campsite-community-in-north-carolina/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-17-bobby-and-amanda-started-bjj-in-a-village-in-moldova-now-run-a-pay-what-you-can-academy-campsite-community-in-north-carolina/feed/ 0 In this episode I’m talking with Bobby and Amanda McMasters who I met in Romania during my trip around the world back in 2011. They had volunteered through the Peace Corps and Bobby had been setting up a small Jiu Jitsu project in a village in the middle of nowhere with population of just 2000 […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-16-heather-quit-her-office-job-to-buy-an-old-vw-bus Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:54:46 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=42791 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-16-heather-quit-her-office-job-to-buy-an-old-vw-bus#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-16-heather-quit-her-office-job-to-buy-an-old-vw-bus/feed/ 0 In this episode, I talk with Heather Raftery about how she quit her office job to become a Jiu Jitsu Gypsy, living in a 50 year old Volkswagen bus and training Jiu Jitsu full time. We also talk about how you can use changing your voice for getting out of dangerous situations. Jiu Jitsu Gypsy […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-15-ordering-pizza-online-for-valerie-who-got-stuck-in-kazakstans-pandemic-quarantine-after-taking-up-a-controversial-offer-to-go-teach-jiu-jitsu-there/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 02:31:28 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=42331 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-15-ordering-pizza-online-for-valerie-who-got-stuck-in-kazakstans-pandemic-quarantine-after-taking-up-a-controversial-offer-to-go-teach-jiu-jitsu-there/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-15-ordering-pizza-online-for-valerie-who-got-stuck-in-kazakstans-pandemic-quarantine-after-taking-up-a-controversial-offer-to-go-teach-jiu-jitsu-there/feed/ 0 Valerie Jean took up a much controversial offer on the Members of BJJ Globetrotters Facebook group to fly to Kazakstan and teach Jiu Jitsu, all inclusive. Those who were nervous for her to get stuck there indefinitely, had probably not imagined that would actually happen because of a world wide pandemic. After many unsuccessful attempts […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-14-a-long-walk-on-the-beach-with-ben-westrich-for-a-talk-about-ibjjf-hierarchies-belt-promotions-and-other-weird-things-quarantine-special/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 13:29:13 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=41538 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-14-a-long-walk-on-the-beach-with-ben-westrich-for-a-talk-about-ibjjf-hierarchies-belt-promotions-and-other-weird-things-quarantine-special/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-14-a-long-walk-on-the-beach-with-ben-westrich-for-a-talk-about-ibjjf-hierarchies-belt-promotions-and-other-weird-things-quarantine-special/feed/ 0 Quarantine special! The first in a series of podcast episodes I’ll be recording while under lockdown due to the Corona virus. I can’t record at home, so I took a long walk on the beach and called my friend Benjamin Westrich for a talk about IBJJF, belt promotions, hierarchies and other weird things that humans […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-13-how-priit-mihkelson-from-estonia-suddenly-became-one-of-the-worlds-most-sought-after-bjj-instructors/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:40:06 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=38406 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-13-how-priit-mihkelson-from-estonia-suddenly-became-one-of-the-worlds-most-sought-after-bjj-instructors/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-13-how-priit-mihkelson-from-estonia-suddenly-became-one-of-the-worlds-most-sought-after-bjj-instructors/feed/ 0 If you’re training BJJ and have been online for the last few years, chances are very high that you have come across some of Priit’s recent instructional videos. In this episode, I speak with him about how he has done the seemingly impossible and become one of the most sought after BJJ instructors in the […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-12-becoming-an-instructor-at-the-bjj-globetrotters-camps/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:50:45 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=36535 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-12-becoming-an-instructor-at-the-bjj-globetrotters-camps/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-12-becoming-an-instructor-at-the-bjj-globetrotters-camps/feed/ 0 Charles Harriott was teaching at his first BJJ Globetrotters camp one year ago. Since then, he has been part of many of our events and in this interview he is telling about his experiences with becoming an instructor at the camps, how nervous he was about it initially and how the experience has evolved for […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-11-the-story-of-the-bjj-globetrotters-camps-2018-review-and-2019-preview/ Sun, 03 Mar 2019 19:08:49 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=32509 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-11-the-story-of-the-bjj-globetrotters-camps-2018-review-and-2019-preview/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-11-the-story-of-the-bjj-globetrotters-camps-2018-review-and-2019-preview/feed/ 0 In this episode, I talk about the story of how the BJJ Globetrotters camps started and about the background of each of the many camps we do at this point. We also look back at what happened in the BJJ Globetrotters community in 2018. The BJJ Globetrotters Camps BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-10-the-bjj-globetrotters-boat-about-following-a-crazy-dream-failing-and-then-try-again-a-story-four-years-in-the-making/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:48:48 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=30447 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-10-the-bjj-globetrotters-boat-about-following-a-crazy-dream-failing-and-then-try-again-a-story-four-years-in-the-making/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-10-the-bjj-globetrotters-boat-about-following-a-crazy-dream-failing-and-then-try-again-a-story-four-years-in-the-making/feed/ 0 Viktor and Dan had a dream since they were kids; buy a boat and sail around the world. This is the 4-year-in-the-making story of how they tried, failed hard and then ultimately succeeded. Enjoy! The BJJ Globetrotters Boat on Instagram BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-9-mike-rebecca-a-life-of-adventure-frugality-and-planned-uncertainty/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 15:18:30 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=26688 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-9-mike-rebecca-a-life-of-adventure-frugality-and-planned-uncertainty/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-9-mike-rebecca-a-life-of-adventure-frugality-and-planned-uncertainty/feed/ 0 Mike and Rebecca Sweeney were full time BJJ and MMA instructors, when they decided to stop training, sell their academy and everything else they owned, to buy a boat and sail from Canada to the Caribbean and live there. After several years on the water, they sold the boat and set off on a bicycle […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-8-how-to-sail-the-world-on-cruise-ships Thu, 24 May 2018 18:09:08 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=25211 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-8-how-to-sail-the-world-on-cruise-ships#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-8-how-to-sail-the-world-on-cruise-ships/feed/ 0 I have a visitor on the island who has been working on cruise ships for 18 years and sailed the world, always bringing his gi. We talk about how to roll with strangers when visiting other academies and I answer a question from the listeners on how to move to the Caribbean. Richard Branson: Losing […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-7-how-to-travel-off-the-beaten-path Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:02:59 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=25067 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-7-how-to-travel-off-the-beaten-path#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-7-how-to-travel-off-the-beaten-path/feed/ 0 Ruadhán from Ireland is an expert in traveling off the beaten path. I caught him for an interview while he was at a Polar Bear safety course in Svalbard, north of the Arctic circle and we had a long talk about his favorite American all-inclusive casino resorts and Greek island vacation package tours. Greenland Camp […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-6-taking-six-months-off-work-to-go-on-a-jiu-jitsu-trip-with-two-kids-across-the-usa/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 02:28:20 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=23982 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-6-taking-six-months-off-work-to-go-on-a-jiu-jitsu-trip-with-two-kids-across-the-usa/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-6-taking-six-months-off-work-to-go-on-a-jiu-jitsu-trip-with-two-kids-across-the-usa/feed/ 0 Adam, Dee, Lilly and Kobe are not your usual Jiu Jitsu backpackers. They’re a family of four from Australia and they’ve been traveling 6 months across the United States to train Jiu Jitsu in as many gyms as possible. I caught them for an interview towards the end of their trip. Also in this episode: […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-5-bruno-matias Fri, 19 Jan 2018 03:01:44 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=22707 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-5-bruno-matias#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-5-bruno-matias/feed/ 0 In this episode, I interview Bruno Matias. He is one of the veteran coaches of the camps, the official victory dance coach of BJJ Globetrotters and also the one guy I was deadly afraid to meet in competition when I one day got my black belt. I also answer questions from the listeners, in this […] BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-4-the-bjj-globetrotter-of-the-year-robert-barker/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 18:58:26 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=22135 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-4-the-bjj-globetrotter-of-the-year-robert-barker/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-4-the-bjj-globetrotter-of-the-year-robert-barker/feed/ 0 In this episode I talk with Robert Barker who has visited 100 academies around the world this year and won the “BJJ Globetrotter of the year” award. Panda’s Odyssey blog Robert’s blog on BJJglobetrotters.com Early Retirement Extreme blog Early Retirement Extreme book on Amazon BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-3-caribbean-island-camp/ Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:43:39 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=21837 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-3-caribbean-island-camp/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-3-caribbean-island-camp/feed/ 0 First attempt at a podcast episode from one of our camps. I brought my little microphone around me during the Caribbean Island Camp and tried to capture the atmosphere, behind the scenes stuff and a few chats with people. Feedback and suggestions are welcome on mail@bjjglobetrotters.com. BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full false 1:07:02 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-2-alexander-trans-on-fear-and-competition Wed, 06 Dec 2017 04:38:04 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=21358 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-2-alexander-trans-on-fear-and-competition#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-2-alexander-trans-on-fear-and-competition/feed/ 0 * 34m31s: “There’s not a single thing about COMPETITION…”, I should have said, of course. I’m tired :D Is competing in BJJ bad for you? BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-1-daniel-imal-reid-from-taiwan/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:24:57 +0000 https://bjjglobetrotters.com/?p=20787 https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-1-daniel-imal-reid-from-taiwan/#respond https://www.bjjglobetrotters.com/episode-1-daniel-imal-reid-from-taiwan/feed/ 0 Interview with Dan Imal Reid who moved from Scotland to Taiwan and started a highly successful Jiu Jitsu academy. Daniel Reid Facebook BJJ Kaoshiung BJJ Tainan BJJ Globetrotter blog – Taiwan The BJJ Globetrotter free book download BJJ Globetrotters Pirate Radio Podcast full