Kenny interviews brown belt Megan Parducho. We discuss Megan's fun times competing at tourneys, a little behind the scenes of EBI, coordinating at DREAM Championships and her new career as Real Estate Agent.

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Episode 111 - Megan Parducho

Felicia and Kenny talk to one of the Pioneers of women Jiu Jitsu, Black Belt Penny Thomas. They discuss training in South Africa, coming to the states for her first tournament, living and training in Hawaii and raising her two kids. Available on Stitcher, Spotify and iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

Episode 110 * Penny Thomas

Felicia and Kenny talk with their old friend, Black Belt Rudy Fischmann. Rudy is a brain cancer survivor and details the discovery all the way to recovery. He also tells a few stories including the Cleber incident and trying to wear a luche libre mask at a few tournaments. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.

Episode 109 - Rudy Fischmann

Kenny and Felicia interview Scotty Nelson, one of the co-founders of On The Mat(OTM). They discuss his early training days at Ralph Gracie's, some dojo storming and some stories of Ralph. He also shared how he became involved in a hospital in Mexico, which offers alternative medicine, stem cell therapy, cancer treatment and auto immune issues at a fraction of what it costs here in the United States. Available on Stitcher, Spotify and iTunes/Applet Podcasts.

Episode 108 - Scotty Nelson

Kenny and Felicia chat with Ralph Gracie Student, fellow podcaster and founder of Hip Hop Chess, Adisa Banjoko. They discuss his beginnings, including his first day of class with Dave Camarillo and Bobby Southworth. Also he tells a few stories including Cameron Earl, Ralph Gracie and BJ Penn. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Stitcher.

Episode 107 - Adisa Banjoko

Kenny and Felicia interview Cindy Hales, DC Maxwell, Jocelyn Chang and Kris Shaw, four members of the Womens Dirty Dozen, of which Felicia is also a member. The Women's Dirty Dozen is the first 12 women to achieve BJJ black belt status outside of Brazil. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.

Episode 106 - Women's Dirty Dozen

Kenny and Felicia interview the first woman to receive a BJJ black belt outside of Brazil Cindy Omatsu. She discusses the early days of BJJ, training with the Machados and Leka Viera. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.

Episode 105 - Cindy Omatsu

In this episode, Felicia and Kenny interview Black Belt Freddy Trillo. Freddy teaches BJJ to many of the police departments in Florida and has since retired from active duty. Freddy talks about his first encounter with with a suspect who took him down, then pummeled Freddy from the mount position. Freddy, then realized that he had to learn something to protect himself which lead him to the Gracie Combative s in the 90s. And since that training, he had a high rate of taking his suspects into custody without any incidents. Available on Stitcher, Spotify and Apple Podcasts/iTunes. Picture credit JiuJitsuTimes.

Episode 104 - Freddy Trillo

Felicia and Kenny speak with Submissions on the Shore promoter Albert Tapia and competitor Amanda Bruse, who won a gold at the 2019 NoGi Worlds Championships. They discuss the upcoming Submission on the Shore event, Amanda's move from the East Coast to come train at ATOS and training with the ATOS team. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.

Episode 103 -Albert Tapia & Amanda Bruse

Felicia and Kenny interview Black Belt, Bill Tetsch. They talk about overcoming his visual impairment, training with Ken Gabrielson & Cleber Luciano, opening his own school and teaching kids. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.

Episode 102 - Bill Tetsch

Felicia and Kenny interview Black Belt Andy Wang, former TUF/UFC competitor. They discuss old BJJ stories at the Machado Academy, Andy's current life in China, how becoming a family man changed his life and life/fight lessons from Baret Yoshida, BJ Penn & Saulo Ribeiro, Available on Stitcher, Spotify & Apple Podcasts/iTunes.

Episode 101 - Andy Wang

Felicia and Kenny interview Submissions on the Shore promoter, Albert Tapia along with Margot Ciccarelli who will be competing in one of the upcoming events. They discuss putting on a show during Covid19, Margot dealing with protests both hear and in Hong Kong, training at different academies and the trials, tribulations and rewards Albert has seen, when putting on these events. Available on iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.

Episode 100 - Albert Tapia & Margot Ciccarelli

Felicia and Kenny talk to Black Belt Marcos Torregrosa. They discuss how the UFC being sanctioned in Puerto Rico influenced him to start bjj, moving to the US, training at Team Lloyd Irvin and starting his own school in Northern California. Available on Stitcher, Spotify and iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

Episode 99 - Marcos Torregrosa

Felicia and Kenny interview Dawna Gonzalez of 10th Planet. They discuss Dawna's move to San Diego from L.A., how to pick up guys using kickboxing techniques in a bar, dealing with the quasi quarantine, transitioning to bjj from kickboxing and doing voiceovers. Available on Stitcher, Spotify and iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

Episode 98 - Dawna Gonzalez

Kenny and Felicia interview Milton Bastos & Alex Barcelona. They discuss Milton's BJJ and wrestling background, opening his own school, his other passions besides grappling, and Alex's journey of BJJ and BJJ photography. Available on Stitcher, Spotify and iTunes/Apple Podcasts.

Episode 97- Milton Bastos & Alex Barcelona

Long time BJJ Practitioner/Photographer Kenny Jewel teams up with BJJ Black Belt Felicia Oh to discuss all things BJJ and MMA. Their guests include some of the most influential people in the game and some not so influential. The duo talks to the new competitors of today as well as the originals who started the game.

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