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Introducing your coach:
I'm Steve Kwan. I'm a technology leader, process strategist, and advisor with 20 years of experience leading teams, building products, and growing companies. I've worked with companies of all sizes and stages: from tiny to Fortune 500, from startup to IPO.
I'm also a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and I'm the founder of BJJ Mental Models: one of the world's top Jiu-Jitsu podcasts and educational resources.
I'm happy to introduce BJJ Mental Models Premium: our single best offering for rapid BJJ skill acquisition and development.
Audio masterclasses from the best in our sport.
BJJ Mental Models Premium includes our always-expanding library of audio courses! These courses are the best way to "level up" beyond the free BJJ Mental Models podcast.
Our Premium courses are different and unique from anything else you'll find in the sport of BJJ. We don't want to make you memorize more niche techniques...we want to change the way you think. We want to help you develop your Jiu-Jitsu in the areas that will truly make a difference.
On BJJ Mental Models Premium, you'll find courses and lectures from the brightest minds in our sport. They deconstruct their mindset, explain their methods, and most importantly, teach how you can duplicate their success.
We don't nickel-and-dime you by charging for each instructional. Sign up for Premium and you get all our instructionals for one extremely competitive price. And yes, they're all included in your free trial, so you can access them for free by signing up now.
Here are the courses you'll get if you sign up today:
Nick Purler, head coach at Purler Wrestling Academy, teaches the mindset process used at America's top wrestling academy.
Series length: 6 parts, ~7hrs
Andrew Wiltse, from Daisy Fresh and Wiltse Bros BJJ, breaks down strategies to drill in the most effective way possible.
Series length: 5 parts, ~5hrs
Renowned instructor Jon Thomas shares concepts and training methods for guard retention.
Series length: 3 parts, ~3hrs
Margot Ciccarelli shares her innovative philosophy on space, time, and rhythm management in Jiu-Jitsu.
Series length: 3 parts, ~3hrs
Rob Biernacki from Island Top Team and BJJ Concepts breaks down his simple but effective alignment framework for Jiu-Jitsu.
Series length: 7 parts, ~4hrs
Dominyka Obelenyte (10x overall world champ and Marcelo Garcia black belt) shares her mental framework for handling the emotional pressures of competition.
Series length: 3 parts, ~3hrs
Priit Mihkelson, the Estonian defensive strategist, breaks down the six positions in his Defensive BJJ framework.
Series length: 6 parts, ~6hrs
Jiu-Jitsu pioneer, 3x world champ, and Marcelo Garcia black belt Emily Kwok provides a detailed framework for peak performance in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Series length: 5 parts, ~5hrs
Steve Kwan provides a quick primer on the mental models behind Jiu-Jitsu mechanics. Ideal for those new to BJJ Mental Models.
Series length: 9 parts, ~5hrs
Steve and Matt Kwan walk you through the creation of a solid competition strategy.
Series length: 7 parts, ~7hrs
Jeff Shaw, head instructor at Bellingham BJJ, provides a crash course on building an outstanding gym culture from the ground up.
Series length: 3 parts, ~3hrs
BJJ Mental Models Premium contains 40+ hours of game-changing content, and is always growing! Get all of the above, as well as all future courses we launch, by activating your free trial here: 👇
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We've assembled one of the best review teams in the world to support our Premium subscribers. Join Premium today, record your rolling footage, join our subscriber Discord, and get feedback from our all-star review team. Let's introduce your coaches:
Dominyka Obelenyte
Dominyka is a Marcelo Garcia black belt, 4x black belt world champion, and 10x overall world champion.
She was promoted to black belt in January of 2015 at the age of 19, becoming one of the few people to receive such a high rank at such an early age. That following summer, Dominyka went on to win her weight and absolute in the IBJJF World Championships, becoming the first rookie black belt to double gold, as well as the first and only European.
Emily Kwok
Emily is a 3x BJJ world champion, internationally sought-after instructor, and one of the true pioneers of the sport. In this series of conversations, Emily shares her strategies for achieving peak performance and optimizing the self, which she has refined alongside black belt luminaries Marcelo Garcia and Josh Waitzkin.
Margot Ciccarelli
Margot "Mars" Ciccarelli is a professional Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete and coach, winning five World Championships in her colored belt career. She has trained martial arts for over 20 years, initially focusing on Kendo and Chinese martial arts (Wushu and Shaolin Kung fu). Born in the UK, she holds dual citizenship with Hong Kong and Italy. She is now a black belt under Murilo Santana of Unity Jiu Jitsu.
Rory van Vliet
Rory is a Rob Biernacki black belt, instructor at Island Top Team, and the founder of popular YouTube channel RVVBJJ. Rory is a specialist in self-defense for healthcare and corrections, and created the Guard Retention Formula instructional alongside Grapplearts founder Stephan Kesting.
Steve Kwan
Steve is a black belt under Don Whitefield and is the founder of BJJ Mental Models, the world's top Jiu-Jitsu education podcast. Steve is best known for using systems thinking, pattern recognition, and mental models to teach Jiu-Jitsu in a way that's ideal for beginners and hobbyists.
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