I've grouped off Three different areas, with a variety of points in each for what is important when you are heading off to compete in JiuJitsu somewhere.

Getting There , Acclimitasion, and Exposure.

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GTAE for short of course.

There's a lot of variables, and depending on where you are going to these things might not apply. Just some things I have experienced and I would recommend to keep in mind if you are heading off to compete either as a group, or solo.

Thanks to ChatGPT for the cover art, we will work on that.

On this episode, we run over my predictions vs outcomes. from last weeks ADCC Ireland. Some observations from The Shamrock Cup on Sunday, as well as a couple of figures and sums from other tournaments for us to ponder over for a future episode.

Also, in a small social media clip from last weekend, elite black belt Tainan Dalpra suggested "sooner than later" his coaches Rafa + Gui Mendes might return to competition... if that was to happen i let you know how I would like to see it.

Feeling like you are not improving as quick as you would like is a very common feeling in Brazilian JiuJitsu. Maybe what you are valuing as the main metric of your own improvement could be changed? Or perhaps you're putting too much stock on one particular outcome in terms of your sparring.

Grapple Kings happened last weekend too, we have a little chat about that as well as me attempting to predict 20 people i think are going to medal this weekend at ADCC Ireland.

@andrewmcgahon on Instagram if you would like to suggest any topics or disucssion for future episodes. remember to share with your training partners and. try introduce someone new to the podcast this week.

On Sunday the 25th of August myself and Jean Luca Maltese hosted a training day for higher belts and those competing in the NoGi Europeans. We had a great turn out and a great days training.

On this episode, I go over some of the elements we thought were most important and our reasons for wanting to host these type of training sessions, as well as the benefit and experience I've had from training this way.

I also look at the one glaring example that's been staring us in the face since 1997, about the benefit of a good rivalry towards your own development.

Actually starting out in JiuJitsu can be a very hard thing, we have heard plenty of reasons that stopped people from training once they took the step to begin. Here's a couple of things that you could do to help ease the barrier of entry, maybe do a little bit of research before you start and once you get going, things that can help being a good training partner!