Black Belt Banter Podcast

Local 918 BJJ purple belt/MMA fighter/kickboxer Daryl Wilson stops by the studio before his fight to defend his XFN title on April 4th, 2019. 

Thomas "Thunderkick" Longacre, owner and coach of Thunderkick Tulsa, sits down with Todd and Clinton and shares stories from his amazing fighting career including his time in Chuck Norris's World Combat League.

Professor Steve Adams drops by the studio to discuss how he found Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, his views on how to fully embrace what BJJ can offer the individual, and talks about staying motivated to train without competing. 

Mariangel French comes into the studio to talk about how she got her start in BJJ, what its like to own a gym with her husband, and winning at IBJJF worlds twice.

Officer Brandon Pappano joins Todd and Clinton to tell about his life serving in the military and as a Tulsa Police Officer. Brandon is also a purple belt in BJJ along with being a 13 year army airborne veteran.

Andrew Daugherty, a brown belt who trains and teaches at the Factory in Tulsa, OK, stops by the chat with Todd and Clinton about his experiences in BJJ and how it helped change his life.

Piet Wilhelm join Todd and Clinton in the studio to talk 918 Jiu Jitsu. Professor Wilhelm is the owner of Triton Fight Center in Tulsa and played a huge hand in bringing art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to Tulsa. 

Chris Little and Devon Watts sit in on the podcast and talk about the finer points of Jiu Jitsu with Todd. Chris and Devon are both blue belts and in the podcast explain their perspective when it comes to rolling and their size advantage (both Devon and Chris are above 6 feet and 200 lbs) and how it effects their approach to rolling with class mates and rolling live.

World traveling brown belt Matt Welch joins Todd and Clinton in the studio and shares stories from his time abroad. Welch has trained in BJJ gyms all over the world along with having several MMA fights.

On this episode, Professor Matt Vernon, owner and head instructor of Primate Jiu Jitsu, comes in to talk shop with Todd and Clinton. 

Rus Greathouse along with our very first podcast guest Steve Hudson stop in the studio to talk with Todd and Clinton. Rus is currently a brown belt in BJJ and one of Todd's longest running students. Rus, Steve and Todd all go way back and have a lot of history with each other from training together for many years.

Professor Kim Blake comes into the studio to talk about her amazing life and experiences in martial arts. Professor Blake is a world champion BJJ and Karate competitior along with being the head instructor at Apollo's Martial Arts in Tulsa, OK. 

Hunter Colvin joins Todd and Clinton in the studio to talk about his recent win at the 17th Eddie Bravo Invitation in Los Angelos, CA and his debut MMA match coming up in March 2019.

Pilot episode of Black Belt Banter, the new Podcast hosted by BJJ Black Belt Todd Ryan along with producer Clinton Switzer. Steve Hudson is today's guest. Hudson is a BJJ 4 stripe brown belt, army veteran, and all around good guy.