UH 089 - Preston Russ, Todd Neptune Being Afraid to Compete in Jiu Jitsu

Today we have Preston Russ and Todd Neptune joining us from True Art Jiu Jitsu. I wanted to have Preston back on the show to talk about competing in Jiu Jitsu tournaments. We asked Todd Neptune to join us as Todd and Preston are friends and Todd has a background of competing in wrestling. I wanted to specifically talk about the fact that I'm personally afraid to compete in Jiu Jitsu. I've never competed one on one in any type of combat sport before and I find it very intimidating. I would have to assume that is a normal feeling for a first timer going into a grappling competition like Jiu Jitsu.

 

Preston started Jiu Jitsu in January of 2018 with our coach Shannon White. Preston has competed at some big IBJJF tournaments. He has competed at the IBJJF Cincinnati Open and twice at the IBJJF Chicago Open which are very big regional tournaments. I'm sure he will be competing in many more to come as he has some big goals in Jiu Jitsu.

 

Todd was a college wrestler and has competed at a high level in grappling for most of his young adult life. Todd is looking to compete in Jiu Jitsu tournaments once he achieves his blue belt. The IBJJF has a rule that if you were a college level wrestler you can't compete as a white belt in Jiu Jitsu. So he will have to wait a little bit until he is allowed to compete again. Todd got involved in Jiu Jitsu because he misses competition and is looking forward to getting back out on the mat.

 

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at uncensoredhumanitypodcast@gmail.com. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

Outro music Whitestick by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library