Ep 810: Building Young Warriors. Jiu Jitsu, Coaching, and Fatherhood

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Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Jiu Jitsu is more than submissions, it’s structure, suffering, and self-mastery. Arash Soofiani returns to share how lessons from the mat shape fatherhood, coaching, and life. From youth MMA to the mental chess of combat sports, this episode is all about building strong bodies and even stronger minds. Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep810 Are you a fighter & grappler? Crafted to complement your existing combat training, max out your strength, skill and conditioning so you can master the mat, hit them so it hurts, and return home a hero. START TODAY - https://powerathletehq.com/dragonslayer/ Check out what we do: Training - https://powerathletehq.com/training Nutrition - https://powerathletehq.com/nutrition Knowledge - https://academy.powerathletehq.com Click on the link to see the companies we use and support 👉 https://powerathletehq.com/partners/ Follow Arash on Insta https://www.instagram.com/arash_soofiani/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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1:01.8	Talk about Jits?
1:02.5	What do you want to do?
1:03.2	Yeah, I want to talk about one more question that popped up in the Discord.
1:08.6	And it was a kind of a big topic that's kind of raging in the
1:13.3	jiu-jitsu world right now on drilling versus ecological jiu-jitsu and I thought
1:18.1	it would be interesting to talk to you about it because one you have a judo background
1:20.9	and a wrestling background but you're also a kids coach I think it's very myopic to actually split these.
1:30.6	I think you need a balance of drilling and learning technique, especially in the lower belts.
1:36.4	But then there has to be kind of a replacement of like, you know, like the positional stuff we do.
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