Episode 18 - EBI 17 CJJ Champion Jon "Thor" Blank

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

Wrestling, Wellness, Brazilianjiujitsu, Sports, Interviews, Mma, Bjj, Health, Chewjitsu, Injuryprevention

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we are joined by Jiu-Jitsu Brown belt and EBI 17 Combat Jiu-Jitsu Champion Jon "Thor" Blank.

Jon joins the podcast to discuss his recent tournament win and becoming The Eddie Bravo Invitational Combat Jiu-Jitsu Middleweight Champion.

Jon also talks about his start in jiu-jitsu, choosing a gym, his training regimen, how wrestling has influenced his jiu-jitsu, and how he has gotten to such a high level of grappling so quickly.

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0:00.0	What's up, guys?
0:02.3	So we're talking to John Blank, fresh off his win at the EBI Combat Jitsu tournament.
0:06.1	During the tournament, he won four matches all by submission.
0:09.4	I want to say under eight minutes.
0:10.9	He's only been training for about five years.
0:12.5	He's a 10th planet brown belt.
0:14.4	And in this episode, we talk about how he got started in grappling, how much he trains to sort of be able to be this competitive in the short amount of time.
0:21.4	We also talk about his philosophy on becoming a finisher, right, in jihitsu and a bunch of other
0:26.4	cool stuff.
0:27.0	So I hope you guys enjoy the episode.
0:28.5	And let's get started.
0:32.6	So, uh, hey, John, what's going on, man?
0:34.5	Welcome, uh, to the podcast.
0:36.1	Thanks for, uh, hanging out with us today. Hey, it's what's going on, man? Welcome to the podcast. Thanks for hanging out with us today.
0:38.4	Hey, it's great to be here.
0:39.5	Thank you.
0:40.1	Thanks, man.
0:41.0	So, first of all, congratulations on the EBI.
0:44.4	That was pretty incredible.
0:47.7	Yeah, thank you.
0:49.1	It was an unreal experience out there.
0:52.0	Were you surprised, like, to get, you know, to get the call to compete?
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