Episode 264 - BJJ Black Belt Mark Vives

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the podcast, Chewy and Eugene are joined by Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt and owner of New Breed Training Center, Mark Vives.

Mark discusses how he got his three children to train Jiu-Jitsu, the minimum amount your kids should train, why Mark pulled his son out of Jiu-Jitsu and switched him to wrestling, why you should limit the number of times you coach someone during a class, advice for Jiu-Jitsu parents, Mark’s experience starting Jiu-Jitsu 25 years ago, the largest difference between learning BJJ 25 years ago to now, how the role of a coach has changed in present day Jiu-Jitsu, the “6 month Hump,” how Mark continues to evolve his game, the pros and cons of competing frequently in BJJ, the importance of having a regimen/routine, the major reset in Mark’s BJJ career, dealing with injuries, whether you should focus on mobility or strength, and competition stories.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What up guys? Welcome to the podcast.
0:02.0	Today we're going to have a buddy of mine, Mark Vivas, on the podcast.
0:06.4	He is the head coach at New Breed, Brazilian Jitsu in north of Chicago.
0:15.2	I think he said it was in Niles.
0:17.2	I've known that guy for some years that, you know, I didn't really know him all that well until about, I think it was, we, we would always see each other because you just see him. And like, he's a pretty fiery competitor when he goes and he's like screaming and yell. And like, yeah, let's go, you know. And then, um, he would compete and, you know, good competitor. And then I remember we competed against each other, not he and I directly, but we had a team tournament back in 2000, early 2013.
0:46.5	We competed in a team tournament.
0:47.8	It was a three team tournament.
0:48.8	And it was like me, Chad and Kyle, one of my coaches versus Mark and two of his guys.
0:53.5	Was that the ego?
0:54.3	No, that was the AGC.
0:56.3	And we competed and, you know, super cool guy.
1:00.3	Guy's always been super nice.
1:01.5	And then I actually got to hang out with him a little bit in Wisconsin.
1:04.7	My buddy Wade, Barton, he, he's in, it's like just north of madison um wake something i always forget the name
1:14.1	but just north of madison he has a gym up there called stronghold and so he would invite us to do
1:17.8	these camps and you know i got to know me and mark the other person would sometimes it was a different
1:23.3	person sometimes it was sean sometimes it was like a guy named moose. But me and Mark were always there.
1:29.3	Sure. And, you know, Mark, he's a, he's hilarious. We had a good time and had a blast. I think my
1:34.8	favorite memory of all of us hanging out was one year we did the camp and it was, it got the snow started
1:40.3	coming down because it's, you know, Wisconsin. Sure. And we're in this like little campground area and snow just started coming down.
1:48.0	And we, uh, me, Mark and all the like the black belt coaches went out to this little
1:52.1	hole in the wall bar and basically got drunk and played darts and pool and stuff for the
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