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The Chewjitsu Podcast

Episode 338 - PGF Champion Ryan Aitken

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

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

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Aitken is a 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, ADCC veteran, EBI Absolute Champion, Combat Jiu-Jitsu Champion, and the PGF Season 7 champion.

Ryan joins the podcast to discuss his start in Jiu-Jitsu, deciding to switch gyms to train with Sean Applegate at 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Atlanta, important concepts that are forgotten in Jiu-Jitsu, strengthening and training the body for longevity, Ryan's unique way to improve hand-eye coordination, his experience competing in season 7 of the Professional Grappling Federation, most valuable lesson learned from the PGF competition, his thoughts on training leg locks, and how Ryan started working with "Grapple Science."

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Well,

0:00.3

of us,

0:00.6

welcome to this episode of the Chih Tzu podcast.

0:02.7

Today we have a really tough,

0:05.3

up-and-coming competitor named Ryan Aiken on the podcast.

0:08.8

And so I've seen this guy compete for the last couple of years.

0:12.1

He's been training with one of our previous guests on the podcast, Sean Applegate.

0:16.6

He's been training with them.

0:17.7

And then I've seen him a few times. And I meant to like sort of make a note to like get him on the podcast.

0:23.7

I saw him at the ADCC championships.

0:25.6

And it's funny, he like bruised my knuckle.

0:28.8

So like I, you know, if I see Sean Applegates guys, there's just, there's such cool

0:33.1

dudes.

0:33.4

And so I see Sean, Sean's a great guy.

0:35.2

And so anytime I see his guys going, I always like cheer more.

0:38.2

Yeah.

0:38.4

You know, I just think they're great guys.

0:39.4

And so I come up to him and I was like, hey, me, good luck.

0:40.7

And I put my fist out there.

0:41.9

And he, you know, he's like getting ready to go out there.

0:44.0

This is right before he went out with Pedro Marino.

0:46.3

And he like, he's like looking really good.

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