Hellloooooooo Dreaaaaammmmmmmerrrrrssss 

Welcome to a special Monday addition of the Podcast! Today's guess is a  IBJJF Words Medalist, Pans Medalist, and a IBJJF German National Champion, Owner of Sparks BJJ Black Belt Samuel Hertzog Canquerino! 

It was a pleasure to discuss BJJ and competition with Professor. We had a great discussion about his prep around Copa Elite, his past life experiences including traveling the world, Food lol, and much more. I would highly recommend going out to Sparks BJJ to get some training in. I for sure will be visiting soon and have more discussions around Half Guard. 

1:04 - How's your mental health? 
1:42: How did you get into Jiu-Jitsu 
6:20 - Can you tell me your experience Traveling the world for Jiu-jitsu? 
11:00 - The Journey to becoming a better coach 
16:14 - The Youtube Effect vs Gracie Magazine 
21:00 - Tatami Sponsorship story 
24:30 - Copa Elite Question 
31:30 - How to deal with losing weight for a competition? 
42:05 - The Alley Opp

Helllllooooooooo Dreammmeeerrrrrssssssss

Welcome to the second episode of Season 3! I had to bring it back to one of my previous guests from season 2, MattWahlstrom Owner o Epic Roll BJJ and Black Belt under Silverback BJJ. Matt and I go back a couple of years and it's always fun catching up with him and talking nothing but BJJ and Business. 

Since I last spoke to Matt, his company has sky rocketed into a different world. From sponsorships to athletes to producing his "Yankee" fitted team on PGF Worlds, its been an amazing ride for him and I couldn't wait to start this interview. Along with this, we also talked about Copa Elite 3 and him finally competing as a Black Belt. He had an interesting aspect of why he is competing now and why he truly wants to succeed in everything he does. Outside of BJJ, we talked about his rising Real Estate business and how he manages that along with his BJJ goals. 

Peace. Love. Bye 

1:11 - How's your Mental Health? 
2:25 - Who's idea was it for the Bury me in the Gi Rash guard? lol
2:55 - After reassessing everything, what was the first thing you change with the company? 
8:31 - Favorite design from Epic Roll? 
10:15 - When IBJJF made the switch on their Gi Requirements, was it painful for Epic Roll to switch out the Gi's already made?
11:08 - Epic Roll Goal now
17:52 - PGF Home Experience and being called "The Yankees" of the league
24:07 - Copa Elite Question of the Day, Why are you fighting on the card? 
32:00 - How's the Real Estate business going and how is AI effecting Real Estate? 
43:10 - Pros and Cons of AI 
46:22 - In terms of Content, which one is it easier to do? Epic Roll or Real Estate? 
49:37 - The Ally Oop

Hellooooooo Dreamerssssssssssssssss!!!! 


Man it has been awhile since i've said that. First things first, my apologies for not updating you on the recent life events that caused Season 2 to end aburptly. It was a crazy year to say the least. 

Anywho, I'm back with one of my good friend who is a 3x PanAms Gi Champion, 3x Master Worlds Champ, PanAms NoGI Champ, Silver in NoGi Worlds,Bronze in Gi Worlds, and Pentagon Coach, Black Belt Sa'idah "GingjaNinja" Durkee. I've know Sa'idah my entire time in BJJ and we have become close friends over the years so it was an honor to have her on the show FINALLY. We talked about an array of things including Competition Prep, Women in BJJ, Copa Elite 3, and much more!

Speaking of Copa Elite, they will be sponsoring this following series of interviews as we led up to Copa Elite 3 on February 10th. For more information, please follow @copajiujitsutournaments . 

1:55 - How's your Mental Health? 
3:40 - What did Jiu-Jitsu do for you? 
7:47 - What made you turn into the competitor that you are 
17:20 - The Rise of Super Fights and Copa Elite 
26:21 - GingjaNinja's perspective on Women in BJJ
36:46 - How do you prep for your fights? 
39:30 - Have you enjoyed the success of the team at Pentagon MMA
42:43 - Best experiences as a Coach 
53:40 - Will I ever let Rainn get into Jiu Jitsu? 
56:10 - The Ally Oop 

Peace. Love. Bye