The Fight Team Podcast

#immigration #undocumented #compassion In Part II of my Immigration Series, I ask all liberals and conservative voters to expand their thought process, understanding that not all undocumented immigrants are good and that not all immigrants are bad. When liberals embrace this extreme sudden change in the stance of the DNC in regards of Immigration, they not only hurt our cause badly but also feed the anger from the other extreme side that refuses to understand that the majority of...

#stayhome #opentheusa #covid19 In this episode, I shared my personal opinion on how the #stayhome trend can be extremely inconsiderate towards low-income people. Unfortunately, some ideologies have been pushing an agenda that doesn't fit our real life. For so many, the concern many small business owners have is an act of selfishness. Well, it is not. The most common argument is that the whole world has to stay home to save lives, but who can really just stay home? Are we all collecting...

#podcast #immigration #thefightteampodcast #thegreymatterproject #LuigiMondelli #visa INDEX 01:05 - What is The Grey Matter Project 08:05 - 4 Categories Of Immigration Status 35:50 - Breakdown of Different Visas (Non Immigrants and Immigrants) This is the first episode of The Grey Matter Project. This project is an initiative to promote positive and balanced discussions about many different issues related to our lives today. My effort here is to help people look for a broader approach...

#BJJ #MartialArts #MMA #Bullying #Podcast #LuigiMondelli #JiuJitsu #Grappling #UFC #SelfDefense #Combatives #Danbury We always mention that The Fight Team Podcast is about all fights we can face in life. That's a way to embrace a true Martial Arts Lifestyle. In this episode, we were joined by U.S. Marine Corps Captain, BJJ Practitioner Melissa Cooling and one of our Co-Hosts BJJ 1st Degree Black Belt Silvia Mondelli We started a long discussion about the effects of any world crisis in our...

#BJJ #MartialArts #MMA #Bullying #Podcast #LuigiMondelli #JiuJitsu #Grappling #UFC #SelfDefense #Combatives #Danbury Very special episode with two amazing ladies that have started a great movement within the BJJ Community. Girls With Grips was created by Kate Smith and Missy Loschiavo with the goal of gathering more female practitioners in a women's only type of cross-training session. There are so many amazing benefits to what they have been doing, including finding a way to help new...

#BJJ #MartialArts #MMA #Bullying #Podcast #LuigiMondelli #JiuJitsu #Grappling #UFC #SelfDefense #Combatives #Danbury It takes one courage, a great passion for martial arts, and humbleness to, after reaching a high level in one art, still look for other disciplines to master. Many of us can get too comfortable after mastering an art. The idea is: why not keep learning and evolving? In this episode, I talked to Terry Gruel. An amazing Karateka that never stopped working on himself even...

#BJJ #MartialArts #MMA #Bullying #Podcast #LuigiMondelli #JiuJitsu #Grappling #UFC #SelfDefense #Combatives #Danbury Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has been spreading around the country but for years many BJJ enthusiasts could not find a school with a black belt professor teaching nearby. Some found an association that provided a good and solid structured system where remote students could still evolve and progress. However, we all know that learning from videos only is not ideal, legit, and how BJJ...

*-*-* EXCLUSIVE *-*-* We are bringing to you, first hand, this super cool new format for BJJ and Grappling Super Fights that Gaman BJJ will promote soon. Besides the regular Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournaments that Gaman has been organizing, we came up with this super amazing format: You have to take a listen or watch this episode to understand the idea. Also, we explained the reasons why we decided to create Gaman BJJ Championships. We believe that we will transform the Super Fights Events...

Hey Everyone, Luigi Mondelli here... This is a different type of episode. For a while, I have been compiling my ideas gathered through many years of training with different coaches in martial arts and other related combatives training. I decided to make a personal episode since The Fight Team Podcast is my way to reach out to my students and friends. My goal was just to share my mindset and not try to lecture anyone. But pretty much that is the mindset applied to the classes I am starting...

Season 4 Episode 2 is out! We started the year talking about Bullying. It is such a complex topic, and for what we know we need to get better not just talking about it, but helping our youth develop more empathy. In this episode, we reviewed some official numbers from researches and we added to the discussion, our experiences as parents and martial arts coaches. In this episode, Missy LoSchiavo, an educational psychologist joined us along with Professor Chris Smith from IMBCT Martial...

Season 4 Episode 1 is out! We started the year talking about Bullying. It is such a complex topic, and for what we know we need to get better not just talking about it, but helping our youth develop more empathy. In this episode, we brought some official numbers from researches and we added to the discussion, our experiences as parents and martial arts coaches. Is there any co-relation with school shootings or not? How stress and predisposition to antisocial disorders can affect both...

In this episode, we discussed how Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training can help Law Enforcement Officers in their job. Our special guest in this episode is the Black Belt and LEO, Robert Magao, founder of Bushido Jiu-Jitsu in Manchester, Connecticut. Rob is also an instructor in LOCKUP, a training method designed specifically for Law Enforcement Training. In our second segment, we briefly discussed how to manage a diversity of opinions and stances inside our own schools. In a world that has been...

In this episode, we touched a couple of controversial topics. At the end of the day is up to each martial artist to come up with their own conclusions, but there are some things that are just basic common sense. Do fundamentals work in a high level/rank BJJ match? We heard some opinions where one said they don't. We think differently. Also, should black belts enforce their hierarchy outside their dojos, in their social interactions outside their schools? Send us your opinions. We are open...

Din Thomas, MMA coach, and UFC Veteran has recently written a good post with his opinion about the reason why some fighters decide to go cross train in other teams. In this episode, we talked about this topic emphasizing the coaches perspective. Also, we mention the passing of Anthony Bourdain and depression. Check this episode out and let us know your comments. LISTEN OR WATCH US: https://goo.gl/DKOZrmhttps://goo.gl/UqXQRWhttp://www.soundcloud.com/TheFightTeamPodcast Watch us on...

This is the first episode of Luigi Mondelli's VLOGs (also available on Youtube), where he talks about dealing with your frustrations when training martial arts. A quick audio and video insight with his own opinion and experience while dealing with hardships training BJJ. Great segway for our future episodes. Stay tuned in our channel for more great content. LISTEN OR WATCH US: https://goo.gl/DKOZrmhttps://goo.gl/UqXQRWhttp://www.soundcloud.com/TheFightTeamPodcast Watch us on Youtube:...

We started out talking about reasonable preparation for tournaments and competition and quickly realized it all boils down to how you approach training. Join in on our conversation and let us know what you think of our take. LISTEN OR WATCH US: https://goo.gl/DKOZrmhttps://goo.gl/UqXQRWhttp://www.soundcloud.com/TheFightTeamPodcast Watch us on Youtube: Click here to browse our Channel with all episodes FOLLOW US: Please don't forget to like us:...

This is the episode you were waiting for! We had the multiple times World Champion and Legend, Renato Laranja. He talked about his next movie, Heturn of the Death Knuckle 3, an independent movie that needs your support to take off. Renato also gave a pretty good advice for new competitors. Very interesting approach about how to handle the pressure, anxiety, or nervousness before a competition. Go to indiegogo.com to back the 3rd film in the Death Knuckle franchise - Enter the Death...

Managing a martial arts school is no easy task. There are so many tasks and procedures, including curriculum, marketing, billing, and the everyday management chores. In this quick interview, we talked to Kelly Corder, a very accomplished martial artist, who is a master in Kajukenbo and black belt professor in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Kelly runs two schools in Arizona, and he has used all his expertise in software development to create a super simple and practical tool for school owners....

Traditions and routines. In this episode, we discussed how in most part, martial arts schools should be a neutral place for everyone. The mats should be a neutral zone, no religions, no political views, a place for everyone, regardless of race, gender, etc, where everyone shares the same enthusiasm and passion for various martial arts. We also listed some of our own routines pre and after classes. What we eat before class, how we wash our Gis and get our uniforms ready to roll, etc. In...

"Making a Champion" A quest to find the answers to some personal questions leads The Fight Team Podcast's Luigi Mondelli to Florida where he gets some insights into being a champion, and how to make one. In Part 1 he spoke with UFC Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and UFC and MMA Veteran fighter and American Top Team coach Mike Brown. During this trip Luigi had a chance to interview also other fighters and coaches gathering different opinions from the perspective of both ends. In...