Injuries

-what injuries are we currently dealing with

-what injuries have we had

-What’s the dumbest way you’ve ever been injured on the mats?

-how can you prevent injuries in jiu jitsu

-what would you have done differently with previous injuries

-What does being injured do to your confidence/mental health?

-how can you game improve while being injured

Coaches Corner

Questions:

• How should students communicate injuries?
• Roles of coaches in protecting students
• How to keep people training while hurt (modifications)
• How long should someone rest before coming back? (Your policy)
• What we wish every student understood about being injured

Would you rather?

-would you rather be a man sized bean or a bean sized man

-jiu jitsu match between the beans

A single dry red kidney bean weighs roughly 0.65 grams. A 200 lb (90,718 gram) male would weigh as much as roughly 139,500 individual dry kidney beans.

How many kids to defeat a black belt?

TwinJitsu Episode 4: Bad Kids, Big Hearts ft. David Spielberg

In this episode, we sit down with David Spielberg to talk about starting jiu-jitsu overweight, navigating the first year on the mats, and how training became a catalyst for real change.

We get into: 🥋 Beginning BJJ out of shape and pushing through the hardest year 📉 Weight loss, consistency, and learning to trust the process 🔥 Being “bad kids” and the long road to personal growth 🏕️ Getting sent to an outdoor behavior program and what It taught him. How discipline, struggle, and jiu-jitsu shape better humans

This episode is honest, funny, and real — about messing up, learning lessons the hard way, and finding something that helps you grow when you least expect it.

If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t belong in jiu-jitsu… this one’s for you.

Subscribe for weekly TwinJitsu episodes. Two black belt twins. One table. A lot of stories.

Twinjitsu Episode 2: “Body Canvas” ft. Evan Muncey

In this episode we sit down with artist, jiu-jitsu practitioner, and all-around creative human Evan Muncey. We dive into his art journey, how creativity overlaps with martial arts, and what it’s like now working inside the jiu-jitsu world while still trying to grow as an artist.

We talk about: 🎨 Evan’s path as an artist 🥋 How art and jiu-jitsu mirror each other ⚖️ Balancing passion, work, and training 🦈 Jiu-Jitsu Shark Tank (fake inventions… very real laughter) 🗣️ The great debate: Guard Pulling vs. Takedowns

If you train, create, or love watching people argue about jiu-jitsu, you’ll vibe with this episode.

Subscribe for more TwinJitsu episodes every week. Two black belt twins. One podcast. Unlimited chaos.

🔥 Episode Overview

In the first episode of Twinjitsu, we set the tone for the podcast—why it exists, what we believe, where it was and where it’s headed. This is our manifesto.

🥋 Podcast Goals

• Why we started Twinjitsu
• What we want this podcast to become

⏳ Then vs Now (6–7 Year Recap)

• Where we were when we first launched the podcast
• How our mindset, careers, and Jiu-Jitsu have evolved
• Lessons learned along the way

📆 Important Dates & Milestones

• Quitting alcohol
• Celebrating our 14-year Jiu-Jitsu anniversary
• Why these moments matter more than medals

👘 Gi Season Explained

• What “Gi Season” actually means
• Gi vs No-Gi: differences in pace, strategy, and mindset
• Why switching between both matters

🤔 Would You Rather

• Teach kids class forever or only coach adults?
• Get submitted once by a lower belt in training or lose every roll by one advantage?

😂 Story Time

• Funny training stories getting hurt having fun

🐍 Closing Thoughts