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This week we bring you an interview with Kurt Osiander. Kurt is a BJJ black belt under Ralph Gracie. This episode contains explicit language and some controversy, we did interview Kurt Osiander after all.

We talk about:

The start of “Kurt Osiander’s The Move of the Week”

Etiquette and respect in his gym

His Yelp reviews

His don’t ask don’t tell policy

Homosexuals at his gym

Why he does not like classes for beginners

BJJ is not for everyone

His work with Mission 22

What got him started with BJJ

His students doing wrestling in school

His MMA career

The KO Finisher tournament

Open mat at his school

Learning new moves

Learning online and still needing a coach

Giving someone a blue belt

Advice for a student doing a first tournament

Training and hanging out with Anthony Bourdain

Links:

Quote of the week: Presented by last weeks interview John Will “Never interrupt you enemy when he is making a mistake” Napoleon Bonaparte

Article of the week: “All roads lead to Rome …. a BJJ concept.” By John Will

After the interview Byron and Gary have a conversation about gay people training BJJ. Let us know what you think in the comments.

This is an episode that is in response to people of different sexual orientation training BJJ Epi 112 Roll Out Mark Fisher

Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast