Marcio Andre Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy

Welcome to ‘The Open GuardCast Jiu-Jitsu Podcast’, which is a project dedicated to promoting jiu-jitsu professionals. Tune in each week, Wednesdays at 2pm CST, on the ‘Bloody Elbow Presents Podcast Network’, for interviews, current events, and analysis of everything going on in the world of jiu-jitsu and submission grappling!

Your host is Danny O’Donnell. In addition to hosting this podcast, he is an #MMA journalist contributing here at BloodyElbow.com, as well as at Black Belt Magazine. O’Donnell himself is a BJJ black belt who trains at Marcio Andre Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in Phoenix, AZ.

We debuted the show last week at ‘Episode 121’, since we are picking up the pod off of Libsyn Directory, as its been running awhile now under its own steam. Over time, we will have all previous 120 episodes uploaded into our Bloody Elbow Presents Playlist for the show, for your listening pleasure. O’Donnell’s goal is to turn this podcast into the biggest Jiu-Jitsu Podcast out there and we intend to help him get as far as he can, so be sure to join us and check it out!

This week, Danny’s guest is Professional Jiu-Jitsu Athlete, Australian #VarunMehrotra, who competes in the Blue Belt Rooster Weight Division, and recently won at the #IBJJF Worlds 2021. He trains under Murilo Santana at Unity Jiu-Jitsu in New York City, NY. They discussed the 2021 Worlds, training at Unity, gi and no-gi competition, and his plans for 2022.

Enjoy the interview! Here is a run down of the first ten questions, for the remaining half hour of the interview, be sure to listen in...

At 1:01 — Q1: Can you talk about what it was like training in NYC for the Worlds 2021?

At 4:04 — Q2: Besides training M-Th at the gym, were you doing any type of training on your own that was really beneficial, maybe strength training and conditioning, or just extra drilling?

At 5:48 — Q3: What kind of solo drills do you do and how do you find them to be beneficial?

At 8:19 — Q4: Another thing you do is break down matches online. Is that another big part of your training?

At 9:40 — Q5: You won the Blue Belt Division - Rooster weight at the 2021 Worlds... Can you talk about what it was like when you got there and talk us through some of your matches?

At 11:52 — Q6: Going into it did you know you were going to have to play both top and bottom or did you have a more specific strategy but that’s just how the matches played out?

At 13:10 — Q7: Mendes is preparing all of his fighters to win in the Black Belt Division, regardless their current division... Do you study the black belts in your division, the light featherweights, or whoever you are going to be competing against?

At 14:44 — Q8: You mentioned ‘Pato’. Was there anyone else, any of the Black Belts, who really impressed you, who you think people should go back and watch... to either learn from or get inspiration from?

At 16:11 — Q9: Is there anyone at Unity Jiu-Jitsu who you think people don’t know about yet, outside yourself, we should know and that they are gonna know in a couple of years?

At 17:03 — Q10: When watching the blue belts recently, there was this one really tall Blue Belt Featherweight from Unity who was just killing it, do you know who that was?

For the remaining half hour of the interview, be sure to listen in!

You can follow Danny on his brand new twitter — @DannyOD_BJJ, or he can be found on instagram — @dannyod_bjj. The show’s instagram is @openguardcast, it can also be found on Facebook here. You can check in on this week's guest, Varun Mehrotra, on his Instagram — @shortthicboi and his gym is @unityjiujitsu. His gi sponsor is @suave_kimonos.

Be sure to tune in for next week’s show and learn more about the world of jiu-jitsu, on Wednesday, February 9th, at 2:00pm CST. When Danny will have a guest co-host, Jake Watson, and their guest will be Josef Manuel, whose academy is found on instagram @cuttingedge_bjj or check out his website at chokelab.com, or on insta — @choke_lab.

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As you know this week so many of our beloved AZ Jiu Jitsu academies closed to help slow the spread of Coronavirus and give our healthcare system a fighting chance. They are truly sacrificing for the safety of the community.

Aggro Brand has designed shirts of solidarity to be worn by all the Jiu Jitsu student’s supporting closed academies in order to raise funds for those academies.

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T's and Tanks $20
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Here are the nominees for question No. 72, best martial arts school / lessons / training: Mountainside Martial Arts Center, White Tiger Taekwondo Academy, Gracie Barra Arizona Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & Self Defense, Marcio Andre Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy and Legacy Master ATA Martial Arts.

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Had an amazing time at F2W 134. Thank you again to @sethdanielsf2w and @f2wbjj for allowing me to be a part of your kick ass show. Thank you Coach Marcio for coaching me and training me to be my best. Thanks to all my MA family for being such great training partners. Thank you to my sponsors for all your support so I can continue my dream of becoming a world champ: @rollunion @chillfitcryo @hightierphoto. Thank you to @just.jitz and @dancenfit_with_cat for being with me every step of the way in this journey, I couldn’t do it without you guys you’ve always believed in me and had my back. Congratulations to Coach Marcio and Coach Brenda on your incredible wins. And congrats to @bjjlovesoscar on winning the belt and @anamal.kirk on your first F2W fight. #f2wbjj #teammarcioandre #biggestpartyingrappling
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Great competition today with a great competitor @brycesmith04_bjj Thanks Professor Marcio for being in my corner and for all the hard work and training to help us all improve more and more each day. Thanks to all my teammates for all your help, training and encouragement. Great day for Team Marcio Andre Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy. Congrats to all my teammates for killing it on the mat. Way to fight up and take gold @lights_out_bjj. #TeamMarcioAndre
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#ironsharpensiron #anothersteptowardsmygoals #futureblackbelt #futureworldchamp #myowngymoneday #youdontwannamissdis #victorvsvictimmentality #bjj #brazilianjiujitsu #jiujitsu #bjjlife #bjjlifestyle #bjjathlete

Marcio is one of the most passionate Jiu jitsu instructors I’ve ever met. His intensity and love for the sport is largely unparalleled. His enthusiasm bleeds. Marcio lives and breathes Jiu jitsu and it’s plainly evident in his teaching style. Further his accolades and accomplishments speak for themselves. He’s one of the best Jiu jitsu practitioners in the world and by extension in Phoenix