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Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable (Part 1) | 32 Jiu-Jitsu Voices on Why They Never Quit

film podcast Oct 05, 2026

Part 1 of The Jiu Jitsu Mindset film. Thirty-two guests of The Jiu Jitsu Mindset podcast, cut into one 20-minute film about why people walk into a jiu-jitsu academy, what makes most of them quit, what the mat teaches the ones who stay, and what they do with it afterward.

It is told in four chapters. The Call: why they walked through the door. The Wall: where most people quit. The Mat: what it teaches about losing, ego and the truth. The Return: the students, the room, and the people they carry.

Every voice here comes from a full conversation on this channel, and every guest's full episode is here on the blog.

The voices in this film: Steve Ficca, Chris Burns, Tait Fletcher, Carlos Reyes, Priit Mihkelson, Ryan Brock, James Driskill, Eli Knight, Cassidy Roblero, Jen Zanotti-Ferrari, Eddie Kone, Jake Johnston, Jason Hawkins, Otavio Sousa, Bernardo Faria, Heidi Garwood, Cameron Shayne, Professor Q (Michael Quaintance), Dr. Diana Wang, Chrissie Vogel, Michael Casey, Todd Fox, Clay Cox, Mikal Abdullah, Xande Ribeiro, Steve Kwan, Donovan Britt, Robert Drysdale, Darien Cobon, Coach Felicity and Mo Gobena.

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