Ep. 407: Day Zero Jiu-Jitsu, feat. Jesse Walker & Shelby York

BJJ Mental Models by Steve Kwan

Sep 7, 202669:42Sports & Recreation

This week, we're joined by Jesse Walker and Shelby York! Jesse and Shelby own Rough Hands BJJ in Louisville, Kentucky, a gym of about 200 students with an unusually high number of women and older grapplers (the average s...

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