Randy McElwee's guest appearances

Randy McElwee

Gracie Jiu Jitsu Rocks! podcast

The Lockdown Chronicles

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Randy McElwee is a Pedro Sauer Black Belt and owner / director of GRACIE® Jiu Jitsu Athens - Team Pedro Sauer at American Black Belt Academy in Athens, GA He also serves on the board of directors for the Pedro Sauer association. In this interview he discusses various subjects including going into the Army and straight to Special Forces; what it took to get through SF training and biggest lessons he learned in SF; early days of Jiu Jitsu and piecing things together with the old VHS tapes;  bringing Rorion in and learning Jiu Jitsu philosophy from him; getting his blue belt from Royce; driving 2 hours one way to train early in his jiu jitsu journey; Pedro Sauer’s impact on him;  opening and running his academy; the importance of spending time with his son and how Jiu Jitsu facilitates that; leadership, and the significance of a team; importance of realistic weapons training; serious but fun training; Going Commando-discovering your warrior type; feeling fear but not letting it own you; biggest impacts on his life; and the joy he’s experienced through Jiu Jitsu, and more…

Randy McElwee is a Pedro Sauer Black Belt and owner / director of GRACIE® Jiu Jitsu Athens - Team Pedro Sauer at American Black Belt Academy in Athens, GA He also serves on the board of directors for the Pedro Sauer association. In this interview he discusses various subjects including going into the Army and straight to Special Forces; what it took to get through SF training and biggest lessons he learned in SF; early days of Jiu Jitsu and piecing things together with the old VHS tapes;  bringing Rorion in and learning Jiu Jitsu philosophy from him; getting his blue belt from Royce; driving 2 hours one way to train early in his jiu jitsu journey; Pedro Sauer’s impact on him;  opening and running his academy; the importance of spending time with his son and how Jiu Jitsu facilitates that; leadership, and the significance of a team; importance of realistic weapons training; serious but fun training; Going Commando-discovering your warrior type; feeling fear but not letting it own you; biggest impacts on his life; and the joy he’s experienced through Jiu Jitsu, and more…

GJJR! EP 145 Randy McElwee

This week we welcome back Pedro Sauer Black Belt, Randy McElwee. We got to talk about a lot of the things we didn't get round to asking last time Randy was on like his school and his programmes, the lessons he learned from his Special Forces career, teaching self defense and the changes in Jiu Jitsu from the early days. We also chatted about the growth of the Pedro Sauer Association and some of the plans for the future. www.pedrosauer.com  Randy's academy is Gracie Jiu Jitsu Athens and you can reach him at https://www.athensjiujitsu.com/

This week we welcome back Pedro Sauer Black Belt, Randy McElwee. We got to talk about a lot of the things we didn't get round to asking last time Randy was on like his school and his programmes, the lessons he learned from his Special Forces career, teaching self defense and the changes in Jiu Jitsu from the early days. We also chatted about the growth of the Pedro Sauer Association and some of the plans for the future. <a href="http://www.pedrosauer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.pedrosauer.com </a> Randy's academy is Gracie Jiu Jitsu Athens and you can reach him at <a href="https://www.athensjiujitsu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.athensjiujitsu.com/</a>

The Lockdown Chronicles- EP 27 Randy McElwee

This week its the turn of Randy McElwee. Randy is an retired Green Beret, Pedro Sauer Black belt as well as a number of other black belts in different arts. We discussed his course that is designed to develop the skills of law enforcement in the current difficult climate and as always we picked his brain about his favorite Jiu Jitsu philosophies. You can find his academy at https://www.athensjiujitsu.com/

This week its the turn of Randy McElwee. Randy is an retired Green Beret, Pedro Sauer Black belt as well as a number of other black belts in different arts. We discussed his course that is designed to develop the skills of law enforcement in the current difficult climate and as always we picked his brain about his favorite Jiu Jitsu philosophies. You can find his academy at <a href="https://www.athensjiujitsu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.athensjiujitsu.com/</a>