440 - Training Methods and Cross Training in Jiu-Jitsu, with Josh Peters and Stephan Kesting
From The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting by Stephan Kesting
December 16, 2025 · 1h 0m · Episode 440
About this episode
Josh Peters and Stephan Kesting discuss effective teaching methods and the importance of cross-training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Josh Peters and Stephan Kesting look at the evolution of effective teaching methods, school culture, risk, cross-training, and why you want your students to become better than you in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Follow Josh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/joshcpmma/ and check out his school in the Maryland area at https://combatprinciplesmma.com/ And if you want concrete examples of how training in BJJ creates the skills to deal with the rest of life check out my best-selling book, Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic, available anywhere you get physical, digital and audio books and also here: https://www.amazon.com/Perseverance-Death-Subarctic-Stephan-Kesting/dp/1639368612/. That journey wouldn't have been possible without my jiu-jitsu training, and there were lessons I learned on that trip that inform my life to this day.
People in this episode
Host: Stephan Kesting
Guest: Josh Peters
Topics covered
- training methods
- cross training
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- teaching methods
- school culture
- risk
Keywords
- Jiu-Jitsu
- training methods
- cross training
- teaching
- school culture
- risk
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Combat Principles MMA
Books & works: Perseverance, Life and Death in the Subarctic
Places: Maryland
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