#46 - Owen Jones - ADCC Reaction, B-Team Camp, BJJ Travels, and His Big Announcement

Expect to get the grapplers perspective on Owen's standout performances from day 1 of ADCC, his breakdown and reflections on his loss in day 2, his prep including working with J Flo and B-Team, living in the B-Team 'Crack House', his travels since ADCC, his big plans to leave the UK and much more. 

Owen Jones is an 2024 ADCC Worlds Standout, 2023 ADCC European, Middle East & Asian Trials Champion at 66kg, qualifying him for the ADCC World Championships in 2024. He is one of the most exciting UK grapplers with Super Fight wins on WNO and Polaris; and was the IBJJF No Gi European Champion at a purple belt in 2022. 

Guest Stuff:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/owenjonesbjj
BJJ Fanatics Instructionals - https://bjjfanatics.com/products/outside-the-guard-inside-her-dms-by-owen-jones

00:00 Intro
02:26 The ADCC/CJI Experience
12:16 Why People Get Good at BJJ
19:17 ADCC Day 1 Breakdown
23:16 ADCC Day 2 Breakdown
29:37 Mindset, and Ankle After
33:55 Teammate Losses
37:54 Jozef Chen & Nicky Ryan
43:04 Do Steroids Matter?
48:32 Training with Justin Flores
52:19 Dima’s Camp at B-Team
57:17 The Crack House
01:05:39 Asia vs UK
01:11:11 Post ADCC Travels
01:15:18 Moving to Atlanta
01:20:09 IBJJF & Next Competition 
01:24:45 Australian Grappling
01:30:52 Goals and Aspirations
01:33:15 Call of Duty Nerds
01:38:40 Shoutouts and Thanks

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Chapters

• 0:00 intro
• 2:26 The ADCC/CJI Experience
• 12:16 Why People Get Good at BJJ
• 16:32 [Ad] So Meta
• 17:23 (Cont.) Why People Get Good at BJJ
• 20:07 ADCC Day 1 Breakdown
• 24:06 ADCC Day 2 Breakdown
• 30:27 Mindset, and Ankle After
• 34:45 Teammate Losses
• 38:44 Jozef Chen & Nicky Ryan
• 43:54 Do Steroids Matter?
• 49:22 Training with Justin Flores
• 53:09 Dima’s Camp at B-Team
• 58:07 The Crack House
• 1:06:29 Asia vs UK
• 1:12:01 Post ADCC Travels
• 1:16:08 Moving to Atlanta
• 1:20:59 IBJJF & Next Competition
• 1:25:35 Australian Grappling
• 1:31:42 Goals and Aspirations
• 1:34:05 Call of Duty Nerds
• 1:39:30 Shoutouts and Thanks