Because Jitsu

The Journey Continues... We pick up on Part 2 of my Cannonball Run through the US by waking up to Gun Shots in Cleveland! And the insanity keeps coming from there! Follow along as I cross State after State, through the Day and Night trying to save time while staying awake. All to catch a flight on the hopes that THIS TIME, my Covid test comes in on time to do it! --------------- SUBSCRIBE to follow the Journey --------------- Links: Because Jitsu Podcast: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7ohTnDU44EU9VMoQCnUkwL?si=2139e2052a55481d Apple Music - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/because-jitsu-podcast/id1555590611 Download - https://becausejitsupodcast.libsyn.com/website Origin USA: www.OriginUSA.com and use Promo Code DrewJitsu for 10% OFF Everything! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/OriginUSA/ https://www.instagram.com/because_jitsu/ https://www.instagram.com/drew.weatherhead/ Because Jitsu: www.Because-Jitsu.com DrewJitsuOnline: www.DrewJitsuOnline.com BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/all/products/the-crucifix-manual-by-drew-weatherhead Jiu-Jitsu X: https://jiujitsux.com/product-category/instructor/drew-weatherhead/ #BJJ #Jiujitsu #Origin #USA #Maine #Cannonball #Run #RoadTrip #Grappling #EastCoast #MartialArts #Travel #Canada #Portland #LasVegas #Nevada#Vlog #TravelLife #NorthSouth #NorthAmerica #USA #Chronicles #Illinois #Ohio #Cleveland #Utah #Colorado #Denver

Why would I choose to drive 45 Hours from Portland, Maine to Las Vega, Nevada!? This whole trip was birthed out of necessity and powered by madness... Three Hours of sleep, a failed Test, and a small cache of Discipline Go wound up spawning the most epic and ambitious road trip of my Life! Strap in for the First of Three installments in this insane, spontaneous Cannonball Run across America to catch a flight home. --------------- SUBSCRIBE to follow the Journey --------------- Links: Because Jitsu Podcast: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7ohTnDU44EU9VMoQCnUkwL?si=2139e2052a55481d Apple Music - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/because-jitsu-podcast/id1555590611 Download - https://becausejitsupodcast.libsyn.com/website Origin USA: www.OriginUSA.com and use Promo Code DrewJitsu for 10% OFF Everything! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/OriginUSA/ https://www.instagram.com/because_jitsu/ https://www.instagram.com/drew.weatherhead/ Because Jitsu: www.Because-Jitsu.com DrewJitsuOnline: www.DrewJitsuOnline.com BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/all/products/the-crucifix-manual-by-drew-weatherhead Jiu-Jitsu X: https://jiujitsux.com/product-category/instructor/drew-weatherhead/ #BJJ #Jiujitsu #Origin #USA #Maine #Cannonball #Run #RoadTrip #Grappling #EastCoast #MartialArts #Travel #Canada #Portland #LasVegas #Nevada#Vlog #TravelLife #NorthSouth #NorthAmerica #USA #Chronicles #NewYork #Boston #Cleveland

It's crazy how much can happen in a single day at the Origin Immersion Camp. This episode is all from my final full day at Camp. Including mini-interviews with Dedeco Almeida, Dean Lister, Mac Lethal, JP Dinnell, Pete Roberts and Jocko Willink! Also, it captures a bit of my training with Dedeco and an entire, un-edited round with Mac Lethal! What a crazy week! But... the craziest part of the trip was coming up next.... And I didn't even know it. --------------- SUBSCRIBE to follow the Journey --------------- Links: Because Jitsu Podcast: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7ohTnDU44EU9VMoQCnUkwL?si=2139e2052a55481d Apple Music - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/because-jitsu-podcast/id1555590611 Download - https://becausejitsupodcast.libsyn.com/website Origin USA: www.OriginUSA.com and use Promo Code DrewJitsu for 10% OFF Everything! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/OriginUSA/ https://www.instagram.com/because_jitsu/ https://www.instagram.com/drew.weatherhead/ Because Jitsu: www.Because-Jitsu.com DrewJitsuOnline: www.DrewJitsuOnline.com BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/all/products/the-crucifix-manual-by-drew-weatherhead Jiu-Jitsu X: https://jiujitsux.com/product-category/instructor/drew-weatherhead/ #BJJ #Jiujitsu #Origin #USA #Maine #MadeInTheUSA #Grappling #EastCoast #MartialArts #Travel #Canada #Camp #TravisMillsFoundation #Immersion #Vlog #TravelLife #NorthSouth #NorthAmerica #USA #Chronicles #DeanLister #JockoWillink #MacLethal

Jocko Willink - Navy SEAL Commander and Best selling Author of: The Dichotomy of Leadership, Extreme Ownership & Discipline Equals Freedom - explains the difference between companies who outsource their labor to 3rd world countries and Companies like Origin who are Bringing Back American Manufacturing to the USA. Shot on location at the Origin USA Boot Warehouse in Maine. Use Code "DrewJitsu" at www.OriginUSA.com for 10% off Everything They Make! Click the Link Below To watch the full episode this clip came from and more: https://youtu.be/c4bq59LXx0g Subscribe to the Channel to Follow the North South Chronicles Vlog! New Episodes Posted Every Friday! Complete Vlog Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXU_9dvXjJ9B3ZwwAFFzaqejSQ14HZTnE

Jocko Willink - Navy SEAL Commander and Best selling Author of: The Dichotomy of Leadership, Extreme Ownership & Discipline Equals Freedom - explains how he wound up naming his Podcast and all his Nutritional Products after himself after a conversation with Tim Farris on the Tim Farris Podcast. Shot on location at the Origin USA Warehouse in Maine. Use Code "DrewJitsu" at www.OriginUSA.com for 10% off Everything They Make! Click the Link Below To watch the full episode this clip came from and more: https://youtu.be/c4bq59LXx0g Subscribe to the Channel to Follow the North South Chronicles Vlog! New Episodes Posted Every Friday! Complete Vlog Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXU_9dvXjJ9B3ZwwAFFzaqejSQ14HZTnE

On this episode of The North South Chronicles, I get a look behind the scenes of the Origin USA factories in Maine and get to see and hear how American manufacturing is coming back! I also get to preform my OWN Covid test!? Then, finally, I'm invited to a VIP dinner at the Travis Mills foundation catered by BBQ Master Jack Arnold! All within a SINGLE DAY during the 1 week Origin Immersion camp!! --------------- SUBSCRIBE to follow the Journey --------------- Links: Origin USA: www.OriginUSA.com and use Promo Code DrewJitsu for 10% OFF Everything! www.TravisMillsFoundation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/OriginUSA/ https://www.instagram.com/because_jitsu/ https://www.instagram.com/drew.weatherhead/ Because Jitsu: www.Because-Jitsu.com DrewJitsuOnline: www.DrewJitsuOnline.com BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/all/products/the-crucifix-manual-by-drew-weatherhead Jiu-Jitsu X: https://jiujitsux.com/product-category/instructor/drew-weatherhead/ #BJJ #Jiujitsu #Origin #USA #Maine #MadeInTheUSA #Grappling #EastCoast #MartialArts #Travel #Canada #Camp #TravisMillsFoundation #Immersion #Vlog #TravelLife #NorthSouth #NorthAmerica #USA #Chronicles

Though the RV isn't in the USA yet, I manage to fly myself down for a Week of Jiu-Jitsu paradise presented by the Origin USA crew in the form of their annual Origin Immersion Camp! This Episode covers the first 3 Days of training and Festivities. Including Beautiful scenery, a Lobster Cookout, and Multiple Daily Training Sessions with World Class Instructors like Ricardo Liborio, Alexey Pickerell, Dedeco Almeida, Jocko Willink, Pete Roberts, Dean Lister, Danielle Kelly & Master Ken! Special appearances by Brian Littlefield, Mac Lethal & JP Dinnell! This week was a VERY special week... and there's lots more coming! --------------- SUBSCRIBE to follow the Journey --------------- Links: Origin USA: www.OriginUSA.com and use Promo Code DrewJitsu for 10% OFF Everything! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/OriginUSA/ https://www.instagram.com/because_jitsu/ https://www.instagram.com/drew.weatherhead/ Because Jitsu: www.Because-Jitsu.com DrewJitsuOnline: www.DrewJitsuOnline.com BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/all/products/the-crucifix-manual-by-drew-weatherhead Jiu-Jitsu X: https://jiujitsux.com/product-category/instructor/drew-weatherhead/ #BJJ #Jiujitsu #Origin #USA #Maine #MadeInTheUSA #Grappling #EastCoast #MartialArts #Travel #Canada #Camp #Immersion #Vlog #TravelLife #NorthSouth #NorthAmerica #USA #Chronicles

In the most ambitious crossover of 2021... popular Because Jitsu Podcast guest, amateur Martial Arts Historian, BJJ Brown Belt and long time training partner - Logan Bruneau - walks me through his Father's Academy and back in time through the History of Alberta Martial Arts. From fraudulent Kung Fu Masters of the 1960s to training with Judo Gene Lebell. Logan takes us through his Father's history in Martial arts, and his own while he carried on the Family vision as a second generation Martial Artist. The Connections through Time, Styles and People built the bonds that hold the Martial Arts Community in Alberta together decades after they began. --------------- SUBSCRIBE to follow the Journey --------------- Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loganbruneau/ https://www.instagram.com/because_jitsu/ https://www.instagram.com/drew.weatherhead/ Because Jitsu: www.Because-Jitsu.com DrewJitsuOnline: www.DrewJitsuOnline.com BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/all/products/the-crucifix-manual-by-drew-weatherhead Jiu-Jitsu X: https://jiujitsux.com/product-category/instructor/drew-weatherhead/ Origin USA: www.OriginUSA.com and use Promo Code DrewJitsu for 10% OFF Everything! #BJJ #Jiujitsu #History #Chinese #Boxing #Connection #Grappling #CentralAlberta #MartialArts #Karate #Canada #Gym #Academy #Vlog #TravelLife #NorthSouth #NorthAmerica #USA #Chronicles

After all the adventures in Drayton Valley, we took to the road again. Destination Leduc, Alberta. About an hour east. Specifically, to Leduc BJJ. A long time friend and another OG of the Alberta Jiu-Jitsu Scene - Rob Thompson - invited me to run a seminar at his gym and train with his guys for the week leading up to it. As you'll see in the video, we had a blast, got to be a part of a very special moment, and ran a kick ass seminar on the Rear Crucifix to a packed out room that filled up from at least 4 different gyms and 5 black belts total! There are so many similarities between my journey in jiu-jitsu and Rob's. The more I learned and experienced from and in Leduc BJJ, the more it felt like it was a Twin Path that we both walked down. --------------- SUBSCRIBE to follow the Journey --------------- Links: Leduc Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: https://www.leducbjj.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/because_jitsu/ https://www.instagram.com/drew.weatherhead/ Because Jitsu: www.Because-Jitsu.com DrewJitsuOnline: www.DrewJitsuOnline.com BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/all/products/the-crucifix-manual-by-drew-weatherhead Jiu-Jitsu X: https://jiujitsux.com/product-category/instructor/drew-weatherhead/ Origin USA: www.OriginMaine.com and use Promo Code DrewJitsu for 10% OFF Everything! #BJJ #Jiujitsu #LeducBJJ #Leduc #Grappling #Alberta #Canada #Gym #Academy #Vlog #TravelLife #NorthSouth #NorthAmerica #USA #Chronicles

One of the first road trips in the RV led us up to Drayton Valley, Alberta. The owner of SBG Drayton Valley, Brad Kelly, graciously invited us to come up to train, run a seminar and experience the area. Brad really took care of us with off the charts hospitality and gave us a very unique ground floor view of the community and the history of it. Including his own personal story of trying to manage a Jiu-Jitsu Gym during the unprecedented 2020 and 2021 Lockdowns. Also featured is Dawn Kratz. An adaptive grappler who's 8 year journey to Blue Belt forced her to experiment and overcome the hurdles presented to her from living with Cerebral Paulse. The views and opinions shown in this episode are those of the people who experienced them from their own perspective. It is not meant as a statement or sermon. Please respect the honesty and candor of the people interviewed. --------------- SUBSCRIBE to follow the Journey --------------- Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sbgdraytonvalley/ https://www.instagram.com/because_jitsu/ https://www.instagram.com/drew.weatherhead/ Because Jitsu: www.Because-Jitsu.com DrewJitsuOnline: www.DrewJitsuOnline.com BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/all/products/the-crucifix-manual-by-drew-weatherhead Jiu-Jitsu X: https://jiujitsux.com/product-category/instructor/drew-weatherhead/ Origin USA: www.OriginUSA.com and use Promo Code DrewJitsu for 10% OFF Everything! #BJJ #Jiujitsu #DraytonValley #SBG #Grappling #CentralAlberta #Canada #Gym #Academy #Vlog #TravelLife #NorthSouth #NorthAmerica #USA #Chronicles

EDIT: (Don't let the run time fool you, it's a half hour episode with a bunch of raw competition footage at the end.) In this Episode of the North South Chronicles, I had the unique and timely pleasure of being able to coach 4 of my Students at the first local Tournament Since they stopped in February of 2020. I was literally only in the area for another 24 hours after this event. The timing couldn't have been better. Two of my Blue Belts and Two of my White Belts competed. Both Blue Belts got their Belt over the Pandemic between lockdowns. So it was both of their first competitions at that rank. Both of my White Belts had never competed before. They'd never had the chance until now! It was all very cathartic, as it was a lot of firsts for them juxtaposed by a poignant last for me. As I won't see them for a while now. Life is so strange and unexpected. Everything in the last while has really highlighted how important and special each day really is. --------------- SUBSCRIBE to follow the Journey --------------- Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/because_jitsu/ https://www.instagram.com/drew.weatherhead/ Because Jitsu: www.Because-Jitsu.com DrewJitsuOnline: www.DrewJitsuOnline.com BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/all/products/the-crucifix-manual-by-drew-weatherhead Jiu-Jitsu X: https://jiujitsux.com/product-category/instructor/drew-weatherhead/ Origin USA: www.OriginMaine.com and use Promo Code DrewJitsu for 10% OFF Everything! #BJJ #Jiujitsu #Tournament #Competition #Grappling #CentralAlberta #Canada #Gym #Academy #Vlog #TravelLife #NorthSouth #NorthAmerica #USA #Chronicles

Coming up in the scene I did in the time I did had it's own unique issues that I didn't even realize were issues until many years into training. My instructor, David Bill, started training in 1995 in a Japanese Jujitsu school. As time went on, he and his instructor began to change their focus and curriculum to focus almost entirely on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I cover how some of the strangeness along the way from when I started in 2007 to where we are now (with myself holding a BJJ Black Belt and my instructor holding a BJJ Brown Belt) happened. It's an unusual story, and this is the first hand recounting of it from three different people's perspectives. Everyone's roots came from somewhere. Sometimes they are straight and sometimes they are circuitous. But in the end, if your goal is improvement of your craft, eventually you will find your way into the sun. Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/because_jitsu/ https://www.instagram.com/drew.weatherhead/ Because Jitsu: www.Because-Jitsu.com DrewJitsuOnline: www.DrewJitsuOnline.com BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/all/products/the-crucifix-manual-by-drew-weatherhead Jiu-Jitsu X: https://jiujitsux.com/product-category/instructor/drew-weatherhead/ Origin USA: www.OriginMaine.com and use Promo Code DrewJitsu for 10% OFF Everything! #BJJ #Jiujitsu #Lineage #Roots #Grappling #CentralAlberta #Canada #Gym #Academy #Vlog #TravelLife #NorthSouth #NorthAmerica #USA #Chronicles