Brady Joling, the path from youth jiu jitsu to a Division 1 College wrestling scholarship, with his Father Michael Joling

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Brady wrestling in PIAA high school championship

Brady Joling and his Father Michael join us for this podcast episode.  Brady is part of the first generation of jiu jitsu practitioners who moved to a successful wrestling career.  Me, your host, Warren Stout  was part of some of the first group of college wrestlers who transitioned to BJJ in the early 2000’s.  Now we are seeing athletes go in the opposite direction as jiu jitsu becomes more main stream and quality kids jiu jitsu programs are available in many parts of the country.  Brady is a great example of this.  He started at Stout PGH in your youth program and just finished his high school wrestling career culminating in a PIAA State Championship 3rd place medal. He is going on to wrestle at the Division I Collegate level at Davidson College. He hasn’t been wrestling long and he is getting better.  We talk about his unique style and how jiu jitsu influenced it.  We talk about the different attitudes and training methods of each sport.  Michael also talks about guiding a wrestler and jiu jitsu practitioner as a father.  There is a lot of interesting information that jiu jitsu atheletes, wrestler, parents and fans of wrestling and jiu jitsu/ submission grappling will enjoy.