Grapple Asia Interview Ep. 11 | Margot Ciccarelli 鄧嘉寶 - The Nømadic Lab

Margot Ciccarelli is a renowned Black Belt Competitor and Coach with an Asian and Italian heritage. She received her Black Belt under Murilo Santana of Unity Jiu-Jitsu and has won multiple World Titles during her coloured belt years. Margot came for the first time to Bangkok, Thailand for a seminar at Arete Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and gave Grapple Asia some of her precious time to update us on what she has been up to. We discuss her move to AOJ, how she views Jiu-Jitsu and what it takes to reach the pinnacle of this sport. Socials: Website: https://margotciccarelli.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margotciccarelli/ Margot's Instructionals: www.jiujitsux.com/profile/margot-ciccarelli/ Margot YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MargotCiccarelliBJJSponsors: https://parryathletics.comhttps://brausfight.com ----------------------------- Chapters 0:00 Sponsors 0:33 Guest introduction 1:02 How has life been since our first interview in 2019? 4:05 Identity Crisis 6:19 The move to Art of Jiu-Jitsu 9:49 The lifestyle change between Unity in New York & AOJ in Costa Mesa 10:59 Embracing being a student again 13:05 'I don't wanna chase money.' 15:37 You can move around if you have one competent training partner 16:41 Jozef Chen's phenomenal progression 17:57 The not so secret genius of Dima Murovanni 19:56 Margot's online coaching process 21:05 Pineapple MMA SG and a 'casual' 100km trail run 23:05 Competition plans for 2024 23:55 Training at AOJ and the level of intensity 24:52 'Short form Jiu-Jitsu' 25:10 3 minute rounds at AOJ 26:38 'Super-fight Circle' 30:35 Internal fear and Margot's 'worst case scenario' in competition 33:14 'Flipping the switch' 39:13 Strength & conditioning for Jiu-Jitsu 43:42 Self evaluation & goal setting for Jiu-Jitsu progression 47:14 Filming your rolls for self assessment 47:58 "Don't be a f*cking people pleaser." 50:48 Be unapologetic56:07 "Your IQ shows" 58:40 The infamous Unity Jiu-Jitsu flograppling video 1:00:16 The current trends in Jiu-Jitsu

1:01:40 Jozef Chen's style & influence

1:02:32 Jason Rau's influence

1:03:35 Analyzing the male vs. female trends

1:04:43 Tainan Dalpra's influence 1:05:55 Future plans

1:07:57 Margot on opening her own gym or 'space'

1:10:20 "I want to express myself on every World Stage"

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