Episode 17. Training Since 1995 & Running a Gracie CTC in Ottawa
The conversation
About James Doyle.
James Doyle sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 17, “Training Since 1995 & Running a Gracie CTC in Ottawa”.
James started training jiu-jitsu in 1995 at seven years old, after getting into a fight as a kid changed the course of his life.
Over the years he trained in everything from Japanese Goshin Jujitsu to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He became a junior black belt and later a certified Gracie Jiu-Jitsu instructor. He now owns his own certified training center in Ottawa, Canada.
He talks about building a school culture rooted in community, mentorship, humility and the white belt mindset, and about the lifelong friendships jiu-jitsu gave him.
“I was a junior black belt, a young black belt”
From the episode
- Bullies don't pick on people who fight back.
- Jiu-jitsu can give you friends for 30 years.
- Walking into a first class is a big ask, so make new people feel welcome.
- Discipline
- Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
- Location
- Ottawa, Canada
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