SYSTEM Stress Test

SYSTEM Jiu-Jitsu
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Ideas are easy. Resistance tells the truth. SYSTEM Stress Test is Nick Kugelman and Jacen Flynn, Jiu-Jitsu black belts, competitors, fathers, coaches, and owners of SYSTEM JIU-JITSU in Meridian, Idaho. Each week, we take the accepted wisdom of jiu-jitsu, competition, coaching, business, fatherhood, and personal growth and put it under resistance. What survives, we keep. What doesn't, we change or throw out. KEEP IT. MODIFY IT. KILL IT.

Episodes

  1. 21h ago

    Should You Think Less When You Roll? | Stress Test #003

    Should You Think Less When You Roll? The best jiu-jitsu can feel almost automatic. You stop thinking about techniques, stop forcing positions, and simply react to what’s happening. But is that actually the goal? In Stress Test #003, Nick Kugelman and Jacen Flynn put the idea “The less you think while rolling, the better you perform” to the test. We get into flow state, instinct vs. conscious thought, what experienced grapplers actually pay attention to, why overthinking can slow you down, and whether coaches help or hurt when they give athletes answers during live rounds. Do black belts think less? or have they just gotten better at recognizing the right information? At the end, we decide: Kill it, Keep it, or Modify it.

  2. Sep 20

    Is “Just Keep Showing Up” Actually Good Advice? | Stress Test #002

    Showing up matters, but is simply accumulating mat time enough to actually get better at jiu-jitsu? In Stress Test #002, SYSTEM JIU-JITSU owners and black belts Nick Kugelman and Jacen Flynn put one of the most repeated pieces of advice in jiu-jitsu under pressure: “Just keep showing up.” They discuss the difference between attendance and intentional practice, why athletes plateau, how bad habits can become reinforced through repetition, the responsibility coaches have for athlete development, and what separates years of training from years of actual improvement. Does “just keep showing up” survive the Stress Test - or does the advice need to change? Ideas are easy. Resistance tells the truth.

  3. Sep 13

    Does Jiu-Jitsu Actually Make You a Better Person? | Stress Test #001

    People say jiu-jitsu makes you a better person. But does it? For our first Stress Test, Nick Kugelman and Jacen Flynn put one of jiu-jitsu’s most repeated beliefs under resistance. We talk about what decades of training and competition have actually changed in us, what they haven’t, ego, losing, coaching, gym culture, and whether adversity builds character... or simply reveals it. Then we give the verdict: KEEP IT. MODIFY IT. KILL IT. SYSTEM Stress Test is a podcast from SYSTEM JIU-JITSU in Meridian, Idaho. Ideas are easy. Resistance tells the truth.

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Ideas are easy. Resistance tells the truth. SYSTEM Stress Test is Nick Kugelman and Jacen Flynn, Jiu-Jitsu black belts, competitors, fathers, coaches, and owners of SYSTEM JIU-JITSU in Meridian, Idaho. Each week, we take the accepted wisdom of jiu-jitsu, competition, coaching, business, fatherhood, and personal growth and put it under resistance. What survives, we keep. What doesn't, we change or throw out. KEEP IT. MODIFY IT. KILL IT.

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  • Creator
    SYSTEM Jiu-Jitsu
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Explicit
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