Aug 28, 2026 · 25 min · 13 segments
Host Pete Deeley welcomes Professor Juanta "Tater" Wolf to discuss building a jiu jitsu life and academy while balancing family and community. Pete shares updates on the My Jiu Jitsu Journey app…
Juanta WolfGuest
Pete DeeleyHost
I mean, one thing that is an interesting attitude that people have have one way or the other that I wanted to ask you about is competition.
Some people feel like everybody needs to have at least one competition in their experience to simulate in a safe way what might be, hey, if it's unexpected, you don't know what's going on.
Have you internalized your skills such that? And other people like, no, it's not really.
Yeah, me personally, I know competition isn't for everybody, but I describe it as like, you know, like your first time driving alone, your first kiss, something that's a little nerve wracking because you don't have a reference point to it.
And the first time you fight somebody at 100% with something at stake, you know, this first, second, third place, uh, that's really the only thing at stake.
Um, the first time I competed and I like locked horns with somebody and I could feel that they were trying as hard as they could.
Um, it was an experience that defined how I trained because I knew that that was the, the level that I needed to be able to combat against.
Um, and again, there's, there'll be people that I know will come and they will never compete.
Um, and again, that's kind of gives me, uh, responsibility that when we're rolling and things that I kind of make sure that there's a certain level of intensity.
But I personally really never played any sports when I was a kid and started jujitsu when I was 25 and competed probably four months after I started.
And now I've probably competed 20 plus times and I'll actually be competing tomorrow.
It it's transforming from a regular degular person that goes to work every day, clocks in drinks or coffee.
And then there's this one, one time, uh, every couple of months that you get to put your gear on, put your headphones in and become this warrior.
I mean, I think it's a, think it's a transformative thing and i encourage people to compete so that they can experience that um but yeah i mean a lot of my students uh do compete so yeah at least once once in their life
I mean, one thing that is an interesting attitude that people have have one way or the other that I wanted to ask you about is competition.
Some people feel like everybody needs to have at least one competition in their experience to simulate in a safe way what might be, hey, if it's unexpected, you don't know what's going on.
Have you internalized your skills such that? And other people like, no, it's not really.
Yeah, me personally, I know competition isn't for everybody, but I describe it as like, you know, like your first time driving alone, your first kiss, something that's a little nerve wracking because you don't have a reference point to it.
And the first time you fight somebody at 100% with something at stake, you know, this first, second, third place, uh, that's really the only thing at stake.
Um, the first time I competed and I like locked horns with somebody and I could feel that they were trying as hard as they could.
Um, it was an experience that defined how I trained because I knew that that was the, the level that I needed to be able to combat against.
Um, and again, there's, there'll be people that I know will come and they will never compete.
Um, and again, that's kind of gives me, uh, responsibility that when we're rolling and things that I kind of make sure that there's a certain level of intensity.
But I personally really never played any sports when I was a kid and started jujitsu when I was 25 and competed probably four months after I started.
And now I've probably competed 20 plus times and I'll actually be competing tomorrow.
It it's transforming from a regular degular person that goes to work every day, clocks in drinks or coffee.
And then there's this one, one time, uh, every couple of months that you get to put your gear on, put your headphones in and become this warrior.
I mean, I think it's a, think it's a transformative thing and i encourage people to compete so that they can experience that um but yeah i mean a lot of my students uh do compete so yeah at least once once in their life
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