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 BJJASIA 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: margotciccarelli.com
Instagram: / margotciccarelli
Margot's Instructionals: www.jiujitsux.com/profile/margot-ciccarelli/
Margot KZfaq: / @margotciccarellibjj
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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 unapologetic
56:07 "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 on the current meta
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"
1:12:40 Gratitude
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