Robert Degle on Swapping Academia for BJJ, Language’s Role in Rolling and Why Strength Matters (#14)

Robert Degle is a BJJ brown belt under John Danaher, and also a coach now based in Singapore. Check out our engaging conversation around topics of how Rob swapped his academic path of philosophy for BJJ, why language plays such an important role in learning and coaching jiujitsu, and why being strong matters on the mats, and in life. Timecodes 0:00 - CBD Mountain 0:21 - Robert Degle Intro 0:50 - Rob’s recent move to Singapore 5:10 - Swapping Pizza for Indian food 6:23 - What drew Rob to want to study philosophy initially 7:49 - Rob’s impressive, concise breakdown of his favourite philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein 10:44 - Different theories of language and Wittgenstein’s conclusion surrounding the true purpose of words The Picture Theory of Language () Plato and the Theory of the Forms () 13:33 - The Barber’s Paradox () Bertrand Russell The Meaning Theory o