Ep. 112.5 - 10 Years of Academy Owneship - The FULL Episode with - CJ Hollet

The Business of Jiu Jitsu · May 21, 2026 · 40m

We had technical difficulties on the previous recording so this is a NEW recording and the full episode.

Most BJJ academy owners burn out somewhere between year 3 and year 7. Not because the jiu jitsu is hard — because the people part is. The communication, the boundary-setting, losing core members, staying in one piece, knowing who to let through the door.

Heads up: this is a shorter episode — we ran into some technical difficulties partway through the recording, but the conversation was too good to shelve.

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