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b'On Veterans Day, we talk to three people with prominent roles in both the military community & BJJ communities: Ricardo Tubbs, black belt, active duty service member & owner of Da Firma Training Center, Julia Gumpert from Mission 22, a nonprofit dedicated to ending suicide among veterans (and using jiujitsu as a tool); and Jason Mask, a Navy veteran and purple belt with a message: all veterans should try jiujitsu.\\n\\nAlso, big news: One year. 58 shows. More than 60 videos about technique, nutrition, live event coverage and funny things. Plus, the occasional webcomic. \\n\\nIt\\u2019s been an amazing year. Now it\\u2019s time to take it to the next level \\u2014 which means a couple of big changes. \\n\\nFirst, the name of the show is changing. We want a name that\\u2019s going to reflect our focus on Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and more broadly the healthy lifestyle associated with jiu-jitsu. A lot of you know I have a blog called Dirty White Belt. The idea behind the name is that as my belt gets darker, I always want to retain the white belt attitude of consistently learning. I want to learn forever, and this project is a way to stay on that journey with my fellow travelers.\\n\\nWith that in mind, the new name of the show will be Dirty White Belt Radio. But that\\u2019s not the only big change. \\n\\nWe\\u2019re creating a new website which will launch at DirtyWhiteBelt.com that will house ALL the content we produce \\u2014 podcasts, blog posts, video instructionals about jiu-jitsu, food and nutrition, webcomics, and a unified events calendar for seminars, tournaments, superfight events and MMA fights throughout the Southeast. We\\u2019ll also have ways you can support the charities we back, as well as ways to support other local North Carolina brands. \\n\\nWe want you to expect more from us. We\\u2019re still going to have the content you\\u2019ve come to expect \\u2014 just more of it and a better version. We\\u2019ll always focus locally on jiujitsu and other fighting arts in the Carolinas and beyond, but now we\\u2019re going to be bringing in more big, national guests, especially guests with historical significance. (We already have some interviews recorded that I can\\u2019t wait to share with you). We\\u2019re also going to produce more regular bonus content to go along with the podcast \\u2014 things like videos and comics.\\n\\nAll of this will be housed at the (currently under construction) dirtywhitebelt.com. We hope to launch the website on Jan. 1, to start next year. And we had so much fun at the ConcussionCast Carnival last year, we hope to do another live event in 2017!\\n\\nIn the meantime, we\\u2019re going to slowly transition everything under the Dirty White Belt label. \\n\\nWhat does this mean for you, the listener and supporter? Not much, I don\\u2019t think. Now begins the process of transitioning to the new name on iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, and our various social media channels. If you already subscribe to us in one or more of those places, you shouldn\\u2019t need to do anything else \\u2014 and if you don\\u2019t subscribe already, please do. And be aware that when you see something from \\u201cDirty White Belt,\\u201d that\\u2019s us. \\n\\nOur goals remain the same: to shine a light on all the fantastic things happening in our local scene, and to talk to the great people making them happen; to bring you the best possible interviews with both local folks and legends of the fighting arts; and to spread the word about jiujitsu to everyone who needs to hear it. And everyone needs to hear it. \\n\\nThanks for listening, and for hanging with us through this exciting transition!'