In this episode, we’re joined by Akil Bilal, a black belt in Jiu Jitsu and mobility expert. Born in North Carolina 🇺🇸, lived in Qatar 🇶🇦 for 16 years, currently living in beautiful Cape Verde 🇨🇻 off the coast of Senegal 🇸🇳. A lot of gems dropped in this episode, not to be missed!
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
1:49 – Akil Bilal’s origin story
5:15 – How I came to Islam
11:13 – Journey in Martial Arts
17:14 – Migrating To Cape Verde 🇨🇻
22:26 – Muslims In Cape Verde
28:10 – The UK Is Stressful
29:06 – Invitation To Cape Verde
31:25 – Injuries led me to mobility training
33:11 – Mobility in practice
37:58 – Mobility vs Flexibility
44:05 – Fundamental Movement
46:29 – Diagnosing Mobility Problems
51:46 – Joint Pain and Prayer
57:00 – Treating symptoms with drugs
1:02:01 – Integrating mobility training
1:10:57 – Mohammed gets a wake up call
1:12:44 – Invitation to Cape Verde 🇨🇻
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