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Building a Team of Athletes through Encouragement and Recruitment
08:05 - 19:34 (11:29)
The founder of the Renzo Gracie Academy in Puerto Rico shares how he would recruit members to train with professionals by encouraging and observing potential and ensuring they could work well in a team.
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When COVID-19 made training in close proximity difficult, a majority of athletes from a small town in New York City decided to move to Puerto Rico to train and live together.
08:05 - 11:47 (03:42)
Summary
When COVID-19 made training in close proximity difficult, a majority of athletes from a small town in New York City decided to move to Puerto Rico to train and live together. The change in living conditions was significant.
ChapterBuilding a Team of Athletes through Encouragement and Recruitment
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The Mendes Brothers were left homeless in Austin without a place to train ahead of ADCC 2022.
11:47 - 15:04 (03:17)
Summary
The Mendes Brothers were left homeless in Austin without a place to train ahead of ADCC 2022. Their solution was to stick together as a team and prepare as best they can until the competition, and then make a decision on whether to break up or not.
ChapterBuilding a Team of Athletes through Encouragement and Recruitment
Episode#328 – John Danaher: Submission Grappling, ADCC, Animal Combat, and Knives
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker recalls how he would recruit people to train with professionals at a gym and how he encouraged Giancarlo Badoni to train with Gordon Ryan, which led to more people coming in to train under this system.
15:04 - 19:34 (04:29)
Summary
The speaker recalls how he would recruit people to train with professionals at a gym and how he encouraged Giancarlo Badoni to train with Gordon Ryan, which led to more people coming in to train under this system. Badoni trained with Ryan, the best no-gi competitor of all time, during his first-ever no-gi training session.