Episode 181 - David Garmo

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

Wrestling, Wellness, Brazilianjiujitsu, Sports, Interviews, Mma, Bjj, Health, Chewjitsu, Injuryprevention

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

David is a Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, multiple time IBJJF champion, "Who’s Number One" and "Fight 2 Win" competitor, and the owner of "Assembly Jiu-Jitsu" in Bloomfield Hills, MI.

On this episode David discusses preparing for the ADCC East Coast Trials, how to structure a warm-up, his start in martial arts, where his competitive drive came from, how to move past a loss, the Jiu-Jitsu scene in Michigan, learning leg locks, applying submissions safely, his thoughts on ripping submissions, the toll Injuries take on the body and recovery from injuries, why taking some injuries is vital to being a high level competitor, David’s most serious injury, competing against friends in Jiu-Jitsu, training yourself as a coach, dealing with nerves when competing, and his favorite tournament to compete in.

You can follow David in Instagram @garmoflowajj and find out more about his gym here: https://www.assembly-detroit.com/

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0:00.0	What's up guys? So today on the podcast, we have David Garmo. He is a, he's a black belt
0:05.1	jih Tzu and a fairly high level competitor. He's a guy where, you know, when Eugene and I are
0:10.9	making lists of people to talk to at some point, it's like, I don't necessarily have who do I want
0:17.5	to talk to, you know, because, you know, that kind of thing. It's not always there, but there's people that I like watching compete. I'm like, let's try to talk to those
0:25.2	guys. And, you know, we started sending out messages and I've got my little list together because
0:28.7	that's really what I determine. I'm just going to, I want to talk to guys that I enjoy watching
0:31.8	compete or whatever. Yeah. Or people from different niches that I find, or different, when I see niches, like different subject matters that I find interesting.
0:38.8	So every now then you may get a random guest on it.
0:40.9	But he's a fun competitor watch.
0:42.8	He's aggressive.
0:43.5	He goes for it.
0:44.2	He uses a lot of front headlocks and guillotines and things like that.
0:48.1	And at the time of recording this, he is getting ready for the ADCC trials.
0:53.0	And so he'll be doing that.
0:55.6	And we talked to him for a,
0:56.8	for a good long while, about two hours.
0:58.2	Two hours.
0:58.7	Not two hours.
0:59.3	Yeah, I just,
0:59.6	it was,
0:59.9	it was a,
1:01.0	he was a fun guest,
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