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The Chewjitsu Podcast

Episode 229 - Andre "Dedeco" Almeida

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

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

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Chewy and Eugene chat with BJJ legend Andre "Dedeco" Almeida.

Dedeco is a 6th degree BJJ black belt under Ricardo Liborio.

On this episode, Dedeco discusses owning and running a gym, the right way to open a Jiu-Jitsu gym, how Dedeco started teaching, how teaching improves your Jiu-Jitsu, the biggest mistake people make when opening a BJJ school, what makes a BJJ technique “right” or “wrong,” Dedeco’s start in BJJ, how he overcame severe anxiety with training BJJ, the importance of having a strong community, what BJJ training was like in the early days in Brazil, what it was like training with Wallid Ismael, learning important lessons from Ricardo De Le Riva, training with Ricardo Liborio, what changed Jiu-Jitsu into what it is today, and what Ricardo De La Riva was like as a coach.

You can follow Dedeco on Instagram  @Dedeco BJJ  and check out his gym https://www.dedecobjj.com/academy

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Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up guys? Welcome today on the podcast. Today we have the Deco. I don't actually know what his name is. I'm sure Eugene will probably look it up beforehand. It's kind of like one of those things where like I know names and faces. I don't like first names and faces or nicknames and faces. I don't really know people's like full names. Like in my gym. If you come to my gym, I can probably name you by your first name.

0:22.4

And I'll always remember that.

0:24.3

But if you said like, what's their last name?

0:25.9

I probably don't know.

0:26.7

Are you ready?

0:27.2

Yeah.

0:27.5

You're ever this?

0:28.0

So I made a guess.

0:29.3

Yeah, yeah.

0:29.6

It's Andre Luis Gomez de Almeida.

0:32.2

De De De Deco is a way of saying Andre in Portuguese.

0:35.4

Okay. The name was given to him by Master De La Jivea.

0:38.1

Almeida's first instruct.

0:39.0

Cool.

0:39.6

So I did,

0:40.3

I was like,

0:40.6

I meant to get Almeida or something.

0:42.0

Almeado or Silver,

0:43.2

something like that.

0:43.7

But yeah,

0:44.0

so we have Deco on here.

0:45.4

So I met Dedeco originally at the origin camp just a few months ago.

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