Episode 260 - Inverted Gear Owner and BJJ Black Belt Nelson Puentes

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the podcast, Chewy and Eugene are joined by Inverted Gear Owner and BJJ Black Belt Nelson Puentes.

Nelson joins the podcast to discuss what it was like immigrating to the US from Chile at 14 years old, joining his high school football team without knowing the rules of football, wrestling in high school and why he chose not to wrestle in college, discovering BJJ, signing up for a BJJ tournament before ever taking a Jiu-Jitsu class, scheduling life around BJJ, taking a break from college and starting Inverted Gear, how he came up with the Inverted Gear logo and brand, how Nelson met his wife at a BJJ tournament, how Nelson’s wife helped grow the company, the gym environment Nelson created at Inverted Gear Academy, how he has kept up with newer BJJ techniques, his biggest Jiu-Jitsu influences, what Jiu-Jitsu camps were like back in the day, how Chewy and Nelson met, thoughts on the IBJJF, and why BJJ was so influential in his life.

Check out Inverted Gear at https://www.invertedgear.com/ and follow Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/invertedgearnelson/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What up, guys?
0:00.8	Today on the podcast, we have Nelson.
0:03.7	He is a, Nelson Pointus.
0:06.5	That's correct.
0:07.8	Probably not the best pronunciation of his name.
0:10.1	He's from Chile.
0:11.7	And Nelson is a jihitsu black belt.
0:14.1	He's the founder of inverted gear.
0:16.8	If you've ever seen the little inverting panda on one of those geys or t-shirts, that's his company.
0:21.9	And I met Nelson originally at Noggy Worlds, 2022.
0:26.2	And I did a seminar at Jim, super, super nice guy.
0:29.8	Him and his family were fantastic.
0:31.4	His wife, we went over to their house and she made pancakes for all of us on Sunday morning.
0:36.3	Nice.
0:37.1	So again, super cool people, but they were incredibly nice.
0:40.1	Jim was excellent.
0:42.0	All of us students were super cool.
0:43.4	And so I wanted to have them on the podcast to one talk about, you know, I thought
0:48.7	was neat talking about a guy who came from Chile, came from another country, started
0:52.3	a business, you know, made his life cruise routes down here at the U.S. and then also talked to him about, you know, his jiu-jitsu
0:57.5	training and then his involvement with the geek company. So we'll get into all that stuff and
1:02.4	hope you guys enjoy it. As always, thanks to our sponsors for helping make this thing happen and help
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