Doing Jiu Jitsu full-time & making a living | Daniel de Groot interview
Many people are dreaming about becoming a full-time competitor or opening their own Jiu Jitsu academy. Because there is little money to be earned as a BJJ competitor, and there is no government support, it can be hard to balance training, work, study, and competition. In this video we talk about this with Daniel de Groot. Daniel is a European and Brazilian IBJJF No-gi champion, and has spend a lot of time training in Brazil, with his team The House Fight Company.
⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Introduction
01:15 Life during Corona lock down
03:33 How to do Jiu Jitsu full-time and live the Jiu Jitsu lifestyle
07:54 Training in Brazil
13:10 What`s it like to compete BJJ in Brazil
15:19 Return to Europe
16:41 Opening the academy
19:53 How to become good at a particular technique
27:20 Questions from Social Media followers
29:34 Shark Tank
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In the BJJ Fightgear Lockdown Talks, we interview top Jiu Jitsu competitors and people in the scene, about life during the COVID-19 lockdown, explore the story behind the person, and other interesting BJJ-related topics, such as diet, motivation and competition and more.
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