On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by one of Chewy’s first training partners, BJJ Black Belt Daniel Bertina. Daniel is a BJJ Black Belt and coach that lives in the Netherlands.

Daniel discusses his early days in BJJ and his training sessions with Chewy, what training sessions were like in the early 2000’s, ideas on decreasing injuries, recommendations for older grapplers, why you should make your BJJ as broad as possible, the optimal training environment, one thing that could be the death of martial arts, cultivating a positive gym environment, thoughts on "gym enforces," Jiu-Jitsu and mental health, deriving a deeper meaning from BJJ, and how fatherhood has changed Daniel.

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Old School BJJ With Black Belt Daniel Bertina (Episode 358)