Domenico is a martial artist, one of my oldest friends, and close comrades through life. Join me as I catch up with the man on all things jiu jitsu and judo before he competes at the US Open Judo Championships in Miami.

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TRANSCRIPTION
1:30 → training martial arts with injuries

2:20 → how you can get into martial arts as a kid?

4:20 → ‘no quit’... a jiu jitsu principle that you can transfer to life skills - get game

6:30 → the pull of jiu jitsu lies within the creativity, you can chain a sequence of events - many different ways to skin a cat

11:10 → the relationship you can have with student+master within martial arts

14:20 → you never feel like a ‘master’ in jiu jitsu, you’ll always learn humility in some way shape or form

16:00 → should you train with folks that are lesser than you, or that are a little better than you to improve?

22:00 → the benefit of drilling is to build muscle memory so when you’re in a state of stress, you know how to respond

24:45 → the cathartic release and benefit of journaling - release the negative build-up