Epi 129 Black Belt Dan Covel Gives Us Great Advice

This week we bring you an interview with Dan Covel. Dan is a BJJ black belt training under Marcelo Garcia. He also teaches at Marcelo Garcia Academy and in Hoboken New Jersey.

We talk about:

• Starting martial arts with Judo
• Doing MMA at age 17
• Using the closed guard
• What makes the closed guard such a strong position
• How to pass the closed guard
• Getting the most out of kids BJJ
• Why he stores his tournament medals in a drawer
• The benefits of competing
• The use of BJJ in a street fight
• What he does to get ready to compete
• Good goals for new students

Links:

• Dan's Black Magic Closed Guard DVD use coupon code "bjjbrick" for 15% off this dvd on budo videos!
• Dan's Facebook page
• Dan on Twitter

Quote of the week: "Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details." Heraclitus

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