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Felipe Costa, Rodrigo Comprido and Caio Terra at BJJ Camp
Rodrigo Comprido Medeiros is a legend in the sport of BJJ. The first year he was a black belt he was able to win the absolute division. He not only won it, but he was the first person to win by submission in absolute black belt history. He also won it with the fastest submission in black belt history. Comprido currently has a gym called Comprido BJJ in Bloomingdale IL.
In this interview we talk about:
- How he got the name Comprido
- Yuri Simoes in Metamoris
- Sustainable Jiu-jitsu
- Competition advice
- Adjusting jiu-jitsu to your body and age
- Bjj Camp
- Training with Felipe Costa
- His goals for the future
- Competing very well as a new black belt
- Advice on training safe
- What it was like at his first tournament
- Dealing with and using your adrenaline
- What he was like as a blue belt
- Advice for a first year student
- The possibility of doing another Metamoris
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