Nicky Rod

So yeah, 15, I ended up dropping out and just pursuing jujitsu full time, uh, you know, training every day up in the, uh, the blue basement.

It's just something I just enjoyed being on the mats every day.

I love that there's a problem-solving aspect to it.

It's mentally challenging.

It's physically challenging.

It helps me get in shape.

Right off the bat, I knew I loved it.

Yeah, I mean, you know, obviously he's considered one of the best coaches in the world.

You know, very charismatic guy when you see him in person.

You know, I pretty much was, you know, kind of raised in the DDS.

You know, that's where I spent the majority of my time every day.

So I obviously had very deep connections, you know, with John, my brother, Gary, you know, even Eddie Cummings and stuff back then.

So obviously I miss interacting with those guys every day.

And, you know, it's like they said, it's good to have somebody to kind of crack the whip at you every day.

And John, John was very good at that.

Yeah, exactly.

I mean, I was, I started training with them just when like everybody started to break out.

Gary was like the biggest name at the time.

just because he had won ADCC trials already.

And he had a crazy match with Kron at Kron Gracie at ADCC.