Nicholas Meregali has been training with John Danaher for over three months now. He joined Danaher’s team for one simple reason: he wanted to improve further and reach his peak potential.
As a matter of fact, he recently decided to compete at the 2022 IBJJF World Championships, and so he had his first training session with Danaher in a gi!
Here’s what Meregali had to say about his experience of training with Professor Danaher so far:
My first gi training with Sensei @danaherjohn Meeting John and having the honor of being his student is both a motivation and a responsibility, because no one on earth is even close to the level of the connection he has with the martial art.
It continues to impacting me until today, after 3 months with him, 7 days a week, seeing the passion he transmits while living Jiu-Jitsu. His knowledge in any area of the sport is literally unbelievable.
He emphasized that there’s a lot he has to learn from his new coach:
I’m one of the most technical guys I know and training with John gives me a sense of necessity and evolution because he’s years and light years ahead of me, and that’s really inspiring me.
I love this sport and I do whatever it takes for the martial art. People can even criticize, but the plans I have don’t allow me to act differently, flexibility is the poison in the long term.A nice story was when my friends asked me how John would teach me in the Gi. And I replied: “You can’t understand until you meet him. Let’s see what will happen in the Worlds.”
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