Episode 22: Damon Bolden on training at 62, traveling for Jiu Jitsu, and a career working undercover

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In this episode, I sit down with Damon Bolden at a cafe next to the airport during the Arizona camp. Damon is 62, competes at the IBJJF Masters Worlds and travels around the world to train, and I wanted to know how he does it. We talk about why more seniors should do Jiu Jitsu, walking into gyms abroad at his age, his years working undercover in narcotics, and how he looks back on his life.

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In this episode

• 0:00 Intro
• 9:07 Rolling with a 62-year-old at the Arizona camp
• 13:37 Competing gives purpose after retirement
• 16:09 No alcohol, police academy and a late start in Jiu Jitsu
• 21:15 Training with people half your age
• 31:07 How to get more seniors into Jiu Jitsu
• 41:28 Walking into gyms abroad at 62
• 48:02 Traveling then and now, and healthcare in Vietnam
• 51:31 The news and how dangerous the world really is
• 58:30 Nine years working undercover
• 1:04:48 Leaving the police and starting over in Las Vegas
• 1:17:56 TRT, peptides and staying clean
• 1:27:30 Looking back without regrets