He Gave His Son His Old Belt...and His New Gym.

Luis Costa just opened Octa's seventh location, this one run by his son and longtime competitor, Michael. Luis and Michael talk about building a multi-location school on one shared curriculum, tracked in Gymdesk across every site, so students can train at any Octa and pick up right where they left off.Michael also gets into life as a Type 1 diabetic competitor, cutting nearly 30 pounds for a fight while managing insulin on his own, and the moment his dad untied his own decades-old brown belt and wrapped it around Michael's waist.