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Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.
He who manages the distance, manages the damage.
In life, nothing happens to you. It happens for you.
Knowledge comes from your instructors; wisdom comes from within.
I'm not as good as I want to be, But I'm twice as good as you think I am.
If you train worst case scenarios consistently, they will no longer be worst case scenarios
When you do Jiu Jitsu, you won't look at a bigger guy and say 'oh no', you'll look and say 'how interesting!'
The goal is not to simulate reality right now by going crazy. The goal is to prepare for reality by going slowly
Self-defense is not just a set of techniques; it’s a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending.
Learn Gracie Jiu-Jitsu so that when a giant walks by, you don't think to yourself 'oh no,' you think to yourself 'how interesting!
Anyone who is serious about jiu-jitsu should know that the ability to defeat an opponent is nothing more than a metaphor for the ultimate combat, for the most significant victories are the ones we accomplish within ourselves
The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice of a martial art should be a practice of love - for the preservation of life, for the preservation of body, and for the preservation of family and friends.
When your purpose and your occupation is giving confidence to people, teaching self defense, giving empowerment, teaching a positive lifestyle to other people, you tend to emit that yourself because you want to live what you preach and you want to preach what you live, and I'm just trying to do my best.
