Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: What are the biggest incentives for a warrior?
There is no secret; the path to the victory consists of lots of training, focus and dedication. This all would not exist without motivation, and this is the driving force …
Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: What should a white belt learn to be a good black belt in the future?
White belt, the excitement phase, where the control of force is far away from being part of the gentle art beginner’s life. Hours watching video classes of elaborate techniques in …
Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Why we "shake" before a fight? Is it fear or tension?
Among the more bizarre and inexplicable sensations we feel just before fighting, the most common is the tremor. Many people see the tremor as the opponent sensitivity. They normally believe …
Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Find in the unknown the love for jiu-jitsu
Finding in the unknown the reason for a new direction in life is somewhat risky. In the mats around the world, it is not very difficult to know people who have …
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Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: How to control anxiety?
In the pre-championship stage, on those days preceding graduation or, the most common of all: that strange feeling just before stepping on the competition mat. What all these situations have …
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Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Believing in yourself is the key to the success
How many times does nervousness come up right in the pre-competition stage? Numerous! Besides natural pressure experienced during a championship, and several other factors – psychological or not – lead …
Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Do you think you are the best one in the trainings? Do not like it.
Nothing is more unpleasant than that inconvenient guy who thinks he is the best one in training. Unfortunately, there are practitioners of various sports with such mentality. Being individualistic and extremely …
Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Problems? Grab them, take them to the floor and finish it!
Keeping concentration, focus and discipline is not an easy task. The busy routine, and problems that surround it, are a number of factors that do not help to get you …
Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: The 8th teaching of the father of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Carlos Gracie
Anyone who knows the teachings of Great Master Carlos Gracie, knows that the advice provided by the patriarch of the family is not related to ways of techniques executions or secrets …
Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Mistakes are necessary for the learning of a true champion
In the ring and in life the fight is the same one. You must face the problems […]”, This translated part of a song from “Pregador Luo” – known for …