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Posted on August 8, 2014

Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: JIU-JITSU WITHOUT PREJUDICE

“Are you crazy? What kind of grappling fight is this?”, “I do not get that close to another guy, man!”, “This thing is crazy.” Hearing these phrases from people who …

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Posted on July 31, 2014

Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: When stress disrupts your training, what to do?

If the routine were only training, training and training, life would be easier for everyone. It’s a pity that reality is something different. Between training days, there are also concerns …

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Posted on July 11, 2014

Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: What do soccer and jiu-jitsu have in common?

The Soccer World Cup is going on right now in the Brazilian territory, Brazilian team jerseys are everywhere, soccer is now a “full-time subject” and, as a national passion, it …

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Posted on July 3, 2014

Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: The jiu-jitsu as a character builder.

Those who have never been in contact with the gentle art cannot imagine how this sport can transform – in all respects – an individual. Initially, the learned techniques, some …

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Posted on June 27, 2014

Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Winning is overcoming yourself, even when everything seems to be lost.

Who has never felt like life was being unfair? Everything seems to be going so well, then things change suddenly, from one moment to another, and you have no idea …

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Posted on June 20, 2014

Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Injuries are part of the mission. Know how to overcome them. Be strong.

There is no war without battles, nor victories without pain. You do not need to be a soldier to know that. It’s just about being willing to give 100% of …

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Posted on June 12, 2014

Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: To get higher degrees, do you have to win championships?

From the very beginning of Jiu-Jitsu until now, a lot of things changed. Literally. Since the initial publicity of this sport – hard work attributed to the Great Master Carlos …

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Posted on June 6, 2014

Taking care of your mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Making a living from Jiu-Jitsu is possible. It's totally up to you.

Having Jiu-Jitsu as your financial source was something totally impossible some years ago. Opening a successful school was very difficult and this was one of the reasons that many people …

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Posted on May 30, 2014

Taking care of your mind is Jiu-Jitsu: To fall, to rise and start over again.

How to start again when everything seems to be lost? It may seem strange that we are talking about “start over again” in a website dedicated to Jiu-Jitsu. However, the …

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Posted on May 22, 2014

Taking Care of your Mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Is there a time to leave the Jiu-Jitsu?

  A man can leave the jiu-jitsu, but jiu-jitsu will never leave the man.” We who practice jiu-jitsu know how this sport may involve us, make us love it and, …

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