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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 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 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 1, 2014

Taking care of your mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Strong mind, victory assured.

An athlete knows that, besides your body, you must have your mind in peace, calm and without internal conflicts in order to be 100% focused on your competition. Muscles are …

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Posted on April 18, 2014

Taking Care of your mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Learning from the losses.

Life in sports is generally composed by lots of training, tiredness, pain, victories and, among all of that, the dreadful losses. Actually, the athletes should not be that afraid of …

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Posted on April 4, 2014

Taking care of your mind is Jiu-Jitsu: Do not mistake dreams for desires.

What you desire is exactly like what you dream of? Dreaming and desiring are totally different things. At first, you may think that their differences are insignificant. But they are …

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