Jonah Hill on doing BJJ: I try and get over the stuff that made me feel weak

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I started Brazilian Jui Jitzu 2 months ago and try and train 4 or 5 times a week. In high school the dudes who did Jui Jitzu used to beat the shit out of us at parties so it turned me off to it as an idea growing up. But quietly I always thought it was a beautiful art form . At 35 , I try and get over the stuff that made me feel weak and insecure as a teenager. It’s just wasted time and lessons you’ll never learn. Trying to let go of that. Nothing more humbling than getting your ass kicked by a 12 year old your first week . Got my first stripe today. I know it sounds corny but it’s pretty dope to jump in and do stuff you’d never think you’d be able to do. Much respect to Sensai Josh and @clockworkbjj and Anthony for getting me into it ❤️ 🥋

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"One of the most important things as a BJJ competitor is to not forget about being mentally prepared for competition. Not just confident but being prepared that things may not go the way you want and still keep a calm mind. You could train with the best team in the world, be your absolute best physically but if your mind is not prepared it can really create problems during competition." —Mackenzie Dern

"What I have learned from BJJ is in order to be sucessful you must learn to deal with hardships and failures, before you can learn how to win" —JONATHAN "JT" TORRES

All the training, the sweat dropped on the mat, the pains and the will is being paid off. —Marcus Almeida on being a 3X BJJ world champ

All the training, the sweat dropped on the mat, the pains and the will is being paid off.
—Marcus Almeida on being a 3X BJJ world champ

"In Jiu Jitsu you never lose, you learn! Accept your mistakes and work to improve on them " —Rodrigo Munduruca

Sam Harris on the joy of learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)

Sam Harris is a renowned author of books such as The Moral Landscape, Letter to a Christian Nation, The End of Faith; and is also a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He find great pleasure in learning the intricacies of the art:

Each increment of knowledge imparted in this way is so satisfying—and one’s ignorance at every stage so consequential—that the process of learning BJJ can become remarkably addictive. I have never experienced anything quite like it.

Caio Terra Quotes

Quotes from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Caio Terra.

 

Nicolas Gregoriades on Hindu concept of Lila and Jiu Jitsu

Nicolas Gregoriades in the documentary The Spirit of Jiu Jitsu by Stuart Cooper, notes that the Hindu concept of Lila, which refers to divine or cosmic playfulness is something he can see within the context of playing the game of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:

One of my yoga instructors, he speaks of something called Lila, which I think is a Sanskrit word. Lila refers to divine playfulness. And he was saying how the universe is just playing a game; it's playing a game with itself; like everything, creating the universe is playing. And Jiu Jitsu is like that to me.
   

Eddie Bravo: Jiu Jitsu is the Ultimate Douchebag Filter

Eddie Bravo on how BJJ can really weed out people you cannot control their ego:

The only guys that make it through are the guys that make it through are the guys that have a complete control of their ego where they tap out in the beginning, all the time, you're always losing in the beginning...Your ego can get bruised if you don't have control of it. So what ends up happens is Jiu Jitsu is the ultimate douchebag filter. You're left with a bunch of guys that had no problem tapping out and no problem submitting.

Joe Rogan on Jiu Jitsu

Joe Rogan's take on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

When you get really good at something as difficult as Jiu-Jitsu, it makes everything in your life better.

Alexandre Xande Ribeiro on No Limits

Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro on Jiu Jitsu having no limits:
“I’m just here to prove a point that jiu jitsu has no limits.” It doesn’t matter what rules you are fighting. If you are a jiu jitsu fighter by heart, you should be able to fight under any circumstances.”


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Caio Terra: Technique Conquers All

Caio Terra on Technique

If you don't about losing, if you don't care about being smashed at the gym, you'll focus on technique. You may be smashed for a long time, but when you really get techniques, when you really get it, there's no strength that will stop you.
- Caio Terra, BJJ World Champion 


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Anderson Silva
Chael Sonnen
Fedor Emelianenko
Georges St-Pierre
Jon Jones
Ronda Rousey

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“My code of life and my personal bushido is honour, respect, loyalty, courage and surrender.”
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