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Professor,
When a Brazilian walks into Gracie Barra or any other dojo in Brazil and asks to start training, is the training and/or the atmosphere he will see in Brazil totally different from an American walking into an American gym and starting jiu jitsu. Is the way you train students here in the states different than the way you train students in Brazil?
Professor,
When a Brazilian walks into Gracie Barra or any other dojo in Brazil and asks to start training, is the training and/or the atmosphere he will see in Brazil totally different from an American walking into an American gym and starting jiu jitsu. Is the way you train students here in the states different than the way you train students in Brazil?
Hi, thx for writing.
I don't know about other school but mine ( in BH and Houston) is totally the same. If you come with a positive vibe and showing basic education, you will be treated like home. If you come with the wrong attitude, you better know that it is not a good place to be a jerk.
I had little trouble after all this years. Normally, everything is great.
Hey Professor. I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to create this forum and making it open to everyone. I look forward to learning from your experience and wish you good luck with it.
Hey Professor. I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to create this forum and making it open to everyone. I look forward to learning from your experience and wish you good luck with it.
No problem brother! I glad you like. I like as well. See you on the mats!
hello professor
do you give also weapon defenses in your trainings ? i think it is important for us, as a student to practise it in order to understand our limitations against such attacks.
How do you utilize Knee on Belly? As an energy sapper, long term position? Or a quick, hop on, hop to an attack or mount? In other words, do you use it as as a permanent or semipermanent position or a transitionary pose?
There is no universal truth for this one. But yes, when my opponent is tired, I use to add the pressure to cause him to make a mistake in desperation. You can use it to rest too and I try to concentrate more on my grip.
hey Drac! when are you comin' back out to Lubbock?
your website is great and I've been recruiting friends to come over and sign up... i hit up Pat Hardy yesterday... 
Professor,
In one of your posts recently, you briefly mentioned Rickson. Do you have any Rickson stories/experiences? Also, I know you are/were friends with Renzo in the past. Have you ever trained with John Danaher? What's your impression of him jiu jitsu wise?
Love the site btw.
hey Drac! when are you comin' back out to Lubbock?
your website is great and I've been recruiting friends to come over and sign up... i hit up Pat Hardy yesterday...
I really look forward to the next time that I can come out there but I am REALLY busy. I will let you know when I can on here. Thanks Brother!
Professor,
In one of your posts recently, you briefly mentioned Rickson. Do you have any Rickson stories/experiences? Also, I know you are/were friends with Renzo in the past. Have you ever trained with John Danaher? What's your impression of him jiu jitsu wise?
Love the site btw.
Yes, actually, I took a class from John Danaher as a Black Belt when I was at Renzo's. He teaches the advanced class. He is an incredible teacher. And let me tell you, this guy is a MONSTER. I'm not going say any names. One time, a black belt, 3 time world champ came in and saw him. He says, I'm going to warm up with this guy, John Danaher. John Danaher tapped him out 3 times. He's a monster.
Hello Draculino!
Since I live ca 65 km from nearest bjj gym, I plan on getting the structured curriculum and then go to the gym 2x a week. Is this something you would recommend?
Thanks!
Hey Drac,
I just wanted to ask what is your drive in BJJ? What pushes you to show up every day to class & teach every day? Also when all is said & done, when time finally catches you, what do you want your legacy to be in BJJ? Out of all your lessons, what "personal traits" do you wish to pass down to your students that are even bigger than BJJ? When you dream of where you want BJJ to be in the future, where do you want it to be if everything could go your way? Sorry for so many questions but I love to hear different people's outlooks on things that they are passionate about. Thanks for reading!
Sounds like some good topics for another Poppa video interview, Kevin! *hint hint*
Fabian,
I believe that you will do a wonderfull choice of signing up for the curriculum. Because we have 2 or 3 techniques per each 2 days of the week. So you can watch the first sample of them and practise one you go one day, then the other samples when you go for the second day.
Don't forget to do specific training related to the techniques of the curriculum of each day/week before the live training/sparring.
Thanks.
Hey Drac,
I just wanted to ask what is your drive in BJJ? What pushes you to show up every day to class & teach every day? Also when all is said & done, when time finally catches you, what do you want your legacy to be in BJJ? Out of all your lessons, what "personal traits" do you wish to pass down to your students that are even bigger than BJJ? When you dream of where you want BJJ to be in the future, where do you want it to be if everything could go your way? Sorry for so many questions but I love to hear different people's outlooks on things that they are passionate about. Thanks for reading!
Hi, Kevin.
Thanks for writing.
I do, live, breath and eat BJJ everyday because I love it and this is incorporate to my persona and life. Draculino without BJJ is dead! And knowing that our art is so perfect in changing lives fro the best, this makes me go everyday to the school to try to spread this gospel to as many people as possible.
I don't want to be known as a great Instructor or fighter. I just want to be known as a man who was true to my principles and that I could touch and change people's lives for the best. If people remember me like that, I will be happy in heaven ( hopefully not in hell...). I want to contribute for the forge of loyal, healthy, humble, brave, kind and fair man and woman. That is the real philosophy of our art.
A lot of people think that it would be awesome to have BJJ in the olimpics. I think so also but if that means the killing of the efficiency and self defense aspect of our art ( kind of what happenend to tae Kwon do and Judo), I would rather have our art being taught the way that is still is than sacrifice it's nature and content for any reason.
Hope I could help.
Thanks.
it is nice to read professor how that you think and feel bjj; it is clear that it is your passion; too many instructors nowadays teach the sport groundfighting aspect of the art. thank's god there are also people like you professor who teach bjj as it should be, and go to the essence of the art. healthy lifestyle, humlbe, loyal, self defense, sport, mma, etc... all these things that make bjj so complete and unique !
as i said in previous posts, i'm from belgium, but following your mails and answers , i try to bring all these things in my practise... thans for that
Hey Drac,
I just wanted to ask what is your drive in BJJ? What pushes you to show up every day to class & teach every day? Also when all is said & done, when time finally catches you, what do you want your legacy to be in BJJ? Out of all your lessons, what "personal traits" do you wish to pass down to your students that are even bigger than BJJ? When you dream of where you want BJJ to be in the future, where do you want it to be if everything could go your way? Sorry for so many questions but I love to hear different people's outlooks on things that they are passionate about. Thanks for reading!
Hi, Kevin.
Thanks for writing.
I do, live, breath and eat BJJ everyday because I love it and this is incorporate to my persona and life. Draculino without BJJ is dead! And knowing that our art is so perfect in changing lives fro the best, this makes me go everyday to the school to try to spread this gospel to as many people as possible.
I don't want to be known as a great Instructor or fighter. I just want to be known as a man who was true to my principles and that I could touch and change people's lives for the best. If people remember me like that, I will be happy in heaven ( hopefully not in hell...). I want to contribute for the forge of loyal, healthy, humble, brave, kind and fair man and woman. That is the real philosophy of our art.
A lot of people think that it would be awesome to have BJJ in the olimpics. I think so also but if that means the killing of the efficiency and self defense aspect of our art ( kind of what happenend to tae Kwon do and Judo), I would rather have our art being taught the way that is still is than sacrifice it's nature and content for any reason.
Hope I could help.
Thanks.
That is such an awesome view on life and BJJ and one I can really relate too.
Happiness is achieved when you love what you do, better yourself and the life of others by your actions. I think BJJ is such a great way of achieving that!
And I couldn't agree more with your view on BJJ in the olympics, I personally hope it never happens...
Thanks for sharing.
Hey Drac,
I just wanted to ask what is your drive in BJJ? What pushes you to show up every day to class & teach every day? Also when all is said & done, when time finally catches you, what do you want your legacy to be in BJJ? Out of all your lessons, what "personal traits" do you wish to pass down to your students that are even bigger than BJJ? When you dream of where you want BJJ to be in the future, where do you want it to be if everything could go your way? Sorry for so many questions but I love to hear different people's outlooks on things that they are passionate about. Thanks for reading!
Hi, Kevin.
Thanks for writing.
I do, live, breath and eat BJJ everyday because I love it and this is incorporate to my persona and life. Draculino without BJJ is dead! And knowing that our art is so perfect in changing lives fro the best, this makes me go everyday to the school to try to spread this gospel to as many people as possible.
I don't want to be known as a great Instructor or fighter. I just want to be known as a man who was true to my principles and that I could touch and change people's lives for the best. If people remember me like that, I will be happy in heaven ( hopefully not in hell...). I want to contribute for the forge of loyal, healthy, humble, brave, kind and fair man and woman. That is the real philosophy of our art.
A lot of people think that it would be awesome to have BJJ in the olimpics. I think so also but if that means the killing of the efficiency and self defense aspect of our art ( kind of what happenend to tae Kwon do and Judo), I would rather have our art being taught the way that is still is than sacrifice it's nature and content for any reason.
Hope I could help.
Thanks.
That was perfect, thanks for answering. It sounds like you should have the same quote put on your tombstone that Famed Boxing Trainer Constantine "Cus" D'Amato has on his. His tombstone reads:
"A boy comes to me with a
spark of interest, I feed
the spark and it becomes
a flame, I feed the flame
and it becomes a fire, I
feed the fire and it becomes
A roaring blaze"
Vinicius Magalhaes wrote:Hey Drac,
I just wanted to ask what is your drive in BJJ? What pushes you to show up every day to class & teach every day? Also when all is said & done, when time finally catches you, what do you want your legacy to be in BJJ? Out of all your lessons, what "personal traits" do you wish to pass down to your students that are even bigger than BJJ? When you dream of where you want BJJ to be in the future, where do you want it to be if everything could go your way? Sorry for so many questions but I love to hear different people's outlooks on things that they are passionate about. Thanks for reading!
Hi, Kevin.
Thanks for writing.
I do, live, breath and eat BJJ everyday because I love it and this is incorporate to my persona and life. Draculino without BJJ is dead! And knowing that our art is so perfect in changing lives fro the best, this makes me go everyday to the school to try to spread this gospel to as many people as possible.
I don't want to be known as a great Instructor or fighter. I just want to be known as a man who was true to my principles and that I could touch and change people's lives for the best. If people remember me like that, I will be happy in heaven ( hopefully not in hell...). I want to contribute for the forge of loyal, healthy, humble, brave, kind and fair man and woman. That is the real philosophy of our art.
A lot of people think that it would be awesome to have BJJ in the olimpics. I think so also but if that means the killing of the efficiency and self defense aspect of our art ( kind of what happenend to tae Kwon do and Judo), I would rather have our art being taught the way that is still is than sacrifice it's nature and content for any reason.
Hope I could help.
Thanks.That was perfect, thanks for answering. It sounds like you should have the same quote put on your tombstone that Famed Boxing Trainer Constantine "Cus" D'Amato has on his. His tombstone reads:
"A boy comes to me with a
spark of interest, I feed
the spark and it becomes
a flame, I feed the flame
and it becomes a fire, I
feed the fire and it becomes
A roaring blaze"
That would definitely fit Draculino Perfectly.
Hey Drac...are you planning on getting a store up with some Drac T-shirts?
Hey Drac...are you planning on getting a store up with some Drac T-shirts?
We are looking into it.
chewie wrote:Hey Drac...are you planning on getting a store up with some Drac T-shirts?
We are looking into it.
great...thx...
Hi Drac,
I'm going to take a year as part of my university course (Politics and Portuguese) in Belo Horizonte starting September 2011 (Long time away but I'm excited!). I have a friend from BH studying with me here in Leeds, and my old coach (Thelmo Calmon) persuaded me, although it wasn't hard!, to pick it over Rio and Sao Paulo.
My question is, I'm not sure I will have a car when I'm at UFMG, and I tried to look for places within walking distance from the campus to train. I know your main school is a way out of the centre, but the website says there are lots of other academies in BH run by your black belts but no addresses, are there any very close to the university?
I'm SUPER excited to spend a year in Brasil learning the language, the culture and training 
My team mates all want to kill me they are so jealous
Thanks again for the website, it rules!
Last edited by Sam Hall (2010-04-13 23:55:31)
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