Do you include short drilling rounds in your preparation? 🔄🥋

Two weeks until the 2025 @ibjjf Pan Championship! ⏳ The last time I competed at Pans was during my 40-year-old run for the How High Can You Fly? project, when I entered the 2015 @ibjjf Pan in the adult division.

Now, 10 years later, I’m back for a new How High Can You Fly? project—this time as a 50-year-old. 💪🔥 With my body allowing me, I plan to compete in all four major IBJJF events in the Master 5 division, and this is the second one of 2025.

I recorded some training footage for Episode 2 of The Diary of a Master on The BJJ Mental Coach YouTube channel. 🎥📺

@itallovilardo has been designing both my mat training and my strength & conditioning, and I’m fortunate to have someone structuring my workouts so I can focus on executing them. 💯 In this clip, you can see some of the 15-second drilling rounds.

How about you? Do you implement short drilling rounds in your preparation? 🤔🔥

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Welcome to Season 2 of “The Diary of a Master”! 📖🥋 This is the first episode of a simple and humble documentary, sharing a glimpse of my journey toward the 2025 European Championship in Lisbon, Portugal. 🇵🇹🏆

In this video, I lay out my plans for the season and issue you, the viewer, a challenge—and I hope you accept it! 💪🔥

Enjoy the video! 🎥👊

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What’s up, guys!

Today’s question comes from a viewer who’s looking to get back into Jiu-Jitsu competitions after a 5-year break due to life and parenthood. He’s finally starting to get the itch again, but he’s feeling unsure about whether he still has the aggression and competitiveness that most Jiu-Jitsu competitors have.

He’s worried about going to a competition and getting smashed, and he’s asking if I have any tips to help him get back into the groove.

In this video, I’ll share my own experience with competing, taking a 2-year break for various reasons, and how I eventually got back into the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitions.

I’ll also talk about the mental shift I had over time—the way my mindset changed as I got older. Competition became a lot less important to me, and the fuel I ran on evolved.

I hope you find this video helpful. Let’s get into it!

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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Você estuda os seus adversários antes de uma competição? 🤔🥋

Professores e atletas têm opiniões diferentes sobre esse tópico, mas um ponto importante a considerar é o “elemento surpresa”, citado no famoso livro A Arte da Guerra, de Sun Tzu. 🏯 Quando você não sabe de onde o perigo está vindo, há uma chance maior de cair na armadilha do seu adversário. Não que saber de onde vem o perigo garanta que você irá parar o ímpeto do oponente, mas aumenta significativamente as chances de se defender da ameaça. 💡⚔️

Nesse clipe do Podcast Mente Blindada 24/7 (episódio número 26), um dos principais líderes da Gracie Barra, Flávio Almeida @flavioalmeidagb , @ibjjf 3x campeão mundial master e medalhista de prata do ADCC, compartilha sua visão sobre esse tópico. 🥇🔥

📽️ Você pode assistir à entrevista completa no canal The BJJ Mental Coach no YouTube, no Spotify e nas principais plataformas de podcast. Não perca! 🎧📲

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#tbt 2014 Abu Dhabi World Pro 🥇 @ajptour 🥋 Ever locked in a triangle during a tournament and felt your legs burning out as your opponent resisted well? 😅🔺 If you’ve been there, you know how draining it can be!

Here’s a tip: if the wrist is available, keep the wrist lock in mind to save your legs, especially when they’re holding out strong. Don’t limit yourself to the triangle choke—think about mixing in Ezekiel, armbars, Kimura, and more. The more options you have, the better you’ll be able to adapt and conserve energy! 💥🧠

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Today, we’ve got a question from AverageAarron, who is dealing with one of the many Ego battles that those of us who do BJJ often face.

This is true for the entire run of our Jiu-Jitsu careers.

He trained BJJ for 4 months, competed, got Gold in No-Gi, and 3rd in the Gi. He said there were tons of benefits from the comp like an adrenaline high, he’s calmer, and has a better gas tank.

Here’s the problem…

He says he can’t shake this feeling of expectation even though he’s competing at a local master’s tournament.

I’ll dive deep into my own experiences with comp and how I would attack this Ego battle in BJJ.

Here’s the link to the book referenced in the video: https://amzn.to/40o5wSW

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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Erro 13 – Se Contentando Com o Resultado Antes da Luta

Você já chegou na semi-final ou final de um campeonato e, por estar satisfeito com o seu progresso, acabou relaxando? Ou talvez tenha vencido uma luta difícil e ficou satisfeito, mesmo sabendo que ainda havia mais pela frente? Esse é o erro mental número 13 da nossa lista dos Top 30 Erros Mentais que os atletas cometem: Se contentar com o resultado antes do fim da competição.

Nesta aula, vamos explorar como evitar esse erro e manter a mentalidade de excelência até o último segundo de cada competição. Não basta apenas chegar perto, o foco deve ser em alcançar seu verdadeiro objetivo sem perder o ritmo. Vamos abordar estratégias para manter o foco e não deixar que a sensação de “quase lá” atrapalhe sua performance.

Além disso, teremos testemunhos de professores e atletas que já entrevistei no podcast Mente Blindada 24/7, compartilhando suas experiências e como eles aprenderam a lidar com esse erro mental.

Se você já se viu relaxando antes da hora em uma competição, essa aula é essencial para você.

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Mistake 13 – Settling for the Result Before the Match

Have you ever reached the semi-finals or finals of a tournament and, feeling satisfied with your progress, ended up relaxing? Or maybe you won a tough match and felt content, even though there were still more matches ahead? This is mental mistake number 13 on our list of the Top 30 Mental Mistakes Athletes Make: Settling for the result before the competition is over.

In this lesson, we will explore how to avoid this mistake and maintain a mindset of excellence until the very last second of each competition. It’s not enough to just get close; the focus should be on achieving your true goal without losing momentum. We will discuss strategies to help you stay focused and not let the feeling of “almost there” affect your performance.

Additionally, we will feature testimonials from coaches and athletes that I’ve interviewed on the Mente Blindada 24/7 podcast, sharing their experiences and how they learned to overcome this mental mistake.

If you’ve ever found yourself relaxing too early in a competition, this lesson is essential for you.

Gustavo Dantas
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