#180 -Roger Gracie - "The Warrior Mindset" | 10x BJJ World Champion on Conquering Fear, Winning the Mental Game & the Tao of a Champion 🥋🏆 — Built Not Born

Roger Gracie - "The Warrior Mindset" | 10x BJJ World Champion on Conquering Fear, Winning the Mental Game & the Tao of a Champion 🥋🏆

Roger Gracie - 10x BJJ World Champion and author of "The Warrior Mindset: The Tao of a Champion" reveals how a kid who was picked last for soccer, afraid to swim, and hid from his sister became the greatest jiu-jitsu fighter of all time.

What You'll Learn:

Why training smart beats training hard (and how Roger refined white belt techniques to dominate world championships)
The mental game that wins fights before they start
How chess thinking transforms your jiu-jitsu strategy
Roger's daily meditation practice that changed everything
The closed guard sweep from knee-up position nobody else uses
Why "don't give up to fear" became his life philosophy

Power Quote:

"A lot of people think they're not capable of doing something. They see what someone else did and think, 'That person has something I don't.' But you're completely wrong. You have what it takes. You just need to start." — Roger Gracie

Timestamps:

🥋 0:00 - Introduction

🏆 2:30 - From scared kid to 10x World Champion

💡 8:45 - The moment the Gracie mission became his mission

🎯 15:20 - Training smart vs. training hard (skill development over sparring)

♟️ 28:40 - How chess transformed his jiu-jitsu thinking

⚔️ 38:15 - The legendary Jacaré brown belt match

🧠 48:30 - Winning the mental game before the Buchecha fight

🎬 55:00 - Watching Braveheart before every competition

🧘 62:45 - Daily meditation practice (30-60 minutes)

📚 68:20 - Alexander the Great, Buddha & warrior philosophy

🔥 75:00 - One lesson: Don't give up to fear

Featured Book: "The Warrior Mindset: The Tao of a Champion" by Roger Gracie

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