WEBVTT 00:00:04.140 --> 00:00:08.430 I think it's very important for the life of the students 00:00:09.701 --> 00:00:15.391 to have a professor with an open mind, 00:00:17.873 --> 00:00:21.623 with whom they can learn 00:00:22.896 --> 00:00:29.242 and receive enough material that they can choose their right game, 00:00:29.242 --> 00:00:40.062 having good direction so they can give the most of themselves, 00:00:40.728 --> 00:00:45.638 developing the best style for their body types, 00:00:45.638 --> 00:00:47.858 for the way they train 00:00:50.245 --> 00:00:52.975 and face all these teachings. 00:00:52.975 --> 00:00:58.045 It is very important to have professors who can show them that journey. 00:00:58.538 --> 00:01:01.118 I was lucky in life. 00:01:02.481 --> 00:01:09.465 I had a father who was a very positive man 00:01:09.465 --> 00:01:14.515 and gave me a very important philosophy about life, 00:01:14.515 --> 00:01:17.085 who was Carlos Gracie. 00:01:17.944 --> 00:01:27.604 The man who knew how to lead with a mentality 00:01:29.686 --> 00:01:32.156 which benefited many people in the world. 00:01:32.820 --> 00:01:34.870 I had another great influencer - 00:01:34.870 --> 00:01:36.460 my uncle Helio, 00:01:37.377 --> 00:01:39.421 who worked with my father 00:01:39.421 --> 00:01:46.577 and was the professor who used to coordinate the school's teachings 00:01:47.147 --> 00:01:49.177 for all of those who were training, 00:01:50.302 --> 00:01:55.272 and he could directly influence teachings and guidance 00:01:55.272 --> 00:01:57.362 that those people would receive. 00:01:58.115 --> 00:02:06.035 And my brother Rolls, who was closer to my age, 00:02:06.612 --> 00:02:13.169 with whom I had a very strong connection and we were very close. 00:02:13.169 --> 00:02:22.589 He had a skill, a direct influence on those who he taught, 00:02:22.589 --> 00:02:27.139 and I was influenced greatly by him. 00:02:28.781 --> 00:02:35.291 And from all of that, analyzing this trilogy, 00:02:35.291 --> 00:02:39.301 my father opened my mind to look at the world in some way, 00:02:39.301 --> 00:02:44.091 and with a very open perspective; 00:02:46.195 --> 00:02:53.575 My uncle was focused on that mindset that you had to be a samurai, 00:02:53.575 --> 00:03:01.485 training and dedicating yourself, disciplined within the principles of the martial arts; 00:03:04.015 --> 00:03:11.915 My brother Rolls had the mentality of developing a combative game - 00:03:12.537 --> 00:03:18.057 in which if you could attack the most, 00:03:18.057 --> 00:03:22.267 the opponent would have no option to defend himself, let alone to attack you - 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:24.780 and using several techniques. 00:03:25.013 --> 00:03:30.083 Rolls was a person who, being influenced by my father 00:03:31.321 --> 00:03:32.841 to have this open mind, 00:03:32.841 --> 00:03:37.141 started to go out into the world and engage with other martial arts 00:03:37.850 --> 00:03:41.060 And he believed that an individual should learn everything. 00:03:41.370 --> 00:03:50.350 So, the Jiu-jitsu I practice today has a lot his influences and teachings. 00:03:51.336 --> 00:03:59.575 Although all three have a similar mindset of having complete Jiu-Jitsu. 00:03:59.575 --> 00:04:01.595 But Rolls always looked for... 00:04:02.268 --> 00:04:09.928 my uncle Helio was a little closed when it comes to the knowledge that he would teach, 00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:18.089 as if you could only train that, if you could be really focused on that, 00:04:18.089 --> 00:04:22.349 that should be enough to prepare yourself for any fight. 00:04:23.049 --> 00:04:27.859 Rolls had a more open view, that if you could 00:04:27.859 --> 00:04:36.569 look for other things that could enrich your Jiu-Jitsu, 00:04:37.354 --> 00:04:40.554 that would make your Jiu-Jitsu better. 00:04:41.569 --> 00:04:44.599 So, I had all these influences and, in fact, 00:04:45.059 --> 00:04:47.539 they were all very important to my life, 00:04:47.539 --> 00:04:53.499 because my father philosophically opened my mind, 00:04:54.104 --> 00:04:56.464 about having no limits to where you can get to. 00:04:56.903 --> 00:05:03.513 My uncle taught that you need to train hard, determined, and focused on that, 00:05:03.513 --> 00:05:08.463 on your ability, and the more you dedicate yourself, the more focus you have, 00:05:08.938 --> 00:05:11.258 you end up being unbeatable. 00:05:11.595 --> 00:05:19.695 And Rolls brought that learning experience on which if you can enrich your game with external 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:22.900 things that could work well with it, you will always improve yourself. 00:05:22.900 --> 00:05:27.610 Then, I started to use those three ideas and I built my own mind 00:05:28.105 --> 00:05:31.715 based on what I understood from what they meant. 00:05:32.108 --> 00:05:34.378 With my way of understanding, 00:05:35.065 --> 00:05:44.547 I followed this path and created a teaching method in my school 00:05:44.547 --> 00:05:50.465 with all these rich elements that I received from those three professors, 00:05:50.465 --> 00:05:54.095 which were the three professors who have influenced my life in Jiu-Jitsu. 00:05:54.356 --> 00:05:58.666 My Jiu-Jitsu style was the unification of those three concepts, 00:06:00.241 --> 00:06:03.761 which brought to me the following way of thinking: 00:06:04.631 --> 00:06:08.576 - Jiu-Jitsu is a mechanism for helping others. 00:06:08.576 --> 00:06:10.576 This came a lot from my father, 00:06:10.899 --> 00:06:14.749 about something that works for humanity. 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:16.960 The idea that we are working for the humanity. 00:06:18.102 --> 00:06:21.833 To train to be a focused individual, a determined one, 00:06:21.833 --> 00:06:26.693 sacrificing to their maximum to achieve their goals - 00:06:29.061 --> 00:06:32.681 that was the contribution from my uncle. 00:06:33.452 --> 00:06:38.212 Because he said he used to practice all day, 00:06:38.212 --> 00:06:39.162 he used to teach all day, 00:06:39.162 --> 00:06:40.022 he would think only about it, 00:06:40.288 --> 00:06:42.305 and even as skinny as he was, 00:06:42.305 --> 00:06:44.925 he could achieve some unimaginable goals. 00:06:45.537 --> 00:06:50.817 All thanks to this training-oriented mindset, of this “radicalism” for training, 00:06:51.136 --> 00:06:53.386 And to the focus on what he wanted. 00:06:54.784 --> 00:06:59.624 So, I put it into my day-to-day teachings as well. 00:07:01.180 --> 00:07:04.490 And from my brother Rolls, the idea of having an open mind, 00:07:04.490 --> 00:07:06.840 of learning everything I could. 00:07:07.369 --> 00:07:09.991 Both with people from outside and with my own students. 00:07:09.991 --> 00:07:14.762 And to enrich my “teaching menu”, 00:07:14.762 --> 00:07:18.322 regarding what I could offer to my students. 00:07:19.124 --> 00:07:21.914 So, I implemented a broad Jiu-Jitsu, 00:07:21.914 --> 00:07:29.604 with no borders, where I would include whatever could be adapted and would be good for it. 00:07:30.019 --> 00:07:35.032 And based on that, the curriculum at my school, and for Gracie Barra, 00:07:35.032 --> 00:07:40.432 never mentions that you cannot teach new things. 00:07:40.871 --> 00:07:44.033 For example, if you are having a guard passing class. 00:07:44.353 --> 00:07:49.722 The technique, the way you will pass the guard can be your creation. 00:07:49.722 --> 00:07:52.602 You can create it, you can search for something, you can imitate something. 00:07:52.602 --> 00:07:53.919 You can do whatever you want. 00:07:53.919 --> 00:07:56.279 But you need to teach a class about guard passing. 00:07:56.279 --> 00:08:01.861 This will not constrain your creativity to improve your guard passing techniques. 00:08:01.861 --> 00:08:05.181 You do not need to show ‘this’ or ‘that’ guard pass move. 00:08:05.514 --> 00:08:07.477 Or if you will teach a leg throw; 00:08:07.477 --> 00:08:11.997 You can create a leg throw movement. 00:08:12.744 --> 00:08:16.872 You can teach any movement you like, 00:08:16.872 --> 00:08:19.712 or one that you believe is the best for your students. 00:08:20.114 --> 00:08:21.326 Or a hip throw. 00:08:21.326 --> 00:08:22.926 You can choose the technique, but on that day 00:08:22.926 --> 00:08:25.394 you must teach a hip throw, whatever it will be. 00:08:25.394 --> 00:08:32.354 So, the basic system of our teachings 00:08:33.337 --> 00:08:40.047 does not constrain in any way the technique evolution, 00:08:40.047 --> 00:08:42.043 nor the style the professor wants to teach. 00:08:42.043 --> 00:08:47.463 It just needs to be in accordance with the Gracie Barra system. 00:08:48.330 --> 00:08:52.130 So, I think it made Gracie Barra 00:08:52.130 --> 00:08:56.420 a teaching method that does not constrain anyone, 00:08:56.894 --> 00:08:58.424 which gives the mechanisms, 00:08:58.424 --> 00:09:04.384 and tools so that we can all use our creativity 00:09:04.384 --> 00:09:07.827 in the daily classes to teach what we want to.