082: Zhong Luo | The Bottom Line - Human Transformation

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Zhong Lou’s path to MMA prominence was never in doubt. He started practicing karate not long after he learned to walk and talk and has mastered a strikingly diverse number of disciplines, from Chinese acrobatics to Mongolian wrestling, since. Forty years later Lou is determined to leave a legacy with his San Francisco gym, Dragon House MMA. The money to keep it up and running is not easy to come by, and it’s not unheard of for a student to sweep the floors in exchange for training. But the bottom line for Luo is human transformation, and in that he is making a tidy profit.

Lessons:
1. Even in solitary endeavors, mastery often requires a team effort.
2. When money isn’t quite cutting it, passion will keep the doors open.
3. Fitness priorities shift with age; training for invincibility while young must gradually shift to training for health if one is to remain viable.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Spartan Up Podcast. We're going to interview somebody every week from all over the world and see what they did in their life to become successful, no matter how they define it.
0:12.0	We are here at the Spartan Up Podcast Barn in Pittsville, Vermont while it's
0:17.5	rarely raining it is raining today. I've got Johnny on my right I've got
0:22.2	Cephalah and I've got Johnny on my right I've got Sefrala and I've got
0:24.0	Nana got Dr. Nai
0:27.0	The sign is my wife here today
0:29.0	Marion is on the camera
0:31.0	and we're talking about Jong, hopefully I pronounce his name right,
0:35.4	Lou?
0:36.4	From Dragon House MMA.
0:38.4	Downtown San Fran?
0:40.6	Yep.
0:41.6	I'll tell you I've never seen so many weapons in my life.
0:45.0	This guy had every form of beating tool available to...
0:50.9	Wait till you come to my attic.
0:52.2	Yeah, you had to see the equipment.
0:56.0	Been around forever, came over from China, and I think you're going to get a kick out of it.
1:02.0	Kick. Oh, yeah. I think you guys gonna get a kick out of it kick.
1:02.8	Oh, I get it.
1:05.8	Yeah.
1:06.8	So let's tune in, watch him, and then maybe sign ourselves up for some MMA.
1:11.2	Love it.
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