#640 - Rorion Gracie’s Secret: Mastering Your Mind & Body Like a BJJ Grand Master
The Tai Lopez Show
Tai Lopez
4.8 • 6.9K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Rorion Gracie, a Grand Master in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) comes back on the Tai Lopez Show!
Rorion tells the story of how his family changed Brazilian jiu-jitsu and made it famous.
When Rorion was just 16, he left Brazil for America. He worked different jobs and began teaching Brazilian jiu-jitsu in his garage. Rorion shows us that Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is more than a sport – it's a way of life.
We talk about the "Gracie Diet," a special way of eating his family created (that helps with irritable bowel syndrome).
Rorion and I dive into the details of the Gracie Diet. This conversation is not only about martial arts; it's about good eating habits, a healthy lifestyle, and learning from a Jiu-Jitsu Grand Master.
Show notes: Show Notes
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| 0:00.0 | The Gracie family, 30 years of training, got beat in 10 seconds by a Jiu-Jitsu person. |
| 0:12.4 | So that's what got me into Jiu-Jitsu. |
| 0:15.0 | The pleasure of the food, the taste of the food becomes a determining factor |
| 0:20.0 | why we eat certain things and we don't eat other things. |
| 0:24.1 | Didn't your dad at 95 still he could do |
| 0:27.1 | Jiu-Jitsu and handstands or something? |
| 0:29.4 | I saw a video one time. |
| 0:31.0 | Wasn't he like that? |
| 0:39.0 | He was 94.5, six months before he passed away. They kicked my butt at 94.5. |
| 0:41.0 | You were telling me... 94.5.5. |
| 0:50.0 | You were telling me you went down to Central America and they tested your biological age. What did you say that the number was? |
| 0:57.8 | Welcome everybody to the Thai Lopez show. I am here with a very special guest, |
| 1:00.1 | Grand Master Horrian Gracie. |
| 1:02.4 | If you've ever heard of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, you probably know and have heard of the family. |
| 1:08.0 | The Gracie family, Grand Master Horrian is one of the, you could say the the godfathers of the family. I think I read that in the Guinness Book of Records it's the largest professional sports family has the most children cousins sisters brothers that are |
| 1:26.4 | professional athletes so it's pretty quite an accomplishment yeah the |
| 1:31.5 | grace is like a plague all over the place now. |
| 1:34.0 | You're like a plague, okay. |
| 1:36.0 | Yeah, well, I've trained with your sons and of course you know you're above you that you learn from your father and |
| 1:48.9 | uncle right that were kind of the founders of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. |
| 1:52.8 | Right that's right. |
| 1:54.4 | In fact, those are the ones that reserved |
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