Mike Bidwell: A Life in Flow

Enter the Lionheart

Lawrence Dunning

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Philosophy

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Mike Bidwell is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and operates FloLifeBJJ+. Mike created his BJJAfter40 brand to encourage, motivate, and create an online community for other older jiu-jitsu athletes. But, Mike’s philosophies apply to much more than just jiujitsu. His commitment to living life on his own terms and being unapologetic about being authentic is something we can all draw inspiration from.

Mike is known as an innovative jiujitsu instructor and content creator, spreading his love and passion for the art. He is fond of speaking about self-belief and intrinsic motivation, and how ultimately jiujitsu is just a tool for our self-development and the only true competition is with ourselves.

“Your belief in yourself is your greatest strength or your toughest adversity. The ‘competition’ is not the other person on the mat or your instructor standing before you….it's YOU, you are the competition.”

Learn more about Mike’s academy: https://flolifebjj.com/

BJJ After 40: https://www.youtube.com/user/bjjafter40/featured

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0:00.0	A single theme is too narrow for great minds and daring hearts.
0:06.6	Get ready to enter the Lion Heart with your host, Lauren Stunning.
0:10.9	Today, I'm looking forward to talking to Mike Bidwell, who is a digital instructor out
0:21.3	of Colorado, and also runs an awesome Facebook and YouTube page called BJJ After 40.
0:29.4	I'm blessed to be in a large city, and I train at a large gym with lots of training
0:33.1	partners, including a bunch of black belts who are over 40 like me.
0:37.3	But for those who aren't as fortunate, and those who live in more remote places, I love
0:41.7	that Mike has grown this global online community for older Jits who athletes around the world.
0:48.0	I really enjoy Mike's content, I enjoy his creativity, and just his general vibe and mindset.
0:53.2	I'm looking forward to talking more about his own Jits who journey and what keeps him motivated.
0:58.7	And a lot of Mike's philosophies apply to much more than just Jits who.
1:02.7	His philosophy of commitment to living life on one's own terms, and for being unapologetically
1:08.2	authentic, is something that we can all draw inspiration from.
1:12.0	And he's fond of speaking about self-belief, motivation, and the fact that the only competition
1:17.6	is ultimately with ourselves, not with anyone else, and I couldn't agree more.
1:22.8	Hope you enjoy our conversation.
1:24.8	I'm here with the powerful Mike Bidwell, Mike.
1:27.3	Pretty great to see you.
1:28.3	How are you?
1:29.3	I'm awesome, man.
1:30.3	Good to see you, dude.
1:31.3	Awesome, Mike.
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