The Secret to Staying Dangerous as You Get Older | Karel "Silver Fox" Pravec
The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs
Nick Lamagna
5.0 • 101 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
What if the most dangerous person in the room looked nothing like what you expected - and had lessons for your business, your discipline, and your life that no MBA could teach you?
Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast: Real Estate Investing For Entrepreneurs for one of the most inspiring and eye-opening conversations we've had - Karel "Silver Fox" Pravec, 5th degree black belt under Renzo Gracie, author, app creator, and one of the most respected teachers in the global Brazilian jiu-jitsu community.
This isn't just a jiu-jitsu episode - it's a masterclass on longevity, leadership, discipline, and what it really takes to build something that lasts, whether that's a martial arts school, a business, or a legacy.
Whether you're a competitor, a school owner, an entrepreneur, or just someone trying to show up every single day and get 1% better - this conversation will change the way you think about consistency, ego, and what it means to truly master something.
Karel built his game not on athleticism or natural talent, but on technique, adaptability, and showing up - training alongside legends like John Danaher, Matt Serra, and Ricardo Almeida out of Renzo Gracie's blue basement, and going on to teach students on every continent in the world. Now he's sharing the exact mindset that keeps him rolling - and winning - decades later.
While most people are looking for shortcuts, Silver Fox breaks down the real game:
✅ Why discipline - not talent - is the only thing that separates good from great, on the mat and in business
✅ How to train smarter as you age so you can stay on the mat (and in the game) for decades
✅ The biggest mistake passion-based business owners make when they open a school - and why most don't survive the shakeout
✅ Why ego doesn't get eliminated in jiu-jitsu - it gets managed, and what that means for leadership
✅ What 99 straight days of training during the pandemic taught him about accountability and keeping your word to yourself
✅ How he built a global student base through YouTube, a BJJ app, and weekly live sessions - and why the live connection is everything + more
Connect with Karel "Silver Fox" Pravec and the Academy:
Download Silver Fox BJJ app:
Silver Fox BJJ on Apple AppStore
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the A-game podcast with Nick LaManya, digging into the minds and experiences of some of today's brightest entrepreneurs in real estate and business, |
| 0:23.6 | along with Hollywood stars, UFC fighters, and your favorite rock fans. |
| 0:27.6 | People that have figured out how to overcome obstacles, take chances, live boldly, |
| 0:32.6 | and no matter what they do, they always bring their A-game. |
| 0:48.1 | All right, welcome to the A-game podcast, Real Estate Investing for Entrepreneurs, |
| 0:51.6 | where we show average people every day that they can achieve extraordinary things. |
| 0:52.5 | And today is no different. |
| 1:18.1 | But if you need more, we have 400 episodes just about in the archives of people in athletics, Jiu-Jitsu, fighting, business, stock trading, real estate, all kinds of different things, actors, comedians, of all shapes and sizes who have achieved personal and financial pinnacles of success, and they teach you step by step, line by line, the exact path they took to to do that and they also share the mistakes they made along the way so you do not have to if that was not enough we have another amazing guest today Karl Provick who is known as Silver Fox in the jihitsu community owns a business has an incredible brand and has been crushing the young stallions all the biggest names you've seen in j Jiu-Jitsu have succumbed to the pressure and the tapping of the fluid Jiu-Jitsu that Carl has shown in the blue basement and all across not only the country, but the world in his seminars. He's one of the most well-respected, most light guys in there, and he's a true testament to not only how you do things on the mat is how you do things off the mat because he has built a legacy for himself and can show you still even today as an older |
| 1:48.7 | age as a guy who doesn't have the traditional sense of the athletic body for Jiu-Jitsu has |
| 1:53.5 | still made it effective and has found a way to do what he loves every day in spite of an aging |
| 1:58.7 | body or maybe not wanting to train every day. He has learned to have the discipline to find the freedom he wants on and off the mat and he shares that story with us today. Whether you are listening to this because you are an aspiring or professional fighter, a jiu-jitsu guy, a business owner, a real estate investor, an entrepreneur, just somebody who wants to learn how to do 1% better in life every day. There are many tips you can take away from this to attribute to your jiu-jitsu game, to your life, to your family, and especially to your business. And the only way we keep this party going is for you guys just subscribe to the podcast. It takes two seconds. Check out the A game podcast, Real Estate Investing for Entrepreneurs, everywhere you get your podcast. |
| 2:35.0 | It is on YouTube. |
| 2:36.0 | It is on Spotify. |
| 2:37.0 | It is on the Apple Podcast. |
| 2:39.0 | And if you cannot find it, you can just go to nicknicknick.com slash links. |
| 2:44.0 | Nick Nick Nick.com slash links, L-I-N-K-S. |
| 2:48.0 | And you will see all the links to find this everywhere. |
| 2:50.0 | Please take a second and just click follow, subscribe to the podcast. And while you're there, don't forget to connect with this on social media. When I post clips from this podcast, you will see multiple clips. And the way that Silver Fox knows that he bought some value to our community is by you guys following him, liking him, watching his videos. Post on the comment. give it a like, give it a thumbs up, tag a friend, share it with a buddy, and then Silver Fox goes and tells his community how great our community is, and we can get more guests on to come and share their stories with you guys for absolutely free. And of course, the whole point of this podcast is I want to do business together. Whether you would like to buy real estate from me, sell real estate to me, or find a way to partner up on some level in some way, shape, or form. We always have opportunities. All you have to do is send me a direct message on social media that says real estate. Thank you guys for supporting the A Game Podcast. Thank you all the amazing people that I have met over the years that came under the lineage of Hensau Grace, including, of course, one of the biggest mentors in my life, |
| 3:45.3 | Matt the Teresera, but from Sean Williams to Jason Yang, to Silver Fox, to Kenny Florian, |
| 3:51.7 | to all these guys that Hensos passed on. It is always some of the most inspiring and educational |
| 3:56.4 | and eye-opening conversations I have, and they're always good people, and they are always some of the most inspiring and educational and eye-opening conversations I have, |
| 3:58.5 | and they're always good people, and they are always some of the most dangerous people |
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