The BJJ Mental Coach Podcast with Gustavo Dantas

GD thoughts #1 – 2019 Origin USA Immersion Camp in Maine from August 25th to the 31st. These audios won’t be as consistent as the interviews; however, when I have something to say I will let you know through the GDT Gustavo Dantas www.originmaine.com 

Pascal Pakter is the CEO of Hyperfly, one of the leading gi and apparel companies in the world. He shared his early age entrepreneurial experiences as a kid; he talked about the importance of knowing yourself and why you want to become an entrepreneur and my takeaway from the interview was when he spoke about the struggles of entrepreneurship, which inspired me to title this episode The Obstacle i...

Mauricio “Tinguinha” Mariano is a 5th-degree back belt, the owner of Tinguinha Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Yorba Linda, California, and also the national director for the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program for all UFC Gyms. He talked about the importance of having mentors in your life, his struggle with asking for help, which I resonate very much so and my take away from the interview was...

Yasi Pujols is a purple belt under Pablo Silva and has a Ph. D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas in Austin. Yasi works with BJJ athletes to overcome anxiety and performance nerves. This episode we talked a little bit more about Jiu-Jitsu then usual, she shared her competition experiences and dealing with performance anxiety. She also talked about the importance of aspiring or ex...

Lucas Lepri is a nine-time black belt World Champion(Gi & No-Gi) who is in the Hall of Fame of the IBJJF. He talked about the struggles of balancing being a professional athlete, a husband, and father, and a business owner. During the interview, he mentioned that after he won his first black belt World title in 2007, he started to pressure himself in competitions saying things like: “Now...

Andre Terencio is a fourth-degree black belt Andre Terencio, the co-founder of Brazil-021 School of Jiu-Jitsu, with multiple locations in the U.S, Canada, and Brazil, he is also the co-founder of the Brazil-021 Social Project. He shared the importance of persistence and practice in everything you do, he shared a couple of success stories from the Brazil-021 Social Project, and my takeaway from the...

Mahamed Aly is an IBJJF Black Belt Adult World Champion Gi & No-Gi. He shared the early days of his career, the challenge of balancing the life of a professional athlete while building his personal brand and spending time with his family. During the interview, the word commitment popped up a few times, which inspired me to title this episode: “Be committed to your vision.” Stick ar...

Andre “Dedeco” Almeida is a fifth-degree black belt serial entrepreneur. Besides being the co-owner of the New England United BJJ Team, he is the co-founder of Origin USA, along with Pete Roberts, our guest from episode number five, and MOST recently the co-owner of DDn’Co LifeStyle Clothing Brand. He shared his early days teaching in Brazil then eventually the tough transition t...

Justin McGibbon is a brown belt in jiu-jitsu under the ibjjf hall of Famer Robson Moura. Besides running his academy, the RMNU Ireland, he also works as an operations manager at a private investigations firm. He shared the struggles of balancing two jobs and family time since he is married with two kids. The connection between decision making in life and jiu-jitsu, and my take away from the interv...

Gino Collura is a serial entrepreneur and consultant who owns GRIT Ready (Ground Ready International Training), GRIT Combatives, and Tampa Gunfights. He talked about the importance of entrepreneurs to keep in mind the big picture, why you are doing what you’re doing. Also, the critical concept of the visionary and the integrator in entrepreneurship, and my take away from the interview was wh...

Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhaes is a 5th-degree black belt from Carlos Gracie, Jr. He currently lives in Texas and owns three academies. He is the Regional Director for Gracie Barra in the state of Texas. He talked about the importance of having a mentor and listening to this mentor; He shared his early days in jiu-jitsu, from moving to Belo Horizonte accepting Carlos Gracie Jr.’s...

Tony Amigleo is a purple belt in Jiu-jitsu and is the founder of Transcend Agency, a marketing company that has worked with clients such as the UFC, Nike, GoPro, EA Sports, ESPN, and Fox Sports to name a few. He talked about the never give up attitude in jiu-jitsu and life, the importance of accountability partners in your personal and professional life. My main takeaway from the interview is when...

Matt Waltz is a purple belt in jiu-jitsu the owner of Waltz Construction, a company with 35 employees that generates revenue of over nine-figures a year, plus he is the co-founder of Harvest & Recreation Inc., one of the largest and most successful dispensaries in the country. He talked about how fear of failure prevents so many people from pursuing their entrepreneurial visions and how lack o...

Riccardo Ammendolia is a first-degree black belt from the Mendes Brothers and a jiu-jitsu competition commentator since 2009. He talked about pursuing his passion for promoting jiu-jitsu, not only with teaching but especially with commentating tournaments. And my takeaway came when I asked him what advice would he give to someone who is pursuing a unique career, and he said: Become obsessed with y...

Renato Santos is a brown belt in jiu-jitsu and the owner Braus fight a BJJ gi company that also offers lifestyle apparel based in Australia. He talked about the importance of giving back, and Renato is walking the walk with his program “Rolling for a Reason”, an initiative to support underprivileged or disabled children, teens and adults around the world. He mentioned about taking calc...

Chad Robichaux is a third-degree black belt, former MMA pro fighter and a former Force Recon Marine who served eight deployments in Afghanistan. He is the president and founder of Mighty Oaks Foundation, a leading nonprofit organization serving the military community He shared his struggles with PTSD that inspired him to create the Mighty Oaks Foundation and help other veterans since at least twen...

Samir Chantre is a third-degree black belt, 3-time IBJJF No-Gi World Champion, and the co-founder of Ares BJJ Association. He shared his struggles about running his school, he talked a lot about perseverance, and mentioned the best advice he has ever received “There is no glory without sacrifice.”, which inspired the title of this podcast. Stick around for my final thoughts after the i...

Chris Martin is the owner of two academies called Nova Gyms In Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The main reason why he was interviewed on the podcast was not because of his business, but for the intention of bringing awareness to the jiu-jitsu community about a very delicate and rare topic, stroke from chokes, since in 2017, he suffered a massive brain stroke from a choke. We did talk about entrepreneurship...

Welcome to episode 50, and today I have a special episode for you! The BJJ Mental Coach podcast is completing one year, and I decided to share with you some highlights of this journey of the 50 episodes so far. As you already know if you have been listening to the podcast, I have some key questions that I ask the guests and I today our team chose six inspiring answers from different guests to shar...

Scott Schultz is a former professional football player, a blue belt in jiu-jitsu and the owner Schultz Consulting Group Inc. He shared a few concepts that he learned from his football coaches during his career and he also mentioned that in different moments of his life the decision making of learning new skills and acquiring new knowledge was the game changer fact in his life, which inspired me to...

Josh Kelly is a black belt in jiu-jitsu and the Co-Founder of RevuKangaroo, the world’s leading reputation management system, among multiple business ventures. Josh talked about the importance of simplifying your business procedures, how entrepreneurs should be building their personal brands and he also mentioned how he applies consistently the “Fail Fast and Fail Often” mentality whic...

Ranson Shepherd is a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu, the chief marketing officer of GRIPS, a Grappling and MMA Apparel company and also the co-founder of Pegasus Nevada, a cannabis cultivation business. He talked about the importance of mentors in your life, about taking risks and when he shared about one of his biggest entrepreneurial struggles and what did he learn from it inspired the title of the pod...

Kristian Woodmansee is a black belt from Andre Galvao and the owner of Roots Athletics in Philadelphia, an Atos Affiliate school. He shared the struggle of finding balance in running a business while still competing in world-class level and he talked about the topic that he often shares with his students that inspired the title of the podcast: Facing your problems head-on. After the interview duri...

Paul Manganaro is a purple belt in Jiu-Jitsu, and he is the owner of ChillFit Cryotherapy in Tempe, Arizona. After 20 years in the corporate world, he decided to progress to an even more significant challenge and took on entrepreneurship. A common word that Paul brought up during the interview was progress. Even when he was in the corporate world he was always looking for progress, which inspired...

Marshal Carper is a brown belt in jiu-jitsu, an author, and he is the founder of Carper Communications, a content marketing agency. The main topic of this episode is marketing and sales. When I asked Marshal about a piece of advice for you, the listener, on how to get your name out, his answer inspired me to title the podcast “How to get your name out” and I decided to expand on his me...