Name: JRE MMA Show #114 with Rickson Gracie
Uploaded: 2021-08-10T00:00:00.000Z
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'JRE MMA Show #114 with Rickson Gracie' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-08-10. Transcript available.

JRE MMA Show #114 with Rickson Gracie

the Joe Rogan experience
Thanks for being here sir, always good to see you. It's always my pleasure
brother
Always good to see you and it was good to talk to you before the podcast
We were talking about how you go into the cold plunge with a snorkel. Tell me
about that
Yes, the
The cold water shower the ice water
It's always been a very helpful for me in terms of controlling emotions and few
peace
Peaceful in hell. Yeah, so I was doing on the ice bath
But I always put a snorkel and put my head under the water
Because if you keep your head off the water
becomes very physical very discomfortable
But doesn't hit the emotional aspect you don't feel like you're gonna die
Because you don't feel the fear
On your face the discomfortable in your ears in your head, which brings a
different dimension of
Terrifying feelings
So I was putting the snorkel and getting under the water and breathing
When I achieved the calmness in my heart and lungs I was ready to leave the
water
I don't stay there for 10-15 minutes. I stayed there for one to three minutes
at the most
until feel very peaceful and because for me was more like spiritual than
actually physical
I don't that I don't I'm not there to treat micro traumas or something was more
to give me the sense of
Ready to die any point and feel like if you stay too long under the water you're
going to die
So if you have you have to be peaceful and the same time aware
and and develop courage develop calmness develop spiritual surrender
for me so everything I need to perform well and
So you you started doing cold water therapy a long time ago. I mean it was
obviously it was in the movie choke when you went into that frozen river
Yes, when did you start doing that?
Soon I felt I have to develop some kind of
terrifying experiences to make my spiritual
Mind become comfortable so big wave surf is always something which terrified me
and I was
Exposing myself to the ocean to understand the motion of the ocean and be
comfortable in this kind of this comfortable situation
also cold water and
And and and and all the things I always do and
This was just always a part of you developing yourself for fighting
Developing yourself just for overall life
My life is a very unique one because
Since I start to understand my my status of representing the family through jiu-jitsu.
I
Put myself against the unknown
Which is no way division no time limits
No rules
No rules
No size so all those unpredictable aspects give me something which is different
than just a sport like
Lifestyle I was living more the life of a guy who is ready to any tank anytime
So that kind of preparation requires not only the mental and the the technical
preparation, but also the spiritual preparation, but also the spiritual
preparation and
sometimes
Spiritually speaking you have to understand how to accept things how to
surrender things and
And and be above their physicality or actually the fear of dying
And did you develop these concepts on your own?
Did you did you recognize that you needed to strengthen these aspects of your
mind and your body as you were going through this journey?
Yes, yes
Yes, definitely because
because
If you're gonna fight somebody you don't know who it is what technically he he
knows what size he has when he's gonna fight you
So use all unpredictable
It's always unknown and you have to be spiritually strong to accept the unknown
comfortably
So my life was preparing myself for something I could not even expect what it
is is just be ready for anything
And that's required from me start to bringing
Scenarios and situations for me to become comfortable in this kind of
situations
Totally unpredictable
So I like to use nature as a friend of so the ocean the rivers the cold
I like to use the experience of breathing when I was young with 12 years old
I was practicing with adults at the Academy
So they take care of me they play with me
And one blue belt strong guy get me on a headlock
Which normally you have defense for it
But because I was kid I was tired and the guy was strong I could not escape and
I tap
And I get so upset with the tapping because I knew
was not something
I should do technically speaking
So I went home
I stretch myself on the edge of a carpet and ask my brother Hollis to roll me
up
And the carpet
And a hundred ten degrees humid Rio de Janeiro
And I was
stressed
I mean suffocated for a little while
Because I told him just let me get out of here in ten minutes
So the first and second minute was terrifying
I was hot
I could not feel the air
And I start to putting my mind on the ocean breeze
Flying with seagulls and get breeze on my face
And start to be calm
After ten minutes
My brother unfold me
I was like a burrito
And then I
I passed that experience
Somehow I passed through
In the same year I did three more times
And to the point
I was getting rolled on the carpet
Feeling nothing
Stay waiting the time
And leave the carpet
So I was fixing myself
Emotionally
With the ways I could feel like
Was the options I have
How I can suffocate myself
And not that
So I was putting myself in some kind of obstacles
Just to feel comfortable
And after that
I never felt the panic
And I felt fighting anymore
And a lot of that panic
Can be resolved with
Another thing that you specialize in
Which is breathing exercises
I feel like the big
The big difference
I did on myself
To be able to capture
More experience
Emotionally
And also spiritually
And also physically
Was breathing
The learning of breathing
For me
Was the huge
Asset
Because
Up to that point
I was an athlete
I was training forever
I was running
I was doing everything
I could do
But never with the feeling
Of full potential
When I start to learn
How to really function
In the breathing system
I start to understand
Because you can spend
Seven days without food
You can spend
Three days without water
But five minutes
Without breathing
You're dead
So learning how to function
Improper your breathing
Is not something
You're going to learn
When you're born
Because when you're born
You get slapped
On your butt
And then you're alive
And well
To follow your life
But
It's much more than just
It's the diaphragmatic breathing
Which improves
Like if I breathe wrong
If I breathe right
Short breathing
Yeah because just on the top
Of your lungs
Right
When you use the diaphragmatic breathing
You're able to bring the air
To the lower part
To the back part of your lungs
Which triples the amount of air
So when you're expert
And moving your diaphragmatic breathing
Use your diaphragm effectively
You hyperventilate in a way
You may get exhausted physically
But your brain is still sharp enough
To get the intelligence
The sharpness
The enlightenment you need
To even when you like fading away
In muscle speaking
Your brain is still cool
And functioning
Because normally
When you start to get tired
You start to getting
Fading your brain
You start to making poor decisions
You become a little stupid
Because there's not enough blood
For everything
But if you know how hyperventilate
You become much better
In terms of absorbing
Getting fixing your physical
Understand your mental
And be able also
To use the spiritual
And when did you learn this stuff?
It was just a time developed
To my passion
Which was representing the family
Representing the jiu-jitsu
And I have no instructors
You know, no mentors
In terms
Orlando Cani was my mentor
In breathing
Which I'm grateful for life
And after his experience
I become effective
And know how to breathe
And meditate
And move
And become much more connected
With my spiritual elements
What was Orlando's specialty?
What did he do?
He was an army pentathlon champion
In 1965
He was yoga instructor
And he started to develop
The biogynastica
Which was an element
Of combining movements
Like an eagle
Not like a yoga
With postures
And breathing
Was also moves
And breathing
Sometimes you fast
Sometimes you
Calm
Sometimes you peaceful
Sometimes you explosive
Sometimes you recruiting
Full power
And keeping for longer
Different practices
To give you the sense
Of incorporating breathing
In your functional life
Not exactly
Stop every tank
Be in a posture
And breathe
But fighting and breathe
Making love and breathe
And meditate and breathe
Sleeping
How to breathe
To get a full
Relaxed quick
So all the functional aspects
To use breathing
In your favor
And so
He was a yoga instructor
In this
Do you call it
Gymnastica natural?
Is that what it's called?
Gymnastica natural
Was
He developed
But he lost the rights
To use that name
Okay
His name now
Is biogynastica
Biogymnastica
He is the same master
Who teaches
Gymnastica natural
But the guy
Is still
The name from him
So now
He uses biogynastica
It's a dirty world
Out there
Yes
Very dirty
So
But he taught you
The yoga
Or
It's more of a
Movement based system
Yes
But you do
A lot of
Traditional yoga moves
As well
Right?
Not exactly
My mother taught me
I mean
She took me
To that yoga classes
And I didn't like much
Because the postures
The suffering
The flexibility
Was just there
For me to
Understand my discomfort
But it doesn't give me
Too much
A good experience
So I didn't like it
And stop
Didn't give you
A good experience
How so?
Because
After the experience
With Orlando
I felt like
Everything else
Was not good
Because
Yoga
Is a great practice
Don't misunderstand me
But for me
I expect
Something more dynamic
I expect
Something more like
Actually teach me
How to apply
Breathing
To functioning
Not exactly
How to breathe
To become more flexible
Or how to breathe
To resist
The spiritual pain
Yoga put you
In a position
And expect you
To work with your mind
The biogynastica
Put you in a situation
Where you have to jump
So how is
The proper breathing
For you to jump
How is the proper breathing
For you to relax
How is the proper breathing
For you to fight
How is the proper breathing
For you to swim
To surf
In every aspect
In every sport
We have always
We have always different
Aspects of breathing
You see boxes
You see tennis players
Because they excel
When they breathe
So
They have different ways
To breathe
I develop
In a very high level
Breathings for fighting
And for surfing
Which are things
I love to do
But if I was soccer player
I would have a different
Approach for breathing
If I was
Gymnastics
Whatever activity
You have
Is going to be
Always a breathing
Who fits properly
Did other members
Of the family
Adopt these practices
With you?
No
Not really
But that seems like
It would make sense
If they did that
If I was looking
At the guy
Who represented
The family
Who was
The best fighter
In the family
I would assume
That other people
Would follow
Whatever he's doing
Yes
Supposed to be
But sometimes
This
Either ego
Or something
My son
Crone
He does very well
He gets advantage
Of knowing
How to breathe properly
And he's showing
How comfortable
He is
When he's doing things
But other members
Of the family
They don't put too much
Attention on breathing
And it's bad for them
You know
What I can say
It's just strange to me
Because
People respect you
So highly
And respect your
Accomplishments
In jiu-jitsu
So highly
I would imagine
That they would want
To emulate
All the aspects
Of a physical culture
That got you
To where you
Where you became
Yes
But
My
My
Way to
To see jiu-jitsu
It's always
Been very clear
To me
But always
Demand from me
Because
Like I said
I was not
Sure about
Anything
What's the enemy
What's the size
So it requires
From me
A larger
Toolboxes
For a warrior
Not only
The physicality
Not only
The training
The
The courage
And the
And the
Ability
To do it
But also
How to control
My emotions
How to be
Visualizing
What I want
All the aspects
Of the rational
Visualization
And mindset
And also
My spiritual side
Because
If you're going to fight
You don't know who
You have to learn
How to
Not fear death
You have to learn
How to have hope
You have to learn
How to be patient
Because different
Than passivity
Patience
Is a quality
The lion
Stays behind
The bush
Waiting for the zebra
Get closed
Patiently
Waiti