On the drive to a seminar, Rafael Lovato Jr tells Bernardo how to keep doing jiu-jitsu for the rest of your life, why he is wrestling college kids at 43, and how to beat the young guys: make them tired.

In this episode:

- Timeless Jiu-Jitsu: keep doing what you love for as long as possible, and build a game that lasts

- Why he never saw himself as "just a jiu-jitsu guy", and the difference between an athlete and a martial artist

- Wrestling college kids at 43, and his plan to medal at the Masters Worlds in wrestling and judo

- Coming up in Oklahoma with no black belt in the state, learning side by side with his dad

- Bruce Lee, jeet kune do and "take what is useful"

- Going to Brazil at 16, getting beaten up over and over, and how he met Saulo

- Getting beat up and coming back the next day: find your why

- How an older grappler beats a 20-year-old: slow the game down, stay on top, keep them flat, make them carry your weight

- What MMA taught him, and why he thinks it is what he does best

- Why he calls a basic game the most powerful one, and the Roger Gracie comparison

Rafael Lovato Jr is the 2007 IBJJF World Champion at black belt and the undefeated Bellator Middleweight World Champion. He runs his academy in Oklahoma City and teaches the Timeless Jiu-Jitsu approach: a game you can keep using as you get older.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:35 Timeless: keep doing what you love for as long as possible

02:40 From Worlds champion to wrestling college kids at 43

03:58 Not just a jiu-jitsu guy: living as a martial artist

08:57 The next goal: Masters Worlds in wrestling and judo

10:45 Want to get good at something? Compete in it

13:45 Oklahoma, no black belt in the state, learning with his dad

14:47 Bruce Lee and jeet kune do: take what is useful

15:58 Brazil at 16, sleeping on mats, and fighting Saulo

18:15 Starting over again and again

19:44 Why he took a match against a 22-year-old

21:01 Getting beat up and coming back: find your why

24:45 Everything great is hard

26:29 Putting on a singlet in his 40s

29:18 How to beat the young guys: "Make them tired"

32:24 Keep them flat: why he wants to be on top

34:29 What he's best at: MMA, 11-0 and the cage door

37:09 Give it all back: why teaching drives him

39:21 The American Roger Gracie: a basic game you never change

42:14 His new BJJ Fanatics instructionals, one a month

His new BJJ Fanatics series starts with the Gi Mount Masterclass: https://bjjfanatics.com/products/gi-mount-masterclass-by-rafael-lovato-jr

Bernardo says a new one is coming every month.

Connect with Rafael Lovato Jr

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovatojrbjj

Timeless Jiu-Jitsu: https://www.timelessjiujitsu.com

His academy in Oklahoma City: https://www.okbjj.com

Connect with Bernardo Faria

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bernardofariabjj

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtXtqlLdZYZm3060qVExXkA

BJJ Fanatics, the largest online jiu-jitsu library: https://bjjfanatics.com

Kojo Fightwear, Bernardo's gear brand: https://kojofightwear.com/?rfsn=9277274.6e01c5

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