Host Pete Deeley welcomes listeners back to The Jiu-Jitsu Mindset, promotes subscription coffee and announces the new app "My Jiu-Jitsu Journey," then interviews Sensei George Rego about his lifelong martial arts path. Rego describes walking into an old, gritty dojo as a child and feeling instantly "at home," drawn to the combination of real physical capability and character, honor, and discipline—echoing Miyamoto Musashi's "twofold way" of sword and pen. He discusses the unique trust of training, the deep teacher-student bond, and the grief of losing his sensei. Rego shares lessons on discipline becoming self-discipline, navigating students who disappear, and his motivation for writing "The Founding of Jujutsu and Judo in America," including Teddy Roosevelt's ju jitsu connections. He concludes that a strong martial artist should be difficult to harm but easy to respect.

00:00 Welcome and Updates

01:05 Meet Sensei George Rego

02:01 Why Martial Arts

03:25 First Dojo Awakening

05:54 Quiet Strength Ideal

09:14 Twofold Way Mindset

13:21 Loss of a Sensei

15:02 Teacher Student Bond

19:08 Trust and Time on Mat

22:18 Students Who Disappear

23:44 Refocus on Students

25:07 Sensei Beyond Fighting

27:13 Systems and Discipline

29:14 Gravitas of a Master

31:05 Why Write the Book

33:53 Research and Roosevelt Dojo

35:05 Preserving Hidden Lineages

36:22 Where to Find the Book

36:57 Audiobook and Bestseller Run

38:33 Hard to Harm Easy Respect