Posts by Gustavo Dantas

Sean Fong is a brown belt from Gracie Barra, an athlete, Coach, and Motivational Speaker. He was an Australian Para-Olympic swimmer who set a world record in the 100M Butterfly Short Course in para-swimming and He is also a gold medalist at the Abu Dhabi World Pro of Para Jiu-Jitsu. Besides sharing his inspirational story…

John Will is a black belt from Rigan Machado and Australia’s first Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt. He has been an instructor to various law enforcement and military organizations throughout the world and consults and delivers instructor training for more than 100 schools worldwide. He talked about some of the lessons that he learned from jiu-jitsu, He…

Vicente Junior is a 4th Degree Black Belt and the co-founder of BJJ Conquest, which has multiple academies in Maryland. He talked about running his association in the U.S. and in Brazil, he also shared about the importance of treating your business like is a business instead of a hobby, otherwise, you will be compensated…

Hannette Stack is an IBJJF Hall of Fame and Co-Founder of Brazil 021 School of Jiu-Jitsu. She talked about how jiu-jitsu teaches you how to become more resilient in life; we talked about the growth and the fixed mindset and my takeaway from the interview came when I asked her how was her mindset when…

Guy and Rob Pendergrass are black belts from Gustavo Machado and they are co-owners and operators of the Pendergrass Academy of Martial Arts. This was the first time I interviewed two people at the same time, and I believe that you will enjoy this format. They shared their thirty years of Martial Arts experience, they…