How to Master Your Mind, Body & Breath Like a Warrior | Rickson Gracie (Fan Fav)

After my biggest loss in my life, which is losing my son with 18 years old, I was confused for a while, about three or four years in a dark, thinking about suicidal, thinking about drugs, thinking about, you know, what's the purpose of life. And I realized with Hoxel's departure, we may never not have tomorrow. Tomorrow may never happen. Hey, Hey, everybody. Welcome to another episode of Impact Theory. Today, I am joined by a living legend. This man's life is so extraordinary. The one, the only, master Hixson Gracie. Thank you, Tom. Thank you so much for being here, dude. I read your book cover to cover. I was blown away. I watched the documentary, Choke. I knew who you were before I read your book and before I saw the documentary. But this was performance on a level. The note I took was this is a person who's actually made use of his full potential. It is really extraordinary what you've accomplished in jiu jitsu. Thank you. I mean, the Gracie name at this point is synonymous with jiu jitsu Yes. In large part thanks to just your unbelievable accomplishments. We'll get into some of the specifics for sure as we go, but there was one moment in the documentary that defined for me why you're so different than everyone I've ever met. And that is you're you were in a championship fight, but the way that it was was it was rounds back to back or fights back to back. So you would beat one opponent, then you'd get paired with another opponent. And so you and this other guy each had, I think, two full fights before you met. Yeah. And he had been punched in the face so many times Yes. That he couldn't see. And in the locker room, somebody in your corner said you've gotta punch him. And do you remember what you said? Yes. Said, I don't want I don't want it and I don't need to hurt him to win the fight. Because I felt compelling based on he's a warrior, he's a tough guy, he's lighter. He previous fight against a Dutch guy who was very mean and dirty and poke his finger, poke his eye with the finger. And, he was hurt and he won this fight after about a battle of thirty minutes or forty minutes for a fight. And then he fought another big wrestler who's also and then he end up in the finals with me. It was a eight man tournament. And my my training partners, my my my people say, oh, you have to kill this guy, punch him. I said, I don't I don't have to be violent on this guy because I'm not intimidated by him. The opportunity is based on striking. So I will be gentle because I believe I'm tech I'm more technical than him and I can win. So that's what I did. And this was a …