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Submission - BJJ and Being Present in the Moment
Abdel-Majid Faouri is Jordan's Number 1 BJJ competitor. In this episode he shares his journey with BJJ, life lessons learnt and his philosophy in BJJ.
Islam literally means 'submission'.
And one of the aims of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is to force your opponent into submission. So when you are being choked out and have to admit defeat, it is a little reminder of who is really in control.
Books Mentioned:
Tao of Jeet Kune Do - Bruce Lee
Khalid Bin al-Waleed: Sword of Allah - Gen A.I. Akram
Timestamps:
2:25 Abdel-Majid’s journey from chubby teenager to BJJ
11:30 The beauty about BJJ is that even if you have the world’s problem, when you go to class you have to be present.
14:30 Joining Alliance Gym in Nottingham
18:30 6 months Atos BJJ camp in California
23:47 “BJJ gave me the confidence to be me”
23:57 BJJ is uncomfortable, it teaches you to become calm in the worst of conditions
25:01 Kron Gracie - “stay cool under pressure”
26:41 “Follow what you want and if you become a master in it somebody will come and appreciate your art”
28:11 “I’ve never met a millionaire who didn’t make his money doing something he loved” George Harrison
28:25 Because it is a truthful journey to yourself it show whats true in other things as well
31:42 Jiu Jitsu shows you people
33:44 “This sport is humbling, no everyone likes to be humbled by force”
34:51 The dream of becoming world champion as small
36:07 It never becomes easy, you just get stronger
38:34 Uncertainty and fear - “Fear everything and run or face everything and rise”
Fear everything and run or face everything and rise
40:48 BJJ Teaches not to judge others
43:20 Islam means submission
Submission is knowing who is in control
48:00 The Sunnah of grappling and fitra
51:00 Bruce Lee’s 3 stages of learning
52:50 Mental training
54:29 The story of the black belt
56:26 Ayrton Senna - “I compete against myself”
59:10 You learn from loosing. If you can learn from winning then you have made it.
59:55 “Train like you are number 2 and compete like you are number 1. Always be hungry”
1:00:00 Khabib
1:05:30 Always battle yourself before battling others
Music by Ian Cattanach
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Abdel-Majid Faouri is Jordan's Number 1 BJJ competitor. In this episode he shares his journey with BJJ, life lessons learnt and his philosophy in BJJ.
Islam literally means 'submission'.
And one of the aims of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is to force your opponent into submission. So when you are being choked out and have to admit defeat, it is a little reminder of who is really in control.
Books Mentioned:
Tao of Jeet Kune Do - Bruce Lee
Khalid Bin al-Waleed: Sword of Allah - Gen A.I. Akram
Timestamps:
2:25 Abdel-Majid’s journey from chubby teenager to BJJ
11:30 The beauty about BJJ is that even if you have the world’s problem, when you go to class you have to be present.
14:30 Joining Alliance Gym in Nottingham
18:30 6 months Atos BJJ camp in California
23:47 “BJJ gave me the confidence to be me”
23:57 BJJ is uncomfortable, it teaches you to become calm in the worst of conditions
25:01 Kron Gracie - “stay cool under pressure”
26:41 “Follow what you want and if you become a master in it somebody will come and appreciate your art”
28:11 “I’ve never met a millionaire who didn’t make his money doing something he loved” George Harrison
28:25 Because it is a truthful journey to yourself it show whats true in other things as well
31:42 Jiu Jitsu shows you people
33:44 “This sport is humbling, no everyone likes to be humbled by force”
34:51 The dream of becoming world champion as small
36:07 It never becomes easy, you just get stronger
38:34 Uncertainty and fear - “Fear everything and run or face everything and rise”
Fear everything and run or face everything and rise
40:48 BJJ Teaches not to judge others
43:20 Islam means submission
Submission is knowing who is in control
48:00 The Sunnah of grappling and fitra
51:00 Bruce Lee’s 3 stages of learning
52:50 Mental training
54:29 The story of the black belt
56:26 Ayrton Senna - “I compete against myself”
59:10 You learn from loosing. If you can learn from winning then you have made it.
59:55 “Train like you are number 2 and compete like you are number 1. Always be hungry”
1:00:00 Khabib
1:05:30 Always battle yourself before battling others
Music by Ian Cattanach