Episode 43. Brazil To Gracie HQ, Jiu-Jitsu & The Ocean
The conversation
About Eddie Morais.
Eddie Morais sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 43, “Brazil To Gracie HQ, Jiu-Jitsu & The Ocean”.
Eddie works at Gracie University headquarters in California as the facility manager, and he calls it the University of Helpers. Nick first met him at the Instructor Certification Program in January 2020, when Eddie was the one to find if you needed help.
He loves jiu-jitsu and surfing, and he shares his view that the ocean doesn't even know you exist, a mindset that builds awareness, humility and confidence.
Eddie talks about how self-defense clicked for him, starting with the clinch, why teaching matters so much, and his goal to keep doing all of this until he is 100 years old.
“We're not helping them to learn how to fight”
From the episode
- Martial arts helps people understand who they are, not just how to fight.
- The ocean teaches humility.
- Help as much as you can.
- Discipline
- Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
- Gym or dojo
- Gracie University
- Location
- California
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