Epi 116 Fighting For A Dream With Abraham Marte

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This week we bring you a interview with Abraham Marte. Abraham is a black belt in the ultra heavyweight division from the Dominican Republic that has managed to medal at worlds at every belt level.  He is now on a mission to help the kids in his community and become the best in the world.

Abraham Marte (picture from Preston Smith)

We talk about:

• His competition history
• Competing only a few times a year
• His strength training
• Training with smaller and less skilled partners
• Changing your environment to make your training better
• BJJ4Change
• Fighting for a Dream
• Helping kids with BJJ
• How BJJ has changed over the years
• Jiu-Jitsu tour

Links:

• Abraham Marte's Facebook Page
• BJJ 4 Change
• Fighting for a Dream

Quote of the week: "There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I'm a martial artist. I don't train for a fight. I train for myself. I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection." Georges St-Pierre

Article of the week: Tips for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Beginners from Startjiujitsu.com

Catch us next week for another episode of The BjjBrick Podcast