This week we have an interview with Rafael Lovato Sr. We talk about everything from martial arts to pipe organs.

We talk about:
- Having a rough upbringing that should have ended him up in prison or dead
- Setting real goals
- BJJ helping kids
- Martial arts for him when he was a kid
- His start training BJJ with Carlos Machado
- What he saw in Rafael Lovato Jr. that made him think he would be one of the best in the world
- Jiu-Jitsu and MMA
- Jiu-Jitsu and self defence
- Requiring BJJ students to learn some striking
- Why every student should try compeating
- Playing the pipe organ
- Music and Jiu-Jitsu
- What music has done for his BJJ
- How he avoids injuring his fingers while rolling on the mat
Links:
Quote of the week: "Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Article of the week: Just Do As Little Bit …
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