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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- June 27, 2024
- Duration
- 2h 1m
- Channel
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Rickson Gracie is a ninth-degree red belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, retired MMA fighter, and author of "Breathe: A Life in Flow."
SPEAKERS
Joe Rogan
hostRickson Gracie
guest
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Rickson Gracie, JRE MMA Show #114 with Rickson Gracie explores Rickson Gracie Explains Breath, Fear, and Real Martial Mastery Rickson Gracie and Joe Rogan discuss how cold exposure, breathwork, and spiritual preparation shaped Rickson’s approach to fighting and life. Rickson explains developing his mental and emotional resilience through extreme self-imposed stress, then discovering diaphragmatic breathing as the key to unlocking his physical and spiritual potential. They contrast old-school, no-rules vale tudo with modern sport jiu-jitsu and MMA, emphasizing how rules, time limits, and points have shifted the art toward entertainment and away from pure effectiveness. Rickson also talks about his new book “Breathe,” his online academy, injuries and aging, and the broader life value of martial arts beyond competition.
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