Grandmaster Flavio Behring has over 70 years experience in Jiu-Jitsu. He talks about the early days with his instructor Grandmaster Helio Gracie, self defense Jiu-Jitsu, dealing with multiple attackers and watching GM Helio fight for 3 hours straight. Click “read more” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:
- His origins
- Overcoming asthma with Jiu-Jitsu
- His memories of Grandmaster Helio Gracie
- Jiu-Jitsu’s impact on people off the mats
- Is self defense curriculum fading away in Jiu-Jitsu?
- Simulating real world adrenaline for self defense
- Why your options for self defense should be very simple
- Practicing environmental awareness
- His self defense story against multiple attackers
- His time spent teaching prison guards in France
- Dealing with multiple attackers
- Dealing with a larger, more athletic attacker
- Being an effective instructor
- His favorite Grandmaster Helio Gracie story
- Learning from Grandmaster Joao Alberto Barreto
- Witnessing a 3 hour fight of Helio’s
- His challenge match against a Judo fighter
- Lineages in Brazil outside the Gracie family
- The rivalry between the Faddas and the Gracies
- The biggest changes he’s seen in Jiu-Jitsu over the last 70 years
- The reason he doesn’t follow MMA or sport Jiu-Jitsu anymore
- His upcoming European tour
- Jiu-Jitsu’s growth outside Rio
- Marcelo Behring
- The Pummel
- Why he switched to a Vegan diet
- Why he wears a white belt again
- His major goal in his journey