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