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Rafel Lovato Jr. vastasi näin kolmeen kysymykseeni:
When and Why did you start BJJ?
I started BJJ when I was around 12 yrs old. My father is a life long martial artist and he got me started when I was just a child. In the mid 90's, he started learning BJJ through JKD instructor conferences and afterwards he started teaching me what he learned. Shortly after turning 21 yrs old, I received my Black Belt and he had received his a year before me, then we became the first American father and son BJJ Black Belts.
How has BJJ changed since you started BJJ?
BJJ has changed greatly since I first started. When I was a teenager learning BJJ, there were only a few American Black Belts and the only Jiu-Jitsu you could find in the US was either on the West coast or East coast far from where I lived in Oklahoma. At that time, there was no Youtube or Jiu-Jitsu videos. All the high level guys lived in Brazil and being an American purple belt or higher was a big deal! I traveled to Brazil for the first time when I was 16 yrs old. If you wanted to become a Black Belt, you had to go to Brazil, because that was where all the good training and competitions were. Nowadays there is so much more access to high level guys and competitions, and anytime you are bored you can search on Youtube for your favorite BJJ players matches and techniques. There are many Black Belts now that have never even been to Brazil, much different than how it was when I was coming up.
Give one advice to the BJJ practitioner whose black belt is still a distand dream?
My biggest piece of advice would be for students to understand that you are on a personal journey to become the best BJJ Black Belt you can be. It doesn't matter how good of a blue or purple belt you are, or how many tournaments you win. Everything you are doing before you are a Black Belt is just to help you learn and become the best Black Belt you can be. Remember that every class, every time you have to tap, every time you lose in competition, is all part of your learning process and gets you one step closer to reaching your Black Belt. Everyone can do it, as long as you don't give up!
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