5x World Champ Xande Ribeiro on the BJJ Identity Crisis, the TRT Conversation Nobody Has Honestly, & Staying Capable EP120
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Xande Ribeiro — @XandeRibeirojj, five-time World Champion, absolute champion, ADCC Hall of Famer, founder of Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu — has been on the mats for thirty-five years. In this episode he covers the identity crisis modern jiu-jitsu is engineering, why training a lot might mean training bad habits a lot, the TRT conversation nobody is having honestly, Tamashido (the way of the soul), and what staying dangerous means at forty-five with a newborn.ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ🔗 Xande Ribeiro:@XandeRibeirojj · Six Blades Jiu-JitsuCedar Park/North Austin · Lake Travis · Bee Cave, TXCamps: Panama (Jan) · Costa Rica (Feb) · Mendocino (Apr)🔗 Lineage Provisions — Podcast Partner:Code JOSHBUTTON · 15% off · lineageprovisions.com🔗 Biospectral Systems — Brand Partner:Luca Nero frames · Code JOSHBUTTON · 15% off · biospectralsystems.com🔗 Greco Gum — Brand Partner:Code IAMJOSHBUTTON · 10% off · grecogum.com🔗 Find Josh:@thatjiujiteiro · @IamJoshButton · @stopkillingtheplantsFree guides: HardtoKillinMidlife.comˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ✅ For Business inquiries ► [email protected]ˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍˍ✅ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝:🌐 Website: https://www.joshbutton.com/👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejoshbuttonpodcast/👉 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatJiujiteiro/videos⏱️ Timestamps:00:00 — Xande Ribeiro · @XandeRibeirojj · Five-Time World Champion · Six Blades01:00 — Associação Monteiro: Royler lineage, trained to survive not to be champion03:00 — Competition was a community event, not individual ambition05:00 — Identity crisis: what happens when you're not a champion anymore?07:00 — When students beat you in training — how does that feel, and what does it mean?09:00 — Social media validation and optimizing for people who don't understand the art11:00 — Community as marketing vs. community as the actual content13:00 — Nine-year-olds don't need to be world champions — they need to be good people17:00 — "Entertaining" jiu-jitsu: adapting for the crowd is a dangerous path25:00 — Class structure: fun warm-up → technique with constraints → sparring28:00 — Hard warm-ups at 160bpm: you've killed the technical learning window35:00 — Jiu-jitsu must allow you to be vulnerable before you can get the skill38:00 — Team identification vs. individual championship pursuit40:00 — Training a lot might mean training bad habits a lot42:00 — Constraint-based teaching: set the student up for success46:00 — I pull fighters out when their movement is sloppy — there's always a tomorrow47:00 — Self-assessment: never two hard sessions back to back, 48 hours minimum50:00 — Training changed at 45: more rest, smarter scheduling, one hard day per 48 hours51:00 — Gi vs. no-gi for longevity: gi gives more tools, more games within the game54:00 — No-gi: if the guy on top won't engage — you have nothing57:00 — Sixty-year-old attacking feet: old people die by falling, not heart attack58:00 — TRT: tried it for four months, felt bloated, got choked faster, stopped59:00 — Testosterone is the most important hormone — but cholesterol, vitamin D, and cortisol govern it01:01:00 — The primal protector: testosterone governs decision-making, not just physical performance01:02:00 — Food is not food anymore: the health food stamp is the most backwards thing01:03:00 — Cortisol is the primary antagonist of testosterone01:04:00 — Pre-workout, Viagra, weed: you've conditioned everything you do for a substance01:05:00 — Nothing that comes fast stays — black belt in three years is a lie01:07:00 — Recovery becoming its own stress: cold plunge protocol as new anxiety01:08:00 — Adding testosterone to stress makes you aggressive, not better01:10:00 — Staying dangerous at 45: staying capable — physically, mentally, spiritually01:11:00 — Forty is the new twenties. I can't wait until I'm sixty.
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