Strengthen your mind and learn how to get the right mindset for BJJ success from world champion black belt Bernardo Faria
- Use these mental exercises and answers to common problems that Bernardo developed for huge success in training and tournament day
- Learn what is going through Bernardo’s mind during his fights, and how it can help you the next time you roll
- Bernardo is one of the cofounders of BJJ Fanatics and is a five-time IBJJF World Champion, including winning the open class.
- This is the first series of its kind where we explore the mental side of some of the best athletes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Find The Best Mindset For Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Success With Bernardo Faria’s Series On Mental Training For The Mats
Use Bernardo’s Solutions To All The Most Common Mindset Problems To Overcome Obstacles And Unlock Your Best Results
What Will You Learn?
Prepare the most important part of your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu game for the toughest challenges with this four-volume series on mental preparation and training from 5-time black belt world champion Bernardo Faria. Sharpen your mind for the greatest success possible with these tips from Bernardo about how to practice having the right outlook and mindset. With direct advice from his own experience, Bernardo leads you through how anyone can prepare their mental training for those stressful tournament days.
Whenever we go compete, there’s always stress and pressure to perform your best and get results. A jiu-jitsu journey, for everyone, is long and has a lot of struggles and setbacks, and your mindset can make all the difference. Bernardo has been through those same bumps in the road, and now he is sharing what helped him get to the next level and reach the highest levels of grappling success. In a direct, one-on-one way, Bernardo honestly shares his answers to some of the most common questions that people have about mentality training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
In this interview-style series, learn what Bernardo recommends you do to find the best mindset that works for you using these mental exercises and perspectives. Bernardo shares how to prepare yourself with the right mindset in training, how to approach each match, and what you can be remembering before and during matches to increase your chances for success. This four-volume series is packed with valuable information from one of the mentally toughest black belt competitors ever, with some of Bernardo’s mental keys behind his run to an incredible FIVE world championships.
This is the most intensive mental training series for Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners with a champion the caliber of Bernardo anywhere online, and this groundbreaking series can help you shed the stress and enjoy your next tough training or hard tournament.
So, What's On This Series?
Part 1:
- Intro
- Mental Preparation Weeks / Months Before The Tournament
- How to prepare your mind weeks/months before the tournament
- How to prepare your mind in the week of the tournament
- How to prepare your mind in the day of the tournament
- Should we use a sports psychologist?
- Should you study your opponents online? If so, what should you watch: Their instructional videos? Their competition matches? Or what else?
Part 2:
- Mental Preparation In Training
- Does it matter which academy we train at?
- Should we choose who we will train with for every round in advance of class?
- How to deal with losing rounds in training
- How often should we lose rounds in training? Should we intentionally put ourselves in positions that need work without caring about winning or losing?
- How should we train with lower level training partners?
- Camps for tournaments on different schools: Good idea or bad idea?
- How to choose training partners with only a few days left until the tournament?
- Is it necessary to develop a game plan?
- How to train for psychological toughness, to help to keep going when the body wants to stop?
- What are the differences in training when preparing for a specific match and when preparing for a specific tournament?
- Training off the mat: Should you run? Lift Weights? Functional Training?
- How should we fund the athlete lifestyle: Should you have a job? What are the pitfalls of working where you train?
- Specific training (Position training) vs Regular training & Drilling vs Not Drilling
Part 3:
- Mental Preparation During The Tournament & During The Matches
- What to eat on the day of the tournament
- What warm ups should we do on the day of the tournament?
- How to deal with the first match of the tournament, the one we normally have the most adrenaline. How to avoid gassing out and feeling the arms burning
- How to prepare the mind between the matches in the tournament
- Is it better to have an aggressive attacking approach or react to what your opponent gives you?
- How to focus during the fight
- How to manage the energy during the matches
- Should we fight to win? Or should we fight not to lose?
- Should we think a lot in a match or just flow with intuition and habit?
- Should we use visualization techniques before a match?
- Specific rituals & Superstitions
- Confidence: Should we always know if we are going to win or do we think we can win, but that we can also lose?
Part 4:
- Mental Preparation In General
- Win, lose, or draw should we go back over of our fights and find things to improve?
- How to deal with losses
- How do we deal with injuries effectively?
- How often should we replay scenarios on our heads, especially during the rest days
- Can aggression be trained? And is it good to train aggression?
- Tips to sleep better the night before the tournament
- How to overcome adversities like personal problems and professional problems. How to stay focused when those happen
- How to deal with adversity from family and friends who don't think BJJ is a good idea/career
- How to invest on your career?
- How to find inspiration
- How to prepare for the weight cut if needed
- How much focus in Jiu Jitsu is enough? Should you have other interests?
- Conclusion
