Skip to main content

BJJ SAARBRÜCKEN: CARIO TERRA "Don´t let students cross train is a mistake"

 

What is the best advice you can give somebody who is starting Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?

Caio Terra: Have fun, if your goal is to have fun every day you will never have a bad day.

What role does ego play in jiu jitsu?

CT: Every one always says check your ego at the door etc. but this is a false, every one has an ego. Typically the more tournaments some one wins the more some one gets promoted the bigger their ego gets, the challenge comes from knowing your ego and not preventing it from progress. Being able to understand that learning is the goal not “winning” helps a lot.

What separates those who excel from those who do not?

CT:Hard work both on an off the mat (studying)

Have you ever been nervous before a BJJ competition?

CT: Yes before every competition.

What do you say to potential students?

CT: Welcome to the best martial art in the world lol.

If you could go back in time, what would you say to yourself as a white belt?

CT: I would say train harder you can do this! As a white belt I didn't  take bjj serious.

How do you know when to promote a student?

CT: We have association  guidelines that are pretty subjective. In addition to those guidelines we look at other things. If some one for example ask for a belt or shows poor character, they will never get promoted.   

Who is the best person you have ever rolled with?

CT: It's hard to say because some people have the best guard, some best top game, some best half guard etc.  I love training with Samir, Queixinho, Flavio, Leandro and the team, they push me to be better every day.

Who is the best person you have ever competed against?

CT: Too many to name one.

How many times a week should you train?

CT: As much as possible.

What kinds of activities do you do outside of jiu-jitsu?

CT: I like to watch movies

What do you feel are some of the mistakes instructors make when teaching BJJ?

CT: Thinking they have the best jiu jitsu and not letting there students cross train.

What advice would you give competitors looking to attain sponsorships?

CT: Win

Thanks again for doing the interview.  Anything else you'd like to add?

CT: I'd like to thank every one who trains and supports jiu jitsu. Keep training and growing the art we love, it truly can change lives and make people better.

BJJ SAARBRÜCKEN CASA DE LUTA FIGHTKLUB: BJJ Saarbrücken | Casa De Luta Fightklub (bjjsaarbruecken.de)

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Pierre Manzo and Arthur Leroy from Jiu Jitsu Family at Casa de Luta Saarbrücken

  Yesterday, Saturday, we had the visit of our brother and good friend, Pierre Manzo , black belt under Robert Drysdale , and Head Coach at Jiu Jitsu Family. Along with him, one of his students, a talented 20 year old monster, who has been training already, in teams like the B-Team in Texas with Craig Jones, Nick Rodriguez, Nicky Ryan, Oliver Taza, etc..    The Open Mat started as usual at Casa de Luta Saarbrücken at 11:00, where every team is welcome and completely free of charge. Pierre and I got together for more than an hour where we were able to kill each other and exchange knowledge during the rolls, as well as help him with the mechanics of some of my leglocks. I also had the opportunity to roll with Arthur, Pierre's talented young student, a very technical guy with great precision on his attacks, with very good guard passes to back take, dangerous! Very dangerous. So I had to be careful with my leg attacks, avoiding at all times exposing my back by actively changing positi

BJJ SAARBRÜCKEN: Trivium’s Matt Heafy “BJJ is a way of life”

  Matt Kiichi Heafy  is one the many rock stars bitten by the Brazilian jiu-jitsu bug. The 31-year-old lead singer and guitarist for the heavy metal band Trivium has been training BJJ since 2013 (ten years after the band’s first album), and he has developed such a fondness for the Gracie art that he brings a trainer and a set of mats around with him on tour. Even if you’re not a heavy metal fan, you’re probably familiar with Matt Heafy. Last year, our very own Emil Fischer  sat down with him  to talk about his love of Brazil’s soft art. Yesterday afternoon, Emil once again sat down with Heafy, who’s now a two-stripe purple belt. This time, though, I had the pleasure of joining in. The three of us talked about leg locks and Heafy’s love for Eddie Cummings’ style, a style which Matt sadly feels he has inadequately replicated. He even went so far as to apologize to Cummings for it. He also found out that for Matt Heafy, the saying “BJJ is a way of life” is more than just a cliche.  Brazil

Mark Ewen vs Noah Gugnon at Bellator MMA 299

  As I have been previously announced about Noah Gugnon future, our Casa de Luta MMA Saarbrücken fighter, signed with Bellator MMA for the event on Saturday, September 29th in Dublin, Ireland.  Noah Gugnon will face Mark Ewen, Ranked as the number-one amateur in the UK before he turned professional. Noah Gugnon 4-0-0 Entering Dublin for his Bellator debut as well. France’s Gugnon already has a fight booked for June 10th, as he looks to match Mark’s four-and-zero record at Kingdom Fighting 1. He possesses a purple belt in BJJ evidenced by two submission victories on his record. He also holds a KO victory, with a 3-0 record. Unbleamisged as an amateur as well. However, he only competed once. Mark Ewen 4-0-0 A fighter who is one of the best and brightest to emerge from Scotland. Fans of Ewen will tell you just how good he is. 4-0 as a professional, finishing all four. Three by way of knockout and a lone submission via anaconda choke. Looking to continue his rise, Ewen hopes he can show th