Biography

My name is Gabriel sanches dos santos I'm 15 years old and I'm part of a social project located in Jardim Blue (RJ). Today I live in the United States, but to get here was not easy, I had to do several things to raise money to pay the costs of the ticket and etc. ... so I had to run back, ask my parents to make some sweets so that I could start selling them in the competitions, so I went to sell sweets in competitions to raise money, and also sell bullets on the road signs to get here. and gradually I am fulfilling my dreams! I started jiu jitsu 8 years ago!.

Q&A Session Between Gabriel Sanches Dos Santos and Elite Sports

Question: 1. What will you suggest to the newcomers?

Answer: I will help them, teach some jiu-jitsu techniques to them, and also present the best brand of kimono, Elite Sport

Question: 2. What does it mean for you to be a fighter?

Answer: Being a jiu-jitsu fighter is to exchange hours of sleep in your comfortable bed for hours and more hours of training; It's getting out in the cold rain or hot, scorching sun for yet another day of hard training; It is to have responsibility and not to attack or humiliate an unprotected or defenseless; It is to respect the graduates and to mirror themselves in them; It is loving yourself and your neighbor, respecting the weakest, but NEVER be one of them; It is to have the spirit of a warrior and fight to the death, if necessary, to be proud of the victory; It is to have discipline to say no when they call you to leave in the sacred hour of your training; It is to faithfully follow all the millennial traditions of soft art, which are forgotten by many; It is necessary to be cold, to change the embraces and cares of the loved one by strangulations, twists, dislocations and blood; It is to control their feelings, and sometimes, to get rid of some of them; It is having as a family your jiu-jitsu team; It is to understand the lessons of your master and apply them in your life, however hard they are; It is to be courageous to put at risk your physical integrity, in which it can often be serious; It is to overcome the pains and not give up the goals; It is to change everything and everyone to train and feel conformed to it; His ears, knees and other joints will never be the same, but he will never stop practicing this sport. That is to be a respect fighter.

Question What are essential things for training?

Answer:The essential things are you never miss the training, and so with every training you think you can evolve even more.

Question: What seperate you form every other fighter in your division?

Answer:I'm not better than anyone else, but every day I train with a champion thought, and I go to the competitions with the champion mind!.

Question: What is the meaninhg of success in your mind?

Answer:Success is doing what’s right. Helping others, doing what’s necessary for the bigger picture and not focusing on short time happiness.

Question: With whom you would like to fight?

Answer:I would Like to Fight with any Legend, so I can learn the way he fights.

Question: Is there any difference b/w your common days diet and during compe trining diet?

Answer:Yes. I normally eat pretty good. But before a competition I would cut all the sugar and focus more on green smoothies..

Question: How does a beginner will prepare for the competition.

Answer:Ask questions when you end up in the same place and feel stuck.

Question: How is it helpful to have the information about your competitor?

Answer:Well its all upto you

Question: What should we learn from the legends /or from the seniors? Who is your inspiration?

Answer:We have to worry about training in the same rhythm as them, and also to run behind as many of them ran, I am inspired by many fighters, Bruno Malfacine, Mendes, Aly, André Galvão among others …

Question: How is it helpful to have the information about your competitor?

Answer:Well its all upto you .

Question: To whom you would like to compliment for your success?

Answer: I would first thank God for everything he did in my life, secondly I would thank my parents for everything they taught me and for everything that helped me, I would also thank my teacher for how much he trained me to achieve my dreams and be a champion , and I would also like to thank all my sponsors for helping me with my athlete's cousin

Question: Who is your favorite legendary fighter? Why?

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