Biography
Gabriel Sanches Dos Santos
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
164Lbs
172 cm
Projeto Drive In (Gracie Barra)
Blue Belt
Q&A Session Between Gabriel Sanches Dos Santos and Elite Sports
Question: 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: 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 the essential things for the 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 separates you from 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 meaning 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, and why?
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 competition training 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? Any advice for beginners?
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: Is the martial arts necessary for a common person? How?
Answer: Common person don’t do martial arts, as soon as you start do any martial art you are not common anymore.
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: To whom you would like to compliment for your success?
Answer: All my coaches along my way.
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