#TBT Sweeping in 🇧🇷 as a brown belt seventeen years ago! This is from the 2003 @ibjjf Mundials. That same week was the first time I trained with Sensei Saulo @ribeirojiujitsu & @xanderibeirojj in Copacabana. You can see I was already influenced by their games, because this is a sweep they are both well known for especially Xande. It is a great way to catch your opponent by surprise 💥
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Man, I miss competing in Brazil!!!
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#thegoodolddays #BJJ #JiuJitsu #Sweep #Brazil #IBJJF #Worlds #Mundials #LovatoJiuJitsu #RibeiroJiuJitsu

Multi dimensional #TakedownTuesday
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Train everything & you will have no limits. Gi – NoGi – MMA 🏆🏆🏆
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#BJJ #Judo #NoGi #JiuJitsu #Grappling #Wrestling #MMA #TomeoNage #BodyLock #KneeTap #Takedown #TeamLovato #RafaelLovatoJr #TrueMartialArtist @metamoris @polaris_professional @bellatormma

Love & a smile for your Saturday. Catching baby girl like a touchdown pass ❤️😆 #HappySaturday
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Shout out to my brothers with little girls at home @xanderibeirojj, @jamespuopolo, @romulobarral, @rogergracie, @shilohrolls, @jakemapes, @travisserna1, @romeitaly1, @masonroy33, @dbnoel85

Legendary stuff right here! The Champ @miketyson working with the 🧠 Master @kingsmma_hb 🔥🔥🔥 I would love to watch this full session! #IronMike still scary as ever!!!
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Watching the OG’s still learning & training gives me so much inspiration 🙏🏼
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#Inspiration #NeverStop #ForeverStudent

🚨 New Episode of “Before They Were Kings” featuring the beasts @galvaobjj & @tussagb 🔥🔥
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2003 @ibjjf Mundials Absolute Purple Belt SemiFinal match between these two future greats. Insane scrambles & exchanges go down in this match. Galvão’s precision back takes & fast transitions were already Black Belt level & you can see the amazing escapes & relentlessness of Tussa were evident in his game already too. I love Purple Belt matches 😁
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Watch the full match at my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/lovatojiujitsu. Please subscribe while you are there 🙏🏼 Learn & enjoy! 🔊 by @tmo_music
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#BeforeTheyWereKings #BJJ #JiuJitsu #IBJJF #AndreGalvao #Tussa #Mundials #Worlds #PurpleBelt #Absolute

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw
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Another adaptation & training tool that I’m adding to the 🧰 @baseblocks. Working on developing some functional strength & agility while having fun at the same time. I’ve been playing with these for a solid 10-15min every other day or so & I can tell that I not only haven’t lost any strength, but I think I’ve gained some. Truth is, I don’t have a routine or anything, I just get on & play. So many possibilities & it is a lot of fun to feel like a gymnast 😆 Today I was working to get my handstand game & body control stronger 💪🏼
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I highly recommend adding some @baseblocks to your home training. Use code “TEAMLOVATO” to save 💰 on your purchase & let’s get to work!!!
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Thanks to my love @deeana6 for the coaching 😂 & filming. Also shoutout my brothers @greenstrengthiv & @cameronshayne for expanding my vision of training methods & what real strength is 🙏🏼
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#HaveFun #Play #KeepMoving #TryNewThings #BaseBlocks #Training #Strength #functionaltraining #Calisthenics

One of my greatest motivations for competing in MMA was to have the opportunity to express myself as a Martial Artist & show the beauty & efficiency behind the technique I spent my whole life trying to master. Exactly two years ago today, I had one of my finest artistic displays of beautiful violence & arguably the best MMA submission of 2018. I’ll never forget this amazing night in Chicago 🙏🏼🥋🏆
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#WeAreArtists #MartialArtist #Artist #Expression #BeautifulViolence #MMA #BJJ #JiuJitsu #Submission #ArmBar #TapOut #Finish #BellatorMMA #WorldChampion #Undefeated #RafaelLovatoJr #TeamLovato #EvolucaoThai #RibeiroJiuJitsu #LovatoJiuJitsu #Budokon #TimelessJiuJitsu #ClassicJiuJitsu

Don’t stop when you’re tired, stop when the mission is complete! 💪🏼 #MondayMotivation #KeepGoing #Determination #CantStopWontStop

Uke life has been tough during #quarantine 😂 Lots of smashing & choking questions tend to come in over the live classes 😁 @dallasniles

Late night study material 📝
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A new edition of “Before They Were Kings” just uploaded to my YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/lovatojiujitsu)
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This is definitely one of the finest & most insane purple belt matches I have ever witnessed! Here is @bmalfacine & @gabrielmoraesjj battling in the 2004 @cbjjoficial Brasileiro finals. Unreal scrambles & technical exchanges at 100mph! Both become multiple time Black Belt World Champions & Gabriel actually wins his first Black Belt title just a couple of months later! That’s right, you heard that correctly. Gabriel skipped brown belt & went straight to Black Belt winning the Worlds only two months after this match. One of the most insane trajectories ever!!! Both are legends, much respect ✊🏼
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Go check out the full match & please be sure to subscribe 🙏🏼 I got a lot more 🔥 coming soon! I’m thinking purple belt Andre Galvão next…
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#BeforeTheyWereKings #BrunoMalfacine #GabrielMoraes #BJJ #JiuJitsu #History

I recently uploaded a breakdown of my training with the great middleweight 🐐 @marcelogarciajiujitsu to my YouTube channel. I share lots of insight into this super technical back & forth roll. I learned a lot from our training & am happy to share with you all. Doing my best to help everyone stay inspired & keep growing during this time. You can watch the full 20min plus video at www.youtube.com/lovatojiujitsu. Please subscribe while you are there 🙏🏼 Enjoy!
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Tomorrow I will be releasing a new “Before They Were Kings” video to my channel featuring two future black belt world champions having an insane battle as purple belts!
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#BJJ #JiuJitsu #MarceloGarcia #RafaelLovatoJr #Training #Breakdown #Learn #BeInspired

Flowing through another week of #quarantine like… No equipment necessary 🦍
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Crawling is one of the best functional training exercises out there. Slow it down, speed it up, build coordination, mobility, & strength while playing. Shoutout to my mobility & movement inspirations @greenstrengthiv @cameronshayne @melayneshayne 🙏🏼
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🔊 by @tmo_music 🎥 by @deeana6
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#KeepMoving #Flow #Play #Crawl #Mobility #Movement #Agility #Strength #Coordination #Budokon #GreenStrength

Happy Saturday! Get out & move those hips 😂 Wishing you all a beautiful day! 🙌🏼

Exactly what I wish I could do to the #coronavirus 😆😆😆 @brucelee