About to head to Dallas for @f2wbjj! On weight & ready for battle 🔥 I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the adjustments to my lifestyle & dialing in my routine. Have you made the adjustments yet? What are you doing or going to do? Let’s never stop being the best we can be!

#TakedownTuesday 🥋🔥
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Remember to connect your movements 🔑 All roads lead to the finish ⚔️
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#TeamLovato #LovatoJiuJitsu #RibeiroJiuJitsu #BJJ #JiuJitsu #Judo #Ippon #Takedown #Submission #Brabo #SubmissionHunter

Lead from the front. Never ask anything of anyone you don’t do yourself. Be the example & take as many with people with you as you can.
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Emotional scenes from episode 7 of The Last Dance on @espn & @netflix. When I was growing up Michael Jordan @jumpman23 was my biggest inspiration outside of martial arts. He showed the drive & warrior spirit it took to achieve greatness. Watching this documentary has helped me realize even more how incredible he was & how much he impacted my life. Can’t wait for the final 2 episodes tonight!!! @thelastdancenetflix
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If you haven’t been watching this, you are missing out. It’s guaranteed to light the 🔥 inside of you! MJ was a true samurai 🙇🏻‍♂️

Para meus seguidores Brasileiros. Aproveita 😃🥋💪🏼 @ribeirojiujitsubrasil @evolucaothaibr

New “Before They Were Kings” match featuring @ronaldojacare!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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This is from the 2003 Copa do Mundo where Jacaré won double 🥇🥇 as a Brown Belt submitting all of his opponents. He was on a tear that year going on to double 🥇🥇 at the @ibjjf Mundials the week after this submitting all of his opponents there as well except the absolute final against @lagartobjj. The next year Jacaré won the Black Belt Absolute division 🥋
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This was Jacaré’s 2nd year as a brown belt & he was completely mauling his opponents. Dynamic judo takedowns, diving & flop passing, together with flying triangles, kimuras, & brutal chokes. He is definitely one of the most exciting Jiu-Jitsu competitors of all times! Watch the full match on my 🎥 channel www.YouTube.com/LovatoJiuJitsu – please subscribe 🙏🏼
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#BeforeTheyWereKings #Jacare #BJJ #JiuJitsu #WorldChampion #Legend

New episode of “Before They Were Kings” 👑 featuring @lucasleitebjj. Here is the half guard master & innovator using his top game & back taking skills to win this match at the 2004 @cbjjoficial Brasileiro. Lucas went on to become the purple belt lightweight champion of this event & @ibjjf Black Belt World Champion just 3yrs later. •
Watch the full match at my YouTube channel, www.YouTube.com/LovatoJiuJitsu. Please subscribe while you are there 🙏🏼 Tomorrow, I will be releasing a brown belt match of an eventual Black Belt Absolute World Champion 🥋
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#BeforeTheyWereKings #LucasLeite #BJJ #JiuJitsu #WorldChampion

It’s impossible to be motivated when you don’t have a sense of direction. Always have a goal & something to work towards so you can stay disciplined. What’s your goal right now??? Let me know.
#StrongerTogether #Inspiration #Discipline #GoalSetting #Motivation #LastRoundBestRound #RafaelLovatoJr

Since it’s looking like it’s going to be nogi season by the time we get our tournaments back, I put my No-Gi Pressure Passing & Submission DVD series on sale. Grab it now for only $47 at www.lovatojr.com/products. Here is an example of a technique from the series. Learn all my strategies, concepts, combinations, transitions, for nogi passing & submission hunting while you are passing. All the techniques have been perfected through world class competition & training. Enjoy!

😱 Once a lion always a lion 🔥 It is amazing to see @miketyson look this good at 53yrs young! He is definitely living the lifestyle & taking great care of himself. Transforming his body back into this kind of shape is incredible! It is also amazing to see one of the greatest 🧠 ever in combat Master @kingsmma_hb working with him. I’m excited to see what these two have cooking. Could Iron Mike be lacing up the 🥊 once again??? #stillthebaddestmanontheplanet

So this happened today… While I was teaching for @blackbeltmag to raise funds for our first responders, Master @liboriobjj asked me a question about the Kimura series I was demonstrating. It was a special moment for me. 20yrs ago when I was kid traveling to Brazil & taking private lessons from this man who was already a legend & someone I was in awe of, never in a million years would I have imagined that one day he would ask me a Jiu-Jitsu related question. I’m sure he was just being nice, but it still made my day. During this quarantine I have done a couple of Lives with Master Liborio, one for his UCF students & one for Instagram & then we had this today. Reconnecting with him has been amazing! What a beautiful journey 🙏🏼
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#Grateful #Journey #LifeIsBeautiful

Use code “LOVATO” to save 15% on your order, you’ll thank me later. Enjoy!!! 🙌🏼

#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