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The Bernardo Faria Podcast

Bernardo Faria

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The Bernardo Faria Podcast is about getting better in Jiu-Jitsu and in life. Bernardo is a five-time Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt World Champion, IBJJF Hall of Famer, and co-founder of BJJ Fanatics, the world’s largest online education platform for martial arts and combat sports. Through personal stories and conversations with interesting people, Bernardo shares experiences and lessons on Jiu-Jitsu, mindset, self-improvement, success, failure, and becoming a better version of yourself.

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Eduardo Benjamin: The Police Chief Who Runs a Jiu-Jitsu Gym

Season 1 · Episode 6

Monday, November 2, 2026 • Duration 24:27

Eduardo Benjamin is a police chief in Maine and the founder of Titan Athletics. He tells Bernardo why the mats humble even the toughest cops, why he left a franchise to keep training affordable, and how jiu-jitsu turned a student's life around.

In this episode:

- Running a police department and a jiu-jitsu gym at the same time, and why the gym is his mental health

- Lifelong learning: an MBA, a second master's in criminal justice and the FBI National Academy

- Franchise or independent: why he left Gracie Barra in 2017 and lowered his prices

- Jiu-jitsu for law enforcement: safer arrests for the officer and for the person being arrested

- The ego problem: when a 130-pound kid controls a 200-pound cop, and how he prepares new officers for it

- The hardest belt in jiu-jitsu is the white belt

- Why his mostly no-gi gym has an older crowd than most

- The 25 Days of Kindness program at his police department

- From heroin to black belt: the student who got a second chance

Eduardo "Eddie" Benjamin is the police chief of Holden, Maine, and the founder of Titan Athletics in Brewer. Born in Salvador, Bahia, he moved to the United States in 2003, opened his jiu-jitsu school in 2006 and joined law enforcement in 2010.

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00:00 Intro

00:41 Meet Eduardo Benjamin: police chief and gym owner

01:39 Running a police department and a jiu-jitsu gym

02:43 Lifelong learner: two master's degrees and the FBI National Academy

04:35 Franchise or independent: why he left Gracie Barra

06:30 Cops on the mats: jiu-jitsu for law enforcement

08:01 Ego: when a kid controls the cop

10:27 The hardest belt is the white belt

12:26 From Salvador to Maine: long winters and fighting depression

13:28 MMA, boxing, pro fighters and his black belts

14:29 Why his no-gi crowd is older

16:39 Acadia, the winter and a white belt in skiing

18:19 "The day I'm not learning, I'm dead": training his officers

19:03 25 Days of Kindness: the police department's program

20:35 Immigrants who give back

21:17 From heroin to black belt to a governor's pardon

23:06 What's next

Connect with Eduardo Benjamin

Titan Athletics, Brewer, Maine

Connect with Bernardo Faria

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bernardofariabjj

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtXtqlLdZYZm3060qVExXkA

BJJ Fanatics, the largest online jiu-jitsu library: https://bjjfanatics.com

Kojo Fightwear, Bernardo's gear brand: https://kojofightwear.com/?rfsn=9277274.6e01c5

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Rafael Lovato Jr: Timeless Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling at 43 & MMA

Season 1 · Episode 5

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 • Duration 42:58

On the drive to a seminar, Rafael Lovato Jr tells Bernardo how to keep doing jiu-jitsu for the rest of your life, why he is wrestling college kids at 43, and how to beat the young guys: make them tired.

In this episode:

- Timeless Jiu-Jitsu: keep doing what you love for as long as possible, and build a game that lasts

- Why he never saw himself as "just a jiu-jitsu guy", and the difference between an athlete and a martial artist

- Wrestling college kids at 43, and his plan to medal at the Masters Worlds in wrestling and judo

- Coming up in Oklahoma with no black belt in the state, learning side by side with his dad

- Bruce Lee, jeet kune do and "take what is useful"

- Going to Brazil at 16, getting beaten up over and over, and how he met Saulo

- Getting beat up and coming back the next day: find your why

- How an older grappler beats a 20-year-old: slow the game down, stay on top, keep them flat, make them carry your weight

- What MMA taught him, and why he thinks it is what he does best

- Why he calls a basic game the most powerful one, and the Roger Gracie comparison

Rafael Lovato Jr is the 2007 IBJJF World Champion at black belt and the undefeated Bellator Middleweight World Champion. He runs his academy in Oklahoma City and teaches the Timeless Jiu-Jitsu approach: a game you can keep using as you get older.

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00:00 Intro

00:35 Timeless: keep doing what you love for as long as possible

02:40 From Worlds champion to wrestling college kids at 43

Marlon Tajik: From Sweden to ADCC, Passing & Leg Locks

Season 1 · Episode 4

Thursday, October 22, 2026 • Duration 19:52

Marlon Tajik took silver at -88 kg and finished fourth in the absolute at ADCC 2026. A month later he sat down with Bernardo to explain how a kid from Sweden got there with no blueprint, and why his whole game is built to make you tired.In this episode:- Starting jiu-jitsu at 11 in Stockholm, training next to his dad, who is also a black belt- No roadmap: saving money, flying to the US and finding the room where he was not the best- Training like a professional from purple belt: diet, strength and conditioning, 80% light and 20% hard- "Hard work is never in vain, it only compounds"- Half the year in the US, half in Sweden, and why each half has a different job- How he tests a new move: first on juveniles and blue belts, then up the ladder until it works 8 out of 10 times- The energy bar idea behind his passing: "No technique works when you're tired"- The sneaky leg locks, and why he looked for entries nobody else was using- You don't need the best gym in the world anymore to learn from the best in the worldMarlon Tajik is a no-gi grappler from Sweden. At the 2026 ADCC World Championship in Kraków he won silver in the -88 kg division and finished fourth in the absolute, where he submitted Pouya Rahmani (+99 kg) with an inside heel hook. This week he recorded his first instructionals with BJJ Fanatics: his guard passing system, and half butterfly to leg locks.Chapters00:00 Intro00:31 ADCC 2026: silver at -88 kg and fourth in the absolute01:17 Starting at 11 in Stockholm, with a black belt dad02:33 No blueprint: making it from a country where nobody had04:27 Training like a pro from purple belt: 80% light, 20% hard06:27 Jiu-jitsu as a job in Scandinavia: "I'm living the dream"08:25 Half the year in the US, half in Sweden09:45 How he tests a new move: from juveniles to the best guy in the gym11:24 His guard passing system, built from fights and instructionals13:53 The energy bar: "No technique works when you're tired"15:42 The sneaky leg locks and the side control escape everyone saw17:53 You don't need the best gym anymore19:15 His first BJJ Fanatics instructionalsMarlon's first instructionals (guard passing, and half butterfly to leg locks) are coming soon to BJJ Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.comConnect with Bernardo FariaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bernardofariabjjYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtXtqlLdZYZm3060qVExXkABJJ Fanatics, the largest online jiu-jitsu library: https://bjjfanatics.comKojo Fightwear, Bernardo's gear brand: https://kojofightwear.com/?rfsn=9277274.6e01c5New episodes every week. If this one helped you, follow the show and leave a rating: it is the best way to help the podcast reach more people.

Victor Hugo: ADCC 2026, Big Man Flow & Why He Pulls Guard

Season 1 · Episode 3

Sunday, October 18, 2026 • Duration 25:23

Victor Hugo won ADCC 2026 at +99 kg with four submissions in four matches, pulling guard every time. A month later he sat down with Bernardo to explain the Big Man Flow: why the biggest guy on the mat plays guard, how he trains, and the road from Fortaleza to the top of the sport.

In this episode:

- "Breaking records or breaking limbs": how he stayed loose and had fun through a tournament most people dread

- Why he pulls guard on everyone in training, except wrestlers, and what he gets out of it

- Ultra-heavy matches used to be "bad judo": the strategy he has used since the colored belts

- His training split: drilling, specific training with constraints, then live rounds, built up from blue belts

- The kid from Fortaleza nobody knew: double gold at Worlds as a purple belt, then San Diego with Saulo and Xande

- Dropping out of nutrition school after winning Worlds, and starting jiu-jitsu at 14 with his dad

- Athlete to entrepreneur: running jiu-jitsu schools and learning the business side

- Three ADCCs, Buchecha and Gordon Ryan in the second round, and the joke "I just want to make it to day two"

- The CJI foot lock, "don't confuse better with more", and why "the crown is heavy"

Victor Hugo is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt from Fortaleza, Brazil, under Saulo and Xande Ribeiro of the Six Blades Association. He is a four-time IBJJF world champion at black belt, including double gold (100 kg and absolute) at the 2023 Worlds, and the 2026 ADCC world champion at +99 kg, where he won all four of his matches by submission in Krakow. He recorded two new instructionals with BJJ Fanatics this week: his guard game, and his offensive game with back attacks.

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Conan Schafer: From Police Officer to Two BJJ Schools at 63

Season 1 · Episode 2

Thursday, October 15, 2026 • Duration 23:59

Conan Schafer retired from the Lincoln Police Department at 57 to run a jiu-jitsu school full time. At 63 he co-owns two schools, runs three tournaments a year and still teaches the kids classes himself. Bernardo visited him in Lincoln, Nebraska, to find out how he keeps building.In this episode:- How a police officer looking for something that would "make the job easier" ended up in jiu-jitsu in 2003- Why Conan and Jerad gave up their black belts and started over at white belt when they opened Lincoln BJJ in 2013- Retiring at 57, the pandemic year when 100 students hung on, and the school taking off in 2021- "Kitchen manager and dining room manager": how the partnership with Jerad Downs works- The promise he made himself to always teach the kids classes- Running the Nebraska Jiu-Jitsu Championship, the Nebraska Jiu-Jitsu Federation and the Elite Series super fights- "I haven't beaten one of my black belts in a few years": training, lifting and eating at 63- His advice for older beginners (his oldest student is 72) and for anyone starting a school in their 50sConan Schafer co-founded Lincoln Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 2013 with Greg Lawson and Jerad Downs, and has been its head instructor since 2020. He spent 23 years with the Lincoln Police Department and received his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt from Greg Lawson in 2021. The school has two locations, College View and Havelock, and organizes the Nebraska Jiu-Jitsu Championship.Chapters00:00 Former police officer, 63 years old, two schools, three tournaments a year00:53 How a cop looking to "make the job easier" found jiu-jitsu in 200302:46 Giving up their black belts to start over at white belt04:32 Retiring from the police at 57 to take over the school05:15 The pandemic: 100 students who hung on, then the school took off06:22 "Kitchen manager and dining room manager": the partnership with Jerad Downs07:16 Why he still teaches the kids classes himself09:02 Why he started running tournaments in Nebraska10:53 The Nebraska Jiu-Jitsu Federation and refereeing without favoritism12:04 Motivation at 63: "I haven't beaten one of my black belts in a few years"13:37 His routine: the bicycle, lifting in jeans, rolling two or three times a week14:39 Bernardo on removing friction: something beats nothing16:30 Longevity: keto, no drinking, mobility work after a bulging disc18:02 The Elite Series: 10-minute submission-only super fights with a light show19:40 Advice for older beginners: his oldest student is 7221:22 Starting a school in your 50s: "never let your passion become the bane of your existence"23:19 "I refuse to quit"Connect with Conan SchaferLincoln Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Center: https://lincolnbjj.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lnk_bjjConnect with Bernardo FariaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bernardofariabjjYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtXtqlLdZYZm3060qVExXkABJJ Fanatics, the largest online jiu-jitsu library: https://bjjfanatics.comKojo Fightwear, Bernardo's gear brand: https://kojofightwear.com/?rfsn=9277274.6e01c5New episodes every week. If this one helped you, follow the show and leave a rating: it is the best way to help the podcast reach more people.

John Danaher: ADCC 2026, Confidence, Coaching & Toe Holds

Season 1 · Episode 1

Sunday, October 11, 2026 • Duration 21:34

Two weeks after ADCC 2026, John Danaher explains how his team won the most medals in Poland with Gordon Ryan, Nicholas Meregali and Giancarlo Bodoni sitting out. The whole camp was built on one idea: small gains in bad positions.In this episode:- Why about 30% of every sparring session at New Wave is spent getting hammered in bad positions- The final that looked lost for ten minutes, and the one thing that turned it- Why John thinks confidence is built with results on the mat, not with affirmations- How he coaches professionals without telling them how often to train- Bernardo's theory on the most tiring thing in jiu-jitsu: the "almost"- The toe hold as the knight on the chessboard of leg locksJohn Danaher coaches the New Wave Jiu-Jitsu team in Austin, Texas, the team behind Gordon Ryan, Nicholas Meregali and Giancarlo Bodoni. His new instructional, Master the Move: Toe Hold, is coming to BJJ Fanatics.Chapters00:00 ADCC 2026 in Poland: most medals, youngest champions ever04:23 The final that was lost for 10 minutes and then won07:54 Why 30% of sparring is spent in bad positions10:00 The most tiring thing in jiu-jitsu: the "almost"10:34 Confidence is physical, not psychological13:57 How John coaches: build the environment, don't control the athlete17:26 The dream of a female champion, finally fulfilled18:31 Breakout stars of ADCC 2026 and the Dagestani wave19:42 Master the Move: Toe Hold, the knight on the chessboardConnect with John DanaherInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/danaherjohnInstructionals: https://bjjfanatics.comConnect with Bernardo FariaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bernardofariabjjYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtXtqlLdZYZm3060qVExXkABJJ Fanatics, the largest online jiu-jitsu library: https://bjjfanatics.comKojo Fightwear, Bernardo's gear brand: https://kojofightwear.com/?rfsn=9277274.6e01c5New episodes every week. If this one helped you, follow the show and leave a rating: it is the best way to help the podcast reach more people.

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