#140: Chris Haueter - Combat Base Club

On episode 140 of Welcome To The Winners Circle, Derek Pang interviews Chris Haueter (IG: @chrishaueter96; www.combatbase.com) a 6th degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt and original member of the "Dirty Dozen” (first 12 non-Brazilian recipients of the BJJ black belt). He started his study of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 1988 taking lessons in Rorion Gracie's garage and in 1996 he received his black belt from his mentor Rigan Machado. He was the first American black belt to compete at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championships, is now the head coach of Combat Base Club (www.combatbase.com; IG: @combatbaseclub) and travels the world spreading his Jiu-Jitsu philosophy of think street, train sport and practice art. Here are some of the subjects we touched on: - his path to a 6th degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt - what he loves about his personal world right now - the characteristics of an exemplary father in today’s world - being non-reactive - how our mindset shifts the way we experiment reality - how his passion for Jiu-Jitsu has changed - the keys to training Jiu-Jitsu when you are older - his recovery practices - how he makes ego work for him - what spirituality means to him - checking ourselves - being of service to others - the most important thing that he wishes his students to learn - letting things go - what being a winner means to him - what he‘s learnt about fear - advise to person at crossroad of should and must - his greatest life lesson learnt on his path thus far I hope you guys enjoy this podcast as much as we did. We are all on the same path, The Hero’s Journey, just at different points along the way. Thank you so much for listening! Connect with us on Instagram: WTTWC Podcast: @wttwc Derek Pang - @pangyoga https://www.welcometothewinnerscircle.com