Steve Jolly, Black Belt, Minister, Non-Profit Founder - Beyond the Belt #28

This is a conversation with Steve Jolly, a black belt out of El Paso, Texas, USA. Steve is a Minister, traveled the world helping to provide clean water, and is the Founder/Director of the Rio Bravo project. If you have the financial ability to donate to the Rio Bravo Project, go to https://www.riobravoproject.com/give where you can either do a one-time donation or a regular monthly contribution. Or if you have the ability to donate kids Gis or other BJJ gear, reach out to Steve directly on Instagram.   Episode Links: * Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenjolly * Rio Bravo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riobravoproject * Rio Bravo Project: https://www.riobravoproject.com/ * Rio Bravo Donations: https://www.riobravoproject.com/give * Beltchecker: https://www.beltchecker.com/profile.php?id=16487 * Give Clean Water Charity: https://givecleanwater.org/   Contact: * Be a Guest: https://btb.fan/newguest   Outline: 00:00 Intro 00:47 Journey to Black Belt 03:46 Getting into BJJ 09:48 Ego and Tapping in Jiujitsu 12:56 Teaching Kids Jiujitsu 15:45 Discipline and Self-Control in Martial Arts 25:00 The Rio Bravo Project 33:24 Funding the Dream: Grassroots Support 36:15 Going Beyond Jiujitsu 41:08 Comprehensive Programs for Kids 50:17 Getting Clean Water to Fiji 59:40 Living Life for Others 01:09:01 Education to Ministry 01:11:41 Finding Your Own Definition of Ministry and Service 01:15:31 Connecting Through Service 01:22:01 Global Perspectives on Life 01:28:31 Looking Ahead 01:32:05 Outro   Podcast Links: * Podcast Website: https://www.beyondthebeltpod.com/ * Spotify: https://btb.fan/spotify * Apple Podcasts: https://btb.fan/apple * RSS: https://btb.fan/rss   Social: * Instagram: https://instagram.com/beyondthebeltpod * Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@beyondthebeltpod * Youtube: https://youtube.com/@beyondthebeltpod * Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/beyondthebeltpod.bsky.social * Facebook: https://btb.fan/fb