A Warrior in the Garden | Mindset with Gabriel Varga

Today we're talking with 7x World Champ ‪@GabrielVargaOfficial‬ on aging in martial arts competition and his champ mindset and how it differs. It was awesome having this conversation with him!
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[@Dethiro]

Gabriel is amazing, I loved his Karate Combat debut. 😄 Also congrats on the Brown Belt in BJJ!💪

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Thank you much!! 🤜💥🤛

[@hard2hurt]

Bro really tried to make seeing a thing you want to learn and then learning it "Jeet Kune Do." That's just called being alive and a person.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

You know, that reminds me of a thing Bruce Lee said about his art "Jeet Kune Do" - do you have a moment to talk about your personal salvatio-- er, I mean, journey in Martial Arts?

[@emptyclips800]

cmon can we please get along and just be jeet kune bros 😢😢

[@sunte91]

@@emptyclips800 I don’t practice JKD but that expression is both hilarious and practical as a language tool. I might just have to add it to my expression vocabulary. Have a like 👍🏻

[@emptyclips800]

@@sunte91 arigato

[@kevinlobos5519]

Great video with an even greater guest. No matter the path you take in the martial arts, if you want results and success, it's always about working hard and keeping consistently at it.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Great takeaway!!

[@CombatSelfDefense]

Seth and Mike are your Statler and Woldorf in this video. Great insight from Gabriel though!

[@metrolinamartialarts]

They're perfect for those 2 lol

[@byronsmith1982]

I started muay thai a year ago just for fun. Began focusing really hard on my training, my coach noticed my dedication and ended up competing locally with no intention to quit any time soon. I'm 40 years old.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Hell yes!!

[@hypnoticskull6342]

People really act like your 30's are out of your prime. Most healthy people are in their primes from 30-50

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Yeah, it's constantly repeated in the media

[@raresmocanu1743]

@@metrolinamartialarts hell, in anime your life is over when you graduate high school, in western media when you're out of college. Both equally bs.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

@@raresmocanu1743 agreed 💯

[@largocharles8729]

@@raresmocanu1743 cause fun is like the basis of life based on whats trending in social media. Being adult is no fun so life ends before that

[@raresmocanu1743]

@@largocharles8729 being an adult can be a lot of fun until you get a kid. That gives you at least your 20s to enjoy.

[@philosopherboy]

Gabriel Varga is a gem in these videos. It's hilarious how thoughtful and respectful he is circling back to what you were saying while Mike and Seth are in the background like hecklers. As for "everything is JKD" - like I'm sorry that the framework for our art is...correct? lol What we advocate for in JKD is rooted in a practical philosophy expressed through practice and experimentation. Is it entirely unique in being correct? Of course, not! But if someone else has a winning framework, they're for sure going to compare other systems to their own. It's only natural to find commonality. JKD resonates with me precisely because of its emphasis on "aliveness" and applying the scientific method to practice insofar as possible. All the while, never forgetting to look beyond just physicality and examine how our art impacts our lives. It advocates self-cultivation, individual expression, and practicality. It's about more than just being good at violence. What's not to love?

[@metrolinamartialarts]

It's too good so people hate 🤣

[@Ninjacob00]

Kinda cool to see the different motivation types and how they reach the same goal. MJ was motivated by spite and power to reach the top while Gabriel is motivated by achievement and completing tasks in the manner he wants to do them in. Neither is greater than the other but shows how powerful internal motivation can be

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Absolutely!

[@sullyb23511]

MJ? Michael Jordan?

[@dmz4128]

This is an inspiring interview. Beer and pizza on the weekends is definitly something thats hindering my progress.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

My weekends are my weakest for dietary stuff

[@selakforn]

Gabriel Varga is an absolute beast.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

He really is!

[@BMO_Creative]

wow! Crazy that he literally thinks so big that to him focusing on the next fight is just thinking small! Incredible mindset!

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Yeah, that's why I wanted to talk to him about it

[@BMO_Creative]

@@metrolinamartialarts It's just a higher way of thinking I guess! Man, I wonder what he considers a BIG goal! LOL

[@metrolinamartialarts]

@@BMO_Creative not sure, I should ask him next time!

[@MrKyletheawesome]

The fight footage playing is beautiful. Everything is so perfectly executed.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it 🙏

[@ElDrHouse2010]

I like Gabriel Varga's style a lot and Wonderboy's But all of you focus on Striking, the dimension of Wrestling is also extremely important. This is where I consult Ramsey Dewey.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

This was a Kickboxing focused meet up. A few of us are Brown Belt and above in BJJ. Definitely important though

[@malkomalkavian]

That is some incredible fight footage. Fight after fight of controlled, accurate striking. Your guest certainly has an effective mindset :) thank you for posting

[@metrolinamartialarts]

He's a beast - for sure!

[@AnSturbin]

Gabriel's approach to training is so unique. It's no wonder he's had such a long and fruitful career

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Definitely! It's awesome

[@MonkeyFist]

Detication and right mindset it is a key. Not only to be a champion but for everything you do. It is allways easy to find excuse to not doing something or quit your dream... It is hard to go agains all obstical to reach your goal. Ofc some people have better start than others but this is just excuse which is very easy to say and accepted, instead of working hard to get what you want.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Definitely agree with this!

[@Synion]

Love the discussion and the insight. Great to see you and Gabriel together.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Was a lot of fun!

[@deadmeatgames2]

Appreciate this, especially the recovery and aging 😆 part.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Me too. When I learned he was my age (4 days apart actually lol) I was like I need to pick his brain

[@ianbrewster8934]

Great stuff as always .....some great stuff from Gabriel 🥊

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Definitely! He did not disappoint

[@rtepik9976]

Man my biggest issue in muay thai is taking low kicks. I can’t get used to the pain and can’t take many of them. It has been over a year since I started and it hasn’t gotten much better.

[@metrolinamartialarts]

There's a actually a video on his channel about that he recently posted.

[@YoyoJajun]

Très bonne vidéo avec un vrai combattan et ses paroles ont encore plus de valeur 👍👏

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Merci!

[@dvldgz6306]

When you're running a long distance and the end point seems like it never gets closer that's when people give up. When you add check points you might was well keep running to the next check point. Small goals

[@metrolinamartialarts]

100%

[@Brandnewshoes]

'Everything is Jeet Kune Do!'

[@metrolinamartialarts]

The birthplace of Karate lol

[@Brandnewshoes]

@@metrolinamartialarts speak on it! 🤣🙌

[@drphill7561]

what do you guys think of the weckmethod fist? shane and phil daru had david weck on their channels and showed this new way of making the fist. what's ur rhoughts?

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Can you elaborate on the punch? I'm not familiar with it

[@drphill7561]

@@metrolinamartialarts kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWSYqWaFq9F1eZI that is the link to the video with phil daru, the mma strength coach

[@drphill7561]

@@metrolinamartialarts and here is a podcast david weck did together with shane from fight tips where they talked about it. i've been trying it out for a few weeks now and it seems stable for bare knuckle fighting but its not as quick to get the weckmethod fist into position as a normal fist. i need to know your opinion on the weckmethod fist pleasekzbin.info/www/bejne/bZbbeGeCpdGsnpo

[@metrolinamartialarts]

@@drphill7561 weird guy but interesting punch

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

Metrolina martial arts you're right I don't need validation of the martial arts I want to learn but this I told you long time ago but I'll tell you right now the first martial arts I wanted to learn as a kid were kung fu karate Taekwondo and the number one most well-known used and practice of those Styles is Wing Chun Kung Fu kyokushin karate Taekwondo itf also wing chun vs kyokushin karate and Taekwondo itf Wing Chun wins because I looked up on the Internet Taekwondo versus Wing Chun Taekwondo wins but that is not the case right neither of these three wins it all depends on the practitioner and the individual not the martial art Style am I correct

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Depends on the art and style

[@mattjack3983]

To a certain extent, yes you are correct. It's the individual that's the most important. But how and what that individual trains is equally as important. I have a blackbelt in Kyokushin and I've met practitioners of all 3 styles you mentioned who were very good, and very effective fighters. But none of them could stop a double leg takedown from a wrestler, because none of them trained to. None of them could escape from being pinned on their backs, get off the ground, and make it back to their feet, because none of them trained to do that. Every style has something useful to gain from it, and ideally you want to learn as much as you can, train for the worst case scenarios against real resistance, and become a well rounded practitioner. Regardless of your "style", sparring, and training with real resistance is always going to be incredibly important, and it's the only way that you are going to be able to know for sure what is going to work for you, and what isn't. Don't limit yourself to any single style or system. Learn as much as you can from as many sources as you can, and become a well rounded martial artist.

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

Well to be honest I love Kung Fu karate Taekwondo but I love Kung Fu a lot and I like that Wing Chun Beats kyokushin karate and Taekwondo itf because Wing Chun is Wing Chun man but you're right no matter what the internet says no style beats the other if Taekwondo Beats Wing Chun or if Wing Chun beats Taekwondo

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

It's all about the person and the individual who makes the style effective and work and look I'm trying to make my very own hybrid martial art style and I want to do it with wing chun kung fu kyokushin karate Taekwondo itf because like I said these were the very first martial arts I wanted to train as a kid they are effective and work in self defense street fighting and again these are the number one best most well-known used in practice styles of kung fu karate Taekwondo but yeah I love Kung Fu a lot that's why I also want to add sanda as well

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

When Tommy can someone make their very own hybrid style by adding other hybrid Styles yes or no and the reason I'm saying wing chun kung fu kyokushin karate Taekwondo itf it's because they are not hybrid styles they are their own styles but that is not the case right

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

And now that I'm telling you what I was going to as a kid again or first time I was going to add sanda and jkd to my Arsenal you should know I once did JKD on a school once my teacher was trained by Dan insanto what sense JKD is not style for philosophy I'm not sure if I want to learn it also have you heard of Tai Chi xing yi quan bagauzhange the three wudang styles which of the three is more effective in fighting your guess tell me so that way i won't have to ask anyone ever again

[@metrolinamartialarts]

I'm getting whiplash here. First you ask is it the style or practitioner - now you want to compare styles. I've never done any of those styles.

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

But have you heard of them

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

@@metrolinamartialarts sanda it's militarized kung fu It can use elbows and knee strikes and some wrestling and grappling

[@ComicusFreemanius]

Tell them it's either JKD or Miyagi-Do, then your covering your bases.

[@ElDrHouse2010]

its more complicated than that lol

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Done!

[@ComicusFreemanius]

@@ElDrHouse2010 In reality every single thing is Kung-Fu.

[@lady_draguliana784]

I'm always most amused by MA's whose fight style, in NO way, resembles Bruce Lee's and the gobsmacked look folk give them when they say they consider themself to be a JKD pactitioner... 🤣🤣🤣 that's kind of the point of what he was trying to proliferate: an idea, not a series of moves 👍

[@metrolinamartialarts]

They love it!!

[@EnigmaticPeanut]

great collab. shame on icy mike and seth for making fun of bruce lee and jkd..!

[@metrolinamartialarts]

Hahaha he loves it