Episode 60

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21st Aug 2022

#60 - Andreia Torain (Archive Edition) - Violins and Jiu Jitsu

Andreia Torain is a classically trained musician. Andrea teaches violin in Philadelphia. She is also a student of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Andreia describes the connection between classical music and jiu jitsu.  Andreia discusses what it is like being a women training in a mostly male dominated combat sport like Brazilian jiu jitsu.

We discuss our shared experience of suffering knee injuries only few months apart, what it was like spending months watching class while rehabbing our injuries (sometimes together) and then finally breaking that fear factor of stepping back on the mat to train again. 

Andreia tells us why a teacher’s first job is to teach their students to become good human beings.  We end with why Andreia has read Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mocking Bird" over 15x and the lessons that we can still learn from the book.

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