Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Legend | Rafael Formiga Barbosa | JP Dinnell Podcast 039

JP Dinnell sits down with legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt competitor and owner of Double Five Jiu-Jitsu, Rafael Formiga Barbosa. 

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JP Dinnell is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and now a Leadership Instructor, Speaker and Strategic Advisor with Echelon Front, where he serves as Director of Experiential Leadership Training Programs.

J.P. is also a pro team athlete and spokesperson for Origin Maine and Jocko Fuel, an American clothing and supplement company.

J.P. has a signature Energy Drink flavor “Sour Apple Sniper” with Jocko Fuel. Jeremiah spent nearly a decade in the SEAL Teams with three combat deployments. Sent to the violent terrorist stronghold of Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2006 with SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, J.P. served as point man, machine gunner, and lead sniper for Delta Platoon opposite the American Sniper, Chris Kyle, who was in Charlie Platoon.

For his leadership and courage under fire, JP was awarded a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars with Valor and the Army Commendation Medal with Valor helping Task Unit Bruiser to become the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War.

He worked closely with SEAL Officers Jocko Willink, his Task Unit Commander, and Leif Babin, and was the driving force on many of the daring combat operations Jocko and Leif wrote about in Extreme Ownership.

Upon his return, J.P. again worked directly for Jocko as a training instructor at Naval Special Warfare Group One Training Detachment, where he orchestrated realistic and challenging training scenarios for Special Operations Urban Combat training and Close Quarters Combat training to better prepare SEAL units for the real-world battlefield. He also served as a Combatives Instructor, Marksmanship Instructor and earned his Master Trainer Specialist qualification while helping Jocko rebuild and enhance these training programs into the highly effective platforms they are today.

J.P. brings exceptional experience and frontline leadership perspective from the winning mindset and culture of Task Unit Bruiser.

00:00:00 Intro 00:05:21 Rafael Formiga: Growing Up in Rio 00:10:50 Starting Jiu-Jitsu 00:15:55 Competing Against the Gracie Family 00:18:30 Old School Jiu-Jitsu 00:24:11 Formiga Hates Phones 00:27:00 Dedeco and Alexey 00:30:07 Orgins of Formiga 00:34:40 Defining Childhood Moments 00:43:40 Willing Brazilian Nationals 00:54:17 Meeting Mrs Formiga 00:57:00 Moving to America  01:06:36 Training With Dedeco  01:21:33 First Winter with Snow 01:24:40 Rich Dad Poor Dad 01:28:12 Learning to Earn It 01:32:42 Favorite Bible Passage 01:34:50 Dealing with Anxiety  01:46:25 What Keeps You Going?  01:49:40 Getting In the Game with Formiga 01:52:50 Questions from Lucas 02:04:00 Closing Thoughts