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#32 - Raul Castillo: Using Martial Arts For Self-Defense, Coaching World Champions & Building The Next Generation of Athletes In The Bay Area
Iron Sights
English - February 14, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsHealth & Fitness Education Self-Improvement Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Welcome back to The Iron Sights Podcast! In this episode, I sat down with JP and our guest Raul Castillo. I traveled down to Half Moon Bay California to check out Raul’s gym, and get some personalized coaching in the art of applicational self-defense. Castillo has a reputation in the bay area for being one of the highest level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructors and coaches for aspiring fighters and competitors. His passion shifted from competing as a professional cage fighter into building a structured program for kids and adolescents to learn discipline and become leaders in their community. Raul started training in martial arts at the age of 4 in Karate, and received his Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu when he was 22 after training for only 5 years. Castillo is a decorated competitor and former Strikeforce veteran. Since retiring from the cage, he has trained numerous cage fighters, Jiu-Jitsu world champions and was recently awarded role model of the year in San Mateo country through the chamber of commerce for his positive impact on the youth in his community. In this episode, we dive into his story, upbringing and mission to provide the location and support to young athletes and entrepreneurs who have dreams bigger than the community they grow up in.
Timestamps:
00:00 Opening The Show
00:53 Training In Half Moon Bay
01:18 Raul Castillo’s Background
02:48 Training Jiu-Jitsu In The City
04:18 The Early Days of Karate
10:19 What It Takes Being The Best
11:34 Learning Hard Work From Your Parents
14:26 Testing Yourself Through Fighting
15:33 UFC #1
18:31 Raul’s First Big Tournament
22:41 Training with UFC Fighters
25:42 The Day Raul Castillo Got His Black Belt
27:38 The Transition Out of Fighting
34:30 The Reality of Operating A Dojo
44:35 Growing Up In Today’s Society
46:01 Protect Your Dream
53:30 The Best Weapon and The Best Defense
56:32 Protocols & Preparation
1:02:13 Cops Training Jiu-Jitsu
1:04:37 Finding The Right Gym To Learn MMA