{"id":1659974,"date":"2022-09-27T09:40:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1659974"},"modified":"2022-09-27T09:51:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:51:58","slug":"tom-hardy-wins-gold-at-martial-arts-tournament-explains-how-jiu-jitsu-is-fundamental-to-developing-deeper-sense-of-inner-resilience-calm-and-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-hardy-wins-gold-at-martial-arts-tournament-explains-how-jiu-jitsu-is-fundamental-to-developing-deeper-sense-of-inner-resilience-calm-and-well-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hardy Wins Gold at Martial Arts Tournament, Explains How Jiu-Jitsu is Fundamental to Developing \u201cDeeper Sense of Inner Resilience, Calm and Well Being\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftom-hardy-wins-gold-at-martial-arts-tournament-explains-how-jiu-jitsu-is-fundamental-to-developing-deeper-sense-of-inner-resilience-calm-and-well-being%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1659974&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hollywood star Tom Hardy recently participated in the Ultimate Martial Arts Championships Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open that took place in Milton Keynes this past weekend, taking home the gold after winning all of his matches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5354\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Hardy via Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/08\/mma-fighter-joel-bauman-bashes-jimmy-kimmel-mainstream-media-and-hollywood-calling-them-pedophiles-tells-them-eat-dk\/\">MMA Fighter Joel Bauman Bashes Jimmy Kimmel, Mainstream Media, And Hollywood Calling Them Pedophiles, Tells Them \u201cEat D**k\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Further, the actor attributes his well being to Jiu-Jitsu, a discipline the actor has been practicing since he played an MMA fighter in the 2011 film <em>Warrior<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The event\u2019s sponsor, Sean Rosborough, praised Hardy for his display on the mat, declaring that him and the organisers had known for a couple of weeks that the actor would be participating; choosing to keep it a secret in an attempt to prevent people from attending en masse and \u201cdistracting\u201d him during the matches.<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of fact, the <em>Venom<\/em> actor entered the competition under his first name Edward and not Tom, which is actually his middle name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people were asking for photos, and coming up to him, and he had no problem with that all. The mums were all over him. It didn\u2019t bother him,\u201d Rosborough told SWNS,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/09\/20\/tom-hardy-nabs-another-jiu-jitsu-gold-in-suprise-championship-entrance-17419504\/\">as per Metro<\/a>. \u201cAnd when he was fighting, he was focused on what he was doing. He\u2019s amazing at Jiu-Jitsu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just a few days after his appearance at the tournament, Hardy took to Instagram to share a fairly inspiring message about his journey, and how his commitment to martial arts has been an essential pillar for him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5450\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1622\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-6.png 1622w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-6-300x220-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-6-1340x985-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-6-768x564-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-6-750x551-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-6-1200x882-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Hardy via Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/08\/watch-mma-fighter-takes-down-new-york-city-attacker-that-had-been-allegedly-assaulting-multiple-innocents\/\">WATCH: MMA Fighter Takes Down New York City Attacker That Had Allegedly Assaulted Multiple Innocents<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAddiction is difficult and complex stuff to navigate; as is mental health. Subjects which are both deeply personal for me and extremely close to my heart,\u201d the actor said before promoting the <a href=\"https:\/\/reorgcharity.com\/about-us\/\">REORG charity<\/a> that seeks to help people that suffer from PTSD and other debilitating conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an honour to be able to represent the charity and my team REORG and the great work they do supporting the mental health and well-being of veterans of service, military and first responders through the therapeutic benefits of Jiu Jitsu and fitness training,\u201d Hardy added.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood star elaborated on the reason why partaking in Jiu-Jitsu has helped him tackle his inner demons, stating, \u201cSimple training, for me (as a hobby and a private love ) has been fundamentally key to further develop a deeper sense of inner resilience, calm and well being. I can\u2019t stress the importance it has had and the impact on my life and my fellow team mates.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5362\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2335\" height=\"1771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-5.png 2335w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-5-300x228-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-5-1340x1016-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-5-768x582-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-5-750x569-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-5-1200x910-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Hardy via Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Providing insight on what this particular charity can do for individuals seeking help, Hardy explained, \u201cREORG is a global non-profit organization and community that encourages and enables veterans, active military, and first responders to use Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Physical Fitness Training as a form of therapy to overcome physical and mental challenges, strengthen social connection, and improve overall health and well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir work has changed and saved lives around the world by not only providing an effective, positive means for navigating and managing the challenging psychological aspects of military and first responder careers, but also has allowed many to find a renewed sense of purpose, identity, and community thats often lost when transitioning to civilian life,\u201d the accomplished martial artist concluded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5495\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom_Hardy_41869508740-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom_Hardy_41869508740-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom_Hardy_41869508740-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom_Hardy_41869508740-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom_Hardy_41869508740-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom_Hardy_41869508740-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom_Hardy_41869508740-480x320-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom_Hardy_41869508740-720x480-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom_Hardy_41869508740-1200x800-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom_Hardy_41869508740-750x500-1.jpg 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Hardy speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for \u201cVenom\u201d, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t even the first tournament in which the actor took the gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>In August of this year, Hardy participated in the first REORG Jiu-Jitsu Championships that took place at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton; coming off victorious in all of his matches and taking home double gold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/08\/mma-fighter-blake-perry-gets-nose-horrifically-broken-by-marcel-mccain-at-a1-combat-event\/\">MMA Fighter Blake Perry Gets Nose Horrifically Broken By Marcel McCain At A1 Combat Event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Teeside resident Danny Appleby, one of Hardy\u2019s opponents during the tournament in Wolverhampton, recounted what it was like to step into the mat and see the actor as his opponent; praising the Hollywood star\u2019s skills as a Blue Belt Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI recognised him straightaway. Everyone knows who Tom Hardy is, don\u2019t they?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazettelive.co.uk\/news\/teesside-news\/tom-hardy-takes-shellshocked-teessider-24821894\">Appleby told TeesideLive<\/a>, admitting that he was\u00a0\u201cshell-shocked.\u201d He recalled that the actor said, \u201cjust forget it\u2019s me and do what you would normally do,\u201d in humble fashion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5355\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1862\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-2.png 1862w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-2-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-2-1340x646-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-2-768x370-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-2-750x361-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-2-1200x578-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Hardy via Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Regarding the <em>Venom<\/em> star\u2019s skills, Appleby declared that Hardy is \u201ca really strong guy,\u201d further noting, \u201cyou wouldn\u2019t think it with him being a celebrity. I do okay, I\u2019ve done about six tournaments and I\u2019ve been on the podium in every one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he\u2019s probably the toughest competitor I\u2019ve had \u2013 he certainly lived up to his Bane character, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d Appleby added, going on to say that Hardy was \u201cgenuinely a really nice guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5357\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2344\" height=\"1764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-4.png 2344w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-4-300x226-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-4-1340x1008-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-4-768x578-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-4-750x564-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tom-Hardy-via-Instagram-4-1200x903-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Hardy via Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of Tom Hardy using Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and other martial arts to overcome his addictions? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section down below or on social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/09\/nate-diaz-announces-new-mma-promotion-real-fight-inc-ahead-of-showdown-with-khamzat-chimaev-at-ufc-279\/\">Nate Diaz Announces New MMA Promotion \u2018Real Fight, Inc.\u2019 Ahead Of Showdown With Khamzat Chimaev At UFC 279<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood star Tom Hardy recently participated in the Ultimate Martial Arts Championships Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open that took place in Milton Keynes this past weekend, taking home the gold after winning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1659976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1659974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1659974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1659976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1659974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1659974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1659974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}