Power of Will: Forged Where Light Fails (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798276383040)

"I didn't walk into a gym to find inner peace. I walked in because I wanted a weapon."

William Brown was invisible. Growing up in a chaotic home in New Jersey, he learned to shrink to survive. But shrinking didn't make him safe-it made him disappear.

At twenty-one, full of repressed anger and tired of feeling helpless, he walked into a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy. He thought he was looking for a way to hurt the world back. Instead, he found a funeral for his ego.

Power of Will is the raw, no-fluff memoir of a man who had to lose everything to find himself. From sleeping in a frozen car in New Jersey to spiraling into addiction under the neon lights of San Diego, Brown details the brutal, necessary journey of rebuilding a life from scratch.

It culminates in a crushing defeat at the World Championships in Las Vegas-a moment that stripped away the last of his illusions and forced him to confront the truth: A Black Belt isn't a suit of armor. It's a responsibility.

This is not a story about a guru who has it all figured out. It is a field manual for anyone who feels unseen, unheard, or ready to quit. It is proof that while motivation fades and talent is a gamble, one thing remains when the lights go out:

Will.