By Francine Murray / Ka Wai Ola Loa

What goes through the mind of a two-time world champion before he goes into the ring? "It doesn't matter if my arm breaks or if my leg breaks. I'm going to win this match, no matter what I do. I'm in this match and I'm about to make history," said Hilo's own BJ Penn – and he did.

In the beginning of his career he blew everyone away. A relative new comer, he had only been training in Jiu-Jitsu for three years when he flew to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship black-belt division. See actual footage at the competition of the first non-Brazilian to win this title. Penn defeated fighters who had trained for this all their lives.

How does he train? It's not just a day at the gym, it's a lifestyle: nutritious well-balanced meals, stretches, weights, running, jumping, ladders, side crunches, a series of coaches and trainers, and the drive of a champion.

But it wasn't always this way.

When BJ was younger, the natural athlete would eat whatever he wanted & sometimes train only an hour a day for two months before a match.

After his first loss to Georges St. Pierre in 2006, BJ went into a depression. Then he went into a match with Matt Hughes thinking, "This is destiny. I'm going to win this fight." He broke a rib and lost to Hughes, and the depression got worse. This was when BJ asked Rudy Valentino to train him.

Valentino had trained several world title holding fighters and has now been working with BJ for six years. He helped BJ to reconnect with his heritage and to find his Hawaiian roots, and in this, BJ found himself. This helped him become well rounded. BJ's innate talent and determination are now reinforced by his Hawaiian values and the unwavering support of this family and friends. "I'm not going to be one of those guys that shoulda', woulda', coulda'… I was going to do it!," Penn said. And he is doing it.

In 2010, the more focused and centered prodigy will be the driving force in a 1-year, 365-day training program for martial arts instructors. The project is called "Live Like a Champion," and will include 300 hand picked instructors that will train with BJ both on-line and in-person. The martial art training styles will be international and will include respect, anger management, philosophy, diet, physical fitness, giving back to the community and much more.

Penn's career is chronicled in the DVD, sharing how he got started and became a formidable player in the world of Mixed Martial Arts with old family photos, take a quick look into his childhood and watch interviews with his brothers and his mother. Follow the multi-disciplined full contact fighter during the 90 days of training that pinnacled with the greatly anticipated UFC 94, BJ Penn verses Georges St. Pierre on January 31, 2009.

That night, tears ran down my face as I watched the Hawaiian warrior repeatedly pounded after he was dazed, but he wouldn't go down. The fight was stopped and Penn lost by technical knock out. Listen to BJ's personal account of this fight on the DVD available at Borders, Barnes & Noble or on-line VIA THIS LINK.

BJ Penn, the UFC Lightweight Champion, will defend his title against 155-pound wonder-in-the-ring Kenny Florian on August 8, 2009 in UFC 101: Declaration at Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pa. The co-feature on this card is middleweight champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva moving up in mass to battle Ultimate Fighter season one winner Forrest Griffin, a light heavyweight. Tickets are on sale now for UFC 101, or check it out live on Pay-Per-View. For more information visit the Ultimate Fighting Championship website at www.ufc.com. And for more info on BJ Penn visit www.BJPenn.com.