Still at it. Still losing. Still learning.
+1. One day you'll play with someone who isn't training like you and you'll be amazed. You lose track of it when you're always swimming with sharks.Excellent! Keep at it.
Rock on, hermano. Do what you can do. My first goal every day is to be a little better than I was yesterday. Second is to choke Jackson.I'm walking more (pushing a little more each day) now that I have a couple of knee braces that are helping quite a bit. I'm also learning how hard I can push without hurting myself too badly.
Rock on, hermano. Do what you can do. My first goal every day is to be a little better than I was yesterday. Second is to choke Jackson.
I just go shoot, as much as I can. You still have to put food on the table and pay your bills, and if your like me, you work a lot.BJJ: To the fat person googling jiu jitsu ? Jiu Jiu's BJJ Blog
I ran across this blog post and it made me think of a time chezuki posted here about whether he was too out of shape to do BJJ. So I'm posting this for him.
I'm posting it for everyone else that makes excuses too. I'll get some training when I have time. I'll start working out when I start this new job. I'll learn self defense when I lose weight. I'm too old to do this, too young to do that, and too fat to do the other thing.
You're not. Just get out there and try it.
I just go shoot, as much as I can. You still have to put food on the table and pay your bills, and if your like me, you work a lot.
For a while there I felt like I wasn't progressing and I was just making the same mistakes repeatedly, getting caught in the same things by the same people. And I still am overall. This week though, I had a couple small victories. They'd seem insignificant to most people, but I saw them as a sign of progress.
Sometimes it's hard to see progress when you're training with the same people all the time and they are learning all the same stuff you are. So progress appears to come in tiny increments if it comes at all.
I was drilling side control with a new guy last night. He's young, about my size, but stronger, faster, more powerful, and seems to have some wrestling experience. He also seems to have only two gears, high and higher. I was able to escape, recover guard, and generally keep him off of me without passing out or getting killed, or even exherting maximal effort. The stuff I'm learning actually works as intended. Sometimes I don't see it day to day. Especially when I was new and everyone knew more and had more experience.
What I'm saying is, stick with it. You'll get better and eventually you'll see progress and it's worth the frustration.
One year of BJJ down.
And what have you learned?
In the same year, I have received zero brazillian jujitsu-related injuries! Woo-hoo!
No BJJ for me. I am too old and fat. Managed to tear my ankle up pretty good in TKD three weeks ago doing what my wife referred to age inappropriate activity. Tonight was my first night back to taekwondo class and I am feeling it. The body after 40 just does not bounce back.