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every white belt walks into their first
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BJJ class with excitement maybe they've
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seen a highlight reel of Gordon Ryan
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dominating ADCC maybe they've heard Joe
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Rogan rant about how Jiu-Jitsu is a
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superpower they shake hands slap and
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bump and dive into their first role then
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reality hits they get smashed they gas
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out in 2 minutes they can't escape Mount
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they tap a lot and the present is just
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day one fast forward a few months and
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the mat feels like home they're starting
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to hit sweeps submissions don't feel so
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far away they can now confidently part
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participate in a game but then something
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happens life gets in the way work family
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injuries or just the slow painful grind
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of Jiu-Jitsu catches up the progress
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feels too slow the blue belt seems miles
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away let alone black and for 95% of
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people who start this journey they quit
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here's why reason one BJJ is brutal on
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the body Jiu-Jitsu isn't some light
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workout you can do a couple of times a
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week and feel great afterward if it's a
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full contact joint locking choke heavy
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war with another human trying to
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dominate you every training session is a
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battle your ribs get crushed under side
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control your hands feel like they've
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been through a meat grinder from all the
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grip fighting your neck say goodbye to a
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comfortable night's sleep after a few
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too many Guillotine attempts and let's
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talk about injuries sprained fingers
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bruised ribs torn ACLs Jiu-Jitsu doesn't
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just test your Technique it tests how
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much punishment your body can handle for
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many individuals this can be a
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significant obstacle obacle reason two
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the time commitment is insane to get
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good at BJJ you can't just show up once
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a week you need to train 3 to five times
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a week consistently for years a black
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belt in BJJ isn't a trophy you pick up
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after a couple of years of casual
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training it takes a decade or more for
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most people that means balancing
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training with work family relationships
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and all the responsibilities that life
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throws at you and let's be honest most
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people don't have that kind of patience
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reason three BJJ humbles you over and
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over again there's a joke in Jiu-Jitsu
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that goes you don't win in Jiu-Jitsu you
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just lose less and that's the truth no
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matter how good you get there's always
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someone better stronger faster or more
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technical than you you could be a purple
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belt and still get schooled by a highle
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blue you could be a black belt and still
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struggle against some Savage new brown
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belt coming up the ranks this sport
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never lets you feel comfortable some
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people Embrace that others hate it most
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people they get tired of being humbled
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every single role reason four life
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happens even if you love jiu-jitsu life
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has a way of pulling you away from the
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mats work gets more demanding kids come
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into the picture injuries pile up you
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move somewhere with no Solid Gym for a
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lot of people it's not a matter of
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quitting because they don't love BJJ
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it's quitting because something had to
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give and unfortunately Jiu-Jitsu is
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often the first thing to go reason five
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the mental grind is real Jiu-Jitsu isn't
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just a physical challenge it's a mental
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War plateaus can last months where you
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feel like you're not improving at all
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training slumps hit hard some days you
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leave the gym feeling like a complete
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fraud you don't deserve your belt you're
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never going to get better and unless you
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have the mental resilience to push
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through those moments it's easy to walk
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away so why do the 5% stick around if
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95% of people quit before black belt
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what's different about the 5% who stay
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they don't just love BJJ they need it
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they don't see Jiu-Jitsu as a hobby they
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see it as part of who they are they
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don't just train to get better they
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train because they love the process
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they're not chasing belts they're
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chasing self-improvement ask any black
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belt if they ever wanted to quit and
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they'll tell you yes they've thought
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about it after every injury every losing
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streak every tough roll where they felt
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like a complete beginner again but they
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kept coming back that's the difference
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the truth about the black belt Journey
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here's what nobody tells you when you
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start BJJ the black belt isn't the goal
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the real prize the person you become
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along the way Jiu-Jitsu will break you
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down physically mentally and emotionally
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but if you stick with it if you embrace
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the grind if you learn to love the
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struggle you won't just earn a black
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belt you'll become a different person so
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if you're training now and thinking
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about quitting ask yourself do I love
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Jiu-Jitsu enough to keep going even when
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it sucks am I okay with slow progress
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setbacks and getting smashed for years
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can I make training a priority no matter
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how life changes if the answer is yes
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welcome to the 5% see you on the mats
