There are really severe ups and downs in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Some days you can do almost anything you try, other days, you can’t do anything.
I have a theory about this. One that has kept me going in the times when you want to pack it in and go home.
So here it is:
Whenever you feel like you are having a great day, your opponent is having a crappy day, and vice versa.
For me, lately, it has been pretty close to 50/50. Good day, crap day. Of course that could be a self-fulfilling prophesy, but to demand good days just doesn’t work.
At the very least, this lets you go easier on people who are having a bad day when you in top form. And this, along with the fact that I live incredibly close to the gym, keeps me going when I’m in a funk.
I am certainly no zen master (for example: I really wanted to throw my malfunctioning alarm clock out the 10th story window today) so I’m not going to start selling self-help books. But I think we’ve all felt the roller-coaster of emotions of training, and it is far too easy to quit.
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