Jiu-Jitsu can be scary

Jiu-Jitsu can be scary

Jiu-Jitsu can be scary. The scariest situations in our art are always those where you know you’re in trouble but you have no idea what to do. As always, knowledge is the antidote. When you what to do in a situation you’ll keep moving in a positive direction even when it’s difficult. It isn’t difficulty that’ll make you stop and quit, it’s ignorance that develops rapidly into hopelessness, that’ll stop you every time. this is something all BJJ practitioners have dealt with, that uneasy feeling like when you are in an elevator and the doors close and it feels as though the walls are closing in on you. Futhermore, maybe you were in a large crowd and suddenly felt a fight was about to go down, causing you to want to get out of the crowd as fast as possible. We were not intended to be trapped in small places, which is why it’s considered a primal fear. Everyone has it to some degree, but an overly sensitive perception, and or translation, of this fear, is known as a condition termed “claustrophobia.” Claustrophobia, the fear of having no escape or being trapped inside an enclosed space, effects 5-7 percent of the population in a severe manner. In a milder manner, the numbers must be higherSo make the acquisition of knowledge a priority and over time turn that knowledge into physical skills through training, then that feeling of fear will seldom show itself.