BJJ students: Reward yourself!

BJJ students: Reward yourself!

BJJ students: Reward yourself! One of the biggest questions I get from white and bluebelts is “what am I doing wrong?’ You are doing nothing wrong, you are still a beginner. Jiu-Jitsu is an art of patience, learned mostly by trial and error. First, focus on the things you are doing correctly and give yourself a pat on the back. Look at how much better you were than 6 months ago. At my Academy (www.njbjj.com), we do year-end evaluations w/ everyone and go over their goals for that previous year w/ them. Most can see how much progress they made that year. BJJ is a process, be patient. The problem is most people want instant results. This is the reason why so many people stop short of achieving their goals. They quit or use steroids….because it the easier road to take. It is easy to think that if it doesn’t come easy to you, it is not for you. It is easy to try something, and then if it doesn’t work out immediately, we can tell ourselves that it isn’t important to us. Ask any successful person in any field how they managed to achieve so much, they will all have a very similar answer (and formula for success) I WORK HARD AND NEVER QUIT!” Like the great Renzo Gracie says “A blackbelt is a whitebelt that never quit”. Have a great day of training….oss.