Preservation in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Preservation in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is one of the key components to reaching blackbelt. Here are some more tidbits about Preservation in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. If you can preserve your BALANCE, then you can see and react well to every threat and at a moment’s notice launch your own attacks. If you can preserve your COMPOSURE then you can make good decisions even under stress. If you can preserve your BREATHING you can outlast an opponent who matches you in skill and strength. Keep your balance, your composure and your breathing under control whilst denying them to your opponent and you’ll find victory far more often than not. In addition, preserving your BODY is also very important. When your body is screaming for a rest, give it a rest. If you are injured, take some time off. Just go to class and watch. In that case, you are still training your mind. Sometimes, you can learn more from watching than training. Preserving your mind is also important, you cannot let your ego get the best of you during training. The goal has to be growth and acquiring skill and to do that, you have to fail first. Do not be scared to fail. The only way to succeed is by failing first. there is no success without failure. These lessons are taught daily at Savarese BJJ (www.bjjlyndhurst.com). If you practice and master these keys to preservation, you will continue to improve little by little, day by day, month by month, year by year. Remember, you only need to be better than you were the day before, strive to be 1% better than you were yesterday. If your goal is to be a blackbelt someday, heed this advice. Best of luck on your BJJ journey, we are pulling for you!