The feeling of losing breath and admitting defeat at the hands of a 12 year old boy is something that changed my life completely.
After a year of training BJJ at my HIgh School my coach knew that I would be out of training over the summer so he offered me a scholarship to train at an official school called Bronx Jiu Jitsu, where he sometimes teaches. My first day there training I entered with the mindset of me beating everyone up, and completely one siding them, but I will never forget , that day when class started. Everything was way more intense than what we did in our high school. We drilled hard for over an hour practiced learned new complex techniques I would have never thought of. I was thinking to myself there's so much more I want to learn. Whenever class ends we (roll) our version of sparing. My first opponent was my drilling partner he was my age we fought for a while and it ended in a draw. My second match was against this little kid and I look at my coach like is he crazy i'm gonna crush him …show more content…
I always felt that I had a solid game and after that day I told myself “I suck I gotta keep training If I focus on being better than everyone else then I’ll never be the best of myself.” As I continued to train throughout the Summer I was growing more in a physical healthy way and also mentally. I was losing more than ever at this rate to everyone little kids little girls people much much older than I was, but I never grew angry and upset when I lost. I saw this as a way to improve my jiu jitsu and its one of the main reasons that I train today. Each time I lost I learned to be careful not to be put in that position or what to expect next. It taught me how to focus more and remain calm while I actually think and reasonably about the situation at hand before I before I react a certain way and give up my
After a year of training BJJ at my HIgh School my coach knew that I would be out of training over the summer so he offered me a scholarship to train at an official school called Bronx Jiu Jitsu, where he sometimes teaches. My first day there training I entered with the mindset of me beating everyone up, and completely one siding them, but I will never forget , that day when class started. Everything was way more intense than what we did in our high school. We drilled hard for over an hour practiced learned new complex techniques I would have never thought of. I was thinking to myself there's so much more I want to learn. Whenever class ends we (roll) our version of sparing. My first opponent was my drilling partner he was my age we fought for a while and it ended in a draw. My second match was against this little kid and I look at my coach like is he crazy i'm gonna crush him …show more content…
I always felt that I had a solid game and after that day I told myself “I suck I gotta keep training If I focus on being better than everyone else then I’ll never be the best of myself.” As I continued to train throughout the Summer I was growing more in a physical healthy way and also mentally. I was losing more than ever at this rate to everyone little kids little girls people much much older than I was, but I never grew angry and upset when I lost. I saw this as a way to improve my jiu jitsu and its one of the main reasons that I train today. Each time I lost I learned to be careful not to be put in that position or what to expect next. It taught me how to focus more and remain calm while I actually think and reasonably about the situation at hand before I before I react a certain way and give up my