Growth

Growth means to keep on keeping on. With persistence, tenacity, resiliency, and grit most goals can be manifested and achieved through time.

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6 Months of Jiu-Jitsu – Competition with the Team

Overdue post but I needed some closure. It’s been almost two months since my last competition writing this article which sort of sprung up by surprise because I knew that I was going to move back home and leave the Academy so I signed up for a competition in Dec. 4 to go with the […]

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1st Jiu-Jitsu Fight in Competition

White Belt / Adult Male / Gi / 145-149 lbs. / Bracket Month 6 – Recalling my first competition where I traveled 3 hours to get to by myself to a city where I had a friend who came to watch but he couldn’t make it on time because he had work. I got to […]

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4th & 5th Month of Learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – Preparing for Competition

Table of Content The Ability to Use Visualization for Jiu-Jitsu Learning from Other Coaches and Sources Making a Decision to Compete Conclusion This is a continuation post after 3rd Month of Learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Growth Recap and My First Time at a Jiu-Jitsu Event (IBJJF) as a Spectator. The Ability to Use Visualization for Jiu-Jitsu […]

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3rd Month of Learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Growth Recap

Introduction Greetings! Welcome back to bjjears.com. I was compelled to write a follow up to 2nd Month of Learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Growth Recap. As you can see in the table of contents below, this article will focus more on the “outer” aspects than the 2nd month recap which was about adapting to learning and acquiring […]

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2nd Month of Learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Growth Recap

Introduction Hello this is Sa again and I’m back and excited to share with you a recap of my 2nd month of taking upon myself to learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I started out a complete beginner in grappling and getting choked left and right on the sweaty battle fields of the mat the first month […]

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