I love Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I’m passionate about it’s history, it’s movements and it’s philosophy.
But there was a time when this passion drove me elsewhere. One day I found myself sitting at my computer and I lost the art, the mat.
Literally lost it.
The place where I should have been- out on the mat growing instead of watching and reading about how others are doing it. I’d become that guy, someone that would rather talk about Jiu-Jitsu than actually do it myself and it needed to be the other way around.
It’s a very uneasy feeling knowing you’re not where you should be.
So I created the type of practice where I knew I could flourish. As a father of 3 vibrant sons I know that my time and energy are limited and that I needed to place success in my way.
I had to place my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Practice right in front of my face. Right outside my backdoor if I was going to become the Jiu-Jitsu player I wanted to become.
This is my micro-dojo. 200 square feet of mat space right outside my door. It's quite cozy.
This much I have learned. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is something you create, you become. Not something you buy or watch passively from the sidelines.
It’s the process, not the sudden transformation that matters.
When you cultivate a little, dig a little deeper, move a little better, and, more importantly, don’t try to do it all at once, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu works with you, for you.
If you find the right spot and the right time your hardest job is done.
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