When I wake I think...Jiu-Jitsu
When I shower I think...Jiu-Jitsu
When I brush my teeth I think...Jiu-Jitsu
When I drive to work I think...Jiu-Jitsu
When I work I think...Jiu-Jitsu
When I get off work I can't wait to go to Dojo to train...Jiu-Jitsu!
When I drive home I think... Jiu-jitsu
When I get home I get on my computer, I Youtube... Jiu-jitsu
When my wife talks to me about her day at work, I think...Jiu-Jitsu
When I blog, I blog... Jiu-Jitsu
When I'm done saying my bedtime prayers, I get into bed and think... Jiu-Jitsu
When I sleep I dream... Jiu-Jitsu
When I wake...it starts all over again
2 comments:
Jiu jitsu for me is not only a hobby it's a friend. I agree with you on The Matrix and Neo. I like the comment that chinese guy said to neo in matrix reloaded. It went: CHINESE DUDE: "Good, I had to make sure." NEO: "You could have just asked." CHINESE DUDE: "No, you don't truly know someone until you fight them."
Before jiu jitsu certain people didn't give me much respect just by my appearace alone. I would asked some of the bigger stronger egotistical dudes (who look like they could be on the cover of a magazine) if they would like to roll. This is at the college gym. I would see them come in a dance studio to hit the heavy bag. So that's why I asked them if they wanted to roll. When we went to the ground there was a big scramble for position, the dudes would feel very strong, but muscles don't last forever and I eventually ended up them tapping them out. There is a balance when I roll, there is peace, calmness, and flow. It's letting my mind wonder, come back, wonder, comeback, wonder, wonder, wonder and when either of us tap I come back to earth.
I myself have underestimated a shorter smaller person and have paid dearly for that. Even if I get tapped out I feel like I learn something and get some knowledge out of it. I feel it's okay to lose to my opponent. I feel it's not okay to lose to myself. If I know I didn't everything I could and I did a smart tap I congradulate the person but mostly myself.
Jiu jitsu is universal. You do not need to know another person's language in order to roll. The jiu jitsu speaks for itself. It is a whole nother language.
Jiu jitsu sees no color. I didn't hang out with very many caucasion people before I started doing jiu jitsu. Farmington is a very racial oriented town. You hardly see any mixed ethnic groups of people. Jiu jitsu pushes that wall down and releases people's insecuries for any miscommunications. I like it. I don't see color that much anymore, just people.
Peace for now and go train. One.
"Even if I get tapped out I feel like I learn something and get some knowledge out of it. I feel it's okay to lose to my opponent. I feel it's not okay to lose to myself." I appreciate that comment ashkii. I have been wanting to add an entry on getting tapped. I have had no problem tapping to others who have been in the game longer than I, but I have struggled tapping to those who are equal in rank or have been doing it for a shorter time than I have. I need to look at it as a learning experience rather than looking at it as losing to myself. When it occurs I see there progression, and I commend them for it, but then I ask myself, "Why are they progressing, and you are not? Am I not training hard enough?" Its my ego that I need to check at the door, as one of my school mottos say. I realize how much you can learn when you intentionally put yourself in vulnerable positions; however, the psychological power of constantly beating someone at you level or greater level is a very powerful force for my motivation. Its a pretty good measurement of how I am progressing. (Maybe I need to develop a new measuring tool. If there is some out their that knows of any other, please let me know.) I need to work on this, and look at it as learning experience. I acknowledge that their are racial barriers that exist in the world, but not in the dojo, but I haven't gotten past the superiority complex I have over those who are my equals, or have been training for a shorter period than myself. I guess everyone is my equal, sex, color or creed and if they have been there 10 years or 10 days. I need to realize this.
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