The longevity of your grappling career necessitates that you aren't rolling to the death all the time. Everyone in your gym will be happier and able to train more if you focus on rolling technically rather than force on force, murder, death, kill rolls. That's not necessarily the easiest thing to do when you're first starting out, especially when you feel like you're always losing. When you go up against your more experienced training partners you're probably going to lose anyway though, so rolling more technically saves you from getting roughed up. That's nice when you still have a day job to go to. My advice is to try rolling more technically and calmly to see if it cuts back on the days you feel like you got hit by a bus.
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Your effort has to match your goals, not just in grappling, but everywhere. Training once or twice per week isn't going to make your jiu jitsu better as fast as someone who trains 4-6 times a week, and that shouldn't make you mad. If you have other priorities in life then people will pass you by in jiu jitsu. On the flip side, if you prioritize grappling, then you might get passed by in life. It's great to train as a hobby, have a life outside of the gym, and want to get better, but do not be upset with the results you didn't get from the work you didn't do.
One of the things I impart to my students is that bottom turtle is not a resting position. Too often I see an overreliance on hanging out in that position, when it really isn't that beneficial. I understand that from a competition perspective it keeps you from giving up points, however the goal then must be to return to a position where you are less vulnerable. In the gym, I think we could all benefit from holding our partners accountable by attacking the turtle more aggressively and forcing action in a position that can leave them vulnerable in outside situations.
Why is grappling so hard? I think one of the main reasons is adversity. We want things to be easy, we want to be happy, we don't want to feel bad, and sometimes that's not what we get out of training. Where in most other athletic hobbies: lifting weights, running, swimming your shortcomings are only known to you for the most part, grappling is almost a forced comparison. It's hard not to see where things aren't working, and other people can see it too. When you couple that with the inevitable physical and mental exhaustion that are part of doing any exercise regimen, it's pretty easy to see why it's not soul cycle or crossfit. I think everyone should do Jiu Jitsu, but it's not for everyone. It's just things that are hard with no end goal, and in my almost 20 years, that journey is only pleasing to a very niche group of people.
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