If you've done Jiu Jitsu for more than a year and you don't wake up in pain, you're probably dead. It is what it is, and the same goes for putting yourself through any sort of strenuous physical exercise regiment. You'll have lumps, bumps, bruises, pains, and strains, but you will also have to determine what you can deal with if you want to get better. If you take time off for fingers and toes, you'll likely spend a lot of time off the mat. I had my gall bladder taken out and was back on the mats two weeks later... that's extreme, but there has to be some balance between the old school approach of train through everything and taking care of all of your injuries all of the time if you want to get better. If you want to grapple or fight, you probably won't ever be 100% again, but I'll take that trade. 

A few years ago Craig Jones went viral for saying nobody cares about gi grappling, and I agree, but I would also go so far as to say nobody cares about grappling in general. We see ADCC this year and it looks amazing, it's an arena full of people with pyro, projections, and introductions for the athletes, but it's never going to look like that again. Why is that? Because it shouldn't, it's not sustainable. The UFC stopped with high production value shows 200 events ago and the WWE only recently brought back fireworks to their events. Professional grappling isn't bringing in anywhere near the money of those organizations. The stands are usually pretty empty for Olympic judo and wrestling, same goes for most college wrestling matches. Maybe we can fill an arena every two years for one event, but there's no reason to believe that it's consistently repeatable, and I really don't think that we will see another ADCC of this quality for a while, it's just not practical. So for those of us that do care, I really hope you're enjoying the work they've put into this event, because I think once Mo Jassim is out, we're going back to ADCC Finland level shows. 

Throughout your training, sometimes you will have to moderate how you train. Not everyone that walks into a martial arts gym wants to have knock down drag out battles all the time. Most people have jobs, school, or other responsibilities where they want to come learn and roll, but they don't want to be unnecessarily roughed up. That's where you have to pay attention to who it is you are training with, and strive to finish with proper technique instead of what's easy. Some of your training partners will want to have the hard rolls where the things you do border on disqualification, but it's better to err on the side of caution unless you've already agreed to hard rolls. Overall take care of your training partners otherwise you won't have any left.

Eventually you're going to need to start doing auxiliary work to keep yourself training. It's happening to me, and it's happening to some of the other people at the gym. If you're young in grappling, you're probably not going to start now and get ahead of your recovery process, because I was you and I didn't. However, I will hold out hope as there is significantly more information about the benefits of recovery and how to recover since I started training. Whether you heed my advice or not, eventually you're probably going to need to figure out an exercise routine, stretching routine, diet, and recovery process to supplement your grappling habit. It's not easy to find the time, and it's not always fun, but once you make it a habit, it really does make a difference.