December 13th, 2024

If you are starting from no previous grappling experience as an adult, the amount of things you have to keep track of can be overwhelming. You also probably put too much pressure on yourself and have no concept of what it was like to be a novice at something. If this is the case for you the answer is simple but not easy. You have to give yourself grace and time. I would say six months is a fair amount of time with consistent training to only mostly feel like an idiot, but that’s better than completely feeling that way. I will continue to say that I was terrible at Jiu Jitsu for a really long time. Being good at something isn’t really the point, it helps, but being good at things doesn’t last. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard”. You have to enjoy the hard days almost more than the easy ones, because in Jiu Jitsu, it’s mostly hard days for a long time and they never go away completely. This is an activity of focusing on what is happening now directly in front of you. That is the only information you need. Try to store the data you receive from every exchange until you have a catalog of understanding and eventually you will be competent.