Getting Out There

​I was asked if I’ll ever compete again the other day, and the truth is I don’t know. I said that I would take it seriously the next time I competed after my match against Jake Watson, and so I still intend to do that. At this stage my success is not that interesting to me, I already know what people at the top of the mountain are like and I’m not there, so trying to be there takes away from the other things in my life. Competition in Jiu Jitsu is good if you enjoy it, or you want to show yourself you can do it. It’s a good way to see your deficiencies and get better. I don’t have to compete to know or do any of that, all I have to do is go to the Bronx. Me competing doesn’t serve my goals right now. It doesn’t make my business better, it doesn’t make my students better, it doesn’t make my life outside the gym better, it’s just not something I can focus on for myself. There may come a day where I can put my focus more on myself and into competing, but that’s not the cards I’m playing with right now.