The Grouch

​If I don’t train, I become unpleasant. Outside of it’s my job, that’s the major factor in why I keep doing this to myself. I can’t find another way to work out that is quite as good at keeping that part of me in check. I’m not saying that I’m a ray of sunshine, just that it could be worse. I say all of this to say, you have to have a motivation more than just being good at Jiu Jitsu. That doesn’t get you through the hard days the way you’d think it would. To get to black belt is more out of compulsion and addiction than I think people realize. At some point you start showing up to Jiu Jitsu, because you need it and most of the time you don’t know what you would be without it.