Try Stuff

I fail all the time; I try things and miss in the gym and in life a lot. That's how you know your limits, that's how you know what to work on, that's how you get better. I was doing 2 rounds on one round off with two of my student's the other day and after watching me they began to try the rolling back take I was doing, one even countered me while I was trying to do it. That's how everyone improves, not by holding tightly and not giving anything up, but by making efforts to expand their horizons. In that same week I was rolling with a visiting blue belt, and he tried a rolling toe hold on me. That's helping me improve, it's keeping me honest. Would you rather go out knowing you have tried or having held back? Sure, you might get submitted, but nobody really cares. Literally no one cares, it won't be a topic of conversation anywhere but in your head for as long as you let it. Try stuff and you'll either fail or succeed then you try again.