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Focus on the Present

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Since starting Jiu Jitsu all of life’s little problems just seem easier. Most of them don’t even seem like a big deal. I use to make the smallest problem into a big problem and overthink things. Always thought nothing went my way, I had the worst luck, I played the victim a lot. It’s not like all of those things just stopped happening. I just manage them and navigate around them better.  When you spend an hour of your day fighting for your life, literally trying not to get choked or a limb broken, everything else seems like a walk in the park. Doing Jiu Jitsu forces you to think about situations differently. You can't sit there and think Oh why me, this is terrible, I'm getting smothered, poor me. You're forced to find a way out and survive. The longer you train Jiu Jitsu the better you get at being able to remain calm and find a way into a better situation. Even if it doesn't completely solve the problem, just small adjustments to make the position better will help a l...
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Lesson 1

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 As my professor says "You can do hard shit". It wasn't until recently, almost a year into my Jiu Jitsu journey that I started to really embracing this concept. I still remember my first Jiu Jitsu class like it was yesterday. I don't recall the technique we learned but I can't forget the suffering that took place. My first class ended with a shark tank rolling session. For those of you not familiar with this let me explain. We split into groups of 3 or 4 and number off. The number 1 person stays in for 5 minutes straight and the others rotate in every minute. Then 2's stay in for 5 minutes and so forth. These are live rolling so you treat it like a tournament or fight in real life. Exhausting to say the least. I had to sit out and take breaks even on my 1 minute turns. I was so beat, physically and mentally after that first practice. But I couldn't wait for the next class!  I've been going to a class or open mat 2-4 times a week for over a year now and...
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Start of a New Life

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  Lets just jump right into this thing. This blog is going to be all about my journey through Jiu Jitsu, how my kids are training with me, the lessons I've learned on the mat which carryover into my parenting, marriage and life, and a bunch of other shit relating to Jiu Jitsu in my life. We will get into mental health, techniques I like, life lessons, raising kids in this crazy world, balancing life and so much more but first where are we today and how we got here. I started Jiu Jitsu May 20th 2020, right in the middle of a global pandemic. When the world was supposed to be staying away from each other I decided I'd get into a sport where it is impossible to social distance. The lockdowns and pandemic were wreaking havoc on my mental health. Like a lot of other people I was super depressed and didn't know how to get out of my slump. The pandemic and isolation didn't cause my depression but it made it so much worse. I had been in a battle with depression and anxiety for ...
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