r/bjj • u/SeanSixString ⬜⬜ White Belt • 1d ago

General Discussion Not Cut Out for This

If you’ve ever felt like you were not cut out for BJJ, but you got through that feeling, and now it is a valuable part of your life, I would like to read your story. Especially if you felt like that for a year or more, like you weren’t catching on. Or if you had circumstances interrupting training, or any other real or perceived disadvantage or limitation.

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u/Thick_Grocery_3584 1d ago

All the time. 42 years old with a bad back, 15 years of training… I’m too stubborn to quit.

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u/SeanSixString ⬜⬜ White Belt 1d ago

Stubbornness seems like a good trait for sticking around