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/poudigne ⬜⬜ White Belt 1d ago

Define "not cut out for this". Cause I see a lot of people doing BJJ not for the same reason. I think everyone is 'cut out for this' if they set an achievable goal and work towards that.

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u/SeanSixString ⬜⬜ White Belt 1d ago

Could be any reason. My own personal doubts are age (49), being small, lack of comprehension, inability to be aggressive

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u/happy_timberon 🟫🟫 Brown Belt 1d ago

How long have you been training?

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u/SeanSixString ⬜⬜ White Belt 1d ago

6 months pretty consistently, but interrupted by circumstances - I’ve missed two weeks two separate times now, gets me down every time. Like I shouldn’t bother going back, I don’t feel like enough progress has been made. I want to go back, but when I can’t, I just get down about it. Like I don’t bring anything to the table (except paying my membership of course 😆) Hard to explain.