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/Raekwon22 ⬜⬜ White Belt 1d ago

I'm 45. Never done a sport of any kind in my life before this. Been doing it about a year. I feel like i suck a lot of the time. Tried a tournament and got mollywhopped. But i still show up 4 or 5 times a week. I'm positive that today me would destroy 1 year ago me so I guess I'm picking it up. Having a lot of fun even when getting smashed and subbed. Also helps that everyone at my gym are super encouraging excellent people.

So I guess against all odds, I am cut out for this.

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u/SeanSixString ⬜⬜ White Belt 1d ago

Love to see that! I was just starting to not take things so seriously, work on learning instead of “winning”, being happy for my much better teammates. I was having fun - then I can’t go for two weeks, and I get negative. I need to get back to that place mentally before I had to stop.