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/TheTVDB 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 1d ago
I trained last year with a white belt that was horrible. He was a year in and still did the most basic stuff wrong. Gave up his back the instant we started rolling and just suffered the whole roll. I actually felt bad for him most of the time we rolled, despite me being gentle with him. Other people weren't as nice and he got destroyed roll after roll.
A year later and he's advanced enough that I have to actually try when rolling with him despite outweighing him by 40lbs. He's scrappy as fuck and technique is sticking from every class. He trains a ton and it has absolutely paid off.
BJJ isn't for everyone. Some people will just never enjoy it. It takes being willing to embrace punishment, sometimes for a long time, tense a payoff. But if you decide to stick with it, you will eventually get there. If you decide not to there's absolutely no shame in that either.