Well, I promised to come back and update everyone once I got my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blue belt. So here it is... the evidence of my hard work over the last 18 months.
After hundreds of hours of instruction and training, I was awarded a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu last night by my friend and instructor David Krstic. David is a three-stripe black belt and has been training consistently for over twenty years. He's also quite a skilled striker, but I have yet to delve into that realm of martial arts.
Here's the qualification card showing the number of training sessions I completed:
Not only have I become immensely more confident in self-defence on this journey, but I've deepened my understanding of many life truths illustrated through the practice of this amazing martial art. Here's how I would summarise those lessons:
the compounding benefit of small consistent incremental improvements
the value of failure and humility in learning,
the exhilaration of pushing yourself beyond previous limits alongside a community of like-minded warriors
Now begins the multi-year journey to purple.
Osssss!
Having completed the multi-year journey to purple, maybe I can shine a light from this side of the tunnel.
If it gets a little tougher, that is a gift you can handle and use to make you even stronger.
Blue belt is legit. Right on!
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Awesome, and well done to you! Thanks for the encouragement.
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Yah man steem can be a tight community but the Bjj people are even tighter because of the wars we all share. Maybe @jiujitsu will be awarding jits tokens for stripes and belts and posts!
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Awesome mate! Congrats on the progress and achievement.
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Congratulations Jason - you are on the way to becoming a skilled striker yourself.
How's the family?
SK.
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I do jiu-jitsu myself and I understand how tremendous a success this is.
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It's really a success, and in my opinion, you managed to do it pretty quickly. A friend of mine has to do a lot of training, but so far he hasn't been able to get a blue belt. He's a pretty big guy and I remember looking for bjj gi for big guys which wasn't easy. But after a long search we found the right size bjj gi.
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