Six Life Lessons From Jiu Jitsu

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VIDEO DESCRIPTION

Rick Ellis discusses the six life lessons that Jiu Jitsu provides.

01:30 - Acceptance
03:42 - Embrace Failure
06:05 - Consistency
08:57 - Grit
11:23 - Adaptation
13:06 - Toughness

[davidvincent]

I heard a lifelong warrior scholar (who is a career military SF Officer) say, do something difficult everyday. Something that forces you out of your comfort zone. Jiu jitsu does that for me...I'm in my early fifties, five foot nothing and a hundred and nothing, introverted, so jiu-jitsu has been that thing that makes me feel uncomfortable and pushes me to do something difficult. But I love it! Thanks Rick! "Your comfort zone will kill you."

[garysmith]

I needed this. I’m 60 in November, been training for about 3 years and am a 4 stripe white belt. I mostly train with 30 somethings who train every day and I sometimes feel I’m not getting a fair shout to get blue because I’m being compared to these young guys who are fitter, faster, more experienced and more physically able. So I have to be honest, I do get frustrated and feel sorry for myself. This has motivated me to press on with the journey. Thanks Rick, from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

[robertmerrick]

Dedication is the key. Lessons are the key. Consistency is the other key. Patience with yourself is the Golden key.

[jackpower]

Beautifly summarized, thank you for this Master 🙏! OSSSS

[Whix_Uhtred]

I love what you said about toughness is all mental toughness and it's the mind that's either tough or not. Thank you for the insights 🙏

[danielhoward]

This is excellent. What Rick is describing is the lesson within the lesson and those of us who practice martial arts in a classical way know this as Budo (Martial Way). Many (most?) BJJ schools seem to only focus on the "how" of their art and not the "why" of the art. Great video, Sensei.

[FR-tyvn]

Great 👍🏼 discussion of adaptation, which is the basis of evolution…Danaher says a calm mind is the beginning of all problem solving…Like that as well…your statement that all toughness is really mental toughness I found very insightful…I’ve thought for a long time that I am much physically tougher than mentally tough, but you’ve made me rethink this as maybe it’s all mental…❤

[RevitalizedZen]

Hello Rick. I have a question: What are the parts or areas of bjj that make it an art? What I mean by this question is that is there more to bjj than the technical side and technical combinations? I am assuming that social aspect of the training and training for physical health or stamina are already included. But on top of all this is there more to bjj that the purely physical dimension of techniques and combinations, just like in chess or are there other levels or perspectives that I haven’t heard discussed by bjj folks? Thank you.

[CoachSteveJandS]

"You will never go past your limits if you can't accept your current limits" 😮🎉

[jordangill]

I would quite like some advice if possible. I’m two months in. I feel like quitting. I don’t really know what I’m meant to be learning. I’m smashed in every roll. No one goes light. There’s no other white belts at my gym and lots of pro fighters.

I am 41. I’m the oldest, shortest, least athletic. It takes ages to recover. There are no other BJJ gyms around me here in England.

I’m told “keep going and in six month it’ll click” but I don’t see how that’s even possible. I’m smashed every session and covered in bruises. Today I have a black eye and also cuts everywhere.

I think BJJ is taught terribly. We learn random moves in class and I can’t do any of them on all the higher belts. I literally don’t learn anything every lesson other than I’m easy to beat.

Is this a common experience? Is BJJ always taught like this?

It makes no sense to me to teach it randomly to beginners then have them spar and constantly lose to higher belts because it doesn’t teach anything and is just demoralising, leading to the 90% + dropout rate for white belts. It also surely has to be terrible for business for gym owners. So I don’t understand that. Why not have a beginner curriculum and just have beginners do technique and maybe positional sparring?

Also, is it normal for newbies to have to teach themselves from instructionals rather than the class? Class teaches me nothing other than advanced moves I can’t do and definitely can’t do in sparring.

Any general comments and advice greatly appreciated

[matthewalexander]

I'm currently training for an AJP comp and this morning as I was rolling, completely drained and tired, borderline exhausted, I was getting hammered by a white-belt who hasn't learned to understand how his body moves yet so he was quite aggressive and a bit spazzy (not as much as he used to be) and something just snapped in me. I don't know if it was the amalgamation of everything I was going through at the time, but I completely let go of the "leave the ego behind" philosophy and just switched to someone I didn't like (I'm usually always laughing or having fun while rolling). In the end I completely steam-rolled him and at the end of it felt like a complete asshole for losing my composure like that. So i guess another principal can maybe be one of peace or being centred during tough days of training.

[Scary-zuyv]

I'm too competitive. Today at training I was submitted by a colleague, and I felt like a failure. So I realized that I still have to practice my ego on the mat.

[bokoroko]

read the title as "sex life lessons from jiu jitsu" and never clicked faster