[Blog] My BJJ Classes (Patreon)

I did not intend for this to turn into a blog, I was just going to post the picture. But… here we are 😂

The gym has been kicking my ass, but I would have it no other way.

Well, it’s jiujitsu that’s kicking my ass. Actually… it’s the people in the jiuj… okay you get the point.

(Note: BJJ = Brazilian Jiujitsu)

I’ve been training consistently for about 2.5 years now. I’ve trained overall for about a decade, but I’ve gone on little hiatuses here and there.

The summer before covid hit, I started going to class every day that I was home. When we were in quarantine, a friend and I quarantined together so we had a training partner, bought a couple gymnastics mats on Amazon and drilled in my living room.

I actually just switched gyms in the past couple months and it feels weird. It feels strange leaving my coach that I trained with for over 10 years. I almost feel guilty, but ultimately you have to do what’s best for you, and sometimes you outgrow people and places. I still love my old coach, and I would even like to hop in some classes back at my old gym sometime soon, especially for sparring.

I switched gyms so I could train pure jiujitsu - my old gym is more of an MMA gym - specifically no-gi, and finally be able to be ranked. I’ve technically been a white belt for 10 fucking years! 😂

Aside from the weird feeling of leaving an old team and joining a new one, I do feel really good at this new gym and I’m really looking forward to competing again!

How many of you have ever tried jiujitsu?

🖤 AK