Sports Realm

Everyone who wants to learn jiu jitsu knows how vital it is to learn quickly. For those of you who have been in training for awhile, you already know you have to progress quickly to survive. You probably already know a few moves like a sweep or a submission, but it is hard to get better because you can’t use these moves on other people in your class. You can grapple for hours on end, but it’s not making you progress quickly enough.

Here is the solution, and don’t worry, it is not about mastering a new awesome submission or unbeatable guard that the other jiu jitsu students won’t already know about. In order to progress, you are going to have to train with intention.

As you’ve undoubtedly heard before, if you do not make a plan you will not succeed. So to get better, make a plan, WRITE THE PLAN DOWN, and every day take a step towards reaching that plan. You should not deviate from your plan until your reach your goal. Remember: PUT YOUR PLAN IN WRITING! You must believe me about this!

For many jiu jitsu students, the plan is to “get good at guard” or “get good at submissions”. These are admirable goals, but you must break everything down to the details. A more concrete goal would be something like “keep side control for at least 15 seconds on every opponent”. Another would be “Bump sweep each partner”. Specific, measurable, and actionable. By setting small goals, you’ll quickly be able to reach your larger goals.

So get your head into the BJJ game. Make a plan, any plan, and train hard! Begin each training session with a reminder of the goal you set and make it come true. It won’t happen instantly and you still need to be patient, but the famous CLICK will come, guaranteed. Once you reach a couple of goals, you’ll start to see the payoff and wonder why nobody else has told you of this super Brazilian secret.

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