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First outdoor run of the year.
If you’re anything like me, you hate running!
There’s a saying….”that which you need the most, you avoid “ and in terms of this that’s definitely applicable to me. I absolutely hate it, but my pot belly needs the love so….
How about you guys? Do you jog outside? If so, how often, what’s your program, how do you stay motivated?
Drop some feedback in the comments 👇
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Some days you don’t skip training because of discipline. You show up because of people.
Tonight I trained with two men I trust—guys I know have my back on and off the mat. Not just training partners, but friends. The kind who want to see you succeed, not just survive the round.
Their mentorship, advice, and quiet guidance matter more than they probably realize. Jiu-jitsu is an individual journey, but nobody makes it through alone. Iron sharpens iron—and sometimes it simply keeps you from quitting.
After a long day of work, I didn’t really want to train. But I knew they’d be there. And that was enough to push me through the door.
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
— Phil Jackson
Grateful for the people who make the hard days lighter and the journey worth staying on.
#oss #bjj #jujitsu
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One of the biggest frustrations in jiu-jitsu—especially as a white belt—is the feeling that you “aren’t learning” or “aren’t progressing.”
In my opinion, a huge part of that frustration comes from the lack of clear, objective milestones. In most pursuits, progress is obvious: levels, grades, numbers, benchmarks. BJJ doesn’t work like that. There’s no scoreboard for understanding, timing, or survival.
Another thing that clouds our perception is that while jiu-jitsu is deeply personal, it’s also entirely relational. We don’t train alone. We train with other people who are also improving. So as you get better, the people around you get better too. If every tree in the forest is growing taller, it can feel like none of them are growing at all.
But here’s the truth: even after your very first class, there is a measurable change in your knowledge.
On day one—before you ever stepped on the mat—you likely didn’t know how to escape a choke, defend an armbar, or protect your neck under pressure. Once you learn even one of those things, you are light-years ahead of the version of yourself that never trained…and ahead of anyone who never will.
I have a friend who’s well over 300 pounds, pushing 50, and still a relatively new white belt. After a roll one day he told his coach:
“I don’t feel like I’m learning much jiu-jitsu. I mostly use my weight to take people down, lay on them, control them, and survive until the round ends. If I see a wide-open submission I’ll take it, but otherwise I’m just making sure they can’t submit me. That doesn’t feel like I’m doing much.”
When I heard that, my reaction was 🤯.
That level of self-analysis alone is a massive step forward.
He understands:
• What his best attributes are
• What actually works for his body
• The value of positional control
• How gravity plays in his favor
• Which submissions he’s vulnerable to
• How to avoid them
• And which two submissions he actually knows
That’s not “nothing.”
That’s foundation-level jiu-jitsu.
The reason many of us get discouraged is because we compare our progress to the far end of the spectrum—upper belts, instructors, competitors. What we often fail to appreciate is the beauty of development on the lower end of that spectrum.
If you find yourself feeling stuck—and I absolutely have—you need to step back and look at what you’re really building:
• Survival
• Defensive awareness
• The ability to not panic under pressure
• Increased stamina
• Better breathing
• Better decision-making
That is all phenomenal progress in the art of jiu-jitsu.
This phase is often overlooked, but it’s critical—especially for new grapplers who rightfully want to feel like they’re improving.
Do not underestimate the importance of what you’re building right now. This principle can be applied in both jujitsu and your work in security AS WELL AS LIFE IN GENERAL!
Yall Be Great 👍
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WHITEBELT GOONS #bjj #bjjover40 #jujitsu
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I talk a lot of shit. Like… a lot. And if you’d known me ten or twenty years ago, I was even worse.
That said, the absolute best thing that ever happened to me was finding jiu-jitsu—because the internal illusion that I was some kind of tough guy got shattered about eight minutes into day one.
A huge percentage of the situations we see today that end with a man’s death can be traced back to ego. The inability to back down. The refusal to de-escalate. The need to win a moment instead of survive it. When you’ve never been repeatedly forced to confront the reality that people bigger, smaller, younger, older—male, female, trans—can absolutely wreck you on any given day (and that they often don’t only because of their restraint), you don’t recognize how dangerous your mouth and your actions really are.
I’m not saying everyone needs to do jiu-jitsu or train a martial art. But there is something profoundly grounding about being dominated at will—no jokes, please 🙏—and realizing just how fragile your assumptions about control actually are. That experience reshapes how you see the world once you step off the mats. You stop sizing people up the way you used to. You stop assuming you understand the risk in front of you. And more importantly, you become aware of the greatest threat of all: the unknown.
Once you truly accept that you have no idea what the person across from you is capable of, you start moving differently. Speaking differently. Choosing differently.
And almost without trying, you end up behaving in ways that make you a whole lot safer.
#bjj #bjjover40 #motivation
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Whatever you wish to become….know that you already are.
-Damian
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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
— Marcus Aurelius
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11 hour shift followed by 350 ab exercises and two hours of open mat.
No excuses.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY🤔
I just cleared this dispatch (info changed for privacy) and thought it created an amazing training opportunity.
Dispatch:
“Caller reports a trespassed female just knocked on his friend’s door. She has a violent history. Requesting officers check the situation.”
Property: Riverview Flats (fictitious)
Caller #: (503) 771-2846 (fictitious)
POLL QUESTION:
What key piece of information is MISSING from this dispatch that could cause a security guard to make a crucial mistake on arrival?
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If you start tomorrow, you’ll shock yourself with how far you will go in a short amount of time.
I believe in you guys.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY🤔
We’ve all been there!
What’s one situation or circumstance where the absolute second you’re about to do it, you’re most likely to get a call for service!
We’ve all been there, and you can almost count on it every time! 😂
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