Guest post by Brandon Hetzler who is a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black bet under Rickson & Kron Gracie, and creator of Jugoshin Ryu JuJutsu.
I was training with Ryron Gracie back in the day when I was a purple belt. I remember him smashing me all over the mats. This was before they became really big.
There was literally only a handful of us on the mats. So I got “special” attention from Ryron. Lol. Let me get to the point of this post.
There was a student who was rolling with Ryron and he tapped from pressure and exhaustion and just gave up.
Ryron said to him:
“can I tell you what my grandfather told me when I gave up one time?”
The student answered “yes”.
Ryron said that his grandfather said:
“you never give up or quit because you never know what could happen next. Maybe 5 secs after you gave up, you would have reversed the position and been on top and finished the fight. But you gave up and would never know.”
So there’s some wisdom for the day from the Grandmaster via Ryron Gracie.
Never give up and never tap from pressure or being in an uncomfortable position.
Jugoshin Ryu Jujutsu
