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Jocko Willink on How To Make The Most Out Of Time Off The BJJ Mats

Jocko Willink on How To Make The Most Out Of Time Off The BJJ Mats

Depending on where you live, there’s a possibility that you’ve already spent a couple of weeks in a self-imposed quarantine, isolated and being away from your BJJ academy; away from Jiu Jitsu classes. How much longer will this last for? There’s no definite answer… But that doesn’t mean that you should just lay down and do nothing!

There is also the possibility that you are currently injured and can’t train. So how can you keep busy and actually improve in BJJ and your life in general when you are forced to take time off the mats?

There are tons of BJJ-related things that you can do while in the quarantine. That you should do; so that, when your academy re-opens, you can just pick up where you left off – or be a couple of steps in front.

 

STAY MOTIVATED, STAY FOCUSED – AND DON’T LOSE HOPE

Look, just because there’s no definite end date in sight (so far) to the Coronavirus crisis, that doesn’t mean that you won’t be on the mats ever again! Don’t lose hope; this, as all bad things, will pass. And then, when it passes, you’ll be looking at it as if it were some sort of a weird, disturbing dream.

So, while this „quarantine dream“ lasts, don’t lose motivation and focus from your own BJJ dreams! Remind yourself, regularly, that the day when you’ll slap and bump fists with your training partners will be here sooner than later. Whenever you notice your desire waning, remind yourself why you started Jiu Jitsu in the first place; remind yourself of those sweet moments of success, of laughter with your training partners, of funny failures… Simply, remember that BJJ will always be here for you – if only you decide to persist.

Ex-Navy SEAL commander and BJJ Black Belt Jocko Willink has great advice on how to make the most of time off: