So you’d like to improve faster and better on the mats than it’s been the case up until now, correct?
Here’s a word of advice: compete.
Sure, not everyone who trains wants to become a world-class competitor. But if you want to gain a different perspective on your training and what you need to do to improve…
Then competition is almost a must.
Felipe Costa revealed why that’s the case in an interview with BJJEE:
Once you make that transition [to competing in Jiu-Jitsu], getting tapped in the academy totally changes its meaning.
It becomes a perfect opportunity to see what and where to improve.People who never compete tend to make the gym their competition, whereas the ones who experience tournaments tend to make the gym into a laboratory, into a place to improve.
That simple mentality shift, in my understanding, will make a difference on your progress both in the academy and in life.
Costa also emphasized that your ego is going to be a huge obstacle if you don’t overcome it:
I learned that very fast, maybe because I was usually the smallest one in the academy and didn’t have much of a choice but to accept that, most of the time, people will overpower me.
Or, maybe because I was the youngest brother and that I got used to losing to my older brother in many games or situations, and that didn’t bother me as much.
Read our full interview with Felipe Costa on the following link.
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