That’s gold mate

Same thing here brother. Its awesome

I’m 49 now and been boxing for the last year. Really wanting to get started with BJJ as well. Thanks for the motivation.

That’s freaking awesome sir

I got my blue belt in 2002 and quit in 2003. I am currently 41 years old. The pandemic gave me the motivation and time to start backup. I have been doing it 3-4 days a week for the last 13 months. I still have a way to go for my purple. Now I don't even care about the ranking. I just love the activity and doing cool things. I got the basic hip bump, roll mount reversal on a pretty good blue belt today. I don't think that has worked on him in years. He was quit surprised. That was my win for the day.

Thank you

You must be very skilled

I’m 29 I started at 28 hopefully 38 year old me is a black belt and my son will be proud of me 😁

Made me tear up a bit. Bullying is awful!

I love that, I am a nail amongst many hammers. hahahaha

That's what's great about it. Kids can stop a bully without hurting the bully back.

The fact it helped him stand up for himself is a great change.

Hope you're still going brotha. I'm new to BJJ and the whole community is so welcoming and there isn't any judgement. Best community I've ever had the pleasure of being part of.

Stop thinking about it so much and just go bro

The same thing has been happening to me my whole jujitsu career. I started when I was 5, I went every day for a long time. until my father decided to let me take a break so I wouldn't get burnt out. It's been a long while since then but the break was probably around 2 weeks. Before I took the break I was one of the best in my gym for my age group, despite that, I still remember feeling constant anxiety and sorrow. Of course, there were still great times and it was a great period in my life. But after this break, I was even more anxious and scared when coming back and that eventually led to more breaks, longer breaks, and more anxiety and more stress. This caused me to become even more insecure about my abilities and become even more scared of embarrassment. Eventually, I stopped coming for a few months 'and when I came back I followed one of the best coaches in my gym to his new gym. I started to get back in the flow of things but I still had a crippling feeling of nervousness. I felt this weird feeling of disconnection when it came to socializing with others at my gym. At this new gym after a while, I would start to not come as frequently because I was so nervous about going. While at that gym, I won first place in a state tournament, but I was still scared and I felt disconnected. One day I sprained my wrist so I took another break and due to anxiety and stuff like that, this lasted almost 2 years. This March I came back, but due to anxiety and my parents not having as much time as they used to I have only gone 10 days since late March. Today I was supposed to go, the last time I went was a month ago. I can't begin to describe the immense feeling of regret because of this that has just been eating me up for years. I love and love Jiu Jitsu but I just can't bring myself to go especially after losing so much time. Although if I go back and stick with it, I most likely could make something of myself again since I'm still young . It really hurts to think of how much anxiety has controlled my life, but as of right now I'm starting to think I may just be lazy like my parents thought I was for so long when I didn't want to go to jiu Jitsu, before they knew I had anxiety. ( i wrote this in a fairly fast manner so i apologies for the poor writing . )

Get at it!!

Check out Eckhart Tolle's book 'The Power of Now' my friend. Wonderful book!

💯

I’m 30 and thinking about it. Is it a good way to get in shape?

@@phillbernal I worry about very little including my fitness. Lifting, cardio, whole body, Jiu-Jitsu takes care of a lot of that. I lost a little body fat and put on a little bit of lean muscle. My girlfriends have noticed

hey man how often do you train per week for that progress? cheers

@@ofin9335 since becoming a truck driver I didn't roll for almost eight months because if how much I was working. but I started back up this week. Honestly if you can go even twice a week you'll learn a lot and gain a ton of confidence and see results. Ideally four or even five times a week is excellent, and once a week is better than not at all. It's so good for me that if my work gets in the way I'll change careers before sacrificing martial arts. It's made that big of an impact on who I am

Hey welcome to the club man! Enjoy! Keep moving, keep growing, keep learning. I'll see you at work.

I’m 48 and retired myself last year. I’m new to consistent Jiujitsu training and loving it. I was nervous as I have many herniated disks but like the saying goes the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the next best time is today. Everyone dies, but not everyone lives. Get after it bro!

@@Discipline_equals_freedom stay frosty my brother 🦁💪🏼

I have been in LE for only 3 years. Last summer I got a new assignment and really fell off the wagon, wasn't exercising. I strained my back about 2 months ago... don't know how. It wore off after about 6 weeks. Once it healed up I started working out again.. was going good for two weeks, I was pain free besides normal muscle soreness. I decided to start BJJ as well, and on my first class less than a week ago, I strained the same muscles in my back. Didn't know it until the next morning. Can barely sit down for a minute, can barely breathe when I'm standing up or doing certain movements. It is worse than before. Ibuprofen won't touch the pain. It's really disheartening. I watch these videos and I want so badly to train. I was as humbled as I was hooked after the first session. I'm honestly afraid to show my face at my bjj gym because it's been 5 days since my first class and I haven't shown my face. I am probably gonna go this weekend just to watch and explain to my coaches why I haven't come, and why I am not training, just to show I am very much still dedicated. I'm basically just venting my personal struggle here. I know my back can heal but it took so long after the first strain, I don't want to wait months to continue. At the same time, I'm afraid of being in an endless cycle. I don't know whether to try to overcome the pain, or if I need to wait till I'm pain free for a really long time to continue.

Im seriously interested in joining at 51. not too late?

That’s good going brother white to purple in 4 years, big respect 👌

Hey man, I just started at 27 and want to improve quickly (although i have a busy schedule) how many times did you train per week? thanks and hope you are well

I started 3-4 times, then started doing double days, (noon)-(night). I felt progress when I started understanding concepts, exploring my game on the internet and using things that simply made sence to me. Forget about the belts , rather be a badass white belt then a shitty blue belt 😂😂😂

@@miertastrain Fair play thats alot of training, Ill probably only be able to do 2-3 times per week I think so will have to make reasonable, steady progress. thanks!

Congratulations and welcome to our club, Andrew. I wish you good health and learning all the knowledge you're able to! I hope you check in throughout your journey and never quit. I wish you nothing but a wonderful ride in this sport we all love. You're never too old, and we appreciate you joining us. #OSS -a 2nd degree black belt. #newwavebjj

@@johnhernandez4734 thanks for the warm welcome. I appreciate you guys letting me into this extended family. I'm now a full month in on my BJJ career. I will be competing in my 1st grappling tournament on April 1st! Super excited and can't wait to get into the mats! Thanks again for the warm welcome

@andrewgrignon826 keep us posted on your results! Good luck my friend!

I’m 39 just started on Monday. Been thinking about it the last 48 hours, I loved it. My body is wrecked though haha. Should be good to make it in tomorrow though.

Every single person experiences the feeling you're going back or not progressing, you are my brother, everything is a learning curve and you're improving, everyone has off days everyone has days when they're more tired than usual, I've experienced those and so has everyone and the best feeling is when you finish that session being like that you know, you'll always be able to keep going #Oss 💪

@@aaronk9094 so true brother. I’ve been more consistent since my last post and have noticed the improvements. Thank you for the encouragement. I’m in this for the long term 🤙🏻

@@CSPD3522 awesome to hear my brother, keep the grind and the love, we're all on a path, up to us you, me and everyone to keep going through that path, all the best in your training my man 🙏Oss

🙏🏽🙏🏽

😊🙏

🔥🔥🔥

Glad you liked it bro

How'd the class go??

It was great! I have a great sensei and the people were super helpful. It is humbling and encouraging

Respect to you for getting back in man.

Hey, just saw your post. Wondering if you started training? I'm a black belt instructor, jiu-jitsu changed my life. Hope it has done wonders for you. If you haven't gone, this is the universe telling you now is the time

Same mate, 25 and went to my very first BJJ lesson on monday, was diffcult but I'm gonna stick it out.

That's What's Sup bro definitely Stick it out If you don't mind can you share with me what was difficult about it? How was your Exp personally for your first day I just found a Jiu-jitsu School today in my Area going to check it out tomorrow

@@DEVINOBOY Well im from NZ and found a combat gym where they do kickboxing etc too so rocked up and I found the warm up hard as we were planking all in a line while the person at the end would crawl under everyone. By the end was sweating a lot but then it was onto getting out of a headlock with someone on top of you which was alrite. I have natural strength from going to the gym daily so can kinda outmuscle the white belts but just don't know the technique. First hour was technique then I just watched a bit of the 2nd half free rolling n yea I enjoyed it

Keep turning up men. For the first 6 months you’ll question every lesson if you’re getting better. You’ll get beat 10,000 times. But just you wait until you last a 5 minute round without getting tapped. Just you wait until you get your first win. BJJ is a wonderful brotherhood, full of love, void of ego

Devin how has it been for you?? Have you started? Any questions??

I’m not sure that will ever happen? If it does they will change a lot of the rules

@@stuartcooperfilms Yes, and that would suck

Plus this cinematography is incredible. Wow. Powerful

Thanks brother I appreciate it

@@NinjaofApathy 🙏😊

I've rolled with Stu. Absolutely fkd me up.

Congrats on the blue belt 👏

@@stuartcooperfilms Sorry for the wait and thanks I still have a lot to learn though but I’m glad to achieve it!

Thank you 🙏

Maybe I should do another video with their commentary? 🤔

Thanks Daniel

🙏😂

Thank you bro 😎

Thank you Timothy 🙏

Thanks Gavin! I appreciate the support bro

@@stuartcooperfilms 👑

Thanks bro 🙏

🔥🔥🔥

Thank you bro. I have a lot more to come :)

Thanks dude 🙏

Thanks 🙏

Thanks brother

Awesome

Thanks

Thank you Paul 🙏

🔥🔥🔥

Thanks bro. I appreciate it

Thanks mate 🙏

Thank you. It’s very much appreciated 🙏

Thank you bro

Thank you 🙏

Dont think about it, just grab your bag and go and keep going. It takes time to get rewarding but its worth it.

Thank you Mike 🙏

🙏😊

Thanks bro 🙏

Thanks Phil 🙏

Thank you bro 🙏

Thanks mate 🙏

Thank you bro

OSS!

Thank you 🙏

Hope you have a speedy recovery bro

@@stuartcooperfilms thanks bro! Both the surgeon and the physical therapist are really happy with my progression. I’m ahead of their expectations.

@@dustinmbox good to hear. Keep up the rehab. I was out for 1 year with knee surgery in 2019-2020. It was frustrating but the rehab and physio helped get me back much quicker

@@stuartcooperfilms Hey, White belt here. If I may ask, your knee injury was from bjj?

@@Leo-dv7xb yes it was a really freak accident though. All i did was a back step in half guard from top position and my meniscus ripped. I think my foot got caught in the mat or something? It's hard to remember exactly

Thanks 🙏