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Wrestling, jiu-jitsu, Judo and Absurd amounts of confidence
September 14, 2022
Wrestling, jiu-jitsu, Judo and Absurd amounts of confidence
I sat on my line at a local judo tournament.
Standing on the line across from me was the number one ranked competitor at my weight class in the entire country.
I was like 0-40 or something like that at the time
“Let’s go! Beat this dude and shake up the judo world” I said to myself… I went out to the center of the mat, slapped hands with my opponent, looked him square in the eyes annnnnd….
I lost. I lost badly and quickly.
LOL
I wish there was some type of Rocky style Hollywood ending to that story but there’s not. However, until the match was over, and the ref was raising my opponent’s hand, I thought I could beat him, as crazy as it might have been, I believed that I could beat the kid Where did that absurd amount of confidence come from? Simple.
I trained.
As irrational as it might be, regardless of disability, opponent ranking, or circumstance, I never expected to lose any match I was in. Now, I knew I would lose matches, I never thought that I would go undefeated, I’m not insane, but I never expected to lose. I never expected to lose because of the work that I put in throughout the week, pushing myself, getting in large amounts of technique repetitions, finding myself in increasingly more difficult and uncomfortable situations, facing resistance from my training partners and finding a way to find a way out of those situations and overcome that resistance.
Time spent on the mat does a great job of developing your confidence Sports like wrestling, jiu-jitsu, and judo force you to face adversity, resistance, and challenges every day in practice and use tactics, strategies and just plain old hard work to help you problem solve your way out. A funny thing happens when you deal with that stuff every day; not only do your skills and grappling confidence improve, but your daily confidence also improves as well. Suddenly, those problems at school, at work, or home don’t seem so dire because you know have the confidence that with the right amount of tactics, strategies, and hard work you can find out of any situation just like in training If you would like to start developing the type of absurd confidence that grappling can bring click here or send a text to 570 308-7111 to get started today!
I lost. I lost badly and quickly.
LOL
I wish there was some type of Rocky style Hollywood ending to that story but there’s not. However, until the match was over, and the ref was raising my opponent’s hand, I thought I could beat him, as crazy as it might have been, I believed that I could beat the kid Where did that absurd amount of confidence come from? Simple.
I trained.
As irrational as it might be, regardless of disability, opponent ranking, or circumstance, I never expected to lose any match I was in. Now, I knew I would lose matches, I never thought that I would go undefeated, I’m not insane, but I never expected to lose. I never expected to lose because of the work that I put in throughout the week, pushing myself, getting in large amounts of technique repetitions, finding myself in increasingly more difficult and uncomfortable situations, facing resistance from my training partners and finding a way to find a way out of those situations and overcome that resistance.
Time spent on the mat does a great job of developing your confidence Sports like wrestling, jiu-jitsu, and judo force you to face adversity, resistance, and challenges every day in practice and use tactics, strategies and just plain old hard work to help you problem solve your way out. A funny thing happens when you deal with that stuff every day; not only do your skills and grappling confidence improve, but your daily confidence also improves as well. Suddenly, those problems at school, at work, or home don’t seem so dire because you know have the confidence that with the right amount of tactics, strategies, and hard work you can find out of any situation just like in training If you would like to start developing the type of absurd confidence that grappling can bring click here or send a text to 570 308-7111 to get started today!