Comments on: The Dip and Jiu-Jitsu http://tapordiecompany.com/blog/2009/07/29/the-dip-and-jiu-jitsu/ Thoughts about Jiu-Jitsu and the Universe Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:49:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: No Joy Without Pain in BJJ | JiuJitsuMap.com http://tapordiecompany.com/blog/2009/07/29/the-dip-and-jiu-jitsu/comment-page-1/#comment-9588 No Joy Without Pain in BJJ | JiuJitsuMap.com Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:00:32 +0000 http://tapordiecompany.com/blog/?p=377#comment-9588 [...] Its a concept we are all familiar with.  How can you understand happiness or joy if you don’t know pain or misery? I was inspired by Georgette’s post "I Cried This Morning" and Ben’s post "A Ass Kicking in the Right Direction" today.  I’ve blogged about "Finding Your Happy Place in Jiu-Jitsu" and my thoughts.  Mark also helped me form my thoughts in his post "The Dip and Jiu-Jitsu". [...] [...] Its a concept we are all familiar with.  How can you understand happiness or joy if you don’t know pain or misery? I was inspired by Georgette’s post "I Cried This Morning" and Ben’s post "A Ass Kicking in the Right Direction" today.  I’ve blogged about "Finding Your Happy Place in Jiu-Jitsu" and my thoughts.  Mark also helped me form my thoughts in his post "The Dip and Jiu-Jitsu". [...]

]]> By: thekillerj http://tapordiecompany.com/blog/2009/07/29/the-dip-and-jiu-jitsu/comment-page-1/#comment-204 thekillerj Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:27:37 +0000 http://tapordiecompany.com/blog/?p=377#comment-204 Surpassing the dip is a good character builder. I went five months as the "new guy" in Corey's class before anybody came along after me. It was a trying time for me, as I regularly got handled by guys I was a lot stronger than. Somebody had something analogous to the "dip" conversation with me, and I stuck it out. I'm glad I did, as jiu jitsu has taught me things about myself I didn't know. This applies in both a personal and physical sense. Surpassing the dip is a good character builder. I went five months as the “new guy” in Corey’s class before anybody came along after me. It was a trying time for me, as I regularly got handled by guys I was a lot stronger than. Somebody had something analogous to the “dip” conversation with me, and I stuck it out.

I’m glad I did, as jiu jitsu has taught me things about myself I didn’t know. This applies in both a personal and physical sense.

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