Choosing a Jiu Jitsu Lifestyle
Jiu Jitsu becomes exponentially more fun when A: you’re strong B: you’re flexible and mobile. But.. drum roll.. strength and flexibility doesn't mean shit if you don't have C: Cardio, and by that I’m referring to Sport Specific Cardio. On top of this, and probably the most important thing D: Fight IQ. The ability to use timing/ strategy and leverage, manifesting your strength, flexibility/ mobility (attributes) through technique! (Jiu Jitsu)
When starting your Jiu Jitsu journey, choosing to take part in the Jiu Jitsu lifestyle, you make a contract with yourself towards better health. A poorly maintained body (and “spirit”) can't fight for shit, just a no brainer. You take steps to clean up your diet, no longer choosing to shove crap down your throat. You start looking into improving your attributes: Strength/ Flexibility/ Mobility/ Cardio. (You also might spend a little time making meditation a part of your routine.) But, most importantly you spend time on the Jiu Jitsu mats (Optimally EVERY DAY. Most people do 2-4 days a week and that's OK for a start), studying, training with the INTENTION to improve, using the all mighty brain! Also, need to add, you choose to take recovery work seriously, drink water, and optimize your sleep pattern. A lot of fighter types have a "mental disorder", this disorder is thinking you should redline EVERY session.. Go hard, or go home ish, all day.(I’ve been there myself) Over time this will just leave you down a path of injuries, inflammation, mentally burned out and with bad health. (“Balls to the wall” sessions have their place, especially if you’re prepping for a tournament and are in some kind of fight camp.) Outside of fight camp, like Firas Zahabi points out, training should be addictive, playful. Feet to the fire some days, but not every day. You want to train at a pace that lets you come back wanting more the next day. Volume over intensity builds the base! “Long term consistency trumps short term intensity” - Bruce Lee
Also highly recommended, is the study of instructionals/ fight tape/ tournaments. From all my years on the mats, one thing I’ve noticed.. The students that do tape study on the side, ALWAYS have a way faster progression rate than the rest. This also plays into intention on the mats. If you study, and spend mental time abstracting Jiu Jitsu, trying to understand what's happening, chances are you will show up to practice wanting to implement what you’ve been processing. This guides you towards training with intent. Aaannd… you really don't want to be a class spaz.. classic picture, two white belts, reptile brain tuned to a 1000, just clashing egos, no skill.. you might as well just go outside and run uphill for an hour to lose the energy. If you train like this your progress suffers greatly, especially in the beginning when your knowledge is close to Zero! Also, chances are you end up injured, or injure your partner. If you get injured, your progress suffers (obviously).. You can't train. If you injure your partners, you lose valuable body's to rep with, your progress suffers. Nobody gets good at Jiu Jitsu training by themselves. In this regard, Jiu Jitsu is a team sport. All about the quality of the room, which if structured and run professionally, over time.. spits out very strong and lethally sharp individuals! Training is for skill development, tournaments are for fighting! Use your brain!
(Note: The more real skill you and your partners acquire, and the more comfortable you are training together, the safer the high intensity rolls btw. A skilled partner is highly unlikely to do reckless shit. Beginners can be like a train going off the rails sometimes. Calm down and breathe, you’re not going to get mad skill by tomorrow, development is a long term process!)
Last but not least.. “Motivation!” I tend to despise the word.. The way most people use it, it’s weak minded and shallow. We’ve been sold the meme that you need to be motivated to do anything.. You don't! Real motivation follows action. Not the other way. You don't start with motivation, you start with self-discipline! You just do. And do more. Pure simplicity!
It takes somewhere between 60-90days straight to build a solid new habit. A lot of people, when they start out, fail because they don't spend enough consecutive time. Let’s say, a typical scenario, new year's resolution.. “going to get my shit together now”. Maybe even buy a “self-help” book or two to get going. Then they go hard at it for 3-4 weeks.. drum roll.. the book is back on the shelf, and they quit. Failure time and again, seems familiar?
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
If you manage to stick to something for 90 days, chances are it’s fully ingrained in your system. When you get to this point, you just WANT to do more.. This is when you start to feel REAL motivation (from the inside.) No need for someone to baby you like a helpless child. So fuck “motivation”.. Inspiration is a better term.. choose to be inspired.. and just GO!
"I don't understand why so many people read self-help books, life is not that complicated.. the part i really don't understand.. If you're looking for self-help, then why would you read a book written by somebody else? That's not self-help.. that's HELP! There is no such thing as self-help.. if you did it yourself, you didn't need help! You did it yourself! Try to pay attention to the language we all agreed on..." - George Carlin
Everything starts with self-discipline, you just do! This new path you build by doing, most likely will transform your daily drive and habits. And booom, when you've done the work required, you've completely removed “motivation” from the equation. You… JustDo. Done. Zen.
Jiu Jitsu is all about building strong, robust and resilient individuals and the best way to get started on the journey is to surround yourself with people on the same mission. Join the Jiu Jitsu lifestyle and give yourself an upgrade!
Frode Nilsen
10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Bergen
SEASONSTART | SEASON 8
Startup week! :) Full free trial week for all, and if you sign up before the end of October you get the first month of training for free! What are you waiting for? Join the lifestyle and give yourself an upgrade, see you on the mats! #seasonstart #season8 #letsgoninjaz @10pBergen #nogi #jiujitsu #bjj #subonly #jiujitsulifestyle #10P4L
Oslo Open NOGI
We had a group of beginners with less than 1 year of training doing Oslo Open NOGI with IBJJF rules today, beautiful first "feet to the fire" for all! 🔥🙏 Huge congrats to @theo_soo, taking Bronze in his bracket, and to @hudinidani with Silver in his weight division (disqualified in the final after a reap from Single Ashi ❤️ will make @benjaminmercury proud 😎) and Silver in Absolute after a strange Judges decision. 🤷♂️ Also a good run by @alrikso in both his weight division and Absolute 👊 11 matches won by Submission!! 🔥❤️🙏 Now back to SubOnly, ADCC or NAGA rulesets.. see you on the mats, ninjaz! 🥷👇👊💯 #team10pBergen #beginners @10pBergen #masteringthewarmups @osloopenbjj #day2 #nogi #IBJJF
Nordic Grappling Challenge 1
Beautiful vibes, awesome event by Nordic Grappling Challenge]! 🔥🙏 Short update: Kristian, loss by decision, Benjamin win by estima lock, Espen loss by decision 👹 Thanks to all opponents and teams for making this first event happen, we had a great time! 💯 Norway needs a professional SubOnly scene, looking forward to see this grow 💯🥷👇👊💯 #team10pBergen @evisnes @benjaminmercury @cat.jitsu Nordic Grappling Challenge] #subonly #jiujitsu #jiujitsulifestyle #10P4L
NAGA Europe Grappling Championship 2019 | Amsterdam
Ooh yes, what a day!! 🔥 A lot of great matches and all out wars! 🔥💯 All in all 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze by the team! 👌 Had competitors in Beginner, Intermediate and Expert bracket's. Some really nice highlight footage to come. 🙏 Thanks to all the members who joined for the trip and for the help during the tournament! 💯👇👊🔥
Team 10pBergen @NAGA
Good times! 🙏🔥 Ellisiv: Gold - Intermediate, Light weight + Silver - Intermediate, Absolute Adult | Benjamin: Silver - Intermediate, Light weight Adult | Jonas: Silver - Intermediate, Heavy weight Master 30+ | Åsmund: Bronze - Intermediate Adult | Andre`: Silver - Beginner Heavy weight Adult. Also fought some beasts in Absolute | Yikaalo: Bronce - Beginner Bantam weight Adult | Also worth mentioning, both Espen and Kristian made it to Bronce finals and placed 4th in their Expert level Adult brackets. Two very hard fought runs with several nice kills. Espen (purple) even took out a black belt (or two) Rest who did not place had some good experiences, for some it was first time. All in all, beautiful teamwork ❤ 💯 #Team10pBergen 🔥👇👊🔥 #NAGA #Amsterdam #2019 #europeanchampionship #nogi #jiujitsu #bjj #10P4L
BJJ Scandinavia NOGI Open 2019
Awesome work, ninjaz! 🔥❤🔥BJJ Scandinavia NOGI Open 2019 | ADCC rules | Espen takes home the Gold in -76kg Professional bracket. Sindre with the Silver in -100 Professional bracket. Ellisiv takes Silver in +70 intermediate bracket. Andre takes Silver in -100 intermediate bracket. Kristian with Silver in -100 beginner bracket. Lasse with Silver in -91 beginner bracket. Yikaalo with Bronce in -65 beginner bracket. 🔥❤ Rest who did not place, did a beautiful job as well. 💯🔥 Some nice highlight foottage to come!! 🔥👇👊🔥 #fuckyes #awesomepeople #greatvibes #bjjscandinavianogiopen2019 #adccrules #oslo #norway @10pBergen #nogi #jiujitsu #bjj #jiujitsulifestyle #10P4L @eddiebravo10p