Personal Narrative: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

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When an opportunity comes to try something that seems out of reach are you going to reach out and try to grab it? Or are you going to shy away from the challenge? If you put the time, effort and everything you are into your training, for the challenge, you will be a better version of yourself then you were the day before. You have the ability to upgrade your software without damaging your hardware.
An opportunity was available for me along with anyone else who was willing to accept it. The North American Grappling Association (N.A.G.A.) was coming to Landover MD, winning this event would make me the best amateur Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter in Maryland and Washington D.C. Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) is a non striking style of fighting where …show more content…

The discipline of eating healthy, and not eating all the junk may seem like a punishment, not being able to enjoy what you like, but then you think about the bigger picture and the final outcome of the goal you set out for. Through out the six weeks you start to feel, and see a transformation in your body, more energy, you feel happier, you see yourself losing weight and looking physically better.
The camp begins with refreshing all the fundamentals, the 1+2=3. Everything from the takedowns (double-leg, single-leg, low-single, hip tosses), the sweeps (over under, hip-in), reverses (arm drags, back door), switches (duck unders). Week two is when you truly kick it in, when the intensity is always at 100%. Practice starts with wrestling class taught by Marty Kusick, he was a 3x Maryland State wrestling champion, Maryland high school hall of famer, ranked 6th in the nation and was invited to the U.S. Olympic Wrestling center in Colorado. Learning from a local legend that has virtually done it all when it comes to wrestling was a great honor, with someone like this you have to be a sponge, and soak every lesson up. Second part of class is Brazilian jiu-jitsu, this is where I learned that reaching out and grabbing the goal was going to be a lot harder, and now maybe impossible. A loud pop, followed by a white fire pain, this is where the coracoid bone in my shoulder was broke due to a Uki Goshi-the floating hip (a style of hip toss/throw

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