Bjj Quotes

Bjj Quote of the day

I believe that which you study is only matched in importance by the sincerity with which you approach it.

Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself.

The historic beauty of BJJ rests not with its ability to allow a smaller man to maim a larger man, but with its ability to allow any man of any size to survive.

Autopilot is great, and removal of thought is one of the highest ideals of training. But removal of thought in the moment must be preceded by purposeful thought beforehand.

In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder, " rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand.

Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place.

We must not learn to try harder. The key is to learn how not to try in the first place.

By becoming a black belt, you will become whatever it is you wanted to be in the first place, and Jiu Jitsu will have served its aim.

I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one's own limitations.

Jiu Jitsu is a vehicle for self-discovery and growth. It reminds me of my ego, of my insecurities, and of my shortcomings.

You are never as good as you think you are, and you are never as bad as you believe yourself to be.

Jiu Jitsu is a baptism by combat, and serves a purpose in the inner life of the individual that has always existed, but our modern culture fails to acknowledge.

This is a trust that you just cannot find in modern society for there are no conditions to forge it.

There is no concrete way to play Jiu Jitsu, and this is why so many different types of people find joy in it.

I’ve learned to fall like the BJJ player, to protect the body through controlling the distribution of force by slapping the mat with hands open. With hands open. Hands open. Open. O Pen.

For the sincere student, it mustn't be enough to simply understand Jiu Jitsu. We must seek to understand ourselves.

An arm bar in a vacuum is worthless. It is the realization of the truths which constitute that arm bar that is the real treasure we seek.

Do not seek victory, for victory in itself will not serve you. Seek to understand what made the victory possible.

Jiu Jitsu can be a source of total transparency such as a mirror, but it takes a conscious choice to see what it has to say.

We call it training. Not because we are training for Jiu Jitsu. We are training for life.

Thoreau went to the woods. I went to the mats.

The only way to consistently perform at your potential is to ask: Am I better than I was yesterday?

I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one’s own limitations.

This is the opportunity the fellowship of Jiu Jitsu affords us. To reach our highest potential of self, and then to offer that self to another.

It is fellowship, this most fundamental need on our way toward achieving our highest expression of the human experience, which Jiu Jitsu provides.

Jiu Jitsu provides a place of fellowship that, unfortunately, our society has largely failed to create.

Relationships formed through Jiu Jitsu are deeply rooted in respect for one another, and this is often not the case in matters of modern society.