“Why do I do that?” I ask myself? And the answer is; “ I don’t know. What I am referring to is - this is not related to the title of the blog - that I have had this blog running circles in my head, but instead that I write the damn thing I choose to procrastinate. By clicking HERE you are able to read how I started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Ok let’s do this…

Why do I keep going back to class?

Ok, for you to be able to understand my question I have to give you more context. The reason why I am asking myself this question is because I am wondering about it myself. One of the aspects of #BJJ that no one told me about is the soreness, stiffness, and aches your body goes through after a good training session. And, everybody is different and everybody handles body aches differently. There are days that I am not able to walk straight because my whole body aches. Even at work my colleagues know whether or not I had an intense training session by the way I walk.

I train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu three times a week and the training sessions are two to three hours each. I have a recovery training at the gym and after an infra red sauna. This is my training routine for a whole week. Another question that comes to me is;

Why do I keep putting my body through this?

There are times that I come home from a training session and I tell my wife that I a good training session and the next morning my body is all bruised up and than she asks me; “WTF are you doing to yourself?” Nobody told me about this part, because I think like I stated before; everybody handles this part differently. The sore joints, the muscle aches, that back ache you are not able to shake - than comes the tiger balsams, massages, infra red saunas, more massages and so on and so on….

The answer to my question is…

I don’t have one answer, but I do have several answers and I believe that I will have more along the way as my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu journey continues. What are my current answers you ask? Well…

• I am fan of martial arts to begin with. But, more specifically I am fan of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

• I like it, no really.. I like it a lot. The thing I most like about it is that you NEVER stop learning and BJJ itself keeps evolving

• I want to get better at it and I still have that eagerness in me to learn.

• I can not wait for the next training session it is that addictive

• I get smashed during sparring a lot (hence the body aches), but I do NOT get Discouraged. I get frustrated but not discouraged.

As I stated, I do have several answers and these are all reasons why I keep going back.

My Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu journey has just begun. We just had a week off, because Sensei Jordy had to compete in a tournament in Japan. I don’t like it when I don’t train. I even feel out of shape, because I didn’t exercise as much as when I am training BJJ three times a week. OK, how crazy is that?

I will have many intense training sessions ahead of me that will eventually lead to more body aches and soreness, and I will always keep going back to class!

Oss!