First stripe on white belt, chuffed!

Well about 6/7 months ago I was trying to convince myself to try my first BJJ class and overcome the 'first class anxieties'. A week ago today I received my first stripe on my white belt!

I've not exactly been mega consistent with training due to work but I do go most weeks and have been training gi and no-gi. I'm loving it and it's really helping with day-to-day confidence and beating my anxiety, it's great. So last Friday's class was a 2hr workshop with the instructor and an end-of-year promotion. I wanted to go along for the workshop as I knew I wouldn't be getting any sort of promotion but then when we all lined up at the end of class and the instructor called my name I was so chuffed!

I really don't feel like I've progressed much but then when I think back to my first class I know that I would completely school my old self. It's just hard when every one else improves at the same, or faster, rates and you don't feel like you are getting anywhere.

Anyway I just thought that I'd post this up and hopefully if there is anyone else out there with the first class nerves, they read this and see that it is possible to get your backside into class and make some sort of progress.

Do it, you won't regret it. BJJ is fantastic.

 

Congrats man!

 

Thanks man. I know it's early days but it's a milestone for me and one that I wasn't sure I'd make.

 

Great to hear! It's a great feeling. It's good to know you're on the right track.

 

Congratulations! Keep on keeping. It gets better.

 

Don't diminish it man, you earned it every time you went to class. Any other art that would be a whole belt. It's what it means to you that makes it special.

Big congratulations, I'm very impressed that you've really made improvements in your bjj, but far more impressed with your improvements in social anxiety

 

Well done!

 

Thanks man. It is hard and I question every class before I go but momentum and inertia are in play and it's always worthwhile pushing through it. It's amazing what a difference going to these classes is having in my day-to-day life.

 

“It’s very very rare that someone becomes more unhappy by the study of brazilian jiu jitsu."
John Danaher

 

Well done! Sounds like a great thing to achieve. First step along the road and all that!

 

John seems to speak a lot of sense!

 

Well done Steve! Great progress

 

Good work!

 

Thanks!

 

good work, keep going.

 

Good work, bud! On your way to your blue. Enjoy the ride!

 

Haha! Yep I mean't it as in I'm really happy about it.