I Started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) at 46 year old - And It Changed More Than My Fitness
Today marks 1 full year since I’ve been doing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I joined because I’d put my Son into it back when he was 9 years old. I never did martial arts as a kid, I was the ball & stick kid. To one honest, I still am. I still wear Jordans because of it! But now, at the ripe old age of 47 I sit here at 6am, preparing for a 7am “jits” class, as they call it, writing about my experiences. Jiu Jitsu is hard. The learning curve… steep. Being a man and starting at the essentially...