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I have seen far by seeing through the lens of Jiu Jitsu. I have exchanged a great deal of physical health for these insights, and these were trades worth making. My efforts were worth the return. I have sacrificed much in the name of this craft. Not for trophies or belts or prestige. For these fall away like dust. I pursued this art so fervently because it was not actually Jiu Jitsu I pursued. It was myself. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
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. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Jiu Jitsu has shown me that we are not confined to the lot which we inherit. We are not bound to these fetters eternally. They are temporal. We can transcend them should we sincerely choose to. Sincere effort is in fact the rarest virtue among man. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
We call it training. Not because we are training for Jiu Jitsu. We are training for life. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Through Jiu Jitsu I have developed many of the most meaningful relationships in my life, and if that were the only benefit of my practice, Jiu Jitsu would still be the best endeavor I have ever undertaken. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
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. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
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. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
We must remember that science is a way of using empirical evidence to better understand our world. We are all scientists, just many of us are not very good ones. However, we are all capable of exercising our intellects in a purposeful, linear pursuit of knowledge. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
We must not learn to try harder. The key is to learn how not to try in the first place. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
I wanted to get to the most essential aspect of my being, and look around for a while. I wanted to explore what I am in my most basic self. I wanted to chip away at all of the nonsense I have acquired through my twenty-nine years on this earth. I wanted to find truth. Thoreau went to the woods. I went to the mats. Jiu Jitsu has peeled the veil of daily life, and has shown me what lies beyond the curtain. We willingly accept the chains that circumstance forces upon us, and we grow to find comfort in them. We attach various fetters of day-to-day living to our being, and we do so with a smile. We accept these constraints for they come in the way of comfort. We accept conformity for it appears the path of least resistance. We strive toward the middle, and we run from ourselves. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
We seek to understand Jiu Jitsu as a vehicle to understand ourselves. We have different explicit goals, from getting in shape, learning self-defense or competition, but tacitly we all seek mastery of ourselves. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one's own limitations. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
It is fellowship, this most fundamental need on our way toward achieving our highest expression of the human experience, which Jiu Jitsu provides. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
I've been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu all my life. Boxing, kickboxing. I'm definitely not a fighter, but I defend my honor. ~ Spencer Pratt
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Spencer Pratt
Thoreau went to the woods. I went to the mats. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
In Jiu Jitsu an inch is a mile, and a second is an eternity. Use each wisely. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
All of Jiu Jitsu is finding a way to get your partner to willingly go where you want him to go in the first place. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Jiu Jitsu is meant to serve us, not the other way around. It is meant to make you more of whatever it is you already are. It is meant to separate the wheat from the chaff. It is meant to bring to conscious attention all that once went unseen. It is meant to make you more loving. It is meant to make you more wise, but less certain. It is meant to make us humble, yet supremely confident. It is meant to remind us of our frailty while simultaneously making us feel invincible. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu. ~ Gerald Stanley Lee
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Gerald Stanley Lee
We can either approach Jiu Jitsu through the lens of the "real world" or we can approach the real world through the lens of Jiu Jitsu. I have found the latter to be far more rewarding. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
For me, I learnt from jiu-jitsu and martial arts to be humble and to go forward in life in a positive way. ~ Ricardo Liborio
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Ricardo Liborio
I believe we must pursue mastery for who we become along the way in its achievement. When we progress in Jiu Jitsu, that newfound experience and wisdom transcends into all areas of our lives. We use Jiu Jitsu as the vehicle for growth, but that growth radiates over all of human activity. Someone who devotes time and energy in learning this skill is learning far more than how to subdue an opponent. The student learns persistence, perseverance, pattern recognition, problem solving, and most importantly, learning how to learn. In the arena of life, these virtues are far more valuable than any guard pass. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Jiu Jitsu removes the societal walls that we have been forced to unknowingly hold up with our adopted beliefs. It removes the limits of common thought, and allows for expression of our highest ideals. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
People that don't know and hear about it, they start to think that all the people that do jiu-jitsu smokes pot, is a drug addict. Here I am fighting for something good, and the guy is fighting for something bad, in my point of view. I can't agree with that, what he represents. Nothing to do with his jiu-jitsu, his school. If you want to do something like that, do it in private. Keep it to yourself. ~ Royce Gracie
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Royce Gracie
To base your self worth relative to others is to play a losing game. If you are at the bottom, you will be filled with self-loathing. If you are at the top, you will be filled with self-aggrandizement and ego. This will most certainly be one of your greatest obstacles to achieving whatever degree of mastery you are capable. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
The medal from an old grappling tournament will not serve me today, but the courage I developed in its acquisition will. By investing in yourself, by using all endeavors as a vehicle to shape who we are, we exist in the present moment with a lifetime of growth behind us. I have loved many vehicles throughout the years, Jiu Jitsu more than any other, but the vehicle has, and always will, be a distant second to the driver. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
The big, strong, tough guy goes to class, and he keeps getting tapped by the skinny, technical guy. It begins to change him. It makes him humble. That's what Jiu Jitsu does to you. It makes you humble. ~ Relson Gracie
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Relson Gracie
Today's world is flooded with participation trophies. In an attempt to promote equality we have robbed our youth of the most growth-inducing aspect of competition, failing. If you want to be resurrected, you have to first be crucified. Everybody wants to be reborn, but no one is willing to die. Losing, in the context of whatever arena it may be, is a microcosmic death. When we learn from our failures and grow because of them, we are reborn. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
The highest aim was never to master Jiu Jitsu; it was to master myself. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
I will continue dedicating myself to MMA in 2015, but fighting in the ADCC interests me, yes.. The Jiu-Jitsu Worlds does not interest me, I see fighters with a different goal from mine. They want to hold your sleeve, grab you and wait for time to pass. They just want to stall the game. I do not see this as a real fight, I see only as a strategy to win. For me, Jiu-Jitsu is much more than that. ~ Kron Gracie
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Kron Gracie
Jiu Jitsu gives each of us something that no other sport can. We have the opportunity to become truly great regardless of what circumstance fate has handed us. We have complete freedom and responsibility to achieve whatever level of mastery we wish. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Jiu Jitsu is the vehicle. Not the road. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
To achieve anything we must grind, but to enjoy anything we must flow. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
I believe the real reason we pursue anything in life is not for the thing itself, but for who we become on the way to its accomplishment. We strive to accomplish things in the attempt to mold ourselves. The greatest benefits Jiu Jitsu will have in your life will have nothing to do with Jiu Jitsu. It is this simple understanding that allows me to persist in my study. Even on the rare days when I may not have a burning desire to practice Jiu Jitsu, I am reminded that my practicing Jiu Jitsu is more accurately my practicing to become a better human being. The lessons I learn on the mat will serve me in every area of life
personal development, relationships, business, and the like. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Consistently failing is nothing more than an indication that you are progressing. The more we fail the farther we will see. Failure is not an option; it is the only option. A master is a master because he has had the courage to fail and the wisdom to learn from it. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
I believe that which you study is only matched in importance by the sincerity with which you approach it. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
The infinitude of Jiu Jitsu allows for the infinitude of the types of practitioners. There exists a game for each and every one of us which is specifically possible within the confines of our particular skill set. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Plateaus are a manifestation of the law of diminishing returns, and when we reach one it simply means that it is time to adjust our methods. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Many of us begin this art with little to no understanding of what we are getting ourselves into. Then, maybe a year or a black belt later, we realize this odyssey we have embarked upon and rest happily in knowing we have chosen a noble struggle.

I think we owe most of our successes to our initial ignorance. When we begin, we cannot see the obstacles ahead, and so we march on optimistically. In hindsight, when we look back and connect the dots, we see just how green we were at the start, and it was only our ignorance that upheld us from the crushing despair of the task at hand. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
After jiu-jitsu, you will appreciate how well the body works without our even realizing or recognizing it. You will, however, have some insight into its extraordinariness when you have trouble wiping your bum because it hurts to straighten your arm. I guarantee at that point and time you will really appreciate what your body can do. ~ Mark Johnson
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Mark Johnson
I am fortunate to be content with having very little, and so I never wanted the new car, fancy clothes, the big TV and the video games. All I ever wanted to do was read, walk through the woods and do Jiu Jitsu. When this is the foundation upon which your life is built, you need very little in the way of material security. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
I had no desire of being professionally successful. No desire for material wealth. All I wanted out of life was Jiu Jitsu. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
My growth as a human being has been directly proportional to my growth as a marital artist. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
After I received my blue belt, I soon recognized that the belts were simply an external representation of an inner experience, and that they mattered little compared to the person I was becoming. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Devoting yourself to a particular art is invaluable. The art becomes our vehicle with which we drive down the road of life. We use this vehicle to learn about ourselves and this place, to conquer fears, to become more of what we already are. In my own life, I have found most valuable the transferable skills of learning from jiu jitsu to all other facets of day to day study. In devoting myself with such commitment to this art, in undertaking the task of understanding jiu jitsu to whatever degree by circumstance allows, I have unknowingly learned how to learn. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
This is a trust that you just cannot find in modern society for there are no conditions to forge it. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
I use my understanding of jiu jitsu as a road map to learn other activities. I look for the similarities between the two, and use jiu jitsu as an allegory for whatever my new practice may be. I truly believe once you have learned one thing, you have learned all things because you have learned how to learn. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
I wasn't a good student, and even now I never say that I am better than anybody, but I know I love Jiu Jitsu more than anybody. I love the energy and that it gets deeper the more you study. ~ Marcelo Garcia
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Marcelo Garcia
The time we spend talking about Jiu Jitsu is time not spent practicing Jiu Jitsu. This is a necessary aspect of study, but it is one we mustn't lose ourselves in; we learn best by doing. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
We have an obligation to ourselves to foster the environment that allows for our self-actualization. Rather than my gifts serving me, I must serve them. I want to be a steward of the best aspects of my character and assist them in their fulfillment through proper discipline and habits. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Jiu Jitsu opened up doors in my mind that public education had bolted shut. In hindsight, I see just how superficial my thoughts had been prior to this art. It is no coincidence that my efforts in reading and writing have run parallel with this craft. I began training Jiu Jitsu at twenty-two, and at the time of this writing I am about to turn thirty. I have learned more in the past eight years than the previous twenty-two, and have no doubts that Jiu Jitsu opened up my mind in a way traditional organized education never could. Jiu Jitsu gave me a life when I didn't know how to live. It is the best thing I have ever done, and is the foundation upon which all I will do. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
Relativity is a beautiful, irrifutable truth. We must acknowledge that wearing a black belt in jiu jitsu does not make you a black belt in life. In the home, there are black belts who are white belt fathers, and there are white belts who are black belt fathers. This holds true for all areas of life. A black belt does not mean you are successful in life. It does mean that you have mastered this art to an enormous degree, and that the skills you have acquired can be transmuted to a plethora of other activities. It does not mean, however, that you have done this. ~ Chris Matakas
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Chris Matakas
I do trust you though. I think if someone tried to take me, you'd at least fight them for me a little…" I watched his face for a moment before narrowing my eyes. "Wouldn't you?"

That had his other eye popping open, his cheeks still slightly pink, but everything else about him completely alert. "You know I would."

Why that pleased me so much, I wasn't going to overanalyze.

"If someone tried to take you, I know aikido, some jiu-jitsu, and kickboxing," I offered him up. "But my dentist says I have really strong teeth, so I'd be better off trying to bite someone's finger or ear off instead."

Aaron's eyebrows climbed up his forehead almost comically. "Like a little Chihuahua," he suggested, the spoon going into his mouth with a sly grin.

I winked at him, immediately regretting it. I didn't want it to come across like I was flirting. "I was thinking more of a piranha. I've only had one filling in my entire life," I told him, wishing each word coming out of my mouth wasn't coming out of it.

If he thought I was being awkward or a flirt, he didn't make it known. "Or a raptor."

"A lion."

"A tiger."

"Did you know a jaguar has twice the strength in its bite than a tiger does?"

Aaron frowned as he took another bite of his oatmeal. "No shit?"

"No. Two thousand pounds per square inch. They're the only big cat that kills their prey by biting its head, through bone and ever ~ Mariana Zapata
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu quotes by Mariana Zapata
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