Patrick Morton

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07 Oct 00:03

Have you reached a point in your Jiu Jitsu journey where you have a game/system when you are rolling? What factors contributed to developing it? Has it remained the same or has it changed as your experience has changed? 

Show up to work and the results will follow. Thank you sir!

Failure is an awesome teacher and really inevitable. Thanks for the perspective!

Awesome perspective. Thanks Professor! 

06 Oct 10:52

Jiu Jitsu has really strengthened my ability to accept people for who they are and what they bring or do not bring. Far too often I’ve found myself setting unrealistic expectations of people. Jiu Jitsu has really highlighted that everyone and their journeys are different. 

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04 Oct 17:19

What is your strategy on how you set goal post for tracking progress/improvements? For higher belts, has this process continued to evolve or has it remained the same? Is there anyone who just approaches each drill, each training an each roll as they occur and just live with the results vs looking for progress? 

Jesse made me think today about if thinking about progress and working towards it actually hinders our ability to maximize the moment?

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04 Oct 17:15

For me it is not. I actually feel the inverse meaning that if we are cool/friendly I expect that we can roll harder and hold each other to higher standard. We will never compromise safety but we should push each to the limits. I feel this is somewhat more of a challenge with people I dont really know.

Honestly I never panic because we have great training partners. I know I’m never in any real danger. I’m really just a tap away from resetting. The calmer I remain, the easier it is to process what I should be doing to improve my position. Panic and over-reaction will only hinder my ability to put myself in a better position. Panic is counter-productive to the mission whether in Jiu Jitsu or life in general.

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18 Sep 09:16

What’s the number one intangible skillset to have when training Jiu Jitsu?

For me resilience stands out. There are days/weeks when I feel progress is not visible or noticeable but training must continue. I feel that I have to be resilient regardless of doing things incorrectly, getting smashed, not seeing visible results, etc.

The real progress starts with consistently showing up.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this!

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I would pick arm bars…. I would become unstoppable at defending against them from every position and certainly would be unstoppable at applying them.