Living on the Mats - Yes, on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Mats
Your comfort zone The Growth Zone Let me start off by saying Yes, it is not the most comfortable experience in the world; however, all choices you make in life come with pros and cons, and in my case, the pros of living on the mats far outweighed the cons. I'm going to let you know, based on my experience, what I have learned so far from spending literally the whole day at the academy from Monday to Sunday. Cons Honestly, the cons are not even that bad guys, but then again I'm really flexible and open-minded so I think that has played a huge role thus far. Nevertheless, here are some of the obstacles I have come across throughout my experience: The Cold - the most satisfying activity of my day is when I take off my Gi from a hard training session and it's soaked in sweat. My second favorite activity of the day is taking a hot shower right after that. The water pressure and temperature when I arrived at the academy I'm crashing at (September 2017) were gr