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Jiu-Jitsu is Therapy
“How did I have a stroke? I am in the best shape of my life! I don’t smoke, do drugs, drink excessively, eat like crap... so how in the world did I end up sitting in a hospital bed hearing a doctor tell me I’m being admitted due to evidence of stroke?”
“I think it can best explained… at my age to learn a new skill is deeply satisfying. To recreate that feeling of being the lowest person on the Totem pole in a kitchen back when I was 17—knowing nothing in a very hard world. The incremental tiny satisfactions of being a little less awful at something everyday. It’s like that with Jiu-jitsu for me.
