I guess this specific blog topic is to my personal students and people who work with me consistently in the States and overseas...
Lots of my people continue to keep diving into class including kids, parents, teens, adults, women, families and everyone who sacrifices to get you or loved one better at this crazy sport and martial art, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Everyone must have some 'competitive drive' in them to even get through one class of BJJ. It doesn't matter is someone is there like Larissa, learning to defend herself because she visits foreign countries to preach the gospel, a kid like Jackson C who struggles on the mats but shines at competition, a teen like Tristen who makes gold look easy every time or an outstanding blue belt like Jay who only comes 2x per week but his consistency keeps his growth up above the rest. Whatever your reason for training or your rank...Keep pushing! KEEP THE DRIVE!
I want to say how proud I am of my guys and gals who are a part of Team Trinity in the States and Sweden. We have made a serious statement here in Texas as a powerhouse competition team. In 2 years of having my own doors open we have placed as a team at events such as NAGA, Grapplers Quest and Fight to Win. Most importantly, I have grown the school to over 100 students now and a new wave of students are coming in to learn BJJ. As Saulo said,"Every time someone straps on a whitebelt our mission starts all over again."
The biggest thing is word of mouth for us. Trinity is a great environment for kids, teens, adults and all walks of life so everyone loves to come train.Now, even though I know people love to come train...things can be hard with scheduling, family, injuries, transportation, energy, finances and whatever else gets in the way with life. But I want to say I am so proud of everyone's dedication! Parents sacrificing so their kids can roll, adults carving out time to train, students juggling school and jitsu and most of all the competitors who give it their all with Team Trinity on your back at competition.
A new day is upon Team Trinity. We are beginning to hit IBJJF tournaments, MMA fighters are on the rise and new ranks are coming up on the mat. Everything is moving beautifully and in the right direction. As many of you know we are going to be expanding soon as well. I encourage everyone to continue to have balance and train consistently and continue your journey in the martial arts. I also encourage the competitors to take a step up mentally, physically and to higher level competition. Competing in small to medium tournaments is good for your experience but those that want to win major titles and take themselves as far as they can in this sport I recommend stepping up the higher competitions. To the casual training people who aren't in the competitive scene...always trust your Coach. If I say you will do well... you will. I don't feed my people to the wolves just to have more people at a tournament or fight and my school competition record proves that. I encourage all of my BJJ practitioners to test themselves at every rank and for those training for MMA to step into the cage if they want to and I say you are ready.
If I were to give advice and encouragement to every category I would say this...
Kids- keep training and stay disciplined, do what I teach, train, fight, win!
Adult whitebelts- keep driving and doing what I teach to get yourself closer to blue. Attack blues! Start testing the waters for your novice competitions. the longer you wait the higher brackets you get put in.
blue belts- consistency is key gentlemen. keep pressing in and have faith in your jiu jitsu at your level, purple is just around the corner for those who do this
muay thai- start sparring more if you don't already. use our foundation combos in sparring to get to the next level of thaiboxing. Head movement!!
MMA- wear your gloves at nogi times, roll with punches with those that want to. Spar more and train as often as you can striking, wrestling, sambo, bjj.
Swedish crew- stay training consistently, keep in contact with me as often as possible, compete as often as you can.
Again, thanks for your dedication and being a part of Team Trinity! God Bless
"Iron sharpens iron" The Bible:)
