#Repost @spreadmonkey with @get_repost ・・・ I earned my first stripe last week @sampsonbjjgym after beginning Jiu Jitsu earlier this year. Outside of deciding to change my life through fitness and nutrition, Jiu Jitsu has been the most challenging thing I have ever done. It's mentally and physically taxing, to the point of complete logical breakdown. I walk in to train knowing that I will certainly get beat more often than not, but, in that defeat, I will gain tremendous physical and mental growth. It has reinforced the fact that we don't just grow through victory but do so more through our defeats and challenges instead. This results in growth at a much larger scale than we can realize in that present moment. #jiujitsu #choke #darcechokeislife #sampsonjiujitsu (at Sampson Jiu Jitsu Academy)