I had been telling myself for a while now that I needed a hobby but kept making excuses. Finally toward end of January though, I got the kick I needed to do something about it and decided to take up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu again. I really enjoyed it when I was training under Kris Kim at the Herndon LA Boxing, but a bum knee followed by life getting in the way (i.e. getting married and moving to Alaska) caused me to give it up after only a few months. During that time though, I was introduced to Kris's coach, Tony Passos. I remembered he was in Sterling so I looked him up. Turned out his school was only 10 minutes away. I had no excuses. I tried out a class, loved it, and now I'm a member.
I had a lot of concerns about committing myself to the sport initially. First of all, there aren't too many who do this sport, much less women over 30. The sport is hard on your body. Not only do I walk away with scrapes and bruises that make me look like a domestic violence case, but it's just high impact over all. The work out is great though, and I suspect I'll be able to better maintain my ideal weight while doing this. My strength and endurance should improve too, which I hope will help with hiking. Injury is always a concern in martial arts, but seems most of the students here have good control and use technique instead of muscling a submit out of me. So, so far so good.
I don't have any grandiose goals here for training. I just want to have some fun and fill some void that I've felt for a while now. Tony is a great instructor, classes are fun (despite it being hard), and all of the students are friendly and helpful. Not much more to ask for here. Perhaps in time I will be concerned about belt advancement or even consider competing (mmm... or not). For now though, it's great to have something to be passionate about again.
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