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Part 11 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 10 here! 11/21 Improvements from BJJ: Interacting with non-English speakers I came to Korea in 2010. I could say “hello” and I could count to 10 in Korean. I started teaching Korean […]
Part 10 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 9 here! 10/21 Improvements from BJJ: Keeping my brain young There’s a lot of information out there about brain plasticity, or neuroplasticity. It has to do with aging and how sharp your […]
Part 9 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 8 here! 9/21 Improvements from BJJ: Permanent life change! I recognize that making this declaration that I’ll do BJJ forever may be premature, but I realized that in January, I’ll have been […]
Part 8 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 7 here! 8/21 Improvements from BJJ: Meeting amazing women! “These athletes serve as role models. Women need role models. They need to see other women in leadership roles that excelled in sport. […]
Part 7 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 6 here! 7/21 Improvements from BJJ: The importance of habits! Good habits are worth being fanatical about. —John Irving I mentioned my evil inner voice, Sally. What Sally and BJJ have taught […]
Part 6 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 5 here! 6/21 Improvements from BJJ: Creative outlet! Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers […]
Part 5 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 4 here! 5/21 Improvements from BJJ: Healthy Lifestyle “He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.” Arabian Proverb My life for several years involved eating things that […]
Part 4 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 3 here! 4/21 Improvements from BJJ: New Social Circle Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. —Joseph Brodsky Before I started BJJ, I had a negative view […]
Part 3 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. You can read my Part 1 here! 3/21 Improvements from BJJ: Easier Movement To me, if life boils down to one thing, it’s movement. To live is to keep moving. —Jerry Seinfeld Before Jiu Jitsu, […]
Part 2 of 21 improvements BJJ has had on my life. This was inspired by Tangled Triangle: 21 Days of Improvement. 2/21 Improvements from BJJ: Faster Reflexes Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex. —Norman Vincent Peale Before I started jiu jitsu, I […]
