Jiu-Jitsu taught me to view the world with a realist’s eye; in Jiu-Jitsu, you can’t fake it.
Jiu-Jitsu is one of the most authentic experiences I’ve ever witnessed in my life. For example, there are many martial arts where the instructor acts more like an actor than anything else, and you never really know how skilled that person is. In Jiu-Jitsu, that doesn’t happen. At some point, we will shake hands and roll, and very quickly, we can see who is who. I don’t mean that you have to be crazy tough, but what I mean is, if you don’t know Jiu-Jitsu and you’re just pretending to know by demonstrating moves, we can easily identify this when we roll.
And in life, how many times do we meet people who pretend they know a lot? Unfortunately, there’s no way to ‘roll,’ but after Jiu-Jitsu, I’ve become a much more skeptical person because I always wonder, if this were Jiu-Jitsu, would this guy be as good as he claims?
Anyway, maybe I’m going off the deep end here, hehe, but these are just my thoughts for the day, and I truly believe in this: You can’t fake in Jiu-Jitsu. The truth appears very quickly.
Last week at UNLV I was asked why I’m a Christian and if I believe the Bible by a guy wearing a pentagram shirt thinking it would show people Satan. The video has gone viral and now at least 10 million people have seen it and heard the gospel because of it. Hopefully the interaction helped him too, but I know for sure it has helped others.
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” Genesis 50:20
Happy Easter!
You gotta have a personal code of ethics that you won’t break or bend for no one. No matter how funny people start acting, no matter how goofy the world gets, stick to your code