How to Redefine Winning in Jiu-Jitsu

If you train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for any length of time, you’ll quickly realise something uncomfortable but essential: you’ll lose far more rounds than you’ll ever win. Far be it from me to be pessimistic, but I am realistic, and that’s the reality of the sport we play. It is a sport of continuous struggle.

So the question becomes, how does one keep showing up, stay motivated, and find meaning when “winning” by submissions isn’t happening very often?

The answer is to reframe what success means.