The other day I was drilling a hole in one of our walls so that we could hang a framed picture of Helio Gracie. Some of our walls are sheet rock and it doesn't take much to drill a hole in the wall to hang pictures, but the other walls of our dojo are concrete and it takes a little more power to drill any holes in them. We quickly realized that we would have to get a proper drill bit in order to drill into the wall. We made the drive down to Home Depot, picked up the needed drill bit and a few heavy duty screws just in case. When we got back we were still having trouble and we realized that the standard drill we were using wasn't going to work. We would have to use a roto hammer drill with the proper drill bit. So we got in our truck again and found ourselves in the back of a workshop looking for the right tools to make everything work just right. With the right tools we had no problem getting the holes drilled and are screws installed for Grand Master Helio Gracie to look over each and every one of our training sessions.
It's only fitting for me to realize that having the right tools are essential when building, creating, or fixing while trying to hang a picture of Master Helio Gracie. Master Helio must have been brilliant at knowing it took the right tool or right technique to conquer an opponent. His adaptation of the traditional Jiu Jitsu so that a smaller weaker person could use them against a bigger stronger person expresses the importance of technique over power and speed. Most importantly Helio must have understood the need for the application of proper technique at the exactly right time. Not only is it important to have the right tools and proper technique available, but also it's important to be able to recognize when those tools and technique should or should not be used.
If you were to walk into a Home Depot and look over all their inventory of tools, supplies, and gadgets, you would recognize that there are an overwhelming amount of things you could use to build, create, or fix. Learning Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is like building an inventory of Home Depot supplies and knowing how and when to use them. I'm very thankful for my contractor black belt friends for teaching me this lesson! Thank you!
Eliot Kelly
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