How to Win when you Lose

When you step onto the competition mat, there is always going to be a winner and loser. The winner will get their hand raised and the loser will walk off the mat with nothing..... The winner can train the hardest, is the smartest, and the strongest. The loser can't train hard enough, isn't as smart, and isn't as strong....

Not necessarily! Most of the time you can Win after you Lose.... If you only allow yourself to define winning by the seconds it takes for your hand to be raised then you will have a hard time winning from a loss. Think about it like this: A winner is only a winner for that split second the hand is raised and a loser is only a loser during that split second. Therefore it's important how you define winning. If you define winning as getting your hand raised, losing can become a very frustrating thing.  However, if you define winning as getting better and finding a way to beat what you can't beat today.... You can't lose.

If winning or losing a match is the end result of your training then you will always define yourself according to what you Did.... If winning or losing a match is part of your training then you will always define yourself according to what you are doing....

Steps on Winning after you Lose

- Thank your supporters, coaches, & fans
- Think back and Review the match in your head
- Acknowledge the things you did well & find where you got beat
- Review the match from video
- Again, Acknowledge the thing you did well & find where you got beat
- Implement drills and corrections into your training

Eliot Kelly 

El Dorado Hills JiuJitsu

"You can Always Find a way to Win!"

Rickson Gracie Article Translated: Part 2-D

Article Translation:
400 Undefeated Fights! Special Interview (Part 2) Legendary Martial Artist Rickson Gracie

- This may be a difficult question, but if you were to explain "Jiu-Jitsu" in a few words what would it be?

Rickson: If I were to explain Jiu-Jitsu, I would have to say Jiu-Jitsu is a simple method of understanding yourself, basically it's the art of becoming a person that doesn't lose.

I guarantee that the people I teach Jiu-Jitsu to can become invincible. I promise that they will become individuals that absolutely will not lose. You have my word, 100 Percent.

However, that doesn't necessarily mean you will be able to beat the person in front of you. That's a different story. However, if you know you can't lose, the only other option is to draw or win.

Try imagining that you are going into a fight that you know you won't lose.

- That's a pretty good situation (smile).

Rickson: Right? For example, a situation where some bad guy attacks you. Someone 15 years younger than you and 80 pounds heavier is coming at you with the intention of hurting you.

You hold that person there for an hour and eventually the cops show up, arrest the person and you escaped a near death experience. Things went well. This would be the same as a substantial victory, and at the very least you would have saved your life.

If the terms were more evenly matched you probably would have won. If you were around the same age, similar physique, and other things were the same then there's no doubt you would have thrashed that person for trying to attack you.

Coming Next: (part 2-e)
"Surviving" rather than "Winning" is what's important

Article Source:
http://diamond.jp/articles/-/9562?page=4

Translation by:
Eliot Kelly

Eliot Kelly

El Dorado Hills BJJ
"Learn, Share, Train, Adapt"