Life Lessons from JiuJitsu for Business

Is there a sport that is especially beneficial to entrepreneurs? Of course, I believe BJJ (Brazilian jiujitsu) is the best solution. I could be a little biased because I've been doing combat sports for years, but I'm not. Why? So, let's go exploring.

Learn from Failure and Success

Don't worry, my friend. This is not at all a bad point. In reality, failure in life is necessary. The same can be said about business and BJJ. Furthermore, both BJJ and entrepreneurship are lifetime careers (becoming a black belt takes years), so there are numerous possibilities for both success and failure.

Failures bring about learning. We learn how to be resilient, and with resilience, we can learn how to be successful. Furthermore, it prepares us for the reality of life: it is uncommon to have everything all, all the time. Furthermore, learning from failure helps us to identify our flaws... and improve on them.

Failure — and learning to cope with it — is the only way to achieve black belt divinity in BJJ. You don't jiujitsu by yourself; you always have an opponent or a teammate with you. You practise, then you roll (sparring). You will sometimes lose, sometimes triumph, and occasionally you will want to learn from strategic errors! Consider this: you always get your opponent off guard and get a submission. Is it conceivable that this scenario will no longer be a learning experience? Consider allowing your opponent to pass through to try their submit. Ah! You may now study and put your skills to the test in a new, more difficult environment.

That information or style of thinking can be used to your professional life.

Working Memory and a Chess Game

BJJ is said to be similar to playing chess with your body. I agree, and the parallels between chess and BJJ will provide you with critical abilities for success.

Every move, like every piece, has a function.

Success requires both strategy and the ability to overcome unexpected challenges. BJJ can help you build problem-solving abilities that will transfer to your entrepreneur side of the brain.

You have a brief moment to pause and contemplate. It is not like other high-speed sports (though there is a time for it as well) when judgments must be taken millisecond by millisecond. If you find yourself stopped, ask yourself, "What movements do I know that could get me out of here?"

Sun Tsu's book The Art of War has long been regarded as the business bible. Of course, tactically.

While I believe that book learning is vital, if not essential, for any type of learning and application... Working memory might be better.

In short, Brazilian Jiujitsu may provide the same "material," but it does so better. You could even get some abs along the way!

BJJ focuses on the ability to take an opponent to the ground, dominate them, achieve a dominating position, and employ a variety of techniques to drive them into submission via joint locks or chokeholds.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was established in about 1920 by the Gracie brothers in Brazil, after Carlos was taught traditional Kodokan judo by a travelling Japanese judoka named Maeda. Later, they created their own self-defense technique known as Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Through inventions, practices, and adaptation, BJJ ultimately evolved to be its own defined combat sport, and it became a crucial martial art for modern MMA.

BJJ is based on the idea that a smaller, weaker individual may effectively defend himself/herself against a bigger, stronger, heavier opponent by employing leverage and weight distribution, getting the fight to the ground, and defeating them using a variety of grips and submissions. BJJ training may be utilised for both sport grappling and self-defense. Sparring, often known as "rolling" in the BJJ world, and live drilling play an important part in training and the practitioner's growth. BJJ may also be utilised to promote physical health, character development, and as a way of life.

Are you ready to give it a go and apply its learnings to your career?