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A shoulder dislocation, and shoulder surgery, immediately preceding the pandemic, plus the pandemic itself, took BJJ away from me and I am miserable without it.

by borski 5y ago

A shoulder dislocation, and shoulder surgery, immediately preceding the pandemic, plus the pandemic itself, took BJJ away from me and I am miserable without it. I miss rolling. I miss the art. I miss getting destroyed by upper belts who could seemingly read my mind, and yet were doing everything I could, just way better. I can’t wait to get back. I still suck at inversions though

bitexploder 5y ago
I feel you. I’ve only been back on the mats for a few months. Don’t discount drilling and instructionals. I felt really sorry for myself for a while and then just started hitting instructional with all my learning skills and creating drills for myself, doing other drills I found. After being back on the mats, it took a couple months, but all that work really paid off. It was like I was a different player of the game once my cardio got where it needed to be and I refined the smaller details of what I had been working on over the pandemic. But man was it hard, working that way for 6+ months with no clear indication of when there would be Jiu Jitsu again. I am 41… I only invert for very specific guard retention scenarios. I don’t think you have to ever be particularly good with inverting to play a full game that is your own :)
- borski 5y ago
  Yeah, tbh, the lack of anything was mostly depression through the pandemic, largely because I’m also an extrovert. Shit was hard. I’m doing PT right now and then planning a return. And yeah, the inversion thing was mostly a joke :) I prefer seeing things right-side up :)
SamBam 5y ago
I understand where you're coming from, having experienced nearly the exact same thing until returning about six weeks ago. I will warn you, though: BJJ may not be a cure for the depression you may or may not be in right now. I realized I was putting BJJ up on a pedestal during the depression, thinking "If only I could do that again, things would be looking much brighter." It turns out returning was great, and I love being back, but it in and of itself is not life therapy.
- borski 5y ago
  Yeah, that much I figured out - people are my solution to the depression. Seeing people regularly is what helps keep me happy; not even necessarily friends, though that helps significantly, but spontaneous interactions - the coffee shop, the grocery store, etc. People are the most interesting things in the word.

by borski 5y ago

bitexploder 5y ago

I feel you. I’ve only been back on the mats for a few months. Don’t discount drilling and instructionals. I felt really sorry for myself for a while and then just started hitting instructional with all my learning skills and creating drills for myself, doing other drills I found. After being back on the mats, it took a couple months, but all that work really paid off. It was like I was a different player of the game once my cardio got where it needed to be and I refined the smaller details of what I had been working on over the pandemic. But man was it hard, working that way for 6+ months with no clear indication of when there would be Jiu Jitsu again. I am 41… I only invert for very specific guard retention scenarios. I don’t think you have to ever be particularly good with inverting to play a full game that is your own :)

borski 5y ago
Yeah, tbh, the lack of anything was mostly depression through the pandemic, largely because I’m also an extrovert. Shit was hard. I’m doing PT right now and then planning a return. And yeah, the inversion thing was mostly a joke :) I prefer seeing things right-side up :)

SamBam 5y ago

I understand where you're coming from, having experienced nearly the exact same thing until returning about six weeks ago. I will warn you, though: BJJ may not be a cure for the depression you may or may not be in right now. I realized I was putting BJJ up on a pedestal during the depression, thinking "If only I could do that again, things would be looking much brighter." It turns out returning was great, and I love being back, but it in and of itself is not life therapy.

borski 5y ago
Yeah, that much I figured out - people are my solution to the depression. Seeing people regularly is what helps keep me happy; not even necessarily friends, though that helps significantly, but spontaneous interactions - the coffee shop, the grocery store, etc. People are the most interesting things in the word.