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Yup 👍, I’m 159 years old and the struggle is real!

Congratulations on the level up!!!

2 1/2 years as a white belt. Been blue for coming up to a year. At 67, I decided to move to Europe to a country where it”s language is said to be the most difficult to learn in the world. So I have been learning and the parallels to learning BJJ are striking. You think it’s never going to happen and you suck, then one day you realize you’re speaking to locals and it’s the same on the mats. In other words im trying to be BJJ conversational. Kurwa it is hard.

Remember as you improve your training partners are also improving

I'm 50. I train BJJ and judo two days each.  BJJ is hard, but judo is even worse, but don't give up, just show up and have FUN!!

It gets easier in your mind. That's all. Once you adjust your expectations and accept your physical reality you can find joy in the sport even if you are the least able one in the room for years.

56 years old. 5 years a white belt. Can't tap anyone in the room if they are not "letting me work". It's a fascinating physical movement challenge that keeps me engaged. Rolling has become boring - I rarely do. Warmup and drilling is where the fun is. I can see improvements from when I started at 51.

We will all tap to Father Time in the end. Some just earlier than others.

Spot on video. I started Jiu Jitsu at 44 thinking I could get my Black Belt in 1 year LOL, that led to unralistic expectaations and frustrations for myself, now as a 50 year old Blue Belt those expectations have faded away and while Jiu Jitsu is harder as I get older in another way Jiu Jitsu is a lot easier, and that clarity shows up on AND OFF THE MAT as well.

47, brown belt....agree with all of this.

Excellent vid. I am older and I think of it as great exercise 3 days a week without any expectations, and I slowly got better, I tap early, I am not trying to prove anything to anybody.  Americans want everything easy; we want instant gratification and if we don't get it we move on.  I have seen so much turnover at my school it's unbelievable.  Remember it's not who best its who's left. Just have fun

When I thought I was doing well physically at about 62, a Brown belt. Conditioned with regular consistent training in class and weight lifting 2x/week, I got cancer and my Coach decided I needed to add MMA training.  Now about 2 years later, a black belt, done with cancer treatments and continue MMA. Having punches thrown at me, fighting for the takedown, trying not to be takedown.  Being pummeled with punches while trying to escape mount etc. Getting used to taking punches to the face (obviously sparring level, not full force from a male sparring partner) Oh the pain, oh the Joy!😢😅

Great vid!!

This was an Awesome message. Thank you!!!

Like being able to get up in  a Saddle and Hunt longer. Get under the truck and work on that longer. Or just being able to live life better cus I trained bjj. That’s what it works out to be for me.
Keep up the fight it’s worth it.

Spot on, those “little progressions” become massive leaps over time. I just try to focus on being just a little bit better than the last training session.

Needed to see this. I’m a 160lb, 40 y/o blue belt and need to start rolling in my weight class more to preserve my body. I’m fine to roll with the youngsters (within my weight class) but new or experienced heavier guys are not worth it because weight classes exist for a reason…it’s not that I’m not capable of beating a heavier (less experienced) guy but it’s just not worth the toll

Great video and oh so true. I started training Jiu Jitsu at 50, totally out of shape and condition, nearly 12 months to the day and carrying 2 stripes on my white belt im competing in my first competition. What happens at the competition is largly irrelevent to me, I've won already. 12 months of physical training, starting to learn a new art, gained new friends and physically looking and feeling better, thats victorious championship improvement as far as I'm concerned.

Not for me it didn't.
I started at 29 and by 34 I already started feeling it in my bones, in my joints.
I never quit on Jiu-Jitsu, my body quit on me ...no health insurance and not a lot of money.

I'm a blue belt, 46 year old woman doing Jiu-jitsu. I love Jiu-jitsu and I don't see my self quitting anytime soon. I understand stand the pressure and the "getting bet up"  most of my rounds I on the bottom and I felt like I'm not going to be good at this because I 'm older and not as sporty as others. But one day my professor was talking to me and said that he went though the same thing when he was a blue belt. He said that people think that defense is a bad thing but if you can defend your self and become unsubmittable that will help in upper belts. So I have been playing more of a defense game and im finding that if I defend and I look for submissions from the bottom and it work. It's not a bad thing.
I also remember Carlos Gracie said" there is no lossing in Jiu-jitsu you either.  win or you learn.
Maybe that would be a good conversation is playing defense a bad thing in Jiu-jitsu?🤔

It always gets easier when you get experienced (late blue, purple), and learn how to do it with less strain on your body. At least physically easier. No matter your age.

But emotionally it stays hard. Getting older is hard for everyone, and on the mat you are reminded to it a lot earlier. But it is up to you how to handle. This channel is a helpful guidance, but ultimately it is up to you to handle it, accept your new and growing limitations, and work your way around it.