One Blue Belt’s Perspective, Three Years Later

The good, the bad, and the ugly on (almost) one year at blue belt and three years since I took my first jiu-jitsu class and signed up for a soul-crushing, body-breaking sport that would change my life.

Today is my “re-birthday,” or “gi-birthday (?),” marking three years since I walked into the basement of Broadway Jiu-Jitsu, stepped on the mat, and never looked back. In the last three years, jiu-jitsu has become a part…