One Purple Belt’s Perspective, Five Years Later

My annual jiu-jitsu anniversary post about what I’ve learned and lost in another year of physical, emotional, and spiritual commitment to a very strange sport.

Before I start this year’s edition of the post, I should note that I struggled with the title. While I am now a purple belt (to my own disbelief) and usually title these posts by convention of “One [Color of Belt] Belt’s perspective…” I was tempted to title this one as “One White Belt’s Perspective, Five Years Later.”