Eddie! Question for you / Older guys doing 10th P JJ

Eddie - Rob here. It was really great to see you guest teach at 10th Planet Van Nuys this past Monday Aug 15th. It was my first time seeing you in person and really was blown away. Two questions for you. 1.) What kind of advice can you give your older students (I’m 40) who are fairly new to JJ training? 2.) In your opinion what kind of goals are realistic for an older practitioner of 10th Planet JJ who wants to develop some game and not necessarily concede that the best days physically were behind me? Thanks man!!

Rob, I'm right there with you man. I'm 32 turning 33 in a few months. My official 10P training started June of 2011 when the 10P Miami Hotbox formed so I'm just a few months into training myself. Here's our 1st class

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Just make sure to train smart. Warm up WELL before you stretch. Eat clean. Sleep 5-8 hours a day regularly. And if/when you get even the smallest injury, don't neglect it. Recovery times increase proportionately with age. Oh yeah, and tap early, tap often. You could be the "later age" inspirational story of the guy who started jitz at the age of 40 and gets his black belt at 50. You could be the George Foreman/Randy Couture story of 10th Planet and succeed regardless of your age. Oh yeah and most of all.....ENJOY THE JOURNEY.

my instructor started at 40, got his black belt and had a decent MMA career. you can do anything you want.

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Originally Posted by Justin W.

my instructor started at 40, got his black belt and had a decent MMA career. you can do anything you want.

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Wow, that's awesome! who is your instructor?

I'm 48 next month and feel like I'm just getting started

I'm in my mid 40's and started in my 40s

I'm 24 or something like that maybe i'm 20 though i've just been going by what my mother says. could be a bad idea. i feel like im 38 and a half sometimes. im not an athlete but im a great eater of suppers and dinners. have you ever thought about what turkey taste like on a non holiday. it is wonderful. you don't have to save that greatness for your algebra exam. it can be expressed right here at home anytime. thanks guys you do a lot of work and i appreciate it.

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Originally Posted by Don Blankenship

I'm 24 or something like that maybe i'm 20 though i've just been going by what my mother says. could be a bad idea. i feel like im 38 and a half sometimes. im not an athlete but im a great eater of suppers and dinners. have you ever thought about what turkey taste like on a non holiday. it is wonderful. you don't have to save that greatness for your algebra exam. it can be expressed right here at home anytime. thanks guys you do a lot of work and i appreciate it.

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If it weren't for Don's wisdom, I might have lost my sanity today. :’(

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Originally Posted by Don Blankenship

I'm 24 or something like that maybe i'm 20 though i've just been going by what my mother says. could be a bad idea. i feel like im 38 and a half sometimes. im not an athlete but im a great eater of suppers and dinners. have you ever thought about what turkey taste like on a non holiday. it is wonderful. you don't have to save that greatness for your algebra exam. it can be expressed right here at home anytime. thanks guys you do a lot of work and i appreciate it.

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So what you're saying is...I.....must....kill....John....Lennon.

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