How to convince the jiu jitsu doubters??

[Matt "Gumby" Glach]

Ok, so I know the initial reaction to this thread is gonna be something like "who cares what other people think, we know jiu jitsu is awesome!", but I'd still like to know some arguments you guys have used that work...

No matter how I present jiu jitsu to certain people in my life (my family, mother in particular, past gfs, etc) they reject it outright without listening to anything I say. I try to explain how passionate I am about 10th planet and jiu jitsu in general and all i get are responses like "you wont be so passionate once you get hurt!" or "why can't you be this passionate about something worth while?!" Now I don't consider myself a momma's boy or anything, but it pisses me off that my family just can't understand why I love it, and they're constantly discouraging my grappling. Of course no matter how they feel I'm going to continue training, but it would be really nice to somehow get through to them.

So any suggestions or first hand experience with convincing someone that jiu jitsu is the most amazing sport in the world? Thanks guys!

[WilliamGunter]

nod and move on, i know it's hard when you love the sport so much, i feel like an inuit sometimes when i think of the words to describe jiu jitsu and the feeling it gives, as if it were snow or something. lol but seriously, they prob. won't get it. it's rare to find an activity hobby or life that your passionate about. just be glad you found yours. and pity the ones who didn't.

[AndyK5]

[AndyK5]

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/64126562.jpg/ was trying to put this in, but failed

[WilliamGunter]

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/64126562.jpg/ was trying to put this in, but failed

classic

[bobby rivers]

Tourney medals and highlight vids. Success can move through doubt like no words can.

[WilliamGunter]

Tourney medals and highlight vids. Success can move through doubt like no words can.

yeah like in the begining of x guard book where marcelo's parents didn't get it till he came back from adcc w/ a ford focus for his ol' man.

[Christopher Piper]

[alexander_evoy]

i normally laugh at them. every one around me are football n hockey fans n truly people need to learn there's more respect discipline and competition in sports such as jiu jitsu and mma. people drive me crazy around here like half the people who go to hockey games only care about if a fight breaks out and that against the rules then they get a penalty and every ones happy. i prefer one on one sports that involve real competition. i like competition thats real to not no game running high jump swimming marathons mma n jiu jitsu those are all things that if u can get a gold medal in all of those u are one talented individual. if u were in the woods u would more then likely out survive any one else u could prolly beat them up and or choke them out or u could run away real fast jump high objects theses are sports that one day can really help u im pretty sure if your living in the woods during Apocalypse n some guy comes to rob your shack i beat that gold medal in hockey will become real useful so really just tell them to stop being so closed minded leave ideas n thoughts on the table look at things in life threw a different prescriptive also just use the line "im taking jiu jitsu so if some one bigger then me trys to take advantage of me ill know how to defend my self what would u do if a 200 pound man jumped on u then said hes going to rape u? me id choke him out " maybe then people around u would realize hey jiu jitsu can be helpful in so many ways getting in shape having active life style i doubt the people who are doubting u live a super active life.

[Karim Graham]

holy shit!