At what age should you stop competing in Jiu Jitsu ?

[Eric "Tiger Blood" Safier]

[QUOTE=Jon Helton;69953]You're 30? Holy shit!
LOL Yep ! Thats my reaction as well

[RichardC]

I'm 31 and compete all the time. I do BJJ tournaments constantly, and I have a few sambo tourneys coming up, along with a san shou fight.

My body isn't quite the same as it used to be, but it's not bad, either.

[Eric "Tiger Blood" Safier]

I'm 31 and compete all the time. I do BJJ tournaments constantly, and I have a few sambo tourneys coming up, along with a san shou fight.

My body isn't quite the same as it used to be, but it's not bad, either.

Thats Awesome Richard! Good luck with the fight! I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one starting to compete in there 30's.

[Paul Surridge]

should i feel old at 38 and still doing comps just takes a couple extra bong hits to motivate this body

[RichardC]

My first JJ comp was when I was 29. I got completely smoked by a 17-year-old wrestler with a Gracie-Barra tattoo... in the novice division. I have a picture of him laying on top of me in my facebook, which was pretty much the whole match.

[Andy Lopez]

Im 23 compete in jj comps and want to do mma though I only have a year of training. I feel like I need to train hard so I can make to most out of my good years. Until your at least 35 the word retire shouldnt even be in your vocabulary.

[Eric "Tiger Blood" Safier]

Im 23 compete in jj comps and want to do mma though I only have a year of training. I feel like I need to train hard so I can make to most out of my good years. Until your at least 35 the word retire shouldnt even be in your vocabulary.

I'm sure you'll do great in MMA Andy ! Good Luck with your training and thanks for the words of encouragement.

[Dustin C.]

When you stop challenging your self you stop growing. I have been really hard on my body from the time I could walk, broken many bones ( I have a broken big toe right now haha ) done a ton of extreme sports and many scars and injuries to show for it and I hurt all the time. You got to keep going if you can, you can rest when your dead, life is to short not to do what you love.

[Mike Noronowicz]

i'm in my mid 40's and plan to keep going ,God willing , i want to learn all i can ,master this and get a major championship , it is tough tho having people trying to hurt ya all the time and work a tough schedule ,workout / exercise and do no gi jiu jitsu

[chronic_jiujitsu]

Dude, just look at eddie.. hes got a match at the adcc coming up and hes what? late 50's.. early 60's? :P just kidding.. but really id say you've still got plenty of time.. typically people hit there physical peak at what? 30-35? and then u still have years to keep perfecting the technique which will just make u even better. when you think youre getting too old.. just go check out some more videos of helio..