Originally Posted by Ian "ifreez" Freemantle
Join the club. 
It's a long process, friend. Hang in there, the pay off is around the corner, then you'll lose the feeling a success again.
As you learn and progress through the years, this feeling will be continual and perpetual. It never leaves.
Later on throughout your journey, some days you'll control people, even those with years experience with incredible ease. And even some days you weren't swept once, let alone tapped. You leave the gym feeling stoked, searching back alleys for Marcelo Garcia.
Then some days, you wonder if you even in the right sport, cause you couldn't make anything happen at all. One day, you're a soft and sweet like ice cream, the next your as a rusty metal engine that won't even start.
Keep in mind that there is a reason for the bad days that most people forget. You're trying new things without being very good at them. You lose your wits when trying something new.
Plus, when trying new things, concentrating so hard on them, you're neglecting the good habits that you've worked so hard to develop. You'll eventually have to relearn those too. You learn somethings, you neglect others, you relearn those you've forgotten, then you lose some of those other things you've learned since. So, you'll just have to keep reviewing. This might not be the case for most of you, but this has been my experience.
An example of this is like trying to move your feet, knees and hips correctly while playing open guard, concentrating so hard on that, you'll forget to polish, or even use your grips, while last week your grip habits were solid.
The game will eventually become efficient muscle memory; but for now, you're like a senior citizen trying to remember all the details about driving -- when about to crash (not stereotyping seniors, just a useful metaphor).
If you're not tapping, you're not learning, and you'll forever be learning.
It's a long process, friend. Hang in there, the pay off is around the corner, then you'll lose the feeling a success again.
As you learn and progress through the years, this feeling will be continual and perpetual. It never leaves.
Later on throughout your journey, some days you'll control people, even those with years experience with incredible ease. And even some days you weren't swept once, let alone tapped. You leave the gym feeling stoked, searching back alleys for Marcelo Garcia.
Then some days, you wonder if you even in the right sport, cause you couldn't make anything happen at all. One day, you're a soft and sweet like ice cream, the next your as a rusty metal engine that won't even start.
Keep in mind that there is a reason for the bad days that most people forget. You're trying new things without being very good at them. You lose your wits when trying something new.
Plus, when trying new things, concentrating so hard on them, you're neglecting the good habits that you've worked so hard to develop. You'll eventually have to relearn those too. You learn somethings, you neglect others, you relearn those you've forgotten, then you lose some of those other things you've learned since. So, you'll just have to keep reviewing. This might not be the case for most of you, but this has been my experience.
An example of this is like trying to move your feet, knees and hips correctly while playing open guard, concentrating so hard on that, you'll forget to polish, or even use your grips, while last week your grip habits were solid.
The game will eventually become efficient muscle memory; but for now, you're like a senior citizen trying to remember all the details about driving -- when about to crash (not stereotyping seniors, just a useful metaphor).
If you're not tapping, you're not learning, and you'll forever be learning.
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