I believe everyone goes through what’s called the blue belt blues. This is a time when people feel like they have reached a point in their training, where they just are not progressing anymore. Now let me stress the fact that I said when people “feel” like they are not. Often times they are still progressing just fine, just in a different way than before.

There comes a point in your Jiu Jitsu journey that you know most of the basics. Before when you were a white belt something as major as a triangle was totally new and amazing. Then as the more you progress, the more you learn, and less is new. This is perfectly normal and all part of the progression of your skills. What needs to change to get past this, is your out look on training. Instead of focusing so much on that thrill of learning something new, focus on playing the game. You now have a large toolbox to draw from so get enjoyment out of molding your game to defeat another persons game. Use the tools to your advantage and work on applying them in the right situations. You could know a million techniques, but that won’t help you if you are not confident passing the guard.

Jiu Jitsu is a very flexible art, that’s just one of the things that makes it so great. Sometimes we just need to be flexible ourselves with our training.

Here is an awesome video I found to motivate you to get back on the mats!