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Conquer I
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Why do we want to conquer things, defeat them, beat them, to dominate? It is my thought that what we really want to do is to conquer ourselves, to conquer I. Jiu-jitsu is the perfect art to help us conquer ourselves, to conquer our fears and anger and ego. On the mat it is only you and your partner or opponent, they are trying to impose their will on you. They are trying to conquer you, to make you submit, but if we look beyond that, who you’re really fighting against is yourself.
Can you apply the techniques that you know? Can you control your breathing and therefore your emotions? Can you sense what your opponent is trying to do? Can you defend against your opponent’s attacks? It’s really about you and what you can do. If we can conquer ourselves there is no one who can beat us.
