It's a long journey, this 'Jiu Jitsu' we do. I've had to do some soul searching over the last week as I lost some focus while training.

Here are 10 lessons I've learned that I would like to share (in no particular order)

A common occurrence for fighters is insomnia. Not sleeping means you show up for training tired and low on fuel. Even if you have trained for 2 hours in the day it can still be challenging to get to sleep.

For those of us that love to train hard for tournaments but are unable to make it to Worlds in California in June, the best thing we can do is hunt out a good local tournament and sign up to compete. Get after those gold medals, Players, and help your team take home the team trophy - claim some hardware and hit the podium.