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No one should ever pass your guard because you get tired.

I’m going to be honest, if you put out videos and you try and be a voice and give advice to the BJJ world yet you never train, or you’re never seen training to put it to the test, it’s hard for me to respect you.

If you want it, you better damn sure work for it.

If you aren’t willing to prepare, don’t even bother showing up.

There are some savage humans out there that won’t stop smashing your face in until they feel like it, are you ready for that? Remember, Jiu-Jitsu is for self defense, to have the ability to defend yourself if you need, but never to look for problems. Don’t get it twisted white belts, just because you have some mat time doesn’t mean you’re ready to take on the world. What he didn’t understand is that the only reason he didn’t get his face slapped by these grown men is because he was my student. This boy trains and he’s starting to build some confidence.

Last night I heard of a young man, my student, challenging grown men to submission matches and calling them names. Just because you got a taste doesn’t mean you’re ready.

What is the worst that can happen, you lose? You will gain a priceless experience. If you are a competitor you need to be testing yourself against the best.Some of your favorite BJJ athletes got their ass beat in MMA. MMA is not BJJ and your little guard you think you have changes a ton in 5 minute rounds when you are getting punched and elbowed in your face. If you never been in the cage getting your face smashed in you don’t know sh*t. You are all just as bad as the ones sitting on the couch at home. It’s funny, you hear Jiu-Jitsu guys that never fought talking bad about some MMA fighters a how they need to learn BJJ.The art in which ego must remain under control yet we are always fighting to win. The art where strength doesn’t matter yet we must be strong. The gentle art where we try and break limbs. Jiu-Jitsu in itself is one big contradiction. Preparation should be both miserable yet rewarding.You aren’t training for just one competition, you are training to become the best you can possibly be. If you are a competitor there is no breaks. Sometimes it is a week, sometimes a month. I have seen so many lower level belts “take a break” after competition. If you aren’t training you are falling behind. Everyday someone asks me what they can do to improve their Jiu-Jitsu.In my crazy mind if my training partner asked to stop training before I did, I was the winner, regardless of how many times they submitted me.Resilience and persistence will take you places you never imagined. I never took a round off, never took a break, and never said no if someone asked to train. However, each time I got tapped I would slap hands and keep rolling. When I was a lower level belt I would get submitted so many times in training.Keep in mind this just from September/October so this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what Tom dishes out on a daily basis between his multiple social media feeds. Just as an example of his impact within the community, we combed his Facebook page to garner some of his knowledge on the above subjects. He’s an influencer and people follow him in droves to get his take on the world, BJJ and life in general. Aside from the fact that he’s headlining this event, Tom is also well-known as one of the most organically followed coach/athletes in the BJJ community, and he’s done it all without autofollow robots or any of the other tricks folks use nowadays to appear popular. The head coach of Ocean County BJJ (OCBJJ), Tom is one half of the Fight 2 Win 91 main event, where he’ll be taking on NYC rep Tex Johnson. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know the name Tom DeBlass.