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Originally Posted by GrendelX  Sometimes I just dont feel like having to fight for my life eveytime I hit the matt.. What do you guys think, does it turn out this way where you train sometimes? |
Having to fight for your life EVERYTIME you hit the mat isn't good. But having to do it once in a while is good for the soul, regardless of one's level. I may be paraphrasing Matt Hughes, but one of the reasons why he was able to beat Royce was that Matt was training with people who were better than he was (and thus able to punish him when he made a mistake), while Royce wasn't.
Your first six months of BJJ shouldn't be a terrible ordeal, but it shouldn't be a cakewalk either. This is the time when you "pay your dues", and learn from making mistakes. That said, you should actually be learning. After someone completely dominates you, ask them questions: "Show me that choke!" "What's a good way to escape from that position?" "What did I do wrong?"
And in the end, if it isn't fun, there's something wrong.
[Edit: I'm going through the same thing in my Judo class with stand-up randori - all of the people in my relative weight class are either brown or black belts, and if you think a blue belt in BJJ translates into real skill in throwing techniques, take a Judo class and find out! I hold my own in the newaza department though. Judo black belts don't like getting caught in a white belt's clock choke
(although they usually make him pay for it when it's time for standing randori
)]