Nocternal, i totally agree with mr poopy,
FIRSTLY NOT ONLY WILL YOU FEEL EXAUSTED,
BUT the first few times when you are exausted and some big mountain of a man is in the mount or side pin all his weight on yourr chest and you cant budge him, ( all the years of training in various other martial arts and they are absolutely useless now)... you cant breath because of his weight, your back and arms hurt, thats when you will find that "you almost lose the will to live"!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats what happened to me in my first lesson, i could get most off me but this one guy 6'5 just wouldnt budge. He was probably there for between 5-10 mins but it seemed like an hour !
Sometimes you may feel on top of the world after doing really well in most of your fights and another time you may feel absolutely deflated after you have a real "stinker" or get hurt accidently, and feel like giving up !.
I always remember the first time i got "choked" out and i stupidly refused to give in and was on the verge of going to sleep !
But i really was hard on myself about it, i really beat myself up about it.
Initially because you have no tecnique the only things at your disposal are aggression and adrenalin, so thats what normally happens!
The mental aspect of it is very important, but good luck.
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