41 Years Old, 20 Years Rolling: A Brown Belt's Perspective with Martin Delgado

In this episode I am joined by another training partner of mine at One Jiu Jitsu in Tustin California, Martin Delgado. Martin is currently a brown belt who has been training off and on for almost twenty years. We discuss Martin’s unique journey to brown belt which is marked by several different gyms, a few long breaks, major life events, and finally culminating with 8 years of consistent training since 2017. Part of Martin’s journey includes a period of time where he along with a few other white belt friends decided to try and learn jujitsu by themselves. They found a gym with some mat space and cheap admission and would try different moves on each other that they saw on youtube!Martin has competed ten times and he tells us all of the details of some of his most memorable matches. We also discuss a lot about the mental side of jujitsu and how to overcome feelings of discouragement and defeat. Hope you enjoy this episode of Rolling Over 40!