What Did You Learn This Year in Terms of BJJ?

“What did you learn this year in terms of BJJ?”
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This may be a tricky question for many of us!
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I suppose many of you couldn’t train as much as you wanted this year.
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(On that note, I have quite a few people reading this from Taiwan & Vietnam… the best countries of the year as far as COVID-19 responses & measures are concerned)
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But… now that the end of 2020/the beginning of 2021 is approaching, it would be a good idea to reflect on what you learned this year in terms of BJJ.
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I didn’t train from the end of January till the beginning of May, which I think happens to be the longest break I ever took since I started practicing BJJ.
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I felt OK about this, probably because I’ve been doing BJJ for such a long time (about 18 years), and I know I will keep doing it for the rest of my life as long as I can do so.
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I prefer not to take an extended break like this, but I guess I could say I learned that I’d feel OK about taking such a break.
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Once I got back to training… I almost died at the warmups during my first session after the break. It wasn’t like anything special. Just some standard BJJ warmups, though perhaps some more gymnastic workouts added.
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This reminds me of how BJJ can actually be pretty tough for those who are not used to the intensity of a typical BJJ training session. I hardly think about it in normal circumstances because my body is used to it. But now I know better.
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As far as technical stuff is concerned, I started working a bit more on my (non-existent) wrestling skills. I will keep working on this area of my game in 2021 because I see great benefits to learning how to wrestle, at least the parts of wrestling directly relevant to BJJ and grappling.
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And… how about you? What did you learn this year in terms of BJJ?
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Hit reply & tell me about it if you like. In any case, do think about it so you can notice how you could do better in 2021.