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For the sincere student, it mustn't be enough to simply understand Jiu Jitsu. We must seek to understand ourselves.

For the sincere student, it mustn’t be enough to simply understand Jiu Jitsu. We must seek to understand ourselves.
– Chris Matakas

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  1. Relationships formed through Jiu Jitsu are deeply rooted in respect for one another, and this is often not the case in matters of modern society. – Chris Matakas
  2. Jiu Jitsu provides a place of fellowship that, unfortunately, our society has largely failed to create. – Chris Matakas
  3. It is fellowship, this most fundamental need on our way toward achieving our highest expression of the human experience, which Jiu Jitsu provides. – Chris Matakas
  4. This is the opportunity the fellowship of Jiu Jitsu affords us. To reach our highest potential of self, and then to offer that self to another. – Chris Matakas
  5. Jiu Jitsu is the vehicle. Not the road. – Chris Matakas
  6. We call it training. Not because we are training for Jiu Jitsu. We are training for life. – Chris Matakas
  7. Jiu Jitsu can be a source of total transparency such as a mirror, but it takes a conscious choice to see what it has to say. – Chris Matakas
  8. There is no concrete way to play Jiu Jitsu, and this is why so many different types of people find joy in it. – Chris Matakas
  9. Jiu Jitsu is a vehicle for self-discovery and growth. It reminds me of my ego, of my insecurities, and of my shortcomings. – Chris Matakas
  10. By becoming a black belt, you will become whatever it is you wanted to be in the first place, and Jiu Jitsu will have served its aim. – Chris Matakas
  11. Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself. – Chris Matakas
  12. It is the Master who comes to the door of his student when the student is ready and the Master knows all the truth of his student – Kapil Kumar Bhaskar
  13. Do not seek victory, for victory in itself will not serve you. Seek to understand what made the victory possible. – Chris Matakas
  14. Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place. – Chris Matakas
  15. Everything comes by being! Be the love you seek. Be the friend you seek. Be the lover you seek. Be the honesty you seek. Be the integrity you seek. – Bryant McGill
  16. If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a real teacher. – Idries Shah
  17. Habits are infinitely more beneficial to the aspiring student than motivation. Motivation may get you started, but habits keep you going. – Chris Matakas
  18. It is important to realize that we so often define ourselves by what is in opposition to ourselves. – Chris Matakas
  19. We tend to view ourselves as this, lying in contradiction with everything that is not ourselves, that. – Chris Matakas
  20. If we do not master ourselves, we will be a slave to ourselves. – Chris Matakas
  21. Religion tells you to be sincere to yourself and be sincere to everyone else otherwise you cannot assimilate [attain] religion. – Dada Bhagwan
  22. The man who is not -˜sincere’ to others is not -˜sincere’ to his own self! – Dada Bhagwan
  23. If you don’t stand sincere by your wordshow sincere can the people be?Take great care over words, treasure them.1.17 – Lao Tzu
  24. Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student. – George Iles
  25. Somewhere I read, if Apple is an school then Samsung is the brilliant student. In Indian market I can say that Micromax is the smartest student – Anoop Raghav
  26. Somewhere I read, if Apple is an school then Samsung is the brilliant student. In Indian market I can say that Micromax is the smartest student – Anoop Raghav
  27. A good student learns from his teacher. A great student learns to teach himself. – AP Sweet
  28. Attorney Chris Salamone served as chief executive officer for the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC). – Chris Salamone
  29. An arm bar in a vacuum is worthless. It is the realization of the truths which constitute that arm bar that is the real treasure we seek. – Chris Matakas
  30. We see that the vast majority of our suffering is needless, and simply arises from the misidentification with our thinking mind. – Chris Matakas
  31. Plateaus are a manifestation of the law of diminishing returns, and when we reach one it simply means that it is time to adjust our methods. – Chris Matakas
  32. We strive toward the middle, and we run from ourselves. – Chris Matakas
  33. We are never truly ourselves as we are mid-roll. – Chris Matakas
  34. Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love – Bryant McGill
  35. Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love. – Bryant McGill
  36. we must remember that the end of personal mastery is service to others. – Chris Matakas
  37. We must not learn to try harder. The key is to learn how not to try in the first place. – Chris Matakas
  38. A man has only so much life, and must diversify his efforts according to his values. – Chris Matakas
  39. Don’t simply dream, create. Don’t simply create, ship. Don’t simply ship, dream. – Ryan Lilly
  40. GOD will never disregard or turn away sincere prayers from those who diligently seek Him and humbly call upon His Name. – Errol Anthony Smythe

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