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Terra Firma is a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu team of white belt ruffians. This group was founded by brothers Hiram, Nabor, and Kareem Navarrete, along with long time friend Emmanuel Silva with the hopes and dreams of one day opening up there very own academy. This site is meant to keep track of "the brothers" and there team as they journey down the road of the smooth art. These boys don't know what's in store for them but there prepared to do whatever it takes to succeed and have fun along the way. So slap on that gi, tighten up your belt, and let's roll!!

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Apr 20, 2012

Learning To Lose

By: Hiram "Tortuga" Navarrete
They say that competition breeds excellence, that iron sharpens iron, and that like pressure turns coal into diamonds, so too does adversity turn boys into men.  Why then do some choose to stray from the field of competition?  Most say they fear that they won't succeed, that they'll embarrass themselves.  Which is completely understandable.  I've competed in two tournaments now and I still get that nervous ache before every match, but every time I step on the mat I remember the wise words of a great teacher (Rodrigo Teixeira).  "There is no losing when you compete, you either win or you learn".  With that in mind all the pressure of winning and losing is lifted from your.  Winning is great, but to lose may be infinitely more beneficial.  It may sound crazy so you'll have to to hear me out on this one.  Let's try this hypothetical scenario out - you are the ultimate competitor...in practice...you've never entered a single tournament but you sure as heck roll like your in one.  You smash on guys, run through them, and just all around mess them up.  You've thought about competing but never do so with the idea that guys that enter those comps are monsters and are beastly good, and your better off winning in practice than losing in competition.  So your content staying in your little corner, racking up your tap counter.  Then one day your invited to join your team in a mandatory tournament where you find yourself behind by 10 points with your opponent on your back working his damnedest to choke you unconscious.  What do you do then?  You've never been put in this situation, and you have no idea how to escape it. - My point in all this is simple, sometimes you have to compete and put yourself in bad positions and situations in order to better your overall game.  You can't let your fear of losing get in the way of bettering yourself.  Every time your beat, you see the mistakes that you made, and you work to never make those same mistakes again.  In doing so you better yourself every time you tap, like the old saying goes "the more you tap the more you learn".  So to all my fellow grappler's our there who for whatever reason choose to avoid the thrill of competition, I say to you, ride head first into battle, unafraid of the results.  The worst that can happen to you is to experience failure, and from failure success is born.

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