Everything in life is hard, literally everything. I know they say if it wasn’t hard, it wouldn’t be worth doing, but that doesn’t make the crap you have to go through any less difficult. Even the things you think come easy to some people really doesn’t. Sure, it may look like gifted athlete Cameron is […]
Read moreMy 2 Constants
Samantha Schell Adaptation, Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Family, love Anxiety, bjj, competition anxiety, family, love, marriage, mental health 5
Everyone who has ever read my blogs can be 100% sure of at least 2 things. The first being that although I fight in a cage and grapple on the mats, I’m still a human being with a wide array of feelings, many correlating to those of anxiety, and I get sad and nervous just […]
Read moreJump as the Waves Come
It’s easy to feel exceptionally overwhelmed as we navigate our ways through life; so many twists and turns and obstacles thrown into our path, that it can be difficult to feel like we have control of things. And I guess that’s the entire point of it all, is that it’s impossible to have 100% control […]
Read moreStereotypes
Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Overcoming Adversity bjj, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Competition, grappling, Jiu Jitsu, promotions 1
Stereotypes exist in BJJ for a reason, as much as we hate to admit it. And although some people get a harder rep for it than others (i.e., the heavyweight white belt dudes), everyone is guilty of these behaviors, it’s just that many times women are smaller with less muscle mass and therefore can be […]
Read moreWhoa, Black Betty, Bam-ba-lam
Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, black belt, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, faixa preta, Jiu Jitsu, promotion, team 8
I swear, I remember my first day on the mats like it was yesterday. I had been an athlete my entire life, varsity sports throughout thee duration of high school, and almost continued my pursuit in sports into college. I had a few scholarships to continue playing soccer into my future studies, but I realized […]
Read moreGossip Queen
Samantha Schell Adaptation, Competing, Positivity, self confidence, Teaching bjj, drama, gossip, gym, Jiu Jitsu, success, victory, vitriol 4
An unfortunate reality I have had to learn lately, is that I can not control the opinions people form about me from the lies they are told by disingenuous people. I’ve run into a conundrum lately, where I have found myself being shunted by people I thought I had a lovely and cordial and even […]
Read moreShoot Your Shot
Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity, self confidence bjj, chances, conquer, hard times, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, risks, strength 2
It goes without saying that the more days you have on this earth, the more hard days and bad days that inevitably arrive at your doorstep. But this also means the more wonderfully great days you will have as well. It is simply the law of averages. The conflict therein lies with understanding that no […]
Read moreWhen Your Ego is Straight Bullshido
Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Perseverance, Positivity, Teaching bjj, Competition, ego, grappling, Jiu Jitsu, WMMA 3
There are so many gyms with signs and posters plastered right up front detailing some basic mat rules and gym courtesies. They will say things such as proper mat etiquette with your teammates and coaches (inning up by rank or bowing onto the mats as per tradition), helpful hygiene advice to follow (i.e. keeping the […]
Read moreLeaping Into 2023 Fully-Assed
Samantha Schell Adaptation, BJJ, Overcoming Adversity, Perseverance, Positivity bjj, competing, Jiu Jitsu, MMA, new year, nyw, WMMA
The New Year is upon us, which to me, means a great time for leaving bad habits behind and embracing new routines. For myself personally, that means fully and wholly dedicating myself to every task that lays before me, i.e. never doing anything half-assed, but always with the entirety of all of my buttocks instead. […]
Read moreYule Wish You Trained More Jiu Jitsu
Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Family bjj, christmas, Competition, holiday season, holidays, Jiu Jitsu, puns
It can be so easy during the holiday season to slack off a bit and not hold yourself to your normal training schedule standards. Perfectly fine if you are in reset mode, and no competitions or fights on the horizon, but a bit risky to do if you are a smidge bit more than your […]
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