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On multiple days each week, my wife and I play a game.  She points to a bruise and asks, "How'd that happen?" Fair question.  But I don't have a specific question.  All I can say is, "Rolling at jiu jitsu."  Yep, my 52 year old body has to tolerate my decision to take up jiu jitsu last January. A few months after I started going to jiu jitsu, I posted a podcast episode on Lessons I Learned At Jiu Jitsu. Well, here we are, some 11 months later.  And I have learned a few more lessons. Since I posted the first episode, I have continued going to class throughout the week.  And with continuing to go, I also progressed.  In the Gracie Academy framework, I earned my Combatives Belt back in November.  That means that... well... I am still a white belt.  Just an advanced white belt! Which means that I am now allowed in the advanced class, the Blue Belt Cycle. Which meant that everything I had learned up until then was met with a block or defense when I tried it on a higher ranked belt.  It had worked fine before