BJJ Sangha

I've been reading many BJJ blogs and I like to start their story from the beginning and read all the through to the present. It's like a good book. And I like to read about their journey and hopefully learn a thing or too.

I know that BJJ is a life style for some, and some treat their academy and training partners like family but I'm starting to realize what that means. They've tapped into a "community", what the Buddhists call "sangha" -- one of three jewels of Buddhism.

Some people have that community with youth soccer, book clubs, their church, or their bowling league. I'm hankering for something like that. Why? I guess it's true, that whole no man is an island thing. Man needs friends, man needs community.

Outside of my family, I don't have much in the way of personal relationships. Also, I may have to start putting more effort into people if I want anything in return. What a change for the lone old wolf.

As we get older, as we move on from college, it gets harder to connect with people, to find that community, but I'm starting to realize it's vital that we need to find that community.