Jiu Jitsu is hard - pure and simple. Day in and day out, people from diverse backgrounds walk into Jiu jitsu gyms looking to start classes. Unsurprisingly, Jiu Jitsu has close to a 90% attrition rate for new students, so who are the 10% that make it through the first couple months and continue to train? What drives them to continue through brutal workouts that involve contorting into a human sweat pretzel? In Season 1 of Jiu Jitsu is Hard, we’re talking to people who did just that. My name is Katie Ericson, a black belt and co-owner of NWMA Coos Bay and your host for the podcast.