Alright, here we go. It's Friday. We all know what that means. A little bit of Q&A.

Gonna try to keep it short and sweet. I'm sure people have heard me say that before and that I

ramble like a monkey. But doing this in the early morning and starting a road trip

down to my first elk hunt of the season. So let's get through this and get on to

fill in the freezer. Follow out Friday, 1, 22. Here we go. Okay, got the red smoke.

I'm looking at danger close now. Alright, four questions for today. Like I said in the intro,

I'm gonna get through this and then hopefully go chase some majestic beasts

through the forest. Question one, we've traded messages a few times before. Excuse me,

about BJJ and aging as an athlete mid 40s here. You have stated that it is important to choose a

gym with a good culture and to choose your training partners wisely. Good advice and in my limited

experience, it is wise. However, some gyms, in some gyms, the coaches slash instructors will

pair people up. How do you recommend dealing with this as a new guy that doesn't want to be a douche

and start telling the instructor who he wants to roll with? I've rolled enough to tell the

difference between good and bad partners, but as a new guy, it's hard to dictate training partners

in my opinion. I have a job and law enforcement and it's pretty catastrophic to have a banged

up body like I have experienced previously. I feel like it is unacceptable to accept the fact that

you will just be banged up if you do BJJ. That seems like a shitty way to live life. For reference,

I tore all the ligaments in my right thumb as a right handed guy, which as a SWAT guy is a big

game changer. I don't mind the grind and some boobies here and there, but some of these

major entries are counterproductive to being a valued teammate. Many valued, many valid points in

this. I actually don't think that you have to be banged up if you choose to do Jiu-Jitsu.

Here are a lot of people saying it's the gentle art. That's partially true. What I will say is

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