年齡與柔術(shù)。某種程度上說(shuō)，這是每個(gè)人都不得不面對(duì)的問(wèn)題——年齡的增長(zhǎng)會(huì)對(duì)你的柔術(shù)之路產(chǎn)生怎樣的影響？讓我們先把這個(gè)問(wèn)題分解成三個(gè)問(wèn)題。首先，隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，你在柔術(shù)中會(huì)失去什么？第二，隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，你在柔術(shù)中留下了什么？第三，隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，你在柔術(shù)中得到了什么？根據(jù)我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，你會(huì)失去速度、靈活性、機(jī)動(dòng)性、心血管耐力、爆發(fā)力和健壯的身體（對(duì)傷害的抵抗力和從傷害中迅速恢復(fù)的能力）。而大部分的等長(zhǎng)力量（特別是握力）會(huì)在正常的運(yùn)動(dòng)范圍內(nèi)保留下來(lái)。你將獲得耐心和墊子上的智慧。當(dāng)然，隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，你可以做一些事情來(lái)減少這些損失，但要明白，沒(méi)有人能夠戰(zhàn)勝時(shí)間，你也不可能成為第一個(gè)。隨著年齡的增長(zhǎng)，你必須謹(jǐn)慎地思考這三個(gè)問(wèn)題答案，并做出改變。試著開(kāi)發(fā)一個(gè)新套路，不要太依賴(lài)你開(kāi)始失去的，而是基于你保持和獲得的。要知道，你依然留下和獲得了很多。隨著時(shí)間流逝，雖然身體素質(zhì)難以避免的會(huì)下降，但還是要盡你所能保護(hù)自己的身體，并準(zhǔn)備根據(jù)你對(duì)這三個(gè)問(wèn)題的答案進(jìn)行相應(yīng)的調(diào)整。

Age and jiu jitsu: It’s a question that at some point, we all have to ask - how will increasing age affect your approach to Jiu jitsu? Let’s start by breaking this down into three questions. First, what do you LOSE in jiu jitsu as you age? Second, what do you KEEP in jiu jitsu as you age? Third, what do you GAIN in jiu jitsu as you age? In my experience you will lose speed, flexibility, mobility, cardiovascular endurance, explosive strength and robustness (resistance to injury and ability to come back quickly from injury). You will keep most of your isometric strength (especially grip strength) within normal range of motion. You will gain patience and mat wisdom. Of course there are things you can do to reduce these losses as you age, but understand that no one has ever beaten father time and you are unlikely to be the first. As you age your game must evolve in ways that reflect your answers to these three questions. Try to develop a game that does not rely too heavily on the attributes you are starting to lose but rather is based upon the attributes you keep and gain. This still gives you a lot leeway to work with. Do your best to keep your physical body preserved as well as you can, but understand that time will inevitably change you physically and be prepared to adapt accordingly along the lines of your answers to the three questions