HAPPY PLACE & FLOW STATE
Hello Doctor Jiu Jitsu Community,
Your happy place is your zen.
It’s where nothing else matters.
You’re with your tribe.
The past and future disappear.
For me, that place looks like this:
I’m upside down, rolling under Lucius’ legs. Or I’m in the OR, lights beaming down, drill in hand, reconstructing an ACL. In those moments, my mind is still. No regrets from yesterday, no worries about tomorrow. Just full presence. A smile on my face. Purpose in my hands.
This is flow state.
“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.”
—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow is that feeling of floating above your body… fully locked in, calm but electric. The concept was coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who studied high-level performers and discovered that peak happiness comes not from rest, but from meaningful challenge.
Why It Matters to Doctor Jiu Jitsu and, more importantly, to You
My brand was built to help jiu jitsu athletes and high performers recover, train, and move with purpose rather than just grinding through life.
As my friend Adrienne once said: “We glorify the grind.”
But flow? Flow is the anti-grind. It’s about growth through deliberate effort, not burnout.
Sure, there are weeks where you just have to push through. For example, some weeks there are more injured soldiers that require me to add more surgeries and stay at work later. But that can’t be the default.
So… How Do You Train for Flow?
Only 5–15% of waking hours are spent in flow, according to research. But elite performers know how to create flow more often.
Here’s how to start:
Set specific goals. Don’t just “drill” or “roll”. Train for a pass, an escape, a movement.
Adjust the challenge. Change your pace, training partners, or complexity to keep your skills sharp and stretched.
Eliminate distractions. No phone. No mental chatter. No kids running around like lunatics.
Create a trigger ritual. Breathwork, warm-up, one specific song. Tell your brain it’s go-time.
Seek feedback. Lost a match? Got outsmarted? Review film. Reflect. Adjust.
When are you in flow?
Have you noticed it before… or are you just now realizing how powerful it is?
This is why Doctor Jiu Jitsu exists: to help you get back there.
Back to the zone. Back to purpose.
Back to flow.
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