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Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness · Dec 31, 2018 ·

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Looking ahead to the New Year…

My 9 year old daughter likes to watch this show on Netflix, Nailed It.

It’s an interesting baking competition where unskilled cooks try to make different deserts under time pressure.

At the end of the time, they put their creation under a cover and bring it up to the judges.

They uncover the baked goods and proclaim, “Nailed it!.”

We’re then shown the person’s final product on a split screen with the professionally made model.

They never truly nail it.

Most often it’s not even close, although it makes for a good laugh.

The show is really a model for hitting goals.

The ‘bakers’ have directions and materials. They get to work and push it right up to the time limit.

They’re ‘in the game.’

They have some high goals set for themselves – in this case by the producers of the show who are asking them to move far outside their comfort zone.

They might not create a masterpiece, but they created something and got some experience.

They created much more than people who didn’t get started.

They made progress, even though it wasn’t perfect.

That’s what it takes to achieve your goals.

If you’re like me in 2018 – you nailed some goals and and others didn’t quite make the cutโ€ฆ instead maybe looking like some of the contestants final products during the time they were given.

The New Year brings with it the hope of starting anew and hitting some new targets.

Of course to do so, we’ll have to do some new things.

We will be helping lead the way this year to see what we can really accomplishโ€ฆ

We have some big news coming at Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness that we’ll have to save for the next email, but thanks for being part of the team whether or not you’ve made it in yet!

This year will mark my 20th year of teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Texarkana. It’s amazing how fast our lives fly by.

Looking back over the years, I’m very thankful to have been able to help thousand’s of people – men, women, teens, and kids in Texarkana learn the art, get more active, develop confidence, and have fun. So many people have ‘nailed it’ and accomplished more than they believed possible.

Happy New Year!

Coach Marc Hagebusch

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for everyone age 4 through adult. No experience necessary.

All fitness levels welcome – you don’t have to be in shape to start – we’ll get you there!

903-793-1085

We can help you Nail Your Goals this year!



Hurry Up Offense 2018

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness · Oct 3, 2018 ·

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟTexarkana Jiu Jitsu best BJJ MMA gym in Texarkana. Hit Your Goals

We have officially entered the 4th quarter of 2018.

I don’t know if you’re a football fan or not…

In football as the time ticks off the clock and the game enters the 4th quarter the teams begin to feel a sense of urgency to win.

This is especially true of the team that is behind in the game.

They hadn’t up to that point hit their targets and accomplished their goals.

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด.

75% of the year is behind us.

3/4 of 2018 has already passed and it’s easy to start looking ahead to the end of the year with the holidays and the rapidly approaching 2019.

Only 91 days to go.

Many of us started 2018 optimistically.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ.

We thought we’re going to lose some weight, take care of our health, eat better, exercise more, train more Jiu Jitsu.

We may have set some type of target, say we wanted to lose 25lbs because we knew it would make us feel better and improve our health.

We thought, this year I’m going to start training Jiu Jitsu or maybe put in some extra time to see what we are capable of achieving.

Unfortunately life has probably gotten in the way and threw us a few unanticipated ‘curveballs.’

You may not be on track to ‘win‘ in the 4th quarter of 2019.

๐—œ๐˜’๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต!

In football, the team generally doesn’t ever give up in the 4th quarter.

They do not just simply throw in the towel and leave the field.

Often people do.

The idea is let’s just make it through the holiday and then 2019 will be our year.

Paraphrasing Mark Twain who apparently made up a quote he attributed to Ben Franklin…

“๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘‚๐‘“๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ท๐‘œ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐ด๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐ด๐‘  ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™.”

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ’๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜’๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต.

If you want to start hitting your goals, start today as Twain suggests.

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—๐—ถ๐˜‚ ๐—๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐˜‚?

Contact us and we’ll get you set up to try a first free class so we can start you moving towards the goal line before the end of the quarter.

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness
903-793-1085

๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜‘๐˜ช๐˜ถ ๐˜‘๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ถ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ 4 ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ!

How To Use A Magic Formula To Transform Your Life…

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness · Feb 4, 2018 ·

Small Change? How To Use Small, Consistent Change For Massive Positive Benefit In Every Area Of Your Life!ย 

albert einstein secret of success and achievement in texarkana martial arts

How To Use A Simple Formula Einstein Called The 8th Wonder Of The World To Improve Any Area In Your Life (Or The Life Of Your Kids)โ€ฆ Achieve More In Every Area From Weight Loss To Fitness, Self Confidence, and More!ย 

This is an important message, I urge you to read it.

It might take you five minutes to read.

The benefit of taking this time is thatย  it has the power to radically improve your life.

Our society has been duped into thinking that there are painless, quick fixes and instant gratification. It seems as though virtually everyone has lost sight of the value of planned, consistent work.

How many times have you (or someone you know) quit doing something that is positive because you were impatient or maybe you hit a small obstacle?

I’ve seen some of our members at Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness quit after the first week of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or the first week of Cardio kickboxing or our Ultimate Body Shaping Course.

People often quit before they even get started.

They don’t understand the simple ‘secret’ that I’m about to explain below.

This secret is something so powerful that it can allow you to achieve every goal that you currently have, whether it’s to lose 20 pounds, earn a Black Belt, give up a bad habit, make more money, or anything else.

It’s a secret that Albert Einstein said (according to folklore, at least), is said to be the greatest invention in human history.

What’s the secret?

Small steps completed consistently over time allows you to accomplish anything. It’s the secret of compounded interest.

The formula isโ€ฆ small smart choices + consistency + time = radical difference.

The Power Of A Penny

Here’s the scenario. Let’s say you are offered a choice.

You can either take $3 Million in cash right now OR a single penny that doubles every day for 31 daysโ€ฆ which would you choose?

The penny!

Whyโ€ฆ because it is worth MUCH more money in the end, BUT it does take longer to see the pay off!

Let’s say in the example above, YOU take the instant cold, hard cash AND your friend takes the penny.

On day 7, you have (about) $3 Million and your friend only has 64 cents. Of course at this point you’re thinking, “My friend is an idiot. I really need to get smarter friends.”

On day 10, Your friend has $5.12 How is your friend feeling at this point? Your spending your millions and loving life while your friend is putting in the time and waiting patiently with very little to show for it.

On day 21, your friend has only $10,486 versus your BIG money. Your friend hangs toughโ€ฆsacrificing, and gaining more each day

His money continues to grow while your money is being blown on vacation homes, fast cars, fancy tropical vacations, and partying.

As the month continues to tick away, the effect of compounding starts to pay off for them.

On day 31, your friend has $10,737,418.24! This is more than 3 times your original $3 million of which you’ve spent a sizeable chunk.

Whoops!

This is exactly why consistency over time is important and why negative choices don’t keep you still, they move you BACKWARDS.

There are few things in life that are as powerful as this compounding effect, hence the Einstein quote. Amazingly, you can harness this same compounding effect in every area of your own life.

Let’s use another example to illustrate the difference that consistent, directed effort makes over time.

In a practical way, everything that you do every single day can serve to make you better or make you worse.

You may be frustrated and want to lose the extra 20 pounds you’ve been carrying around the last few years, but those chocolate cupcakes sure look good with their seductive rainbow sprinkles.

Surely, one cupcake won’t ruin you.

The problem is that the compound effect works in a negative manner just like it does in a positive one.

The delicious cupcake moves you BACKWARDS.

You gain a little more weight, you get a little more fatigued, you are drawn a little closer to obesity and it’s devastating health effects (depression, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc)โ€ฆ AND most people make bad choices EVERY day making it impossible to achieve their goals.

It just happens so slowly that you don’t see it happening. It’s the compound effect of bad choices.

The same thing happens in a positive way when you make good choices EVERY dayโ€ฆ you join our martial arts class AND show up to train.

The progress is slow at first.

You wonder, am I going to be able to do it?

You know about the magic power of compounding demonstrated in the penny example, so you hang in there.

You train Jiu Jitsu a couple of times a week. You start eating a little better each day.

A month passes and you’ve lost about 10 pounds.

You’re starting to feel betterโ€ฆ you’re less stressed out, you have more energy, you’re just starting to feel better.

You continue training because you know that it’s consistency that really pays off.

Three months into training and you’ve lost 22 pounds. You haven’t looked this good since High School. By the way a student tells me this has happened to them on almost daily basis.

Let’s continue.

A year passes, you’ve earned a belt and look back on everything you’ve accomplished over the last year.

You’ve lost a lot of weight, you feel better, you’re less stressed, you have more energy, you’re getting along better with your family, and you’re healthierโ€ฆ PLUS, you have proven to yourself that you can accomplish something!

You compare your own progress to your friend, Bob.

Over the last year, Bob has gained another 12 pounds. He’s now 30 pounds over weight.

He hates his life. He’s stressed out and working on another heart attack.

We all make choices every day.

I think the biggest problem with our society in America right now is the inability of people to delay instant gratification.

Everyone wants the cupcake and they want it now, not worrying about the consequences that will occur later.

It’s what’s happening with our kidsโ€ฆ they’re getting less fit, playing more video games, and losing the values of hard workโ€ฆ then most programs cater to the lowest common denominator instead of challenging them.

No child left behind?

It’s more like put the slowest kid in the front, so no one ever develops into a good runner.

This is why you see 5 year old kids in other martial arts with black belts.

They want this instant gratification instead of working hard and earning what they get.

This sets kids up for failure in life!

It’s also why our kids at Texarkana Jiu Jitsu are taking a different path.

Kids in our classes earn every stripe and every belt.

This teaches them discipline and goal setting that will serve them the rest of their life.

You can make a decision to change right now.

If you get 1% better every day, then at the end of the year you aren’t just 365% better because you get growth compounded on itself every day.

You be amazed at what you’ve accomplished… and we’re here to help you do it!

If you have any questions please contact us at 903-793-1085 or email us here.

Claim A One Week FREE Pass for Kids or Adults! <Click Here!>ย 

 

 

Goals… Go For It and Help Others!

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness · Jan 16, 2018 ·

Hitting Goals in Competition, Sport, and Lifehit your fitness, weight loss, and combat sport competition goals

A few weeks ago at Texarkana Jiu Jitsu, I was talking about competition and how people sitting on the sidelines can be critics without ever sacrificing anything to get into the ‘game‘ themselves.

Of course the game can be participation in any of the combat sports – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), Judo, Wrestling, Kickboxing, Boxing, MMA, …

It can also be speaking more metaphorically about achievement and hitting our goals.

Worthwhile goals always require some risk. It takes overcoming challenges to accomplish anything worthwhile.

Far too often we find it easier to criticize others than do something challenging ourselves… by putting our own efforts on the line.

I mentioned this quote from a former President that sums it up better than I could have done.

The Man In The Arena, Theodore Roosevelt

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,ย whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.

Who strives valiantly.

Who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming…ย but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause.

Who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

It’s so much better to try, to get in the ‘game,’ than to sit on the sidelines and talk about the efforts of others.

I hope that we can ALL keep this in mind when we choose to do something, to try, when others sit around and criticize both setting the goal and our personal achievements… especially, when you realize that most people won’t ever even try to accomplish anything significant.

Maybe even more important, we can and should encourage others that are going for it.

We may have reservations about whether they’ll make it or not, but they are just a little more likely to accomplish their goal with you in their corner.

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Martial Arts and Fitness Classes for Kids (Age 4 and Up), Teens, Men and Women. We Help Texarkana Area Kids, Men, and Women Live Healthier, More Active Lives.

Martial Arts Classes for Fitness, Self Defense, Confidence, Competition, and a More Active, Positive Lifestyle!

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Kids Martial Arts. Cardio Kickboxing. Yoga. Beginners and All Fitness Levels Are Always Welcome!

Call Us: (903) 793-1085 Email Us: TexarkanaJiuJitsu@gmail.com

 

Adopting A Winning Gameplan, Advice From A Billionaire

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness · Jan 15, 2018 ·

“Just Do It.” A Simple Plan To Achieve More On The Mat And Everywhere Else.

Art Williams came from very modest beginnings, eventually getting a college degree before becoming a High School Football Coach.

His small hometown in Mississippi makes Texarkana look like a major metropolis.

He did not stop once he started coaching High School Football though. He went on to become an extremely successful billionaire and one of the richest men on Earth.

Art Williams understands winning.

Art Williamsย believes that most people sell themselves short.

We just don’t ‘get in the game.’

Often people think about doing something whether it’s getting involved in martial arts, getting in shape, giving up a bad habit, improving a relationship, or starting a business.

They just don’t get started.

Change ALWAYS requires taking action.

Art essentially believes that we are our own head coaches.

If we’re ‘losing’ a game, we need to make a change in our gameplay and sooner is better than later… otherwise we get further and further behind on the score board.

Your score board might be grades, the scale, a health problem, financial concerns, etc.

It’s never too late to call an audible and change the game so you can get moving in the right direction.

If you or your child are interested in joining a winning team, then contact us…

Call Us: (903) 793-1085 Email Us: TexarkanaJiuJitsu@gmail.com

We Help Texarkana Area Kids, Men, and Women Live Healthier, More Active Lives.ย 

Texarkana Jiu Jitsu and Fitness offersย Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Martial Arts and Fitness Classes for Kids (Age 4 and Up), Teens, Men and Women.

Martial Arts Classes for Fitness, Self Defense, Confidence, Competition, and a More Active, Positive Lifestyle!

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Kids Martial Arts. Cardio Kickboxing. Yoga. Beginners and All Fitness Levels Are Always Welcome!

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