"Game"

There is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gi manufacturer named Gameness. Gameness is an interesting word. I never really thought about or understood the significance of the word until recently. Gameness is usually an expression referred to the tenacity of a dog in a fight.

For the record, I am absolutely against any type of activity such as dog fighting. I believe that if you want to train something to fight, you should have the balls to train yourself and step up and YOU fight. Otherwise, for someone to train an animal to fight just so they can live vicariously through them as a "tough guy" is a disgrace...that type of person is just a coward to me.

But gameness or tenacity and determination is a huge attribute in any endeavor for success. As I tell my folks in class, you have to keep working the technique and push through, don't give up after the first try if it doesn't work. In life, most things don't work in the first shot.

It's too easy for people to give up on things these days. It's hard for kids to develop "game" when everyone gets a trophy. In a lot of ways, the school of hard knocks that teaches some folks gameness is the best lesson those folks can learn.