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When a New Martial Art Becomes an All-Consuming Passion

I started Brazilian jiu-jitsu to get in shape but now I'm obsessed with it and my wife says I talk about nothing else. I can't explain why rolling around on the floor with strangers feels like the most honest thing I do.

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Discovering a practice that reveals previously unknown aspects of ourselves can create an intensity that others experience as abandonment or obsession.

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