r/judo • u/BrunoXande • Apr 20 '25

Other My family doesn't believe me?

Well, a competition is coming up and I'm going to compete. Despite my confidence issues, I've been trying my best in training and I'm pretty sure I can win... But this will be my first competition in another city and that makes me a little nervous, but not as much as my family (mother and grandmother), who really don't want me to go. When we talk about the competition, they tell me to give up if it's too hard or if I'm tired, saying that they need to see the level of the competition and that I'm not an athlete to compete... It really makes me wonder: are they right? Or do they just not believe in my potential? (I'm 21 years old)

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u/IGPriX Apr 22 '25

God I'm the version of you 10 years from now on who let my parents discourage me from competing at your age. You WILL regret not going and end up never compete and watch other people who grow to be a national/world class athelete. Go to the competition and regardless of the outcome, keep going to the next one.