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/chupacabra5150 Apr 26 '25
Look dude. Old man to young man. The women worry. Moms give you love, dads make you earn it.
Mom doesn't want you to get hurt. Dad wants you to win, but he also wants you to dust yourself up and get back in it if and when you get knocked down.
Your dojo believes in you otherwise they would have told you to not sign up. Will you win? Will you lose? No idea. But will you fight? Oh hell yeah.
So don't take the "f your mom and grandma" to heart. When you're young that's how you talk. Get in the fight. Win or lose you'll be happy you did.