Dan Pacific

As a young professional now I can honestly attribute most of my success to the values and lessons instilled in me on the mats. I was neither a focused kid growing up nor an over achiever. Jiu-jitsu has taught me the justice of hard work and there is no truer example of “you get in what you put out” than testing yourself against someone else’s hard work. It’s given me world-class confidence in myself and taught me to trust in my hard work. The team atmosphere really brings you into trusting others and understanding the value of making a stronger team makes you stronger. Life stress seems so much more manageable when you deal with the stress of a fight. Jiu-jitsu teaches you to overcome that immense stress of a real fight in the safest way possible. These lessons I’ve learned on the mats have translated into my entire life and it’s made me a more successful and overall better person.