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P.O.V JiuJitsu PART.4: Wars are Won by Attrition...(9 months in)_TCB#117

P.O.V JiuJitsu PART.4: Wars are Won by Attrition...(9 months in)_TCB#117

You have 4 pieces of thin white tape on the white fabric thing metaphorically tied around your waste now. (9 months in to BJJ.)—IV—> In a Trojan Horse. Cain. Faith healings. The Ex-Marine. Leg Guy.

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1.) It’s like he’s in the Trojan Horse.

It’s hot.

A red glow.

Alone.

Waiting. Thinking. Superstructures of thought spinning off. War Tactics. Ambition. Scorched Earth. Sitting on the workout bench. Watching the pieces fall into place. A single spark can burn down a mighty forest.

Wars are won by attrition.

He can wait. He can wait with one leg up at kn…

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