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Sportsmanship. Every opponent should be given the opportunity to tap before breaking an arm, a leg, or a choke out. Jiu Jitsu teaches us control.

In any sporting event, if a person offers a hand, as in hand shake after a match, the right, honorable thing to do, would be to shake hands. That would be very disrespectful not to do it. If you didn’t, that would show the true character of the person.

It is very important to have balance in ourselves. We need to be kind and charitable to counter the violence of Jiu Jitsu.