Ask HN: How did you find your passion?
After years of hearing people I respected on podcasts talking about how Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is one of the most dominant fighting sports, a smaller guy can beat a bigger guy, etc... I hear a philosopher I like talk about how it is the most thoughtful and complex practices he does.  He says he&#x27;s like an addict who is carefully maneuvering around injuries to practice it for the rest of his life.  I decide I&#x27;ll give it a shot.<p>Cut to me, a 21 year old weighing in at a strong ~200 pounds (I had been powerlifting for a couple years), getting flipped and choked in under 15 seconds by Doc, a 60-something year old brown belt at my local gym.  Nearly four years later, I spend 15-20 hours a week at the gym and I think about techniques all day long.<p>I&#x27;m a software engineer by trade, but my &quot;retirement plan&quot; is definitely opening a gym and moving the other 40 hours I spend coding into this.  The best description I have heard is &quot;chess with your whole body&quot;, when you start to learn how movements interact with each other on a higher level than just trying to survive, it&#x27;s the most complex and precise physical activity in the world.<p>And there is always someone who can make you feel like a child fighting your 300 pound uncle.