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I haven't been training BJJ long enough to compare the two, but I hardly think holding one's breath, diving hundreds of feet beneath the ocean unassisted and putting up with your lungs filling with blood, and 100+ pounds of pressure across every square inch of your body and staying calm while your body screams for air could be considered any less demanding than BJJ .
Thanks for your well wishes nonetheless, and I'll be sure to keep the board updated with my progress once I find a homebase gym.
Free diving takes serious balls. One of the most physically demanding and dangerous sports.
When I was 18 one of my best friends drowned free diving and spear fishing. He went down really deep for a long time, then went again without long enough between dives. Shallow water blackout got him just a few feet below the surface, like 6 or 8 feet, sank to the bottom before anyone noticed.
This kid had gone down 120 feet without tanks or a sled, and he was just 19 (I guess that's pretty good, I have no idea what numbers are really elite-- this was in the late 90s). Seriously good athlete.
I think the transition to bjj will be very good. You'll probably never tap from some fat guy just holding side control on you, that's for sure.