Just finished my sleeve last week. I'm back, but I was off the mats for about a month (the longest I've ever taken off of BJJ).
The tree represents my growth in BJJ. I liked the idea of the cyclical nature of my journey through BJJ (learning, set backs, learning, plateauing, making gains again) and life in general, hence the cherry blossoms. I'm also an avid hiker and nature lover, so I wanted some stuff to represent that as well:
Here is Kintaro wrestling a fish:
Sorry, the pics are
slightly blurry. I took them with my phone.