{"product_id":"bjj-by-chris-shirley-at-hiatus-design","title":"\"Rolling = Life\" by Chris Shirley at 'Hiatus Design'","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003ePurchase this amazing print \"Rolling = Life\" by Chris Shirley at Hiatus Design. In his own words Chris describes this piece of work:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e\"I began BJJ in 2008 after reading about it in a surfing magazine while deployed to Iraq a few years earlier. It was still a very new sport back then, and there wasn’t much information about it compared to traditional martial arts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eIt wasn’t until I partially tore my ACL in a TaeKwonDo competition, thanks to a lazy axe kick (my fault), that I decided to give BJJ a go while my ligament was healing. I found I absolutely loved it, despite getting choked out in my first lesson (again, my fault entirely, I should’ve tapped out).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eOver the next few years, I bounced between different schools around deployments and wherever I was based, and always found it to be the consistent thing in my life. No matter what was happening, ‘rolling’ would be there to keep me on my toes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eIt was around then I realised the similarity between life and BJJ: one moment you could be in a good position, and the next in a really terrible one, getting the good news by your sparring partner (or life, as a metaphor) in a rear naked choke hold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eIt's a reminder that whether you're up or down, it won't last, so just be ready for that.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll proceeds raised from the sale of our artwork, goes directly to supporting the Art of War Foundation raising much needed funds to support mental health. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Art of War Foundation","offers":[{"title":"30cm x 30cm Framed \/ Black","offer_id":52406199451980,"sku":"9212710-3598819","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"25cm x 25cm Print only \/ Print only","offer_id":52406199484748,"sku":"9212710-3597161","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0917\/7910\/5100\/files\/775472e19eb34dd79ad6c61fd88c5964.jpg?v=1765534539","url":"https:\/\/artofwarfoundation.myshopify.com\/products\/bjj-by-chris-shirley-at-hiatus-design","provider":"The Art of War Foundation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}