Ary Farias on mistake free bjj

What do you feel will be different at this rank as opposed to the other belts?
I feel the difference is in the professionalism at black belt. Everyone is a professional, there’s no one in there piddling around, they always have something up their sleeves. You can’t make mistakes at black belt, that would be costly. It’s not like the other belts, where you can make a mistake and still fix things. There’s a huge difference between the other belts and black belt. I’m just another rookie about to debut. Whether I’ll do well or not I’ll only know come competition time, it will all depend on me. -Ary Farias

Ary says some great things I try and focus on. I think its important to think about being mistake free early on, and be a professional in your approach to training.
The picture was from the 2009 Pan Ams!