One of my goals on Steemit is to grow the jiu jitsu and mma community here. There's already such a large community on mainstream social media. With the explosion of the UFC, martial arts has taken over the social media world with the likes of Conor McGregor, Chael Sonnen, Josh Barnett, or anyone else with personality. One of my favorite jiu jitsu personalities is Mr. Jiu Jitsu.
Bring #matsavages to Steemit!
Mr. Jiu Jitsu is the persona of Michael Mihas, from Youngstown, OH. He's the creator of the term "mat savage" and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. I wouldn't call him a social media megastar yet, but he has a solid following, and I find him very insightful, influential, and entertaining. He loves to ruffle some feathers and speak some truth.
You should definitely check out some of his entertaining videos. His current stats on mainstream social media are:
Facebook: 173,662 followers
https://www.facebook.com/michaelmihasmrjiujitsu/
Instagram: 12,400 followers
https://www.instagram.com/mrjiujitsupage/
Twitter: 227 followers
https://twitter.com/MichaelMihas
http://mrjiujitsu.net/
I recently sent an IM to the one and only Mr. Jiu-Jitsu on Facebook. I invited him to Steemit, and he at least replied, so that's a start. I'm not sure if he'll seriously consider it, but he said thanks, and he'd check it out.
So, do me a favor Steemians. If you have a moment, take a minute and reach out to Mr. Jiu-Jitsu on one of your pieces of ancient social media software listed above. Maybe follow him there, leave a nice comment on a video that you enjoyed, and remind him that Steemit is here :)
Or not... His shit is fun to watch anyways.
I'd really like to see him here on Steemit, and maybe he'll attract some of his current followers to the platform, so that we can see much more martial arts content around here.
I think he'd be a great fit for Steemit because...
One of his key points is that he preaches to not be lazy. To not be lazy in life. To not be lazy in training. To not be lazy when you are trying to get ahead or become a champion. One of the most difficult things about convincing people to sign up for Steemit, is that they are lazy. They don't want to take the time to sign up and wait for approval. They don't want to take the time to learn on a beta platform, or many of the early alpha sister sites. They don't want to take the time to learn the ins & outs of Steemit. They don't want to take the time to learn about digital currency, it's uses, it's ability to change lives and help people, and how to use and secure it. They just want the money for posting bs to social media, but not to take the time to write, film, produce, and promote original content. Mr. Jiu Jitsu would fit right in, because if he is truly interested, he'll come at Steemit without laziness, and we'll see some pretty special content.
*images pulled from google & fb