Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago

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There is a lot of advice for older people looking at getting into grappling, but most of it comes either from young people, or from people who started young.

So here is my take on how old is too old to start grappling, from the perspective of someone who is far from young, and didn't start grappling until they were near the end of their 30s.