tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496739942189672685.post6352864276258390609..comments2008-10-30T20:11:16.203-05:00Conanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574148083679060117noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496739942189672685.post-20425034189626436182008-10-30T20:11:00.000-05:002008-10-30T20:11:00.000-05:00good point Eric. I don't mean to leave out other martial arts. i regret that it comes across that way if it does. by stating that the art presents challenges of things to master that others do not, i was referring to other sports in general, such as the quarterback's throw, the baseball batter's swing, the swimmer's stroke, etc.<BR/>yet still with that, i don't mean to diminish the efforts of the necessity of mastery in other sports, such as football, baseball, etc. indeed, those athletes put in as much effort in their areas that they must master, just as we put effort into mastering series of submissions, series of strikes, etc.<BR/>I appreciate the clarification, but the complexity argument I was making was in reference to non-martial arts sports. at least that is what was on my mind at the time.<BR/>thanks for your input.The Yergensen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00000644307031780908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496739942189672685.post-2512029937406974422008-10-30T14:46:00.000-05:002008-10-30T14:46:00.000-05:00Nice article. However, this applies to all martial art practitioners and athletes, not just the jiu jitsu fighter. This is a common lesson taught in all of our martial arts styles. Practitioners at various levels feel the same challenges. Since the blog is enjoyed by all at the dojo I just point this out for reflection.Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496739942189672685.post-63541870915737401902008-10-26T23:39:00.000-05:002008-10-26T23:39:00.000-05:00interesting stuff about takedowns ryan. good stuff. makes you realize that in any grappling art the techniques are so much more complex than they look . . . that to truly get them down you must drill them 10K times.<BR/>one of these days conan is going to say, "today we're going to practice concept X. now, go do it 200 times in the hour and a half we have. then you'll be 2% towards mastering it."Brenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15739774717988426010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496739942189672685.post-79664395331549047502008-10-26T12:59:00.000-05:002008-10-26T12:59:00.000-05:00I love the part about tetris. For a month I played a ton of tetris, so when you started talking about looking at the next part I thought man, I do that.wrstlr3232http://www.blogger.com/profile/02389305997720749747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496739942189672685.post-54495583616685399852008-10-26T12:58:00.000-05:002008-10-26T12:58:00.000-05:00Great post. One thing I always think of with this topic is when I was watching a video of Tom Brands (famous wrestler/wrestling coach) he was showing a move to one of his wrestlers and after he says "now do that 1,000 times in slow motion then you can move up to half speed." In wrestling all our guys ask the coaches how do you do this move. It is such and advanced move we just shake our heads and tell them to do a certain takedown 10,000 times, then we will show you a cool move.<BR/><BR/>Ryanwrstlr3232http://www.blogger.com/profile/02389305997720749747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496739942189672685.post-29553911818890068922008-10-26T09:16:00.000-05:002008-10-26T09:16:00.000-05:00Brilliant post, Brent! I'm glad you didn't make this two posts, we would have been left hanging. The entire article was insightful, but my favorite part...<EM>"Jiu-Jitsu is like running through a maze that takes the liberty of constantly changing."</EM> How true.Conanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574148083679060117noreply@blogger.com