Do you feel as if… You’re lacking improvement in Jiu-Jitsu? As in, no matter how much you try and learn new techniques, moves, and transitions – nothing is really paying off?
Well, here’s an idea… What if improvement in BJJ is more about not doing the wrong things than it is about adding new things?
John Danaher further expands on this idea in a recent social media post:
Continual improvement is more about ELIMINATION OF ERROR than it is about addition of new moves or tactics.
Learning new moves takes substantial time, eliminating mistakes can in most cases be done relatively quickly.
Just as it’s easier to make a car go faster and perform better by making it lighter than it is to put in a new engine in order to make it more powerful, so too, removing errors is easier than adding new moves.
So how are you supposed to use this knowledge? By analyzing your mistakes and removing them with each training session and competition:
Next time you’ve had a grueling training session or match, take the time afterwards to analyze your mistakes so that tomorrow you can begin the removal of errors that lower your current performance.
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