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#182 – John Danaher: The Path to Mastery in Jiu Jitsu, Grappling, Judo, and MMA

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Value of Training With Black Belts

Growth, as it does in organic life forms, comes from small beginnings and builds over time. You can't take an untested, untried move and get it on a world champion black belt. It's not ready for that. That's why I always encourage my students to spend the majority of their time with lesser belts for development purposes. When you have very similar skill levels, you're going to come back to what? The techniques that are most likely to get your win. And if you're always battling with the same tough opponents every day, where if you make even a single error, it will cost you that match inspiring and you don't like losing, you'll stay with

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