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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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Training Is About Skill Development, Not Winning or Losing

You have to see training for what it is. Training is about skill development, not about winning or losing. Focus your everyday performances on skill development so that your peak performances you can focus on winning. I'm a huge advocate of handicapped training where you handicap yourself to work on skills. Gary Toner takes that to a level where just no one else even gets close. He will put himself in impossible situations where it's a fully locked strangle, 100% on with both designs behind his back and he'll try to work out from there. But three times out of 10, he gets caught.

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