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

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Why Can't You Get People to Drill With Him?

In the context of Russian wrestling, we're drilling is much bigger part. I think culturally that was knowledge that everybody tells each other in Jiu Jitsu that drilling doesn't work. Because they never taught how to drill. No one ever sits you down one day and says, okay, this is how you drill. And so the exercise feels futile. They don't feel the skill level is going up. They associate sparring with increased skill level, but not drilling. It's a tragedy because it is a fantastic way to introduce and expand the repertoire of a developing student. So to me, it's a tragedy that what you're saying breaks my heart to hear that you couldn't get a

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