
Ep. 157: The Pitfalls of Principles, feat. Jon Thomas
BJJ Mental Models
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How to Make Decisions in the Moment
i love the example you bring up about how sometimes the principles can contradict each other depending on your objective. A great example, like you said, is side control. If i'm trying to pass your guard and take side control, if that's my objective, yes, i want to have both your shoulders pinned to the mat. But if i'm passing and i see the opportunity to take a darse choke, and i'm really awesome at darse choke,. ois about te ase? The exact same analogy y, then i want you on your side. So your is so contextual and situationaly dependent. And all that nuance comes down to how good are you making decisions in the
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