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In Jiu Jitsu, style is the recurring shape of your value judgments. Not one judgment, but the pattern behind many judgments.

One person values serious play, intrinsic motivation, and the feel of the exchange. Their style becomes exploratory, adaptive, and hard to articulate. They follow openings, test edges, and learn through sense of touch.

Another person values winning, getting better, and proving progress. Their style becomes more linear, more narrow, more measurable. Every roll becomes evidence. Every mistake becomes a verdict. Every exchange becomes a test of identity.

They may reach an intermediate level fast, but the mindset that gets them there becomes the very thing that keeps them from reaching fluency.

One style is organized around possibility. The other is organized around proof.

I’m not saying one is right or one is wrong. I’m saying they produce different timing, different cultures, different relationships to being.

More of this in my book, Understanding Grappling.

Dm to purchase online or pick one up at the dojo

The best grapplers are not thinking faster. They’re sensing earlier. That’s what this book is about.

Not more techniques. A clearer way to see, feel, and predict what is becoming available in real time.

The book is out now. Come pick up a copy at the dojo.

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