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@ Zenpai
2025-06-10 16:15:54When I see a beginner in jiu jitsu start their journey they have a natural tendency to want to learn the ‘secret’. That one trick, the one technique, the one move that will make them completely unstoppable. This way of thinking is fools gold and it’s so easy to fall for.
In any pursuit there is no ‘secret’. There are fundamentals. Fundamentals are the deep understandings of the mechanics of things. The reason any techniques exist, is because the fundamentals. In a way the techniques being taught are summaries of a collection of fundamental mechanics. To fall in love with the summary misses the deep reservoir of knowledge hiding under the iceberg.
In order for art, mastery and craftsmanship to appear you must dive deep into the source from which the techniques came.
Techniques are not truth, they summarize truth.