John Danaher
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first heard Oct 2022
last heard Oct 2022
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In time, we were able to switch off and have them go against very, very tough athletes, each other.
Luke Griffiths will do a full power match with Gordon Ryan.
They're fully aware that there's no one better in the world than Gordon Ryan.
So if you have a competitive match with Gordon Ryan, that's a very, very healthy sign.
So they went from the start where they were being programmed going against relatively mild resistance and building up over time and then building up to the greatest resistance possible in the sport of jiu-jitsu.
and their goal is not to win obviously but their goal is to provide a competitive match now gordon doesn't have any confidence issues so for him it's just good hard competitive training against people that are in some ways better than those he'll be facing in competition for the other guys it's getting a clear assessment of what their current skill level is
by going against the best there is.
Then we add to this a competitive schedule where the athletes have to go out into competition so they get used to the idea of performing in front of strangers on stage, getting used to the strange elements of going out, being observed and judged by people you don't know in a performance atmosphere.
And so they were all given matches and WNO competition leading up to the event, ADCC trials, local grappling events here in Austin, and given a competitive schedule to fight and prepare them for ADCC.
Obviously, as ADCC got closer and closer, this was pulled back because of the danger of injury.
So within about three weeks out was the last time we had a competition.
And by this method, confidence starts to grow.
And so the mental preparation came out of those physical underpinnings, the idea of progressive resistance increasing over time for both offense and defense, building up to a peak where they're going against the best athlete in the world so they can get an accurate assessment of where they stand.
Once you're giving a competitive match to the best guy in the world, you know damn well that when you go out in ADCC, you're ready to fight anybody.
Yes.
We're big believers in the idea of depth of defense.
The idea that you should be able to mount defense all the way through from early stages based mostly around anticipation of identifying danger visually before it emerges.
And all the way through to the deepest levels of defense where you are 100% defensive in terrible positions and you have to claw your way out over time and get back to a neutral position or even better, back to an attacking position.
You asked the question about mental training.
For me, the central focus of whatever small amount of mental training I give my students comes down to a very, very simple concept to understand.
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