John Danaher
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2,539 appearances
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first heard Oct 2022
last heard Oct 2022
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Now, what they try to sell you is something which is not reality, which is this is somehow bigger and different.
And they reinforce this with pageantry and theater so that it becomes not just a grappling match, but a grappling performance, the same way you have a theater performance.
And my goal as a coach is to dispel that and say, when you go out there,
There's only one reality.
You, him, and the referee reinforcing a rule set.
That's it.
Everything else you see, the smoke, the fire, the music, is an illusion.
And it's put there intentionally to make you feel a certain kind of way.
And your whole goal is to see this as an illusion and walk out and see only the reality, which is that this is the same damn thing you do every day in the gym.
The only difference is you're going with a guy you've never grappled before.
So when you step on the mat... Once you're aware of it, I always have them... It's like when you see a magician and you have his tricks explained to you, you never see the magic again.
The first time you see a good card trick from a good magician, it's like, oh my God.
Then when they explain it to you, I did this, this and this, step one, step two, then you look at it like, it's not that special.
And when you explain to people this idea of the pageantry as an illusion, then just as when you watch the magician and you learn the trick, all the magic flies out the window, so too with the nervous response.
an extra no it's the same in every competition it's not like you know they're twice as strong and adcc is there and the ibgf world championships it's the physical intensity is always pretty much the same they experience it every day in the gym and um uh like you know if you go out and you grapple gordon ryan it's not like the next guy you grab is going to be twice as strong sam or twice as fast
This could be a little stronger, a little faster, but not so much so that it completely changes your approach to the game.
There's not that much difference between the human bodies out there on the stage.
So if you've felt intensity before, you're not gonna be shocked by ADCC.
No, that would be forced.
Every athlete in the gym would be injured.
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