Mike Maxwell

And you don't think about it.

But when you have to show somebody, you have to think about all those things that you never think about, help explain it to somebody who doesn't know what the fuck you're talking about, and get them to grasp it.

I've seen that time and time again in jujitsu, where a guy's pretty good, and then he starts teaching.

like coaching beginners, one-on-one private lessons and stuff to make some extra money.

And next thing you know, he's a killer.

It's like, wow.

I think that's a missing part of the key to development is teaching.

I'm honestly surprised when others don't want to do the same.

I never gatekeep techniques.

If I see something that I think will work, I honestly think I'm a much better coach

than I am a jiu-jitsu practitioner.

I'm horrible at competing.

Sometimes I just be like, okay, I'm just going to stay here until I kind of have a room to get out and I don't have to try too fucking hard.

But I can see...

The game.

Right.

Much better in my students.

Right.

My gym, Steel MMA, is a little bit of like a ragtag sort of like Bad News Bears kind of gym.

Because there's so many high level competitive gyms in San Diego.