I look at it like any skill worth mastering is worth training until doing without conscious effort. Like walking, talking, riding a bicycle, dancing, BJJ, MMA,

I look at it like any skill worth mastering is worth training until doing without conscious effort. Like walking, talking, riding a bicycle, dancing, BJJ, MMA, witty-banter, or chatting-up one's preferred amorous demographic: conscious thinking is nervous, insecure, self-doubting, clumsy, ungraceful... and just plain bad.