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My experience in martial arts competition lines up to this. The best way to "win", although not the most interesting or fun, is to train with an emphasis on dri
by yonaguska 4y ago
My experience in martial arts competition lines up to this. The best way to "win", although not the most interesting or fun, is to train with an emphasis on drilling and repetition. Which is one of the many reasons wrestlers do so well against non-wrestling grapplers. Their training creates a very reflex based application of moves. You're always faster than your opponent when you don't have to slow down and make decisions on the fly.
- dixie_land 4y agoso like Goku's Ultra Instinct, but IRL
- EForEndeavour 4y agoIsn't the Gunslinger effect actually distinct from drilling movements to become automatic/second nature? Imagine two equally trained gunslingers. Both have drilled the drawing movements endlessly to the point where they're fluid motions that require no conscious decision-making. But the gunslinger who draws first ends up losing because the one who draws second is actually reacting, as opposed to making the conscious decision to draw first.
- uoaei 4y agoNo. Consider drills (and building habits more generally) as compressing knowledge into preconscious processes. The first gunslinger could be just as engaged as the second. Because they don't have to devote brain calories to the draw, they are focused on other things actively in conscious thought. I think the "OK Corral" analogy breaks down here because life isn't like gun duels. But the first gunslinger is given freedom to approach with "higher-level thoughts" just as the second is. Requiring some kind of stimulus to react to doesn't pass the sniff test here.
- dymk 4y agoI don't think it's different. When shooting sporting clays, in which you call for the clay and then move the gun once you see where it was thrown, I miss when I'm putting in too much conscious effort. I hit the target if I'm letting muscle memory take over, trained over tens of thousands of rounds.
- mistrial9 4y agoa professional drummer (full-kit) told me something very similar; the topic came up many times since we both did tutoring
- marcodiego 4y agoAs someone who plays the classical guitar as a hobby, automation through repetition is key to clean execution.
- wyclif 4y agoEspecially with techniques like tremolo and rasqueado.
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- pyinstallwoes 4y agoHave you read Unfettered Mind? Interesting intersection between martial arts and zen which touches on precisely this conditioning and state of being. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unfettered_Mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unfettered_Mind
- yonaguska 4y agoNot yet, but now I will.
- MrMan 4y agojust train leg locks
- yonaguska 4y agoOnly works until I run into the next guy that trains leg locks, then I'm back to drilling.