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I was thinking about our habits and how it relates to jiu jitsu both positively and negatively. It seems we can have some habits that are drilled into us which are good to have and your body naturally reacts in a way to use these habits ie shrimping at the right time, not exposing neck/arms etc.
There are areas where some of these habits work against you, I believe there have been many times for most of us where we believe there is no way out of a certain technique or can't figure out how to do a certain move. Then when we ask our instructor, they can tell you something that is rather simple and you find it amazing that you didn't think of it before.
I sometimes find it interesting watching new guys roll, because they are usually a blank slate when it comes to bjj. So they may do somethings that you don't expect and it occasionally adds to your game.
I remember hearing a story of how Leo Viera came up with the brabo choke, that it was through watching his white belts spar. He saw some white belt do it, tried it himself and expanded on it.
I have always wondered how many of these new techniques come about, were they through problem solving or where someone did a technique randomly in sparring. Saw that it worked and tried to expland on it.
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