6) “When you are in the fight, the body is just gonna do what it do.
It will just do it automatically because you trained for it.
The purpose of training it to make it that when you fight, it becomes just a reaction.
That is why we do drills over and over again so that it becomes just a reaction.
So when you start to actually fight, your and body and your condition and all that will just completely take over.”
Rashad Evans – Fightland
7) “Here are four magic questions to ask a black belt:
What is the EASIEST way to get out of this position, or
What are the THREE BASIC attacks from here, or
What is the HIGHEST PERCENTAGE move from this position, or
What is your BREAD AND BUTTER escape to this attack?”
Stephan Kesting
8) “When you think – you are late; when you are late you use strength; when you use strength you get tired; when you get tired, you die!”
Saulo Ribeiro
9) “Not only can you bottleneck your style, [but] the opposite would be to flood your style with too many techniques:
You practice every kick under the sun, every punch under the sun, you practice every hold under the sun and you’re going to have nothing.
You’ve mastered nothing. The two are opposites.
Do I focus my time on one technique and be limited or should I be the opposite, where I can do everything but I’m not good at it?
You have to find a balance and progress step-by-step, by degrees.
For me, I believe that you have to master something and minor in something else, just like we do in education.
Your minor will be a master eventually.”
Firas Zahabi
10) “Even when you spar during training, you should minimize your natural talents.
By limiting yourself, you may find yourself in much worse situation, but you are forced to think your way out, using techniques you would not have otherwise used.
When you start doing this, you begin to understand what is really wrong in a certain situation and you begin to understand what actually needs to be done in a technical way in order to improve the situation.
You then begin to develop a real, deep progress, understanding the mechanics of any situation.”
Rickson Gracie
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