From : “I’m planning to teach this guy in my dojo how to think in principles, instead of how to think in terms of atomic techniques.”
This is an incredible experiment. I can’t wait to hear what happens.
Why?
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Because what he’s trying to do is to teach ‘far transfer’ — one of the most difficult things to teach in pedagogy!
If he figures out something that works, I’d be all ears.
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I'd be very interested to hear how it turns out! The folks at BJJ Mental Models are trying to do something that sounds similar for principles-based pedagogy for jujitsu- may be of interest, if you're not already familiar
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Wow I totally disagree with this.
What you want are principles that are synthesised from practice. Here’s one, but for Judo (members only): kljudo.com/members/the-ar
That's very interesting. I really like those- I can see how they'd provide both a set of heuristics for what to do in the "ah, shit, what now" moment, and a framework for understanding what techniques are actually for.
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From the BJJ models list, I found their list of mechanical concepts (alignment, 3-joint rule, etc.) helpful for organizing, and debugging individual techniques- the rest less so. That's from the perspective of a novice, however.
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