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Turned this thread into this week's essay: commoncog.com/blog/seeing-ex

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1/ I’ve noticed that in every skill you become sufficiently good at, there comes a point where you begin to notice nuance in your own skill (and the skill of others) and … you begin to make up your own language to describe that nuance. Let’s call this the vocab point.

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7:39 PM · Apr 5, 2022Twitter Web App

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An inexpensive way to notice you're noticing something new: jokes. Getting a joke feels NBD, but how much tacit knowledge is required to get even the lamest joke? You can say to a student: "Two weeks ago this 'joke' would've seemed like gibberish. Look how much you've learned!"

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Beautiful! cc:

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Excellent read, as always. I took your advice on "listening to other experts talk" (can't recall source) for BJJ. I'm working on my "standup" game and am drowning in new terminology (aiyotsu, kenki-yotsu, power hand, etc). Any good judo analysts you like? :)

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I also found that the quality of commentating in BJJ can vary. Always refreshing when commentators can name the specific leg entanglements they see + what they expect to happen next. But not everyone can get to Danaher's level!

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