Here's the pushback I get more than any other. "Joe, if you gave the $10,000 dog more training, it would be just as good as the $250,000 dog." I agree with you. And that's exactly the problem. When most people say more training, they mean more of the same thing:
More of the same builds a better version of the same dog. It gives you a cleaner grip, a harder hold, a more confident dog. All of that is real. But the dog still does one thing when it makes contact: commit and wait. Think of it like this. If you train a fighter to only throw a jab, you can make that jab faster, harder and more accurate for ten years. You'll have a world-class jab.
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