05/09/2026
Insight! Thank you John Danaher!
In a game characterized by active knowledgeable resistance and where all the information you use to make your decisions is incomplete and ambiguous, the attribute that serves you best is your ability to switch and adapt with rapidly changing circumstances. This is why some form of sparring will always be the backbone of every combat sport. The act of adapting in real time is a skill in itself - arguably the most important skill of them all - but not a skill in the usual sense of the word - an overarching background skill that subsumes all the more contained skills within it. Ultimately we are all judged by our ability to perform against skilled resistance. Never lose sight of this.
09/21/2025