what is a natural grappler?
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slothofdoom
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i've only ever witnessed 1 person i would consider a natural / prodigy.
i was training a small (about 35 kgs) 13 year old kid and it was crazy I'd teach him a technique and it was like he had been doing it all his life. at the time i had another kid on the mat who had trained at another school in bjj 7 years who also outweighed him by 20 kgs and in just 2 lessons this kid was walking all over him (using only the few basic techniques I'd showed him).
he was doing muay thai at our school at the same time and doing exactly the same thing. within a couple of lessons he looked like he'd been doing that all his life as well.
unfortunately after a month with us he got a soccer scholoship to some fancy school and we didn't see him again.
i was training a small (about 35 kgs) 13 year old kid and it was crazy I'd teach him a technique and it was like he had been doing it all his life. at the time i had another kid on the mat who had trained at another school in bjj 7 years who also outweighed him by 20 kgs and in just 2 lessons this kid was walking all over him (using only the few basic techniques I'd showed him).
he was doing muay thai at our school at the same time and doing exactly the same thing. within a couple of lessons he looked like he'd been doing that all his life as well.
unfortunately after a month with us he got a soccer scholoship to some fancy school and we didn't see him again.
