Experience

I believe the saying experience is the best teacher. Sometimes you only learn by being part of a situation. This happens frequently in BJJ. Whether you end up in places you’ve had instruction on or a tangled mess of limbs with no discernible position, the lessons stick best with real time application. The most frequent example of this for new students is keeping their arms in tight. You can say it until you’re blue in the face, but usually they figure it out better after being repeatedly armbarred. It’s a hard journey and we all try to make it a little easier for the next generation, but Jiu Jitsu will always require work.