Creating a connection and changing a mindset: Normally when we think of instruction in jiu jitsu we think of our daily technical lessons that aim to improve the precision with which we apply technique. There is however, an entirely different kind of instruction that is of equally great importance (and in some ways even greater importance). I am talking about INSIGHT THAT CREATES IN THE STUDENT A NEW POINT OF VIEW THAT CHANGES THE DIRECTION OF THEIR STUDY AND GIVES THEIR TECHNIQUE A SENSE OF DIRECTION. consider an example from my sensei, Renzo Gracie. When I was a white belt, I hated bottom position and always sought to fight on top. Mr Gracie had observed me in training and one day when we talked I expressed my preference for getting to mounted position and doing everything from there. Mr Gracie said to me, John
