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Because pretty much everyone "pet" throws are different---chances are that I won;t have the same set of favorite techiniqes as you do---and in addition the chances are that we are going to be of different body types--so even what we might have in common will probabaly done in different ways.
Think of it like this----I design a system that works for me--palys to my specific strenghts and addresses my specific weakness.
I teach this to you--now your working with MY strengths and weaknesses instead of your own---so you make changes and additions for your OWN needs...in some cases you end up cross-training to address probelsm that "I" didn't have so "I" didn't teach you how to addresses them.
Now you teach this to a 3td person--only now--since the cirruculem has grown--this person can more easily pick the stuff that works for them since they have more "tools" at it were, to chose from contained in the system from the get-go.
Its like my old football coach used to say:
"your job is learn the playbook-----if the QB calls Black 22 right I don't want anyone standing around with their dick in their hands wondering what is going on."
You may never need to know 80% of what you were taught--the "playbook" of judo/jujutsu---then again it might very well be the techniques that you DON'T know that could have saved you.
Even more important----"you" may not need that technique at all--but someone ELSE might--and if you don't know it---you can't teach it.
Chris Thomas
"While people are entitled to their illusions, they are not entitled to a limitless enjoyment of them and they are not entitled to impose them upon others."
"Team Cynicism" MVP 2005-2006
Currently on "Injured/Reserve" list due to a scathing Sarcasm pile-up.