Quote Originally Posted by Faux Newbie View Post
Thinking is useful in designing one's training. That would be how techniques that support each other （and thus bring out principles) become habit.

Once fighting, thinking is a liability most of the time. If your training doesn't prepare, then hope for luck and take advantage of it.

This is true of every real style.
I agree completely.

Other than that I have no interest in reviving the old arguments on this thread about social class and all that rubbish. I will say that all the great coaches I've ever known where really smart guys. Not necessarily educated, intellectual, or upper class, ...but just really smart. And there's truth in the old axiom, "Don't just train hard, train smart". This applies to every sport and MA I know, not just WC.