The Fighter Who Wins Without Knowing Why

There is a kind of success more dangerous than failure: the victory that belongs to the ruleset, not to the fighter.

In martial arts competition, every scoring system defines what "counts." And the competitor who wants to win learns very quickly to optimize exactly those actions — not the ones that would serve them outside the ring.

The full article looks at why this happens, what the systems that have lasted over time do differently, and what separates the fighter who uses the rules from the one who serves them.

Read the full article at dojoandring.com.