Originally Posted by TheSquealer

There is a weird thing about motor learning and learning in general that no one seems to understand. It's actually fascinating and sort of new in neuroscience and it hasn't been for much over a decade that scientists have began taking an extremely hard look at what "skill" and "talent" are, and what it takes to develop expertise.

World class expertise in ANYTHING comes down to time/intensity of focus/number of reps (its a little more complicated than this, but not as much as one would think). Any world class performer in any domain has put in his time.... and any world class performer continues to do so, with a ruthless dedication to fundamentals and practice to stay there - (See the work of K Anders Ericsson - who is the worlds foremost expert on the development of expertise) - There is a very simple biological and neurological reason for this.

Nevertheless, time/reps/intensity of focus can't be side stepped and no matter how badly we like to believe in "prodigy's" there is no such thing. Everyone that possesses world class expertise has put in the time. It is a fact. Someone will either get lucky, or she'll just lose that burning desire to win like so many champions do once they achieve the highest goals, comfort, fame etc and her skills will decline until she loses. But its highly unlikely that anyone will "catch up" to her skill level while she is still hungry and actively training as she always has.

And no, "most male mma fighters" in her weight class could not submit her. It's about skill. Not wishful thinking. No human being thats ever tried to take down and hold down a skilled BJJ practitioner would ever think that.