Ep. 287: Automatic Grappling, feat. Cal McDonald

This week we're joined again by Cal McDonald!  Cal is a BJJ black belt under Rob Biernacki from Island Top Team and is the author of the new "BJJ Foundations" instructional alongside Stephan Kesting from Grapplearts.  In this episode, Cal discusses "automatic grappling," or the science of how we can improve our reaction time and make better decisions by thinking less when we train.

Email Cal:
cal.mcdonald@hotmail.com

Get Cal's instructional, BJJ Foundations:
https://www.grapplearts.com/bjj-foundations/


Resources discussed in this episode:

BJJMM Ep. 93 feat. Cal McDonald:
https://bjj.plus/93

The Art of Learning, by Josh Waitzkin
https://amzn.to/4bKlk4G

Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
https://amzn.to/3R8bOk6


Mental models discussed in this episode:

• Effortful Retrieval
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/effortful-retrieval/
  
  
• Cognitive Load
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/cognitive-load/
  
  
• Interleaving
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/interleaving/
  
  
• Dictate the Pace
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/dictate-the-pace/
  
  
• Form to Leave Form
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/form-to-leave-form/
  
  
• Teach to Learn
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/teach-to-learn/
  
  
• Deliberate Practice
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/deliberate-practice/
  
  
• Predictable Responses
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/predictable-responses/
  
  
• Ecological Dynamics
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/ecological-dynamics/
  
  

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