This week, we're joined by Nelson Puentes! Nelson co-founded Inverted Gear and runs Inverted Gear Academy in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In this episode, Nelson explains his Super Mario theory of jiu-jitsu: a good game teaches you how to play it by raising the difficulty one step at a time, and a good jiu-jitsu class works the same way. Topics include: game design, resource management, coaching without instructions, defensive jiu-jitsu, and intrinsic motivation.

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Mental models discussed in this episode:

• Zone of Proximal Development
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/zone-of-proximal-development
  
  
• Investing in Loss
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/investing-in-loss
  
  
• Constraints-Led Approach
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/constraints-led-approach
  
  
• Self-Organization
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/self-organization
  
  
• Gamification
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/gamification
  
  
• Ecological Dynamics
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/ecological-dynamics
  
  
• Return on Investment
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/return-on-investment
  
  
• Win Conditions
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/win-conditions
  
  
• Defense Paradox
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/defense-paradox
  
  
• Keep It Playful
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/keep-it-playful
  
  
• Perception-Action Coupling
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/perception-action-coupling
  
  
• Continuum of Motivation
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/continuum-of-motivation
  
  
• Process Over Outcomes
  https://bjjmentalmodels.com/process-over-outcomes
  
  
  

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