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Steve Kwan examines jiu-jitsu's scattered naming conventions and argues that labels aren't neutral: they shape how techniques evolve (as with "the guard") and can become thought-terminating clichés. He offers a three-part checklist for coining a new term: is it easy to understand, is it a real improvement over the existing name, and can it avoid being misinterpreted.

Steve Kwan unpacks Goodhart's Law — "when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to become a good measure" — through BJJ, using EBI's overtime meta-game and the cobra effect as case studies in well-intentioned incentives that backfired.

via BJJ Mental Models Mini Ep. 118: Labeling

via BJJ Mental Models Mini Ep. 114: Goodhart's Law

via BJJ Mental Models Ep. 397 — Risk Management in BJJ feat. Jake Luigi