Until I'm an instructor and have a vested interest in other peoples games, I kinda feel silly talking about what I saw on the jiu jitsu mat at practice. By definition, when I talk about another persons roll, I was sitting on the side line while two other people were actually participating. I definitely take rounds off, but when I do, I always try to learn something instead of projecting my own insecurities. What a tool for going off and talking about somebody else's practice on the internet. Usually this type of character flaw works its self out in jiu jitsu. At the risk of being a cliche, this situation reminds me of this quote
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
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