Competition and The Phantom Menace
After watching many jiu-jitsu matches, I noticed a third fighter personality. Rookie Obi-Wan is clearly inexperienced. This is his first time fighting a real sith. When the shields go up he is clearly nervous. He is not focused and ready like Darth Maul, nor is he calm and collected like Qui Gon. At first I thought this is just like a white belt. Then I realized some white belts with previous competitive experience are able to come in prepared, while even brown or black belts that come in nervous can look like Obi-Wan did. There is nothing inherent in the belt system that makes people into Obi-Wans, only the lack of experience. Don’t be Obi-Wan, be Darth Maul or Qui Gon Jin.
Now of course the actual fight takes a different turn. Qui Gon doesn’t outsmart Darth Maul with patience, and Obi-Wan’s nervousness doesn’t get him killed. Somehow, Obi-Wan is the only survivor. I don’t know what to say about that. I guess George Lucas doesn’t always get it right.
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Hi my name is Micah. I have been doing Jiu-Jitsu since 2007, first in Colorado and now in Portland. My favorite thing about Jiu-Jitsu is that it isn't easy. Come roll with me sometime.
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