There's more than one way to choke someone out!
I prefer that one over the old skin a cat saying.
Practise is good it makes things that use to take active thought to become subconscious which in turn makes you faster and more precise, since now you can focus on the task at hand.
Being open to learn from others in this regard is to take what you already do without thinking and recognizing there is a way for you to improve on it even more, in the end the best people are those who can unify the better parts from others with that of their own and still apply it without skipping a beat.
Word.... "without skipping a beat"
It's about the transitions!
Well said...you explain things way better than me. You nailed it. Sounds like something John Danaher would say. He's a very well versed jiu jitsu artist. Thanks for this comment because this is probably one of the best replies I've got because I can tell you understand.