You are not your body

Your body is just the vehicle that you use to navigate this physical realm

This amazing vehicle has its own intelligence, and most of the time, it's running on autopilot without your input

The REAL you is the soul that pilots this body

After I posted this tweet it made me realise that maybe that's why it takes so many hours on the mat to get good at BJJ (or any technical sport for that matter)

because your body needs time to absorb the techniques and develop muscle memory

Even if you consciously understand the techniques, your body won't be able to perform them smoothly in a real situation if you haven't put in the necessary reps to develop muscle memory or body "intelligence".

Or in other words, your brain may have understood the technique, but your body hasn't understood the technique yet.

However, once your body "understands" the technique, it will execute it automatically at the right time even without you having to command it consciously

That's why black belts have such amazing reactions and fluidity in their movement

They're not thinking, just flowing