Knowing a move vs. having it in your "A-game"

Pondering on more stuff while out-of-commission: There is a huge difference between "knowing a move" and "your A-game move". In fact, fighters tend to spam the same moves again and again and again in spite of the myriad of other stuff they know enough to teach.

No doubt that B. Faria *can* demonstrate the leg drag pass, and that R. Mendes *can* demonstrate the over under pass. Do they whip them out as first-choice moves during competitions? N. O. P. E.

Speaking of which, fighters may have preferred moves; it does not mean that it's the *only* thing they do. Contrary to popular belief, the Miyaos do have a top game, and Rodolfo Vieira does know what a guard is.

Corollaries:

- Many fighters find a way to generalize their preferred guard pass methods to *EVERY* guard in the standard repertoire. Speaking of which, you may have to customize the disentanglement/breaking itself depending on what guard you are talking about, but otherwise most guard passes are pretty globally applicable, unless you are talking about something truly out of whack like deep half or donkey guard (the worm guard may require a specialized break, but once you do manage to break free, it is just like any other open guard)

- Unless circumstances are dictating otherwise, many fighters have a few different "favourite" guards that they always try to get back to.

- For every standard stuff you learn in class, there is a fighter who built a career out of it.

- Despite what the "training for deh streeetz" camp may think, I do not doubt that a double guard-pulling roosterweight can soundly toss a mugger or two.