[QUOTE=265lbsfist;2667879]In my experience most grapplers fall into two categories:
Those with complex technical games and those with simple and straightforward games.
At the lower belt/skill levels athletic types tend to dominate with relatively straightforward games based on their sheer physicality while grapplers with complexed games tend to fall short on takedown points, a guard pass or such.
But as skill levels rise the complex games often come to the fore frustrating the athletic types to no end. Many of them stagnate or quit altogether since eating the humble pie and filling out their games takes a hard toll on an ego grown large.
However, even as the more wellrounded types make it to the top I have observed that among those guys they have specialty moves which wins them fights. They have complex games but often rely on a limited set of techniques for success in competition. 10 trick ponies if you will. 
Is that the way? Or is complexity and versatility still the aspiration for us all? Will complexity catch up with limited technique specialists at some future point or is the competitive life of a grappler too short for this to be achieved? Is 10-trick ponying the way to go for everyone but the most talented guys?[/QUOTE]
your move sir
