u/AltruisticDoctor

I started BJJ somewhat late, with 35 yo. Since a kid until my 20s I played tennis at somewhat of a high level. In tennis, you can easily tell when someone learned to play as a kid and when someone learned as an adult. Their movement have this kind of "accent": their stiff, they don't move so well over the court, etc. And that's true even if they get to a very advanced level. They'll play quite descent tennis sometimes, hit hard, lot of top spin, high tennis IQ. Yet, you can still tell they learned late.

Is this also true in BJJ? Can you tell if someone learned it as a kid vs as an adult just by how they play? I can't really tell, but I'm not sure if it's my inexperience (~3 years of training so far).