John Danaher is a highly intelligent man, who earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University, but found that the knowledge found on the mats of Jiu-Jitsu gyms were more in tune with what he was passionate and interested in:
As a child, a big influence upon me was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Hound Of The Bakervilles', which is essentially the story of reason being employed to defeat our primordial and irrational fears and instincts. The sport of Jiu-Jitsu is a fine example of reason and of trial and error used to overcome complex problems in an environment that naturally creates fear and weakness. As such, it fits well with my sense of personal identity.
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