Jocko Willink
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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It's hard to explain to people how little we, how little human beings knew about fighting in 1992.
before the UFC.
Like, no one even understood the guard, or the mount, or the rear naked choke, or the kimura, or the arm lock.
There was, it didn't even exist.
It wasn't, it wasn't even, it didn't even exist, man.
And so this guy, you don't even know that he's passing your guard.
You don't even know what the guard is.
You don't know that he's mounted, because you don't even know what the mount is.
You don't know that he's taking your arm.
You don't, you have no comprehension of what's happening.
And so he just annihilated us.
And to me, I just thought to myself, whatever this freaking guy knows, I will do whatever I can to learn it.
And so we started training with him.
That was my introduction to jujitsu.
Wow.
He just stuck with you ever since.
So how long has it been since then?
Well, that was in 1992, 1993.
Wow, so what, 20?
Yeah.