Josh Waitzkin

He told me recently that right before that fight, his grips had locked up. So he went into that fight. It looks incredible. Just that arm drag, take the back, choked him out in seconds.

He told me recently that right before that fight, his grips had locked up. So he went into that fight. It looks incredible. Just that arm drag, take the back, choked him out in seconds.

He told me recently that right before that fight, his grips had locked up. So he went into that fight. It looks incredible. Just that arm drag, take the back, choked him out in seconds.

Yeah, his grips from the fight before were like... Oh, wow. Yeah.

Yeah, his grips from the fight before were like... Oh, wow. Yeah.

Yeah, his grips from the fight before were like... Oh, wow. Yeah.

Amazing. Amazing. Dude. That's epic. So it's funny. My background, we have a lot of overlap in our early jujitsu education because my first teacher was John Machado.

Amazing. Amazing. Dude. That's epic. So it's funny. My background, we have a lot of overlap in our early jujitsu education because my first teacher was John Machado.

Amazing. Amazing. Dude. That's epic. So it's funny. My background, we have a lot of overlap in our early jujitsu education because my first teacher was John Machado.

Yeah. And I spent years training with John in L.A. Long before, and then I'm, yeah.

Yeah. And I spent years training with John in L.A. Long before, and then I'm, yeah.

Yeah. And I spent years training with John in L.A. Long before, and then I'm, yeah.

So I moved to New York. I think I started training with John. So I was doing Chinese martial arts for a bunch of years before that, competing everywhere. Then I started training, cross-training with John in I think 2001, 2002. And then early 2005. Moved back to New York, started training with Marco Santos in his school in New York. And I was training with Jucao and Alisson Britis.

So I moved to New York. I think I started training with John. So I was doing Chinese martial arts for a bunch of years before that, competing everywhere. Then I started training, cross-training with John in I think 2001, 2002. And then early 2005. Moved back to New York, started training with Marco Santos in his school in New York. And I was training with Jucao and Alisson Britis.

So I moved to New York. I think I started training with John. So I was doing Chinese martial arts for a bunch of years before that, competing everywhere. Then I started training, cross-training with John in I think 2001, 2002. And then early 2005. Moved back to New York, started training with Marco Santos in his school in New York. And I was training with Jucao and Alisson Britis.

Jucao is an amazing old school Bracey Baja, like, you know, amazing fighter. And I was also cross training with Lucas Lepre at the time. And I was I needed I was just ready to. And then I met Marcelo and I was and he had moved from New York to Florida and I was traveling to Florida to train with Marcelo a bunch. And I I wanted to be pushed all in. And Marcelo and I gotten really close.

Jucao is an amazing old school Bracey Baja, like, you know, amazing fighter. And I was also cross training with Lucas Lepre at the time. And I was I needed I was just ready to. And then I met Marcelo and I was and he had moved from New York to Florida and I was traveling to Florida to train with Marcelo a bunch. And I I wanted to be pushed all in. And Marcelo and I gotten really close.

Jucao is an amazing old school Bracey Baja, like, you know, amazing fighter. And I was also cross training with Lucas Lepre at the time. And I was I needed I was just ready to. And then I met Marcelo and I was and he had moved from New York to Florida and I was traveling to Florida to train with Marcelo a bunch. And I I wanted to be pushed all in. And Marcelo and I gotten really close.

And then I I just said to him, hey, man, you know, you want to you want to come back to New York and open a school together. And he really loved New York, and we'd gotten very close.

And then I I just said to him, hey, man, you know, you want to you want to come back to New York and open a school together. And he really loved New York, and we'd gotten very close.