Josh Waitzkin
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My knees were just screaming. And I would throw him on the floor, and then I'd be tapping. I didn't even know what tapping out was. I had never grappled before.
The first submission I felt in my life was like the heel hook 20 times. Somehow my ACL didn't shred. And I was like, I have to fucking train this jiu-jitsu because Max is kicking my ass and I didn't like it.
The first submission I felt in my life was like the heel hook 20 times. Somehow my ACL didn't shred. And I was like, I have to fucking train this jiu-jitsu because Max is kicking my ass and I didn't like it.
The first submission I felt in my life was like the heel hook 20 times. Somehow my ACL didn't shred. And I was like, I have to fucking train this jiu-jitsu because Max is kicking my ass and I didn't like it.
It's an amazing idea, right? Like they had no idea that they were entering his game. They thought they were controlling him.
It's an amazing idea, right? Like they had no idea that they were entering his game. They thought they were controlling him.
It's an amazing idea, right? Like they had no idea that they were entering his game. They thought they were controlling him.
And he was so used to people grabbing him. He spent his life people grabbing his game. They entered his river.
And he was so used to people grabbing him. He spent his life people grabbing his game. They entered his river.
And he was so used to people grabbing him. He spent his life people grabbing his game. They entered his river.
So UFC 12, how long after the first was that?
So UFC 12, how long after the first was that?
So UFC 12, how long after the first was that?
Yeah. Wow. Man, you've been on that journey from the beginning.
Yeah. Wow. Man, you've been on that journey from the beginning.
Yeah. Wow. Man, you've been on that journey from the beginning.
It was nuts. This theme of transitions and developing frames where other people don't have them, like it's so interesting how it's manifest in every art.
It was nuts. This theme of transitions and developing frames where other people don't have them, like it's so interesting how it's manifest in every art.
It was nuts. This theme of transitions and developing frames where other people don't have them, like it's so interesting how it's manifest in every art.
Like I remember when I was playing chess because I was a chess player from age 6 to 23. That was my first art.