Josh Waitzkin

I observe that people who are at the pinnacles of different arts are often doing things that are much more similar than people who are in the same art from them, but at lower levels. There's something in that qualitative experience. And then I began studying the principles that connected these things. And then I had this interesting experience.

I observe that people who are at the pinnacles of different arts are often doing things that are much more similar than people who are in the same art from them, but at lower levels. There's something in that qualitative experience. And then I began studying the principles that connected these things. And then I had this interesting experience.

I'm kind of compressing a life into a minute or two, but I... In my early 20s, I ultimately moved away from chess, and I'm happy to talk about why and that journey. And then I moved into the martial arts. My study of East Asian philosophy moved me into the study of Taoism and Tai Chi and then into Tai Chi push-hands. And I had this really interesting experience where...

I'm kind of compressing a life into a minute or two, but I... In my early 20s, I ultimately moved away from chess, and I'm happy to talk about why and that journey. And then I moved into the martial arts. My study of East Asian philosophy moved me into the study of Taoism and Tai Chi and then into Tai Chi push-hands. And I had this really interesting experience where...

I'm kind of compressing a life into a minute or two, but I... In my early 20s, I ultimately moved away from chess, and I'm happy to talk about why and that journey. And then I moved into the martial arts. My study of East Asian philosophy moved me into the study of Taoism and Tai Chi and then into Tai Chi push-hands. And I had this really interesting experience where...

At that point, the introspective process of studying chess had become much more about studying life. And so I was in an exploration of interconnectedness. But I was not playing chess anymore, and I was all in on the martial arts. But I was giving a simultaneous chess exhibition, which I did every year for many years, for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research.

At that point, the introspective process of studying chess had become much more about studying life. And so I was in an exploration of interconnectedness. But I was not playing chess anymore, and I was all in on the martial arts. But I was giving a simultaneous chess exhibition, which I did every year for many years, for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research.

At that point, the introspective process of studying chess had become much more about studying life. And so I was in an exploration of interconnectedness. But I was not playing chess anymore, and I was all in on the martial arts. But I was giving a simultaneous chess exhibition, which I did every year for many years, for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research.

And I was playing 50 chess games at once. And I was walking around this big square playing against 50 young up and coming strong players at the same time. And I realized at one point, I wasn't playing chess. I was moving chess pieces, but I was thinking in Tai Chi language. I was feeling flow, feeling space left behind, riding energetic waves of the game.

And I was playing 50 chess games at once. And I was walking around this big square playing against 50 young up and coming strong players at the same time. And I realized at one point, I wasn't playing chess. I was moving chess pieces, but I was thinking in Tai Chi language. I was feeling flow, feeling space left behind, riding energetic waves of the game.

And I was playing 50 chess games at once. And I was walking around this big square playing against 50 young up and coming strong players at the same time. And I realized at one point, I wasn't playing chess. I was moving chess pieces, but I was thinking in Tai Chi language. I was feeling flow, feeling space left behind, riding energetic waves of the game.

And it was like I was winning all these chess games but I hadn't played chess in a long time and I wasn't playing chess. And it became like and then my study of Tai Chi became extremely accelerated and then I started winning competing and then I won in the fighting application and I started winning national championships and then

And it was like I was winning all these chess games but I hadn't played chess in a long time and I wasn't playing chess. And it became like and then my study of Tai Chi became extremely accelerated and then I started winning competing and then I won in the fighting application and I started winning national championships and then

And it was like I was winning all these chess games but I hadn't played chess in a long time and I wasn't playing chess. And it became like and then my study of Tai Chi became extremely accelerated and then I started winning competing and then I won in the fighting application and I started winning national championships and then

And then I began to think about, like, or become more and more deeply involved in the study and the exploration of thematic interconnectedness, which has really become a life's work. And then my martial arts life ended up ending, you know, and taking me all over the world. And I won some world championships.

And then I began to think about, like, or become more and more deeply involved in the study and the exploration of thematic interconnectedness, which has really become a life's work. And then my martial arts life ended up ending, you know, and taking me all over the world. And I won some world championships.

And then I began to think about, like, or become more and more deeply involved in the study and the exploration of thematic interconnectedness, which has really become a life's work. And then my martial arts life ended up ending, you know, and taking me all over the world. And I won some world championships.

And I moved into Brazilian jiu-jitsu and trained in that art for many years and was training for the world championship for Brazilian jiu-jitsu. This is after winning worlds in the Tai Chi Chuan. And I broke my back in a training camp. I own a school with Marcelo Garcia, who's a dear friend, who's nine-time world champion, perhaps the greatest grappler, pound for pound, to ever live.

And I moved into Brazilian jiu-jitsu and trained in that art for many years and was training for the world championship for Brazilian jiu-jitsu. This is after winning worlds in the Tai Chi Chuan. And I broke my back in a training camp. I own a school with Marcelo Garcia, who's a dear friend, who's nine-time world champion, perhaps the greatest grappler, pound for pound, to ever live.

And I moved into Brazilian jiu-jitsu and trained in that art for many years and was training for the world championship for Brazilian jiu-jitsu. This is after winning worlds in the Tai Chi Chuan. And I broke my back in a training camp. I own a school with Marcelo Garcia, who's a dear friend, who's nine-time world champion, perhaps the greatest grappler, pound for pound, to ever live.