Josh Waitzkin

And you have huge industries that emerge from static quality later on top of static quality, which is most of humanity, right? So I think that as a world-class competitor who's trying to win after winning, one needs to have the same dynamic mindset one had when one was hunting for it in the first place. Rediscovery. Marcelo Garcia, one of my most... One of my favorite moments of Marcelo was...

And you have huge industries that emerge from static quality later on top of static quality, which is most of humanity, right? So I think that as a world-class competitor who's trying to win after winning, one needs to have the same dynamic mindset one had when one was hunting for it in the first place. Rediscovery. Marcelo Garcia, one of my most... One of my favorite moments of Marcelo was...

And you have huge industries that emerge from static quality later on top of static quality, which is most of humanity, right? So I think that as a world-class competitor who's trying to win after winning, one needs to have the same dynamic mindset one had when one was hunting for it in the first place. Rediscovery. Marcelo Garcia, one of my most... One of my favorite moments of Marcelo was...

So we were – so Marcelo, nine-time world champion in the grappling arts, five-time ADCC – five-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu, four-time ADCC. ADCC is when Abu Dhabi Combat Championship, when all the different grappling arts come together. It happens every two years. So Russian sambo, judo, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, right?

So we were – so Marcelo, nine-time world champion in the grappling arts, five-time ADCC – five-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu, four-time ADCC. ADCC is when Abu Dhabi Combat Championship, when all the different grappling arts come together. It happens every two years. So Russian sambo, judo, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, right?

So we were – so Marcelo, nine-time world champion in the grappling arts, five-time ADCC – five-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu, four-time ADCC. ADCC is when Abu Dhabi Combat Championship, when all the different grappling arts come together. It happens every two years. So Russian sambo, judo, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, right?

Everything comes together and you see who's the strongest grappler in all the different arts. He's known by many as the greatest pound-for-pound grappler to ever live. Just for context, Marcelo is one of my dearest friends. We own a school together in New York. We trained together for a very, very long time. He's in an amazing moment right now.

Everything comes together and you see who's the strongest grappler in all the different arts. He's known by many as the greatest pound-for-pound grappler to ever live. Just for context, Marcelo is one of my dearest friends. We own a school together in New York. We trained together for a very, very long time. He's in an amazing moment right now.

Everything comes together and you see who's the strongest grappler in all the different arts. He's known by many as the greatest pound-for-pound grappler to ever live. Just for context, Marcelo is one of my dearest friends. We own a school together in New York. We trained together for a very, very long time. He's in an amazing moment right now.

He and his wife, Tachi, who's also one of my dearest friends, had a terrible tragedy years ago. They lost a baby. And just devastating period. And then Marcelo had cancer. He had stomach cancer. He had surgery, eight rounds of chemotherapy. He hasn't competed in 13 years and he's actually competing tomorrow for the first time in, I think it's 13 years, in Bangkok.

He and his wife, Tachi, who's also one of my dearest friends, had a terrible tragedy years ago. They lost a baby. And just devastating period. And then Marcelo had cancer. He had stomach cancer. He had surgery, eight rounds of chemotherapy. He hasn't competed in 13 years and he's actually competing tomorrow for the first time in, I think it's 13 years, in Bangkok.

He and his wife, Tachi, who's also one of my dearest friends, had a terrible tragedy years ago. They lost a baby. And just devastating period. And then Marcelo had cancer. He had stomach cancer. He had surgery, eight rounds of chemotherapy. He hasn't competed in 13 years and he's actually competing tomorrow for the first time in, I think it's 13 years, in Bangkok.

It was gonna be in Denver and I was gonna fly there between the Lakers and the Mavs games, but it's in Bangkok, so I can't get there. But he's weighed in, he's doing great, he's feeling awesome. So the story I'm about to tell is about this epic, beautiful human being who in many ways He's the innovator that led to much of what is modern grappling today.

It was gonna be in Denver and I was gonna fly there between the Lakers and the Mavs games, but it's in Bangkok, so I can't get there. But he's weighed in, he's doing great, he's feeling awesome. So the story I'm about to tell is about this epic, beautiful human being who in many ways He's the innovator that led to much of what is modern grappling today.

It was gonna be in Denver and I was gonna fly there between the Lakers and the Mavs games, but it's in Bangkok, so I can't get there. But he's weighed in, he's doing great, he's feeling awesome. So the story I'm about to tell is about this epic, beautiful human being who in many ways He's the innovator that led to much of what is modern grappling today.

So back in, I think it was 2005 and 2007, this story, or maybe 2007, 2009. I think it's 2005 and 2007. Chronology is not a strong point for me in terms of my recollection in general. We were in a training camp. And we were training all the time. He had this innovative repertoire.

So back in, I think it was 2005 and 2007, this story, or maybe 2007, 2009. I think it's 2005 and 2007. Chronology is not a strong point for me in terms of my recollection in general. We were in a training camp. And we were training all the time. He had this innovative repertoire.

So back in, I think it was 2005 and 2007, this story, or maybe 2007, 2009. I think it's 2005 and 2007. Chronology is not a strong point for me in terms of my recollection in general. We were in a training camp. And we were training all the time. He had this innovative repertoire.

He goes into ADCC, dominates it, and it's a very specific repertoire, back-taking repertoire, guillotines, just dominates, blows the grappling world away. For the two years that followed him winning that ADCC, the entire grappling world was studying what he had just done. or a lot of the grappling. We were setting, we were just learning to recreate it.

He goes into ADCC, dominates it, and it's a very specific repertoire, back-taking repertoire, guillotines, just dominates, blows the grappling world away. For the two years that followed him winning that ADCC, the entire grappling world was studying what he had just done. or a lot of the grappling. We were setting, we were just learning to recreate it.