Josh Waitzkin

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.

He was in Florida. He was in New York before. He loved New York, but then he had to move to Florida. There was just a lot of jiu-jitsu politics flowing everywhere, as it does. Jiu-jitsu politics. The worst. Yeah, anyway, long story short, we opened a school together after that, and it was amazing. Then I spent so many years all in training with him. Mo's such a beautiful, beautiful martial artist.

He was in Florida. He was in New York before. He loved New York, but then he had to move to Florida. There was just a lot of jiu-jitsu politics flowing everywhere, as it does. Jiu-jitsu politics. The worst. Yeah, anyway, long story short, we opened a school together after that, and it was amazing. Then I spent so many years all in training with him. Mo's such a beautiful, beautiful martial artist.

He was in Florida. He was in New York before. He loved New York, but then he had to move to Florida. There was just a lot of jiu-jitsu politics flowing everywhere, as it does. Jiu-jitsu politics. The worst. Yeah, anyway, long story short, we opened a school together after that, and it was amazing. Then I spent so many years all in training with him. Mo's such a beautiful, beautiful martial artist.

And he spends his whole jiu-jitsu life, he spent in the scramble, in transition. And that was really a philosophy of his. Have you seen that old school Artesuave clip? Remember the old documentaries, Artesuave, from back there around him as a young teenager training at Faber-Guzel School in Sao Paulo. And it was so interesting because even then you could see him. He never held position.

And he spends his whole jiu-jitsu life, he spent in the scramble, in transition. And that was really a philosophy of his. Have you seen that old school Artesuave clip? Remember the old documentaries, Artesuave, from back there around him as a young teenager training at Faber-Guzel School in Sao Paulo. And it was so interesting because even then you could see him. He never held position.

And he spends his whole jiu-jitsu life, he spent in the scramble, in transition. And that was really a philosophy of his. Have you seen that old school Artesuave clip? Remember the old documentaries, Artesuave, from back there around him as a young teenager training at Faber-Guzel School in Sao Paulo. And it was so interesting because even then you could see him. He never held position.

He always let opponents move. Be fun to pull that up maybe at one point. Interesting. A core principle of his was to allow the opponent to move and spend as much training time as possible in transition. And while most jiu-jitsu guys, as you know, as they're coming up the ranks, egos are controlling, they're holding guys.

He always let opponents move. Be fun to pull that up maybe at one point. Interesting. A core principle of his was to allow the opponent to move and spend as much training time as possible in transition. And while most jiu-jitsu guys, as you know, as they're coming up the ranks, egos are controlling, they're holding guys.

He always let opponents move. Be fun to pull that up maybe at one point. Interesting. A core principle of his was to allow the opponent to move and spend as much training time as possible in transition. And while most jiu-jitsu guys, as you know, as they're coming up the ranks, egos are controlling, they're holding guys.

Yeah, this is after he moved to start training with Fabio in Sao Paulo. And it's such a beautiful thing because if you watch his style, he's not in this moment actually.

Yeah, this is after he moved to start training with Fabio in Sao Paulo. And it's such a beautiful thing because if you watch his style, he's not in this moment actually.

Yeah, this is after he moved to start training with Fabio in Sao Paulo. And it's such a beautiful thing because if you watch his style, he's not in this moment actually.

Now he's fully controlling.

Now he's fully controlling.

Now he's fully controlling.

Yeah, he's scrambling. Did he explain why? Well, you're maximizing time spent in the in-between. I mean, I think in the martial arts, people are so focused on position when they're learning position, position, position. But the in-between is where the real virtuosity happens.

Yeah, he's scrambling. Did he explain why? Well, you're maximizing time spent in the in-between. I mean, I think in the martial arts, people are so focused on position when they're learning position, position, position. But the in-between is where the real virtuosity happens.

Yeah, he's scrambling. Did he explain why? Well, you're maximizing time spent in the in-between. I mean, I think in the martial arts, people are so focused on position when they're learning position, position, position. But the in-between is where the real virtuosity happens.

And so he spent he maximized his time in the in-between.