Episode Transcript: #2292 - Josh Waitzkin
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Whenever someone is like an interesting person and then I find out they do jiu-jitsu too,
I go, oh, I could talk to that guy for sure.
Yeah.
You know?
You know, I get excited when interesting people do jiu-jitsu because I think to the outsider,
to a lot of people that haven't been exposed to what it's like to train
and what it's like to be around high-level jiu-jitsu people, they don't know that vibe.
They don't know what it's like.
They don't know the beauty of jiu-jitsu.
I feel like jiu-jitsu is beautiful for people who practice it.
You see, Marcelo is a great example, your coach.
You know, Marcelo is probably one of the most beautiful guys to watch
because he just takes advantage of these scrambles in this, like, really beautiful way,
like, fast and slippery.
And when the opponents react, he reacts in the other way.
It's all just technique and flow.
It's like, ah!
Like, the first time I ever saw him, I saw him live in 2003 in Abu Dhabi.
And it was when he fought Shaolin.
That was the first time I'd ever seen him in the flesh.