Josh Waitzkin

[JiuJitsuNation]

No doubt. My instructors just went to a seminar in Canton, OH with Marcelo. Said it was pretty good. They said he's not the most technical guy they've met...but that he's smooth like butter.

 

I would probably beg to differ with not being the most technical. You can't be at the top of the BJJ world and not be. I sat in on a private lesson with Marcelo and he is a phenom. Most people watching straight jitz in action can't see the beauty or the details in it because the don't know what they are looking at. Also when the guy has very poor english it's difficult to be very detailed in your instruction.

[sensei8]

Here's what I found so far....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDS69qvyq2k

These vidoes showing Josh training BJJ aren't much. I"m still trying to find Josh in a BJJ tournament.

The hunt continues!

[ps1]

No doubt. My instructors just went to a seminar in Canton, OH with Marcelo. Said it was pretty good. They said he's not the most technical guy they've met...but that he's smooth like butter.

 

I would probably beg to differ with not being the most technical. You can't be at the top of the BJJ world and not be. I sat in on a private lesson with Marcelo and he is a phenom. Most people watching straight jitz in action can't see the beauty or the details in it because the don't know what they are looking at. Also when the guy has very poor english it's difficult to be very detailed in your instruction.

They were talking more about his approach to teaching the seminar (not his skill level). Not alot of detail in the movements. I agree that it may have more to do with the English than anything else. Not to mention that his body naturally does things he no longer even thinks about anymore. They said he was much better in a one on one setting. After demonstrating a couple times he would walk around and correct things for people individually.

As far as the "Jitz in action" comment. We're not some fly by night MMA school. We're a Gracie Jiujitsu academy under Master Pedro Sauer. My instructors have been training for 16 years. I've been training BJJ for 7. They understand what they're looking at. It's just a different style of teaching than some of the older guys (Pedro, Relson, Royler) use. Their comments weren't made in a derogatory or ignorant manner. Most of the stuff we do on the back comes from watching how Marcello does it. The guy's unreal. It was just their take in comparison to what we usually see.

[JiuJitsuNation]

It wasn't my intention to offend. Just a common thing to happen. And you don't have to be a fly by night mma school to experience this. Any individual unfamiliar with the art will not see the importance or intention of most anything they see. Forgive me for not being familiar with your background, but your professor and mine are very good friends. As are everyone you have mentioned. Like I said was probably the language barrier.

[ps1]

It wasn't my intention to offend. Just a common thing to happen. And you don't have to be a fly by night mma school to experience this. Any individual unfamiliar with the art will not see the importance or intention of most anything they see. Forgive me for not being familiar with your background, but your professor and mine are very good friends. As are everyone you have mentioned. Like I said was probably the language barrier.

I agree. That's why most people boo when an mma fight goes to the ground.

[BlackFlag]

Wow Josh Waitzkin! I knew him as a chess player. Didn't know he practiced martial arts as well.

[bushido_man96]

It wasn't my intention to offend. Just a common thing to happen. And you don't have to be a fly by night mma school to experience this. Any individual unfamiliar with the art will not see the importance or intention of most anything they see. Forgive me for not being familiar with your background, but your professor and mine are very good friends. As are everyone you have mentioned. Like I said was probably the language barrier.

I'll admit that I know very little about BJJ and grappling in general. But, I do know enough to appreciate what is going on when two guys go to the ground and start making those little moves that everyone else in the audience might see as boring.

I agree. That's why most people boo when an mma fight goes to the ground.