Mark Zuckerberg vs Lex Fridman in Jiu Jitsu

Nice, mark. There it is.

This video is of Mark Zuckerberg and I, Lex Friedman, training Jiu Jitsu, a martial art with the goal of attaining positional dominance of your opponent and then to submit them by breaking their arm or leg, or choking them unconscious, but stopping right before that as your opponent taps twice to designate that they give up. I'm a black belt in Jiu jitsu and have been doing it for over 15 years and and also judo and wrestling for 10 more. Mark has been training Jiu Jitsu for just over a year and has taken this journey on with humility and with a seriousness that, to me, is truly inspiring. This was recorded shortly after our recent podcast conversation. And given the recent back and forth between Elon and Zuck on social media, I should mention that I'm a longtime friend of Elon and a new friend of Zuck, and I'm excited to see them take on the journey of being martial artists in their own way. And I look forward to training with each of them. They both run large, successful, impactful companies, and so they're super busy. But I do believe there's tremendous value in them practicing martial arts, as it will make them better leaders, better human beings and students of human nature. First and foremost, at least to me, Jiu Jitsu is humbling, and humility is. Is a powerful tool for innovation and leadership. Let me quote here, as one must the great Miyamoto Musashi, a Japanese swordsman and warrior philosopher from the 17th century, think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world. That said, this is a martial art. And so he also did say that the way of the warrior is the resolute acceptance of death. In this video, you'll see Mark and I doing live technical training and some practice of techniques under the guidance of the legendary Jiu jitsu and judo instructor, Dave Camarillo. And now, dear friends, here's Mark Zuckerberg and I training some Jiu Jitsu.

What are you Grapple too? All right, you know what? You guys go.

Sorry. Give me your leg.

Stand up.

Yeah.

That doesn't work.

Sit up.

Sit up. Close your hand on your arm. Yes. There you go. Get the reverse. Remember what we're talking about.

Let's.

You have to posture and shake them off, cuz if you don't, he pulls you.

Yeah.

You know what I'm saying?

I always.

I was trying to think that that slouching them.

Mark, you look like a Jiu Jitsu guy.

Thank you.

That was awesome. All right, time for one more. Let's put Mark and Lex Together. We had such a great run.

This one position, too.

Take that, Max. Come on, bud.

You need to use pins. Get Nick down and pin them. Yeah. That was crazy. Nick, double up on that. Get on with the double. Nice, Nice, nice. Now we're going to go for the double. His legs were pinned together. Got double it.

Pull him out.

When he has that guillotine, turn away from the elbow. Like, turn towards the elbow. You know what I mean?

Yeah.

You just sweep and get a pin.

Such a good tire.

Pin them. Left shoulder tight. Grab his. Grab his neck or trap. Pin it. Head up. Yep. Posture up. Posture up. Posture.

Yep.

Posture. Posture. Push his left knee. Push his left knee. Head down. Keep your head down. Shoulder pressure. Nice.

Which way do we walk?

Which way do we walk? Shoulder pressure. Put those feet on the ground.

Double back, double back. Nick.

Forward. Forward.

Mark.

There you go.

Yes.

Sit him down. Nice, Mark. Watch the leg coming in. Very nice.

Good job. Good job.

Nice. Hop, hop, hop. Sit on, sit on. Get ready to spin. Do it.

Jimmy that leg. Give me that leg. Yep.

Then pull your leg out. Pull apart.

Nice, Mark.

There it is.

And unwind your leg.

Yes.

Good. Shove the knee down. Step over. Lift your leg up. And step up. Pull it over. Take it back.

Sa.