Andrew Huberman took his first jiu jitsu class with me at 10th Planet Austin while visiting. It was great to see a world-class scientist like Andrew humbly take on a new challenge with a beginner's mind.

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Andrew's Website: https://hubermanlab.com/
10th Planet Austin: https://10patx.com/

OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:13 - Arm drag
2:18 - RNC choke
3:38 - Darce choke
6:38 - Head & arm choke

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This video is of Andrew Huberman taking his first Jiu-Jitsu class with me at 10th Planet in Austin, Texas.

Gabe Tuttle, who you see explaining the techniques, is a head instructor there.

Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art and a fascinating game of human chess.

Sometimes it is practiced with a gi, sometimes without the gi, like in this case.

It involves using detailed techniques to attain dominant positions that allow you to control your opponent's body and then to apply submissions like breaking their arm or choking them unconscious, but stopping right before that as your opponent taps twice to designate that they give up.

This double tap, performed thousands of times in a jiu-jitsu journey, is the dismantling of the ego that I think is a very powerful tool for the development of the human mind, scientific and otherwise.

Here, Andrew learns how to take his opponents back with an arm drag and submit them with a choke.

I wanted to capture this moment because hopefully it's inspiring to see a world-class scientist like Andrew take on something new and difficult with a beginner's mind.

Maybe this will inspire you to try jiu-jitsu as well.

I honestly have no idea what I'm doing Lex.

So we're gonna start off in the butterfly position.

First of all, we're going to be working is our dominant arm here.

We're going to be working to the back first.

And I can either come to him or pull down into me.

And here I want to actually mirror my hand.

So I just scoot out here, and I'm keeping good tension with my elbow here as I pull Lex down.

Sometimes we can attack the neck straight away from here.

Is he gonna try and stand up, or is it always?

He can, so the arm drive still works for standing.

Even if Lex pops up, and he's like in a standing position, I can still.

This is this claw, and he swims the other 1 over and it's this squeeze but he also brings out his chest like that, right?

If you feel the crush, I have a lot more crush where that's from.

It can either break the jaw or still choke you.

So this is the claw, that's perfect right there.

And, swim that through, squeeze and expand your chest.

So rather than try and flip him on his back.

Yeah, I'm going under the armpit now and reach for the far side of the neck.

So now from here, once I get in control of the neck, I can let the arm drag go.

That arm comes all the way around, and I'm just pinching the back of his head with my elbow.

This guy's gonna just go straight, turn your elbow up, find your traction here.

Now you can kind of ratchet your grip in deeper.

So just turn that elbow back up, and this guy comes up and Around this way.

Basically you're trying to get into a place where you can use your own, your own musculature.

This arm and choke, we're gonna blood choke also.

So my forearm, cropped on the far side, I'm pushing your shoulder into the neck joint.

I can see how this would become addicting.

Especially if you're a very cerebral guy, like you are.

Actually, I don't know what the visual...

Because your eyes are part of your brain and they demand so much blood and glucose all the time you're cutting off less blood.

So why do you get the little just spontaneous transmission of neurons in the eye.

Oh yeah just yeah it's cool when you see stars like If you get hit hard and you see stars, it's because you're spontaneous firing of cells.

Yeah, you can feel the blood just start to tunnel up Is that too fast?

I don't know, This is what I was saying like, squaring with somebody who knows how to do it because they can do it like...

So yeah, if you stand up, that's exactly the game, other side of the game that we looked at today.

If you're going away, I'm gonna threaten you by coming up and then you're gonna wanna push me down.

And you'll be a little bit more nervous about me coming up, so you're gonna pressure yourself into me.

So like that's the yin and yang, the push and pull.

Here, and we use pressuring this way, yep.

Yeah, and I could just like sit here, relax for a while and just make it very unpleasant for you.

When you talk about relinquishing the ego, it's like, yeah, you have to be willing to let somebody get real close to you, like mount you, flip you.

It's not something I'm used to on any basis.


Speaker 0: This video is of Andrew Huberman taking his first Jiu-Jitsu class with me at 10th Planet in Austin, Texas. Gabe Tuttle, who you see explaining the techniques, is a head instructor there. Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art and a fascinating game of human chess. Sometimes it is practiced with a gi, sometimes without the gi, like in this case. It involves using detailed techniques to attain dominant positions that allow you to control your opponent's body and then to apply submissions like breaking their arm or choking them unconscious, but stopping right before that as your opponent taps twice to designate that they give up.

This double tap, performed thousands of times in a jiu-jitsu journey, is the dismantling of the ego that I think is a very powerful tool for the development of the human mind, scientific and otherwise. Here, Andrew learns how to take his opponents back with an arm drag and submit them with a choke. I wanted to capture this moment because hopefully it's inspiring to see a world-class scientist like Andrew take on something new and difficult with a beginner's mind. Maybe this will inspire you to try jiu-jitsu as well.

Speaker 1: I honestly have no idea what I'm doing Lex. 0. Fortune favors the bold so good luck. So we're gonna start off in the butterfly position. First of all, we're going to be working is our dominant arm here.

We're going to be working to the back first. So we're going to hit my arm drag here. Try to get it off. Attach your chest to that shoulder. Now you can move.

And I can either come to him or pull down into me. So watch this move real quick. So I can get my arm dragged here. Look at this for lap control. And here I want to actually mirror my hand.

So I just scoot out here, and I'm keeping good tension with my elbow here as I pull Lex down. And then I can set my bottom hook. I come right in to attack my seatbelt. Sometimes we can attack the neck straight away from here. Is he gonna try and stand up, or is it always?

He can, so the arm drive still works for standing. Even if Lex pops up, and he's like in a standing position, I can still. I just go through the whole thing. Yeah, sure, I want to see how it goes. This is this claw, and he swims the other 1 over and it's this squeeze but he also brings out his chest like that, right?

So, and then you tap on me twice. Sorry, I should have mentioned that. Okay, I forgot the uniswim. So, this is the universal sign. 2 at 2.

Twice, because I'm screwed. Got it. I had enough. Okay, now 1 more time. He's swimming this huh.

And it's choked like this. He's also saying, If

Speaker 0: your chin is all the

Speaker 1: way down, this is also... If you feel the crush, I have a lot more crush where that's from. It can either break the jaw or still choke you. So this is the claw, that's perfect right there. And, swim that through, squeeze and expand your chest.

Yeah. Nice. You're building this joke. I don't know. So rather than try and flip him on his back.

Yeah, I'm going under the armpit now and reach for the far side of the neck. So now from here, once I get in control of the neck, I can let the arm drag go. That arm comes all the way around, and I'm just pinching the back of his head with my elbow. This guy's gonna just go straight, turn your elbow up, find your traction here. Now you can kind of ratchet your grip in deeper.

You feel that? Boom. So just turn that elbow back up, and this guy comes up and Around this way. Okay. There it is.

I see. So there's a logic there. Basically you're trying to get into a place where you can use your own, your own musculature. Like rather than just battle. This arm and choke, we're gonna blood choke also.

So my forearm, cropped on the far side, I'm pushing your shoulder into the neck joint. Can you hear me? I like it. I can see how this would become addicting. Yeah.

It's just because there's so many... Especially if you're a very cerebral guy, like you are. Like, this is my arm. This one's got a chute underneath it. Yeah, You got it.

There we go. And then curl your left arm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, just... You just boa constrictor them.

Yeah, boa constrictor. I mean, you're right. When you get, Maybe you know about this.

Speaker 2: Actually, I don't know what the visual... Why is

Speaker 1: there butterflies? When you start to choke out? Because your eyes are part of your brain and they demand so much blood and glucose all the time you're cutting off less blood. But why the visual artifacts? So why do you get the little just spontaneous transmission of neurons in the eye.

Oh yeah just yeah it's cool when you see stars like If you get hit hard and you see stars, it's because you're spontaneous firing of cells. Yeah, I get that with the choke. I just got that now. Oh, really? Yeah, it's the stars.

In there. So it's this shoulder going in there. That's the 1 blood. And then my hand on the other side. Yeah, you can feel the blood just start to tunnel up Is that too fast?

Did I cinch you too close? No, that was perfect. That's just really tight. Okay, sorry, sorry. I don't know, This is what I was saying like, squaring with somebody who knows how to do it because they can do it like...

The butterflies are back. Yeah, I mean... He's being kind. Lex Friedman is strong. I was worried I'd be going to sleep.

You're strong. That Russian grip is insane. So yeah, if you stand up, that's exactly the game, other side of the game that we looked at today.

Speaker 2: So we looked at arm drags, but Those

Speaker 1: only work when you're coming in. When you're coming in. If you're going away, I'm gonna threaten you by coming up and then you're gonna wanna push me down. That down. And you'll be a little bit more nervous about me coming up, so you're gonna pressure yourself into me.

And that leads to that hand, right? Got it.

Speaker 2: So like that's the yin and yang, the push and pull.

Speaker 1: This is where the choke position is. Here, and we use pressuring this way, yep. That's called head and arm choke. That's Rogan's favorite choke. So it's this, this.

Yeah, that feels very helpless. Yeah, and I could just like sit here, relax for a while and just make it very unpleasant for you. When you talk about relinquishing the ego, it's like, yeah, you have to be willing to let somebody get real close to you, like mount you, flip you. It's not something I'm used to on any basis. It's really a beautiful sport.

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