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377 - John Will, Member of BJJ's 'Dirty Dozen' on Sport vs Self Defense Jiu-Jitsu

The Strenuous Life Podcast with Stephan Kesting

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The Most Naturally Gifted Person in Jiu Jitsu?

I'm not naturally gifted at all. I actually see it as a superpower that my small learning disability makes things hard for me. Because I don't learn anything until I understand it. Once I heard the rationale, some part of my brain opened up. Jean-Jacques Machado would be the one, one of the best I've ever seen,. just learning like gifted. Benny the Jet will say the same thing, you know. He had to grind it out. But no one can argue that he was one of the better kickboxes in the world. Not such great coaches, horrible coaches.

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