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#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness
Lex Fridman Podcast
What Did Jimmy Do for Judo?
In Japan and Russia you get it by going through a bunch of beatings for like 10 years in your teenage years but there's also from it springs like a camaraderie. There's a definitely a brotherhood and sisterhood in terms of judo to where you're connected forever because of that. The real strength to Jimmy was like he knows how to win, most people think well if I get really good at this technique I'll be able to throw people with it not win so the last thing you want to do is have to win every exchange in a match. He made a mental shift and when he made that mental shift I beat him yeah as he didn't know how to
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