Lex Fridman Podcast

#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness

Sep 21, 2021

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01:01

Do You Have a Small Tangent When Your Bags Are Go?

01:03

Yoo, the local obtimo of a jis winning the trials

00:47

Judo Training in Japan

00:41

Introduction

4min

The World Needs You

1min

Is There a Better Way to Hire People?

4min

What Is Judo?

2min

Judo as the Foot Sweep

2min

The Worst Concussions

2min

Does the Head Movement of the Person Work?

2min

Is There a Feeling of a Lull?

2min

How Did You First Develop That Throw?

2min

10.

I Hate Leg Day in the Gym

2min

11.

Judo - The Split Hip Is the Right Way to Do It

2min

12.

The Fundamental Principles of Judo

2min

13.

What's the Difference Between Forward Throw and Backward Throw?

2min

14.

Backward Throws - I Don't Even Know How to Throw a Kick

2min

15.

Wrestling Takedowns

2min

16.

Judo 2012

2min

17.

Judo

2min

18.

Dominance in Judo

3min

19.

The Fundamental Principles of Gripping

2min

20.

How to Grip a Boxing Jacket

2min

21.

Olympic Judo - Is There a Difference Between the Two?

2min

22.

The Art of Judo

3min

23.

Weight Cutting

2min

24.

The Weight Cutting Process

3min

25.

Diet Matters, Sleep Matters

2min

26.

Is There a Nutrition Plan for Athletes?

2min

27.

The Process of Weight Loss

2min

28.

You Never Missed Weight?

2min

29.

The Hardest Way Could I Ever Had?

3min

30.

Is There a Small Tangent in the Back of Your Mind?

2min

31.

How Do I Lose Weight?

3min

32.

Sauna for Weight Cuts - I Hate Saunas

2min

33.

UFC Fighters Like Miss Weight

2min

34.

Are You Thinking You're Going to Die?

2min

35.

Judo - Why Did You Never Move Up to 90?

4min

36.

Is It Stress?

3min

37.

Jiu Jitsu vs Judo

2min

38.

Do You Know How to Do Jiu Jitsu?

2min

39.

Is Judo the Number One Skill Set That Will Teach You?

2min

40.

Judo - You're Just a Little Better Than You

2min

41.

The Power of Martial Arts

2min

42.

Judo - What It Takes to Get to That Highest Level?

2min

43.

Is Your Style Relatively Unique in the 81 Kilogram Division?

2min

44.

How to Be the Number One in the World - You Can't Beat a Russian

2min

45.

Wrestling and Judo in Russia

2min

46.

Judo on a Global Scale

2min

47.

Is There a Difference Between Goal Setting and Development?

2min

48.

Rio

2min

49.

The Olympic Trials

2min

50.

Travis Steps Isn't a Big Huge Step, Is It?

2min

51.

Getting My Back on Your Chest and Then Put My Back on the Floor

2min

52.

Judo - Is He a Judo Competitor?

2min

53.

Is He a Great Gripping Strategist?

2min

54.

Do You Do Social Media?

2min

55.

Judo, I Should Have Won, but I Shouldn't Have Done That

2min

56.

Judo in Jiu Jitsu - Is That Fascinating?

3min

57.

Are You Trying to Live Up to That?

2min

58.

Getting Into Martial Arts Changes Your Life

2min

59.

Olympic Bracket - You Don't Like Losing

6min

60.

Judo - What Was Your Feelings at the Olympics?

2min

61.

I'll Grip Them. I'm Taking a Set Off

2min

62.

Judo - Is He Allergy to Blood?

2min

63.

Judo - You Never Get This in Judoka?

2min

64.

Then I Was Like, I'm Just Tired of This.

2min

65.

Judo - I Think I Won the Match a Minute Ago?

2min

66.

Judo

2min

67.

Is It a Shitty Call or a Right to Pick?

2min

68.

What Was Jimmy Saying Here to You?

2min

69.

Judo - What a Beautiful Story

2min

70.

I'm Fucking Done, I've Done It!

2min

71.

Can You Become an Olympic Medalist?

2min

72.

The Road Back to the 2016 Olympics

2min

73.

How Do You Come Back From This?

2min

74.

Judo Training in Japan

2min

75.

What's It Feel Like to Be a Black Belt?

2min

76.

Is There a Hit List in That Room?

2min

77.

Wrestling - Is That a Bully?

1min

78.

Do You Have a Broken Hand?

2min

79.

I Don't Give a Fuck What It Is

2min

80.

Do Doctors Understand Who They're Dealing With?

2min

81.

Judo One, What's This Relationship Like?

2min

82.

Is Your Achievements Come With the Metal?

2min

83.

Do Judo Like I Used to Do

2min

84.

You Fought Up a Lot of Amazing Battles in 2016 Olympics

2min

85.

I'm a Judo Champion, but I Don't Need to Throw Him to Beat Him.

2min

86.

Judo - Is He Panicking?

2min

87.

Jujitsu

2min

88.

Olympic Games

2min

89.

Travel Students Olympic Champion - I Will Not Be Denied

2min

90.

Yoko Soutami - Is He a Thrower?

2min

91.

Judo, I'm Not Trying to Submit or Pin, but I Don't Know.

3min

92.

Olympic Judo

2min

93.

Is That What the Olympics Are About?

2min

94.

Weight Cuts and Sauna

3min

95.

Is There a Difference Between a 90 Kilo and a 81 Kilo?

2min

96.

Jiu Jitsu and Judo

2min

97.

Judo

2min

98.

Olympic Weightlifting and Judo

2min

99.

Do You Think Nomura Is the Greatest Judo Player of All Time?

2min

100.

Is Kano the Founder of Judo?

2min

101.

Is There Something That Stands Out to You About Ono?

2min

102.

Ono's Gripping Is the Most Important Part of the Game and It's Gonna Be the Biggest Whip and Twist of a New Chamata

2min

103.

Ongarvey's Throw Is a Swing to a Back Step

2min

104.

Uchimada's Throw

2min

105.

Beginners in Chess

2min

106.

Judo Black Belt - Is That a Good Idea?

2min

107.

What Did Jimmy Do for Judo?

4min

108.

The Mental Side of the World Championships

4min

109.

The Number One Thing I Can Tell People I've Lived My Life With

4min

Travis Stevens is the 2016 Olympic Judo silver medalist and BJJ black belt. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:08) – What is Judo?
(17:55) – Travis’s signature throw
(23:20) – Fundamentals
(25:12) – Throws
(38:04) – Gripping
(46:37) – Weight cutting
(1:15:50) – Injuries
(1:19:50) – Jiu-Jitsu
(1:23:33) – Lex on his judo competition experience
(1:26:58) – Levels of mastery
(1:40:09) – Matches
(1:54:10) – Travis inspired Lex to practice judo
(2:00:24) – London 2012 Olympic games
(2:42:01) – 2016 Olympic games
(3:16:24) – Mixed team competition
(3:23:50) – The value of epic throws
(3:27:17) – Shohei Ono
(3:33:39) – Chess
(3:38:42) – The coach
(3:45:18) – Advice for young people

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Lex Fridman Podcast

#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness

Master Class Dot Com Slash Lex

Do You Have a Small Tangent When Your Bags Are Go?

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Judo Training in Japan

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