Lex Fridman does judo with Travis Stevens, Olympic Silver Medalist

This is my judo training session with Travis Stevens, from a while back. He's a 2016 Olympic silver medalist in judo and one of the greatest American judoka ever. I've trained judo & jiu jitsu for many years. I love judo! Here's my previous podcast conversations on judo: - Travis Stevens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiNpESmPioQ - Jimmy Pedro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy1fX2vOAEE

Lex will correct this in his next software update

He’s getting ready for the Putin interview

Should have worn your suit Lex.

It's nice to hear experts walk you through basic technique, i've done judo for near 24 years and although i've seen this variation of ippon seoi nage with the collar grip, i've never seen anyone explain those little details which make it so successful, like when lifting the collar to get the lead leg off balance. The internet has made it so easy to learn new techniques, when i was trying to get recognition on a national level in the 90s people would keep these little techniques secret because they were so frightened of someone getting an upper hand on them, instead you would have to watch footage of competition to see what they were doing, and you would have to try and guess as to why and when someone uses these little subtle techniques. Seems like people are so eager to teach people for free, i really wish i had these kinds of resources when i was young!

This Travis guy seems like he’s pretty good at tossing people around 😂😂😂

love how Lex thanked Travis at the end of the session after being slammed 10 times on the ground

I wasn’t expecting a lesson in physics and gravity from a Judo instruction. Very fascinating. There’s more thought going into high level martial arts than people think.

I have been waiting years for this to be released. Thank you.

It's like chess except without the chess

So short, so simple, so informative. More please.

Thank you for sharing judo. The best sport. We need to make it more popular

I'm impressed Stevens could give this explanation, he has excellent understanding, and the ability to cover the information.

What a crazy valuable experience! Awesome, thank you for sharing it with us.

Holy cow Travis is such a great instructor.

I’ve been waiting for this since he was on the podcast!

About time this video got released. Been waiting for this since Travis went on the Pod. His journey in judo of traveling to places in the middle of nowhere to compete, to getting silver in rio is my favorite podtalk. He's the personification of the indomitable spirit. His story of nearly losing a limb and not taking no for an answer soldifies this. (talks about it on the pod)

Lex knows so much because he is always humble enough to listen, in sport and in science. What a great channel this is 👏🙌💪

The podcast with Travis Stevens probably is my favourite on the channel. There's a lot to learn from these retired athletes, people who have been through years of daily training from an early age, success, failure and injuries ; there's a particular and valuable intelligence developped through this life experience.

so many hours of interviews and somehow this is one of the best Lex videos I have seen