Fb founder Mark Zuckerberg took half in his first jiu-jitsu martial arts event final weekend and went residence with silver and gold medals, he posted on social media.
The competitors was held at Woodside Excessive College in California on Sunday (AEST) close to the Silicon Valley headquarters of Meta, Zuckerberg’s firm that owns Fb, Instagram and WhatsApp.
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“Competed in my first jiu-jitsu event and received some medals for the Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu workforce,” Zuckerberg wrote on Fb and Instagram.
The 38-year-old tech billionaire informed an interviewer final yr that he started learning martial arts in the course of the coronavirus pandemic.
He informed podcaster Joe Rogan that the game’s “primal” nature helped him enhance his power stage and deal with challenges at work.
Zuckerberg trains with coach Dave Camarillo, who has taught a number of UFC blended martial arts (MMA) champions.
Not like MMA, Brazilian-style jiu-jitsu emphasises preventing opponents via holds and management as a substitute of kicks or placing.
One other coach, Khai “The Shadow” Wu, congratulated the tycoon.
“Yesterday attending to see Zuck compete was fairly epic. No match was straightforward and all the pieces was earned. It was an honour to have the ability to assist coach and supply any recommendation I may,” Wu posted on Instagram.
In accordance with a video posted on social media, at one level in the course of the event Zuckerberg appeared to angrily contest a ref’s name after shedding a combat with a competitor.
The video sequence ends with Zuckerberg hugging his opponent.
– With AFP
