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Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976) is an American former chess player, martial arts world champion, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film Searching for Bobby Fischer is based on his early life.
Focusing on the movement from good to great, or great to truly elite, Josh's system is based on his strengths of psychological pattern recognition - revealing and releasing the crimps to unobstructed self-expression.
Joshua Waitzkin is the spokesperson for Chessmaster's Joshua Waitzkin Academy. Today, Waitzkin is a martial arts champion and writer. He has also co-founded the Marcelo Garcia Academy in New York, a training facility for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
From the age of six when he first discovered chess, Josh Waitzkin has lived a life of constant learning and tenacious pursuit of Quality. Now Josh uses the lessons of his training to guide elite performers of business, athletics, and social impact on their own journeys to self expression.
In The Art of Learning Josh reveals his unique systems of thematic learning, idea generation, building resilience, and mastering the art of performance psychology.
Sep 20, 2021 · Waitzkin was a National Chess Champion at the age of 9 and then took on the martial art Tai Chi Chuan and ultimately earned the title of World Champion. He since then has become a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blackbelt. How was he able to reach the pinnacle of three disciplines that on the surface seem so different?
Introducing the Chess profile of Josh Waitzkin, the American Chess prodigy who was compared to the legendary Bobby Fischer as the young player was on his way to earn the International Master title from FIDE.
Josh Waitzkin was an exceptional chess player, who dominated the U.S. scholastic chess scene from a very young age. He won the National Primary Championship in 1986, the National Junior High Championship in 1988 whle in the fifth grade, and the National Elementary Championship in 1989.
Josh Waitzkin is an extraordinary chess player and a true prodigy. He has achieved remarkable success in the U.S. scholastic chess scene, becoming an eight-time National Champion.
May 8, 2007 · 4.4 5,076 ratings. See all formats and editions. An eight-time national chess champion and world champion martial artist shares the lessons he has learned from two very different competitive arenas, identifying key principles about learning and performance that readers can apply to their life goals. 50,000 first printing.
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