Elon Musk follows in Mark Zuckerberg's footsteps, trains to become a Jiu-Jitsu champion

By Divyanshi SharmaWith all the talk going on about a possible cage match between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk, the latter has begun training in jiu-jitsu and pictures of him practising the craft have surfaced online. Shared by computer scientist and Jiu-Jitsu first-degree black belt holder Lex Fridman, the pictures show Musk practising the self-defence martial art sport. Fridman, while posting the pictures on Twitter, said that it is inspiring to see Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg practising the martial art.

Elon Musk trains in Jiu-Jitsu

In the picture, Musk is seen pinning Fridman to the ground during practice. The caption says, “I did an impromptu training session with
@elonmusk for a few hours yesterday. I’m extremely impressed with his strength, power, and skill, on the feet and on the ground. It was epic. It’s really inspiring to see Elon and Mark doing martial arts, but I think the world is served far better if they train martial arts but not fight in the cage. That said, as Elon says, the most entertaining outcome is the most likely, I’m there for them, no matter what.”

Fridman had earlier posted a video of a training session with Mark Zuckerberg. He had then said that he looks forward to training with Musk as well.

“Here’s a highlight video of Mark Zuckerberg and I training jiu jitsu. I look forward to training with @elonmusk as well. It’s inspiring to see both Elon and Mark taking on the martial arts journey,” he had captioned the video.

About the cage match

Talking about the cage match that has been making headlines for over a week, it all began when Elon Musk had reacted to the news of Meta’s Twitter competitor Threads a couple of days back.

“I’m sure Earth can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options. At least it will be ‘sane’. Was worried there for a moment,” the Twitter owner wrote on the micro-blogging site.

When a user warned Musk that he should be careful because Zuckerberg is a jiu-jitsu champ of sorts now, the Twitter owner responded that he is up for a ‘cage match’ with his tech world nemesis.

Responding to Musk’s ‘up for a cage match’ Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg had posted on his Instagram story that Musk should send him his location. Reacting to Zuckerberg’s Instagram story, Musk wrote that if this is true, he will ‘do it’.

In another tweet, Musk referred to one of the UFC’s top venues for fights, the Vegas Octagon and suggested it after Zuckerberg asked him to send his location.

Not only this, Musk had also said that he knows of a Jiu-Jitsu move called ‘The Walrus’. “I have this great move that I call “The Walrus”, where I just lie on top of my opponent and do nothing,” he wrote on Twitter.