McDojo Life on Holding Martial Arts School Owners Accountable

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we'll open it we're live by the way oh so welcome my friend i'm here i exist in this chair right now yeah this is this is rob this is mcdojo life 2.0 this is part two round two round two my friend well you know what it was and it was super cool what we did with chris over at rain 702 and it's just i you

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I was a fan of your content before that.

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And now like we've become friends and we talk,

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right.

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Thank you.

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And so

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I've with the way that,

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and we've talked about this direction I've taken.

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This thing now is less episodes with better guests.

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Okay.

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I dig that.

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Right.

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I dig that.

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Yeah.

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I really now like one or two episodes a month and,

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but with people that just,

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I adore,

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you know,

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and that we could just have really good conversations and we capture it on video.

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Yeah,

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well,

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like I was chopping up before we started,

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but the last one that you did with Mackenzie Dern is actually really good.

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Thank you.

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Yeah,

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I really liked it.

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She's a very charismatic individual.

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She's wonderful.

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Yeah,

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great human.

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She is one of the happiest slash most lethal people I've ever met in my entire life.

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I mean,

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especially out here in Vegas.

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I mean,

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you got,

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we were just talking about this too,

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like it's the fight capital of the world.

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So it's pretty handy that you can have access to somebody like that.

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who just exists in this space.

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You know,

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it's it's interesting to be a podcaster here is great because now it's all my guests are friends or referrals from friends,

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which is great.

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Let's say,

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hey,

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I've got a buddy of the podcast.

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If you're in Vegas,

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give Jeff a call and then there's a very good chance they come on.

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Yeah,

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I got lucky with one because I'm out here for shot show.

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Me and Sarah were trying to figure out like for Bestie,

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the self-defense company.

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We were trying to figure out how I could work together with her.

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And so we're doing a 10 minute podcast,

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10 questions,

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10 minutes.

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That's it.

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We're calling the hot seat.

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And so I'm just rapid fire,

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10 questions,

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10 minutes,

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get out the seat next person.

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And I love it.

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And you've got some amazing people coming on.

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Yeah,

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I got very,

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very lucky to have some really nice friends.

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And so when I see them,

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some of them actually were out here in Vegas and they're super fascinating.

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And so I'll try to refer them over here.

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I think some of them are amazing,

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dude,

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like

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PJ overt flow.

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He's like this incredible professional video game player.

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And for some reason,

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every time I go out of country,

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he just happens to be there.

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I've been like five times,

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five times I've been out of country and he just appears.

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I was in the Dominican Republic back in the day and I was like at an all inclusive resort,

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Dominican Republic for karate combat,

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which is a different issue at this time.

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But when I went there,

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I just walked around the corner and there he is like.

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How the hell did you get to that?

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Like,

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and I don't even think karate combat brought him out.

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I think he just happened to be there.

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Isn't that funny?

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Yeah.

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What's like the most random time?

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I have a couple of those where you've been somewhere like thousands of miles away from home and ran into someone that you knew.

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Oh,

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man,

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that's tough.

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You know,

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I think it happens more when I'm out of state.

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It's like I know so many more people here in the States than I,

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you know,

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I really do overseas.

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these but.

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I think it's happened in the States or that Dominican Republic story is probably the one.

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Is that funny?

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It just appears.

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I'm like,

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how the hell did you get here?

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It was like a magic show.

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What the hell?

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Yeah.

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So getting back to the pod you're going to be doing at SHOT Show,

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do you have the questions already done ahead of time?

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Yeah,

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I'm going to do the questions ahead of time.

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They're going to vary.

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I'm going to have a couple of questions that are a little more standard just because I'm curious of everyone's answer,

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especially like,

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you know,

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Bestie Defense is a female run company.

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And...

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They're definitely lean into the female audience,

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which is great because it's a pepper spray company.

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And so because of that,

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I wanted to lean into guests who had significant others or guests who were women and that we could have those conversations and just be like,

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you know what?

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Like,

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I think that,

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you know,

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self-defense is an important thing.

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Most of the people I'm interviewing are from a self-defense or firearms background.

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Why not have them on the show?

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And let's have a legitimate,

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quick conversation about what self-defense is to them.

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Um,

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cause it's different to everybody.

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Everybody's got different.

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There's always that guy online,

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right?

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Who's like,

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I just shoot them.

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Like you just go to jail.

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That's a stupid answer for it.

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You can't just shoot everybody.

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Like you get caught up in traffic.

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Oh,

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I should shoot them.

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Like,

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what do you,

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you have Sam and he's Sam.

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It's wrong with you.

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It's interesting that,

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and I,

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I do want to talk about Betsy defense too.

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Just,

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and I wasn't going to,

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I didn't tell Sarah this,

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but

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I do want to get into that because I do want to do some clips.

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Yeah.

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Oh,

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I got you.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Sure.

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Oh,

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of course.

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Because I love her.

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Like she's great.

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she's a great human.

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I am all about being a dad of a stepdaughter and a daughter.

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I am so pro woman-owned businesses,

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woman entrepreneurs.

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Women who just get out there and in the face of a bunch of no's every single day go,

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fuck you,

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I'm going to make this happen.

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And she's doing that.

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Her and I talked this week and I'm like,

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god damn it,

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kiddo.

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Good for you.

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I mean,

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she got like several patents.

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I don't have a damn patent.

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You know,

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she got several patents.

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You know,

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she was able to build a company from the ground up out of nowhere and like enhance something that hadn't been touched.

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since its conception like i've never seen pepper spray actually be modified in a way that was better you i've seen them try to you see a lot of companies who try to make pepper spray they'll like we want to make it for women and they just turn the packaging pink yeah because that's what all women want they just want pink shit all the goddamn no they don't like um you know this is a very thoughtful thing like i pressure tested it so i got to show you the did i show

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you this no yeah we pressure it like legit pressure tested it so you

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I wanted to put it through the ringer.

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you know,

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I was very honest when I did that.

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I was like,

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if it sucks,

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I will have to say it sucks.

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Like my entire career is based off of something's bullshit.

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I will say it's bullshit.

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And so wound up pressure testing it.

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And it's got like a,

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it's like a three in one personal protection device.

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So it's like kind of like a more of a teardrop shape instead of the round shape,

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you know,

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because like in duress,

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you pull out your pepper spray,

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like.

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Knowing where the nozzle is on a completely round thing is very hard.

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I've seen videos online of people even pepper spraying themselves,

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which is wild because they're in duress and they just hit the button and it's a squeeze and it happens.

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And so it's got like an impact device on the bottom of it.

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So it's like a wedge and it was like designed by an aerospace engineer,

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which is even more insane.

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So like so that impact or,

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you know,

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after you hit somebody with pepper spray,

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it's going to take.

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I don't know.

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Like for me,

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at least it was 10 seconds or so before it actually started to put me in a position of duress where I was like,

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hey,

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you got it.

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I'm done.

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But if I had 10 seconds,

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that's a long time in a fight.

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So if I got a hold of somebody in 10 seconds,

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I don't need to see you anymore.

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I can just start raining down on you and like because now I'm also hurt.

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So now I'm going to feel the need to hurt you even worse because now I'm in pain and I know I have a limited span.

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So the impact device...

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Once I put my hands on somebody and they start stabbing me with that,

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probably going to wind up letting go.

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It's not going to feel good.

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Or if you're in a place that's confined,

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let's say you have to pull out pepper spray in your car like an Uber driver.

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if I pepper spray in this car,

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we're all getting it,

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like,

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which sucks.

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But if I stab you with this thing,

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it's less than lethal.

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I don't necessarily have to put myself in that position or an elevator or a tight space,

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whatever that tight space may be.

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So it's a very interesting concept.

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Yeah.

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And the personal protection device,

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As soon as you deploy the pepper spray,

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there's three different formulas.

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It's also on like a two-year subscription service.

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So like every time because pepper spray runs out.

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Like it expires.

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So when your pepper spray expires,

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you just get sent another one.

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It just automatically gets sent to you,

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and you just replace it,

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which is great.

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And then,

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of course,

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an alarm goes off.

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So as soon as you pepper spray somebody,

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an alarm goes off in your hand to alert people that something's happened.

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I love that this is going to turn into a

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commercial for a female pepper spray and it's you doing all the talking you're like the spokes model of well like i genuinely like it's a great product like uh and i'm a i'm usually no bullshit when it comes to stuff so like when it came to like this product i tested it we went through uh we

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got a bunch of meat like slabs of meat and i went to go stab one time in each slab of meat with one stab while i was sitting so no leverage nothing and i put holes in all these pieces of meat and we got a rack of ribs.

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And so I hit.

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the rack of ribs and actually chipped bone off the ribs.

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And that was without me standing and turning my hips and moving my body.

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It was just me arming it.

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Went through a coconut and fun fact,

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coconut has the same density as a human skull.

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So if you can go through a coconut and go through somebody else.

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Yeah,

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exactly.

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So pretty cool shit.

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It's it's,

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it's very cool.

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Yeah,

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it's very cool.

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I,

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I,

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I want to talk to you about,

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and this is something that Rogan talked about this with on his podcast that.

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I mean,

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I'm 56 and have gotten,

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you know,

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in a couple of tussles when I was younger.

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I think we all go through that phase.

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When you got in a fight back in like the

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80s, 90s,

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like a bar fight,

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the odds on the other person knowing martial arts was pretty low.

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Like,

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I remember a buddy of mine who's a really tough,

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Frank Ambrosia.

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Shout out to Frank Ambrosia,

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one of the toughest guys ever that I went to St.

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John Fisher College with in Rochester,

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New York.

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I mean,

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hopefully he didn't commit any crimes.

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You're like,

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his name is.

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Yeah,

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no,

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He lives at.

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He's good.

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He's good.

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But it was.

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But he would always tell me,

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Fargo,

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the only person I'm ever afraid of is a wrestler.

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He always would be afraid of wrestlers because he said,

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once they got you on the ground,

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it's game over.

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It's game over.

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Right.

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Nowadays.

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There's kids in mixed martial arts,

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Brazilian jiu-jitsu,

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from almost out of the womb.

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And so when you're going into,

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by the time it's fourth,

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fifth,

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sixth,

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seventh grade,

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and they're starting to develop like now,

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you hit puberty,

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and you're starting to get some muscle on you when you get into junior high school and ninth grade high school,

333
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and there's a good chance.

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You fuck with somebody.

335
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You could be fucking with the wrong guy or girl.

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And,

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you know,

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I think that's the evolution.

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I think we've been in a renaissance of martial arts since like 1993,

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which is when the UFC started.

341
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And I think we had this conversation last time I was on.

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It's like the beautiful thing that martial arts has evolved to where it is now.

343
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And,

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you know,

345
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there's a movie.

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It's called Starship Troopers.

347
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It's like a shitty movie.

348
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But I love that movie.

349
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I love that movie.

350
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And if you go back and watch the movie,

351
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it's like campy,

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but like serious and it like switches back and forth.

353
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But there's a thing in that movie that I always picked up on right when I saw it the first time was that all the humans in that movie are slightly evolved.

354
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Right.

355
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When they're having their football scene and the guys like he does like a somersault over people.

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Like when they get into a fist fight,

357
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the guy like picks the guy up over his head and it's like everybody's slightly evolved.

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And I think that's what they were trying to do in the movie is to portray that us and the future.

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our bodies would probably be somewhat evolved from what it is now.

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And you can see like Guinness World Records consistently being broken as time goes on.

361
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That's like we figure out how to take our tear of our bodies better.

362
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We figure out from people who were there before,

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like,

364
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oh,

365
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this guy did it this way.

366
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Well,

367
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if I modify it just a little bit,

368
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I can hit an extra yard.

369
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And then that becomes five and five years and so on.

370
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Well,

371
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it's the same thing with like fighting.

372
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You know,

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somebody came before you,

374
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which is literally what the word sensei means.

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the one who came before.

376
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So they came before you and they made a bunch of mistakes,

377
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but they also did a bunch of stuff right.

378
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So by the time you become a student,

379
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you go,

380
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I ain't doing that shit,

381
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but that stuff's good.

382
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So I'm going to do that.

383
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And then you evolve it.

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And so I think that that's where we're seeing like people and especially in school.

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I mean,

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you're getting these like five year olds who are absolute animals,

387
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but that's because we've been able to tighten up our our teaching.

388
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We've been able to understand how to make people better.

389
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You know,

390
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we understand things like CTE better than we used to.

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understand.

392
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how to make our training safer and more efficient,

393
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you know?

394
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So you'll get like,

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if you go on YouTube,

396
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there's just so many kids who are just like 30 year old animals.

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It's like,

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how are you five?

399
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Like you're a moving,

400
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like a grown man.

401
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That is terrifying.

402
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When you become 18,

403
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if your knees are still good,

404
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you're probably going to mess up everybody in the room.

405
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You know,

406
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it's,

407
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it's something when I was talking with McKenzie,

408
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we had a great,

409
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a great conversation about,

410
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I said to me,

411
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I go,

412
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I've never practiced jujitsu.

413
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I've watched a lot of it.

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It's,

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but it's like you're playing chess.

416
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Right.

417
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And it's like you're playing chess with somebody else's body with leverage and angles and pressure points.

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What that has to do with the evolution of a young child's mind to help them become a better person because you're being physically active.

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You're challenging yourself and you're thinking three,

420
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four or five steps ahead of the actual move you're trying to apply or in defense of the move being applied to you.

421
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While the person who you're rolling around with is also trying to do the same thing to you.

422
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It's weird because like when you when you do jujitsu,

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especially like when you're doing like live training,

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every time you get into a sparring session with another human being or rolling.

425
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But every time you're you're having a sparring session,

426
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even if you're with the same person,

427
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the likelihood that you are going to put your hand in the exact same spot and they put their hand in the exact same spot,

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you're going to have the exact same role.

429
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It's like little to not right.

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And at high levels,

431
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you'll put yourself in those positions on purpose.

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You'll be like,

433
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OK,

434
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I know I want to get to here.

435
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But I'm here,

436
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so how do I always end up here?

437
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And you'll practice that,

438
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right?

439
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But ultimately,

440
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every time,

441
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it's like a Rubik's Cube that is completely different every time.

442
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And it also is trying to kill you.

443
00:14:02.301 --> 00:14:04.182
There's something I want to pivot a little bit.

444
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We'll get into your content that you put out.

445
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I got you.

446
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We'll get into that.

447
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But I want to focus now on what schools,

448
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if any,

449
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are out there that are like

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McJojo life,

451
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seal of approval.

452
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Like good housekeeping,

453
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man.

454
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You're like,

455
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if you go into this school,

456
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it's never 100%.

457
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Yeah.

458
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But there's a much higher chance that the instructors are,

459
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you know,

460
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they're good.

461
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Like they've been put,

462
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they've been,

463
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before we talked about like the whole thing with kids.

464
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Yeah.

465
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Yeah.

466
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Yeah.

467
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With adults and there's no,

468
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you know,

469
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association or anything that vets these,

470
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that vets these instructors.

471
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Who,

472
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who is it?

473
00:14:47.699 --> 00:14:47.879
What?

474
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What martial arts academies or brands do you personally recommend?

475
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And I'm,

476
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well,

477
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before I get into that,

478
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I want to double down on what I said before,

479
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because that was hilarious.

480
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And like me and you were texting back and forth about it.

481
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And you were like,

482
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do you want me to take it down?

483
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I was like,

484
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no,

485
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fuck them.

486
00:15:05.365 --> 00:15:05.905
They're wrong.

487
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They're just wrong.

488
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Because I said,

489
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and I will say it again for anybody who did not hear it louder in the back.

490
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There is no regulatory body in the United States that will tell you what you can and cannot do when you open a martial arts studio in the United States.

491
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There is no requirement whatsoever.

492
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Anyone can Google this.

493
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It is very easy to do,

494
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right?

495
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And if you don't take the time to Google it,

496
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that's on you.

497
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You will look very foolish when we talk in the comment sections.

498
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I promise you there's no regulatory body at all whatsoever to open a martial arts studio in the United States.

499
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There's no regulations.

500
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You don't need background checks,

501
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CPR,

502
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first aid.

503
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You do nothing.

504
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You don't even need to know martial arts,

505
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right?

506
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Now,

507
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if you're going to go into a sport of boxing,

508
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you might need to go through USA boxing.

509
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If you're going to the sport of USA wrestling,

510
00:15:55.607 --> 00:15:57.968
you might go through USA wrestling and so on.

511
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None of that is required to open a martial arts studio.

512
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And then there are people who also had the,

513
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well,

514
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if you're going to open a martial arts studio,

515
00:16:05.536 --> 00:16:06.676
you're probably going to coach.

516
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You can.

517
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You can just go coach.

518
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Who said you had to put your people into a like?

519
00:16:12.099 --> 00:16:12.259
Well,

520
00:16:12.380 --> 00:16:13.160
he's a wrestling coach.

521
00:16:13.161 --> 00:16:14.761
So it's probably going to put people into wrestling.

522
00:16:15.021 --> 00:16:15.461
Maybe not.

523
00:16:15.781 --> 00:16:19.583
Maybe he's claiming to be an MMA guru and he just puts his people into an amateur fight,

524
00:16:19.603 --> 00:16:20.664
which anyone can do.

525
00:16:21.144 --> 00:16:21.344
Like,

526
00:16:21.785 --> 00:16:24.366
but the issue isn't them going into the sport.

527
00:16:24.726 --> 00:16:27.408
The issue is the people who are not going into the sport.

528
00:16:27.568 --> 00:16:29.329
The issue is the people who are going in,

529
00:16:29.669 --> 00:16:33.271
who have extreme backgrounds that have done horrific things.

530
00:16:33.591 --> 00:16:35.532
No one's done any checking on them.

531
00:16:35.932 --> 00:16:38.474
And then all of a sudden they turn around and they do something bad.

532
00:16:38.774 --> 00:16:40.455
To an adult or a child sexually.

533
00:16:40.735 --> 00:16:42.475
And they've already done that to other people.

534
00:16:42.495 --> 00:16:43.736
And they have a track record of it.

535
00:16:44.016 --> 00:16:46.357
And no you cannot predict the future.

536
00:16:46.377 --> 00:16:47.737
There's no way to predict the future.

537
00:16:48.037 --> 00:16:49.998
I can't go you know this guy's got a clean background.

538
00:16:49.999 --> 00:16:50.818
He's never going to rape.

539
00:16:51.099 --> 00:16:51.799
Like he might.

540
00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:52.319
I don't know.

541
00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:54.680
I know right now he hasn't.

542
00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:57.421
So if I had to look on two people's backgrounds.

543
00:16:57.422 --> 00:16:58.921
And go this guy has raped people.

544
00:16:59.342 --> 00:17:00.282
And this guy hasn't.

545
00:17:00.654 --> 00:17:02.435
I'm probably going to the non-rapey guy.

546
00:17:02.475 --> 00:17:04.736
I'm going with less rapey all day long.

547
00:17:04.737 --> 00:17:04.856
Yeah,

548
00:17:04.876 --> 00:17:05.417
I'm just going to pick.

549
00:17:05.418 --> 00:17:06.577
Unless it's date night with Brandy.

550
00:17:06.637 --> 00:17:07.918
Then we can talk about it.

551
00:17:08.278 --> 00:17:09.339
That's called Tuesday.

552
00:17:10.479 --> 00:17:11.840
But yeah,

553
00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.701
it's dumbfounding.

554
00:17:12.702 --> 00:17:13.941
And there was a gentleman on there,

555
00:17:13.961 --> 00:17:15.402
and I have no ill will towards him,

556
00:17:15.462 --> 00:17:19.224
but he was talking about not wanting background checks.

557
00:17:20.265 --> 00:17:22.226
And I don't understand the logic.

558
00:17:22.886 --> 00:17:23.066
Like,

559
00:17:23.106 --> 00:17:27.129
what's the logic of being transparent with your consumer?

560
00:17:27.769 --> 00:17:28.469
With you saying,

561
00:17:28.589 --> 00:17:28.810
hey,

562
00:17:29.290 --> 00:17:29.490
look.

563
00:17:30.382 --> 00:17:31.963
When this guy was 18 years old,

564
00:17:31.983 --> 00:17:32.784
he's an instructor.

565
00:17:33.745 --> 00:17:36.647
He went out and he molested a child.

566
00:17:37.528 --> 00:17:39.209
That was when he was 18.

567
00:17:39.790 --> 00:17:40.310
So like,

568
00:17:40.791 --> 00:17:42.512
is it still cool that he teaches your kid?

569
00:17:42.832 --> 00:17:44.514
Almost every parent is going to go.

570
00:17:44.574 --> 00:17:45.194
Absolutely not.

571
00:17:45.195 --> 00:17:45.995
I'm not going to put him there.

572
00:17:46.496 --> 00:17:48.437
If you feel you have to hide that,

573
00:17:49.018 --> 00:17:49.498
you know,

574
00:17:49.598 --> 00:17:50.379
you're doing wrong.

575
00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:52.020
What are you hiding?

576
00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:54.462
If you're afraid of background checks and people would be like,

577
00:17:54.482 --> 00:17:54.602
well,

578
00:17:54.603 --> 00:17:56.064
what about government regulations?

579
00:17:56.624 --> 00:17:56.984
If you,

580
00:17:57.164 --> 00:17:58.846
if everyone got together.

581
00:17:59.418 --> 00:17:59.858
And we said,

582
00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.258
you know what?

583
00:18:00.298 --> 00:18:02.299
We should probably all do background checks.

584
00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:04.640
You wouldn't hear me talking about it now.

585
00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:07.060
The problem is that no one does do that.

586
00:18:07.321 --> 00:18:08.161
And by no one,

587
00:18:08.241 --> 00:18:09.221
I mean the masses.

588
00:18:09.241 --> 00:18:11.122
There'll be people out there like before who go,

589
00:18:11.182 --> 00:18:11.322
well,

590
00:18:11.382 --> 00:18:13.583
I had to do it for my that's your studio.

591
00:18:14.003 --> 00:18:14.963
It's a good studio.

592
00:18:15.163 --> 00:18:15.383
Good.

593
00:18:15.403 --> 00:18:16.283
That's how it should be.

594
00:18:16.744 --> 00:18:20.845
But that still doesn't stop the guy from opening a studio who does have a background.

595
00:18:21.165 --> 00:18:24.246
And it would be just as simple as transparent background checks.

596
00:18:24.546 --> 00:18:31.769
And if there's anybody out there who does not want the public to know and be aware that there is a sex offender in a martial arts studio,

597
00:18:31.970 --> 00:18:32.710
shame on you.

598
00:18:33.290 --> 00:18:33.890
Shame on you.

599
00:18:34.451 --> 00:18:34.611
Like,

600
00:18:34.612 --> 00:18:35.251
in my opinion,

601
00:18:35.451 --> 00:18:36.872
you're a piece of shit human being.

602
00:18:37.172 --> 00:18:38.733
If you think it's okay for us to go,

603
00:18:38.753 --> 00:18:39.193
you know what?

604
00:18:39.653 --> 00:18:41.574
Background checks aren't going to stop everybody,

605
00:18:41.654 --> 00:18:43.015
so we should just never do them.

606
00:18:43.275 --> 00:18:43.855
That's dumb.

607
00:18:43.856 --> 00:18:45.236
That's the stupidest shit I've ever heard.

608
00:18:45.576 --> 00:18:45.756
Like,

609
00:18:45.796 --> 00:18:49.858
and that I just dumbfounded when I hear people talk about this shit or like.

610
00:18:49.978 --> 00:19:08.090
the comment section thing was mind-blowing no you do need regular like you do have to have background no the fuck you don't like dear google when do you ever need background checks to open a martial arts studio oh you fucking don't like you don't the the absolute level of retardation that

611
00:19:08.150 --> 00:19:15.275
came into the comment section on that stuff i and when we were texting about it oh yeah laughing her asses off about it.

612
00:19:15.276 --> 00:19:16.396
I thought it was great.

613
00:19:16.476 --> 00:19:18.177
But it was also really sad.

614
00:19:18.497 --> 00:19:19.098
It was funny.

615
00:19:19.498 --> 00:19:19.718
Because,

616
00:19:19.738 --> 00:19:19.878
like,

617
00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.498
they're heckling me,

618
00:19:20.558 --> 00:19:20.678
and,

619
00:19:20.738 --> 00:19:20.918
like,

620
00:19:20.998 --> 00:19:21.279
I go,

621
00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:21.899
and I'd be like,

622
00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.499
look it up.

623
00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:23.259
Like,

624
00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:23.979
just look it up.

625
00:19:24.159 --> 00:19:26.480
Tell me where it says ever.

626
00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:28.801
Because I've been doing this for 28 years as well,

627
00:19:28.802 --> 00:19:29.401
and people look at me,

628
00:19:29.402 --> 00:19:29.601
they go,

629
00:19:29.602 --> 00:19:30.441
that's a nerdy dude.

630
00:19:30.442 --> 00:19:31.361
He's never trained a day in his life.

631
00:19:31.541 --> 00:19:32.121
What are you talking about?

632
00:19:32.162 --> 00:19:33.282
I've trained all over the world.

633
00:19:33.642 --> 00:19:35.062
I literally trained all the time.

634
00:19:35.342 --> 00:19:35.462
And,

635
00:19:35.502 --> 00:19:35.722
like,

636
00:19:36.003 --> 00:19:36.223
yeah,

637
00:19:36.443 --> 00:19:36.943
I might not.

638
00:19:37.523 --> 00:19:37.683
Like,

639
00:19:37.703 --> 00:19:39.003
if we look at Daniel Cormier,

640
00:19:39.023 --> 00:19:39.684
we wouldn't be like,

641
00:19:39.704 --> 00:19:41.484
that's the peak perfection of a man.

642
00:19:41.704 --> 00:19:41.844
Like,

643
00:19:41.845 --> 00:19:42.964
that was a heavyweight champion.

644
00:19:42.965 --> 00:19:43.825
What are we talking about?

645
00:19:44.125 --> 00:19:44.325
Like,

646
00:19:44.585 --> 00:19:45.245
look at Fedor.

647
00:19:45.246 --> 00:19:48.266
He looks like a dude who was drinking vodka right before the fight.

648
00:19:48.634 --> 00:19:50.936
You think he gave a shit if you cared what he looked like?

649
00:19:51.216 --> 00:19:52.057
Like at the end of the day,

650
00:19:52.317 --> 00:19:59.043
what we really need to look at is really the ethics of people who think that we should not do background checks on people who are around children.

651
00:19:59.323 --> 00:20:00.424
That's what it all boils down to.

652
00:20:01.385 --> 00:20:02.046
I agree.

653
00:20:02.873 --> 00:20:04.074
And I'll double down on that.

654
00:20:04.514 --> 00:20:05.415
Reverse engineer it.

655
00:20:05.655 --> 00:20:05.795
Yeah.

656
00:20:05.995 --> 00:20:10.418
And think of all those people that came into the comments saying that background checks don't need to happen.

657
00:20:10.718 --> 00:20:10.838
Yeah.

658
00:20:11.199 --> 00:20:18.163
It gives even more credence to me that there needs to be a better job of educating the public.

659
00:20:18.523 --> 00:20:18.704
Yes.

660
00:20:18.744 --> 00:20:20.065
Because they don't know.

661
00:20:20.405 --> 00:20:21.025
Simply don't know.

662
00:20:21.325 --> 00:20:21.806
And like we,

663
00:20:21.966 --> 00:20:22.206
you know,

664
00:20:22.207 --> 00:20:23.347
we started Academy Safe.

665
00:20:23.348 --> 00:20:25.268
So Academy Safe is a third party.

666
00:20:25.588 --> 00:20:27.229
And I will say this right now.

667
00:20:27.349 --> 00:20:28.370
And it's important for people to know.

668
00:20:28.930 --> 00:20:32.493
I don't give a shit if you use Academy Safe.

669
00:20:32.573 --> 00:20:32.693
I

670
00:20:32.713 --> 00:20:33.554
I don't fucking care.

671
00:20:33.854 --> 00:20:37.957
I started Academy Safe because it's a third party organization that we can actually say,

672
00:20:38.057 --> 00:20:38.278
hey,

673
00:20:38.798 --> 00:20:39.338
these people,

674
00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:42.341
even though they're not required to do these things,

675
00:20:42.501 --> 00:20:43.182
have done them.

676
00:20:43.522 --> 00:20:46.244
And we can show the public this person did their background check.

677
00:20:46.304 --> 00:20:47.905
This person got CPR certified.

678
00:20:47.925 --> 00:20:49.647
This person's safe sport certified.

679
00:20:50.067 --> 00:20:52.269
Like we can say that those people did those things.

680
00:20:52.729 --> 00:20:53.590
You don't have to do that.

681
00:20:53.630 --> 00:20:55.592
You don't have to do any of that through us.

682
00:20:56.172 --> 00:20:56.632
Don't do it.

683
00:20:56.692 --> 00:20:57.813
If you don't want to fuck me,

684
00:20:57.833 --> 00:20:58.254
who cares?

685
00:20:58.255 --> 00:20:59.195
Who gives a shit what I have to say,

686
00:20:59.255 --> 00:20:59.435
right?

687
00:20:59.795 --> 00:21:02.077
But go get background checks anyway.

688
00:21:02.457 --> 00:21:03.598
Get them on your own.

689
00:21:03.958 --> 00:21:06.400
Go get safe sport certified on your own.

690
00:21:06.520 --> 00:21:07.861
Require it of your people,

691
00:21:07.862 --> 00:21:10.564
because if that stuff was not as rampant,

692
00:21:11.725 --> 00:21:15.488
I wouldn't have to do stories several times a week about it happening all the time.

693
00:21:15.888 --> 00:21:18.630
And like there are a lot of people who do have blinders on and go,

694
00:21:18.690 --> 00:21:18.870
well,

695
00:21:18.951 --> 00:21:19.751
it never happened to me.

696
00:21:19.911 --> 00:21:20.552
I've never heard of that.

697
00:21:20.772 --> 00:21:23.554
That's because you don't you're not that's not what you do for a living.

698
00:21:24.075 --> 00:21:25.116
I do that for a living.

699
00:21:25.236 --> 00:21:28.859
I go out and I find these stories of people who do wrong in our industry,

700
00:21:29.239 --> 00:21:30.940
and I make sure the public is aware of that.

701
00:21:31.561 --> 00:21:31.681
up.

702
00:21:31.861 --> 00:21:37.225
I just I'm a little dumbfounded when people don't care about the safety of others because they think they're good.

703
00:21:37.786 --> 00:21:38.406
Like if,

704
00:21:38.607 --> 00:21:39.187
for instance,

705
00:21:40.048 --> 00:21:42.930
if you yourself go out and you don't drink and drive,

706
00:21:43.591 --> 00:21:45.452
do you think it's OK for other people to drink and drive?

707
00:21:45.752 --> 00:21:46.833
So if we pull people over,

708
00:21:46.834 --> 00:21:49.155
we should like willy nilly that guy.

709
00:21:49.476 --> 00:21:52.038
We could we could test because I'm pretty sure he's drunk,

710
00:21:52.218 --> 00:21:53.139
but we're not going to.

711
00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:56.561
I'm going to assume everybody on the road is great because I'm good.

712
00:21:56.902 --> 00:21:57.923
Like that's not how this works.

713
00:21:57.924 --> 00:21:58.723
It's not reality.

714
00:21:58.803 --> 00:22:00.845
And when something goes unchecked for long enough,

715
00:22:00.965 --> 00:22:02.025
it becomes status quo.

716
00:22:02.446 --> 00:22:03.966
And that's what I'm terrified of.

717
00:22:04.366 --> 00:22:10.029
I'm terrified that that lackadaisical lack of caring,

718
00:22:10.749 --> 00:22:16.191
like really true lack of caring is what people are going to start assuming is the martial arts industry.

719
00:22:16.791 --> 00:22:20.593
And it's going to be based off of a lot of people turning the wrong way and going,

720
00:22:20.594 --> 00:22:20.953
you know what?

721
00:22:21.333 --> 00:22:21.974
That guy did it.

722
00:22:21.994 --> 00:22:22.334
Not us.

723
00:22:22.374 --> 00:22:22.694
We're good.

724
00:22:23.234 --> 00:22:23.354
Oh,

725
00:22:23.374 --> 00:22:24.074
that guy did it too.

726
00:22:24.235 --> 00:22:25.215
It's the equivalent of like,

727
00:22:25.235 --> 00:22:26.335
let's say we're all hanging out in the pool,

728
00:22:26.596 --> 00:22:26.756
right?

729
00:22:26.836 --> 00:22:27.116
It's me,

730
00:22:27.276 --> 00:22:27.396
you,

731
00:22:27.856 --> 00:22:28.096
right?

732
00:22:28.136 --> 00:22:28.596
We're chilling,

733
00:22:28.696 --> 00:22:29.417
getting a scan,

734
00:22:29.857 --> 00:22:30.077
you know?

735
00:22:30.217 --> 00:22:51.949
got a Mai Tai having a great time then all of a sudden somebody walks over to the edge of the pool right and everybody's in the pool there's karate is in the pool Akito's in the pool even though he's got floaties on but we still let him in you know Taekwondo's hanging out doing flippies in the pool and everybody's having a great jujitsu's doing all kinds of fun stuff everybody's having a blast and here comes the rapist on the edge of the pool he just starts pissing into the pool and

736
00:22:51.950 --> 00:22:59.193
everybody goes you know what that guy's pissing the pool but hey we're not so we're good So we just ignore that guy.

737
00:22:59.493 --> 00:22:59.613
Well,

738
00:22:59.614 --> 00:23:01.594
what happens when another guy comes up and now he goes,

739
00:23:01.654 --> 00:23:01.774
oh,

740
00:23:01.994 --> 00:23:02.514
I could do that.

741
00:23:03.135 --> 00:23:04.615
Then they do it and they do it and they do it.

742
00:23:04.635 --> 00:23:05.075
Eventually,

743
00:23:05.076 --> 00:23:08.397
if you're saying you'll get out the goddamn pool and then what's left?

744
00:23:08.697 --> 00:23:13.079
We just left them to take our space because we just didn't care enough.

745
00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:15.800
We wanted to argue some stupid ass.

746
00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:17.961
I don't want the government regulating it.

747
00:23:18.241 --> 00:23:18.401
What?

748
00:23:18.701 --> 00:23:22.222
You don't want the government regulating it the way they do all child care.

749
00:23:22.723 --> 00:23:23.623
If you do child care,

750
00:23:23.703 --> 00:23:26.584
you usually have to have a background check except martial arts.

751
00:23:26.844 --> 00:23:27.805
How is that sane?

752
00:23:28.165 --> 00:23:28.425
You know?

753
00:23:28.865 --> 00:23:29.546
You left out

754
00:23:30.046 --> 00:23:31.587
Tai Chi's doing aqua aerobics.

755
00:23:32.907 --> 00:23:33.908
They're in there real slow.

756
00:23:33.909 --> 00:23:35.389
It's going to take them a while to get out of the pool.

757
00:23:35.390 --> 00:23:36.729
With the floaties on their wrists.

758
00:23:37.990 --> 00:23:38.110
Yeah,

759
00:23:38.111 --> 00:23:39.431
but they're going to be in great shape in their 90s.

760
00:23:39.432 --> 00:23:39.551
Oh,

761
00:23:39.971 --> 00:23:40.231
please,

762
00:23:40.451 --> 00:23:40.812
please.

763
00:23:41.212 --> 00:23:42.773
So back to my original question.

764
00:23:43.413 --> 00:23:50.497
What martial arts brands do you support and endorse?

765
00:23:51.297 --> 00:23:52.338
I don't look at it that way.

766
00:23:52.558 --> 00:23:53.279
I truly don't.

767
00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.479
And I wish it was that easy,

768
00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.759
right?

769
00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:56.140
Let's say I said art.

770
00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.641
Let's say the brand is art.

771
00:23:58.117 --> 00:23:58.958
Let's say it's jujitsu.

772
00:23:59.038 --> 00:23:59.318
And I go,

773
00:23:59.358 --> 00:24:00.799
jujitsu is where you need to put your kid.

774
00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:01.819
Again,

775
00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.1000
it's unregulated.

776
00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:05.062
So if I said jujitsu and your kid gets raped,

777
00:24:05.182 --> 00:24:07.983
do you really give a shit that he's really good at doing a triangle choke on somebody?

778
00:24:08.324 --> 00:24:12.126
Do you care that he's more efficient as a street fighter if he's already getting harmed inside his facility?

779
00:24:12.146 --> 00:24:12.767
Or let's say this,

780
00:24:13.147 --> 00:24:16.209
let's say that jujitsu instructor or wrestling coach or any martial art,

781
00:24:16.329 --> 00:24:16.529
right?

782
00:24:16.829 --> 00:24:19.391
Just naming the ones that most people are aware of are effective.

783
00:24:19.411 --> 00:24:21.772
Let's say it's a Muay Thai coach and let's say he's abusive.

784
00:24:22.213 --> 00:24:22.653
Like I did.

785
00:24:23.353 --> 00:24:24.393
Three or four stories,

786
00:24:24.413 --> 00:24:24.693
I think,

787
00:24:24.733 --> 00:24:30.835
last year of kids who were murdered by their martial arts instructors during class with parents in attendance,

788
00:24:30.935 --> 00:24:31.835
which is insane to me.

789
00:24:32.636 --> 00:24:34.756
One was a sumo instructor or not sumo.

790
00:24:34.876 --> 00:24:35.617
I apologize.

791
00:24:35.937 --> 00:24:37.057
Sambo instructor,

792
00:24:37.217 --> 00:24:37.637
not the same.

793
00:24:38.117 --> 00:24:41.078
And he was mad at his students and on camera,

794
00:24:41.458 --> 00:24:44.999
like swept his students so hard that one of them landed on their neck,

795
00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:46.220
broke his neck and died.

796
00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.600
OK,

797
00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:48.100
so what?

798
00:24:48.101 --> 00:24:48.920
He did Muay Thai.

799
00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:50.581
So we just think Muay Thai is on the pedestal.

800
00:24:51.061 --> 00:24:51.181
No.

801
00:24:51.561 --> 00:24:55.884
We need to look at the individuals and the instructors and we need to pay attention to them.

802
00:24:55.944 --> 00:24:57.545
It doesn't matter what art they do.

803
00:24:57.905 --> 00:25:02.948
Would you give two shits if the piano teacher that was teaching your kid didn't have a clean background check?

804
00:25:03.008 --> 00:25:04.009
Wouldn't that bother you?

805
00:25:04.716 --> 00:25:06.577
But we don't even look at martial arts like that.

806
00:25:06.637 --> 00:25:07.177
And so like,

807
00:25:07.957 --> 00:25:09.258
or let's say it's a franchise.

808
00:25:09.378 --> 00:25:09.658
Let's say,

809
00:25:09.918 --> 00:25:10.198
again,

810
00:25:10.278 --> 00:25:11.599
I say it's a certain franchise.

811
00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.139
Let's say it's a,

812
00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:15.220
some people are against Gracie Baja or some people are for

813
00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.861
Karate America or against it,

814
00:25:16.862 --> 00:25:17.001
right?

815
00:25:17.021 --> 00:25:17.941
Everybody's got their thing.

816
00:25:17.942 --> 00:25:19.942
Or let's say it's 10th Planet because most people are like,

817
00:25:19.943 --> 00:25:20.062
oh,

818
00:25:20.102 --> 00:25:20.843
10th Planet is legit.

819
00:25:21.243 --> 00:25:21.523
Again,

820
00:25:21.643 --> 00:25:27.125
what happens if that instructor is a lifelong criminal and he just steals your money and closes the gym?

821
00:25:27.986 --> 00:25:30.387
Would you give a shit that he taught you good jujitsu?

822
00:25:31.087 --> 00:25:33.328
Like you just got defrauded.

823
00:25:33.648 --> 00:25:33.828
Like,

824
00:25:34.192 --> 00:25:39.315
There are certain things that are much more important in our life than being able to fight another human being well.

825
00:25:39.595 --> 00:25:41.836
And if you're in fistfights all the time,

826
00:25:42.236 --> 00:25:43.857
you might want to go to a therapist.

827
00:25:44.278 --> 00:25:45.798
Learning how to fight is good,

828
00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:49.280
but learning how to fight is exactly identical to learning how to swim.

829
00:25:49.561 --> 00:25:50.061
Hear me out.

830
00:25:50.321 --> 00:25:51.882
They're the equivalent of importance.

831
00:25:52.462 --> 00:25:55.944
If I get tossed into the deep end of a pool and I don't know how to swim,

832
00:25:56.084 --> 00:25:56.724
what happens to me?

833
00:25:57.405 --> 00:25:58.085
I die.

834
00:25:58.565 --> 00:26:02.808
If I get tossed into the deep end of a real fistfight on the street and I don't know how to fight,

835
00:26:02.888 --> 00:26:03.108
I could.

836
00:26:03.188 --> 00:26:21.181
possibly die right now some people get lucky right i get tossed in the deep end maybe i get lucky to get to the edge some people do maybe you get tossed into a fight maybe you did okay right now you might not even your confidence might be through the roof right but like ultimately they're the importance of they're just as important because do i need to know how to swim right now no

837
00:26:22.041 --> 00:26:31.528
there's no water i would be a i would be weird if i just started swimming my way to the bathroom right now you'd be like what the fuck are you doing why don't you just walk like because i swim like i'd be like what about fighting

838
00:26:31.648 --> 00:26:32.789
Do I fight all the time?

839
00:26:32.790 --> 00:26:33.129
If you do,

840
00:26:33.169 --> 00:26:33.729
you're an asshole.

841
00:26:34.550 --> 00:26:36.111
Like training is not the same,

842
00:26:36.311 --> 00:26:36.511
right?

843
00:26:36.531 --> 00:26:39.453
So if you're constantly getting into fistfights as a human being,

844
00:26:39.673 --> 00:26:41.575
you need to look inside and go,

845
00:26:41.635 --> 00:26:42.495
why am I doing this?

846
00:26:42.896 --> 00:26:45.357
So do I need to know how to fight right now?

847
00:26:45.677 --> 00:26:45.797
No,

848
00:26:46.318 --> 00:26:47.118
that would be weird.

849
00:26:47.158 --> 00:26:50.341
And I get charged with assault and then you'd beat me up and I'm fragile.

850
00:26:50.361 --> 00:26:51.161
I bruise like a peach.

851
00:26:51.741 --> 00:26:52.302
You know what I'm saying?

852
00:26:52.322 --> 00:26:52.702
So like,

853
00:26:52.942 --> 00:26:53.403
like a peach.

854
00:26:53.643 --> 00:26:54.864
So like when it comes down to it,

855
00:26:55.144 --> 00:27:01.348
knowing how to swim and knowing how to be efficient at violence are equal importance because if you don't know how to do them when you need them.

856
00:27:01.588 --> 00:27:17.121
you will die what and correct me if i'm wrong and i want you to but also side note you don't need to know how to do those things all the time you need them when you need them heard yeah heard what what troubles me as a parent is

857
00:27:17.221 --> 00:27:30.312
that and maybe you can like i said correct me if i'm wrong but you can't even say with confidence to say you know what jeff gracie jujitsu in huntington beach california they've got a couple schools there

858
00:27:30.616 --> 00:27:31.276
10 out of 10.

859
00:27:31.396 --> 00:27:32.817
They vet their instructors.

860
00:27:33.117 --> 00:27:34.837
They do criminal background checks.

861
00:27:34.897 --> 00:27:36.078
They do everything.

862
00:27:36.898 --> 00:27:37.758
You can't say that,

863
00:27:38.118 --> 00:27:38.278
though,

864
00:27:38.298 --> 00:27:38.658
can you?

865
00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.759
No,

866
00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:43.160
because ultimately it also boils down to a lot of factors,

867
00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.440
right?

868
00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:46.581
What do you want out of this as a student?

869
00:27:46.941 --> 00:27:47.061
Oh,

870
00:27:47.062 --> 00:27:47.401
by the way,

871
00:27:47.521 --> 00:27:48.061
I'm not like,

872
00:27:48.101 --> 00:27:49.542
and I'm going to get shit for that where I just said,

873
00:27:49.722 --> 00:27:51.862
I'm not picking on Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.

874
00:27:52.263 --> 00:27:54.103
It's just the first one that came to mind.

875
00:27:54.423 --> 00:27:56.604
I don't know if they're in fucking Huntington Beach.

876
00:27:56.844 --> 00:28:16.232
you know the one that i like is probably steve's all you can eat chinese buffet and kung fu emporium you come for the kung fu but damn it you stay for the egg rolls so you know that's they're out there i'm telling you but you know when you go to a martial arts facility and

877
00:28:16.233 --> 00:28:23.716
when you go you have to set yourself goals so like let's say again let's say your goal is you want to become a professional boxer.

878
00:28:23.736 --> 00:28:24.496
And that is your goal.

879
00:28:25.144 --> 00:28:28.326
I would not recommend a jujitsu gym for you because that's not your goal.

880
00:28:29.087 --> 00:28:32.689
Let's say your goal is to lose 30 pounds to get a gastric bypass surgery.

881
00:28:32.729 --> 00:28:35.952
So that way you can get the gastric sleeve or bypass,

882
00:28:36.012 --> 00:28:36.192
right?

883
00:28:36.552 --> 00:28:42.576
When the doctor tells you that and you go to a martial arts facility and they're pushing you towards competition and you're constantly getting hurt.

884
00:28:43.477 --> 00:28:45.518
I'm not saying that that's what the case is for everybody,

885
00:28:45.578 --> 00:28:45.738
right?

886
00:28:45.739 --> 00:28:46.639
You might go to competition.

887
00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.660
You might lose that weight,

888
00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:52.903
but maybe that makes you not want to train because your goal wasn't anything for competition.

889
00:28:52.904 --> 00:28:53.744
It's not what you want.

890
00:28:54.044 --> 00:28:55.886
And if the coach is constantly pushing you that way,

891
00:28:56.246 --> 00:28:58.868
maybe that pushes you away from wanting to be there.

892
00:28:59.309 --> 00:29:05.194
And something that's not put on a pedestal that I think is a really important one we keep forgetting in martial arts is do you like it?

893
00:29:06.255 --> 00:29:06.855
Do you like it?

894
00:29:07.296 --> 00:29:07.976
Is it fun?

895
00:29:08.417 --> 00:29:10.939
Like who gives a shit if you were effective,

896
00:29:10.979 --> 00:29:13.321
if you absolutely are miserable when you go?

897
00:29:13.941 --> 00:29:14.762
How bad would that be?

898
00:29:15.022 --> 00:29:15.183
Like,

899
00:29:15.203 --> 00:29:15.403
yeah,

900
00:29:15.404 --> 00:29:17.144
I can kill a grown man with my hands.

901
00:29:17.145 --> 00:29:18.525
I fucking hate every second of it.

902
00:29:18.545 --> 00:29:20.247
I'm there four or five times a week.

903
00:29:20.347 --> 00:29:21.408
I don't like my life.

904
00:29:21.508 --> 00:29:22.130
please kill me.

905
00:29:22.411 --> 00:29:22.591
Like,

906
00:29:22.631 --> 00:29:23.494
what's the point?

907
00:29:23.654 --> 00:29:23.835
Like,

908
00:29:24.256 --> 00:29:28.007
would the world be better if Beethoven decided to take karate?

909
00:29:28.956 --> 00:29:29.076
No,

910
00:29:29.316 --> 00:29:33.298
he did the thing that gave him passion and meaning and made him feel better.

911
00:29:33.358 --> 00:29:34.859
And he made an impact on the world.

912
00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:37.900
So if we force people down these holes and say,

913
00:29:37.901 --> 00:29:38.720
you have to do this.

914
00:29:38.780 --> 00:29:38.900
Oh,

915
00:29:38.901 --> 00:29:39.521
you take karate.

916
00:29:39.561 --> 00:29:40.321
That's bullshit.

917
00:29:40.861 --> 00:29:43.762
How is that beneficial to them and not just your ego?

918
00:29:44.383 --> 00:29:49.925
That makes you feel good because you believe you have the right answer for this complete stranger you've never met.

919
00:29:50.345 --> 00:29:50.605
You know,

920
00:29:50.705 --> 00:29:52.806
and a lot of people online love to do that shit.

921
00:29:53.126 --> 00:29:53.366
You know,

922
00:29:53.367 --> 00:29:54.307
it's fascinating.

923
00:29:54.467 --> 00:29:57.108
My son is 10 and is just...

924
00:29:57.588 --> 00:29:58.188
The funniest,

925
00:29:58.248 --> 00:29:58.949
nicest kid.

926
00:29:59.249 --> 00:30:00.189
He's just an empath,

927
00:30:00.190 --> 00:30:01.410
and he's just a good person.

928
00:30:02.010 --> 00:30:03.550
When he was seven or eight,

929
00:30:04.091 --> 00:30:04.371
I said,

930
00:30:04.391 --> 00:30:04.511
hey,

931
00:30:04.591 --> 00:30:05.691
do you want to try jiu-jitsu?

932
00:30:05.891 --> 00:30:06.952
There's a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu

933
00:30:07.372 --> 00:30:08.412
Academy right near our house.

934
00:30:08.413 --> 00:30:08.693
He says,

935
00:30:08.713 --> 00:30:08.853
yeah,

936
00:30:08.854 --> 00:30:09.253
I'll try it.

937
00:30:09.793 --> 00:30:10.913
He did it for about six months,

938
00:30:11.814 --> 00:30:12.554
and then he started to say,

939
00:30:12.594 --> 00:30:12.714
dad,

940
00:30:12.715 --> 00:30:13.474
I don't want to do this anymore.

941
00:30:13.715 --> 00:30:14.215
And of course,

942
00:30:14.335 --> 00:30:16.296
Gen X dad pushed through it,

943
00:30:16.297 --> 00:30:16.456
honey,

944
00:30:16.496 --> 00:30:16.996
you'll be fine.

945
00:30:17.176 --> 00:30:17.436
Let's go.

946
00:30:17.576 --> 00:30:17.816
Come on,

947
00:30:17.896 --> 00:30:18.196
let's go.

948
00:30:18.717 --> 00:30:21.038
I'm the one that would take him and all that and the whole thing.

949
00:30:21.798 --> 00:30:24.719
Then one day he gets off the bus before I'm picking him up,

950
00:30:24.739 --> 00:30:26.040
but I've got his gi and we're ready to go,

951
00:30:26.520 --> 00:30:27.060
and he's crying.

952
00:30:27.588 --> 00:30:27.948
Okay.

953
00:30:27.949 --> 00:30:28.609
He's sobbing,

954
00:30:28.729 --> 00:30:28.909
Rob.

955
00:30:29.789 --> 00:30:30.210
And I'm like,

956
00:30:30.270 --> 00:30:30.730
what's wrong?

957
00:30:30.850 --> 00:30:31.150
He goes,

958
00:30:31.230 --> 00:30:31.430
dad,

959
00:30:31.450 --> 00:30:33.772
I really don't want to do jujitsu anymore.

960
00:30:34.212 --> 00:30:34.512
And I said,

961
00:30:34.513 --> 00:30:34.672
okay,

962
00:30:34.692 --> 00:30:34.992
we're done.

963
00:30:35.813 --> 00:30:36.133
We're done.

964
00:30:36.573 --> 00:30:38.134
But life lesson to him,

965
00:30:38.174 --> 00:30:38.394
I go,

966
00:30:38.434 --> 00:30:39.335
but you're going to go in with me.

967
00:30:39.695 --> 00:30:39.815
Yeah.

968
00:30:40.515 --> 00:30:42.356
We're going to tell them why.

969
00:30:42.616 --> 00:30:42.737
Yeah.

970
00:30:42.797 --> 00:30:44.998
Because the woman that runs it here in Henderson,

971
00:30:45.038 --> 00:30:45.778
they're fantastic.

972
00:30:45.858 --> 00:30:46.879
They're fantastic.

973
00:30:46.999 --> 00:30:47.699
Love that.

974
00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.180
Love to hear that.

975
00:30:48.181 --> 00:30:53.503
And so I wanted to teach him the life lesson of if you're going to end something,

976
00:30:53.783 --> 00:30:55.604
you need to respectfully tell them.

977
00:30:55.824 --> 00:30:55.944
Yeah.

978
00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:57.761
That's a great lesson to learn.

979
00:30:57.841 --> 00:30:58.522
And let them know.

980
00:30:58.602 --> 00:31:00.023
The beautiful thing about that is,

981
00:31:00.544 --> 00:31:03.486
isn't that a beautiful lesson for martial arts in itself?

982
00:31:04.066 --> 00:31:12.813
Is being able to stand up for yourself and go through a confrontation that really isn't going to be as bad as you thought it was going to be because you prepared yourself for that.

983
00:31:12.914 --> 00:31:14.034
And that's a beautiful lesson.

984
00:31:14.134 --> 00:31:14.495
Thank you.

985
00:31:14.735 --> 00:31:16.136
It was something that,

986
00:31:16.757 --> 00:31:17.017
again,

987
00:31:17.057 --> 00:31:18.118
I would try to be a better dad.

988
00:31:18.238 --> 00:31:21.140
And so we went in and it's a husband and wife that run it.

989
00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:23.202
And the husband's the one that's the instructor and the wife.

990
00:31:23.222 --> 00:31:23.842
She's a badass,

991
00:31:23.902 --> 00:31:24.042
too.

992
00:31:24.082 --> 00:31:25.263
I probably know.

993
00:31:25.303 --> 00:31:25.724
No doubt.

994
00:31:26.044 --> 00:31:27.805
But she loved Jack and was like,

995
00:31:27.885 --> 00:31:28.606
I'm so sorry.

996
00:31:29.006 --> 00:31:29.606
That's okay.

997
00:31:29.747 --> 00:31:31.608
Like we're here if ever you want to come back.

998
00:31:31.808 --> 00:31:32.108
Love that.

999
00:31:32.168 --> 00:31:33.169
And so I just,

1000
00:31:34.190 --> 00:31:34.390
it's,

1001
00:31:34.910 --> 00:31:35.390
but it's,

1002
00:31:35.531 --> 00:31:39.593
it was gut wrenching for me because I grew up playing football and lacrosse.

1003
00:31:39.853 --> 00:31:40.394
And I mean,

1004
00:31:40.395 --> 00:31:40.794
this is back,

1005
00:31:40.834 --> 00:31:44.236
but back in the eighties when you just didn't care and there was no CTE and you just,

1006
00:31:44.677 --> 00:31:44.937
you know,

1007
00:31:45.017 --> 00:31:45.477
my God,

1008
00:31:45.478 --> 00:31:47.299
he just went and kicked ass with no,

1009
00:31:47.499 --> 00:31:48.319
with no caution,

1010
00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:49.080
caution to the wind,

1011
00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.600
you know,

1012
00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:49.780
no,

1013
00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.801
no fear of anything.

1014
00:31:51.702 --> 00:31:51.982
But it's,

1015
00:31:52.682 --> 00:31:52.802
I,

1016
00:31:53.663 --> 00:31:55.004
it's hard as a parent.

1017
00:31:55.388 --> 00:31:58.449
Because after we've talked now,

1018
00:31:58.709 --> 00:32:02.090
it's like there's no regulatory body.

1019
00:32:02.650 --> 00:32:04.991
Sorry for martial arts,

1020
00:32:05.431 --> 00:32:05.711
you know,

1021
00:32:06.091 --> 00:32:07.911
as a whole in the United States.

1022
00:32:08.572 --> 00:32:20.595
So there's no real due diligence you can do as a parent unless you're getting the names of all the employees and cross referencing a defender list.

1023
00:32:20.635 --> 00:32:23.416
All I really do is just ask it.

1024
00:32:23.956 --> 00:32:24.636
I think if we

1025
00:32:25.964 --> 00:32:28.226
Start to educate the consumer,

1026
00:32:28.646 --> 00:32:31.928
which the martial arts is very convoluted in that way.

1027
00:32:32.008 --> 00:32:33.629
Like if you go to one martial arts studio,

1028
00:32:33.729 --> 00:32:34.410
it's a professor.

1029
00:32:34.910 --> 00:32:35.491
Go to another.

1030
00:32:35.551 --> 00:32:36.071
It's Sifu.

1031
00:32:36.471 --> 00:32:37.092
Go to another.

1032
00:32:37.152 --> 00:32:37.812
It's coach.

1033
00:32:38.112 --> 00:32:38.693
Go to another.

1034
00:32:38.753 --> 00:32:39.473
It's sensei.

1035
00:32:39.834 --> 00:32:40.034
Right.

1036
00:32:40.074 --> 00:32:46.458
And so like the average consumer walks in and they there's what thousands of different martial arts around the world.

1037
00:32:46.838 --> 00:32:47.959
Which one's right for me?

1038
00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:49.320
I want to try martial arts.

1039
00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:50.581
Why do you want to try martial arts?

1040
00:32:50.601 --> 00:32:54.303
Like we we keep pushing people towards this like you have to know it.

1041
00:32:54.764 --> 00:32:55.084
I think.

1042
00:32:55.244 --> 00:32:56.425
that certain people have to know it.

1043
00:32:57.505 --> 00:32:59.466
I think that it's smart to know it.

1044
00:33:00.567 --> 00:33:02.168
I think that if you're going to go through life,

1045
00:33:02.188 --> 00:33:03.589
I think it's important to learn how to swim.

1046
00:33:04.229 --> 00:33:13.594
I think that if you are living in a landlocked area in the middle of nowhere with no swimming pools and no possible way of drowning,

1047
00:33:14.255 --> 00:33:15.455
maybe you don't need to learn how to swim.

1048
00:33:16.856 --> 00:33:17.617
But like life,

1049
00:33:17.657 --> 00:33:19.698
we don't get to dictate and pick and choose who,

1050
00:33:19.898 --> 00:33:20.058
when,

1051
00:33:20.178 --> 00:33:20.418
why,

1052
00:33:20.438 --> 00:33:22.039
and how we fight another human being.

1053
00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:23.340
All we can do is exist.

1054
00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.821
and hope it doesn't happen.

1055
00:33:24.901 --> 00:33:29.203
So I think people do a disservice to themselves by not at least learning some.

1056
00:33:29.884 --> 00:33:30.884
But at the end of the day,

1057
00:33:30.885 --> 00:33:31.825
if that's not for you,

1058
00:33:32.125 --> 00:33:33.926
that's your choice as an individual.

1059
00:33:33.927 --> 00:33:34.547
And that's OK.

1060
00:33:35.007 --> 00:33:36.308
Do the thing that makes you happy.

1061
00:33:36.328 --> 00:33:36.548
I mean,

1062
00:33:36.628 --> 00:33:36.808
shit,

1063
00:33:37.088 --> 00:33:39.510
I could die of an aneurysm right now.

1064
00:33:39.610 --> 00:33:42.251
And I would be so pissed if my last moments were like,

1065
00:33:42.592 --> 00:33:42.832
fuck,

1066
00:33:42.852 --> 00:33:44.593
I really wish I didn't come to karate dead.

1067
00:33:44.893 --> 00:33:45.153
You know,

1068
00:33:45.293 --> 00:33:45.473
like,

1069
00:33:45.694 --> 00:33:46.674
how bad would that suck?

1070
00:33:46.774 --> 00:33:46.894
Like,

1071
00:33:47.034 --> 00:33:48.255
go do the thing that makes you happy.

1072
00:33:48.515 --> 00:33:48.856
It's true.

1073
00:33:49.036 --> 00:33:49.396
If some...

1074
00:33:49.696 --> 00:34:04.882
douche hole on the fucking internet goes well you don't know what you're talking about then fuck you like that's how you're spending your time like I get to talk to a good friend and we get to have a conversation and if other people want to listen to that that's cool you know but if they come in and they chime in with some bullshit

1075
00:34:05.583 --> 00:34:15.287
I'm available I go live all the time anytime someone talks shit to me I'm like hey we can go live and we can have a conversation about this I'd love to hear your point of view and it's always crickets

1076
00:34:16.127 --> 00:34:17.908
I love how approachable you are

1077
00:34:18.508 --> 00:34:19.211
Because that's like,

1078
00:34:19.252 --> 00:34:20.015
at the end of the day,

1079
00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:23.371
the ones that run and hide after they give their opinion.

1080
00:34:23.768 --> 00:34:25.089
There's something going on where you,

1081
00:34:25.249 --> 00:34:25.609
you,

1082
00:34:25.669 --> 00:34:26.870
you double down where,

1083
00:34:26.890 --> 00:34:27.070
I mean,

1084
00:34:27.110 --> 00:34:28.691
you've got a monster audience online.

1085
00:34:29.051 --> 00:34:30.752
You get in and mix it up in the comments.

1086
00:34:31.192 --> 00:34:32.493
You are replying to people.

1087
00:34:32.573 --> 00:34:34.394
You're going on lives just to say,

1088
00:34:34.434 --> 00:34:34.594
Hey,

1089
00:34:34.994 --> 00:34:35.415
come on,

1090
00:34:35.495 --> 00:34:35.975
talk to me.

1091
00:34:36.215 --> 00:34:36.335
Yeah.

1092
00:34:36.595 --> 00:34:36.795
Right.

1093
00:34:36.796 --> 00:34:37.156
Absolutely.

1094
00:34:37.157 --> 00:34:37.676
A hundred percent.

1095
00:34:37.996 --> 00:34:38.216
Like,

1096
00:34:38.516 --> 00:34:40.017
and it's not a vindictive thing.

1097
00:34:40.998 --> 00:34:41.118
I,

1098
00:34:41.198 --> 00:34:42.038
I believe a couple of things.

1099
00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.359
One,

1100
00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:45.701
my audience is what helps me pay my bills.

1101
00:34:46.401 --> 00:34:47.381
They pay my bills.

1102
00:34:48.102 --> 00:34:49.843
Like they're the reason I have sponsors.

1103
00:34:49.923 --> 00:34:51.604
They're the reason I get to do this for a living.

1104
00:34:51.904 --> 00:34:53.946
Like I love my audience.

1105
00:34:54.046 --> 00:34:57.228
I don't give a shit if they love me because at the end of the day,

1106
00:34:57.328 --> 00:34:59.229
my audience is still paying my bills.

1107
00:34:59.590 --> 00:35:00.971
If some guy goes online and says,

1108
00:35:00.991 --> 00:35:01.651
you're a piece of shit,

1109
00:35:01.951 --> 00:35:02.772
you just helped me.

1110
00:35:03.072 --> 00:35:06.154
That's one more comment that goes into the algorithm that becomes a number.

1111
00:35:06.275 --> 00:35:07.936
And then the more numbers pop up,

1112
00:35:07.956 --> 00:35:09.937
the more people can actually hear my message.

1113
00:35:10.277 --> 00:35:14.060
And the more people who might actually give a damn about kids safety might actually go,

1114
00:35:14.120 --> 00:35:16.322
maybe we should ask for some background checks.

1115
00:35:16.782 --> 00:35:17.703
Maybe I should go.

1116
00:35:17.783 --> 00:35:18.143
You know what?

1117
00:35:19.104 --> 00:35:19.224
I

1118
00:35:19.344 --> 00:35:44.198
didn't know that my martial arts studio might not do background check maybe i should ask do you guys do background checks you don't well now you have to make a decision as an adult parent is that what you want for your child or as a woman who may have come out uh or had issues in the past of another grown human being molesting them in some way even as an adult do you want to put yourself into that situation again when it's kind

1119
00:35:44.218 --> 00:35:48.020
of a hotbed for it i mean there's people in jiu-jitsu right now being looked at.

1120
00:35:48.324 --> 00:35:50.765
Like people literally fleeing for sexual assault.

1121
00:35:51.205 --> 00:35:52.866
Like there are a lot of cases of this.

1122
00:35:52.886 --> 00:35:53.106
I mean,

1123
00:35:53.126 --> 00:35:58.748
there are even cases of martial arts instructors paying severance pays to rapists and helping them leave the country.

1124
00:35:59.129 --> 00:36:00.249
And still existing today.

1125
00:36:00.269 --> 00:36:02.310
And no one seems to give a fuck because they're good at jujitsu.

1126
00:36:02.850 --> 00:36:04.531
And I love martial arts.

1127
00:36:04.791 --> 00:36:05.931
And I know when I speak,

1128
00:36:05.971 --> 00:36:09.533
I think a lot of people might get the impression that I don't love martial arts,

1129
00:36:09.534 --> 00:36:10.413
that I'm against it,

1130
00:36:10.414 --> 00:36:11.254
that I think it's all bad.

1131
00:36:11.634 --> 00:36:12.554
Absolutely not.

1132
00:36:12.634 --> 00:36:14.515
Martial arts is a beautiful thing.

1133
00:36:14.535 --> 00:36:16.456
It can help people in so many different ways.

1134
00:36:16.796 --> 00:36:17.697
It's a great outlet,

1135
00:36:17.717 --> 00:36:19.238
but it's not everyone's outlet.

1136
00:36:19.538 --> 00:36:20.639
And that's okay.

1137
00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:21.460
Like,

1138
00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:23.302
do you care that

1139
00:36:23.762 --> 00:36:24.483
Jeff Gordon,

1140
00:36:24.703 --> 00:36:25.664
when he's in NASCAR,

1141
00:36:25.764 --> 00:36:26.564
doesn't know how to fight?

1142
00:36:26.764 --> 00:36:27.505
You don't give a shit.

1143
00:36:27.765 --> 00:36:27.945
Why?

1144
00:36:28.086 --> 00:36:29.347
Because he's good at the thing he does.

1145
00:36:30.307 --> 00:36:30.568
You know,

1146
00:36:30.668 --> 00:36:32.169
like let the people do what they want to do.

1147
00:36:32.249 --> 00:36:34.291
And to what you were talking about earlier,

1148
00:36:34.311 --> 00:36:38.294
I think it's a wonderful thing that you allowed your child to make a decision.

1149
00:36:38.975 --> 00:36:40.536
That's what we have to do as adults.

1150
00:36:41.096 --> 00:36:41.837
As an adult,

1151
00:36:42.197 --> 00:36:43.538
when you don't want to do some shit,

1152
00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.160
you just don't do it.

1153
00:36:45.496 --> 00:36:47.037
And then there'll be people out there like,

1154
00:36:47.038 --> 00:36:48.157
you got to push yourself.

1155
00:36:48.257 --> 00:36:48.998
Like why?

1156
00:36:48.999 --> 00:36:51.138
I'm going to,

1157
00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:52.299
I'm eventually going to die.

1158
00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.239
Like,

1159
00:36:53.299 --> 00:36:54.680
why wouldn't I want to be happy?

1160
00:36:55.120 --> 00:36:55.500
And like,

1161
00:36:55.861 --> 00:36:56.101
will,

1162
00:36:56.561 --> 00:36:58.602
will I reach like everybody's like cyclical,

1163
00:36:58.702 --> 00:36:58.882
right?

1164
00:36:58.883 --> 00:37:01.743
So you're going to wind up going through like these ebbs and flows in your life.

1165
00:37:02.263 --> 00:37:05.045
Maybe you did have a bad spat with food,

1166
00:37:05.465 --> 00:37:06.305
bad relationship.

1167
00:37:06.665 --> 00:37:07.846
Maybe you did gain the weight.

1168
00:37:07.906 --> 00:37:10.127
Maybe you did lose the weight on your own accord,

1169
00:37:10.567 --> 00:37:11.187
but you know what,

1170
00:37:11.287 --> 00:37:12.808
what didn't probably help you.

1171
00:37:13.252 --> 00:37:16.994
Was some random stranger online calling you a piece of shit human being?

1172
00:37:17.274 --> 00:37:21.177
I guarantee you that probably wasn't the catalyst for you to want to make a change.

1173
00:37:21.197 --> 00:37:23.578
It was probably something that you felt was right for you.

1174
00:37:24.138 --> 00:37:25.299
And it's the same with anything.

1175
00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:26.200
Do you want to learn how to fight?

1176
00:37:26.240 --> 00:37:26.720
Go for it.

1177
00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:34.945
I hope that you go to an environment that is nurturing and allows you to feel loved and feel great when you train and want to train.

1178
00:37:34.946 --> 00:37:36.366
Because that's what makes you better.

1179
00:37:36.926 --> 00:37:38.627
Not a coach beating the fuck out of you.

1180
00:37:38.687 --> 00:37:40.428
It's not somebody calling you a piece of shit.

1181
00:37:40.728 --> 00:37:42.889
It's not somebody saying that you need to try harder.

1182
00:37:42.969 --> 00:37:48.590
What it is is somebody gave you a feeling that you love and you want to feel that again.

1183
00:37:49.010 --> 00:37:49.750
So you chase it.

1184
00:37:49.751 --> 00:37:51.391
You train and practice on your own.

1185
00:37:51.451 --> 00:37:52.971
You do the extra hours.

1186
00:37:52.972 --> 00:37:57.192
You work a little extra hard because there's a feeling you're chasing that makes you feel good.

1187
00:37:57.272 --> 00:37:57.633
And like,

1188
00:37:57.673 --> 00:37:58.553
look at champions.

1189
00:37:58.813 --> 00:38:00.853
You think champions win like titles and go,

1190
00:38:01.634 --> 00:38:03.194
I hate my life so much.

1191
00:38:03.474 --> 00:38:06.575
They might because they might be doing some shit they might be good at,

1192
00:38:06.595 --> 00:38:07.395
but not like,

1193
00:38:07.795 --> 00:38:07.995
like,

1194
00:38:07.996 --> 00:38:08.696
and why do we do it?

1195
00:38:08.697 --> 00:38:09.876
Because somebody else pressured you.

1196
00:38:09.956 --> 00:38:10.416
Fuck.

1197
00:38:10.536 --> 00:38:13.517
them like do what makes you happy how old are you

1198
00:38:13.997 --> 00:38:31.742
40 god damn i'm old you're yet please i have t-shirts older than you you uh i i i wish i had that insight when i was 40 because most people don't you know i i didn't get it until i met my wife like

1199
00:38:31.762 --> 00:38:39.384
and that was three years ago like to to be at a point where if i'm like because i'm gen x keep pushing through pushing through she's like Stop.

1200
00:38:39.664 --> 00:38:40.124
What are you doing?

1201
00:38:40.588 --> 00:38:55.500
give yourself grace stop it right and so for you more people need to hear that it's okay not to push through something i think we get so preconditioned by people that say i gotta grind but

1202
00:38:55.601 --> 00:39:06.650
grind i don't want to grind anything like except my wife that's it at my age i grind something i'm gonna break a fucking hip please i don't want to grow i don't want i don't want my work,

1203
00:39:07.110 --> 00:39:08.591
my social life,

1204
00:39:08.631 --> 00:39:09.292
my play.

1205
00:39:09.612 --> 00:39:10.716
to be a grind.

1206
00:39:10.776 --> 00:39:11.217
Yeah.

1207
00:39:11.218 --> 00:39:11.478
Right.

1208
00:39:11.538 --> 00:39:11.779
Like

1209
00:39:12.381 --> 00:39:13.905
I, I've started about a month ago.

1210
00:39:14.046 --> 00:39:15.290
I walked four and a half miles,

1211
00:39:15.330 --> 00:39:16.072
six days a week.

1212
00:39:16.233 --> 00:39:16.895
Yeah.

1213
00:39:17.943 --> 00:39:18.403
I love it.

1214
00:39:18.404 --> 00:39:19.684
I was talking to Sarah two days ago.

1215
00:39:19.824 --> 00:39:20.005
Yeah.

1216
00:39:20.125 --> 00:39:20.285
Like,

1217
00:39:20.945 --> 00:39:21.986
I talk to my friends.

1218
00:39:21.987 --> 00:39:23.047
I listen to podcasts.

1219
00:39:23.407 --> 00:39:24.488
It's wonderful.

1220
00:39:24.548 --> 00:39:26.229
And it's the joy of living in Las Vegas.

1221
00:39:26.449 --> 00:39:27.590
You can do it year round.

1222
00:39:27.670 --> 00:39:27.790
Yeah.

1223
00:39:27.990 --> 00:39:28.190
Right?

1224
00:39:28.191 --> 00:39:28.731
It's nice.

1225
00:39:28.891 --> 00:39:30.452
So I love that.

1226
00:39:30.872 --> 00:39:32.313
But it's not a grind.

1227
00:39:32.913 --> 00:39:33.494
I'm not like,

1228
00:39:33.514 --> 00:39:33.594
oh,

1229
00:39:33.595 --> 00:39:35.475
I'm going to go for a fucking walk today.

1230
00:39:35.955 --> 00:39:36.336
Fuck you,

1231
00:39:36.516 --> 00:39:36.836
Jeff.

1232
00:39:37.897 --> 00:39:39.258
The day that becomes a grind,

1233
00:39:39.478 --> 00:39:39.918
I'm done.

1234
00:39:39.938 --> 00:39:41.459
I'll find something else to do.

1235
00:39:41.919 --> 00:39:42.060
Well,

1236
00:39:42.061 --> 00:39:42.220
I mean,

1237
00:39:42.680 --> 00:39:44.761
our life has so many things that we can accomplish.

1238
00:39:45.282 --> 00:39:46.923
There's so many things that we could do.

1239
00:39:47.495 --> 00:39:47.715
Like,

1240
00:39:47.915 --> 00:39:51.537
I think that if you're a person who wants to do that because,

1241
00:39:51.538 --> 00:39:51.857
you know,

1242
00:39:51.897 --> 00:39:52.637
at the end of that,

1243
00:39:52.677 --> 00:39:56.819
there's going to be a result that's going to equal a feeling that you want to do that.

1244
00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:57.459
Right.

1245
00:39:57.499 --> 00:39:57.719
Like,

1246
00:39:58.399 --> 00:39:58.620
you know,

1247
00:39:58.740 --> 00:40:01.261
you're going to college and you're trying to chase a doctorate.

1248
00:40:01.661 --> 00:40:01.781
Yeah,

1249
00:40:01.841 --> 00:40:03.381
there's going to be days that you're going to grind.

1250
00:40:03.481 --> 00:40:05.042
You're making a conscious decision.

1251
00:40:05.102 --> 00:40:05.542
Absolutely.

1252
00:40:05.602 --> 00:40:07.183
Trying to get to the end goal.

1253
00:40:07.563 --> 00:40:11.665
But a lot of people are just grinding for the sake of fucking doing it because they think that's what they need to do.

1254
00:40:12.485 --> 00:40:13.766
Do the thing that makes you happy.

1255
00:40:13.846 --> 00:40:16.227
Like you like maybe it's a hippie fucking thing.

1256
00:40:16.567 --> 00:40:17.067
funny enough

1257
00:40:17.327 --> 00:40:18.187
I'm not liberal at all,

1258
00:40:18.427 --> 00:40:19.888
but like maybe it's a hippie way to think.

1259
00:40:19.928 --> 00:40:20.768
But at the end of the day,

1260
00:40:20.868 --> 00:40:25.830
like I think our happiness is much more important than someone else's opinion of how we should be happy.

1261
00:40:25.850 --> 00:40:27.070
You know what?

1262
00:40:27.090 --> 00:40:29.931
And you look at social media now where that's where,

1263
00:40:30.131 --> 00:40:30.371
you know,

1264
00:40:30.431 --> 00:40:32.852
kids are looking at other people that it's fake.

1265
00:40:33.512 --> 00:40:35.212
What they're what those people are.

1266
00:40:35.213 --> 00:40:37.333
You're the Lamborghinis usually rented,

1267
00:40:37.393 --> 00:40:37.673
y'all.

1268
00:40:38.093 --> 00:40:38.753
Just so you know.

1269
00:40:39.133 --> 00:40:39.934
Dude.

1270
00:40:40.114 --> 00:40:41.554
So I just moved to L.A.

1271
00:40:42.054 --> 00:40:43.075
So glad you said this shit.

1272
00:40:43.375 --> 00:40:44.375
So I just moved to L.A.

1273
00:40:44.911 --> 00:40:49.553
And I moved out and I've been working on my documentary and like just living life.

1274
00:40:50.213 --> 00:40:50.574
And

1275
00:40:51.134 --> 00:40:52.534
I if you go down Rodeo,

1276
00:40:53.115 --> 00:40:53.335
right,

1277
00:40:53.395 --> 00:40:54.395
go down Rodeo Drive.

1278
00:40:54.495 --> 00:40:56.156
You will see the most beautiful cars,

1279
00:40:56.396 --> 00:40:56.636
right?

1280
00:40:56.696 --> 00:41:01.158
Like these Lamborghinis and Porsches and Mercedes lined up.

1281
00:41:01.838 --> 00:41:04.520
And every time I walk down there,

1282
00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:08.521
there is somebody taking a picture of someone else's car.

1283
00:41:09.202 --> 00:41:11.142
Every time there's always somebody doing that.

1284
00:41:11.202 --> 00:41:12.283
The Internet is a.

1285
00:41:12.463 --> 00:41:27.689
playland it's not real it's it's a it's a thing that avatar no one puts their worst fucking photo a lot of people don't even put their real photo some people put memes like it's just it's a it's a fantasy and like it's not real a

1286
00:41:27.769 --> 00:41:42.035
lot of the comments are bots there's a lot of that too i've seen like i think it's a dump like i'm i i get what people are looking for is that perception but like that's that's faker than that's about as fake as it gets Yeah.

1287
00:41:42.095 --> 00:41:44.736
Like if you had to buy your followers,

1288
00:41:45.177 --> 00:41:48.778
do you think that that fake bots buying a T-shirt from you and helping you pay your bill?

1289
00:41:49.038 --> 00:41:53.681
Do you think that a sponsor is not going to want to look at your analytics and go,

1290
00:41:53.801 --> 00:41:54.961
let me see what these really are?

1291
00:41:55.301 --> 00:41:59.784
Like every sponsor I've ever had ever wants a return on investment.

1292
00:42:00.104 --> 00:42:04.206
And if you bought a bunch of bots and then you go to a sponsor and you're like,

1293
00:42:04.207 --> 00:42:04.406
hey,

1294
00:42:05.106 --> 00:42:06.547
I have all of these followers.

1295
00:42:06.907 --> 00:42:08.868
And now you're committing fraud,

1296
00:42:08.869 --> 00:42:09.528
in my opinion.

1297
00:42:09.568 --> 00:42:13.810
You just lied to people who are going to pay you money and you cannot provide the service you said you'd provide.

1298
00:42:13.830 --> 00:42:14.590
That's horseshit.

1299
00:42:14.790 --> 00:42:16.831
There are so many people that are

1300
00:42:17.211 --> 00:42:17.851
I've outed people.

1301
00:42:18.292 --> 00:42:19.072
I'm open about that.

1302
00:42:19.552 --> 00:42:21.213
That's my thing that I do sometimes.

1303
00:42:21.214 --> 00:42:22.793
We talked about this too.

1304
00:42:22.994 --> 00:42:25.935
We have that there's podcasters.

1305
00:42:26.255 --> 00:42:32.537
There are coaches or influencers that come off by saying that they have four,

1306
00:42:32.617 --> 00:42:32.858
five,

1307
00:42:32.918 --> 00:42:33.098
six,

1308
00:42:33.178 --> 00:42:33.998
ten million followers.

1309
00:42:34.438 --> 00:42:36.199
But you look at their reels.

1310
00:42:36.399 --> 00:42:38.080
and they have 245 views.

1311
00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:38.600
Yeah.

1312
00:42:40.560 --> 00:42:40.721
What?

1313
00:42:40.801 --> 00:42:41.101
What,

1314
00:42:41.461 --> 00:42:42.321
But somehow,

1315
00:42:42.481 --> 00:42:42.901
some way,

1316
00:42:43.181 --> 00:42:44.042
they have sponsors.

1317
00:42:44.362 --> 00:42:44.502
Like,

1318
00:42:44.742 --> 00:42:45.562
that part I don't get,

1319
00:42:45.882 --> 00:42:46.322
but again,

1320
00:42:46.863 --> 00:42:47.383
whatever.

1321
00:42:47.943 --> 00:42:49.043
I just do my thing,

1322
00:42:49.444 --> 00:42:50.324
and it is what it is,

1323
00:42:50.344 --> 00:42:51.724
and I'm au naturel,

1324
00:42:51.844 --> 00:42:52.445
full Monty.

1325
00:42:52.885 --> 00:42:53.905
I don't pay for a thing.

1326
00:42:54.845 --> 00:42:55.926
My audience is like you.

1327
00:42:55.966 --> 00:42:57.006
My audience is my audience,

1328
00:42:57.007 --> 00:42:57.606
and that's it.

1329
00:42:58.007 --> 00:42:58.767
Some do great,

1330
00:42:58.847 --> 00:42:59.327
some don't.

1331
00:42:59.527 --> 00:43:15.098
don't give a shit is what it is i care about having good conversations and if the audience comes in and likes it and grows great if they don't okay fine give a fuck but it is something that nowadays with kids are looking at you know these air

1332
00:43:15.198 --> 00:43:28.467
quotes influencers yeah that it's someone that's in their mid-20s that's had a ton of plastic surgery done already and she's getting her photo taken in front of somebody else's Bugatti on Rodeo Drive.

1333
00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:47.265
acting like oh going out for you know jimmy choo is calling you know give me a fucking break and i think that there's starting to be a backlash to that that kids are smart like i my my stepdaughter my daughter they're smart and they know what's going on and

1334
00:43:47.825 --> 00:43:54.107
a lot of times like yep they're still on tiktok and looking at all their shit but also there's times that they're like i'm done with the phone.

1335
00:43:54.767 --> 00:43:55.267
I'm done.

1336
00:43:55.491 --> 00:43:56.672
I'm going to go do other things.

1337
00:43:56.953 --> 00:43:57.193
I mean,

1338
00:43:57.233 --> 00:43:59.396
I think that the pendulum swings both ways,

1339
00:43:59.896 --> 00:44:00.177
you know,

1340
00:44:00.437 --> 00:44:02.279
like interesting enough.

1341
00:44:02.319 --> 00:44:08.267
I was talking about this the other day with somebody and we were talking about how the new generation doesn't really seem to go out and drink.

1342
00:44:09.533 --> 00:44:10.553
It's like an odd thing.

1343
00:44:10.734 --> 00:44:10.874
Yep.

1344
00:44:11.154 --> 00:44:11.474
Like I,

1345
00:44:11.514 --> 00:44:12.614
if I go to like a bar,

1346
00:44:12.794 --> 00:44:12.975
right,

1347
00:44:13.015 --> 00:44:13.735
I look around,

1348
00:44:13.795 --> 00:44:14.255
I'm like,

1349
00:44:14.635 --> 00:44:14.955
I thought,

1350
00:44:15.155 --> 00:44:16.296
I thought when I turned 40,

1351
00:44:16.356 --> 00:44:17.557
I was going to be the old guy at the bar.

1352
00:44:17.558 --> 00:44:18.297
I was going to be like,

1353
00:44:18.298 --> 00:44:18.577
oh fuck,

1354
00:44:18.578 --> 00:44:19.437
I'm the old guy at the bar.

1355
00:44:19.457 --> 00:44:19.918
I'm hanging out.

1356
00:44:20.018 --> 00:44:22.059
I was looking around like all these motherfuckers are 40.

1357
00:44:22.399 --> 00:44:24.179
Like there's not a 20 year old,

1358
00:44:24.240 --> 00:44:24.740
21,

1359
00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:26.180
22 year old in this bar.

1360
00:44:26.481 --> 00:44:28.401
Like you go to clubs and stuff like that.

1361
00:44:28.461 --> 00:44:30.002
There's still a club culture,

1362
00:44:30.042 --> 00:44:31.403
but it's like not the same.

1363
00:44:31.404 --> 00:44:31.703
It has,

1364
00:44:31.863 --> 00:44:32.503
it's shifted.

1365
00:44:32.843 --> 00:44:32.983
Like,

1366
00:44:33.003 --> 00:44:33.644
it's weird.

1367
00:44:33.704 --> 00:44:34.364
Like even like,

1368
00:44:34.524 --> 00:44:34.804
again,

1369
00:44:35.404 --> 00:44:36.225
nod back to LA.

1370
00:44:36.685 --> 00:44:37.886
But like when I went out there,

1371
00:44:37.966 --> 00:44:39.046
like when I was younger,

1372
00:44:39.146 --> 00:44:41.727
I heard like sunset was like that was the strip.

1373
00:44:41.728 --> 00:44:43.428
You were going to go out and have a good time.

1374
00:44:43.608 --> 00:44:44.268
It's vacant.

1375
00:44:45.248 --> 00:44:46.289
Like it's wild.

1376
00:44:46.889 --> 00:44:47.810
I want to ask you a question.

1377
00:44:47.830 --> 00:44:48.710
Pull us a little bit closer to you,

1378
00:44:48.711 --> 00:44:48.990
by the way.

1379
00:44:48.991 --> 00:44:49.370
Thank you.

1380
00:44:50.050 --> 00:44:50.371
Thank you.

1381
00:44:50.831 --> 00:44:52.451
When you were

1382
00:44:52.812 --> 00:44:53.752
17 years old.

1383
00:44:53.992 --> 00:44:54.152
Yes.

1384
00:44:54.232 --> 00:44:57.794
And if you got invited to a birthday party for another 17 year old,

1385
00:44:58.554 --> 00:45:00.034
what was going on at that party?

1386
00:45:00.995 --> 00:45:03.056
Was anybody drinking at that party?

1387
00:45:03.216 --> 00:45:03.456
Right.

1388
00:45:03.457 --> 00:45:03.596
Yeah.

1389
00:45:03.876 --> 00:45:05.497
Was anybody smoking weed at that party?

1390
00:45:05.717 --> 00:45:05.837
Oh,

1391
00:45:05.838 --> 00:45:06.197
yeah.

1392
00:45:06.397 --> 00:45:09.459
Was anybody maybe diddling something in a bedroom?

1393
00:45:09.479 --> 00:45:10.240
That was going down.

1394
00:45:10.340 --> 00:45:10.560
Right?

1395
00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:11.081
Right?

1396
00:45:11.281 --> 00:45:11.541
Same.

1397
00:45:11.841 --> 00:45:12.061
Same.

1398
00:45:13.022 --> 00:45:16.745
My stepdaughter's birthday was two weeks ago,

1399
00:45:17.445 --> 00:45:17.645
right?

1400
00:45:17.786 --> 00:45:17.926
Yeah.

1401
00:45:18.186 --> 00:45:19.627
And she's a theater kid,

1402
00:45:19.687 --> 00:45:20.327
theater tech kid.

1403
00:45:20.328 --> 00:45:20.488
Okay.

1404
00:45:20.548 --> 00:45:21.308
She's really like,

1405
00:45:21.508 --> 00:45:21.889
that's her.

1406
00:45:22.049 --> 00:45:23.990
I love that she's passionate about it.

1407
00:45:24.451 --> 00:45:25.671
She runs the lights and the sound.

1408
00:45:25.672 --> 00:45:26.432
You're doing that.

1409
00:45:26.472 --> 00:45:27.213
That's where the money is.

1410
00:45:27.313 --> 00:45:27.773
Dude,

1411
00:45:28.153 --> 00:45:29.274
from your lips to God's ears.

1412
00:45:29.275 --> 00:45:29.534
I mean,

1413
00:45:29.694 --> 00:45:32.196
we're literally in a studio right now.

1414
00:45:32.417 --> 00:45:32.597
Like,

1415
00:45:32.637 --> 00:45:32.957
that could.

1416
00:45:33.097 --> 00:45:52.333
translate and you can make money and she loves it and she's probably go to college for it and that'll be her career yeah like her mom and i are tickled for her for that and her mom and i've talked about this she had her birthday party at our house had about 20 kids come over right and like my kids are there my 10 year old is there he's in the pictures that's hilarious they're

1417
00:45:52.413 --> 00:46:01.260
just like singing songs they're doing karaoke but like we got costco pizzas and uh coke zero and

1418
00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:02.241
And...

1419
00:46:03.762 --> 00:46:03.882
And

1420
00:46:04.263 --> 00:46:05.844
Brandy puts out a veggie tray.

1421
00:46:06.825 --> 00:46:08.687
And we go upstairs and we're watching TV.

1422
00:46:09.107 --> 00:46:10.428
I came downstairs a couple times.

1423
00:46:11.209 --> 00:46:11.609
Nothing.

1424
00:46:12.290 --> 00:46:13.531
They're just having fun.

1425
00:46:13.571 --> 00:46:15.473
What if that's not how it went down?

1426
00:46:17.234 --> 00:46:18.896
What if every time you went upstairs,

1427
00:46:19.236 --> 00:46:19.937
it was just like,

1428
00:46:19.957 --> 00:46:20.297
all right,

1429
00:46:20.317 --> 00:46:20.798
he's gone.

1430
00:46:20.858 --> 00:46:21.698
Bring out the cocaine.

1431
00:46:21.738 --> 00:46:22.119
Outcomes,

1432
00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:22.279
yeah.

1433
00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:23.160
Hookers and blow.

1434
00:46:23.161 --> 00:46:24.321
And then all of a sudden you're like.

1435
00:46:24.621 --> 00:46:26.002
Where did the midget come from?

1436
00:46:26.042 --> 00:46:29.204
And like you come downstairs and all of a sudden they just know how to pick it up real fast.

1437
00:46:29.244 --> 00:46:29.684
I didn't know.

1438
00:46:29.904 --> 00:46:31.225
I didn't know an elbow could go there.

1439
00:46:31.385 --> 00:46:31.505
What?

1440
00:46:32.405 --> 00:46:33.306
What are you doing with Twister?

1441
00:46:33.486 --> 00:46:34.146
What's going on?

1442
00:46:34.147 --> 00:46:34.827
Is that your name?

1443
00:46:34.987 --> 00:46:35.967
I don't understand that.

1444
00:46:36.467 --> 00:46:36.948
Get out of there,

1445
00:46:37.008 --> 00:46:37.328
kids.

1446
00:46:37.928 --> 00:46:38.228
It was.

1447
00:46:38.749 --> 00:46:39.629
And it's,

1448
00:46:40.249 --> 00:46:40.490
you know,

1449
00:46:40.710 --> 00:46:41.210
I used to.

1450
00:46:41.550 --> 00:46:42.771
I was a rager as a kid.

1451
00:46:42.951 --> 00:46:44.572
Their mom was a rager as a kid.

1452
00:46:44.712 --> 00:46:46.133
And so we're dying.

1453
00:46:46.233 --> 00:46:47.693
We're upstairs in bed watching TV,

1454
00:46:47.854 --> 00:46:52.056
laughing our asses off because you could hear them throughout the house.

1455
00:46:52.057 --> 00:46:53.176
Like they're playing hide and go seek.

1456
00:46:53.797 --> 00:46:54.037
Right.

1457
00:46:54.521 --> 00:46:56.483
Like just harmless stuff.

1458
00:46:56.603 --> 00:46:58.144
But to get back to your point,

1459
00:46:59.124 --> 00:47:04.388
kids don't to drinking and drugs isn't a thing anymore.

1460
00:47:04.888 --> 00:47:05.889
For better or for worse,

1461
00:47:06.129 --> 00:47:07.810
it's just not a thing anymore with the generation.

1462
00:47:08.311 --> 00:47:12.413
It's a very cool to see like the pendulum just swinging back the other way,

1463
00:47:12.654 --> 00:47:12.954
you know,

1464
00:47:13.134 --> 00:47:13.254
and,

1465
00:47:13.714 --> 00:47:13.974
you know,

1466
00:47:13.995 --> 00:47:18.357
there is a time where people there will always be people who want to go out and party and do drugs and drink.

1467
00:47:18.377 --> 00:47:19.638
And that's always going to be a thing.

1468
00:47:19.678 --> 00:47:22.801
That's there's always going to be people who are not trying to raw dog life.

1469
00:47:23.181 --> 00:47:23.381
Right.

1470
00:47:23.625 --> 00:47:24.285
They just want to,

1471
00:47:24.505 --> 00:47:24.645
they,

1472
00:47:24.866 --> 00:47:26.066
I need a little escapism.

1473
00:47:26.146 --> 00:47:27.287
I need a good feeling.

1474
00:47:27.307 --> 00:47:28.967
One of the cases that's never going to change,

1475
00:47:29.367 --> 00:47:31.288
but it's kind of cool to see.

1476
00:47:31.388 --> 00:47:31.888
Like they even,

1477
00:47:32.108 --> 00:47:32.569
whenever you,

1478
00:47:32.889 --> 00:47:34.449
I'm not sure if you ever watched that movie,

1479
00:47:35.470 --> 00:47:36.310
21 jump street,

1480
00:47:36.570 --> 00:47:37.231
the remake.

1481
00:47:37.431 --> 00:47:38.011
Yeah.

1482
00:47:38.012 --> 00:47:38.371
And like,

1483
00:47:38.372 --> 00:47:41.092
they wind up going back to school and they're used to what we're used to.

1484
00:47:41.512 --> 00:47:43.693
And then they wind up going in and everybody's like,

1485
00:47:44.073 --> 00:47:44.394
oh man,

1486
00:47:44.434 --> 00:47:45.734
I don't eat meat.

1487
00:47:45.735 --> 00:47:45.954
Like,

1488
00:47:46.394 --> 00:47:47.555
why are you picking on that kid?

1489
00:47:47.575 --> 00:47:48.355
That's not nice.

1490
00:47:48.415 --> 00:47:48.595
Like,

1491
00:47:49.135 --> 00:47:49.576
like what?

1492
00:47:50.096 --> 00:47:50.496
All true.

1493
00:47:50.656 --> 00:47:50.776
Yeah.

1494
00:47:51.116 --> 00:47:51.636
It's all true.

1495
00:47:52.197 --> 00:47:52.617
It is.

1496
00:47:53.249 --> 00:47:54.049
Nowadays,

1497
00:47:54.210 --> 00:47:56.130
kids are much more empathetic.

1498
00:47:58.031 --> 00:47:58.972
I was raised,

1499
00:47:59.972 --> 00:48:00.812
the bully's coming.

1500
00:48:00.932 --> 00:48:02.493
What are you going to do when the bully shows up?

1501
00:48:02.613 --> 00:48:10.557
Now it's like there are really bullying is like you're like sent off to Alcatraz if you bully somebody in school.

1502
00:48:10.757 --> 00:48:10.877
Yeah,

1503
00:48:10.878 --> 00:48:11.357
it's wild.

1504
00:48:11.417 --> 00:48:14.378
Like I've seen some videos like there's a guy who's really good to follow.

1505
00:48:14.398 --> 00:48:17.880
His name's Tom DeBlas and Tom DeBlas is a jujitsu black belt.

1506
00:48:17.900 --> 00:48:20.141
He's also the guy who runs the jujitsu.

1507
00:48:21.661 --> 00:48:23.102
side of one championship.

1508
00:48:24.102 --> 00:48:25.603
Like he puts out videos all the time.

1509
00:48:25.623 --> 00:48:26.643
And what he'll do is like,

1510
00:48:26.644 --> 00:48:27.824
if there are videos of kids,

1511
00:48:27.864 --> 00:48:29.284
like who are bullying other kids,

1512
00:48:29.684 --> 00:48:31.165
he'll find the kid who was bullied.

1513
00:48:31.465 --> 00:48:32.446
Like he will post the video.

1514
00:48:32.546 --> 00:48:32.726
Right.

1515
00:48:32.727 --> 00:48:34.566
And so he'll find the kid who was bullied and he's like,

1516
00:48:34.567 --> 00:48:34.706
Hey,

1517
00:48:35.147 --> 00:48:35.587
this video,

1518
00:48:35.707 --> 00:48:36.087
this kid,

1519
00:48:36.088 --> 00:48:37.468
if anybody knows who this kid is,

1520
00:48:37.528 --> 00:48:38.388
get them in contact.

1521
00:48:38.389 --> 00:48:39.688
I want to talk to them or their parents.

1522
00:48:40.169 --> 00:48:41.449
And almost every time he'll,

1523
00:48:41.529 --> 00:48:42.069
he's got a good,

1524
00:48:42.109 --> 00:48:42.810
solid following.

1525
00:48:43.070 --> 00:48:44.210
They'll find that person.

1526
00:48:44.250 --> 00:48:46.811
And then he'll wind up helping them get pro bono jujitsu.

1527
00:48:47.051 --> 00:48:47.552
Oh,

1528
00:48:47.553 --> 00:48:48.052
I love that.

1529
00:48:48.072 --> 00:48:48.412
And like,

1530
00:48:48.452 --> 00:48:49.392
he'll go and like,

1531
00:48:49.393 --> 00:48:49.993
he helps these kids.

1532
00:48:50.953 --> 00:49:11.033
beautiful thing i absolutely love it and like it does go to show like when people look online and you look at things in context kids are going to do stupid things because they're children and they don't know any better but those lessons of hey you filmed this so that way you can harm another human being and you thought that was going to work out well for you it

1533
00:49:11.113 --> 00:49:15.077
seems like society is starting to take a like another look at that and go you

1534
00:49:15.988 --> 00:49:31.273
kind of a dick like why would you do that to another human being like this doesn't make you a good person and so like now the world knows forever that you did a really shitty thing it's not going to help you look good you're not going to get cool points for that what a wonderful thing for like what

1535
00:49:31.274 --> 00:49:43.917
if more people did that you know more more influencers you know with a solid following were like when they saw something like that took the time out to reach out or have someone reach out to that person and go,

1536
00:49:44.056 --> 00:49:44.216
Hey.

1537
00:49:44.744 --> 00:49:45.704
I'm going to take care of you.

1538
00:49:46.345 --> 00:49:52.207
I'm going to pay for your like a vetted facility that I know of in your neighborhood or whatever.

1539
00:49:52.427 --> 00:49:53.428
I'll call and vet them.

1540
00:49:53.788 --> 00:49:57.050
And I'm going to pay in perpetuity for whatever you want it,

1541
00:49:57.050 --> 00:49:57.229
you know,

1542
00:49:57.230 --> 00:49:58.270
for you to go there and train.

1543
00:49:59.010 --> 00:49:59.131
Oh,

1544
00:49:59.190 --> 00:49:59.791
my God.

1545
00:50:00.470 --> 00:50:00.631
Like,

1546
00:50:00.691 --> 00:50:02.651
talk about paying it forward.

1547
00:50:02.751 --> 00:50:03.693
I'd rather do that than,

1548
00:50:04.172 --> 00:50:04.412
you know,

1549
00:50:04.912 --> 00:50:07.073
give money to a homeless shelter.

1550
00:50:07.373 --> 00:50:07.573
Sorry,

1551
00:50:07.633 --> 00:50:07.953
homeless.

1552
00:50:08.314 --> 00:50:10.034
But it's just like to me,

1553
00:50:10.294 --> 00:50:12.555
that is more again.

1554
00:50:12.995 --> 00:50:13.776
Because being a dad,

1555
00:50:13.816 --> 00:50:14.157
it's like...

1556
00:50:14.816 --> 00:50:29.610
with your kids man it's just like geez with the world getting the way it is it's get with ai everything else and you just try to do you try to do better you try to do better and it

1557
00:50:29.611 --> 00:50:40.521
is something that we walk a very fine line though because you don't want to enable them and coddle them to where they think oh well mom and dad are going to take care of us forever and ever and ever yeah

1558
00:50:41.001 --> 00:50:41.260
You know,

1559
00:50:41.341 --> 00:50:42.381
that's that's the tough part,

1560
00:50:42.401 --> 00:50:49.188
which gives even more credence to martial arts is just such a one on one thing.

1561
00:50:49.327 --> 00:50:50.068
It's funny.

1562
00:50:50.149 --> 00:50:51.229
Bring up the family thing.

1563
00:50:51.309 --> 00:50:51.869
My mom,

1564
00:50:52.791 --> 00:50:55.172
I do podcasts like usually like a couple of weeks.

1565
00:50:55.233 --> 00:50:55.432
Right.

1566
00:50:55.452 --> 00:50:56.293
So somebody will bite me.

1567
00:50:56.294 --> 00:50:56.713
I'll go on.

1568
00:50:56.715 --> 00:50:57.175
I'll do this.

1569
00:50:57.555 --> 00:51:02.698
And so I did one the other day and the subject came up with me fighting in bars when I was 15.

1570
00:51:03.340 --> 00:51:03.699
And

1571
00:51:04.560 --> 00:51:05.120
I wish I did.

1572
00:51:05.280 --> 00:51:09.524
I fought in nightclub bars when I was 15 for what was called patron boxing.

1573
00:51:09.940 --> 00:51:11.962
And I think we talked about this on the last episode a little bit.

1574
00:51:11.981 --> 00:51:13.142
And so anyway,

1575
00:51:13.543 --> 00:51:15.343
I did the podcast about that.

1576
00:51:15.503 --> 00:51:16.863
And the subject came up.

1577
00:51:16.883 --> 00:51:17.024
Well,

1578
00:51:17.043 --> 00:51:18.744
how the hell were you able to do that?

1579
00:51:19.124 --> 00:51:21.666
And the guy who ran the promotion just basically said,

1580
00:51:21.686 --> 00:51:23.186
you need to get your mom to sign this waiver.

1581
00:51:23.188 --> 00:51:24.148
And my mom signed the waiver.

1582
00:51:24.988 --> 00:51:25.467
And they were like,

1583
00:51:25.488 --> 00:51:25.608
oh,

1584
00:51:25.628 --> 00:51:26.007
my God,

1585
00:51:26.028 --> 00:51:26.789
your mom signed the waiver.

1586
00:51:26.988 --> 00:51:28.088
And the way that they said it,

1587
00:51:28.329 --> 00:51:29.970
my mom watches every one of these,

1588
00:51:30.070 --> 00:51:30.430
by the way,

1589
00:51:30.971 --> 00:51:33.212
she watches every podcast I've ever been on.

1590
00:51:33.271 --> 00:51:34.332
She's super supportive lady.

1591
00:51:34.852 --> 00:51:35.693
But at the end of the hat.

1592
00:51:35.992 --> 00:51:36.392
They were like,

1593
00:51:36.432 --> 00:51:37.533
how could she do that?

1594
00:51:37.573 --> 00:51:38.654
And she was like,

1595
00:51:38.655 --> 00:51:40.115
they think I'm a bad mom.

1596
00:51:40.136 --> 00:51:40.497
I'm like,

1597
00:51:40.577 --> 00:51:41.077
fuck them.

1598
00:51:41.377 --> 00:51:41.577
Like,

1599
00:51:42.017 --> 00:51:42.278
mom,

1600
00:51:42.838 --> 00:51:43.800
which she hates the F word.

1601
00:51:43.919 --> 00:51:44.119
Sorry.

1602
00:51:44.619 --> 00:51:45.180
But I was like,

1603
00:51:45.220 --> 00:51:45.440
mom,

1604
00:51:45.780 --> 00:51:46.221
relax.

1605
00:51:46.361 --> 00:51:46.581
Like

1606
00:51:47.403 --> 00:51:56.229
I if you didn't allow me to do that as a kid and let go of the reins and trust the people I was around who took care of me,

1607
00:51:56.749 --> 00:51:57.930
trust the environment,

1608
00:51:58.032 --> 00:52:00.172
trust that I would make the right decisions.

1609
00:52:00.474 --> 00:52:00.713
Right.

1610
00:52:01.434 --> 00:52:04.376
And me learning those lessons on my own.

1611
00:52:05.313 --> 00:52:07.854
I wouldn't be able to now do the job that I do,

1612
00:52:08.614 --> 00:52:11.315
call out rapists and frauds and pedophiles.

1613
00:52:11.355 --> 00:52:13.315
I would have not gone down the same path.

1614
00:52:13.715 --> 00:52:17.115
And so because she took the time to let go just enough,

1615
00:52:17.677 --> 00:52:18.997
like she didn't let go.

1616
00:52:19.017 --> 00:52:19.316
She was,

1617
00:52:19.356 --> 00:52:19.597
you know,

1618
00:52:19.597 --> 00:52:20.396
she was protective lady,

1619
00:52:20.736 --> 00:52:23.658
but just enough to allow me to have those experiences.

1620
00:52:24.057 --> 00:52:26.838
It took me down a path of something that I absolutely love.

1621
00:52:26.939 --> 00:52:27.359
And that's,

1622
00:52:27.819 --> 00:52:29.760
I've been doing the shit now for 28 years.

1623
00:52:29.840 --> 00:52:31.440
April will be 29 years of my life.

1624
00:52:31.801 --> 00:52:33.081
I've been in the martial arts industry.

1625
00:52:33.476 --> 00:52:38.059
That's because she gave me a path and allowed me the freedom to move within it.

1626
00:52:38.319 --> 00:52:39.699
And if I would have made a mistake,

1627
00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:41.680
I know there'd be an I told you so.

1628
00:52:42.180 --> 00:52:44.120
And then I would have liked getting ripped up.

1629
00:52:44.521 --> 00:52:47.203
And then but she was still been there and still supported me.

1630
00:52:47.222 --> 00:52:48.102
But at the same time,

1631
00:52:48.203 --> 00:52:50.863
there would have been different boundaries drawn if I would have made a mistake.

1632
00:52:51.303 --> 00:52:51.423
But

1633
00:52:52.005 --> 00:52:53.084
I guess I don't have any kids.

1634
00:52:53.385 --> 00:52:55.186
But I'm assuming that's what parenting is,

1635
00:52:55.226 --> 00:52:59.047
is just figuring out what boundaries to remove and what boundaries to add.

1636
00:52:59.387 --> 00:53:01.409
And you're doing the best you fucking can.

1637
00:53:01.488 --> 00:53:01.708
Amen.

1638
00:53:01.849 --> 00:53:02.128
And you

1639
00:53:02.309 --> 00:53:21.544
praying that you don't fuck it up but there's no way to know well you're you're yes but you're gonna fuck it up yeah like it is as a parent i fuck up all the time but i'm very open with my kids when i do i'm the first one to apologize and they go hey i'm not perfect i'm so sorry i messed up this is what i did wrong and

1640
00:53:21.805 --> 00:53:31.212
i often will check in with my kids and go what can i do better what can i do better as a dad as your dad um please tell me yeah i i i want i it's the only way I need

1641
00:53:31.841 --> 00:53:34.922
You can get all the five-star Google reviews in the world.

1642
00:53:35.142 --> 00:53:35.783
That's nice.

1643
00:53:36.404 --> 00:53:38.385
I get more from that one star.

1644
00:53:39.825 --> 00:53:40.966
He's an asshole.

1645
00:53:41.025 --> 00:53:41.907
He didn't do this.

1646
00:53:41.908 --> 00:53:42.686
He didn't do this.

1647
00:53:43.127 --> 00:53:44.068
This was wrong,

1648
00:53:44.467 --> 00:53:44.927
whatever.

1649
00:53:46.248 --> 00:53:48.449
You'll learn more from the constructive criticism.

1650
00:53:48.470 --> 00:53:49.110
That's growth,

1651
00:53:49.671 --> 00:53:49.870
right?

1652
00:53:51.072 --> 00:54:00.556
I want to get into what are what if there's any martial arts

1653
00:54:01.341 --> 00:54:16.952
facilities on your radar right now that are like you need to fucking stay away from these places well it's not a facility right now um there are facilities out there and like to i like to do my stories before i name them because i like to make sure i don't get sued absolutely um but

1654
00:54:17.511 --> 00:54:18.572
I guess I got two for you.

1655
00:54:18.573 --> 00:54:22.015
I got an organization and I got a martial arts studio.

1656
00:54:22.136 --> 00:54:22.256
So

1657
00:54:23.076 --> 00:54:25.239
I talked about this before on the last time,

1658
00:54:25.259 --> 00:54:27.561
but now we're moving forward and he doesn't know this yet.

1659
00:54:27.562 --> 00:54:29.923
And I pray he sees this because it's going to be gold if he does.

1660
00:54:30.864 --> 00:54:32.085
Do I have chapstick on me?

1661
00:54:32.445 --> 00:54:32.726
You're fine.

1662
00:54:32.846 --> 00:54:33.086
Okay,

1663
00:54:33.146 --> 00:54:33.266
good.

1664
00:54:33.267 --> 00:54:34.628
Because it was like a clobber trap.

1665
00:54:34.688 --> 00:54:38.111
Like I ate some of it just now and it's a thing going on.

1666
00:54:38.211 --> 00:54:39.192
As my grandmother would say,

1667
00:54:39.212 --> 00:54:39.993
you're pretty as a picture.

1668
00:54:40.874 --> 00:54:41.374
Just fine,

1669
00:54:41.434 --> 00:54:41.634
Rob.

1670
00:54:41.935 --> 00:54:42.275
You're good.

1671
00:54:42.751 --> 00:54:42.871
Why?

1672
00:54:42.891 --> 00:54:43.171
Thank you.

1673
00:54:43.271 --> 00:54:43.591
By the way,

1674
00:54:43.631 --> 00:54:44.111
bro code,

1675
00:54:44.171 --> 00:54:44.792
I would tell you.

1676
00:54:44.812 --> 00:54:44.932
Oh,

1677
00:54:44.992 --> 00:54:45.312
thank you.

1678
00:54:45.332 --> 00:54:47.232
I'm like talking with a big piece of chapstick.

1679
00:54:47.432 --> 00:54:48.773
I got you.

1680
00:54:49.273 --> 00:54:49.533
But yeah,

1681
00:54:49.593 --> 00:54:51.994
so like the the the school right now,

1682
00:54:52.494 --> 00:54:53.054
I got sued.

1683
00:54:53.134 --> 00:54:58.776
I talked to you about this last time for calling out a registered sex offender and the studio that hired him.

1684
00:54:59.436 --> 00:55:00.396
And again,

1685
00:55:00.636 --> 00:55:09.599
Megan's law dictates that the the pedophile needed to disclose that he was a registered sex offender to his place of employee or volunteer.

1686
00:55:09.999 --> 00:55:10.739
So he.

1687
00:55:11.099 --> 00:55:11.979
And apparently,

1688
00:55:12.399 --> 00:55:13.320
according to the owner,

1689
00:55:13.400 --> 00:55:14.060
didn't do that,

1690
00:55:14.140 --> 00:55:15.160
which is a complete lie.

1691
00:55:16.280 --> 00:55:21.442
So then I put out a story and then the guy puts out a story back saying that everything I said was a lie,

1692
00:55:21.482 --> 00:55:23.262
even though I put out everything with the receipts.

1693
00:55:23.762 --> 00:55:27.083
So I put out another story to fire back even more lies that he told,

1694
00:55:27.423 --> 00:55:27.604
which,

1695
00:55:27.704 --> 00:55:27.944
again,

1696
00:55:28.024 --> 00:55:29.404
provided a bunch of receipts for that.

1697
00:55:29.804 --> 00:55:30.964
So then he sues me.

1698
00:55:31.945 --> 00:55:35.806
Defamation of character saying I was some type of a business competing with his business.

1699
00:55:35.866 --> 00:55:37.486
I don't remember exactly what that one was.

1700
00:55:37.886 --> 00:55:40.207
And then the last one was invasion of privacy.

1701
00:55:40.759 --> 00:55:42.441
So none of none of which is true.

1702
00:55:42.802 --> 00:55:42.922
So

1703
00:55:43.442 --> 00:55:44.664
I go ahead and start defending that.

1704
00:55:44.665 --> 00:55:46.906
It took two years of being completely innocent,

1705
00:55:47.267 --> 00:55:48.268
took about

1706
00:55:48.889 --> 00:55:51.532
I want to think it was probably one hundred thousand dollars to defend myself.

1707
00:55:52.533 --> 00:56:00.483
And we never went to court like we wind up doing like a summary judgment demur and wind up like getting two out of three causes of action tossed out.

1708
00:56:01.227 --> 00:56:01.927
And then we wind up,

1709
00:56:01.928 --> 00:56:03.928
he winds up quitting because he couldn't afford a lawyer.

1710
00:56:04.348 --> 00:56:07.209
And then he had to pay my lawyer because of anti-slap laws.

1711
00:56:07.230 --> 00:56:07.710
So it's like,

1712
00:56:07.711 --> 00:56:08.130
he just got,

1713
00:56:08.710 --> 00:56:10.351
he got railroaded for what he did,

1714
00:56:10.671 --> 00:56:12.592
but it still cost me a lot of money to defend.

1715
00:56:13.252 --> 00:56:16.633
So we got all of our funding and we talked about this before the,

1716
00:56:16.954 --> 00:56:17.734
the mics were rolling,

1717
00:56:17.754 --> 00:56:19.775
but I got all my funding for the documentary,

1718
00:56:19.835 --> 00:56:21.195
like two weeks after I moved to LA,

1719
00:56:21.255 --> 00:56:22.376
which was not that long ago.

1720
00:56:23.056 --> 00:56:23.236
And,

1721
00:56:23.776 --> 00:56:24.016
you know,

1722
00:56:24.017 --> 00:56:26.037
we got a fantastic team.

1723
00:56:26.157 --> 00:56:27.538
One of our executive producers,

1724
00:56:27.558 --> 00:56:28.638
his name is Paul Geller.

1725
00:56:29.038 --> 00:56:29.999
Paul Geller is a...

1726
00:56:30.619 --> 00:56:32.320
monster of a litigation attorney.

1727
00:56:32.840 --> 00:56:33.800
He is good.

1728
00:56:34.100 --> 00:56:34.900
He's damn good.

1729
00:56:35.340 --> 00:56:39.122
And he got another litigation attorney to come on board as an EP as well.

1730
00:56:39.482 --> 00:56:40.462
I don't remember his last name.

1731
00:56:40.463 --> 00:56:40.782
I'm sorry,

1732
00:56:40.842 --> 00:56:41.062
Chris.

1733
00:56:41.782 --> 00:56:42.263
I'm sorry.

1734
00:56:42.363 --> 00:56:45.103
Hopefully it's not a hundred thousand dollar mistake for getting his last name,

1735
00:56:45.384 --> 00:56:48.124
but like Paul and Chris came on board as EPs,

1736
00:56:48.645 --> 00:56:50.205
Jocko Willink came on board as an EP,

1737
00:56:50.345 --> 00:56:51.785
which is a huge name in the industry.

1738
00:56:52.286 --> 00:56:54.686
And then we got another silent EP to come on board.

1739
00:56:54.687 --> 00:56:56.707
So we were able to gather all of our funding.

1740
00:56:57.375 --> 00:56:59.016
And so now a part of like a,

1741
00:56:59.336 --> 00:57:00.177
now that we had funding,

1742
00:57:00.178 --> 00:57:00.517
we were like,

1743
00:57:00.537 --> 00:57:00.657
well,

1744
00:57:00.658 --> 00:57:02.058
we have X amount of dollars.

1745
00:57:02.098 --> 00:57:04.400
How do we spend that on the movie we want to make?

1746
00:57:04.860 --> 00:57:09.924
And the movie we want to make is about fake martial artists and cults and frauds in the industry.

1747
00:57:10.384 --> 00:57:10.864
And I was like,

1748
00:57:10.865 --> 00:57:11.124
you know,

1749
00:57:11.545 --> 00:57:14.487
a lot of people were telling us when we were talking about distribution,

1750
00:57:14.947 --> 00:57:15.327
they were like,

1751
00:57:15.328 --> 00:57:16.188
we really like it.

1752
00:57:16.348 --> 00:57:17.469
Is there any way that you could have,

1753
00:57:17.470 --> 00:57:19.750
you have anything modern like going on right now?

1754
00:57:19.751 --> 00:57:19.930
I was like,

1755
00:57:19.931 --> 00:57:20.711
there's a ton of things.

1756
00:57:21.051 --> 00:57:21.431
They were like,

1757
00:57:21.451 --> 00:57:21.611
well,

1758
00:57:21.651 --> 00:57:23.593
people right now really enjoy cults,

1759
00:57:24.293 --> 00:57:25.894
watching about cults and learning about cults,

1760
00:57:25.934 --> 00:57:26.895
and people really enjoy.

1761
00:57:27.115 --> 00:57:44.628
true crime like things that are going on that have legitimate cases and so i was like i looked through the paperwork of the lawsuit even after i won and i was like oh my god he perjured himself i found straight up things in the documents that he sent over he

1762
00:57:44.728 --> 00:57:54.315
said that he knew a very specific time and location of when he found out the guy was a registered sex offender he marked it in the thing and he said he kicked him out

1763
00:57:54.495 --> 00:58:11.567
right after that never allowed him back on the facility well while i was going through that lawsuit a parent reached out to me with a photo of the child of the pedophile reached out showed me a photo and a time stamp of him teaching a year after he says he was kicked out of the facility and

1764
00:58:11.568 --> 00:58:22.995
i was like well he clearly lied on a court document that's not very smart and so now we are going to go back after him within the next couple weeks i'm going to be getting the paperwork done

1765
00:58:23.235 --> 00:58:25.316
I'm going to give him the subpoena myself.

1766
00:58:25.336 --> 00:58:26.517
I'm going to walk into his studio,

1767
00:58:27.257 --> 00:58:29.038
metaglasses in hand and go here.

1768
00:58:29.939 --> 00:58:30.819
you've been served.

1769
00:58:31.299 --> 00:58:31.479
And,

1770
00:58:31.919 --> 00:58:32.079
it's,

1771
00:58:32.861 --> 00:58:34.441
for frivolous litigation.

1772
00:58:34.641 --> 00:58:39.543
He sued me specifically to get me to stop speaking about the fact that he himself hired a registered sex offender.

1773
00:58:39.923 --> 00:58:42.785
He tried to bleed me and the stipulations will be very,

1774
00:58:43.025 --> 00:58:43.645
very simple.

1775
00:58:44.186 --> 00:58:45.206
You can close your doors.

1776
00:58:46.287 --> 00:58:46.867
You can then.

1777
00:58:47.707 --> 00:58:53.711
Release a public statement stating the reason you closed your doors was because you hired a registered sex offender knowingly did so.

1778
00:58:54.451 --> 00:58:55.311
And then I'm done.

1779
00:58:55.712 --> 00:59:00.534
I will not pursue the remaining balance of what I am owed for the frivolous litigation.

1780
00:59:01.495 --> 00:59:03.076
Or we can go to court.

1781
00:59:03.696 --> 00:59:07.839
And then what I can do is I can take him and then we can go to a deposition.

1782
00:59:07.939 --> 00:59:09.099
And then we go to deposition.

1783
00:59:09.119 --> 00:59:12.601
We can start talking about all the reasons why he hired a registered sex offender.

1784
00:59:12.602 --> 00:59:15.383
We can pull out all the facts and the evidence and see what he has to say there.

1785
00:59:15.983 --> 00:59:17.104
And then past that,

1786
00:59:17.546 --> 00:59:19.047
then we can go into discovery.

1787
00:59:19.087 --> 00:59:20.188
And when we go into discovery,

1788
00:59:20.248 --> 00:59:23.313
that legally allows us the ability to go into his records,

1789
00:59:23.372 --> 00:59:26.816
go into the things of those conversations that he had specifically with Gary.

1790
00:59:27.508 --> 00:59:30.090
And pull out all those little nuggets of him knowing.

1791
00:59:30.730 --> 00:59:31.831
And then go to court.

1792
00:59:32.372 --> 00:59:34.773
And then rip his ass up in court.

1793
00:59:34.774 --> 00:59:37.515
Because I already won two out of three calls of action before.

1794
00:59:37.936 --> 00:59:39.817
Those are already proven to be frivolous.

1795
00:59:39.897 --> 00:59:41.378
So I'm going to at least get that money.

1796
00:59:41.898 --> 00:59:45.161
And then he dismissed it afterwards when he couldn't afford a lawyer anymore.

1797
00:59:45.701 --> 00:59:45.821
So

1798
00:59:46.482 --> 00:59:48.403
I am so excited to get that on camera.

1799
00:59:48.423 --> 00:59:53.927
It's finally nice to be able to go after somebody who literally hired a sex offender.

1800
00:59:54.107 --> 00:59:55.028
Knowingly did so.

1801
00:59:55.604 --> 01:00:02.946
And then tried to make it seem like they were innocent all while running a martial arts studio still today and putting other children in harm's way.

1802
01:00:02.947 --> 01:00:03.986
It's great.

1803
01:00:03.987 --> 01:00:04.487
It's great.

1804
01:00:04.507 --> 01:00:05.147
It's a slam dunk.

1805
01:00:05.747 --> 01:00:07.888
So that'll be a portion of the film.

1806
01:00:08.248 --> 01:00:08.408
Yeah.

1807
01:00:09.368 --> 01:00:11.169
What's the timeline for the documentary?

1808
01:00:11.889 --> 01:00:12.709
We're looking to film.

1809
01:00:12.849 --> 01:00:14.810
I actually filmed Tuesday.

1810
01:00:15.330 --> 01:00:16.090
So sorry.

1811
01:00:16.091 --> 01:00:17.130
I got a cramp.

1812
01:00:17.330 --> 01:00:17.650
You're right.

1813
01:00:17.830 --> 01:00:18.271
My damn leg.

1814
01:00:18.511 --> 01:00:20.031
So we start filming on Tuesday.

1815
01:00:20.211 --> 01:00:22.732
We have a very specific opening that we're looking for.

1816
01:00:23.384 --> 01:00:23.504
Um,

1817
01:00:23.524 --> 01:00:27.586
which will involve like all the people who've endorsed McDoja life over the years.

1818
01:00:27.666 --> 01:00:28.606
Like it's,

1819
01:00:28.726 --> 01:00:29.867
it's a very cool,

1820
01:00:30.087 --> 01:00:32.508
the director had a very good vision of what he wanted.

1821
01:00:32.568 --> 01:00:32.788
Great.

1822
01:00:32.808 --> 01:00:33.508
I love that for you.

1823
01:00:33.548 --> 01:00:34.469
We had so many,

1824
01:00:34.789 --> 01:00:35.069
like,

1825
01:00:35.429 --> 01:00:35.669
I mean,

1826
01:00:35.729 --> 01:00:36.570
Kelly Slater,

1827
01:00:36.930 --> 01:00:39.171
the surfer helped us raise some money.

1828
01:00:39.331 --> 01:00:39.571
I mean,

1829
01:00:39.631 --> 01:00:42.312
Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine over at Dickhouse,

1830
01:00:42.313 --> 01:00:43.052
the jackass guys,

1831
01:00:43.512 --> 01:00:45.213
they sat down and even heard us pitch.

1832
01:00:45.353 --> 01:00:49.155
They took the time out of their day to even hear the pitch if they wanted to be under their umbrella.

1833
01:00:49.315 --> 01:00:51.236
And they were so supportive and always have been.

1834
01:00:51.656 --> 01:00:51.996
you

1835
01:00:52.216 --> 01:00:52.496
I mean,

1836
01:00:52.536 --> 01:00:52.736
hell,

1837
01:00:52.816 --> 01:00:55.718
like Chris Pontius is over at the Dickhouse,

1838
01:00:55.719 --> 01:00:55.959
you know,

1839
01:00:56.019 --> 01:00:56.479
party boy.

1840
01:00:56.499 --> 01:00:56.959
Yeah.

1841
01:00:57.219 --> 01:00:57.480
You know,

1842
01:00:57.540 --> 01:00:58.480
him and his wife,

1843
01:00:58.861 --> 01:00:59.681
like mostly his wife.

1844
01:00:59.701 --> 01:01:01.082
But they're so supportive,

1845
01:01:01.562 --> 01:01:02.223
so supportive.

1846
01:01:02.283 --> 01:01:02.423
Like,

1847
01:01:02.443 --> 01:01:04.444
it's very cool to see people of that level.

1848
01:01:04.605 --> 01:01:05.025
Jocko,

1849
01:01:05.585 --> 01:01:05.865
you know,

1850
01:01:05.966 --> 01:01:06.166
like,

1851
01:01:07.146 --> 01:01:07.387
you know,

1852
01:01:07.427 --> 01:01:07.807
we've had

1853
01:01:08.247 --> 01:01:09.108
Tom Segura,

1854
01:01:09.388 --> 01:01:09.668
you know,

1855
01:01:09.748 --> 01:01:10.349
Joe Rogan.

1856
01:01:10.449 --> 01:01:13.431
All of these people have been very vocally supportive of what I do.

1857
01:01:14.271 --> 01:01:20.976
And so we want to get like a bunch of clips of all of them just talking about how it affected them and why it's important.

1858
01:01:21.420 --> 01:01:23.241
And then hopefully once that happens,

1859
01:01:23.242 --> 01:01:25.721
that'll start a good solid foundation to go.

1860
01:01:25.821 --> 01:01:25.961
Look,

1861
01:01:26.541 --> 01:01:27.222
these people,

1862
01:01:27.322 --> 01:01:29.742
these successful people who really do give a shit,

1863
01:01:29.762 --> 01:01:31.063
who do train martial arts,

1864
01:01:31.064 --> 01:01:32.603
who are out there in the public eye,

1865
01:01:33.063 --> 01:01:33.803
they give a shit.

1866
01:01:34.284 --> 01:01:36.084
So just listen to what I have to say.

1867
01:01:36.444 --> 01:01:37.464
And if you don't like it,

1868
01:01:37.884 --> 01:01:38.545
then you don't like it.

1869
01:01:38.546 --> 01:01:39.645
And there's nothing I can do about that.

1870
01:01:39.646 --> 01:01:40.065
And that's OK.

1871
01:01:40.205 --> 01:01:41.305
You gave it the shot.

1872
01:01:42.006 --> 01:01:43.426
But they took the time to listen.

1873
01:01:43.486 --> 01:01:45.006
They took the time to support what I do.

1874
01:01:45.607 --> 01:01:47.907
And they have a very.

1875
01:01:50.088 --> 01:01:50.648
How do I put it?

1876
01:01:51.500 --> 01:01:53.140
Their opinion matters to a lot of people.

1877
01:01:53.921 --> 01:01:56.481
And I think that that will hold weight to say,

1878
01:01:56.581 --> 01:01:56.761
look,

1879
01:01:56.922 --> 01:01:59.562
there's an important thing that is missing in our industry.

1880
01:01:59.942 --> 01:02:01.203
Maybe we should try to fix it.

1881
01:02:01.623 --> 01:02:02.883
And if we can do that shit,

1882
01:02:03.003 --> 01:02:03.763
I did my job.

1883
01:02:04.444 --> 01:02:04.684
I mean,

1884
01:02:04.685 --> 01:02:06.124
if I can get like one person to,

1885
01:02:06.244 --> 01:02:06.544
you know,

1886
01:02:06.884 --> 01:02:10.205
like not have to deal with an instructor who did something they shouldn't be doing or,

1887
01:02:10.565 --> 01:02:10.845
you know,

1888
01:02:10.885 --> 01:02:14.827
we can help a kid get some pro bono martial arts lessons because they care.

1889
01:02:15.167 --> 01:02:20.088
Like we can really create an environment that is healthy and it doesn't water anything down.

1890
01:02:20.736 --> 01:02:21.517
Doesn't want anything now.

1891
01:02:21.777 --> 01:02:22.997
You could still go box.

1892
01:02:23.077 --> 01:02:24.118
You can still go kick box.

1893
01:02:24.198 --> 01:02:25.779
We just do it with less rapists.

1894
01:02:26.159 --> 01:02:27.720
I don't think that's much to ask.

1895
01:02:28.020 --> 01:02:28.281
You know,

1896
01:02:30.262 --> 01:02:30.742
it's really cool.

1897
01:02:30.743 --> 01:02:33.524
It's it's you're welcome.

1898
01:02:33.664 --> 01:02:39.647
I'm I'm a I'm a big fan of just the universe and how things work out sometimes.

1899
01:02:39.967 --> 01:02:40.388
And

1900
01:02:41.108 --> 01:02:42.329
I'm glad that we become friends.

1901
01:02:42.749 --> 01:02:42.989
I mean,

1902
01:02:43.009 --> 01:02:43.369
you're dope.

1903
01:02:43.910 --> 01:02:45.290
I appreciate you let me back on the show.

1904
01:02:45.351 --> 01:02:45.971
This is awesome.

1905
01:02:45.972 --> 01:02:46.171
Yeah.

1906
01:02:46.851 --> 01:02:47.092
You know,

1907
01:02:47.212 --> 01:02:47.532
was.

1908
01:02:48.312 --> 01:02:50.754
There is an open seat for you anytime you want to.

1909
01:02:50.955 --> 01:02:51.415
Appreciate that.

1910
01:02:51.416 --> 01:02:51.715
To commit.

1911
01:02:51.755 --> 01:02:53.557
If you've got something going on that you want to promote,

1912
01:02:53.558 --> 01:02:54.558
that you want to get off your chest,

1913
01:02:54.578 --> 01:02:54.958
whatever,

1914
01:02:55.719 --> 01:02:58.421
you will always have a respected,

1915
01:02:58.521 --> 01:03:03.405
unfiltered area to do that.

1916
01:03:03.606 --> 01:03:04.686
Yeah.

1917
01:03:04.847 --> 01:03:05.927
I think just in closing,

1918
01:03:05.948 --> 01:03:07.669
I just think the world needs more of you.

1919
01:03:07.729 --> 01:03:08.790
I don't know about that.

1920
01:03:08.791 --> 01:03:09.611
And what's going on.

1921
01:03:09.612 --> 01:03:10.932
Give yourself some grace.

1922
01:03:10.952 --> 01:03:11.312
It's true.

1923
01:03:11.552 --> 01:03:12.033
It's true.

1924
01:03:12.034 --> 01:03:12.753
I appreciate that.

1925
01:03:13.754 --> 01:03:14.115
And

1926
01:03:14.595 --> 01:03:15.716
I just think that.

1927
01:03:16.328 --> 01:03:20.090
We all need to just do a little bit better the way the world is right now.

1928
01:03:20.170 --> 01:03:22.331
It's just things are fucking bananas.

1929
01:03:22.972 --> 01:03:28.555
And it starts with one person just doing right and doing good.

1930
01:03:28.595 --> 01:03:29.616
And that's what you're doing,

1931
01:03:29.636 --> 01:03:29.916
man.

1932
01:03:30.516 --> 01:03:31.177
And don't get me wrong.

1933
01:03:31.517 --> 01:03:31.697
Like,

1934
01:03:31.797 --> 01:03:32.657
I am no saint.

1935
01:03:33.058 --> 01:03:33.298
Like,

1936
01:03:33.618 --> 01:03:34.338
I like weed.

1937
01:03:34.759 --> 01:03:36.039
I like to drink like a fish.

1938
01:03:36.359 --> 01:03:37.640
I like to go out and have a good time.

1939
01:03:37.680 --> 01:03:37.840
Like,

1940
01:03:37.880 --> 01:03:39.201
I am no saint whatsoever.

1941
01:03:39.301 --> 01:03:44.244
But I just think that when you see something and you don't do something about it.

1942
01:03:45.264 --> 01:03:45.664
To me,

1943
01:03:45.804 --> 01:03:47.545
you're an accomplice to that thing.

1944
01:03:48.345 --> 01:03:50.306
And like we can't fix the world's problem.

1945
01:03:50.307 --> 01:03:51.527
I'm not trying to fix the world's problems.

1946
01:03:51.587 --> 01:03:52.927
I don't know shit about fuck.

1947
01:03:53.247 --> 01:03:54.628
I don't know so many things.

1948
01:03:54.928 --> 01:03:55.128
Right.

1949
01:03:55.428 --> 01:03:56.689
But I do know martial arts.

1950
01:03:56.709 --> 01:03:58.950
I do know the industry and I know that it's flawed.

1951
01:03:59.650 --> 01:04:00.590
Is that a bad thing?

1952
01:04:00.670 --> 01:04:00.790
No,

1953
01:04:00.870 --> 01:04:01.671
it's not a bad thing.

1954
01:04:01.731 --> 01:04:02.651
We're everything.

1955
01:04:02.691 --> 01:04:03.611
It's got a little flaw.

1956
01:04:04.092 --> 01:04:06.172
It's can we try to fix it?

1957
01:04:06.212 --> 01:04:07.293
And if we're not trying,

1958
01:04:07.353 --> 01:04:09.254
are we really trying to make it better?

1959
01:04:09.694 --> 01:04:11.235
And why aren't we trying to make it better?

1960
01:04:11.255 --> 01:04:11.895
If that's the case,

1961
01:04:11.896 --> 01:04:14.696
is there a reason that we ignore the simple?

1962
01:04:15.032 --> 01:04:25.380
fact you know i don't think we need to i i think that if everybody just takes the time in the martial arts industry to look back and go can we fix this and make it better then we will fix it and make it better

1963
01:04:25.879 --> 01:04:26.139
We will.

1964
01:04:26.319 --> 01:04:26.699
That's it.

1965
01:04:26.859 --> 01:04:28.300
And if we just sit around and we go,

1966
01:04:28.400 --> 01:04:28.600
well,

1967
01:04:28.1000 --> 01:04:30.081
nothing we can do about it,

1968
01:04:30.421 --> 01:04:31.682
then nothing will happen.

1969
01:04:31.962 --> 01:04:33.983
And I think that's a disservice to our students.

1970
01:04:34.023 --> 01:04:37.624
I think it's a disservice to ourselves as martial artists to sit back and go,

1971
01:04:37.704 --> 01:04:38.204
you know what?

1972
01:04:38.645 --> 01:04:40.746
Our job is to protect people,

1973
01:04:41.906 --> 01:04:47.488
except for the ones who don't train with me and don't think like me and don't train the martial art that I train.

1974
01:04:47.849 --> 01:04:48.429
Fuck those guys.

1975
01:04:48.649 --> 01:04:50.070
But everybody who trains with me,

1976
01:04:51.010 --> 01:04:53.171
that we those are the ones I protect.

1977
01:04:53.583 --> 01:04:53.743
Like,

1978
01:04:53.763 --> 01:04:55.063
did you background check your coach?

1979
01:04:55.904 --> 01:04:57.724
I don't need to background check my coach.

1980
01:04:57.744 --> 01:05:02.265
So you really don't give a fuck about protecting people like you should background check them.

1981
01:05:02.345 --> 01:05:03.546
And then when they clear,

1982
01:05:03.726 --> 01:05:03.986
cool.

1983
01:05:04.046 --> 01:05:07.367
And if they did some shit that you can justify or you could talk about and just be like,

1984
01:05:07.387 --> 01:05:07.527
look,

1985
01:05:08.107 --> 01:05:08.527
this guy,

1986
01:05:08.547 --> 01:05:09.667
when he was 18 years old,

1987
01:05:09.687 --> 01:05:11.568
he got a salt and battery charge.

1988
01:05:11.888 --> 01:05:13.268
He's 55 years old.

1989
01:05:13.269 --> 01:05:17.190
He has no other things on his goddamn record that no one's.

1990
01:05:17.330 --> 01:05:18.950
I don't think most people are going to give a shit.

1991
01:05:19.630 --> 01:05:22.131
But if you have somebody who's done something that horrendous,

1992
01:05:22.151 --> 01:05:22.291
like.

1993
01:05:22.511 --> 01:05:39.761
really bad and then they turn around you should allow the opportunity for being clear and honest to your consumer to get give them the opportunity to say no and if they say no they have the right to do so because they at least are on a truthful conversation with you you

1994
01:05:39.762 --> 01:05:50.007
know i love it thank you my friend thank you this has been fantastic yeah thank you the best you're the best man um is there anything else we haven't talked about do you want to talk about i'm trying to think

1995
01:05:50.575 --> 01:05:50.775
Man,

1996
01:05:50.975 --> 01:05:54.158
everything right now is like all about the documentary.

1997
01:05:54.278 --> 01:05:55.639
It's been five years,

1998
01:05:55.919 --> 01:05:56.699
five years.

1999
01:05:57.120 --> 01:05:57.380
I mean,

2000
01:05:57.400 --> 01:06:01.583
it's insane how long it's taken to actually get here because you hear a lot of people over the years go,

2001
01:06:01.643 --> 01:06:01.823
man,

2002
01:06:01.863 --> 01:06:02.964
I really love this idea.

2003
01:06:02.984 --> 01:06:03.744
That sounds great.

2004
01:06:03.964 --> 01:06:04.245
You're like,

2005
01:06:04.265 --> 01:06:04.505
cool.

2006
01:06:04.525 --> 01:06:05.225
You want to invest?

2007
01:06:05.786 --> 01:06:06.186
Not for me.

2008
01:06:06.826 --> 01:06:07.087
You know,

2009
01:06:07.327 --> 01:06:07.607
it's like,

2010
01:06:07.608 --> 01:06:07.727
well,

2011
01:06:07.787 --> 01:06:08.387
how cool was it?

2012
01:06:08.388 --> 01:06:09.368
Why don't you just tell me the truth?

2013
01:06:09.668 --> 01:06:09.848
Like,

2014
01:06:10.349 --> 01:06:10.689
you know what?

2015
01:06:10.869 --> 01:06:11.430
I like it.

2016
01:06:12.030 --> 01:06:12.931
I'm not investing,

2017
01:06:13.111 --> 01:06:16.753
but maybe I'll get somebody who is because maybe I know a guy who knows a guy.

2018
01:06:17.013 --> 01:06:17.334
And like,

2019
01:06:17.335 --> 01:06:19.275
that's basically what it became is us just keep.

2020
01:06:19.555 --> 01:06:23.758
I walk up every day to try to find investors and then used to hear no,

2021
01:06:24.679 --> 01:06:24.859
like,

2022
01:06:24.939 --> 01:06:25.719
but they don't say no,

2023
01:06:25.960 --> 01:06:26.080
no.

2024
01:06:26.400 --> 01:06:27.561
And Hollywood sounds more like,

2025
01:06:27.901 --> 01:06:28.141
man,

2026
01:06:28.201 --> 01:06:28.842
this is great.

2027
01:06:29.002 --> 01:06:30.423
We think what you got here is gold.

2028
01:06:30.583 --> 01:06:31.744
You know what you really need to do?

2029
01:06:32.144 --> 01:06:35.066
We need to have another meeting at about six to months to a year.

2030
01:06:35.346 --> 01:06:36.407
And then when that happens,

2031
01:06:36.627 --> 01:06:38.328
we're not going to actually speak to you.

2032
01:06:38.588 --> 01:06:40.950
What we're going to do is not answer your email.

2033
01:06:41.270 --> 01:06:41.630
And then,

2034
01:06:42.051 --> 01:06:44.913
this conversation meant nothing and we wasted all of our times.

2035
01:06:44.953 --> 01:06:46.254
That's what it really is.

2036
01:06:46.294 --> 01:06:48.215
And you do that shit over and over.

2037
01:06:48.435 --> 01:07:08.063
over and over again and eventually you just figure out like you know what fuck you like i'll do it myself i will figure out a way to do it myself and you just keep going down the road of no and then eventually you find somebody who's like you know what i will and that's all it took that's all it took for us was to hear five years of no and

2038
01:07:08.103 --> 01:07:16.187
then the person we thought would never in a million years invest in our shit jocko willing comes along and goes you know what i'll do it

2039
01:07:16.615 --> 01:07:17.075
It was weird.

2040
01:07:17.276 --> 01:07:18.196
It was like so surreal.

2041
01:07:18.717 --> 01:07:23.220
We're sitting in this meeting as we thought was going to be a 30 minute meeting because he's a busy dude.

2042
01:07:24.221 --> 01:07:25.862
We sat in his conference area.

2043
01:07:25.882 --> 01:07:27.383
He's got a podcast studio like this.

2044
01:07:27.783 --> 01:07:43.855
So we sit in his podcast area and we're having this conference two and a half hours go by and we thought we were only getting 30 minutes and we're just shooting the shit like me and you were shooting the shit now having a great time talking about fake martial arts talking about frauds talking about what we had already filmed on the shitty budget that we had at that time and then on the way out.

2045
01:07:44.075 --> 01:08:01.542
the direct i love my director and he's very justified in what he said but i just disagreed he was like all right what we're gonna do give him a little bit of time give him a little space we'll come back and we'll ask him i'm like fuck that i drove my ass three hours up here we had our meeting i'm gonna ask him right now if it's something he wants to do i don't know i

2046
01:08:01.543 --> 01:08:12.467
was like i'm doing it so i turned around i was like hey man is this something you want to be a part of and he just shook my hand and he said i can't pay for the whole thing he goes but i will help we shook hands and he is stuck to his word for i mean shit

2047
01:08:12.763 --> 01:08:13.343
When he did that,

2048
01:08:13.423 --> 01:08:15.345
I think that was two,

2049
01:08:15.725 --> 01:08:16.725
almost three years ago now.

2050
01:08:17.146 --> 01:08:18.026
He shook my hand,

2051
01:08:18.066 --> 01:08:18.646
looked me in the eye,

2052
01:08:18.647 --> 01:08:21.948
and he has stuck to his word with every no we've had.

2053
01:08:22.088 --> 01:08:22.549
He was like,

2054
01:08:22.729 --> 01:08:24.009
just let me know when you get the funding.

2055
01:08:24.109 --> 01:08:24.910
Let me know when you film.

2056
01:08:25.410 --> 01:08:26.391
He never wavered.

2057
01:08:26.711 --> 01:08:27.691
He never moved.

2058
01:08:27.771 --> 01:08:29.232
He was still been with us to create.

2059
01:08:29.352 --> 01:08:30.253
And because of that,

2060
01:08:30.273 --> 01:08:32.274
we got our other investors years later.

2061
01:08:32.275 --> 01:08:33.935
And those investors now are hyped up.

2062
01:08:33.936 --> 01:08:36.216
And now we can actually film and make a movie.

2063
01:08:36.516 --> 01:08:40.579
And then all those motherfuckers in the comment sections are about to learn that.

2064
01:08:40.879 --> 01:08:40.999
No.

2065
01:08:41.787 --> 01:08:45.670
You don't need anything in the martial arts industry to start a school.

2066
01:08:45.870 --> 01:08:46.431
You do not.

2067
01:08:46.571 --> 01:08:47.131
It's insane.

2068
01:08:48.572 --> 01:08:48.832
Thank you,

2069
01:08:48.833 --> 01:08:49.153
my friend.

2070
01:08:49.473 --> 01:08:49.773
Thank you.

2071
01:08:49.813 --> 01:08:50.594
This has been awesome.