WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.200 So when you say fighting spirit , you 00:02.200 --> 00:05.790 know , it's fighting is getting into a 00:05.800 --> 00:08.310 confrontation right ? With an opposing 00:08.310 --> 00:11.960 force , whether it's a foreign nation 00:11.960 --> 00:14.071 that's attacking us or whether it's a 00:14.071 --> 00:16.182 guy standing across the cage , it has 00:16.182 --> 00:18.238 to be part of who I am . That's that 00:18.238 --> 00:20.238 spirit that they're talking about . 00:27.020 --> 00:29.187 The great thing about the military and 00:29.187 --> 00:31.242 the fighting spirit of the Navy , if 00:31.242 --> 00:33.409 you will , is that we are fighting for 00:33.409 --> 00:35.631 something greater . That's , to me like 00:35.631 --> 00:37.853 being a fighter is being able to really 00:37.853 --> 00:39.964 dig deep and persevere in the face of 00:39.964 --> 00:42.630 of any obstacle , um , whether it's 00:42.630 --> 00:45.080 something as tangible and as you know , 00:45.090 --> 00:47.312 in your face , as a guy standing across 00:47.312 --> 00:49.201 the cage from you or whether it's 00:49.201 --> 00:51.312 something as serious and as important 00:51.312 --> 00:50.870 as what we do in the Navy . 01:01.510 --> 01:03.880 I like the martial arts . I love the 01:03.880 --> 01:05.824 specifically jiu jitsu . It's just 01:05.824 --> 01:08.102 because it's , you need to be in shape , 01:08.102 --> 01:07.490 right ? Well , you know , that's 01:07.490 --> 01:09.712 physical mission of the Navy , like you 01:09.712 --> 01:11.823 have to stay in physical shape and so 01:11.823 --> 01:11.780 there's lots of ways to do that , right ? 01:11.780 --> 01:13.947 You can run marathons , you can do the 01:13.947 --> 01:16.113 standard Navy pt stuff , you can go to 01:16.113 --> 01:18.169 the gym , you can lift weights . But 01:18.169 --> 01:17.520 the one thing that's nice about martial 01:17.520 --> 01:19.520 arts is you're staying in shape and 01:19.520 --> 01:21.687 you're learning a skill set that could 01:21.687 --> 01:23.909 potentially save your life one day . So 01:23.909 --> 01:23.150 it's like , you're , you know , there's 01:23.150 --> 01:25.317 a lot of other things too , but that's 01:25.317 --> 01:27.261 just like a way that you're really 01:27.261 --> 01:29.483 killing multiple birds with one stone . 01:29.483 --> 01:28.880 So it seems like a no brainer to me , 01:28.880 --> 01:31.047 like why not ? Like if you're gonna if 01:31.047 --> 01:32.991 you're gonna need to stay in shape 01:32.991 --> 01:35.213 anyway let's do it in a way that you're 01:35.213 --> 01:34.560 learning something that's super super 01:34.560 --> 01:36.880 helpful to you in your everyday life . 01:37.910 --> 01:39.910 You know for me it's just a test of 01:39.910 --> 01:42.132 skill and kind of will at the same time 01:42.132 --> 01:44.380 so it's exciting , it's fun . Um You 01:44.380 --> 01:46.547 know it's definitely not for everybody 01:46.547 --> 01:48.269 but I think it's pretty neat . 01:54.640 --> 01:56.751 Well I mean I got involved in martial 01:56.751 --> 01:58.807 arts when I was a kid , I started uh 01:58.807 --> 02:01.029 you know watching jean Claude Van Damme 02:01.029 --> 02:03.084 movies when I was six years old . Um 02:03.084 --> 02:05.251 And we started my father and I started 02:05.251 --> 02:08.370 in tang pseudo when I was I say 9 , 10 , 02:08.380 --> 02:10.602 10 maybe something like that and then I 02:10.602 --> 02:12.547 did it , I did that all the way up 02:12.547 --> 02:14.602 through high school competed a lot , 02:14.602 --> 02:16.824 went to college , I went to the U . S . 02:16.824 --> 02:16.820 Naval Academy and was on the karate 02:16.820 --> 02:19.020 team there while I was on their karate 02:19.020 --> 02:21.242 team . I also threw an extra curricular 02:21.242 --> 02:23.409 activity , learned about Brazilian jiu 02:23.409 --> 02:25.464 jitsu and quickly realized that that 02:25.464 --> 02:27.353 was kind of missing in my overall 02:27.353 --> 02:27.050 martial arts game , I needed to learn 02:27.050 --> 02:29.050 how to fight on the ground . So got 02:29.050 --> 02:31.272 into jiu jitsu and kind of fell in love 02:31.272 --> 02:33.439 with that and training that ever since 02:33.439 --> 02:35.439 and then um you know after years of 02:35.439 --> 02:37.606 doing both , I kind of decided that it 02:37.606 --> 02:39.828 was time to really test my skills , put 02:39.828 --> 02:41.980 it all together and start doing a few 02:41.980 --> 02:44.147 amateur m . M . A . Fights and kind of 02:44.147 --> 02:46.202 progressed from there , john take us 02:46.202 --> 02:48.202 into our first fight with Nate Nate 02:48.202 --> 02:49.924 greb at a conquest , B J . J . 02:57.720 --> 03:01.420 Go , great performance , 03:02.670 --> 03:05.780 your winner by way of submission . Do 03:05.780 --> 03:06.780 not . 03:15.510 --> 03:17.732 I was looking for a Brazilian jiu jitsu 03:17.732 --> 03:19.732 school to start training and during 03:19.732 --> 03:21.843 that time , um , you know , I met who 03:21.843 --> 03:23.843 are now my business partners , um , 03:23.843 --> 03:26.066 Lance and Lance by one business partner 03:26.066 --> 03:28.177 is very entrepreneurial minded . Um , 03:28.177 --> 03:30.510 and uh , kind of had the idea of , look , 03:30.510 --> 03:32.510 there's not a lot around here , why 03:32.510 --> 03:32.450 don't we try to kind of start our own 03:32.450 --> 03:34.617 thing . And so I agreed and you know , 03:34.617 --> 03:36.839 we got a space in down the road here in 03:36.839 --> 03:39.660 Crofton , a little by 1200 square foot 03:39.670 --> 03:41.837 place in a , in a shopping center kind 03:41.837 --> 03:45.570 of office area and um , we grew that to 03:45.570 --> 03:48.660 about 100 students and then we're able 03:48.660 --> 03:50.604 to afford a larger spot , which is 03:50.604 --> 03:52.604 where we are now . Um , we've since 03:52.604 --> 03:54.716 expanded within this building as well 03:54.716 --> 03:56.716 and you know , kind of blew up from 03:56.716 --> 03:58.938 there . Hey Charles , what's going on ? 03:58.938 --> 03:58.150 This is Nate with conquest . How you 03:58.150 --> 04:00.800 doing today ? Awesome . Thanks for your 04:00.800 --> 04:02.840 interest in our after school kids 04:02.840 --> 04:04.451 program . Just when you have 04:04.451 --> 04:06.229 partnerships , everybody brings 04:06.229 --> 04:08.173 something different to the table . 04:08.173 --> 04:08.170 Right ? I mean , you know , I bring a 04:08.170 --> 04:10.290 very operational mindset to it , like 04:10.290 --> 04:12.457 attention to detail some of the things 04:12.457 --> 04:14.623 that we learned more in the military , 04:14.623 --> 04:16.790 attention to detail , things like that 04:16.790 --> 04:18.790 have been really what I feel like I 04:18.790 --> 04:18.270 brought to the table as far as being 04:18.270 --> 04:21.990 able to present a good service to our 04:21.990 --> 04:25.510 clients . All right , 321 go , 04:25.990 --> 04:28.040 let's go , let's go . And then just 04:28.050 --> 04:30.420 being able to to run not just a class , 04:30.420 --> 04:32.698 but a program in general , like , okay , 04:32.698 --> 04:34.920 what is the structure of this , of this 04:34.920 --> 04:36.976 jiu jitsu program gonna be , or this 04:36.976 --> 04:39.031 fitness program gonna be ? How do we 04:39.031 --> 04:41.253 organize this in a way that's gonna get 04:41.253 --> 04:43.142 people results and also keep them 04:43.142 --> 04:43.080 coming back and making sure that 04:43.080 --> 04:45.024 they're having fun and all of that 04:45.024 --> 04:47.191 requires an organizational set and the 04:47.191 --> 04:49.510 leadership set that's gonna , you know , 04:49.600 --> 04:52.340 really lead to success and so being 04:52.340 --> 04:54.750 able to lead our team of staff members , 04:54.760 --> 04:58.650 um you know , within the gym to provide 04:58.650 --> 05:00.983 a great service to our clients . I mean , 05:00.983 --> 05:03.206 that certainly goes hand in hand with a 05:03.206 --> 05:05.372 lot of leadership experiences I've had 05:05.372 --> 05:07.483 while in the military , you know , in 05:07.483 --> 05:09.580 the military , rely on our team , we 05:09.580 --> 05:11.636 rely on our on our on our sailors or 05:11.636 --> 05:13.858 marines or soldiers to help us in these 05:13.858 --> 05:16.024 situations , right ? And and they rely 05:16.024 --> 05:18.191 on us , it's your training partners in 05:18.191 --> 05:20.247 the gym , right ? It's your coaching 05:20.247 --> 05:22.580 staff in the gym that gets you prepared . 05:22.580 --> 05:24.802 So it's still that teamwork mentality . 05:24.802 --> 05:24.620 And so I think there's just there's a 05:24.620 --> 05:26.787 good relationship there because of the 05:26.787 --> 05:28.787 stress levels , you know , I mean , 05:28.787 --> 05:30.842 it's gonna , it's gonna put you in a 05:30.842 --> 05:32.620 difficult situation and adverse 05:32.620 --> 05:34.953 situation and it's it's fight or flight , 05:34.953 --> 05:37.120 you know , so that there's at least in 05:37.120 --> 05:39.231 some facets of the military , there's 05:39.231 --> 05:42.110 plenty of that , you know , the men and 05:42.110 --> 05:44.332 women of our armed services who are out 05:44.332 --> 05:46.554 there on the tip of the spear defending 05:46.554 --> 05:48.666 the freedoms that we take for granted 05:48.666 --> 05:50.888 every single day . I like to think that 05:50.888 --> 05:52.999 I contributed to that effort a little 05:52.999 --> 05:55.110 bit in my career , but there's people 05:55.110 --> 05:57.221 out there now and that have done more 05:57.221 --> 05:56.720 than I'll ever even dream of and I 05:56.720 --> 05:59.100 think that , you know , taking that 05:59.100 --> 06:01.267 message forward and trying to remember 06:01.267 --> 06:03.860 that when I find myself in my civilian 06:03.860 --> 06:05.916 life now , like I'm a business owner 06:05.916 --> 06:07.971 and I'm I'm not doing that anymore , 06:07.971 --> 06:10.193 but like I always want to remember that 06:10.193 --> 06:12.471 because without that none of this exit , 06:12.471 --> 06:14.360 that's a very important thing for 06:14.360 --> 06:16.249 people to remember . And if I can 06:16.249 --> 06:18.416 instill that in my kids and in any way 06:18.416 --> 06:20.638 that it's appropriate and still letting 06:20.638 --> 06:22.693 the students that I train here , you 06:22.693 --> 06:22.370 know , that , hey look , you know , we 06:22.370 --> 06:24.426 play fighting here , right , there's 06:24.426 --> 06:26.537 guys out there , you know on the wall 06:26.537 --> 06:28.759 that are doing it for real and we don't 06:28.759 --> 06:30.926 get to do this if they don't do that . 06:30.926 --> 06:32.981 And so always remember that and if I 06:32.981 --> 06:35.092 can carry that message forward , I'll 06:35.092 --> 06:37.203 consider , you know , that transition 06:37.203 --> 06:36.710 of success .