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Kenny Florian

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“It was a real pleasure. Thank you so much for having me on again. I've been a big fan for a long time, and hopefully we'll get a chance to watch Battlebots together. Yes, sir.”
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“Yeah, just because its durability plays such an important part in fighting and it's proven itself to be very durable. It also like offensively it's extremely powerful. So it has knockout ability and fight stopping abilities and they're just amazing drivers as well. So they're kind of the complete package and they know how to evolve with.”
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“Yeah. So I think it's such a positive, cool thing for kids, especially like in an environment where we see so many negative things. This is awesome for kids to really, again, get their hands dirty. Be involved with it, or at the very least, be entertained by something that is fun and positive and helpful. And it's cool because I do believe to a certain extent that engineers are kind of born, not just developed in some ways. Kids, they just have, I don't know, they have a certain passion for it. And I guess especially amongst men in general, we like staying busy. We like doing things in their hands. We like to work. And we like to destroy them. It's so cool for that reason. They like to destroy.”
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“Which is different. I'm not involved with that. It's kind of like a thing. If you are in Vegas, you can go and check out. Live show. They have a bunch of robots ready to go, and they just kind of battle for whatever it is that show length is. But it's different than the actual season where they're actually competing to see who the best team is or who the best robot is.”
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“I think so. I hope so. You know, it's so weird. Like, That gets approved or not approved in television, like there's no rhyme or reason over why it happens. And a lot of times it's just economics or how they see it and how we'll see. I think there's a couple of good options out there for us. I hope that they're able to strike a deal and we can get on the road and get this Battle Bots show going again. They do have a live show going in Vegas now”
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“I am waiting for that myself. Super excited to hopefully get something going soon and we're just waiting for the business side of things, business side of television to play itself out. Is it looking hopefully?”
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“Yeah, I may not communicate all the time that I believe in this force, but like I do think that my belief in God, like trust in what I'm doing, who I am having a positive outlook on things, that's always served me well. Not always. Sometimes, you know, people overlook it and see it as weakness in some cases, but I think that as I've gotten older, I've seen it as such an edge. And people have told me this all the time. Like people want to help you for some reason, Keddy. I don't know what it is. People always want to help you. I don't know. I guess I try to be as real and authentic as I can. And I have fun with things. I love doing new ventures and I've kind of always had this adventurous spirit. And I think optimism has been one of the edges in my life that has helped me. Tremendously”
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“And yeah, so I mean, it was crazy. That was the start of it. I got the job based on that one interview. And yet, and thankfully, I gelled really well with Chris Rose. And it's been such an interesting journey. And now we're looking to see what network we're going to go to next. So we're just waiting on that. And yeah, so I can't wait for you and your son to come to a live event, man. Oh, we're coming.”
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“And huge audience. And I know nothing about this. They carried this folder. That was like this high to my place at the time. And it was like, oh my gosh, I have hundreds and hundreds of pages about the rules, the robots, what it does, the teams, the names. And I had to consume all of this in like two weeks time.”
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“Someone who has an engineering background or has done this or we're going to go with someone who has like a fighting background and like present this as a fight. So I was like, okay, well, let's see what happens. And I do this interview, and immediately they're like, well, if you were to accept this job, you'd have to start studying in like next week or like tomorrow. I was like, okay, yeah, I'm willing to do that. I'm a little intimidated because it's going to be on ABC. This is a whole different.”
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“Which was kind of an intimidating thing in and of itself. And they're like, hey, we're super late in the process. We probably have our guy, but would you want to come in for an interview? And I was like, well, I'm out of town right now. I'm actually on my way back to LA. I'm driving back now. I was living there at the time. They're like, perfect. Can you come in tomorrow at 10 a.m.? And I was like, okay, sure. So in my mind, I was like, this isn't going to happen. Like me, engineering, I know nothing about this stuff. Like this is your edge. That was your edge, actually. Yes, it was. Amy. And they said, listen, we're either going to go two routes. We're either going to go with...”
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“It's just kind of like I've always kind of put my head down, done things, and then all of a sudden someone calls me and offers me an opportunity. And that's kind of how that happened. I was on vacation with my wife up in Nor Cal and I got this phone call and someone was talking to me about this show called Battlebots that they're going to do a reboot of. And back then it was actually going to be on ABC.”
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“Yeah, it's interesting. First of all, I guess I always like surprising people. I've always kind of liked to be the underdog or have people define me in certain ways and be like, no, you don't know who I am. But I guess it was just kind of presented to me like so many things in my life. Like I wish I could say that I had this very specific plan and I'm going to do this and it's going to lead to this and lead to that.”
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“There's no question about that. My dad would talk about that all the time. He's from Peru. Both my parents are from Peru, and he has this strong accent. English is not his first language. And he would say, you know, I would see all these Harvard professors explaining how surgery works and this and that. And then he's like, the chest would be open in front of them and then be like, I don't really know. You know, it's one thing to say. It's another thing to do. And it's the doing that makes us who we are. And I think that that process is super important. Yeah.”
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“But if I'm seeing that someone else can go and hack the network, the price is going down for years upon years, guess what? I'm not going to buy any more Bitcoin. So Bitcoin is doing the work just by proving itself, right? Of work in that regard. It's showing you the functionality of it. And people just kind of aren't really opening their eyes as much because it is very different from what we've known. And I think that's the big thing, but it's going to take time. And a lot of times we need examples for that proof or for that evidence to kind of come forward and go, oh, you know what? Let me try that too.”
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“Did this just happen? And then being like, oh, well, like, this is interesting. Okay, I'm going to buy some more. And yeah, I think that it's a very powerful thing, that connection. And the words start to mean more to you over time. And then it also.”
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“Exactly same thing. It was like, I remember looking at it one week or buying it one week and the next week, like, oh my God, wait, what?”
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“In combination with explanations such as yourself or the guest, the awesome guests that you had on your show, then there's like more connections start to take place. Yes, there are certain things that I could say to help you understand it better, but at the same time or make that leap to buy it. But I also think that like just buying it is equally as important because you need to kind of experience that thing and see it for your very eyes, if that makes sense.”
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“Yeah, that's a tricky one. I think there's no easy answer because I don't think it can be communicated. It can. Words play a definite factor in it, but it's like anything else when I'm teaching Jiu-Jitsu and I'm telling my students or whoever to do a certain thing, maybe they take it and they run with it. But the only way that they're going to find truth in that is by experiencing it. And I kind of tripped on Bitcoin in a way. And the first thing I did was buy it. And this is probably, you know, ignorant to a certain extent, but I went and just bought it, wasn't a ton, but I bought some. And it's like, okay, I'm seeing that it's actually growing. This is interesting. Okay. I'm seeing this thing grow before my very eyes. I'm learning about it again and again. I'm seeing how I'm able to retain it. I'm seeing how it can't be stolen from me. So that experience of that thing.”
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“They actually want to see that grow. They don't want to see that robbed from them. I talked to this with one of the guys that I helped train. I said, like, how do you, and when I was talking about Bitcoin, I said, how do you think you would feel if the six days that you put into your training, six days a week, if I took just one day away from you or two days away from you a week? And if you look at that in the course of like a year, that is a lot of training that I just robbed from you. That is, you know, two years, three years, right? We start to like have that compounding effect and that exponent that really starts to harm you. And everybody should be thinking about those terms. But like, that's not cool. And that's not right. And when you think that that's what's happening to our money can be a depressing thing and a disheartening thing. And Bitcoin is that thing that allows us to now protect that energy, that time that we value so much.”
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“Not everybody is humble, but they've been humbled at some point in their journey. And I think that when you think about all the years that I fought or all the years that these athletes trained, where they probably made zero dollars. In fact, they probably lost money and now they have this short time frame of actually making money. Well, you better believe they want to hold on to that as much as possible. In fact,”
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“Think athletes can be a great representation of it just because we see an athlete perform on game day or on fight night and we tend to kind of see it in terms of that performance or that day and we forget very often that this is years in the making like this is years in the making and a lot of times like we like to say that like luck doesn't play a part in fighting but it can and I think fighting in particular, I'll talk about that it humbles you because you realize you can get your butt kicked and you have got your butt kick just to make it to where you're at”
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“You actually kind of want to be that ideal. You actually want to be that thing that you are following. And so yeah, it's very similar, right? Because the fact that combat is a truth teller and there is no faking it. I can't pretend to be good at fighting. Go out there and fight and it not be revealed at some point. We gonna find out and see who the better fighter is and we're gonna see where the weaknesses lie or not.”
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“and really was learning a lot about it and understanding that, wow, yeah, this really is a lot about proof of work and a lot of the, I guess, ideals that I appreciate and passionate about. Bitcoin changes you over time as well and it allows you to understand it on a deeper level and you start to connect with those things, you know, naturally be that thing, just like martial arts or carrying a sword like the samurai.”
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“Was more presented as like, hey, there's this thing, and it can grow into something bigger. You know, I think you would enjoy it. I think you should invest in it. And so that's about all it was. And eventually it was more like, here's crypto Kenny kind of trying to make money off stuff. And then as I started understanding more about Bitcoin, I was just all Bitcoin. So by like 2017, I think it started like that journey in 2016 and I delayed on that $72 purchase, which of course everyone has that story of, I wish I invested earlier. So it wasn't until later that I actually made that investment into Bitcoin. And then I was all in on Bitcoin by like 2017.”
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“Think that I came to understand that a little bit later. I think someone told me about Bitcoin when it was like, well, I remember the price. It was $72. And they had told me about this thing called Bitcoin and like so many things, the way that is presented to you is super important.”
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“And there's some regrets in that I didn't start this to become a world champion. I started this because I saw a vulnerability in myself. And something that I needed to face to become stronger internally. And I guess passion and love are the things that I've tried to kind of lead with. I don't come from a broken home. I didn't have a whole lot of adversity growing up as a kid in that regard. So I don't know. I don't really have much to be angry about, you know. That was an advantage in some ways. Perhaps a disadvantage in other ways. I don't think so. You know, I think that it's what really fueled me to get better at this thing.”
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“Yeah, no, thank you. I think that I'd be lying if I said you didn't have to kind of connect with that a little bit, or at the very least understand that. And I think it took me time to. I think I was too nice at a certain point and I need to go, hey, it's either them or me. And I need to be ready for that level of mentality and fighting prowess. But at the same time, I think that's who I am. My dad is a very optimistic. Kind of funny guy, and I think I definitely got some of that from him. I also think it's important to not take yourself so seriously. And I also think that like I'm able to do things from more of a standpoint of like passion and love than I am for I love fighting. I love learning. I love evolving and I love developing skills at a high level. I think that that's always been my motivation.”
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“I talked to my boss that week when I got back, and I told him I was going to move to part-time. I was going to translate stuff part-time and the rest of my time would be spent doing martial arts. Now, there's not a whole lot of money in martial arts. I would teach private lessons, yes, and I would like teach group classes and things like that. But all I was doing was just like training day in and day out. And that eventually led into MMA, which I didn't expect either. But yeah, that's kind of that story.”
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“And yeah, like I remember, I heard one of my friends crying because they could see where I landed. They were freaking out. And I landed. And I remember the first thing I did. Like, there's two things you could have done. It was either cry or laugh. I started laughing. And they could hear me laughing. And I was like, oh my gosh, I'm alive. Like I'm alive. And the wind was knocked out of me. And as soon as like I took a couple breaths, I started laughing and they kind of had to like help me up the mountain. They had to like give me a hand to kind of climb back up off of like this kind of cliff. And we were all just kind of silent going down that mountain after we went back on the path and everyone just didn't say anything. And I remember just thinking about my life and I'm going, my gosh, like that could have been the end of it. And I was doing this thing that I didn't really enjoy. And I went back to Boston.”
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“This all happened in a second. Like, I was thinking about all of these things, and I kind of slapped out. Like one of the first things you learn in martial arts is how to fall. Which is interesting, and I had like kind of did this slapout somehow just naturally. And I truly believe that was one of the things that actually saved my life because if I was just kind of let my body fall and let my head go back, my head would have landed first. I don't know what would have happened. Not to mention the ledge wasn't very big. It was about just big enough for my body to land on it. And if I didn't land on that ledge, I would have fallen like hundreds of feet and then it would have been really bad.”
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“And I remember being so sad about how I was too much of a wimp or so afraid to break out of this mold that people, or maybe this like mold that maybe my parents put me in of like, hey, you're going to go to Boston College, then you're going to go to law school. You're going to be a lawyer. You're going to do this thing because that's what I think you should do. And I was doing that, but that wasn't the life that I wanted to live at the time. And I remember just feeling so sad about that. I remember, you know.”
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“I remember feeling sad that I was going to die on a mountain to Brazil when my parents weren't even going to know about where I was, how it happened, and, you know, I was working a job. I was at a translation agency at the time translating financial documents actually helping with that process. And I would translate prospectuses and like really boring stuff. And that wasn't something that I was really that excited about back then. I had always wanted to find a way. My passion as martial arts, how do I do that full-time?”
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“Off the path a little bit. And it was like pretty steep. And one of my friends had slipped and was kind of sliding down the mountain a little bit and like caught his balance. Was like, whoa, like that was wild. And we all kind of laughed about it. And then it was my turn. I had slipped and I was sliding down a pretty steep incline or decline. And all of a sudden, I just felt air. So I'd actually slid off the mountain. And it was probably like, it was a decent drop, you know, 20, 25 feet. And I had landed on a rock that was on top of a ledge. It was like this rounded rock. And as I was falling, I had like your typical near-death experience where I saw like my whole life flash before my eyes. Really? At the time, yeah, it was like everything was in slow mo it was probably, you know, like what, a one second drop, but it was like I was dropping, like I was falling for like maybe five minutes. I was seeing everything.”
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“Oh my gosh, yeah. And I've had other experiences as well that has deepened that understanding. And I guess it kind of comes down to time, realizing that it is not guaranteed. You could lose your life tomorrow. And do you have to make the best of what you have? And I was in Brazil. I was on a training trip and I was on a place called Pedro de Gavia, which translates to Gavia Rock. It's a place in Rio de Janeiro. And we would like climb up it or run up it as a workout. And it's this beautiful place. There's waterfalls, just a beautiful kind of like rainforest within Rio. And we had done our workout. We were kind of cooling off by the waterfall. We kind of went underneath. It's this cold water. So it's like rush of energy. And we decided to descend down the mountain. Well, now we're soaking wet. And if there's like moss and grass and greenery kind of everywhere. And we kind of went.”
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“And I realized that I needed to cultivate a completely different mindset. So I really started reading a lot after that experience. And it was that experience that really said, okay, I did this as kind of like, let's see what happens kind of thing. And it was that loss that really said, okay, I want to do this for real. I beat myself. And that was, that did not sit well with me. So I really started doing a lot of reading on the ancient warriors of the past and special operations soldiers. Like they're fighting for real, things that you've done. It's life and death. I just go into a cage and I have a referee and there's rules and all that stuff. And yeah, I can get hurt. Yes, you could potentially die, but it's a completely different thing. And so I figured if I can learn from them, I can maybe approach some things in a better way.”
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“I started thinking about things that weren't important. I started thinking about the contract that was at play. I started thinking about the fact that my friends and family were watching. That was the largest crowd I had ever fought. In front of before. And so I was thinking about all these other things instead of what was real, which was myself and that person that was standing in front of me. And maybe I would have lost anyway, but my mindset and how I was thinking about it wasn't helpful for me to go out there and execute what I had trained for.”
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“You can actually access the skills that you've learned over time. I learned it the hard way. I remember I had a few fights leading up to the alternative fighter when I was on that show and basically the ultimate fighter was a show where they put 16 guys in a house and everyone fought each other and you fought to see who would win a contract with the organization. I got to the finals. I was the smallest least experienced guy and somehow I got to the final. I was fighting at 185 pounds. Again, I was probably like 170 pounds and got to the final and I absolutely choked in that final, Preston. I was. So overwhelmed with fear and pressure that I felt like a deer in the headlights when I was out there. And that was something that was like such a mind bender because I had never really experienced that level of fear before.”
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“Experience certain other things, or you haven't faced this other guy who has amassed a certain set of skills that's unlike anybody else. And yeah, it's interesting. It's like going the further down you go down the rabbit hole, the further you realize you have to go to understand it more and more and more. And that mindset is a huge component, but it's also a huge component into how you execute. One of the most common things you hear people say, it's like, well, if I ever get in a fight, I just get really angry, bro, and I'm going to go out there and I'll, you know, I turn red and I'll just kick that guy's ass, but the reality is, is that that may be helpful for a little bit, but it's not conducive to how you approach fighting. You actually want to be super calm. You want to be super composed.”
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“Like an insurance policy. If you lead with your toughness, then that may get you through a few fights. It may even get you through a few years of your career. But you only have one brain, you only have one body. And the beautiful thing about fighting or any type of kind of like kinetic style combat is that it's a truth teller. And you either say, I need to be tougher or I need to be better or I need to be both. And how do I need to do that? Because if like, let's say I was like, oh, well, I've only been hit once and I'll be fine. This is a style that I can utilize going forward. Well, maybe not. Maybe you haven't faced that higher level of striker or you haven't”
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“Yeah, well, Preston, I'm not sure it ever gets good. What you're able to do is manage it better over time. And I think that it certainly wasn't something that I fully understood, even after I had a few fights, because there's levels to it. There's one shot and there's like a big shot, and then there's like several big shots in one round, and you still got another 10, 12 minutes to go or, you know, 20 minutes to go. There's levels to it. And certainly other people understand that better than I do because they were in some crazy fights. I didn't really have a whole lot of crazy fights, thankfully. I tried not to engage in like rock-em-sakam robot style fights because I'm not really built that way. Those aren't the strengths of me. That's not a physical strength of mine, in my opinion. And if I had to, okay, be tough, but you have to understand that I think your heart, your determination, your mindset.”
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“Yeah, I think there's definitely a component to that because I would stay very, very quiet about what I was doing and how I was doing it. Because the more information that the enemy has on you, the more they can prepare for you. So, training and silence was huge, not divulging certain information is huge and even to the point of disinformation might even be beneficial, of like, hey, I don't even know how I'm going to approach this guy. And like, I would always build up the opponent as much as possible. Like, this guy could do this and that and this. And I would talk very rarely about my training when I was fighting. I would very rarely show techniques to people, even people that I would train with. So it was like there was a lot of psychological stuff going on just because if I show this to someone.”
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“Yeah, there's no question about it. It's interesting because truth, what makes truth so interesting is that it's hidden. And the more you go into it, the more truths you find. And I think that like at first it was like, okay, well, I need to be technical. I need to be efficient. And then you go, well, sometimes they're technical and efficient too. Then if that's the case, then my conditioning needs to be superior or my strength needs to be superior or my tactics need to be superior how I formulate strategies needs to be superior. So it just keeps going deeper and deeper, right?”
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“Because it was scary. I understood that it was scary. I understood I was human. I can get knocked out. I can get submitted. And I think defense was like the most important thing for me and how I would approach that. It's like I need to be able to survive, try not to get hurt. And then if I'm able to do something to you, cool. But first, don't get hurt.”
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“Like, it's not this isn't the set pattern of fighting of like, he punches, I block. And then I return. You know, I don't know what you're going to do to me. What do I need to do to prepare for that? Okay. There's that. And then there's the fact that I could fight someone who's 250 pounds. Like when I started this, I was like 150 pounds. So what do I need to know to deal with someone who is far larger than I am? Not that that would be ideal or welcoming, but maybe sometimes you don't have a choice in how you need to defend yourself or who is going to attack you. So I kind of ignorantly in some ways said yes to like, yeah, oh biting at 185 pounds. Sure, I will try that. And even in jujitsu competitions, I would kind of compete in a variety of weight classes. My brother was right around the same weight as me. So he would compete at his normal weight and I would always go up and weight so we wouldn't have to face each other. So there are things like that. I guess approach the problem from a different way.”
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“Yeah, so when I started in martial arts, my initial approach to it was I don't know who I'm going to face. So what kind of skills do I need to develop in order to defend myself against not just like one guy, but like multiple styles? I don't know what you're going to come at me with.”
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“Where they're now bearing the burden of our weight and we get to kind of relax a little bit, how we manage our energy and how we execute certain things, how efficient we are over time. And then if we're looking at it on a large scale, like long term, what's the viability of that style? Are you creating a style that is successful for this fight? Are you creating a style that is successful long term? And also like your perspective of you can't think of it like, okay, here I have all this offensive power, but now I'm just going to implement that and I'm going to go kill that guy. You're like, well, that's not how it works. First, how do you not get killed? Like, what's the defensive part? So I can't kill you if I'm very vulnerable. So like, what kind of defensive capabilities do you have? What do you understand? And then how do you implement that? And of course, what makes it so fascinating is that there are so many different styles and approaches to this. And it's based on your background, how you see it.”
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“So, what are the truths of physics? How do I maximize my body to be as effective as possible? And I would say you need to be able to follow those unchanging foundational skills of body position, whether it's how you position yourself to maximize your power from the floor. Everything that we generate as far as effectiveness happens from how we position our body, how we connect to another human being, how we position ourselves to add not only like layers of defense, but also add some type of positional advantage, whether it's a particular angle, whether it's how we get that person to carry our weight.”
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“Yeah, that's a great question, man. I think what you find as you start to train in all these different arts is that, yeah, you're right. There isn't just one answer. There isn't just one thing. However, I would say so many things in the world, it's like there's very few truths. But when you find those truths or those unchanging things that are real and true, they tend to replicate themselves almost everywhere. It's like they're spread out everywhere.”
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“You just have this fear where you just freeze up. And I hated that feeling. It was such a scary thing. And I said, I need to confront this. What do I need to do to kind of understand this better? And that's what kind of started this whole journey, I guess.”
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