February 9, 2024 • 36 mins
Have you ever encountered a story so powerful it changed the way you see the world? Our latest episode brings you just that – a conversation with Jose DiCervo and Jana DiCervo founders of Sovereign, a community outreach program that's much more than martial arts training. These remarkable individuals are shaping the lives of children and families by instilling confidence, focus, and discipline. But it doesn't stop there; with their Amplified Identity initiative, they're also lighting the entrepreneurial fire in young adults, aiming to create a legion of future leaders equipped for life's challenges.
The transformative power of mentorship takes center stage as we share a compelling narrative of a teen who defied the odds. Through martial arts, leadership training, and essential care, this young person found a path from turmoil to triumph – a testament to the life-altering effects of supportive communities. We delve into the everyday magic of Sovereign's program, from the structure of a typical day to the current goals, like expanding transportation for wider reach. This episode is a celebration of the human spirit's capacity to grow, learn, and excel with the right guidance and support.
As we wrap up, we're left in awe of the dedication Jose and Jana have for their mission. Their visits to families, educational resources, and the inspiring efforts of those drawn to the program underscore the incredible difference they make. Join us in championing their cause as we reflect on the power of creating an extended family through community involvement, the importance of shaping our youth's future, and the practical steps to keeping this legacy of support thriving. Don't forget to check the podcast description for ways you can contribute to this life-changing work, and stay tuned for our upcoming episodes that promise to keep your spirits uplifted and your hearts inspired.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, I'm Coach Mickey and I'm so glad that you've
joined us, and if this is yourfirst time joining us, come on
in to make yourself comfortableand for those of you that joined
us on a regular basis, thankyou so much.
And thank you so much forreaching out to all my guests
with your comments, yourquestions and your suggestions,
and I love the fact that youguys really support everybody
that comes on and you havesomething to share or give a
(00:22):
positive comment about, andtoday is no different, because I
am really excited about thisguest and, as you guys know, I'm
always excited about all myguests.
However, this really reallytouches my heart for multiple
reasons.
One, it's involved with themartial arts, along with working
with kids, and you guys knowthat is my heart strings right
there on all of it.
(00:43):
So I had an opportunity to meetthis couple at an event a
couple weeks ago, when I was in.
Atlantic City and it was amartial arts event and I was met
quite a few amazing people.
However, when I met Jana, shereally touched my heart because
what her and her husband offeris this incredible sovereign
(01:04):
community outreach program thatnot only incorporates martial
arts but also helps kids.
So welcome with me today, joseand Jana.
How are you?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
We are wonderful.
How are you, coach, mickey?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
I'm doing good.
I'm so happy to be with metoday because I really want to
hear about your program and whoyou are and what you do for the
community and I think this isabsolutely wonderful and, being
a fellow martial artist myself,like I said, this really touches
my heart strings and what yougo above and beyond when it
comes to martial arts.
So share a little bit aboutyour program.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Well, before we get into that, I just want to thank
you so much for having us onyour show today.
We are super excited and it wassuch a pleasure to meet you
last week and spend a couplemoments with you, just getting
to know each other, and it wasjust such an honor to meet you
and have you invite us onto yourpodcasts.
Yeah, I just want to thank youso much yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Thank you.
So, yeah, we're very excitedabout our community outreach.
We named this sovereign becausewe believe that it's above and
not below, and we want to takefamilies and children and raise
them above their circumstancesand above their capacity to even
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think and imagine.
So we want to really bringabout out of them their vision,
their dream and their desiresthat they've had.
But up until before us theyprobably thought that's the way
life is, this is the cars thatlife dealt them and all of that.
Sometimes we can get in thatrut, but by doing this community
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outreach, we've had the honorand the privilege of extracting
and uncovering the vision andthe dream that every family has
for their children and theirfamily unit, and even a child
himself who can have the courageto make better choices and
become a leader, becauseeverybody's called to be a
leader.
So we're excited about what wedo.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I love it because I think every city or area or
every town should have somethingthat has something different
for children.
Kids are up and coming adultsthat are going to make a
difference in this world, andhaving a mentor and having
someone that can actually teachthem life skills, above and
beyond what their either theirenvironment is or what they've
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seen, is so important.
So when I saw your program andI see that you reach out to all
these kids, give us a littleinsight on how you incorporate
the martial arts with helpingthese children throughout your
community.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Yes, well, as a martial artist, we love the
martial arts and what is donefor my life and our life and all
of our children we have sixchildren together and what is
done for them.
You can't deny the fact thatit's a great, great tool to
develop and to grow and tobecome.
However, when we see thesefamilies, last thing I want to
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think about is teaching them themartial arts, although we use
it as a tool, but it's basicallyabout them believing that they
can become better, thembelieving that they can come out
of the situation they're in,believing that there's so much
more for them and it's available, and that there's people that
actually care and love them,that there is more and then they
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can go for, and so we just openthat door for them and
facilitate for them the abilityto get bigger, and we get
everybody as involved aspossible the community, the
businesses, the individuals.
Everyone and anyone we meet andwe talk with is a candidate to
help and to become part of thisbig mission.
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So our vision and mission is tohelp a million children become
high performers and effectiveleaders of society, and so
that's our vision, our mission,and we're excited to do it.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
And also through the martial arts.
Martial arts through and ofitself will help a person, not
even just a child, withconfidence and focus and
discipline.
But we focus more on thedevelopmental aspects of the
martial arts, not just about themovement.
So, kids, nowadays even adults,we're lacking soft skills,
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we're lacking communicationwe're lacking.
We hide behind a computer, wehide behind a text message, we
hide behind social media.
So all these things we want toincorporate, all these skills
that we're lacking in societytoday to be able to become
employable in the future, tohave a vision and a mission for
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themselves, so that they can bea good contribution to society.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
So what are the ages that you work with?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Anywhere between we started my six years old.
If they qualify, we can getthem early, as early as four.
Then we worked with them allthe way until 17,.
And then we're in plans ofcreating what we call amplified
identity and this is for more oflike the young adults really
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looking to either go to college,get an education or become an
entrepreneur, spark thatentrepreneurial spirit in them.
We've teamed up with severalpeople and organizations like
Focus, life Institute, jubileeMinisters International, and
imparting in them and developingin them these skills, believe,
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vision and quicken that insideof them to be able to go for
more.
It's very methodical but veryrewarding.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
It's a stepping stone , even whether it's martial arts
, and I think I'd share a agendathat I also coach football and
I incorporate martial arts intothat also.
However, I think any tool thatyou can use that's going to help
a child, especially whenthey're looking up to you as a
mentor, that is going to be sobeneficial in so many ways?
I got to ask it.
I don't put you on the spot,but have you got a success story
(07:19):
of somebody that maybe youworked with, that was a child
that has now grown into a youngadult, that you've seen the
benefits of how they evolved?
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Yes, we have many, many success stories.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Who do we pick?
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Oh man I love it.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
That's great.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Let me pick the recent one.
It's a teenage boy lives in aninadequate home.
The mom is ill, father gotdeported.
Just a really bad situationthere in the system was in the
system in the school classifiedmedications since the age of
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four, always angry, always introuble, basically gave up.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
So he was failing school.
He was constantly atroublemaker.
He was that boy To the pointwhere they had to put him into
an after-school program so thatthey were trying to help him
become.
Get in less trouble, if youwill.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Yes, stay out of trouble, keep him busy, yeah.
So then when we met him, wewere invited to help out in this
program.
And we met him, we just kind oflike, took him in, sponsored
him into the program by way ofthe community and two months
later he's thriving, graduatedfrom the program, no more
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medication.
The first time he told me heslept 10 hours I said your body
needed that.
And now we're making changesinside the home.
We're educating the mom andwe're educating the culture and
the environment of the home, theatmosphere, changing things
internally so that the outsidelife becomes that much more
better.
So that's our most recent one.
(09:09):
But we have a lot of them in avery similar fashion kids with
classified, with autism, bipolardepression, anger, medication
all over the place,non-functional in the system,
all completely out of the systemwithin a year of being in the
program.
And just amazing I'm sorryabout this just amazing
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transformation in their life.
And of course, they do themartial arts too and they love
it.
So they took a liking to it.
We created a leadership teamwith this.
I'm going to call it themisfits, but they're just
amazing.
They're so amazing kids.
We also help in getting themnice beds to sleep in clothing,
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food, haircuts, haircuts.
We just transformed their livescompletely and feed them every
week, and it's just a joy to doit.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Oh my gosh, you guys are amazing.
And I know kids, kids, theyjust need to know that someone
cares.
And you guys go way above andbeyond, I mean, besides just
teaching and being mentors and Iknow that feeding a child is so
important.
I've seen it so many times,unfortunately, even for me, you
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know, on the field, where kidscome to school and they don't
have any lunch or they don'thave any food and they don't say
anything because they'reashamed and they don't want you.
But knowing that they can cometo someone and say, hey, by the
way, I have an email, you know,you don't even have to ask most
of the time.
So I'm sure you're very much intune from what you're telling
me.
You know how you can help thesekids.
(10:54):
This is wonderful.
I mean, it really is amazing.
So, and as everybody knows, allthe information to be able to
help you and support you will beembedded in all the podcasts
and YouTube channel.
And I'm just gonna ask youright off the bat, while we're
in the middle of our podcast,you do take donations to help
you with your program.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Yes, absolutely.
We take small contributions.
We also are seeking corporatesponsorships so that we can help
a more mass amount of children.
We're starting an afterschoolprogram and a summer program and
we would like to, you know,offer that specifically on
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scholarships through oursponsorships.
So that's, right now, that iswhat we're seeking.
We're seeking the corporations,we're seeking, you know, people
with a heart to help these kids, you know, because eventually
they're gonna be their employees.
So, you know, that's what wewanna do.
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We wanna make these childrenemployable, happy and, you know,
healthy for the process right.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Oh, count me in.
Count me in because I do acoach Mickey Scott mid friend
scholarship for education, so Ithink you are my next you got me
, thank you.
Now be the one, because I lovewhat you're doing.
I absolutely love it.
So tell me, tell me what wethrough a day to walk me through
of what, how this works and howyou work with these children.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
So we get up in the morning, we plan the night
before.
We meet with the team.
Everybody knows their role,everybody knows the mission.
We have the mission on thevision hanging up in every room
here.
We get ready, we do our ownworkout early in the morning.
Now we have the energy, we havethe desire, we have it all
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right.
We get a good breakfast andthen we come and prepare for the
day and then by right after2.33 o'clock we start going
around and picking them up.
So we do need a bigger bus,okay.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Yeah, right now we're doing the process with a van,
so you're dropping off going andyou know, we're back and forth.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
So we need a bigger bus.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
We're also looking for a bus, so you pick these
kids up from school to bringthem to your children.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Yes, we pick them up from home, we pick them up from
school and we drop them off atthe end of the day.
And the end of the day we dropthem off and then they come here
and they have chores, so theyhave responsibilities, things
that they need to do.
Then they have leadership postsand they do a leadership
training with us for one hourand then we do physical training
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and then they help in the restof the classes that we have and
then they become role models inthat sense.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
We also have them.
We're in a private building, soyou have to gain access to the
building, you can't just walk in.
So it's secure and it's private.
And so we strategically placethese children to let people in,
show them where to go, how toenter the dojo, how to wear, to
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put their shoes and just how toserve the student with
excellence.
So you know, begin the weekwith this.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Yeah, so we do all of that and then at the end of the
night we get together at thekitchen and we feed them and we
just have a big table andeverybody sits there to eat and
then we drop them off at homeand they have to have the
accountability about theiracademic achievements, behavior.
We visit hygiene, we visittheir homes, we get to see the
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environment, speak to theparents.
It's a constant reinforcementof what we're doing, what we're
doing and vision Casting a lotof vision to these parents for
their kids.
So you know it's a communityeffort, team effort.
It's everybody getting involvedand getting things done.
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We teach the heroes principle,also from Focus Life Institute,
which is honor, excellence,order, responsibility,
servanthood, and this is toteach them to not just exist but
make it count.
You know, be somebody, get thatlevel of fulfillment that
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allows to for others to view youas a leader.
You know, and we teach that yougot to serve you way into your
destiny.
You cannot get to your destinyunless you serve your way into
it.
So it's not me, me, me, get,get, get.
But what can I do for others?
What can I do for you, what canI do for the community?
So we're big on communityevents as well and get them
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involved.
So there's a lot, it's a lot ofmoving parts, but so exciting,
you know, so exciting.
I'm so glad that you brought ushere, coach Mickey, because I
get to share it.
You know, I get to share thepassion and the love that we do
for what we do for these kidsand just seeing them transform
and change and you know, we gotkids that are suicidal also and
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just to see them transform fromthe fear and the torment that
they go through to the joy andseeing their faces change and
just living life with hope.
Now, you know, this isbeautiful.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
That is, and knowing that you're making a difference
in a child's life is priceless.
It really is.
We have no idea how we affect achild, especially through what
we do, but when you take thatextra step to make their life
better and more meaningful, it'shuge.
It really is.
(16:37):
People don't take that.
They don't understand howinfluential we are as adults to
children based on our actionsand what we say and what we do.
But I want to back up a littlebit because you do something
that I really admire and I thinka lot of people miss the mark
on this.
Working with kids is amazing.
I mean, it's great.
What you're doing is so amazing.
But you bring in the parentsand one of the things that I
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have realized either through myyears, whether it was through
martial arts or coaching, is Icall it my teen parents and what
people miss even my coaches.
They miss that you have to workwith the parents because you
can do so much with a child orwith it, especially whether it's
through with a program, it is.
But having the parents on boardand having them understand what
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you're doing and the changesthat you're making, plus you can
see what is their lifestyle athome and what are they really
working it up against can make abig difference, and you can
even change that parent to seeand acknowledge where the change
is.
Like you said, some are onmedications, Some are dealing or
struggling with their own wayof well-being and how they can
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help them think.
But having a parent aware ofthis or seeing it is priceless.
So tell me a little bit aboutthat.
How have you been able tochange a parent and have them
see and make that significantchange for their kid besides
what you're doing?
Because once they're outside ofyou they sort of have to go
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back to that environment.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Yeah, so thank you for that.
That's a great question andit's a powerful one, because a
lot of these parents you produceafter your own kind right, and
so you can't give what you don'thave, and so a lot of the times
, this is the situation wherethey believe they have nothing
to give, they believe thatthey're not good enough, they
believe that this is it, and sowhen we go in and we start
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building this relationship andtalking to them, we begin to
find out, and we have apublishing company too, so we're
helping them write their storyand share it with the world,
making it a book, and one of thethings that we discovered with
that is that now they have avoice that can help another
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family, whereas they thoughtthat they weren't enough, that
they were just trash, that theywere.
You know, what do you call that?
Damaged goods, you know, butinstead, no, you are a good.
That's going to go and becomeamazing, because you have a
story to share, and this is notit.
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It's where you're going to be,and so we've been able to take
several parents now to begin towrite their story, to begin to
see themselves differently, tobegin to see with a different
eye, with hope and all of that.
Another one, you know sick withmedication and all these things,
smoking cigarettes.
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The kid will come here wreakingin bad smell.
So I just like visit them andtalk to the mother and say,
listen, you know, secondhandsmoke is really bad and this is
a very small apartment and youlove them?
Yes, I do.
This is damaging his lungs andhis brain and his performance,
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so maybe you can open thewindows, smoke outside or go
outside or give it up.
So she started cutting down andlast I talked to her she was
doing two cigarettes instead offive and so it's a slow process,
is working, but eventually wewant to see her not smoking and
like that.
There's so many stories of theseparents that others have PTSD
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and they just they just getreminded of a trauma, abuse of
the military.
Some of them, and you know theythink that that they're stuck
and so we're helping them withthese things too.
So it's a joy because it's thewhole family is and you said it
right it's not just the kid.
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You may start with the child,but then you get the whole
family and the idea is that ifyou get the whole family, then
the family unit will function upprime, and that's the goal
right.
That's the goal.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
We also host webinars and podcasts ourselves to help
parents through processes thatthey go through, because a lot
of times parents just don't know.
They don't know that they don'tknow you know and, like you
said, they learn here and thenthey go home and then they're
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facing whatever they're facing.
So we kind of like try and getinvolved in as involved as
possible so that you knowthey're getting a mind shift
change.
You know, some of our parentshave gotten promotions from
being part of our program, justbeing in the environment.
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They learn to even valuethemselves better through
watching their child grow anddevelop.
So it's just a trickle downeffect.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
That's great.
So let me ask you, because Iknow working, you know working
with children there's a lot ofdifferent elements.
But, jenna, how have youaffected some of the younger
girls that have come through?
Because I know a lot of themwill look up to us as women
because they don't have thatrole model either, because I've
worked with you know I've workedwith gals too that just they
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don't have that role model, sothey look up to you.
How have you changed some livesof some of these young girls
that are coming through yourprogram?
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Well, a lot of the girls that you know, nowadays
their clothes are very skimpy,they're being sexualized at a
very young age and they don'teven realize it, you know.
So it's just through mymentoring and through my
presence, if you will, theylearn how to value themselves.
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That they don't have to, youknow, dress like this to get the
attention that they can just,you know, be who they are and
people will accept them for that, you know, and just to care
about themselves through theprocess.
You know that they don't.
If they're very girly, it'sokay to be a little rough and
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tough, you know.
And if they're very rough andtough, it's okay to put your
hair in a ponytail.
You can be pretty, you can weara dress and still be who you
are, or vice versa, you know.
So it's just them learningtheir own identity of who they
are, and that who they are ispowerful and beautiful all
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together.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Oh yeah, self-esteem and self-worth is huge, and
especially as it's gonna takethem all the way through their
life.
And like there's a lot ofpeople you know, even adults.
You know when you talk to themthey always go back, you know,
to their child.
It's sort of like what you justsaid, jose.
You said you know these peoplegrow up in a different type of
environment and that's all theyknow, so they don't know any
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different.
Kids don't come with a manual,so you're only doing the best
you can with what you know andwhat you have.
So to be able to open yourselfup and know that you can make a
change as a parent and helpthese children is priceless it
really is.
So now I know you said that youhave your location and you do
the podcast and you have theseoutreach programs.
(23:55):
Tell me what people can do tohelp you know.
What do you need?
Now you said you needed abigger bus, but what do you need
?
And again, my other question isis people are gonna ask where
are you located and how that'shelping and where they can
actually maybe implementsomething like this within their
area.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
Yes, you know, this is beautiful because we do a
hybrid program where we also domentoring through the Zoom
online, and that works very welltoo, so we're able to continue
the continuity of the weekthrough a Zoom session.
What we need is financialsupport.
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Believe it or not, that's themain thing.
We're working with a companynow that's gonna provide the
food, so that's gonna help a lotthere.
We're working with the owner ofthis building to provide a
bigger space, and they're justbeing so generous they're not
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charging us anymore, so they'relike, just keep it the way it is
, let's just give you more space.
So things are happening with alot of favor.
We're getting a lot of favor,but financially is very
important because everythingcosts right, and so, as we team
up with other tools andopportunities, with other
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companies that provide a servicethat we believe is gonna be
beneficial to the development ofthese kids and their future,
you have to pay them right, andso those are the things that and
, by the way, we'll let you knowwhere the money goes.
This is like very tight ship,very well run.
It's good ground.
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You'll invest here.
You're investing in good ground.
You will see results.
You will know that's happening.
So we keep you in the loop witheverything.
We have a newsletter, we havevery good communication.
We wanna build a relationshipwith all the sponsors, everyone
that contributes, because wewanna make it a relational
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lifestyle.
But we know each other longterm, not just short term of one
time done.
We wanna do this as a legacy.
We wanna keep it going evenafter we're gone, right.
Hopefully one day it won't beneeded.
Maybe society will be right upthere, but if I'm correct on
this, there's always gonna bepoor people and there's always
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gonna be people that are lessfortunate than us.
So we still need to help eachother.
We're all together, right.
We're not separate.
We're not a one time thing.
We need it at times, right.
So that's what we need and thatsupport and exposure.
Right.
Get the word out.
We're doing our best in ourcommunity and even outside
abroad, because recently wecreated a business plan where we
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want to do this in the 67counties of Pennsylvania, which
is where we're at inPennsylvania, and so it's really
taking favor into that.
People are looking at that.
We're looking at companies thatcan probably sponsor and help
in those areas to expand in thenear future or whatnot.
But it's very well organized,so good ground here.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
But our ultimate vision is to have a sovereign
community outreach in everysingle county across the United
States.
So that's our big vision.
Right now we are helpingstudents in.
We're in Pennsylvania, but wehave students in Georgia, we
have students in Florida, wehave students in New Jersey.
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So we're not stuck to ourlittle community.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
We do venture out and and we visit the students in
the different states too.
We travel.
At the beginning it felt likeit was kind of crazy to do that,
but the heart for the child iswhat matters, and so we travel,
we visit them, we spend timewith them.
We had a family that we visitedin Savannah and we went back a
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second time and spent an entireweek with them, and then they
decided to move here.
Now they're completely involvedin the whole process, so it's
just great.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
Yeah, well, you create a family and these, these
people, become your family andthey and they remember it and
they, they look at their lifeand they know that you know, but
they're doing and how they'vechanged and evolved was based on
what they've learned as a child.
But not only that, they'regrateful for it and you're just.
You know it touches your heartwhen you know that yes.
(28:31):
You're taking exactly whatyou've taught them and they're
implementing it, so now they canmake the changes in other
people's lives and there is nobetter gift than that and and I,
I am thrilled and I cannot tellyou how heartfelt I am what you
are doing and how this ishelping the community and my
(28:51):
gosh, your hearts are makingbodies and what you're, what
you're offering and in helping,and how this is going to Evolve
and not only change people'slives, but it's going to change
the community around them, andthen to be able to expand this
out into other states and otherareas.
I mean, oh you're, you'rereally Spreading love.
Yes, you're spreading.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
I'm just.
You're spreading so many goodthings that we really really
need, you know, within thisworld and this, this the way we
are now with things.
So I am so happy for you and Iwill do everything I can and
again, I as if people know thateverything will be embedded into
the podcast but also you're onour keep-on sharing site, so the
(29:34):
continual giving for yourcharity, you know, can continue
each and every day, you know, tohelp you with that and and
again, whatever I can do on mypart to help you grow, because I
love what you're doing and Ithink this is so, so important.
So, before we go and wrapeverything up, is there anything
else that you want to share,that that you know you can help
or that people can help you with, or when?
(29:55):
you Let anything you want toshare at all a month open for us
.
Speaker 2 (29:58):
Oh thank you.
Well, we're very much intoJournaling and mentoring through
learning, right?
So he's not gonna say it, but Iwill say it for him.
He's an author of threedifferent books.
One is becoming a black belt,which you know.
Through the martial arts peopleget a black belt, but we want
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them to become a black belt.
So this is a book that helps,you know, helps guide the person
through all aspects of Martialarts and living a healthy
lifestyle, including nutrition,the physical aspect of it, and
through the, the, the, the artof shodokan.
(30:40):
So that's what that book is for.
And he also this is the veryfirst book the chosen champion.
So you can share a little bitabout the concepts of a champion
.
That would be great.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Yes, everybody, you know you're chosen to do great
things, so this book willinspire you to go ahead and go
for your greatness.
Speaker 2 (30:58):
And that's the book there and then, finally, we were
very much about vision andfuture and, you know, designing
what you want in life.
So this book is for anybody ofany age, whether you're already,
you know Well into your career,or 40, 50, 60, getting ready to
.
You know, hang it up, you'restill not done until you're six
(31:21):
feet underground, right.
So you're, oh, you're, alwaysAt a point to craft your future.
So this book, whether you'resix or 60 or 80, it doesn't
matter, this book will help youdesign Career change or whatever
, whatever.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
I have it and these are available.
They can purchase them throughyour website or online.
Speaker 2 (31:44):
I believe they are on our website, but they are also
on Amazon.
They're published throughAmazon, so you can find them
there.
Nice.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
I love it.
I love it, so I am so excitedto have you.
I'm so glad that you have beenwith me.
I love you, the fact that youshared your story and what
you're doing and I really liketo have you back on again and
Share about the camp that youhave coming on and and what's
happening as we get closer tosummer Again.
I'm gonna put in all the linksand the information so for
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anybody that wants to reach outand help you with your program.
Thank you so much for beingwith me, thank you.
I have really, really enjoyedyou being on and sharing the
story, and what you're doing isincredible.
I wish I could clone you andjust spread you all through the
world.
Speaker 3 (32:31):
I know.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
We're working on it.
Well, I'm real quick, are realquick.
Our website is Champions beyondthe dojocom Chance.
Beyond the dojocom Perfect andagain.
Speaker 1 (32:52):
That'll be in with all the description and onto the
YouTube channels and also thepodcast Um.
Is there anything else you guyswould like to do, any show
notes or anything you would liketo say before you wrap it up?
I?
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Just want to thank you.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
Yeah, I want to say thank you and I Wish I'm pray
much success.
Yeah, and Miss India, in allyour endeavors and as you
continue doing great things forother people, and that your
dreams have become a reality,and that Beyond your own
imagination.
Speaker 1 (33:25):
Yes, you guys are so kind.
Thank you so much, and thepleasure has been mine.
You know, having someone likeyou as my guest is.
It always thrills me because Iknow the work You're doing is
making such a difference in somany people's lives.
So thank you again.
All right, you guys, thank youso much for being with us.
I am so excited that you'vebeen here.
I'm glad you got to hear thisstory.
(33:46):
Please, please, please, please,please, reach out to them.
The podcast the information isbelow.
If you want to listen to thepodcast, you can go to the
description and I'll be there,because anything you can offer,
whether it's a dollar, fivedollars or whatever you've got,
can always benefit.
You have no idea how much of adifference it can make, so don't
think is why I don't haveenough any.
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Anything is always appreciated,especially for a program like
this.
I thank you again and I'mlooking forward to seeing you in
the next podcast.
And remember the mostcourageous thing you can do
yourself and I will see you soon.
Okay, until then, see ya.
Speaker 3 (34:22):
Thank you you.
Hey, I'm Coach Mickey and I'm so glad that you've
joined us, and if this is yourfirst time joining us, come on
in to make yourself comfortableand for those of you that joined
us on a regular basis, thankyou so much.
And thank you so much forreaching out to all my guests
with your comments, yourquestions and your suggestions,
and I love the fact that youguys really support everybody
that comes on and you havesomething to share or give a
(00:22):
positive comment about, andtoday is no different, because I
am really excited about thisguest and, as you guys know, I'm
always excited about all myguests.
However, this really reallytouches my heart for multiple
reasons.
One, it's involved with themartial arts, along with working
with kids, and you guys knowthat is my heart strings right
there on all of it.
(00:43):
So I had an opportunity to meetthis couple at an event a
couple weeks ago, when I was in.
Atlantic City and it was amartial arts event and I was met
quite a few amazing people.
However, when I met Jana, shereally touched my heart because
what her and her husband offeris this incredible sovereign
(01:04):
community outreach program thatnot only incorporates martial
arts but also helps kids.
So welcome with me today, joseand Jana.
How are you?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
We are wonderful.
How are you, coach, mickey?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
I'm doing good.
I'm so happy to be with metoday because I really want to
hear about your program and whoyou are and what you do for the
community and I think this isabsolutely wonderful and, being
a fellow martial artist myself,like I said, this really touches
my heart strings and what yougo above and beyond when it
comes to martial arts.
So share a little bit aboutyour program.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Well, before we get into that, I just want to thank
you so much for having us onyour show today.
We are super excited and it wassuch a pleasure to meet you
last week and spend a couplemoments with you, just getting
to know each other, and it wasjust such an honor to meet you
and have you invite us onto yourpodcasts.
Yeah, I just want to thank youso much yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Thank you.
So, yeah, we're very excitedabout our community outreach.
We named this sovereign becausewe believe that it's above and
not below, and we want to takefamilies and children and raise
them above their circumstancesand above their capacity to even
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think and imagine.
So we want to really bringabout out of them their vision,
their dream and their desiresthat they've had.
But up until before us theyprobably thought that's the way
life is, this is the cars thatlife dealt them and all of that.
Sometimes we can get in thatrut, but by doing this community
(02:48):
outreach, we've had the honorand the privilege of extracting
and uncovering the vision andthe dream that every family has
for their children and theirfamily unit, and even a child
himself who can have the courageto make better choices and
become a leader, becauseeverybody's called to be a
leader.
So we're excited about what wedo.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I love it because I think every city or area or
every town should have somethingthat has something different
for children.
Kids are up and coming adultsthat are going to make a
difference in this world, andhaving a mentor and having
someone that can actually teachthem life skills, above and
beyond what their either theirenvironment is or what they've
(03:33):
seen, is so important.
So when I saw your program andI see that you reach out to all
these kids, give us a littleinsight on how you incorporate
the martial arts with helpingthese children throughout your
community.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
Yes, well, as a martial artist, we love the
martial arts and what is donefor my life and our life and all
of our children we have sixchildren together and what is
done for them.
You can't deny the fact thatit's a great, great tool to
develop and to grow and tobecome.
However, when we see thesefamilies, last thing I want to
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think about is teaching them themartial arts, although we use
it as a tool, but it's basicallyabout them believing that they
can become better, thembelieving that they can come out
of the situation they're in,believing that there's so much
more for them and it's available, and that there's people that
actually care and love them,that there is more and then they
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can go for, and so we just openthat door for them and
facilitate for them the abilityto get bigger, and we get
everybody as involved aspossible the community, the
businesses, the individuals.
Everyone and anyone we meet andwe talk with is a candidate to
help and to become part of thisbig mission.
(04:51):
So our vision and mission is tohelp a million children become
high performers and effectiveleaders of society, and so
that's our vision, our mission,and we're excited to do it.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
And also through the martial arts.
Martial arts through and ofitself will help a person, not
even just a child, withconfidence and focus and
discipline.
But we focus more on thedevelopmental aspects of the
martial arts, not just about themovement.
So, kids, nowadays even adults,we're lacking soft skills,
(05:25):
we're lacking communicationwe're lacking.
We hide behind a computer, wehide behind a text message, we
hide behind social media.
So all these things we want toincorporate, all these skills
that we're lacking in societytoday to be able to become
employable in the future, tohave a vision and a mission for
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themselves, so that they can bea good contribution to society.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
So what are the ages that you work with?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Anywhere between we started my six years old.
If they qualify, we can getthem early, as early as four.
Then we worked with them allthe way until 17,.
And then we're in plans ofcreating what we call amplified
identity and this is for more oflike the young adults really
(06:20):
looking to either go to college,get an education or become an
entrepreneur, spark thatentrepreneurial spirit in them.
We've teamed up with severalpeople and organizations like
Focus, life Institute, jubileeMinisters International, and
imparting in them and developingin them these skills, believe,
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vision and quicken that insideof them to be able to go for
more.
It's very methodical but veryrewarding.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
It's a stepping stone , even whether it's martial arts
, and I think I'd share a agendathat I also coach football and
I incorporate martial arts intothat also.
However, I think any tool thatyou can use that's going to help
a child, especially whenthey're looking up to you as a
mentor, that is going to be sobeneficial in so many ways?
I got to ask it.
I don't put you on the spot,but have you got a success story
(07:19):
of somebody that maybe youworked with, that was a child
that has now grown into a youngadult, that you've seen the
benefits of how they evolved?
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Yes, we have many, many success stories.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Who do we pick?
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Oh man I love it.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
That's great.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Let me pick the recent one.
It's a teenage boy lives in aninadequate home.
The mom is ill, father gotdeported.
Just a really bad situationthere in the system was in the
system in the school classifiedmedications since the age of
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four, always angry, always introuble, basically gave up.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
So he was failing school.
He was constantly atroublemaker.
He was that boy To the pointwhere they had to put him into
an after-school program so thatthey were trying to help him
become.
Get in less trouble, if youwill.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Yes, stay out of trouble, keep him busy, yeah.
So then when we met him, wewere invited to help out in this
program.
And we met him, we just kind oflike, took him in, sponsored
him into the program by way ofthe community and two months
later he's thriving, graduatedfrom the program, no more
(08:45):
medication.
The first time he told me heslept 10 hours I said your body
needed that.
And now we're making changesinside the home.
We're educating the mom andwe're educating the culture and
the environment of the home, theatmosphere, changing things
internally so that the outsidelife becomes that much more
better.
So that's our most recent one.
(09:09):
But we have a lot of them in avery similar fashion kids with
classified, with autism, bipolardepression, anger, medication
all over the place,non-functional in the system,
all completely out of the systemwithin a year of being in the
program.
And just amazing I'm sorryabout this just amazing
(09:35):
transformation in their life.
And of course, they do themartial arts too and they love
it.
So they took a liking to it.
We created a leadership teamwith this.
I'm going to call it themisfits, but they're just
amazing.
They're so amazing kids.
We also help in getting themnice beds to sleep in clothing,
(10:00):
food, haircuts, haircuts.
We just transformed their livescompletely and feed them every
week, and it's just a joy to doit.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Oh my gosh, you guys are amazing.
And I know kids, kids, theyjust need to know that someone
cares.
And you guys go way above andbeyond, I mean, besides just
teaching and being mentors and Iknow that feeding a child is so
important.
I've seen it so many times,unfortunately, even for me, you
(10:34):
know, on the field, where kidscome to school and they don't
have any lunch or they don'thave any food and they don't say
anything because they'reashamed and they don't want you.
But knowing that they can cometo someone and say, hey, by the
way, I have an email, you know,you don't even have to ask most
of the time.
So I'm sure you're very much intune from what you're telling
me.
You know how you can help thesekids.
(10:54):
This is wonderful.
I mean, it really is amazing.
So, and as everybody knows, allthe information to be able to
help you and support you will beembedded in all the podcasts
and YouTube channel.
And I'm just gonna ask youright off the bat, while we're
in the middle of our podcast,you do take donations to help
you with your program.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Yes, absolutely.
We take small contributions.
We also are seeking corporatesponsorships so that we can help
a more mass amount of children.
We're starting an afterschoolprogram and a summer program and
we would like to, you know,offer that specifically on
(11:34):
scholarships through oursponsorships.
So that's, right now, that iswhat we're seeking.
We're seeking the corporations,we're seeking, you know, people
with a heart to help these kids, you know, because eventually
they're gonna be their employees.
So, you know, that's what wewanna do.
(11:55):
We wanna make these childrenemployable, happy and, you know,
healthy for the process right.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Oh, count me in.
Count me in because I do acoach Mickey Scott mid friend
scholarship for education, so Ithink you are my next you got me
, thank you.
Now be the one, because I lovewhat you're doing.
I absolutely love it.
So tell me, tell me what wethrough a day to walk me through
of what, how this works and howyou work with these children.
Speaker 3 (12:24):
So we get up in the morning, we plan the night
before.
We meet with the team.
Everybody knows their role,everybody knows the mission.
We have the mission on thevision hanging up in every room
here.
We get ready, we do our ownworkout early in the morning.
Now we have the energy, we havethe desire, we have it all
(12:46):
right.
We get a good breakfast andthen we come and prepare for the
day and then by right after2.33 o'clock we start going
around and picking them up.
So we do need a bigger bus,okay.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Yeah, right now we're doing the process with a van,
so you're dropping off going andyou know, we're back and forth.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
So we need a bigger bus.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
We're also looking for a bus, so you pick these
kids up from school to bringthem to your children.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Yes, we pick them up from home, we pick them up from
school and we drop them off atthe end of the day.
And the end of the day we dropthem off and then they come here
and they have chores, so theyhave responsibilities, things
that they need to do.
Then they have leadership postsand they do a leadership
training with us for one hourand then we do physical training
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and then they help in the restof the classes that we have and
then they become role models inthat sense.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
We also have them.
We're in a private building, soyou have to gain access to the
building, you can't just walk in.
So it's secure and it's private.
And so we strategically placethese children to let people in,
show them where to go, how toenter the dojo, how to wear, to
(14:02):
put their shoes and just how toserve the student with
excellence.
So you know, begin the weekwith this.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Yeah, so we do all of that and then at the end of the
night we get together at thekitchen and we feed them and we
just have a big table andeverybody sits there to eat and
then we drop them off at homeand they have to have the
accountability about theiracademic achievements, behavior.
We visit hygiene, we visittheir homes, we get to see the
(14:34):
environment, speak to theparents.
It's a constant reinforcementof what we're doing, what we're
doing and vision Casting a lotof vision to these parents for
their kids.
So you know it's a communityeffort, team effort.
It's everybody getting involvedand getting things done.
(14:55):
We teach the heroes principle,also from Focus Life Institute,
which is honor, excellence,order, responsibility,
servanthood, and this is toteach them to not just exist but
make it count.
You know, be somebody, get thatlevel of fulfillment that
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allows to for others to view youas a leader.
You know, and we teach that yougot to serve you way into your
destiny.
You cannot get to your destinyunless you serve your way into
it.
So it's not me, me, me, get,get, get.
But what can I do for others?
What can I do for you, what canI do for the community?
So we're big on communityevents as well and get them
(15:39):
involved.
So there's a lot, it's a lot ofmoving parts, but so exciting,
you know, so exciting.
I'm so glad that you brought ushere, coach Mickey, because I
get to share it.
You know, I get to share thepassion and the love that we do
for what we do for these kidsand just seeing them transform
and change and you know, we gotkids that are suicidal also and
(16:02):
just to see them transform fromthe fear and the torment that
they go through to the joy andseeing their faces change and
just living life with hope.
Now, you know, this isbeautiful.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
That is, and knowing that you're making a difference
in a child's life is priceless.
It really is.
We have no idea how we affect achild, especially through what
we do, but when you take thatextra step to make their life
better and more meaningful, it'shuge.
It really is.
(16:37):
People don't take that.
They don't understand howinfluential we are as adults to
children based on our actionsand what we say and what we do.
But I want to back up a littlebit because you do something
that I really admire and I thinka lot of people miss the mark
on this.
Working with kids is amazing.
I mean, it's great.
What you're doing is so amazing.
But you bring in the parentsand one of the things that I
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have realized either through myyears, whether it was through
martial arts or coaching, is Icall it my teen parents and what
people miss even my coaches.
They miss that you have to workwith the parents because you
can do so much with a child orwith it, especially whether it's
through with a program, it is.
But having the parents on boardand having them understand what
(17:21):
you're doing and the changesthat you're making, plus you can
see what is their lifestyle athome and what are they really
working it up against can make abig difference, and you can
even change that parent to seeand acknowledge where the change
is.
Like you said, some are onmedications, Some are dealing or
struggling with their own wayof well-being and how they can
(17:41):
help them think.
But having a parent aware ofthis or seeing it is priceless.
So tell me a little bit aboutthat.
How have you been able tochange a parent and have them
see and make that significantchange for their kid besides
what you're doing?
Because once they're outside ofyou they sort of have to go
(18:02):
back to that environment.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Yeah, so thank you for that.
That's a great question andit's a powerful one, because a
lot of these parents you produceafter your own kind right, and
so you can't give what you don'thave, and so a lot of the times
, this is the situation wherethey believe they have nothing
to give, they believe thatthey're not good enough, they
believe that this is it, and sowhen we go in and we start
(18:28):
building this relationship andtalking to them, we begin to
find out, and we have apublishing company too, so we're
helping them write their storyand share it with the world,
making it a book, and one of thethings that we discovered with
that is that now they have avoice that can help another
(18:48):
family, whereas they thoughtthat they weren't enough, that
they were just trash, that theywere.
You know, what do you call that?
Damaged goods, you know, butinstead, no, you are a good.
That's going to go and becomeamazing, because you have a
story to share, and this is notit.
(19:10):
It's where you're going to be,and so we've been able to take
several parents now to begin towrite their story, to begin to
see themselves differently, tobegin to see with a different
eye, with hope and all of that.
Another one, you know sick withmedication and all these things,
smoking cigarettes.
(19:30):
The kid will come here wreakingin bad smell.
So I just like visit them andtalk to the mother and say,
listen, you know, secondhandsmoke is really bad and this is
a very small apartment and youlove them?
Yes, I do.
This is damaging his lungs andhis brain and his performance,
(19:50):
so maybe you can open thewindows, smoke outside or go
outside or give it up.
So she started cutting down andlast I talked to her she was
doing two cigarettes instead offive and so it's a slow process,
is working, but eventually wewant to see her not smoking and
like that.
There's so many stories of theseparents that others have PTSD
(20:14):
and they just they just getreminded of a trauma, abuse of
the military.
Some of them, and you know theythink that that they're stuck
and so we're helping them withthese things too.
So it's a joy because it's thewhole family is and you said it
right it's not just the kid.
(20:34):
You may start with the child,but then you get the whole
family and the idea is that ifyou get the whole family, then
the family unit will function upprime, and that's the goal
right.
That's the goal.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
We also host webinars and podcasts ourselves to help
parents through processes thatthey go through, because a lot
of times parents just don't know.
They don't know that they don'tknow you know and, like you
said, they learn here and thenthey go home and then they're
(21:08):
facing whatever they're facing.
So we kind of like try and getinvolved in as involved as
possible so that you knowthey're getting a mind shift
change.
You know, some of our parentshave gotten promotions from
being part of our program, justbeing in the environment.
(21:29):
They learn to even valuethemselves better through
watching their child grow anddevelop.
So it's just a trickle downeffect.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
That's great.
So let me ask you, because Iknow working, you know working
with children there's a lot ofdifferent elements.
But, jenna, how have youaffected some of the younger
girls that have come through?
Because I know a lot of themwill look up to us as women
because they don't have thatrole model either, because I've
worked with you know I've workedwith gals too that just they
(22:01):
don't have that role model, sothey look up to you.
How have you changed some livesof some of these young girls
that are coming through yourprogram?
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Well, a lot of the girls that you know, nowadays
their clothes are very skimpy,they're being sexualized at a
very young age and they don'teven realize it, you know.
So it's just through mymentoring and through my
presence, if you will, theylearn how to value themselves.
(22:29):
That they don't have to, youknow, dress like this to get the
attention that they can just,you know, be who they are and
people will accept them for that, you know, and just to care
about themselves through theprocess.
You know that they don't.
If they're very girly, it'sokay to be a little rough and
(22:52):
tough, you know.
And if they're very rough andtough, it's okay to put your
hair in a ponytail.
You can be pretty, you can weara dress and still be who you
are, or vice versa, you know.
So it's just them learningtheir own identity of who they
are, and that who they are ispowerful and beautiful all
(23:12):
together.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Oh yeah, self-esteem and self-worth is huge, and
especially as it's gonna takethem all the way through their
life.
And like there's a lot ofpeople you know, even adults.
You know when you talk to themthey always go back, you know,
to their child.
It's sort of like what you justsaid, jose.
You said you know these peoplegrow up in a different type of
environment and that's all theyknow, so they don't know any
(23:34):
different.
Kids don't come with a manual,so you're only doing the best
you can with what you know andwhat you have.
So to be able to open yourselfup and know that you can make a
change as a parent and helpthese children is priceless it
really is.
So now I know you said that youhave your location and you do
the podcast and you have theseoutreach programs.
(23:55):
Tell me what people can do tohelp you know.
What do you need?
Now you said you needed abigger bus, but what do you need
?
And again, my other question isis people are gonna ask where
are you located and how that'shelping and where they can
actually maybe implementsomething like this within their
area.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
Yes, you know, this is beautiful because we do a
hybrid program where we also domentoring through the Zoom
online, and that works very welltoo, so we're able to continue
the continuity of the weekthrough a Zoom session.
What we need is financialsupport.
(24:35):
Believe it or not, that's themain thing.
We're working with a companynow that's gonna provide the
food, so that's gonna help a lotthere.
We're working with the owner ofthis building to provide a
bigger space, and they're justbeing so generous they're not
(24:57):
charging us anymore, so they'relike, just keep it the way it is
, let's just give you more space.
So things are happening with alot of favor.
We're getting a lot of favor,but financially is very
important because everythingcosts right, and so, as we team
up with other tools andopportunities, with other
(25:19):
companies that provide a servicethat we believe is gonna be
beneficial to the development ofthese kids and their future,
you have to pay them right, andso those are the things that and
, by the way, we'll let you knowwhere the money goes.
This is like very tight ship,very well run.
It's good ground.
(25:41):
You'll invest here.
You're investing in good ground.
You will see results.
You will know that's happening.
So we keep you in the loop witheverything.
We have a newsletter, we havevery good communication.
We wanna build a relationshipwith all the sponsors, everyone
that contributes, because wewanna make it a relational
(26:02):
lifestyle.
But we know each other longterm, not just short term of one
time done.
We wanna do this as a legacy.
We wanna keep it going evenafter we're gone, right.
Hopefully one day it won't beneeded.
Maybe society will be right upthere, but if I'm correct on
this, there's always gonna bepoor people and there's always
(26:25):
gonna be people that are lessfortunate than us.
So we still need to help eachother.
We're all together, right.
We're not separate.
We're not a one time thing.
We need it at times, right.
So that's what we need and thatsupport and exposure.
Right.
Get the word out.
We're doing our best in ourcommunity and even outside
abroad, because recently wecreated a business plan where we
(26:49):
want to do this in the 67counties of Pennsylvania, which
is where we're at inPennsylvania, and so it's really
taking favor into that.
People are looking at that.
We're looking at companies thatcan probably sponsor and help
in those areas to expand in thenear future or whatnot.
But it's very well organized,so good ground here.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
But our ultimate vision is to have a sovereign
community outreach in everysingle county across the United
States.
So that's our big vision.
Right now we are helpingstudents in.
We're in Pennsylvania, but wehave students in Georgia, we
have students in Florida, wehave students in New Jersey.
(27:33):
So we're not stuck to ourlittle community.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
We do venture out and and we visit the students in
the different states too.
We travel.
At the beginning it felt likeit was kind of crazy to do that,
but the heart for the child iswhat matters, and so we travel,
we visit them, we spend timewith them.
We had a family that we visitedin Savannah and we went back a
(28:00):
second time and spent an entireweek with them, and then they
decided to move here.
Now they're completely involvedin the whole process, so it's
just great.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
Yeah, well, you create a family and these, these
people, become your family andthey and they remember it and
they, they look at their lifeand they know that you know, but
they're doing and how they'vechanged and evolved was based on
what they've learned as a child.
But not only that, they'regrateful for it and you're just.
You know it touches your heartwhen you know that yes.
(28:31):
You're taking exactly whatyou've taught them and they're
implementing it, so now they canmake the changes in other
people's lives and there is nobetter gift than that and and I,
I am thrilled and I cannot tellyou how heartfelt I am what you
are doing and how this ishelping the community and my
(28:51):
gosh, your hearts are makingbodies and what you're, what
you're offering and in helping,and how this is going to Evolve
and not only change people'slives, but it's going to change
the community around them, andthen to be able to expand this
out into other states and otherareas.
I mean, oh you're, you'rereally Spreading love.
Yes, you're spreading.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
I'm just.
You're spreading so many goodthings that we really really
need, you know, within thisworld and this, this the way we
are now with things.
So I am so happy for you and Iwill do everything I can and
again, I as if people know thateverything will be embedded into
the podcast but also you're onour keep-on sharing site, so the
(29:34):
continual giving for yourcharity, you know, can continue
each and every day, you know, tohelp you with that and and
again, whatever I can do on mypart to help you grow, because I
love what you're doing and Ithink this is so, so important.
So, before we go and wrapeverything up, is there anything
else that you want to share,that that you know you can help
or that people can help you with, or when?
(29:55):
you Let anything you want toshare at all a month open for us
.
Speaker 2 (29:58):
Oh thank you.
Well, we're very much intoJournaling and mentoring through
learning, right?
So he's not gonna say it, but Iwill say it for him.
He's an author of threedifferent books.
One is becoming a black belt,which you know.
Through the martial arts peopleget a black belt, but we want
(30:20):
them to become a black belt.
So this is a book that helps,you know, helps guide the person
through all aspects of Martialarts and living a healthy
lifestyle, including nutrition,the physical aspect of it, and
through the, the, the, the artof shodokan.
(30:40):
So that's what that book is for.
And he also this is the veryfirst book the chosen champion.
So you can share a little bitabout the concepts of a champion
.
That would be great.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Yes, everybody, you know you're chosen to do great
things, so this book willinspire you to go ahead and go
for your greatness.
Speaker 2 (30:58):
And that's the book there and then, finally, we were
very much about vision andfuture and, you know, designing
what you want in life.
So this book is for anybody ofany age, whether you're already,
you know Well into your career,or 40, 50, 60, getting ready to
.
You know, hang it up, you'restill not done until you're six
(31:21):
feet underground, right.
So you're, oh, you're, alwaysAt a point to craft your future.
So this book, whether you'resix or 60 or 80, it doesn't
matter, this book will help youdesign Career change or whatever
, whatever.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
I have it and these are available.
They can purchase them throughyour website or online.
Speaker 2 (31:44):
I believe they are on our website, but they are also
on Amazon.
They're published throughAmazon, so you can find them
there.
Nice.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
I love it.
I love it, so I am so excitedto have you.
I'm so glad that you have beenwith me.
I love you, the fact that youshared your story and what
you're doing and I really liketo have you back on again and
Share about the camp that youhave coming on and and what's
happening as we get closer tosummer Again.
I'm gonna put in all the linksand the information so for
(32:13):
anybody that wants to reach outand help you with your program.
Thank you so much for beingwith me, thank you.
I have really, really enjoyedyou being on and sharing the
story, and what you're doing isincredible.
I wish I could clone you andjust spread you all through the
world.
Speaker 3 (32:31):
I know.
Speaker 2 (32:32):
We're working on it.
Well, I'm real quick, are realquick.
Our website is Champions beyondthe dojocom Chance.
Beyond the dojocom Perfect andagain.
Speaker 1 (32:52):
That'll be in with all the description and onto the
YouTube channels and also thepodcast Um.
Is there anything else you guyswould like to do, any show
notes or anything you would liketo say before you wrap it up?
I?
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Just want to thank you.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
Yeah, I want to say thank you and I Wish I'm pray
much success.
Yeah, and Miss India, in allyour endeavors and as you
continue doing great things forother people, and that your
dreams have become a reality,and that Beyond your own
imagination.
Speaker 1 (33:25):
Yes, you guys are so kind.
Thank you so much, and thepleasure has been mine.
You know, having someone likeyou as my guest is.
It always thrills me because Iknow the work You're doing is
making such a difference in somany people's lives.
So thank you again.
All right, you guys, thank youso much for being with us.
I am so excited that you'vebeen here.
I'm glad you got to hear thisstory.
(33:46):
Please, please, please, please,please, reach out to them.
The podcast the information isbelow.
If you want to listen to thepodcast, you can go to the
description and I'll be there,because anything you can offer,
whether it's a dollar, fivedollars or whatever you've got,
can always benefit.
You have no idea how much of adifference it can make, so don't
think is why I don't haveenough any.
(34:06):
Anything is always appreciated,especially for a program like
this.
I thank you again and I'mlooking forward to seeing you in
the next podcast.
And remember the mostcourageous thing you can do
yourself and I will see you soon.
Okay, until then, see ya.
Speaker 3 (34:22):
Thank you you.
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