April 11, 2025 • 14 mins
This episode features an enlightening conversation with an esteemed martial arts athlete and instructor, Mr. Ulyses Paiz, who shares his profound insights into the world of competitive Taekwondo. We delve into the significance of perseverance, integrity, and camaraderie within the martial arts community, emphasizing the invaluable life skills that extend beyond the dojo. Mr. Paiz articulates the importance of building relationships through competition, highlighting that the experiences and friendships forged during tournaments are often more impactful than the accolades themselves. As he reflects on his journey from a young enthusiast to a dedicated instructor, he encourages aspiring martial artists to embrace challenges and pursue personal growth, regardless of their competitive aspirations. Join us as we explore the transformative power of martial arts and the essence of becoming an athlete who transcends mere accolades, embodying the spirit of continuous improvement and leadership.
Takeaways:
- The episode features a distinguished martial artist who shares his journey and experiences.
- The importance of camaraderie among martial artists is emphasized throughout the discussion.
- Life skills such as discipline and perseverance are highlighted as essential benefits of martial arts.
- The conversation explores the significance of participating in competitions for personal growth.
- Building relationships through martial arts transcends the competition aspect, fostering lifelong connections.
- The guest expresses a desire to inspire the next generation as a martial arts instructor.
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(00:01):
This week, we have an athleteand an instructor.
Let's get started.
Sir, I will live withperseverance in the spirit of Taekwondo,
courtesy for fellow students,integrity within myself, and to become
a black belt leader.
Welcome to the ATA Nation podcast.
(00:27):
Welcome back.
Instructors, students,parents, family all over ATA Nation.
We are so glad to have you.
It is another episode of theATN Nation podcast.
I am your host.
Excuse me, Senior Master Zach Hayden.
It is just such a joy to bewith you again.
We are featuring anotheramazing ATA martial arts athlete.
(00:50):
And this time we're.
We're getting another adult in.
And I just love getting allthe different ages.
We've got some internationalpeople coming up, all kinds of great
things.
So let's get right to our next interview.
Special guest interview.
(01:16):
AJ Nation.
Another awesome athlete withus today.
Hey, sir, can you introduce yourself?
Hey, Sir.
Yes.
I'm Mr.
Ulysses Paez.
I'm a 43 black belt out ofMonroe, New Jersey, and I'm from
Innovate Martial Arts.
Innovate Martial Arts is over with.
Senior Master Turner, right?
Yes, sir.
You and the pandas over theregot some awesome stuff going on.
I am.
I'm keeping an eye on all theInnovate stuff and.
(01:37):
And seeing what kind ofinnovations I can have.
Hey, sir, tell us real quick,how did you get into martial arts?
So I got into martial artswhen I was about, like, nine years
old.
I was a big soccer family.
But my mom, I always.
She always wanted to see howactive I could be.
So I tried out all thedifferent sports, and I.
I really want to do martial arts.
I want.
I watched.
I grew up watching the Rocky movies.
(01:58):
I watched Terminator, and Iwas really interested in just that
world.
So, you know, I begged my mom.
I was like, you know, can I.
Can I try martial arts?
Can I try martial arts?
And finally she let me.
She let me try at 9 years old.
And then there was a scheduleconfliction between soccer and then
martial arts.
And she was like, hey, you gotto pick one.
And I was like, I love martial arts.
I am sticking with it.
And I've just been since that.
Since growing on.
Yeah, well, yeah, it obviouslyturned out pretty good.
(02:20):
You're working at a martialarts school doing some great things.
Did you start.
Was your original school anATA school or did you move.
Move into ATA later?
So I started a karate schoolwhere I was before I lived.
And then I moved and I foundata, and that's where I kind of joined
the ATA system and how we dothings over here.
Very cool.
So we've been talking to theseathletes that the junior brand ambassadors
(02:43):
have been picking across the country.
What for you as an athlete islike the event, the things in the
tournament that you were like,this is what I really love doing.
Oh, man, that's a good question.
I would say I really love thecamaraderie that all the competitors
have with each other, evenfrom things as simple as forms, weapons,
sparring, combat, and ofcourse, you know, the creative and
(03:05):
extreme aspect of everything.
I think it's meeting differentpeople from different backgrounds,
different areas of life.
You know, I have some of mybest friends come from different
states, you know, not justhere in New Jersey, but I have best
friends in, you know, Florida,Arizona, Texas, California, even
in other countries.
So I think it's thecamaraderie that you can build with
one sport and therelationships you can build.
So probably my favorite part.
(03:26):
Well, that's great.
You as an instructor and anathlete, what would you say to a
young martial artist who's notyet sure about the competitive side
of martial arts?
You know, they're in theirschool, they're working on their
own stuff, trying to go up the ranks.
How would you encourage themto maybe take a step out of their
(03:49):
comfort zone and go and compete?
I would say for all thestudents that I have here, I always
tell my students, you know,it's always going to be a learning
experience, whether you win or lose.
You know, medals are great,but I think it's the experience that
you build with everybody andtheir friendships.
Like I said before, therelationships that you build, and
it's truly, you know, it gives.
It brings out that competitiveside of you.
But I'd say it's mostly basedon, you know, the relationships you
(04:11):
can build, you know, thefriendships that you have with each
other.
And besides the wins andlosses, you forget, you know, all
the wins, you forget all the losses.
What you really bring are therelationships and the memories that
you build with these people.
I'll say that's the biggestthing that I tell my kids.
You know, go out out there.
You know, you go there to win.
But, you know, whatever you doout there, you know, you do your
best and you go out there andthe best thing is to have fun.
Love that.
Yeah, I.
I totally agree with you there.
(04:33):
Now, on the.
The competitive side of theeight events, nine, 10, I don't know
how many we have.
If you count, like, team Syncand demo and then Team USA and all
those kinds of stuff, whatevent is the one that you're like
this?
I mean, we're all martialarts, we love all the events, we
all love the things.
(04:53):
So it's hard to pick.
It's like a favorite child.
But if you had to pick one,what's your, what's your favorite?
Man, that's a hard question.
I'm going to say.
I'm going to give two answers,but I'll tell you why.
So I think I have a favoriteone that I in my heart.
That's my favorite, but Ithink I have a favorite one that
I perform.
So I'd say the favorite onethat I can perform is probably my
extreme form.
I love how I can give theenergy, bring it to the crowd, how
(05:14):
I put on this performance,soon as that music turns on, bam,
I'm in it.
But I think truly I'm atraditionalist at heart.
I think most people know me,me for my creative streaming background
and I think I see my Instagramand it's like, oh, he does a lot
of creative machine.
But I'm a true traditionalistat heart.
So I would say the one I thinkI truly love the most is probably
traditional forms, but I dolove performing weapons the most.
I love that, I love that.
(05:35):
I'm a traditional forms guy myself.
That's the, that's the, youknow, it's the, the base, it's the
core of Taekwondo'straditional forms.
Don't let those Team USA guyshear me say that, but I just want
to hit somebody in the head.
So event that again.
We love all of martial arts,we train in it all because that's
what it means to be a wellrounded athlete.
(05:57):
But if you had to pick onethat maybe isn't your favorite, maybe
is the one that you have towork a little harder to be good at,
what would that be?
I mean, man, I think I do verywell in all the events, but I'd probably
say since I'm a little bit ofthe shorter stature, I would probably
say sparring, but I still lovedoing it.
You know, I have, you know,some of the guys I train with, you
know, Mr.
Kevin Walls, Ms.
Kashanovich, Mr.
Davey, you know, they're allon Team USA so, you know, I have
(06:19):
to be good to in order to facethose guys and help them out.
So I would say probablysparring though.
Yeah, you're in that.
If I'm not mistaken, you'rethe fourth of the degree 18 to 29
division.
Yes, sir.
Yeah.
That is like the, the pinnacleof divisions, you know, right there.
Anybody want to go and watchthe top division go to worlds?
Watch that fourth of it's 3,18, 29.
(06:40):
Oh, it's some.
Some awesome stuff.
Hey, sir, this is awesome.
What for you, does it mean tobe an athlete that goes beyond the
belt?
It goes beyond the belt.
I would say everything thatgoes beyond the belt is all the life
skills that you build, youknow, that you learn here.
Discipline, respect, you know,perseverance, you know, courage,
(07:00):
you know, I think it takes alot to go out there and do a form
in front of people watchingyou, and it takes a lot of pressure.
But I would say, you know, allthose life skills and being able
to not just know them, but beable to apply them into your real
life, not just in the school,but outside in your school, outside
in the society, outside in the world.
You know, my instructor,Master Turner, has a saying, Be 1%
better every day.
So I would say, you know,that's something that in martial
(07:22):
arts, I might be a littlebiased since I'm a martial arts instructor,
but I think it's one of thebest things about our sport and about
our industry is the lifeskills that you can build and then
the work ethic that youdevelop through martial arts and
how you can apply it intoeveryday life.
And, you know, whether youstay with martial arts or whether
you go on into your adult lifeinto something else.
Excuse me.
Is something that I think isthe best thing for martial arts that
(07:45):
go beyond the belt.
I love that.
Now, usually we.
We end it with that question,but because you have, you know, you
started as a kid, you lovedmartial arts, you kept going.
Now you're working at a.
At a martial arts school, youknow, making a living doing this
as a martial arts.
What would you say to somebodyout there who's like, is that actually
(08:07):
possible?
I can do that.
What.
What's that about?
That's.
That's a funny question youbrought up, because I didn't think
I could do this as a careeruntil I was about, like, 16, maybe
17.
I always thought it was a hobby.
And, you know, I didn't reallysee it as, you know, something that
I could do full time.
And then when I was 17, I waslike, man, you know, I'm pretty good
at this.
Again, I can probably do it.
And, you know, I'm in collegeright now currently, so I'm still
(08:28):
working on a business degreeand all that stuff, so I'm almost
done.
But I think it's somethingthat if you do very well and you
truly enjoy it and you trulylove it and you want to help build
up the next generation, that'ssomething you can do as a career.
Absolutely.
And I found that out probablywhen I was 17, that you can do this
as a career and that if you'rereally good at it, then you should
go for it.
Yeah, that's great.
Are you looking at.
And I'm not.
(08:49):
Not trying to.
To get Master Turner employee,you know, going on his own or whatever.
You know, there's a lot ofavenues for someone who wants to
do this as a career.
Working for another licensee,another instructor, going off some,
having your own school.
Are you, you know, thinkingabout different avenues.
Are you?
(09:09):
I mean, it's probably prettyawesome working there with all the
pandas.
So it's amazing.
I love Innovate Martial Arts.
I did have a discussion MasterTurner, and I know eventually I do
want to open my own and he'llhelp me out with that.
But Master Nurse, he's a great instructor.
I don't have an exact timeline yet.
Eventually I would like toopen one up in a couple of my own.
But, you know, I love Master Turner.
I love Innovate Martial Arts.
I love the.
(09:30):
The group and the.
And the culture that we have here.
So that's something eventuallywhen I go down the line and have
my own that I want to and havethat impact, you know, just like
Master Turner has over here.
That's great.
I know great leaders likeMaster Turner are always happy.
I mean, obviously asinstructors, we're always sad to
see somebody leave the nest,you know, and somebody that we've
helped, but it's great to seethem go out and succeed on their
(09:53):
own, make something of theirown, and just, you know, continue
to move the vision of eternalGrandmaster forward.
So.
Hey, sir, we really appreciateyour time today.
Thanks for being out there asan athlete.
Thanks for being out there asan instructor and inspiring others.
We really appreciate it.
Thank you so much, sir.
Thank you to the juniorambassadors for choosing me as the
athlete of the Week.
That was amazing.
It's such an honor.
So thank you guys for having me.
(10:13):
Thank you, sir.
Love to see these awesomeathletes training hard.
And we're going to see a bunchof you guys at Spring Nationals in
Fort Worth when this episodecomes out will be just like less
than a week away from Spring National.
(10:34):
So if you are there and yousee me and you're a listener or watcher
of the the podcast, make sureyou stop me and say hi.
I would love to say hi.
And I'll have some stickerswith me, some ATA Nation podcast
stickers.
So if you ask me, I might havea Couple left now.
One thing that I have barelybeen on my radar and I can't even
(10:55):
believe it.
World Championships will behere before we know it.
We're.
I'm not used to having, youknow, Spring national so late.
I remember back not that manyyears ago.
We had it in like February.
It wasn't anything like spring.
Now we're way into April andman, it's just going to be May, June,
July, and there'll be WorldChampionships time.
(11:17):
So make sure you'relooking@atamarcialarts.com keep an
eye on.
Make sure you get in yourrooms for your districts.
All the information fordistricts is online.
And then don't forget to startbooking those rooms for your trip
(11:37):
to Arizona.
I know.
I just realized I don't havemy room yet.
How did I not do this?
I.
I usually have one by now.
You gotta get it done.
World championships is on July22nd through 27th.
It's technically 103 days fromthe time of this record.
So it'll be here before youknow it.
(11:58):
Make sure you're looking atthat and setting those goals.
We've got to be looking at thegoals that you're going to set to
finish up this tournament season.
But it is not too early tostart planning your goals for the
next tournament season.
And if you're not like goingfor a championship, that doesn't
mean that you shouldn't besetting goals even for tournaments.
(12:20):
Attending tournaments is justan awesome thing to work on.
And maybe your goal is just,I'm going to do three tournaments
this year.
I'm going to do one nationalor world event this year.
I'm going to, you know, testfor my next rank at this, you know,
event or, you know, I'm goingto compete in this new division or
I'm going to try a new event.
It doesn't have to be districtchamp, world champ, state champ.
(12:43):
Doesn't have to be.
For me personally, those werenever big goals of mine.
One year I did go like, youknow what?
I think this year might be myyear to go for district champ or
something like that.
But that wasn't my big motivator.
You can be an athlete thatgoes beyond the belt and not have
that as your main goal.
(13:04):
You can set other goals thatwill help you achieve your personal
victories.
So just a quick side note,quick tangent there for you, ladies
and gentlemen.
That's going to wrap it up for today.
I am super excited to see abunch of you guys as Spring Nationals.
Until then, get out there andgo beyond the Belt thanks for listening
(13:28):
to.
Another episode of the ATANation podcast.
Be sure to subscribe and sharewith your ATA family.
Subscribe?
Have you not subscribed yet?
I forgot to mention that inthe regular part of the episode.
What am I thinking?
Ah, so much going on.
(13:50):
Nationals coming, gettingready for districts.
Got all the things things.
We're doing some recording ofpodcast stuff while we're in Fort
Worth.
It's just going to be anawesome time.
Can't wait.
We'll see you there.
This week, we have an athleteand an instructor.
Let's get started.
Sir, I will live withperseverance in the spirit of Taekwondo,
courtesy for fellow students,integrity within myself, and to become
a black belt leader.
Welcome to the ATA Nation podcast.
(00:27):
Welcome back.
Instructors, students,parents, family all over ATA Nation.
We are so glad to have you.
It is another episode of theATN Nation podcast.
I am your host.
Excuse me, Senior Master Zach Hayden.
It is just such a joy to bewith you again.
We are featuring anotheramazing ATA martial arts athlete.
(00:50):
And this time we're.
We're getting another adult in.
And I just love getting allthe different ages.
We've got some internationalpeople coming up, all kinds of great
things.
So let's get right to our next interview.
Special guest interview.
(01:16):
AJ Nation.
Another awesome athlete withus today.
Hey, sir, can you introduce yourself?
Hey, Sir.
Yes.
I'm Mr.
Ulysses Paez.
I'm a 43 black belt out ofMonroe, New Jersey, and I'm from
Innovate Martial Arts.
Innovate Martial Arts is over with.
Senior Master Turner, right?
Yes, sir.
You and the pandas over theregot some awesome stuff going on.
I am.
I'm keeping an eye on all theInnovate stuff and.
(01:37):
And seeing what kind ofinnovations I can have.
Hey, sir, tell us real quick,how did you get into martial arts?
So I got into martial artswhen I was about, like, nine years
old.
I was a big soccer family.
But my mom, I always.
She always wanted to see howactive I could be.
So I tried out all thedifferent sports, and I.
I really want to do martial arts.
I want.
I watched.
I grew up watching the Rocky movies.
(01:58):
I watched Terminator, and Iwas really interested in just that
world.
So, you know, I begged my mom.
I was like, you know, can I.
Can I try martial arts?
Can I try martial arts?
And finally she let me.
She let me try at 9 years old.
And then there was a scheduleconfliction between soccer and then
martial arts.
And she was like, hey, you gotto pick one.
And I was like, I love martial arts.
I am sticking with it.
And I've just been since that.
Since growing on.
Yeah, well, yeah, it obviouslyturned out pretty good.
(02:20):
You're working at a martialarts school doing some great things.
Did you start.
Was your original school anATA school or did you move.
Move into ATA later?
So I started a karate schoolwhere I was before I lived.
And then I moved and I foundata, and that's where I kind of joined
the ATA system and how we dothings over here.
Very cool.
So we've been talking to theseathletes that the junior brand ambassadors
(02:43):
have been picking across the country.
What for you as an athlete islike the event, the things in the
tournament that you were like,this is what I really love doing.
Oh, man, that's a good question.
I would say I really love thecamaraderie that all the competitors
have with each other, evenfrom things as simple as forms, weapons,
sparring, combat, and ofcourse, you know, the creative and
(03:05):
extreme aspect of everything.
I think it's meeting differentpeople from different backgrounds,
different areas of life.
You know, I have some of mybest friends come from different
states, you know, not justhere in New Jersey, but I have best
friends in, you know, Florida,Arizona, Texas, California, even
in other countries.
So I think it's thecamaraderie that you can build with
one sport and therelationships you can build.
So probably my favorite part.
(03:26):
Well, that's great.
You as an instructor and anathlete, what would you say to a
young martial artist who's notyet sure about the competitive side
of martial arts?
You know, they're in theirschool, they're working on their
own stuff, trying to go up the ranks.
How would you encourage themto maybe take a step out of their
(03:49):
comfort zone and go and compete?
I would say for all thestudents that I have here, I always
tell my students, you know,it's always going to be a learning
experience, whether you win or lose.
You know, medals are great,but I think it's the experience that
you build with everybody andtheir friendships.
Like I said before, therelationships that you build, and
it's truly, you know, it gives.
It brings out that competitiveside of you.
But I'd say it's mostly basedon, you know, the relationships you
(04:11):
can build, you know, thefriendships that you have with each
other.
And besides the wins andlosses, you forget, you know, all
the wins, you forget all the losses.
What you really bring are therelationships and the memories that
you build with these people.
I'll say that's the biggestthing that I tell my kids.
You know, go out out there.
You know, you go there to win.
But, you know, whatever you doout there, you know, you do your
best and you go out there andthe best thing is to have fun.
Love that.
Yeah, I.
I totally agree with you there.
(04:33):
Now, on the.
The competitive side of theeight events, nine, 10, I don't know
how many we have.
If you count, like, team Syncand demo and then Team USA and all
those kinds of stuff, whatevent is the one that you're like
this?
I mean, we're all martialarts, we love all the events, we
all love the things.
(04:53):
So it's hard to pick.
It's like a favorite child.
But if you had to pick one,what's your, what's your favorite?
Man, that's a hard question.
I'm going to say.
I'm going to give two answers,but I'll tell you why.
So I think I have a favoriteone that I in my heart.
That's my favorite, but Ithink I have a favorite one that
I perform.
So I'd say the favorite onethat I can perform is probably my
extreme form.
I love how I can give theenergy, bring it to the crowd, how
(05:14):
I put on this performance,soon as that music turns on, bam,
I'm in it.
But I think truly I'm atraditionalist at heart.
I think most people know me,me for my creative streaming background
and I think I see my Instagramand it's like, oh, he does a lot
of creative machine.
But I'm a true traditionalistat heart.
So I would say the one I thinkI truly love the most is probably
traditional forms, but I dolove performing weapons the most.
I love that, I love that.
(05:35):
I'm a traditional forms guy myself.
That's the, that's the, youknow, it's the, the base, it's the
core of Taekwondo'straditional forms.
Don't let those Team USA guyshear me say that, but I just want
to hit somebody in the head.
So event that again.
We love all of martial arts,we train in it all because that's
what it means to be a wellrounded athlete.
(05:57):
But if you had to pick onethat maybe isn't your favorite, maybe
is the one that you have towork a little harder to be good at,
what would that be?
I mean, man, I think I do verywell in all the events, but I'd probably
say since I'm a little bit ofthe shorter stature, I would probably
say sparring, but I still lovedoing it.
You know, I have, you know,some of the guys I train with, you
know, Mr.
Kevin Walls, Ms.
Kashanovich, Mr.
Davey, you know, they're allon Team USA so, you know, I have
(06:19):
to be good to in order to facethose guys and help them out.
So I would say probablysparring though.
Yeah, you're in that.
If I'm not mistaken, you'rethe fourth of the degree 18 to 29
division.
Yes, sir.
Yeah.
That is like the, the pinnacleof divisions, you know, right there.
Anybody want to go and watchthe top division go to worlds?
Watch that fourth of it's 3,18, 29.
(06:40):
Oh, it's some.
Some awesome stuff.
Hey, sir, this is awesome.
What for you, does it mean tobe an athlete that goes beyond the
belt?
It goes beyond the belt.
I would say everything thatgoes beyond the belt is all the life
skills that you build, youknow, that you learn here.
Discipline, respect, you know,perseverance, you know, courage,
(07:00):
you know, I think it takes alot to go out there and do a form
in front of people watchingyou, and it takes a lot of pressure.
But I would say, you know, allthose life skills and being able
to not just know them, but beable to apply them into your real
life, not just in the school,but outside in your school, outside
in the society, outside in the world.
You know, my instructor,Master Turner, has a saying, Be 1%
better every day.
So I would say, you know,that's something that in martial
(07:22):
arts, I might be a littlebiased since I'm a martial arts instructor,
but I think it's one of thebest things about our sport and about
our industry is the lifeskills that you can build and then
the work ethic that youdevelop through martial arts and
how you can apply it intoeveryday life.
And, you know, whether youstay with martial arts or whether
you go on into your adult lifeinto something else.
Excuse me.
Is something that I think isthe best thing for martial arts that
(07:45):
go beyond the belt.
I love that.
Now, usually we.
We end it with that question,but because you have, you know, you
started as a kid, you lovedmartial arts, you kept going.
Now you're working at a.
At a martial arts school, youknow, making a living doing this
as a martial arts.
What would you say to somebodyout there who's like, is that actually
(08:07):
possible?
I can do that.
What.
What's that about?
That's.
That's a funny question youbrought up, because I didn't think
I could do this as a careeruntil I was about, like, 16, maybe
17.
I always thought it was a hobby.
And, you know, I didn't reallysee it as, you know, something that
I could do full time.
And then when I was 17, I waslike, man, you know, I'm pretty good
at this.
Again, I can probably do it.
And, you know, I'm in collegeright now currently, so I'm still
(08:28):
working on a business degreeand all that stuff, so I'm almost
done.
But I think it's somethingthat if you do very well and you
truly enjoy it and you trulylove it and you want to help build
up the next generation, that'ssomething you can do as a career.
Absolutely.
And I found that out probablywhen I was 17, that you can do this
as a career and that if you'rereally good at it, then you should
go for it.
Yeah, that's great.
Are you looking at.
And I'm not.
(08:49):
Not trying to.
To get Master Turner employee,you know, going on his own or whatever.
You know, there's a lot ofavenues for someone who wants to
do this as a career.
Working for another licensee,another instructor, going off some,
having your own school.
Are you, you know, thinkingabout different avenues.
Are you?
(09:09):
I mean, it's probably prettyawesome working there with all the
pandas.
So it's amazing.
I love Innovate Martial Arts.
I did have a discussion MasterTurner, and I know eventually I do
want to open my own and he'llhelp me out with that.
But Master Nurse, he's a great instructor.
I don't have an exact timeline yet.
Eventually I would like toopen one up in a couple of my own.
But, you know, I love Master Turner.
I love Innovate Martial Arts.
I love the.
(09:30):
The group and the.
And the culture that we have here.
So that's something eventuallywhen I go down the line and have
my own that I want to and havethat impact, you know, just like
Master Turner has over here.
That's great.
I know great leaders likeMaster Turner are always happy.
I mean, obviously asinstructors, we're always sad to
see somebody leave the nest,you know, and somebody that we've
helped, but it's great to seethem go out and succeed on their
(09:53):
own, make something of theirown, and just, you know, continue
to move the vision of eternalGrandmaster forward.
So.
Hey, sir, we really appreciateyour time today.
Thanks for being out there asan athlete.
Thanks for being out there asan instructor and inspiring others.
We really appreciate it.
Thank you so much, sir.
Thank you to the juniorambassadors for choosing me as the
athlete of the Week.
That was amazing.
It's such an honor.
So thank you guys for having me.
(10:13):
Thank you, sir.
Love to see these awesomeathletes training hard.
And we're going to see a bunchof you guys at Spring Nationals in
Fort Worth when this episodecomes out will be just like less
than a week away from Spring National.
(10:34):
So if you are there and yousee me and you're a listener or watcher
of the the podcast, make sureyou stop me and say hi.
I would love to say hi.
And I'll have some stickerswith me, some ATA Nation podcast
stickers.
So if you ask me, I might havea Couple left now.
One thing that I have barelybeen on my radar and I can't even
(10:55):
believe it.
World Championships will behere before we know it.
We're.
I'm not used to having, youknow, Spring national so late.
I remember back not that manyyears ago.
We had it in like February.
It wasn't anything like spring.
Now we're way into April andman, it's just going to be May, June,
July, and there'll be WorldChampionships time.
(11:17):
So make sure you'relooking@atamarcialarts.com keep an
eye on.
Make sure you get in yourrooms for your districts.
All the information fordistricts is online.
And then don't forget to startbooking those rooms for your trip
(11:37):
to Arizona.
I know.
I just realized I don't havemy room yet.
How did I not do this?
I.
I usually have one by now.
You gotta get it done.
World championships is on July22nd through 27th.
It's technically 103 days fromthe time of this record.
So it'll be here before youknow it.
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Make sure you're looking atthat and setting those goals.
We've got to be looking at thegoals that you're going to set to
finish up this tournament season.
But it is not too early tostart planning your goals for the
next tournament season.
And if you're not like goingfor a championship, that doesn't
mean that you shouldn't besetting goals even for tournaments.
(12:20):
Attending tournaments is justan awesome thing to work on.
And maybe your goal is just,I'm going to do three tournaments
this year.
I'm going to do one nationalor world event this year.
I'm going to, you know, testfor my next rank at this, you know,
event or, you know, I'm goingto compete in this new division or
I'm going to try a new event.
It doesn't have to be districtchamp, world champ, state champ.
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Doesn't have to be.
For me personally, those werenever big goals of mine.
One year I did go like, youknow what?
I think this year might be myyear to go for district champ or
something like that.
But that wasn't my big motivator.
You can be an athlete thatgoes beyond the belt and not have
that as your main goal.
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You can set other goals thatwill help you achieve your personal
victories.
So just a quick side note,quick tangent there for you, ladies
and gentlemen.
That's going to wrap it up for today.
I am super excited to see abunch of you guys as Spring Nationals.
Until then, get out there andgo beyond the Belt thanks for listening
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to.
Another episode of the ATANation podcast.
Be sure to subscribe and sharewith your ATA family.
Subscribe?
Have you not subscribed yet?
I forgot to mention that inthe regular part of the episode.
What am I thinking?
Ah, so much going on.
(13:50):
Nationals coming, gettingready for districts.
Got all the things things.
We're doing some recording ofpodcast stuff while we're in Fort
Worth.
It's just going to be anawesome time.
Can't wait.
We'll see you there.
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