July 26, 2025 • 27 mins
Level 🆙 Take-Aways
🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹
⏰ 00:03:10 – Power of Alter Egos
How top performers step into a different identity to dominate under pressure.
⏰ 00:08:45 – Discipline Over Motivation
Eric explains why systems and standards always outlast fleeting motivation.
⏰ 00:15:30 – Neutral Thinking in Combat
Staying calm and emotion-free when the fight isn’t going your way.
⏰ 00:22:50 – Visualization Before the Fight
Eric’s process for mentally preparing for every detail of competition.
⏰ 00:34:40 – Building Identity-Based Confidence
How Eric helps students grow through small goals and humility.
You Can Contact Eric Here:
Phone: (561) 951-7773
Email: tpjj561@icloud.com
🌐 Website: www.ThePeoplesJiuJitsu.com
📷 Instagram: www.Instagram.com/thepeoplesjiujitsu
📷 Eric’s Instagram: www.Instagram.com/eric.alequin 🔗 LinkedIn: Coming Soon!
▶ YouTube: Coming Soon!
- At The People’s Jiu Jitsu, he focuses on identity-building — helping others become who they need to be, not just chasing tap-outs 🥋
- Peak performance isn’t about being yourself under pressure — it’s about stepping into a crafted identity (alter ego) built for battle 💥
- Motivation is fleeting — it’s the systems, discipline, and rooted identity that keep you going when energy dips 🔁
- Instead of chasing hype, Eric studies greatness — watching legends like Sugar Ray Robinson to dissect what made them unstoppable 📽️
- Eric teaches his students to set goals around what they’re bad at — because growth lives outside the comfort zone 🎯
- With kids, he preaches balance — training must be fun until the child chooses to get serious. Burnout ruins potential 🧸
- Eric’s wife, Amanda “Tubby” Alequin, is not just a world-class black belt — she’s one of his greatest teachers and motivators 💪💞
🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹
⏰ 00:03:10 – Power of Alter Egos
How top performers step into a different identity to dominate under pressure.
⏰ 00:08:45 – Discipline Over Motivation
Eric explains why systems and standards always outlast fleeting motivation.
⏰ 00:15:30 – Neutral Thinking in Combat
Staying calm and emotion-free when the fight isn’t going your way.
⏰ 00:22:50 – Visualization Before the Fight
Eric’s process for mentally preparing for every detail of competition.
⏰ 00:34:40 – Building Identity-Based Confidence
How Eric helps students grow through small goals and humility.
You Can Contact Eric Here:
Phone: (561) 951-7773
Email: tpjj561@icloud.com
🌐 Website: www.ThePeoplesJiuJitsu.com
📷 Instagram: www.Instagram.com/thepeoplesjiujitsu
📷 Eric’s Instagram: www.Instagram.com/eric.alequin 🔗 LinkedIn: Coming Soon!
▶ YouTube: Coming Soon!
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Are you ready to level up?
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Do you wish to live a life of options and
not obligations? You've gone to the right place. Thank you
for stopping on by to hear knowledge nuggets from Coach
Fergie and his top tier guest to help you lean
into your ultimate human potential. Now let's level up with
Coach Fergie.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Hey Varsity Squad, Welcome back to another powerful edition of
level Up Conversations with Coach Fergie with time to Shine
Today Coaching. I'm your host, Scott Ferguson, blessed to be
your gap coach, specialize in performance and mental conditioning, working
with business leaders, entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes, c suite and students
to help them bridge their success gap to live a
life of options and not obligations. On this platform, we
are stoked to bring you high performers who are not
(00:41):
just chasing and attaining success, but redefining it through providing
above and beyond service. So real quick coaching nugga of
the week's going to run really parallel with my guests
as well, But let me hit you something that could
flip your entire approach to performance, whether you're an athlete, entrepreneur,
or just someone chasing greatness. You don't rise to the moment.
You rise to your identity. And sometimes the best way
(01:03):
to win isn't by being more of yourself, it's by
becoming who you need to be in that moment. That's
where the alter ego comes in. Top performers like a
lot of times with my clients, I'll say, or even
just friends if we're out, you know, having a beverage
or something, and be like, hey, how many plays do
you think Dean Sanders played total in football his whole life.
They'll be like ten, twenty thousand, and I'll say absolutely
(01:25):
zero plays prime Time played. When he's on the field,
he was Primetime. When Beyonce performs, it's not Beyonce, it's
Sasha Fears. When Kobe was on the court, late Great
Kobe Bryant was on the course, he wasn't Kobe. He
was the Black Mamba. So when the lights are on
and the pressure's real, they don't perform in themselves. They
tap into a version of them that's built to dominate.
(01:45):
Not fake. It's focused, not pretend, it's powerful. You want
to perform better, close the gap between who you are
and then who the mission requires you to be so one,
you create the identity to you name it, three build
its trades, and four steps into it on command. And
if you'd like to, if you're struggling, maybe getting getting
in your own way, give me a call five six
(02:06):
one four to four zero three eight three zero. That's
five six one four to four zero three eight three zero,
and we will build your alter ego. Talking about the
alter ego, today's guest isn't just stepping into the cages.
And when I say cages, I mean MMA cages. He's
building warriors from the ground up. Eric Eloquent is a
professional m and a fighter, Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt
(02:26):
and co founder of one of South Florida's most respected
martial arts academies, the People's Jiu Jitsu and MMA. With
a pro record of seven to one, Eric has competed
in elite organizations like the Professional Fighters League, Challenge Series,
Combat Global, and the CFFC where he became a standout
with his precision, patients and raw grit. And yeah he
does have the strap, he's got the belt there. But
(02:47):
beyond the cage, Eric's a mentor, a mindset machine, and
a man on a mission. Whether he's training future champions
alongside his wife, world class black belt Amanda Tubby, eloquent
or breaking down complex techniques into life lessons for his student.
Eric's obsessed with one thing, leveling people up from the
inside out. He's a technician, a tactician, and a tackfle
leader of what it means to live with purpose on
(03:09):
the mat, in the fight and through life's biggest challenges.
So strap in. We're going to go deep into discipline, mindset, legacy,
and what it really takes to win without losing your
soul and brother, and I got to say that Eric's
my teacher, Like he has fun strangling me a few
times a week. Yeah, he get one over on him
and then he'll laugh and then just get right back
(03:29):
on it. But if you want to find him, we'll
get to it. But we just moved the he just
moved the academy over to the Palm Beach Boxing Facility
on Military Boulevard and it's a fantastic So come out
out if you want. It's not all fights and in violence.
It's about you know, really learning to level up and
get your discipline and stuff. So Eric, man, thanks for
coming on, brother, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Bro.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, what has been new? What's been new?
Speaker 4 (03:53):
We're at the new location, Palmy's Boxing guys again twenty
five thirty five North Military Trail. You got some check
us out. Not only do we have jiu jitsu, we
have muay Thai, we have boxing now. So really it's
been focused on getting situated in the gym and getting
situated to prepare myself to fight again.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
So the training has been turn turned on.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yeah, and it's a legendary place. I mean, Mike Tyson's
in there quite a bit now right, like his old
bag when he trained with custom models there, right, I
mean that's that's really cool. And then Charles Mooney who
you know you're listening. Charles will love to get you
in studio as well, Bronze my list in the Olympics.
He's your boxing yeah, which for MMA, right, So he's
in there. And then I believe Geronte Davis, if he
gets through his little stuff that's going on right now,
(04:37):
is going to be preparing for his flight. They have
the whole area curtained off out there, right, so it's
a really cool place. Well also, kids of all ages
come in with his wife Tobby right.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
Yes, we were teaching kids as young as three years old,
so three up until twelve and then when they hit twelve,
we bump them up to adult class. But we've been
doing this for a long time and we've got to
figure it out.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Yeah, it's a It is amazing. That's why I kind
of stick with the team, especially in the bringing in
the business people in. You know, you work the nine
to fives or the five to nines or whatever, and
we all, you know, we get in there because we
have morning classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Right now we're
be adding classes and at nights we're getting worked out.
But for sure Mondays and Wednesday. What's what's for sure?
Speaker 4 (05:18):
The nights right now, right now, right now on Tuesday,
Thursday evenings, gotcha, and we're we're working on we'll have
a full launch of the schedule in August.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
You'll be putting together kind of open mats where people
perfect there.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
This Saturday, eleven am. If you want to drop in
you yes, sir.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Right, that's good Man brings Susan along, Tim right, I
love it. So we've talked to you in Tubby with
you both in the studio. But you're champion, okay, you
know you're highly respected in them in a world and
in human life also. But when you I gotta ask you,
like when you're walking into a cage, because I've been
there to with us. Yeah, okay, it's it's really cool.
But when you're walking into a cage or you know,
even onto the mat, what part of your identity are
(05:57):
you intentionally stepping into? Like again, we kind of go
with the alter ego, right, because you're the chillest dude,
I know, yeah, until that time, and there's a switch
that flipped, So what's your what happens with your identity?
Speaker 4 (06:09):
To be honest, the switch takes this For me, the
switch doesn't happen until maybe the first punch is thrown
or maybe the first point of contact, because I've literally
been like you said, I'm chill. I've literally literally been
walking out to a fight, like when I fought for
the CFFC title and I'm like, okay, well, yeah, I'm
just walking out and I get in the cage and
(06:32):
I look at my opponent. I can tell he's all
amped up, he's all nervous, and the reality still has
to hit me and I'm still like Eric at the time,
and I'm like, okay, I'm about to have a fistfight,
and then as soon as in exchange happens, something just
takes over. Man. It's it's a little scary because I
feel like I'm a little too present in the moment, Like, Okay,
(06:52):
you know, I almost rather be nervous and not conscious,
if that makes sense. But I mean it allows me
to think. I've just had to find that balance of
not being too relaxed.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
You know, there's patience that comes in with that. Right.
So now you've spoken about a lot with me and
being one of your students and stuff about patients and progression.
So what systems or routines do you put into your
protocol that stay consistent when, like say, maybe motivation isn't there, like,
you know, the disciplines, Like what do you do to
stay disciplined?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
I feel just my constant search for knowledge is what
keeps me disciplined. I'm constantly constantly watching footage. I watched
the same footage over and over. My wife will walk
in the room on a Saturday night, It's one in
the morning, and I'm watching like Sugar Ray Robinson's legendary run.
I'm just I want to see what these guys were doing,
(07:49):
what made them succeed, What mentality did they have, what
their physical conditioning was.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Like, I'm just I'm obsessed over really the old time great.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Sure it's awesome and back then it is the Golden Age,
and there's so much to learn from them, right, I
mean it's crazy, But squad, what he's really kind of
talking about is we don't rise the level of our
motivation because motivation comes and goes. We fall to the
level of our systems. So your system's got to be good.
I talk about goals and the byproducts of goals is
your standards. When Eric set say okay, the scrap is in,
(08:23):
you know, eight weeks, the standards that fall under that,
he doesn't leave those standards. Even as us students, we
don't take a back seat so much, but we know
that he's got get in a fistfight because you know,
you play football, you play volleyball, you play soccer, you
don't play fight. So Derek's got to get into that
and we do respect that. But he's always disciplined, most
disciplined people I know, So you know, how about separating
(08:47):
emotion from execution when maybe the fight's not going your way,
Like when Tubby was in here one time as your
first MMA fight pro fight, and you gave her a
look like you weren't doing great at first, that look.
But like when things aren't going your way or anybody
else out there, squad, if you're listening, things aren't going
your way, what do you lay on them? The reset?
Speaker 4 (09:09):
I really I tend not to get too emotional. It's
funny because you know, you experience things in the cage
that you've never experienced. You know, I remember the first
time I got knocked down, So your your mind can
say a couple of things to you.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Your mind can say, you know, you could.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
Just lay down and get out of here, but my
mind was like, you're gonna have to kill me, So
I don't. I think emotion is the killer and combat sports,
you can't be emotional. You just you just I have
like little mantress like keep going, keep pushing. Everyone's tough
for a couple of minutes or a couple of rounds,
(09:45):
but can they sustain it? That's my thing, Like I'm
going to be persistent. I will not stop. You would
have to separate my consciousness from my body or put
me in some type of submission where my limbs.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Are at risk, Yeah you can, yeah, and then you'd
probably be smart. Yeah, kind of what we call tap
out and yes, but yeah, it's really getting back to
that neutral right, Like your things don't go right, you know,
there's nothing you can do about it, and if you
try to push too far forward, like you can't do
anything about it. There you have to be neutral and present.
That's what I see with you. Even when you're teaching,
(10:18):
You're always teaching us from a neutral position. You're like
this happens, you're here, this, and it's like if this
done that. So if I was just kind of shadow
you for a week, you know, what would I see
in your habits that maybe most people miss, Like like
how do you become elite?
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Well, obviously you have to stay consistent. I think a
big part is just my mindset, constantly feeding your mind
with good things, because in today's day and age, we're
bombarded by so much tech. You got the cell phones,
you got the tablets, you got, you got so much
going on.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
So I think, really it's it's just being locked in.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
And I was thinking about this last night, and this
is just like for anybody trying to make it in
any type of sport, Like when you.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
When you're no longer doing.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
It for yourself and you're doing it for someone else,
it's it's going to be really easy to find that
discipline to get up because I don't want to. I
didn't want to get up this morning and go for
a walk, and I don't want to eat boiled eggs
like for breakfast. I want I want bread, I want
greasy food. But it came to a point in my
life where it's no longer about me. And again, when
(11:28):
you're doing it for someone else, it becomes easy to
get up and do things.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
That's up you said on other interviews other blog posts
I've seen about, like mom, you don't have to worry
about things anymore.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Yeah, that's that's the plan, bro, that's the plan.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Yes, my parents have worked so hard.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
My my family like so my mom's mom was born
in Cuba and they all came over here when things
got bad, and my people have worked so hard to
get where they are, and it'd be nice to just
be like mom, Dad house is paid for. Like, yeah,
I know you still want to work, but you don't
have to. Sure, that's the endgame. Yeah, where does that
come from? The family dynamic that you have because.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
I mean, I know your sister. Your sister makes my soaps,
like the defense soaps, you know, the scrub. If you're
looking for good candles or soaps, she's the person to
do right like that, you know, because you get a
lot of matt yukies and stuff like that, and she
makes a soap that washes that all off. But like,
where's the kind of the family dynamic? Were you guys
raised tight?
Speaker 4 (12:23):
Oh my goodness, I just remember obviously my parents were working,
I'd hang out at my grandmother's all day with all
my cousins. So my mom is like one of five
females and she had a brother, and we used to
just every week and have these big family parties where
it was lots of food, lots lots of lots of
craziness going on.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
But we always stick together as a family. So I
just want to be able to.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Mess with each other. But anyone else messes.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
With this game, Yeah, for sure, for sure.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
And it is a tight family squad. I've been able
to witness it and see it and be invited to
some of the stuff. It's actually really cool. And speaking
of it, we're gonna invite my good friend here and
my lest be my sponsor, Steve Austin. He's gonna give
a real estate market report real quick, and when we
come back, we're gonna go over with the champ Eric
Aliquin about visualization before the scraps and what he's got
(13:15):
going on. So take it away, Steam, Thanks Scott.
Speaker 5 (13:19):
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your mortgage market recap for the week of July twenty first.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
It was a.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
Similar week in mortgage bonds, the range going up and
down that we've seen the past few weeks here. The
week started on a good run for mortgage bonds, but
once again, jobless claims came in Thursday and put a
hold to that, moving things back down. Overall, mortgage bonds
are in a no harm done range and we're still
seeing rates very similar to where we.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Finished last week.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
Next week the Fed is announcing their decision on the
FED rate. All signs are currently pointing to there being
no cut again, so for now we're kind of just
staying in this hurry up and wait position.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
That's it for this week.
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Speaker 3 (15:06):
Letter, hey Thanks, steve thanks a lot for the market report.
Things they're looking a little bit better out, There so
anybody that's in the market for. Mortgages make sure you
reach out To steve today and we're going to rule
in here with my good, friend my. Coach i'm actually
kind of a coaching client, Sometimes Eric alquinn, Here. Eric
(15:28):
when it comes to, visualization you, know before you, fight you,
know are you seeing the? Win are you kind of
walking through the? Adversity you might hit bad, positions still
seeing your, obviously still seeing yourself, Succeed but, like how
do you play out a fight in your?
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Mind WHAT i really try to do is affirm myself
with everything that's going to take. Place so there's a
lot of stuff that. Happens you, know most people just
see the, fights but there's a lot of stuff happening
on the back. End interviews, way and you got to
report to the hotel, early.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Waiting to walk, out you.
Speaker 4 (16:03):
Might i've had scenarios where they get me fully undressed
to walk out and Then i'm sitting in under a
COLD ac unit for twenty, minutes you, know.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
After i've had a full.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Sweat so just preparing your mind for everything leading. Up you,
KNOW i do visualization of the, fight BUT i don't
want to get too attached to certain sequences or, movements
SO i. WANT i want my body in my mind
to be free and able to. Respond. Right but it's
just really getting used to walking out seeing who you're
(16:33):
gonna see out, there maybe getting accustomed to something you might,
smell the. Sounds really just making it so your mind
is is used to. This not because your brain's, medieval
it's it's freaking. Out it's trying to protect. You it's, like,
stop you're going into this unknown. Territory you don't know
what's going to. Happen i've been your mind's so. Crazy
(16:56):
i've been in like a jiu jitsu tournament AND i
hope that the power went out just because my. Mind
but you, know you suck it up and you get
it done and you surprise.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Yourself.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
YEAH i remember when out my, young younger jiu jitsu,
career LIKE i would win my division AND i wouldn't
want to do the open. Weight i'd be satisfied in
my coach, like, no you're going to sign, Up you're
gonna And i'd be completely, terrified And i'd go And
i'd submit. Everybody so it's just you got to push
and it's. Scary everyone's scared unless you're a crazy.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Person. Yeah in. Squad what he's saying is that winners make.
Adjustments the mediocre, people Or i'll just blatantly say, it,
losers they make. Excuses eric makes adjustments on the, fly
especially when you're in that kind of lifestyle where you're,
again you don't play, fight you're, Fighting so he makes
adjustments on the. Fly so how about mental skills like
that you've mastered, NOW i, MEAN i know you're a
(17:50):
student for, life, Right you've told me that all the,
Time but you've mastered a few that skills you've mastered
that you wish more fighters understood early in their. Careers,
like what could you pass on to the Younger?
Speaker 1 (18:03):
ERIC i would say number.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Once stay, Ready, train always train as if you have a.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Fight within a.
Speaker 4 (18:12):
Week keep your weight on, point keep your diet on,
point keep your routine on, point so nothing. Changes you're
always ready because you're always going to get that hey
boom phone.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Call hey can you make this in a? Week exactly?
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Ready THAT'S i think the most important. Part stay ready
so you don't have to get.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Ready, yeah the separations and the, preparation, Right, yes if you're,
preparing you can separate yourself from the. FIELD i love
that you. Know that's WHAT i see in you every.
Day you're like, like hey, man you go out and
make you know WHAT i might scrap this. Week it
might really go and do all the fun, things but
you're really not missing out on anything because your goals are. There,
Yes so how about when the kids and stuff that
(18:52):
you're kind of bringing in there and the competitors that you,
know people are hobbyists that want to be competitors waiting
that how do you help them build their identity based,
confidence you, know not just outcome hype like everyone's, like,
OH i hit a, Triangle, like, DUDE i haven't submitted
anybody in that room at the level of that.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Room, yeah, yeah, yeah, ever, YEAH i.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
Love THAT i walk IN i tell you about my
walk up to the academy AND i park far. Away
you gotta have. Em you're, like why do you park
so far? Away i'm, like, What i'm older than. EVERYBODY
i need the. Cardio i'm not, joking But i'm really
walking in there setting my attention because then When i'm
on the, Clock i'm in, alpha. RIGHT i, MEAN i
have eight employees that that lean on, me And i'm
(19:33):
but WHEN i walk in that, Room i'm a, Student
i've got to have. That so what do you kind
of pour into them to help them level up their
confidence and build Their there are no identity because they're
gonna get an identity no matter.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
What well for.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
Kids for, KIDS i would, say just it has to be.
Fun i've seen too, many too many kids come in
the gym five years, old training five days a, week
doing doing things that adults are, doing and then by
the time they hit their teenage, years because their parents
have pushed them so, hard they.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Quit SO i.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
Would say for, kids for, kids keep it fun until they, say, mom,
dad you know we want to take this. Serious for,
Adults i'm always telling the adults, like don't focus on
whether you got a, submission whether whether you got. Submitted set.
Goals you need to set small, goals and preferably those
goals need to be geared towards what you're not as good.
(20:28):
At SO i always tell, PEOPLE i don't play MY a,
game SO i don't play my BEST a game When
i'm When i'm in the, GYM i want to play
like something That i'm not good at SO i can
level up that. Skill and then you start to see
that you're leveling up all these different attributes instead of
focusing on on one. Thing SO i would say for,
adults mainly go in the gym every day with. Goals,
(20:51):
HEY i suck at this, escape so let me put
myself in this. Escape and you have to toss your
ego side because you're gonna you're gonna get tapped, out
you're gonna get, submitted and you just have to you
have to be okay with. It Gary tonan one of
the most prominent rapplers. Around they say he'll get submitted
fifteen twenty times in a, session and then you go
(21:13):
see him. Compete he's never really been submitted and confistration.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
Everybody that's how you guys get me. Ready LIKE i
go in, there you guys toy with me and the
Guys i'm you, KNOW i go two forty, five two
fifty years right. Around we'll just say two, bills, yes you,
know there's two, hundred and it's like and all the
guys are small than, me but there's a there's just
different levels to the. Game AND i walk in there
with just humble, humility being a big. Guy when the
first see you, like oh my, gosh he's gonna try
(21:37):
to smash. IT i just, don't, Man i'm there to learn.
That that's the biggest thing is if you can learn
and take it with. You that's what it's. About and
when everything's on the line in your scrap life that you, have,
like is there like any words or matras that you
kind of say to yourself before you step into that,
battle or is there like what are you say into?
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Yourself one that comes out immediately is everything works out for.
Me everything works out for. Me SO i JUST i
just tune out all the. Noise everything works out for.
Me i'm, Ready i'm, Sharp i'm, Strong i'm. FAST i
just your your brain's going to hit you with negative.
Things it's it's designed to protect. You so it's it's
(22:20):
trying to stop you from this. Experience and you Just
god has blessed you with a conscious, mind and you
have to use your conscious. Mind AND i won't say
you can get rid of those, thoughts but you can
choose to put your focus on certain. Thoughts so let
those negative thoughts roll through and hold on to the
good things that are coming.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
In.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
RIGHT i know it kind of stinks that you sometimes
you have to fight, people you, know and the last
scrap that you had didn't really go our way with,
that right with that and shout out to him and,
yeah you work with that on the ground and help him.
Out so after, THAT i don't calm. LOSSES i came learning, experiences,
right what was the first thing you kind of said to?
Speaker 1 (22:59):
Yourself, LITERALLY.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
I lost as soon as the bell, Ray i'm, LIKE i,
lost you, know you just you just feel it LIKE
i didn't do. Enough it was, close BUT i didn't do.
Enough and as a, fighter you got to learn to
deal with that. Too you, know those losses you can
they can, uh they can swallow you.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Up.
Speaker 4 (23:19):
Man you can just be, like oh maybe you know,
again back to the, brain the medieval. Brain oh this
isn't for. Me MAYBE i did, this and you just
have to have this discipline. That that's WHY i watch
all these greats because they've had so, many so many
things to. Overcome you Got Muhammad ali with a, layoff
went to. Prison you Got George foreman a decade layoff
(23:41):
in the boxing, game and he comes back and wins
the heavyweight. Title SO i use those guys as my.
Inspiration you, know you, know it's not, done it's not.
Over they did. It they're human like, ME i can do.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
It so and we were lining you, up you, know
they entered your support systems, untouchable hobby and then obviously
the team and everybody. Else and that's what we're excited
for you to just get back out there and do
your thing and thank you for answering that. Question, yeah,
yeah you know it's a tough one. Sometimes all, right
we're gonna do a little lightning. Round. Man you got
like less than five seconds to answer these. Questions they
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can all.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Be answering the one they.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
WON'T i, know the first one will definitely be, one
but after that it's actually a lot of them are one.
Word so all, right you're. Right the level off, Okay
so actually preface. This in the jiu jitsu, game there's
gee where you have to wear the kind of the,
pajamas and there's no g where you get to wear you,
know rash. Guard we call it so eric gee or
(24:37):
no gay. Easy. Uh first person you text after a big,
win my, mom love. It favorite submission to hit in
a competition, triangle love. It she got me on one.
Yesterday jerk? Awesome oh you're?
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Okay for you Breathe.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
One song that instantly puts you in the.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Zone oh my, God James, brown super.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Bad love. It best Advice. Tubby your wife has ever
given you clean the? Bathroom you can do? It love? It,
yeah and she believes in. You probably looks on her
face and your companion it's. Beautiful so what's one thing
white belts do that drives you?
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Crazy walk barefoot off The?
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Matsyah so if you were not fighting or, coaching what
do you think you'd be?
Speaker 4 (25:27):
Doing, HONESTLY i feel Like i'd be in a professional
football league or.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Something sometimes you played pretty well at high level there.
Too all. Right one word that describes your mindset and
fight day?
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Determined love.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
It if you could roll with anyone from, history you,
know rolling squad, is you, know having a competition and.
Grappling if you could roll with anyone in, history who
would it? BE i gotta go with the current best
guy going on to be, honest love. It last thing
you do before you walk into.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
THE i say thank you for this. Opportunity love. It last?
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Question what one food do you eat after the? Competition?
Speaker 1 (26:08):
PIZZA i love.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
IT i love. It so as we wind things down,
here brother like, floorishers can you tell us how to find?
Speaker 1 (26:14):
You you, guys can find.
Speaker 4 (26:16):
Me MY ig handle is At Eric. Alliquinn my first
and last name last name IS A.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
L e q U I.
Speaker 4 (26:21):
N you can go to our, website The people's Jiu
jitsu Dot. Com LIKE i, said we're on a twenty
five thirty five north military trail Inside Palm Beach. BOXING
i would love for you guys to come try. Out
we have classes for all, levels all, experiences from the
highest level of spighting down to the lowest level for
people who just want to get in.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Shape so come check us. Out we look forward to seeing.
YOU i love.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
It there's no better work out than jiu. Jitsu and
you're talking to somebody that's played a lot of sports
right here in the jiu. Jitsu it's just it's it's.
Life it's on the. Mat it's like if, this then,
that and life thows those at. You and if you
want to just come visit and you know, me you
know Coach fergie, personally give me a call five six
one four four zero three eight three. Zero again it's
five six one four four zero three eight three. ZERO
(27:07):
i love to just bring you into. Class i'll take
care of. That and also one last, thing anybody that
does call, Me i'm going to pay for their first
month of their, membership especially if you like. It so a,
huge huge think, out WHICH i know you, will a
huge shout out to my, producer V Brian mudd with
the w j N o and thank you Again eric
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for coming. On, everybody go out there and level it.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Up
Are you ready to level up?
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Do you wish to live a life of options and
not obligations? You've gone to the right place. Thank you
for stopping on by to hear knowledge nuggets from Coach
Fergie and his top tier guest to help you lean
into your ultimate human potential. Now let's level up with
Coach Fergie.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Hey Varsity Squad, Welcome back to another powerful edition of
level Up Conversations with Coach Fergie with time to Shine
Today Coaching. I'm your host, Scott Ferguson, blessed to be
your gap coach, specialize in performance and mental conditioning, working
with business leaders, entrepreneurs, entertainers, athletes, c suite and students
to help them bridge their success gap to live a
life of options and not obligations. On this platform, we
are stoked to bring you high performers who are not
(00:41):
just chasing and attaining success, but redefining it through providing
above and beyond service. So real quick coaching nugga of
the week's going to run really parallel with my guests
as well, But let me hit you something that could
flip your entire approach to performance, whether you're an athlete, entrepreneur,
or just someone chasing greatness. You don't rise to the moment.
You rise to your identity. And sometimes the best way
(01:03):
to win isn't by being more of yourself, it's by
becoming who you need to be in that moment. That's
where the alter ego comes in. Top performers like a
lot of times with my clients, I'll say, or even
just friends if we're out, you know, having a beverage
or something, and be like, hey, how many plays do
you think Dean Sanders played total in football his whole life.
They'll be like ten, twenty thousand, and I'll say absolutely
(01:25):
zero plays prime Time played. When he's on the field,
he was Primetime. When Beyonce performs, it's not Beyonce, it's
Sasha Fears. When Kobe was on the court, late Great
Kobe Bryant was on the course, he wasn't Kobe. He
was the Black Mamba. So when the lights are on
and the pressure's real, they don't perform in themselves. They
tap into a version of them that's built to dominate.
(01:45):
Not fake. It's focused, not pretend, it's powerful. You want
to perform better, close the gap between who you are
and then who the mission requires you to be so one,
you create the identity to you name it, three build
its trades, and four steps into it on command. And
if you'd like to, if you're struggling, maybe getting getting
in your own way, give me a call five six
(02:06):
one four to four zero three eight three zero. That's
five six one four to four zero three eight three zero,
and we will build your alter ego. Talking about the
alter ego, today's guest isn't just stepping into the cages.
And when I say cages, I mean MMA cages. He's
building warriors from the ground up. Eric Eloquent is a
professional m and a fighter, Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt
(02:26):
and co founder of one of South Florida's most respected
martial arts academies, the People's Jiu Jitsu and MMA. With
a pro record of seven to one, Eric has competed
in elite organizations like the Professional Fighters League, Challenge Series,
Combat Global, and the CFFC where he became a standout
with his precision, patients and raw grit. And yeah he
does have the strap, he's got the belt there. But
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beyond the cage, Eric's a mentor, a mindset machine, and
a man on a mission. Whether he's training future champions
alongside his wife, world class black belt Amanda Tubby, eloquent
or breaking down complex techniques into life lessons for his student.
Eric's obsessed with one thing, leveling people up from the
inside out. He's a technician, a tactician, and a tackfle
leader of what it means to live with purpose on
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the mat, in the fight and through life's biggest challenges.
So strap in. We're going to go deep into discipline, mindset, legacy,
and what it really takes to win without losing your
soul and brother, and I got to say that Eric's
my teacher, Like he has fun strangling me a few
times a week. Yeah, he get one over on him
and then he'll laugh and then just get right back
(03:29):
on it. But if you want to find him, we'll
get to it. But we just moved the he just
moved the academy over to the Palm Beach Boxing Facility
on Military Boulevard and it's a fantastic So come out
out if you want. It's not all fights and in violence.
It's about you know, really learning to level up and
get your discipline and stuff. So Eric, man, thanks for
coming on, brother, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Bro.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, what has been new? What's been new?
Speaker 4 (03:53):
We're at the new location, Palmy's Boxing guys again twenty
five thirty five North Military Trail. You got some check
us out. Not only do we have jiu jitsu, we
have muay Thai, we have boxing now. So really it's
been focused on getting situated in the gym and getting
situated to prepare myself to fight again.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
So the training has been turn turned on.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yeah, and it's a legendary place. I mean, Mike Tyson's
in there quite a bit now right, like his old
bag when he trained with custom models there, right, I
mean that's that's really cool. And then Charles Mooney who
you know you're listening. Charles will love to get you
in studio as well, Bronze my list in the Olympics.
He's your boxing yeah, which for MMA, right, So he's
in there. And then I believe Geronte Davis, if he
gets through his little stuff that's going on right now,
(04:37):
is going to be preparing for his flight. They have
the whole area curtained off out there, right, so it's
a really cool place. Well also, kids of all ages
come in with his wife Tobby right.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
Yes, we were teaching kids as young as three years old,
so three up until twelve and then when they hit twelve,
we bump them up to adult class. But we've been
doing this for a long time and we've got to
figure it out.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Yeah, it's a It is amazing. That's why I kind
of stick with the team, especially in the bringing in
the business people in. You know, you work the nine
to fives or the five to nines or whatever, and
we all, you know, we get in there because we
have morning classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Right now we're
be adding classes and at nights we're getting worked out.
But for sure Mondays and Wednesday. What's what's for sure?
Speaker 4 (05:18):
The nights right now, right now, right now on Tuesday,
Thursday evenings, gotcha, and we're we're working on we'll have
a full launch of the schedule in August.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
You'll be putting together kind of open mats where people
perfect there.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
This Saturday, eleven am. If you want to drop in
you yes, sir.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Right, that's good Man brings Susan along, Tim right, I
love it. So we've talked to you in Tubby with
you both in the studio. But you're champion, okay, you
know you're highly respected in them in a world and
in human life also. But when you I gotta ask you,
like when you're walking into a cage, because I've been
there to with us. Yeah, okay, it's it's really cool.
But when you're walking into a cage or you know,
even onto the mat, what part of your identity are
(05:57):
you intentionally stepping into? Like again, we kind of go
with the alter ego, right, because you're the chillest dude,
I know, yeah, until that time, and there's a switch
that flipped, So what's your what happens with your identity?
Speaker 4 (06:09):
To be honest, the switch takes this For me, the
switch doesn't happen until maybe the first punch is thrown
or maybe the first point of contact, because I've literally
been like you said, I'm chill. I've literally literally been
walking out to a fight, like when I fought for
the CFFC title and I'm like, okay, well, yeah, I'm
just walking out and I get in the cage and
(06:32):
I look at my opponent. I can tell he's all
amped up, he's all nervous, and the reality still has
to hit me and I'm still like Eric at the time,
and I'm like, okay, I'm about to have a fistfight,
and then as soon as in exchange happens, something just
takes over. Man. It's it's a little scary because I
feel like I'm a little too present in the moment, Like, Okay,
(06:52):
you know, I almost rather be nervous and not conscious,
if that makes sense. But I mean it allows me
to think. I've just had to find that balance of
not being too relaxed.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
You know, there's patience that comes in with that. Right.
So now you've spoken about a lot with me and
being one of your students and stuff about patients and progression.
So what systems or routines do you put into your
protocol that stay consistent when, like say, maybe motivation isn't there, like,
you know, the disciplines, Like what do you do to
stay disciplined?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
I feel just my constant search for knowledge is what
keeps me disciplined. I'm constantly constantly watching footage. I watched
the same footage over and over. My wife will walk
in the room on a Saturday night, It's one in
the morning, and I'm watching like Sugar Ray Robinson's legendary run.
I'm just I want to see what these guys were doing,
(07:49):
what made them succeed, What mentality did they have, what
their physical conditioning was.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Like, I'm just I'm obsessed over really the old time great.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Sure it's awesome and back then it is the Golden Age,
and there's so much to learn from them, right, I
mean it's crazy, But squad, what he's really kind of
talking about is we don't rise the level of our
motivation because motivation comes and goes. We fall to the
level of our systems. So your system's got to be good.
I talk about goals and the byproducts of goals is
your standards. When Eric set say okay, the scrap is in,
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you know, eight weeks, the standards that fall under that,
he doesn't leave those standards. Even as us students, we
don't take a back seat so much, but we know
that he's got get in a fistfight because you know,
you play football, you play volleyball, you play soccer, you
don't play fight. So Derek's got to get into that
and we do respect that. But he's always disciplined, most
disciplined people I know, So you know, how about separating
(08:47):
emotion from execution when maybe the fight's not going your way,
Like when Tubby was in here one time as your
first MMA fight pro fight, and you gave her a
look like you weren't doing great at first, that look.
But like when things aren't going your way or anybody
else out there, squad, if you're listening, things aren't going
your way, what do you lay on them? The reset?
Speaker 4 (09:09):
I really I tend not to get too emotional. It's
funny because you know, you experience things in the cage
that you've never experienced. You know, I remember the first
time I got knocked down, So your your mind can
say a couple of things to you.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Your mind can say, you know, you could.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
Just lay down and get out of here, but my
mind was like, you're gonna have to kill me, So
I don't. I think emotion is the killer and combat sports,
you can't be emotional. You just you just I have
like little mantress like keep going, keep pushing. Everyone's tough
for a couple of minutes or a couple of rounds,
(09:45):
but can they sustain it? That's my thing, Like I'm
going to be persistent. I will not stop. You would
have to separate my consciousness from my body or put
me in some type of submission where my limbs.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Are at risk, Yeah you can, yeah, and then you'd
probably be smart. Yeah, kind of what we call tap
out and yes, but yeah, it's really getting back to
that neutral right, Like your things don't go right, you know,
there's nothing you can do about it, and if you
try to push too far forward, like you can't do
anything about it. There you have to be neutral and present.
That's what I see with you. Even when you're teaching,
(10:18):
You're always teaching us from a neutral position. You're like
this happens, you're here, this, and it's like if this
done that. So if I was just kind of shadow
you for a week, you know, what would I see
in your habits that maybe most people miss, Like like
how do you become elite?
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Well, obviously you have to stay consistent. I think a
big part is just my mindset, constantly feeding your mind
with good things, because in today's day and age, we're
bombarded by so much tech. You got the cell phones,
you got the tablets, you got, you got so much
going on.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
So I think, really it's it's just being locked in.
Speaker 4 (10:56):
And I was thinking about this last night, and this
is just like for anybody trying to make it in
any type of sport, Like when you.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
When you're no longer doing.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
It for yourself and you're doing it for someone else,
it's it's going to be really easy to find that
discipline to get up because I don't want to. I
didn't want to get up this morning and go for
a walk, and I don't want to eat boiled eggs
like for breakfast. I want I want bread, I want
greasy food. But it came to a point in my
life where it's no longer about me. And again, when
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you're doing it for someone else, it becomes easy to
get up and do things.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
That's up you said on other interviews other blog posts
I've seen about, like mom, you don't have to worry
about things anymore.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Yeah, that's that's the plan, bro, that's the plan.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Yes, my parents have worked so hard.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
My my family like so my mom's mom was born
in Cuba and they all came over here when things
got bad, and my people have worked so hard to
get where they are, and it'd be nice to just
be like mom, Dad house is paid for. Like, yeah,
I know you still want to work, but you don't
have to. Sure, that's the endgame. Yeah, where does that
come from? The family dynamic that you have because.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
I mean, I know your sister. Your sister makes my soaps,
like the defense soaps, you know, the scrub. If you're
looking for good candles or soaps, she's the person to
do right like that, you know, because you get a
lot of matt yukies and stuff like that, and she
makes a soap that washes that all off. But like,
where's the kind of the family dynamic? Were you guys
raised tight?
Speaker 4 (12:23):
Oh my goodness, I just remember obviously my parents were working,
I'd hang out at my grandmother's all day with all
my cousins. So my mom is like one of five
females and she had a brother, and we used to
just every week and have these big family parties where
it was lots of food, lots lots of lots of
craziness going on.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
But we always stick together as a family. So I
just want to be able to.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Mess with each other. But anyone else messes.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
With this game, Yeah, for sure, for sure.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
And it is a tight family squad. I've been able
to witness it and see it and be invited to
some of the stuff. It's actually really cool. And speaking
of it, we're gonna invite my good friend here and
my lest be my sponsor, Steve Austin. He's gonna give
a real estate market report real quick, and when we
come back, we're gonna go over with the champ Eric
Aliquin about visualization before the scraps and what he's got
(13:15):
going on. So take it away, Steam, Thanks Scott.
Speaker 5 (13:19):
Steve Auston here with the Revolution Mortgage Dynamic team with
your mortgage market recap for the week of July twenty first.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
It was a.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
Similar week in mortgage bonds, the range going up and
down that we've seen the past few weeks here. The
week started on a good run for mortgage bonds, but
once again, jobless claims came in Thursday and put a
hold to that, moving things back down. Overall, mortgage bonds
are in a no harm done range and we're still
seeing rates very similar to where we.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Finished last week.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
Next week the Fed is announcing their decision on the
FED rate. All signs are currently pointing to there being
no cut again, so for now we're kind of just
staying in this hurry up and wait position.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
That's it for this week.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
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Speaker 3 (15:06):
Letter, hey Thanks, steve thanks a lot for the market report.
Things they're looking a little bit better out, There so
anybody that's in the market for. Mortgages make sure you
reach out To steve today and we're going to rule
in here with my good, friend my. Coach i'm actually
kind of a coaching client, Sometimes Eric alquinn, Here. Eric
(15:28):
when it comes to, visualization you, know before you, fight you,
know are you seeing the? Win are you kind of
walking through the? Adversity you might hit bad, positions still
seeing your, obviously still seeing yourself, Succeed but, like how
do you play out a fight in your?
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Mind WHAT i really try to do is affirm myself
with everything that's going to take. Place so there's a
lot of stuff that. Happens you, know most people just
see the, fights but there's a lot of stuff happening
on the back. End interviews, way and you got to
report to the hotel, early.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Waiting to walk, out you.
Speaker 4 (16:03):
Might i've had scenarios where they get me fully undressed
to walk out and Then i'm sitting in under a
COLD ac unit for twenty, minutes you, know.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
After i've had a full.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Sweat so just preparing your mind for everything leading. Up you,
KNOW i do visualization of the, fight BUT i don't
want to get too attached to certain sequences or, movements
SO i. WANT i want my body in my mind
to be free and able to. Respond. Right but it's
just really getting used to walking out seeing who you're
(16:33):
gonna see out, there maybe getting accustomed to something you might,
smell the. Sounds really just making it so your mind
is is used to. This not because your brain's, medieval
it's it's freaking. Out it's trying to protect. You it's, like,
stop you're going into this unknown. Territory you don't know
what's going to. Happen i've been your mind's so. Crazy
(16:56):
i've been in like a jiu jitsu tournament AND i
hope that the power went out just because my. Mind
but you, know you suck it up and you get
it done and you surprise.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Yourself.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
YEAH i remember when out my, young younger jiu jitsu,
career LIKE i would win my division AND i wouldn't
want to do the open. Weight i'd be satisfied in
my coach, like, no you're going to sign, Up you're
gonna And i'd be completely, terrified And i'd go And
i'd submit. Everybody so it's just you got to push
and it's. Scary everyone's scared unless you're a crazy.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Person. Yeah in. Squad what he's saying is that winners make.
Adjustments the mediocre, people Or i'll just blatantly say, it,
losers they make. Excuses eric makes adjustments on the, fly
especially when you're in that kind of lifestyle where you're,
again you don't play, fight you're, Fighting so he makes
adjustments on the. Fly so how about mental skills like
that you've mastered, NOW i, MEAN i know you're a
(17:50):
student for, life, Right you've told me that all the,
Time but you've mastered a few that skills you've mastered
that you wish more fighters understood early in their. Careers,
like what could you pass on to the Younger?
Speaker 1 (18:03):
ERIC i would say number.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Once stay, Ready, train always train as if you have a.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Fight within a.
Speaker 4 (18:12):
Week keep your weight on, point keep your diet on,
point keep your routine on, point so nothing. Changes you're
always ready because you're always going to get that hey
boom phone.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Call hey can you make this in a? Week exactly?
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Ready THAT'S i think the most important. Part stay ready
so you don't have to get.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Ready, yeah the separations and the, preparation, Right, yes if you're,
preparing you can separate yourself from the. FIELD i love
that you. Know that's WHAT i see in you every.
Day you're like, like hey, man you go out and
make you know WHAT i might scrap this. Week it
might really go and do all the fun, things but
you're really not missing out on anything because your goals are. There,
Yes so how about when the kids and stuff that
(18:52):
you're kind of bringing in there and the competitors that you,
know people are hobbyists that want to be competitors waiting
that how do you help them build their identity based,
confidence you, know not just outcome hype like everyone's, like,
OH i hit a, Triangle, like, DUDE i haven't submitted
anybody in that room at the level of that.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Room, yeah, yeah, yeah, ever, YEAH i.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
Love THAT i walk IN i tell you about my
walk up to the academy AND i park far. Away
you gotta have. Em you're, like why do you park
so far? Away i'm, like, What i'm older than. EVERYBODY
i need the. Cardio i'm not, joking But i'm really
walking in there setting my attention because then When i'm
on the, Clock i'm in, alpha. RIGHT i, MEAN i
have eight employees that that lean on, me And i'm
(19:33):
but WHEN i walk in that, Room i'm a, Student
i've got to have. That so what do you kind
of pour into them to help them level up their
confidence and build Their there are no identity because they're
gonna get an identity no matter.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
What well for.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
Kids for, KIDS i would, say just it has to be.
Fun i've seen too, many too many kids come in
the gym five years, old training five days a, week
doing doing things that adults are, doing and then by
the time they hit their teenage, years because their parents
have pushed them so, hard they.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Quit SO i.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
Would say for, kids for, kids keep it fun until they, say, mom,
dad you know we want to take this. Serious for,
Adults i'm always telling the adults, like don't focus on
whether you got a, submission whether whether you got. Submitted set.
Goals you need to set small, goals and preferably those
goals need to be geared towards what you're not as good.
(20:28):
At SO i always tell, PEOPLE i don't play MY a,
game SO i don't play my BEST a game When
i'm When i'm in the, GYM i want to play
like something That i'm not good at SO i can
level up that. Skill and then you start to see
that you're leveling up all these different attributes instead of
focusing on on one. Thing SO i would say for,
adults mainly go in the gym every day with. Goals,
(20:51):
HEY i suck at this, escape so let me put
myself in this. Escape and you have to toss your
ego side because you're gonna you're gonna get tapped, out
you're gonna get, submitted and you just have to you
have to be okay with. It Gary tonan one of
the most prominent rapplers. Around they say he'll get submitted
fifteen twenty times in a, session and then you go
(21:13):
see him. Compete he's never really been submitted and confistration.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
Everybody that's how you guys get me. Ready LIKE i
go in, there you guys toy with me and the
Guys i'm you, KNOW i go two forty, five two
fifty years right. Around we'll just say two, bills, yes you,
know there's two, hundred and it's like and all the
guys are small than, me but there's a there's just
different levels to the. Game AND i walk in there
with just humble, humility being a big. Guy when the
first see you, like oh my, gosh he's gonna try
(21:37):
to smash. IT i just, don't, Man i'm there to learn.
That that's the biggest thing is if you can learn
and take it with. You that's what it's. About and
when everything's on the line in your scrap life that you, have,
like is there like any words or matras that you
kind of say to yourself before you step into that,
battle or is there like what are you say into?
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Yourself one that comes out immediately is everything works out for.
Me everything works out for. Me SO i JUST i
just tune out all the. Noise everything works out for.
Me i'm, Ready i'm, Sharp i'm, Strong i'm. FAST i
just your your brain's going to hit you with negative.
Things it's it's designed to protect. You so it's it's
(22:20):
trying to stop you from this. Experience and you Just
god has blessed you with a conscious, mind and you
have to use your conscious. Mind AND i won't say
you can get rid of those, thoughts but you can
choose to put your focus on certain. Thoughts so let
those negative thoughts roll through and hold on to the
good things that are coming.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
In.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
RIGHT i know it kind of stinks that you sometimes
you have to fight, people you, know and the last
scrap that you had didn't really go our way with,
that right with that and shout out to him and,
yeah you work with that on the ground and help him.
Out so after, THAT i don't calm. LOSSES i came learning, experiences,
right what was the first thing you kind of said to?
Speaker 1 (22:59):
Yourself, LITERALLY.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
I lost as soon as the bell, Ray i'm, LIKE i,
lost you, know you just you just feel it LIKE
i didn't do. Enough it was, close BUT i didn't do.
Enough and as a, fighter you got to learn to
deal with that. Too you, know those losses you can
they can, uh they can swallow you.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Up.
Speaker 4 (23:19):
Man you can just be, like oh maybe you know,
again back to the, brain the medieval. Brain oh this
isn't for. Me MAYBE i did, this and you just
have to have this discipline. That that's WHY i watch
all these greats because they've had so, many so many
things to. Overcome you Got Muhammad ali with a, layoff
went to. Prison you Got George foreman a decade layoff
(23:41):
in the boxing, game and he comes back and wins
the heavyweight. Title SO i use those guys as my.
Inspiration you, know you, know it's not, done it's not.
Over they did. It they're human like, ME i can do.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
It so and we were lining you, up you, know
they entered your support systems, untouchable hobby and then obviously
the team and everybody. Else and that's what we're excited
for you to just get back out there and do
your thing and thank you for answering that. Question, yeah,
yeah you know it's a tough one. Sometimes all, right
we're gonna do a little lightning. Round. Man you got
like less than five seconds to answer these. Questions they
(24:14):
can all.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Be answering the one they.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
WON'T i, know the first one will definitely be, one
but after that it's actually a lot of them are one.
Word so all, right you're. Right the level off, Okay
so actually preface. This in the jiu jitsu, game there's
gee where you have to wear the kind of the,
pajamas and there's no g where you get to wear you,
know rash. Guard we call it so eric gee or
(24:37):
no gay. Easy. Uh first person you text after a big,
win my, mom love. It favorite submission to hit in
a competition, triangle love. It she got me on one.
Yesterday jerk? Awesome oh you're?
Speaker 1 (24:54):
Okay for you Breathe.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
One song that instantly puts you in the.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Zone oh my, God James, brown super.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Bad love. It best Advice. Tubby your wife has ever
given you clean the? Bathroom you can do? It love? It,
yeah and she believes in. You probably looks on her
face and your companion it's. Beautiful so what's one thing
white belts do that drives you?
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Crazy walk barefoot off The?
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Matsyah so if you were not fighting or, coaching what
do you think you'd be?
Speaker 4 (25:27):
Doing, HONESTLY i feel Like i'd be in a professional
football league or.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Something sometimes you played pretty well at high level there.
Too all. Right one word that describes your mindset and
fight day?
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Determined love.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
It if you could roll with anyone from, history you,
know rolling squad, is you, know having a competition and.
Grappling if you could roll with anyone in, history who
would it? BE i gotta go with the current best
guy going on to be, honest love. It last thing
you do before you walk into.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
THE i say thank you for this. Opportunity love. It last?
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Question what one food do you eat after the? Competition?
Speaker 1 (26:08):
PIZZA i love.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
IT i love. It so as we wind things down,
here brother like, floorishers can you tell us how to find?
Speaker 1 (26:14):
You you, guys can find.
Speaker 4 (26:16):
Me MY ig handle is At Eric. Alliquinn my first
and last name last name IS A.
Speaker 1 (26:20):
L e q U I.
Speaker 4 (26:21):
N you can go to our, website The people's Jiu
jitsu Dot. Com LIKE i, said we're on a twenty
five thirty five north military trail Inside Palm Beach. BOXING
i would love for you guys to come try. Out
we have classes for all, levels all, experiences from the
highest level of spighting down to the lowest level for
people who just want to get in.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Shape so come check us. Out we look forward to seeing.
YOU i love.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
It there's no better work out than jiu. Jitsu and
you're talking to somebody that's played a lot of sports
right here in the jiu. Jitsu it's just it's it's.
Life it's on the. Mat it's like if, this then,
that and life thows those at. You and if you
want to just come visit and you know, me you
know Coach fergie, personally give me a call five six
one four four zero three eight three. Zero again it's
five six one four four zero three eight three. ZERO
(27:07):
i love to just bring you into. Class i'll take
care of. That and also one last, thing anybody that
does call, Me i'm going to pay for their first
month of their, membership especially if you like. It so a,
huge huge think, out WHICH i know you, will a
huge shout out to my, producer V Brian mudd with
the w j N o and thank you Again eric
(27:28):
for coming. On, everybody go out there and level it.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
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