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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 Burgee.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Hey, Varsity Squad, Welcome back to another powerful edition of
lovel Off Conversations with Coach Fergie. I'm your host, Scott Ferguson,
blessed to be your gap coach specializing in performance 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
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not just chasing and a teaming success, but redefining it
through providing above and beyond service. And this week's Knowledge
Nuggets Squad is about the difference between I get asked
a lot, a difference between coaching, consulting and therapy, and
what I like to do with my clients to show
them that I'm a coach. I believe that everyone knows
what they want, they just don't know how to talk
themselves into it. So I'm not going to tell you
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how to do it. I'm going to guide you. So
with my clients, I like to put them in their car.
They sit in the driver's seat and I say, see
that rear view mirror right there. It's small for a reason.
That's your past. Great place to visit, great place to
learn from. But if you live there, then you need therapy. Okay,
if you have this big windshield, it's big. Oh my gosh, scary.
Where the hell am I going? Wow, I'm lost. Well,
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since twenty eleven, they've been putting these things on the
dashboard called the GPS. So actually you can have it
and you hold it in your hand in your phone.
Now that's what I am as a coach. I'm a GPS.
You plug in the coordinates and you go there. Now,
I can't buckle your seatbelt. I cannot, you know, start
the car for you. But if you get lost, you're
going somewhere. We can help re route you and hold
you accountable. So that's kind of what a coach does.
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I really coach from a neutrality position. Coach from neutral
and moving forward from where you're at, hold a mirror
in front of you and let you see where you're
going and then keep you on track. And speaking of coaches,
I got my two coaches here today, my jiu jitsu coaches.
Everybody should have a coach coach, and I have a
total of six coaches between mindset, business, jiu jitsu, fitness, body,
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and I'm so happy to bring in my good friends.
We'll start with Amanda Tubby Aloquin and don't let the
word Tubby fool you once. She's a stunning woman with
the hugest heart. She's a jiu jitsu powerhouse, multiple time
world champion, top five in the world and two weight classes,
and a respected black belt with over thirteen years on
the map. Trained early in boxing by her father and
later drawn to jiu jitsu at just fifteen years old,
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Tubby rise was fast and fierce from local tournaments dominating
global stages. She's not just an elite athlete, She's a
passionate mentor. Tubby uses the art of jiu jitsu to
inspire personal growth, discipline, and confidence, especially among young women
in her community. She's a fighter, a teacher, and a
force to be reckoned with. In her other half noticed
I didn't say the better half, but her other half
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was born in is Eric Eliquin and also a very
good friend of mine. Have actually been blessed to be
able to coach him a little bit as well.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
He was born and.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Raised in West Plump Beach and didn't start training really
deep into martial arts still he's about nineteen years old.
But once he did, the grind never stop. From jiu
jitsu to wrestling, kickboxing, two boxing, Eric's become a force
in the MMA welterweight division with a pro record a
seven to one and a flawless amateur slate, a first
degree black belt under the World champ Professor Johnny Faria.
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Eric isn't just a fighter, he's a mentor. When he's
not throwing down in the cage, he's shaping the next
generation of champions and leading with heart in his community.
And one reason why I wanted to bring these awesome
coaches of mine on squad is they've made huge difference
in my life. I've learned that jiu jitsu is life.
You know, I can get actually buried by somebody that's
one hundred and forty pounds, and if you know me,
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I'm six one two forty, kind of well put together,
and I'm sitting here with Tubby who is probably five
to one hundred and fifteen pounds, and technically she actually
wrecks me. But they have an awesome, fantastic academy in
West Palm Beach just called the People's Jiu Jitsu, And
I got to ask you, guys one, welcome, how are you?
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Thank you? Thank you for having us, good to be.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Here, awesome?
Speaker 3 (04:02):
So what makes the People's Jiu Jitsu different from other
gyms kind of in South Forward?
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Oh, I'll start.
Speaker 5 (04:09):
I think the dynamic first of the husband and wife.
You know, we have both sides of that, the ying
and the yang where we present different different things for
different people, especially with kids. So some some kids will
gravitate towards Tubby, whereas other kids will gravitate towards me.
It tends to be a little boys gravitate towards Tubby,
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the little girls gravitate towards me. So we have that
that double side. I tend to be a little more
funny and joking, whereas Coach Tubby's more of the serious technician.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Yeah it's insane. You know, I've rolled with Tubby, believe
it or not again.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
But it's not like I'm trying to hulk slammer unless
you latch onto me like a big clamp anyways, right,
But sometimes Honey Badger, Yeah, I'm thinking is that her
arm and it's her leg and I'm like houses, Yeah,
But you know, Tubby. For someone who's never tried martial arts,
what's the first thing they experience walking in.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
The people's jiu jitsu?
Speaker 4 (05:05):
I definitely say that's one thing that also sets us apart.
It's a warm welcome so it is a contact sport,
a combat sport, and sometimes walking into that environment can
be a little bit intimidating, especially if the instructor is intimidating.
So one thing we like to do is, as soon
as you walk in never had any type of martial
arts experience, the first thing we do is we greet
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you with a smile and we want to let you
know you're safe here. It's a family friendly environment. And
then we ask them questions about themselves because at the
end of the day, they know why they came there,
so it's our job to know them, get to know them,
get to know their ins and out, Like what do
they don't like, you know, like where is their athletic capacity,
We'll asking questions about their background, what do they do
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for a living, you know, just get a little bit
more of a relationship with them before they actually get
a relationship on the map with us, because at the
end of the day, when they step on that mat,
it is a different, a different how do I put this,
Like we can be friends off the mat, build a
good relationship, but then once they get on the mat,
it's like, Okay, now you're I'm the teacher and you're
the student, and you're here to learn, and I'm here
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to provide that service for you. Right see, you know
what I'm saying. So we like to establish a good
relationship with them before they step on the mat, and
then when they step on the mat, then it's like
a good marriage of the jiu jitsu and then the
person outside the mat.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Right and squad.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
What I love about it is, you know, I kind
of run an alpha life where I have three companies
and I get to go in there and hang my
ego at the door, and I'm just going to recommend
that anybody that goes out there, no matter if you
think you're a big tough guy. Whatnot. Just check your
you go out the door, because you're going to pick
up so much more. Become a sponge. Because when I
go in there on Tuesdays and Thursday mornings at seven fifteen,
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I become a sponge and that's where you will learn
the most and pick up the quickest. So you know, Eric,
you mentioned kids, right, So why do you think jiu
jitsu is a powerful tool for kids growing up today?
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Oh? Man?
Speaker 5 (06:58):
It teaches them how to deal with adversity, being in
very tough positions and number one, remaining calm in those situations.
So we've had we've had parents approach us where their
kid was being bullied in the past, and parents come
to us as static. Not that our kids are choosing
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like to attack a bully, but they're defending themselves against
a bully, whereas in the past they would just kind
of shell up and be bullied. You know, all the
all the suicides. Now with the bullying going on, it's
we can't have that. So our job is to make
sure we build stronger our kids in this community.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Yeah, anything to edit it.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Yeah, So I mean the kids, it's for me. It's
so important because even at the age of three. We
do run a three to six year old program, and
at that age they're still developing their motor skills. So
there's not a lot of things that I can't teach
them how to do a technical arm gold guard, but
I can't teach him how to do like a sweep
where they can use their arms and their legs and
their hips all at the same time. And as they
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progress within months, where we see when kids start off
a three year old start off to where they can't
they can't even like run properly. Yeah, you know, they're
running with their bellies out, arms swinging, and then by
the end of like a three month four month process,
they're doing front rolls, they're doing back rolls, they're doing
you know, they're doing duck walks. You know, they're doing
sprawls and breakfalls into technical stand ups. Yeah. So and
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it's like it's crazy to see that. And I see
how like elated the parents are to see that their
kids are not only like gaining more motor skills like
mobility athleticism, but they're also gaining a confidence that they
didn't even know they have. Right, So I feel like
it brings out the potential that they can have. So
for example, I played some of the ADYCC videos from
the Kids World Championships, probably like last week for the
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three to six year old, and they were in a trance.
They were watching the video and they were just like,
that's so cool, you know, And I was like, this
is an example. If you pursue this, you know, this.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Could be you.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Yeah. I was like, you can move like that, you
can learn how to do all of that stuff. And
obviously what they're doing now, because they're still developing, is
in nowhere near those kids level. But they got to
see that and they got an insight and just seeing
how big their eyes got, how like interested they were.
And I don't know if it was that video, but
since that day and I was like, two weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
We've seen on fire.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
They've been on fire, dude, They've just been non stop.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
You got to interject.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
The ADCC is like the super Bowl of jiu jitsu
and submission grappling. It's like, I'll tell you what I've
called Eric and Tubby during the ADC a couple of
years ago, and they're like, Tubby is not going away
from the TV.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Also for women, Okay, and I'm talking to you, my
Susan and my fiance. Women, I believe it's the best
martial arts before that, because you know, I mean, if
you have someone that is a woman, that's a smaller stature,
and you're if you're gonna do takwondo, and there's nothing
bad about takwondo, okay, I mean it's a great art.
But if there's really no escape from some buddy, if
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a man raps the woman, right, well, you guys, they
teach us shrimping, and they teach us, you know, the
way to get away and run, right, I mean, it's
a martial art for that, would you agree? For like
women or maybe even the meat in the world.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
It was originally created in India for women, really yeah, okay,
and then it got moved over to Japan. The Brazilians
learned it, brought it to California. That's how it got
to the US. But one hundred percent for women. I
mean what I tell people, even me and Tubby like,
she's very high level, but there's this, it's physics. I'm
a two hundred pound male, she's one hundred and twenty
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pound female. If I was to hit her, it doesn't
matter the training, but if she can close the gap,
grab me, I'll make a magna.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Don't see into that same token. Because we know that
there's sports you jitsu and like self defense you jitsu.
I'm not. I will be honest with you. There's times
where I'm doing laundry and he'll just run up behind
me and tie to like rap me from behind, and
I'll start fish hooking. I'll start like dropping now yeah, man,
So like there's there's two different, two different like ballgames.
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When it comes to sport and self defense, it's a
good marriage. However, it is good for women to learn
because oftentimes when we're being attacked, it's always from the
opposite sucks and it's always like someone on drugs or
someone who's angry, or someone who's bigger. So jiu jitsu
isn't gonna make them the winner, but jiu jitsu's gonna
ensill that little bit of confidence to at least have
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that knowledge so where they don't freeze up because your
body goes into fight or flight. And I'll be a
perfect example what happened to me once. I'm very naive
when it comes to meeting people. I think everyone, I
see the good in everyone. So when I was put
in that situation, my body kind of went into like
almost shocked because I was like, is this really happening
to me? You know? And thankfully it was in broad daylight,
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so the guy like ran away. But that's when I
kind of realized. I was like, I need to start
being more aware. I need to have that knowledge and
knowing like I can't always see the good in people.
I have to keep my distance. So if someone approaches me,
especially a male, and I think he looks a little
crazy and he gets too, also tell them we'll take
three steps back. How can I help us?
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Model?
Speaker 6 (12:04):
Yeah, so just like yeah, three steps yeah, yeah, probably yeah,
some crazy stuff that this happens in this world.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
And squad, I have a few more questions that I'm
going to get through with my good friends.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Eric and Toby al Quinn.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
And also we're going to take them through the lovely
enough Lightning Round just as soon as we get back
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Speaker 1 (13:31):
Hey s.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
While we're back with Tubby and Eric Aliquyn from the
People's Jiu Jitsu. It's located in West Palm Beach And
I got to ask you to So, how is marshal
arts or jiu jitsu in general shaped your relationship with
a couple in business partners?
Speaker 4 (13:46):
Well, it's crazy because we met through martial arts.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
That's a funny story.
Speaker 4 (13:52):
It's crazy, it's almost it's the irony is insane because
when we look back on videos of when we didn't
know each other, we were at the same of and
we were at like three or two or three events
a month at the same events. We were in the
background of each other's videos, which is so weird. We
just never spoke to each other. But it's definitely helped
our relationship, our personal because i mean argument we don't
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really have arguments, it's funny, and and everyone can kind
of know when we're when we're upset at each other
because we'll wait, we'll wait until we get on the
mat and then they'll yeah. And we've had.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
That because they won't show anything, but when they go,
they go.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
We've had some people, We've had some people ask us
like are you guys fighting, and you know, like don't know.
But it's definitely helped with that. And then also too
again when we talked about dealing with adversary. We don't
have the best the perfect life, you know, there's been
some times where we've come into some obstacles, and because
we do jiu jitsu, we've been able to stay levelheaded,
well more so him. I'm the one losing my mind
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and he's always like just chill, like everything's gonna work out.
And then as far for business, same thing. I mean
We've been put in some uncomfortable positions in jiu jitsu,
and when it comes to business, it could either make
you or break you, especially when you have to make
big decisions when it comes to your legacy, you know,
like what you're building up. So definitely the whole learning
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how to assess situations and just problem solving like we've
learned throughout the years. It's not me and him against
each other, it's us two against the problem. And it's
the same thing in jiu jitsu when I'm training for
a match, you know, like he's the one looking up
my opponent and he knows, Okay, you're not this issue.
I'm not the issue. Sometimes will bump heads when he's
coaching me, but in the end we're like, Okay, you're
doing this to help me because I'm going against her.
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She's the problem, not you, you know. So it's it's
definitely helped with that for both personal and business.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
So Eric, then you know a moment of your journey
together that you guys you've got been together fourteen years total.
Speaker 4 (15:55):
I think fourteen years. Yeah, yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
Feel like fourteen minutes underwater. I'm kidding twenty. So you know,
what's the one moment from your guys's journey, Eric, that
really kind of stands out, either a match or coaching
that you'll never.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
For instantly comes to me. Was it twenty twelve? Was
it twenty twelve the world? Is that twenty twelve Panams?
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Yeah, twenty twelve, twenty.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Twelve Pan American game. So this is like we have
world championships, we have Pan American Championships. This is right
up there, and we.
Speaker 5 (16:28):
Were we both went there together and we were literally
side by side fighting at the same time. Like I'd
win a match, she'd win a match, we'd come over
and talk to each other. I got my next match
and we both won dominated that year.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
So that was like, AWO, so cool.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
Yeah, it was literally side by side, not next to
each other. Mines was And I remember the date. It
was November eighteenth, twenty eighteen. It was Eric's first pro fight,
and I remember I was cage sided. It was it
was it was the last round, and I remember I
was I was was it that? I think it was
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that when I was just looking at him and being
ca Yeah, we locked eyes in the case and I
was like you need to get up. I was like,
you need to get up, and I remember he looked
at me and I in my head he did not,
but in my head he was like, yes, ma'am. And
like a soldier, my boy came up and finished around
on top, and I feel like he stole around at
that very end and he ended up winning. So to me,
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that was like a big that's a big, big deal. Yeah,
that sticks in my head.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Yeah, and again I've been blast. I guess to see
some of those epic matches you guys have with each.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
Other on the mat.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
We'll settle it out.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
So how about you know, what's the one value do
you feel that you teach on the mat that directly
applies to life?
Speaker 1 (17:49):
The one value we teach that directly applies to life.
Speaker 5 (17:54):
I would say that life's gonna hit you with some
curveballs and it's gonna get hard, and as long as
you stay persistent, there's always another route.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
So do not let life be who teaches you that.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
I mean, just yesterday you taught me something of pushing
up instead of out because I'm a big dude.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
I want to bench press everybody just like push up.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
And I was like, wow, you know, and it's like life,
you get stuck somewhere and it's like there's actually a
way out, you know, and teaches you that. And I
grew up with a wrestling pedigree, right, so every wrestling go, Yes,
it's just six minutes of go where you just.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Just like, okay, dude, you got me this time. But
there's a way out.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
So let's say it's twenty thirty, you're twenty thirty. Okay,
you know what is your vision looking back that you're
going to see the people's jiu jitsu? It's twenty there's
five years from now.
Speaker 5 (18:46):
Where's people's just five hundred students by based academy in West.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Palm Beach downtown, just.
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Big, big.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
We teach in the schools.
Speaker 5 (18:58):
We collaborated with Systemic Flow Martial Arts, so were teach
in the elementary schools.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
As that's awesome that you guys do that, man.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
Yeah, So we're looking just to get bigger, to grow,
like right now we have We just started the morning
program Tuesdays and Thursdays at seven fifteen am. And then
we started our kids program last year around June. So
we're about to have a year and that's that's taken off.
So and then the adult yeah, and then the adult
program as well. We've been running that since May. So
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we just feel like in the next five years, especially
with the direction and the route we're going and the guidance,
like you said, we do have a lot of people,
a lot of good good friends and family and business
owners that do guide us and help us. We feel
like we're going in the right direction and eventually in
the next five years, like we're we're looking to it's
for us. It's not about the money. It's about like
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the community, the camaraderie, like building it up, making sure
it's in all the schools, Like if you ever go
to Abu Dhabi Dubai, it's in the school system. They
have commercials of it. Women are doing it. It's in
the army, they have their training. Everyone one for it.
It's like a big deal. That's like my dream for
jiu jitsu in the States. You know, it should be
in all the school systems. It should be as little
cartoons for kids to watch and learn. You know, it
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should be men at least in every ten mile radius.
For me, I feel like it's so important. It doesn't
matter who you are, as long as you're good at
jiu jitsu and you know how to work with kids
and adults. I feel like it should be everywhere. So
in the next five years, I really feel like we're
gonna We're gonna. We're already blowing up now. So in
the next five years, I really think we're going to
establish ourselves, although we've already been established the last twelve
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years in a West Pom do everybody know?
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Yeah, So I feel like now Cava bar and I
mean like you know, elephants or my coaches like oh.
Speaker 4 (20:38):
Yeah, yeah, you know, it's like, yeah, you know, looking
forward to that. I feel like we'll basically cement our
mark right where we're at.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
You know.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
I love squad is what they're bringing out here, is
that they're doing that. They're doing things for the intention,
not the attention, right. Their intention is to level kids
up to level Like Susan if you're listening maybe to
woll you and just say cut your nails and come in,
you know, like yeah, you know, come on like that.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
They're doing that, and in my opinion, they're planting trees.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
They're never going to sit in the shade of I
think that they're planning these this company people's jiu jitsu
that's going to carry on through way after they're gone
because I watch them, I see their passion every day.
I'm in a kind of a front row seat to
see it, and it is super impressive. And I just
want to give you guys the kudos to what you
guys are doing and how you guys are absolutely attacking it.
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You know. So we're you and I all of us
have kind of talked, you know, a few few of
these questions quite a bit at length, especially Eric and I,
probably over one of our lunches or something like that.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
But today we have a lightning.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Round and you get five seconds with no explanations and
they can all be answered that way, I promise you. Okay,
So well, you know, I'll kind of like bounce back
and forth between you guys, but I'm going to ask
you both this one.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
So what is the best leveling up advice you've ever received? Tubby?
Speaker 4 (22:05):
The grass isn't always greener. On the other side, you
have to water it, wep.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Absolutely, and the grass might be greener, but the waters
bill is more expensive a lot of times. So make
sure before you make a move. Did it makes sense? Right?
Speaker 4 (22:19):
So?
Speaker 5 (22:19):
Eric?
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Sure, sure, one of your personal habits that contributes to
your success. One of my personal habits, I would say
my obsession was just learning. Yeah you are.
Speaker 5 (22:29):
I just constantly, like seventeen years I think I've been
doing jiu jitsu, and I feel like I still act
like a white belt, like I don't know anything. So
I'm constantly searching. I look at you guys sometimes like oh,
well that works for him. Let me let me try that.
Like I'm content too much.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Longer than how about you?
Speaker 4 (22:49):
To my mindset?
Speaker 1 (22:50):
Love it?
Speaker 3 (22:51):
So Tubby recommend a book that's really kind of flipped
the script and literally like leveled you up.
Speaker 4 (22:56):
Oh man, oh, which is the one I was just reading.
It takes what it takes.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Yeah, I wonder who?
Speaker 4 (23:02):
Uh that was really good?
Speaker 1 (23:07):
That's my mentor.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
River is the one that got me into coaching in
two thousand and nine, you know, unfortunately passed away. He's
Russell Wilson, the quarterback stuff. Yeah, so he's the one
that got me into coaching. So how about Eric. The
most commonly used emoji when you.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Text, commonly laughing faces, right.
Speaker 4 (23:27):
Me the space.
Speaker 5 (23:32):
Right?
Speaker 1 (23:33):
All right, Tobby?
Speaker 3 (23:33):
What is the hidden talent or superpower that you have
that nobody knows about until now I can cook, all right,
I can basically see something and replicate it.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Dude, you are you see stuff?
Speaker 3 (23:47):
And also Squad, I'm breaking my own roar here. The
way he teaches and breaks Tobby as well, teaches and
breaks stuff down, it's like you pick it up.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
You know, you can have someone that's never been on
the mat, and the way Eric and Tubby teaches him,
it's just fantastic.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
So Eric Chess, Checkers, Monopoly, Checkers, Monopoly.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
Right to the headline for your life.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
Tubzilla does it again, right, Yolo, I love.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
It, Love it.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Go to ice cream flavor like acolate, Go to ice
cream flavor. Love it.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
So there's a sandwich called the PJJ, the People's Jiu Jitsu.
Build that sandwich. What's on it?
Speaker 5 (24:27):
Lettuce, tomato, onion, salt, pepper, oil, and vinegar. Sorry, I'm vegetarian,
no meat, could say.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Ryan mudds vegetarian as well.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Man.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
It's crazy to see this, you know, being around the
bodybuilding world and all that jazz and seeing the lead
levels that you guys are eating the vegan food which
they're vegan.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
It's just amazing.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
So Toby if you could get in a time machine
and go twenty years forward or twenty years.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Back, but you come back to today in one day,
Which would you do?
Speaker 4 (24:59):
I live life with no regrets, so I would go
twenty years for it.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Love it, Eric, I go back, Yeah, warn myself. That's awesome.
So how about like a charity or in organization you'd
like to give your time and or money to that
you're passionate about.
Speaker 5 (25:19):
We love donating our time to, like the animal shelters.
That's what we're big on. Animals.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Yeah, how many dogs you guys have? Now? Six? Nice
and a guinea pig and chickens.
Speaker 4 (25:28):
And chicken It's awesome, all rescues.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
I know mango seasons coming in, so I'll be stopping
by our house. So tell you the best decade of
me is like sixties, seventies.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Eighties or nineties nineties on my nineties, baby, you guys are.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
It's funny like Eric was born in the year I
graduated high school, so it was kind of it's when
we were talking joke about that.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Listen, guys, we have a couple of minutes. You know,
the stage is yours.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
Can we tell us where you find you and what
you're offering out there and new classes and stuff like
that that's coming up.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
So guys, again, it's tough being Eric Alquin. Here we
are in downtown West Palm Beach. We are teaching our program,
the People's Jiu Jitsu, out of System of Floyd Martial Arts,
and the address is four twenty two seventh Street, Unit
A two, West Palm Beach, Florida, three three four oh one.
We currently offer a variety of classes for kids ages
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three to six, kids ages seven to twelve, and then
as well as adult classes thirteen and up. There is
no limit. You're as only as old as you think.
We offer our morning program seven fifteen to eight fifteen
on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Monday through Friday at six
thirty pm for adults.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
Love it, you killed it? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (26:37):
And is it like do they have to wear and
I'm saying this with no disrespect martial arts of pajamas to.
Speaker 4 (26:42):
Your you know, the gee yeah, to the gi yeah.
So they call that a kimono. So it's there's different ones.
Do you have your judo ones, you have your like
you know, your ensemble ones. And if you look up
at jiu jitsu gi you'll see like the sleeves are
a little bit longer, the pants are a little bit
longer than material. It's like a pearl weave, and that
would be a require meant for Monday nights for the
geek classes, and then for the no gee classes. We
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just recommend wearing pants or you know, tights with no
pockets so your fingers and toes don't get stuck. And
then it's an athletic rash guard, so like an under armour.
Preferably no T shirts just because again your arms and
your legs get caught and it does get a little
sweaty and messy. Then you walk out with an oversized
T shirt at the end of class.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (27:21):
Squat and bring a towel because you will sweat. It's
the most amazing workout. It's changed my life that have
been with you guys about five years now. It's absolutely
you know, changed my life, and I just want to
thank you guys for coming on. Remember that if you
get intimidated or bullied out there, jiu jitsu is a
really way to go and get that done. Their planting trees,
no one's going to sit in the shade of and
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I'm just so blessed to know Eric and Tubby and
so thank you squad for you know, covering thirty minutes
of your time. A huge thank you to my producer
Brian Mudd. Absolutely love your guts.
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not just chasing and a teaming success, but redefining it
through providing above and beyond service. And this week's Knowledge
Nuggets Squad is about the difference between I get asked
a lot, a difference between coaching, consulting and therapy, and
what I like to do with my clients to show
them that I'm a coach. I believe that everyone knows
what they want, they just don't know how to talk
themselves into it. So I'm not going to tell you
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how to do it. I'm going to guide you. So
with my clients, I like to put them in their car.
They sit in the driver's seat and I say, see
that rear view mirror right there. It's small for a reason.
That's your past. Great place to visit, great place to
learn from. But if you live there, then you need therapy. Okay,
if you have this big windshield, it's big. Oh my gosh, scary.
Where the hell am I going? Wow, I'm lost. Well,
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since twenty eleven, they've been putting these things on the
dashboard called the GPS. So actually you can have it
and you hold it in your hand in your phone.
Now that's what I am as a coach. I'm a GPS.
You plug in the coordinates and you go there. Now,
I can't buckle your seatbelt. I cannot, you know, start
the car for you. But if you get lost, you're
going somewhere. We can help re route you and hold
you accountable. So that's kind of what a coach does.
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I really coach from a neutrality position. Coach from neutral
and moving forward from where you're at, hold a mirror
in front of you and let you see where you're
going and then keep you on track. And speaking of coaches,
I got my two coaches here today, my jiu jitsu coaches.
Everybody should have a coach coach, and I have a
total of six coaches between mindset, business, jiu jitsu, fitness, body,
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and I'm so happy to bring in my good friends.
We'll start with Amanda Tubby Aloquin and don't let the
word Tubby fool you once. She's a stunning woman with
the hugest heart. She's a jiu jitsu powerhouse, multiple time
world champion, top five in the world and two weight classes,
and a respected black belt with over thirteen years on
the map. Trained early in boxing by her father and
later drawn to jiu jitsu at just fifteen years old,
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Tubby rise was fast and fierce from local tournaments dominating
global stages. She's not just an elite athlete, She's a
passionate mentor. Tubby uses the art of jiu jitsu to
inspire personal growth, discipline, and confidence, especially among young women
in her community. She's a fighter, a teacher, and a
force to be reckoned with. In her other half noticed
I didn't say the better half, but her other half
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was born in is Eric Eliquin and also a very
good friend of mine. Have actually been blessed to be
able to coach him a little bit as well.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
He was born and.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Raised in West Plump Beach and didn't start training really
deep into martial arts still he's about nineteen years old.
But once he did, the grind never stop. From jiu
jitsu to wrestling, kickboxing, two boxing, Eric's become a force
in the MMA welterweight division with a pro record a
seven to one and a flawless amateur slate, a first
degree black belt under the World champ Professor Johnny Faria.
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Eric isn't just a fighter, he's a mentor. When he's
not throwing down in the cage, he's shaping the next
generation of champions and leading with heart in his community.
And one reason why I wanted to bring these awesome
coaches of mine on squad is they've made huge difference
in my life. I've learned that jiu jitsu is life.
You know, I can get actually buried by somebody that's
one hundred and forty pounds, and if you know me,
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I'm six one two forty, kind of well put together,
and I'm sitting here with Tubby who is probably five
to one hundred and fifteen pounds, and technically she actually
wrecks me. But they have an awesome, fantastic academy in
West Palm Beach just called the People's Jiu Jitsu, And
I got to ask you, guys one, welcome, how are you?
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Thank you? Thank you for having us, good to be.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Here, awesome?
Speaker 3 (04:02):
So what makes the People's Jiu Jitsu different from other
gyms kind of in South Forward?
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Oh, I'll start.
Speaker 5 (04:09):
I think the dynamic first of the husband and wife.
You know, we have both sides of that, the ying
and the yang where we present different different things for
different people, especially with kids. So some some kids will
gravitate towards Tubby, whereas other kids will gravitate towards me.
It tends to be a little boys gravitate towards Tubby,
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the little girls gravitate towards me. So we have that
that double side. I tend to be a little more
funny and joking, whereas Coach Tubby's more of the serious technician.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Yeah it's insane. You know, I've rolled with Tubby, believe
it or not again.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
But it's not like I'm trying to hulk slammer unless
you latch onto me like a big clamp anyways, right,
But sometimes Honey Badger, Yeah, I'm thinking is that her
arm and it's her leg and I'm like houses, Yeah,
But you know, Tubby. For someone who's never tried martial arts,
what's the first thing they experience walking in.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
The people's jiu jitsu?
Speaker 4 (05:05):
I definitely say that's one thing that also sets us apart.
It's a warm welcome so it is a contact sport,
a combat sport, and sometimes walking into that environment can
be a little bit intimidating, especially if the instructor is intimidating.
So one thing we like to do is, as soon
as you walk in never had any type of martial
arts experience, the first thing we do is we greet
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you with a smile and we want to let you
know you're safe here. It's a family friendly environment. And
then we ask them questions about themselves because at the
end of the day, they know why they came there,
so it's our job to know them, get to know them,
get to know their ins and out, Like what do
they don't like, you know, like where is their athletic capacity,
We'll asking questions about their background, what do they do
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for a living, you know, just get a little bit
more of a relationship with them before they actually get
a relationship on the map with us, because at the
end of the day, when they step on that mat,
it is a different, a different how do I put this,
Like we can be friends off the mat, build a
good relationship, but then once they get on the mat,
it's like, Okay, now you're I'm the teacher and you're
the student, and you're here to learn, and I'm here
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to provide that service for you. Right see, you know
what I'm saying. So we like to establish a good
relationship with them before they step on the mat, and
then when they step on the mat, then it's like
a good marriage of the jiu jitsu and then the
person outside the mat.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Right and squad.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
What I love about it is, you know, I kind
of run an alpha life where I have three companies
and I get to go in there and hang my
ego at the door, and I'm just going to recommend
that anybody that goes out there, no matter if you
think you're a big tough guy. Whatnot. Just check your
you go out the door, because you're going to pick
up so much more. Become a sponge. Because when I
go in there on Tuesdays and Thursday mornings at seven fifteen,
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I become a sponge and that's where you will learn
the most and pick up the quickest. So you know, Eric,
you mentioned kids, right, So why do you think jiu
jitsu is a powerful tool for kids growing up today?
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Oh? Man?
Speaker 5 (06:58):
It teaches them how to deal with adversity, being in
very tough positions and number one, remaining calm in those situations.
So we've had we've had parents approach us where their
kid was being bullied in the past, and parents come
to us as static. Not that our kids are choosing
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like to attack a bully, but they're defending themselves against
a bully, whereas in the past they would just kind
of shell up and be bullied. You know, all the
all the suicides. Now with the bullying going on, it's
we can't have that. So our job is to make
sure we build stronger our kids in this community.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Yeah, anything to edit it.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Yeah, So I mean the kids, it's for me. It's
so important because even at the age of three. We
do run a three to six year old program, and
at that age they're still developing their motor skills. So
there's not a lot of things that I can't teach
them how to do a technical arm gold guard, but
I can't teach him how to do like a sweep
where they can use their arms and their legs and
their hips all at the same time. And as they
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progress within months, where we see when kids start off
a three year old start off to where they can't
they can't even like run properly. Yeah, you know, they're
running with their bellies out, arms swinging, and then by
the end of like a three month four month process,
they're doing front rolls, they're doing back rolls, they're doing
you know, they're doing duck walks. You know, they're doing
sprawls and breakfalls into technical stand ups. Yeah. So and
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it's like it's crazy to see that. And I see
how like elated the parents are to see that their
kids are not only like gaining more motor skills like
mobility athleticism, but they're also gaining a confidence that they
didn't even know they have. Right, So I feel like
it brings out the potential that they can have. So
for example, I played some of the ADYCC videos from
the Kids World Championships, probably like last week for the
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three to six year old, and they were in a trance.
They were watching the video and they were just like,
that's so cool, you know, And I was like, this
is an example. If you pursue this, you know, this.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Could be you.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Yeah. I was like, you can move like that, you
can learn how to do all of that stuff. And
obviously what they're doing now, because they're still developing, is
in nowhere near those kids level. But they got to
see that and they got an insight and just seeing
how big their eyes got, how like interested they were.
And I don't know if it was that video, but
since that day and I was like, two weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
We've seen on fire.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
They've been on fire, dude, They've just been non stop.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
You got to interject.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
The ADCC is like the super Bowl of jiu jitsu
and submission grappling. It's like, I'll tell you what I've
called Eric and Tubby during the ADC a couple of
years ago, and they're like, Tubby is not going away
from the TV.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Also for women, Okay, and I'm talking to you, my
Susan and my fiance. Women, I believe it's the best
martial arts before that, because you know, I mean, if
you have someone that is a woman, that's a smaller stature,
and you're if you're gonna do takwondo, and there's nothing
bad about takwondo, okay, I mean it's a great art.
But if there's really no escape from some buddy, if
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a man raps the woman, right, well, you guys, they
teach us shrimping, and they teach us, you know, the
way to get away and run, right, I mean, it's
a martial art for that, would you agree? For like
women or maybe even the meat in the world.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
It was originally created in India for women, really yeah, okay,
and then it got moved over to Japan. The Brazilians
learned it, brought it to California. That's how it got
to the US. But one hundred percent for women. I
mean what I tell people, even me and Tubby like,
she's very high level, but there's this, it's physics. I'm
a two hundred pound male, she's one hundred and twenty
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pound female. If I was to hit her, it doesn't
matter the training, but if she can close the gap,
grab me, I'll make a magna.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Don't see into that same token. Because we know that
there's sports you jitsu and like self defense you jitsu.
I'm not. I will be honest with you. There's times
where I'm doing laundry and he'll just run up behind
me and tie to like rap me from behind, and
I'll start fish hooking. I'll start like dropping now yeah, man,
So like there's there's two different, two different like ballgames.
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When it comes to sport and self defense, it's a
good marriage. However, it is good for women to learn
because oftentimes when we're being attacked, it's always from the
opposite sucks and it's always like someone on drugs or
someone who's angry, or someone who's bigger. So jiu jitsu
isn't gonna make them the winner, but jiu jitsu's gonna
ensill that little bit of confidence to at least have
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that knowledge so where they don't freeze up because your
body goes into fight or flight. And I'll be a
perfect example what happened to me once. I'm very naive
when it comes to meeting people. I think everyone, I
see the good in everyone. So when I was put
in that situation, my body kind of went into like
almost shocked because I was like, is this really happening
to me? You know? And thankfully it was in broad daylight,
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so the guy like ran away. But that's when I
kind of realized. I was like, I need to start
being more aware. I need to have that knowledge and
knowing like I can't always see the good in people.
I have to keep my distance. So if someone approaches me,
especially a male, and I think he looks a little
crazy and he gets too, also tell them we'll take
three steps back. How can I help us?
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Model?
Speaker 6 (12:04):
Yeah, so just like yeah, three steps yeah, yeah, probably yeah,
some crazy stuff that this happens in this world.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
And squad, I have a few more questions that I'm
going to get through with my good friends.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Eric and Toby al Quinn.
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Speaker 1 (13:31):
Hey s.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
While we're back with Tubby and Eric Aliquyn from the
People's Jiu Jitsu. It's located in West Palm Beach And
I got to ask you to So, how is marshal
arts or jiu jitsu in general shaped your relationship with
a couple in business partners?
Speaker 4 (13:46):
Well, it's crazy because we met through martial arts.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
That's a funny story.
Speaker 4 (13:52):
It's crazy, it's almost it's the irony is insane because
when we look back on videos of when we didn't
know each other, we were at the same of and
we were at like three or two or three events
a month at the same events. We were in the
background of each other's videos, which is so weird. We
just never spoke to each other. But it's definitely helped
our relationship, our personal because i mean argument we don't
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really have arguments, it's funny, and and everyone can kind
of know when we're when we're upset at each other
because we'll wait, we'll wait until we get on the
mat and then they'll yeah. And we've had.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
That because they won't show anything, but when they go,
they go.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
We've had some people, We've had some people ask us
like are you guys fighting, and you know, like don't know.
But it's definitely helped with that. And then also too
again when we talked about dealing with adversary. We don't
have the best the perfect life, you know, there's been
some times where we've come into some obstacles, and because
we do jiu jitsu, we've been able to stay levelheaded,
well more so him. I'm the one losing my mind
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and he's always like just chill, like everything's gonna work out.
And then as far for business, same thing. I mean
We've been put in some uncomfortable positions in jiu jitsu,
and when it comes to business, it could either make
you or break you, especially when you have to make
big decisions when it comes to your legacy, you know,
like what you're building up. So definitely the whole learning
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how to assess situations and just problem solving like we've
learned throughout the years. It's not me and him against
each other, it's us two against the problem. And it's
the same thing in jiu jitsu when I'm training for
a match, you know, like he's the one looking up
my opponent and he knows, Okay, you're not this issue.
I'm not the issue. Sometimes will bump heads when he's
coaching me, but in the end we're like, Okay, you're
doing this to help me because I'm going against her.
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She's the problem, not you, you know. So it's it's
definitely helped with that for both personal and business.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
So Eric, then you know a moment of your journey
together that you guys you've got been together fourteen years total.
Speaker 4 (15:55):
I think fourteen years. Yeah, yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
Feel like fourteen minutes underwater. I'm kidding twenty. So you know,
what's the one moment from your guys's journey, Eric, that
really kind of stands out, either a match or coaching
that you'll never.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
For instantly comes to me. Was it twenty twelve? Was
it twenty twelve the world? Is that twenty twelve Panams?
Speaker 4 (16:19):
Yeah, twenty twelve, twenty.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Twelve Pan American game. So this is like we have
world championships, we have Pan American Championships. This is right
up there, and we.
Speaker 5 (16:28):
Were we both went there together and we were literally
side by side fighting at the same time. Like I'd
win a match, she'd win a match, we'd come over
and talk to each other. I got my next match
and we both won dominated that year.
Speaker 1 (16:41):
So that was like, AWO, so cool.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
Yeah, it was literally side by side, not next to
each other. Mines was And I remember the date. It
was November eighteenth, twenty eighteen. It was Eric's first pro fight,
and I remember I was cage sided. It was it
was it was the last round, and I remember I
was I was was it that? I think it was
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that when I was just looking at him and being
ca Yeah, we locked eyes in the case and I
was like you need to get up. I was like,
you need to get up, and I remember he looked
at me and I in my head he did not,
but in my head he was like, yes, ma'am. And
like a soldier, my boy came up and finished around
on top, and I feel like he stole around at
that very end and he ended up winning. So to me,
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that was like a big that's a big, big deal. Yeah,
that sticks in my head.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Yeah, and again I've been blast. I guess to see
some of those epic matches you guys have with each.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
Other on the mat.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
We'll settle it out.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
So how about you know, what's the one value do
you feel that you teach on the mat that directly
applies to life?
Speaker 1 (17:49):
The one value we teach that directly applies to life.
Speaker 5 (17:54):
I would say that life's gonna hit you with some
curveballs and it's gonna get hard, and as long as
you stay persistent, there's always another route.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
So do not let life be who teaches you that.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
I mean, just yesterday you taught me something of pushing
up instead of out because I'm a big dude.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
I want to bench press everybody just like push up.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
And I was like, wow, you know, and it's like life,
you get stuck somewhere and it's like there's actually a
way out, you know, and teaches you that. And I
grew up with a wrestling pedigree, right, so every wrestling go, Yes,
it's just six minutes of go where you just.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Just like, okay, dude, you got me this time. But
there's a way out.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
So let's say it's twenty thirty, you're twenty thirty. Okay,
you know what is your vision looking back that you're
going to see the people's jiu jitsu? It's twenty there's
five years from now.
Speaker 5 (18:46):
Where's people's just five hundred students by based academy in West.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Palm Beach downtown, just.
Speaker 5 (18:55):
Big, big.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
We teach in the schools.
Speaker 5 (18:58):
We collaborated with Systemic Flow Martial Arts, so were teach
in the elementary schools.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
As that's awesome that you guys do that, man.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
Yeah, So we're looking just to get bigger, to grow,
like right now we have We just started the morning
program Tuesdays and Thursdays at seven fifteen am. And then
we started our kids program last year around June. So
we're about to have a year and that's that's taken off.
So and then the adult yeah, and then the adult
program as well. We've been running that since May. So
(19:29):
we just feel like in the next five years, especially
with the direction and the route we're going and the guidance,
like you said, we do have a lot of people,
a lot of good good friends and family and business
owners that do guide us and help us. We feel
like we're going in the right direction and eventually in
the next five years, like we're we're looking to it's
for us. It's not about the money. It's about like
(19:49):
the community, the camaraderie, like building it up, making sure
it's in all the schools, Like if you ever go
to Abu Dhabi Dubai, it's in the school system. They
have commercials of it. Women are doing it. It's in
the army, they have their training. Everyone one for it.
It's like a big deal. That's like my dream for
jiu jitsu in the States. You know, it should be
in all the school systems. It should be as little
cartoons for kids to watch and learn. You know, it
(20:12):
should be men at least in every ten mile radius.
For me, I feel like it's so important. It doesn't
matter who you are, as long as you're good at
jiu jitsu and you know how to work with kids
and adults. I feel like it should be everywhere. So
in the next five years, I really feel like we're
gonna We're gonna. We're already blowing up now. So in
the next five years, I really think we're going to
establish ourselves, although we've already been established the last twelve
(20:32):
years in a West Pom do everybody know?
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Yeah, So I feel like now Cava bar and I
mean like you know, elephants or my coaches like oh.
Speaker 4 (20:38):
Yeah, yeah, you know, it's like, yeah, you know, looking
forward to that. I feel like we'll basically cement our
mark right where we're at.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
You know.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
I love squad is what they're bringing out here, is
that they're doing that. They're doing things for the intention,
not the attention, right. Their intention is to level kids
up to level Like Susan if you're listening maybe to
woll you and just say cut your nails and come in,
you know, like yeah, you know, come on like that.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
They're doing that, and in my opinion, they're planting trees.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
They're never going to sit in the shade of I
think that they're planning these this company people's jiu jitsu
that's going to carry on through way after they're gone
because I watch them, I see their passion every day.
I'm in a kind of a front row seat to
see it, and it is super impressive. And I just
want to give you guys the kudos to what you
guys are doing and how you guys are absolutely attacking it.
(21:28):
You know. So we're you and I all of us
have kind of talked, you know, a few few of
these questions quite a bit at length, especially Eric and I,
probably over one of our lunches or something like that.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
But today we have a lightning.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Round and you get five seconds with no explanations and
they can all be answered that way, I promise you. Okay,
So well, you know, I'll kind of like bounce back
and forth between you guys, but I'm going to ask
you both this one.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
So what is the best leveling up advice you've ever received? Tubby?
Speaker 4 (22:05):
The grass isn't always greener. On the other side, you
have to water it, wep.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Absolutely, and the grass might be greener, but the waters
bill is more expensive a lot of times. So make
sure before you make a move. Did it makes sense? Right?
Speaker 4 (22:19):
So?
Speaker 5 (22:19):
Eric?
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Sure, sure, one of your personal habits that contributes to
your success. One of my personal habits, I would say
my obsession was just learning. Yeah you are.
Speaker 5 (22:29):
I just constantly, like seventeen years I think I've been
doing jiu jitsu, and I feel like I still act
like a white belt, like I don't know anything. So
I'm constantly searching. I look at you guys sometimes like oh,
well that works for him. Let me let me try that.
Like I'm content too much.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Longer than how about you?
Speaker 4 (22:49):
To my mindset?
Speaker 1 (22:50):
Love it?
Speaker 3 (22:51):
So Tubby recommend a book that's really kind of flipped
the script and literally like leveled you up.
Speaker 4 (22:56):
Oh man, oh, which is the one I was just reading.
It takes what it takes.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Yeah, I wonder who?
Speaker 4 (23:02):
Uh that was really good?
Speaker 1 (23:07):
That's my mentor.
Speaker 3 (23:09):
River is the one that got me into coaching in
two thousand and nine, you know, unfortunately passed away. He's
Russell Wilson, the quarterback stuff. Yeah, so he's the one
that got me into coaching. So how about Eric. The
most commonly used emoji when you.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Text, commonly laughing faces, right.
Speaker 4 (23:27):
Me the space.
Speaker 5 (23:32):
Right?
Speaker 1 (23:33):
All right, Tobby?
Speaker 3 (23:33):
What is the hidden talent or superpower that you have
that nobody knows about until now I can cook, all right,
I can basically see something and replicate it.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Dude, you are you see stuff?
Speaker 3 (23:47):
And also Squad, I'm breaking my own roar here. The
way he teaches and breaks Tobby as well, teaches and
breaks stuff down, it's like you pick it up.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
You know, you can have someone that's never been on
the mat, and the way Eric and Tubby teaches him,
it's just fantastic.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
So Eric Chess, Checkers, Monopoly, Checkers, Monopoly.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
Right to the headline for your life.
Speaker 4 (24:08):
Tubzilla does it again, right, Yolo, I love.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
It, Love it.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Go to ice cream flavor like acolate, Go to ice
cream flavor. Love it.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
So there's a sandwich called the PJJ, the People's Jiu Jitsu.
Build that sandwich. What's on it?
Speaker 5 (24:27):
Lettuce, tomato, onion, salt, pepper, oil, and vinegar. Sorry, I'm vegetarian,
no meat, could say.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
Ryan mudds vegetarian as well.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Man.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
It's crazy to see this, you know, being around the
bodybuilding world and all that jazz and seeing the lead
levels that you guys are eating the vegan food which
they're vegan.
Speaker 1 (24:49):
It's just amazing.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
So Toby if you could get in a time machine
and go twenty years forward or twenty years.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Back, but you come back to today in one day,
Which would you do?
Speaker 4 (24:59):
I live life with no regrets, so I would go
twenty years for it.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Love it, Eric, I go back, Yeah, warn myself. That's awesome.
So how about like a charity or in organization you'd
like to give your time and or money to that
you're passionate about.
Speaker 5 (25:19):
We love donating our time to, like the animal shelters.
That's what we're big on. Animals.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Yeah, how many dogs you guys have? Now? Six? Nice
and a guinea pig and chickens.
Speaker 4 (25:28):
And chicken It's awesome, all rescues.
Speaker 3 (25:31):
I know mango seasons coming in, so I'll be stopping
by our house. So tell you the best decade of
me is like sixties, seventies.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Eighties or nineties nineties on my nineties, baby, you guys are.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
It's funny like Eric was born in the year I
graduated high school, so it was kind of it's when
we were talking joke about that.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Listen, guys, we have a couple of minutes. You know,
the stage is yours.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
Can we tell us where you find you and what
you're offering out there and new classes and stuff like
that that's coming up.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
So guys, again, it's tough being Eric Alquin. Here we
are in downtown West Palm Beach. We are teaching our program,
the People's Jiu Jitsu, out of System of Floyd Martial Arts,
and the address is four twenty two seventh Street, Unit
A two, West Palm Beach, Florida, three three four oh one.
We currently offer a variety of classes for kids ages
(26:19):
three to six, kids ages seven to twelve, and then
as well as adult classes thirteen and up. There is
no limit. You're as only as old as you think.
We offer our morning program seven fifteen to eight fifteen
on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Monday through Friday at six
thirty pm for adults.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
Love it, you killed it? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (26:37):
And is it like do they have to wear and
I'm saying this with no disrespect martial arts of pajamas to.
Speaker 4 (26:42):
Your you know, the gee yeah, to the gi yeah.
So they call that a kimono. So it's there's different ones.
Do you have your judo ones, you have your like
you know, your ensemble ones. And if you look up
at jiu jitsu gi you'll see like the sleeves are
a little bit longer, the pants are a little bit
longer than material. It's like a pearl weave, and that
would be a require meant for Monday nights for the
geek classes, and then for the no gee classes. We
(27:03):
just recommend wearing pants or you know, tights with no
pockets so your fingers and toes don't get stuck. And
then it's an athletic rash guard, so like an under armour.
Preferably no T shirts just because again your arms and
your legs get caught and it does get a little
sweaty and messy. Then you walk out with an oversized
T shirt at the end of class.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (27:21):
Squat and bring a towel because you will sweat. It's
the most amazing workout. It's changed my life that have
been with you guys about five years now. It's absolutely
you know, changed my life, and I just want to
thank you guys for coming on. Remember that if you
get intimidated or bullied out there, jiu jitsu is a
really way to go and get that done. Their planting trees,
no one's going to sit in the shade of and
(27:41):
I'm just so blessed to know Eric and Tubby and
so thank you squad for you know, covering thirty minutes
of your time. A huge thank you to my producer
Brian Mudd. Absolutely love your guts.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
Level up.
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