August 8, 2025 • 5 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Something you should go. Something you should know is brought
to you by genesisgoldira dot com. That's also something you
should know. You can put your retirement plan. I'm the
gold Standard. Learn more and get a free gold and
Silver guide at Genesis gooldr dot com. Excited to have
a guest in the studio, I have Thomas Werner. How
you doing, sir, I'm doing awesome.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
How are you.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Dragon Spirit Martial Arts. I'm very good and I'm excited.
You guys have a fun event coming up. It's not
this Saturday, it's next Saturday, right correct, the sixteenth, And
this is at.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
The new facility. How are you liking the new place?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Loving it? It's a lot of work putting together a
new place, but it's coming along nicely and plenty of
room to grow, plenty room for new students.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
That is awesome.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
So let's talk about Dragon Spirit Martial Arts first and
then we're going to chat about the event that's coming up.
What are the different things you guys do, because you
do more than one thing, but what are the things
that you guys cover at your particular facility.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yep, So right now Monday, wednes Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday,
we do taekwondo classes. I've also got a kickboxing class.
So if you're not into earning your black belt and
things like that, but you want a good workout and
you want to learn all the techniques, you can do that.
And then I also have a preschool program that I
do on Saturdays to where your preschooler can learn different
(01:14):
balance and agility and everything else to get them started
down that path.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I love that. And again, this is not a new business.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
You've been around a bit, but you're in a new
location and it's on the Harrisburg and T exit.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Is that how you say that?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, yep, it's just right off of exit seventy one. Okay,
just to the west of block and the north of block.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Very good and again I'm excited to come out and
check it out. I saw some photos on the internet
and it looks it looks great.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Yeah, yeah, it's great. Moved in some other equipment even today.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Nice.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
So let's talk now about what we have coming up
on Saturday the sixteenth, because you've got a great event
coming up and it's a free event, so I want
to say that first.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
So hopefully that Ears just perked up. Ooh, free what
is this?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
So?
Speaker 3 (01:55):
What is the event that's coming up on Saturday the sixteenth.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
So Saturday the sixteenth, I'm doing a self defense seminar
that is geared towards women and teen girls. It's called
Empower Hurt. And this is not something new that I've done.
I've taught different various self defense courses over the years
for Lift and Uber and all of different organizations, and
this is really going to be very impactful. It's a
(02:22):
ninety minute seminar that goes by really really fast, and
you learn different de escalation, how to spot bad situations.
We'll do some different hands on drills, just a wide
range of things.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
And again it's Saturday at the sixteen ten am to
eleven thirty am and it's free. So and this is
open to anybody from anywhere or is it just people
in Sioux Falls or who can come to this?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Anybody can come to it. We do have the event
on Facebook that has the address and everything like that.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
And we'll share that to make that even easier.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yep, no pre registration is necessary to show up, bring
where some come. We'll work out clothing and bring a
water bottle and an open mind.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Again, it's coming up Saturday, and this is for women
and for teenage girls and empower her. I love that,
and you've done this in the past, but this is
the first time in the new facility.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Yes, yep, this is probably my eighth time doing this somehow,
if I remember right.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
I think it's a really cool thing. So again, that
is coming up this Saturday, not this Saturday. Next Saturday,
the sixteenth, ten am to eleven thirty am. It's free.
It's just outside of Swoo Falls on the Harrisburg and
TXIT seventy one.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Did you say yes?
Speaker 1 (03:36):
So see, I know where it is. I just don't
know how to tell people where it is, so but
we'll get them there. And the nice thing is I'll
share that Facebook event to make it really, really easy.
And if people are interested in Dragon Spirit Martial Arts,
you guys have a social media that they can follow
as well.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
The easiest thing to do is just find us on
Facebook search Dragon Spirit Martial Arts will pop right up
and it's got all of our contact links, a lot
of pictures, and a great range to check it out.
Come in for a free trial. Nice, bring your kiddos with.
We do have family discounts so the whole family can
(04:13):
work out. And we do have a lot of families
that'll that'll come in to where they'll start the kids
and then the adults get into it too.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
That is awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
I love that and the thing to see you guys
you know what you're doing. You got some national champions
in your in your place, which is really cool.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Yeah, we do. We had two athletes go to Salt
Lake City this year. They both came back gold medalist
and we're looking we're already training and planning for next year,
which is going to be in Tampa.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
So if there's somebody listening, going, hey, I want to
I want to live the Cobra high lifestyle. I want
to live the karate kid because again, that's the first
thing that comes to my mind, and I know it's
probably a lot different than that, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Well, And that's actually what got me into martial arts.
Is it?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Really?
Speaker 2 (04:51):
The original karate kid moving back in the eighties is
what got me in, and that's what got me into
the first dojo, and it was a lot different back then.
We were doing you know, bare knuckle push ups on
Minnesota Avenue, on this on the sidewalks and everything to
try to bring more people in. And it was a
different experience.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
You had creased teaching. It sounds like it was close.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
It was no Miagi, there was there no Well, if
somebody listening would have any interest in this, I'm going
to make it really easy for them to find the info.
Against Saturday the sixteenth, ten am to eleven thirty am.
It's a free event empower Her for women and teen girls. Again,
I'll throw a link to make it really easy. Thomas,
thanks for coming in.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Man, Yes, thank you again.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I'll throw a link to that at Facebook dot com.
Slash Sunny Radio at Facebook dot com, slash Sioux Falls News. Hey,
Something you should Know. Something you Should Know is brought
to you by Genesis goold ira dot com. Put your
retirement plan on the gold Standard. Get a free gold
and Silver guide now at genesisgoldra dot com
Something you should go. Something you should know is brought
to you by genesisgoldira dot com. That's also something you
should know. You can put your retirement plan. I'm the
gold Standard. Learn more and get a free gold and
Silver guide at Genesis gooldr dot com. Excited to have
a guest in the studio, I have Thomas Werner. How
you doing, sir, I'm doing awesome.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
How are you.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Dragon Spirit Martial Arts. I'm very good and I'm excited.
You guys have a fun event coming up. It's not
this Saturday, it's next Saturday, right correct, the sixteenth, And
this is at.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
The new facility. How are you liking the new place?
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Loving it? It's a lot of work putting together a
new place, but it's coming along nicely and plenty of
room to grow, plenty room for new students.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
That is awesome.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
So let's talk about Dragon Spirit Martial Arts first and
then we're going to chat about the event that's coming up.
What are the different things you guys do, because you
do more than one thing, but what are the things
that you guys cover at your particular facility.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yep, So right now Monday, wednes Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday,
we do taekwondo classes. I've also got a kickboxing class.
So if you're not into earning your black belt and
things like that, but you want a good workout and
you want to learn all the techniques, you can do that.
And then I also have a preschool program that I
do on Saturdays to where your preschooler can learn different
(01:14):
balance and agility and everything else to get them started
down that path.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I love that. And again, this is not a new business.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
You've been around a bit, but you're in a new
location and it's on the Harrisburg and T exit.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Is that how you say that?
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, yep, it's just right off of exit seventy one. Okay,
just to the west of block and the north of block.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Very good and again I'm excited to come out and
check it out. I saw some photos on the internet
and it looks it looks great.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Yeah, yeah, it's great. Moved in some other equipment even today.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Nice.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
So let's talk now about what we have coming up
on Saturday the sixteenth, because you've got a great event
coming up and it's a free event, so I want
to say that first.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
So hopefully that Ears just perked up. Ooh, free what
is this?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
So?
Speaker 3 (01:55):
What is the event that's coming up on Saturday the sixteenth.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
So Saturday the sixteenth, I'm doing a self defense seminar
that is geared towards women and teen girls. It's called
Empower Hurt. And this is not something new that I've done.
I've taught different various self defense courses over the years
for Lift and Uber and all of different organizations, and
this is really going to be very impactful. It's a
(02:22):
ninety minute seminar that goes by really really fast, and
you learn different de escalation, how to spot bad situations.
We'll do some different hands on drills, just a wide
range of things.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
And again it's Saturday at the sixteen ten am to
eleven thirty am and it's free. So and this is
open to anybody from anywhere or is it just people
in Sioux Falls or who can come to this?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Anybody can come to it. We do have the event
on Facebook that has the address and everything like that.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
And we'll share that to make that even easier.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yep, no pre registration is necessary to show up, bring
where some come. We'll work out clothing and bring a
water bottle and an open mind.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Again, it's coming up Saturday, and this is for women
and for teenage girls and empower her. I love that,
and you've done this in the past, but this is
the first time in the new facility.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Yes, yep, this is probably my eighth time doing this somehow,
if I remember right.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
I think it's a really cool thing. So again, that
is coming up this Saturday, not this Saturday. Next Saturday,
the sixteenth, ten am to eleven thirty am. It's free.
It's just outside of Swoo Falls on the Harrisburg and
TXIT seventy one.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Did you say yes?
Speaker 1 (03:36):
So see, I know where it is. I just don't
know how to tell people where it is, so but
we'll get them there. And the nice thing is I'll
share that Facebook event to make it really, really easy.
And if people are interested in Dragon Spirit Martial Arts,
you guys have a social media that they can follow
as well.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
The easiest thing to do is just find us on
Facebook search Dragon Spirit Martial Arts will pop right up
and it's got all of our contact links, a lot
of pictures, and a great range to check it out.
Come in for a free trial. Nice, bring your kiddos with.
We do have family discounts so the whole family can
(04:13):
work out. And we do have a lot of families
that'll that'll come in to where they'll start the kids
and then the adults get into it too.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
That is awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
I love that and the thing to see you guys
you know what you're doing. You got some national champions
in your in your place, which is really cool.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Yeah, we do. We had two athletes go to Salt
Lake City this year. They both came back gold medalist
and we're looking we're already training and planning for next year,
which is going to be in Tampa.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
So if there's somebody listening, going, hey, I want to
I want to live the Cobra high lifestyle. I want
to live the karate kid because again, that's the first
thing that comes to my mind, and I know it's
probably a lot different than that, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Well, And that's actually what got me into martial arts.
Is it?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Really?
Speaker 2 (04:51):
The original karate kid moving back in the eighties is
what got me in, and that's what got me into
the first dojo, and it was a lot different back then.
We were doing you know, bare knuckle push ups on
Minnesota Avenue, on this on the sidewalks and everything to
try to bring more people in. And it was a
different experience.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
You had creased teaching. It sounds like it was close.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
It was no Miagi, there was there no Well, if
somebody listening would have any interest in this, I'm going
to make it really easy for them to find the info.
Against Saturday the sixteenth, ten am to eleven thirty am.
It's a free event empower Her for women and teen girls. Again,
I'll throw a link to make it really easy. Thomas,
thanks for coming in.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Man, Yes, thank you again.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I'll throw a link to that at Facebook dot com.
Slash Sunny Radio at Facebook dot com, slash Sioux Falls News. Hey,
Something you should Know. Something you Should Know is brought
to you by Genesis goold ira dot com. Put your
retirement plan on the gold Standard. Get a free gold
and Silver guide now at genesisgoldra dot com
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