T & Ari Strategizing….

T & Ari have been strategizing and going over what Master Doug has taught them and making it better. If you wanna win you’ve got to Make It Happen!  You’ve got to Put In The Work to get the Results that you want!  These two kids are highly motivated and T has the attitude that “I’ll be damned if anyone is going to get the better of me!”  

We’ve seen such a huge change in T’s mind recently. He’s really got that fighters mindset. It only took him listening to an extremely raw book by David Goggins and having to recover from a rib injury back in January for that switch in his mind to happen. Goggins is a Navy Seal who came from a rough upbringing. Both have made him the man he is today. He has no quit in him. He has no I can’t in his vocabulary. It’s not an easy book to listen to because, like I said, it’s extremely raw language and all. In the fighting world (sports/competition world) it’s a game changer to listen to this book on Audible. Just reading the physical book won’t accomplish the reaction we’ve seen in our sons mindset when it comes to his taekwondo fighting. It’s got to be listened to and you’ve got to be able to deal with the rawness for the message of it to really get in you. 

Being a Christian listening to stuff like that book is hard. It’s hard on your heart to hear all that rawness but the message of it really hits home when it comes to having a strong mindset for the sport that you do. A strong mindset gets you far when you are a competitor. 

Now when T trains we see his new mindset coming out on the mat. He’s holding back with his teammates but he won’t with a real competitor at a tournament and I feel for anyone who has to fight him because he’s not just going to let them have an easy win nor is he going give up anymore just because they are bigger. He no longer lets thoughts that someone’s better get into his mind. He no longer lets how big they are dictate to him that he can’t win. He’s in a much different and stronger place. 

I told him now you can understand the Bible’s account of David and Goliath better because he had the attitude you have right now because he wasn’t going to let anyone think they could, even for a moment, get the better of God’s people!  David was the only one out of all the soldiers with armor that had that mindset. Everyone else was fearful because of Goliaths size but not David. He fought Goliath with no armor at all!  He had a sling and 5 smooth stones to fight him with and he defeated Goliath!!!  That story sinks in more now for T because of the Goggins book. That book was a huge light bulb moment for T. We are going to really enjoy watching him at tournaments now because it’s like he’s a brand new person out on the mat now. Win or learn T is for sure going to be leaving it all on mat and he is doing his best to help Ari understand and have that mindset as well. 

David Goggins Book “Can’t Hurt Me” has changed the entire fight game for T.  I’d encourage anyone who is a serious competitor with high goals to listen to this book. They need to be an older teen to adult to be able to handle the rawness of the book though. This is not something for a young child competitors ears. 

Pic of T and Ari talking things out and training together on Bob. 

The realization has set in for us that T is getting too tall for the fan light in our living room.  Especially when he does jumping techniques…LOL!  I may have to have Scot put in a light that is flush with the ceiling😳😱🤦🏻‍♀️.