Episode 155
Ep. 155 - ATA Nation LIVE!
The primary focus of this podcast episode is our inaugural live event, marking a significant milestone in our series as we engage with a remarkable assembly of distinguished guests. We are thrilled to introduce our audience to the exceptional women leading the Ladies Empower Her seminar, which aims to foster empowerment and community among female practitioners within the ATA. Throughout this episode, we discuss the exhilarating atmosphere of the athlete development camp in Little Rock, Arkansas, where top-tier athletes are honing their skills and cultivating valuable relationships. Moreover, we highlight the impressive growth of female representation within our organization, reflecting an inspiring trend of progress and achievement. As we delve into these topics, we invite our listeners to join us in celebrating the accomplishments and aspirations of our ATA community.
Takeaways:
- The inaugural live episode marks a significant milestone in our podcasting journey, showcasing the immense potential of our community.
- During this episode, we highlighted the remarkable achievements of women within the ATA, emphasizing their increasing representation in leadership roles.
- The discussions surrounding the upcoming Ladies Empower seminar reflect our commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all participants.
- We are resolutely focused on building a culture of empowerment and mentorship among current and future generations of ATA practitioners.
- Our guests shared inspiring stories about the transformative impact of training camps, emphasizing the importance of camaraderie and mutual support among athletes.
- We encourage all listeners to actively participate in our community initiatives and to subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay informed about future events.
Transcript
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Speaker B:Foreign Nation, I am super excited to see all of you live.
Speaker B:This is the very first live episode we've ever done.
Speaker B:It is episode 155 and you should see the amazing guests I have on screen right now.
Speaker B:I this is the top level we have right here.
Speaker B:The best.
Speaker B:And I will say the ladies are going to be killing it today.
Speaker B:They are amazing.
Speaker B:So if you are watching live on Facebook, I'm going to really encourage you to head over to YouTube because YouTube is a better place to watch all these kind of things.
Speaker B:And ata this is what we need.
Speaker B:ATA Nation, I'm going to challenge you right now.
Speaker B:Get everybody at your school to hit the subscribe button on YouTube.
Speaker B:I want to see a silver YouTube play button at.
Speaker B:At headquarters.
Speaker B:Okay?
Speaker B:That's my goal.
Speaker B:I want a silver ATA.
Speaker B:A silver play button at ATA headquarters.
Speaker B:So head over to YouTube, hit the subscribe button.
Speaker B:We are at nation.
Speaker B:We shouldn't be, you know, behind in subscribers.
Speaker B:Come on, people.
Speaker B:Okay, so if you are watching live, I would love for you to click on the comments and tell us where you're tuning in from.
Speaker B:I know I got some people maybe checking in from athlete development camp.
Speaker B:I got some people all over the country.
Speaker B:It's going to be awesome.
Speaker B:We are going to go actually right now to checking in on how athlete development camp is going.
Speaker B:We have two amazing members of the coaching staff for Team usa.
Speaker B:Let's bring him on in.
Speaker B:Grandmaster Tammy Harvey Stauber and Master Lauren Blanks.
Speaker B:How are you ladies today?
Speaker C:We are doing great.
Speaker C:We are here at the 4H center in Little Rock, Arkansas for the athlete development training camp.
Speaker B:And Master Blanks.
Speaker B:How's it been?
Speaker B:The temperature is beautiful.
Speaker B:I'm sure.
Speaker D:We are having a fantastic time.
Speaker D:I always consider a blessing to be able to bring some of the top athletes in for training.
Speaker D:With our farthest athlete traveling all the way from Alaska, it's the nonstop action with conference combat and traditional scarring.
Speaker D:And then we have been very mindful to have a whole bunch of additional fun along the way.
Speaker B:So that's fantastic.
Speaker B:You guys have already completed some of the.
Speaker B:The trials for the New Year's team, is that correct?
Speaker C:That's correct.
Speaker E:We've.
Speaker C:We've done all the trials that we're going to do here and then there'll be new team members announced tomorrow, Sunday, and then there'll be additional tryouts, I believe.
Speaker C:In Pittsburgh.
Speaker B:In Pittsburgh.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:Awesome.
Speaker B:And you only do some of the age divisions at this event?
Speaker B:Is that how it is split by age or is it a number of people on teams change each time.
Speaker C:It's.
Speaker C:It's all.
Speaker C:All the teams.
Speaker B:Okay, gotcha.
Speaker B:Very cool.
Speaker B:Well, I, I got you guys on for the show to talk about actually a totally different subject, so.
Speaker B:But you.
Speaker B:You recruited the entire team for the Ladies Empower her seminar.
Speaker B:So let's bring on our other guests.
Speaker B:We've got Senior Master Giles, we've got Senior Master Pavlick, and we have Master Teavani who is at a special event.
Speaker B:And thanks for tuning in, ma' am.
Speaker B:We are really excited to have you.
Speaker B:So first of all, real quick go, let's go around.
Speaker B:And I did introductions already a little bit, but Grandmaster Tammy, give us just a little bit of your background real fast.
Speaker C:Just.
Speaker C:I'm about to start my 53rd year in ATA.
Speaker C:Got my grandmaster title last year in, you know, the year before that was able to test and, and become a ninth degree, so.
Speaker C:And it's just.
Speaker C:It's just great to be.
Speaker C:Great to be back in the ata.
Speaker B:We love it.
Speaker B:Master Blanks, what about you, ma' am?
Speaker D:Yes, sir.
Speaker D:So this makes year 30 for me since you're black belt.
Speaker D:One midterm away from being eligible to test for seventh degree.
Speaker D:Still crushing it in Columbus, Ohio with my Taekwondo school.
Speaker D:Super blessed to be here.
Speaker B:This is.
Speaker B:I hadn't noticed this before, but the Empower her seminar team is a very Ohio centric team.
Speaker B:Well, there's.
Speaker B:There's something coming out of Ohio these days.
Speaker B:Master Tavani, what about you, ma' am?
Speaker F:Yeah, I'm so excited to teach the seminar.
Speaker F:It's going to be great.
Speaker F:And I've just been, you know, I'm excited to start my new location and holding it down in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as always.
Speaker B:Excellent.
Speaker B:Ready to make.
Speaker G:Hi, everybody.
Speaker G:I am also in Columbus, Ohio.
Speaker G:Master Blanks and I get to get to see each other relatively often.
Speaker G:Master Giovanni, we see each other in region.
Speaker G:This is year 37 for me in the ATA, and so I am also one midterm away from hopefully being eligible to test for eighth degree, hopefully in the next year or so.
Speaker G:So still training hard and being ready for that.
Speaker B:Excellent, Master Giles.
Speaker H:Well, I've been doing ATA since I was 4, so to see the evolution of women growing in the ATA is seriously empowering to me.
Speaker H:So I just am so excited to give back and have this seminar just blast and start worlds off the right way.
Speaker B:So speaking of women in the ATA, 1, this is a stacked group of instructors.
Speaker B:I mean, this.
Speaker B:You can't get like a more awesome group than this is.
Speaker B:Grandmaster Tammy, you were telling us A little bit about some stats about women in the ata.
Speaker B:Can you review those for us?
Speaker C:Yes.
Speaker C:Currently, there are 140,000 women training in the ATA.
Speaker C:And of those hundred forty thousand, there is 138 female masters.
Speaker C: So in: Speaker C:And it is just.
Speaker C:So the percentage is like four plus female masters a year.
Speaker B:Oh, man.
Speaker B:And we just get better and better.
Speaker B:We got a Grand Master.
Speaker B:We're gonna have new Grand Masters coming up.
Speaker B:That's amazing.
Speaker B:So this is gonna be a free for all you guys can.
Speaker B:Whoever wants to jump in.
Speaker B:But what are you most excited about with this ladies empower seminar?
Speaker C:Well, I'll start us out, and then I'll throw it to.
Speaker C:To Senior Master Pavlik.
Speaker C:First, I want to thank the ladies that are.
Speaker C:That are part of this team, because they are all volunteering their time to do this seminar.
Speaker C:The proceeds are going to go to the Hu Lee Foundation.
Speaker C:So this is something we are excited about.
Speaker B:It's just.
Speaker C:It's going to be.
Speaker C:It's going to be like nothing ever before for the women of ATA And Master Pavlik, if you'll just jump in there.
Speaker G:Yes, ma' am.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker G:So this is kind of one of those things we've been talking about for a while, because I'm sure, as the other ladies can attest to, you know, coming up through the ranks, you didn't see as many women as I think we're blessed to have now.
Speaker G:So it was really exciting for me, as I got to be a higher rank, to realize that there were so many other women.
Speaker G:And, you know, as a kid, I remember watching Grandmaster Stauber do her thing up on stage, typically, and it was always, oh, I want to be that person.
Speaker G:I want to be up there like her.
Speaker G:And, you know, going maybe younger girls that are just coming up, that it's not just one female role model.
Speaker G:There's so many in the ata.
Speaker G:And giving them the chance to train just right along with us is, I think, empowering for not just them, but us also.
Speaker B:Anyone else?
Speaker B:Any other ladies want to hop in there with that answer?
Speaker D:I'm really excited to continue building the positive relationships with the women that I already know, as well as creating new ones with new faces and giving all of us an opportunity to be in a space where we have, you know, a lot in common and just fellowship with one another.
Speaker D:I think it's great that we have a space for.
Speaker I:For us.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:I.
Speaker B:Well, I think this Is.
Speaker B:I'm super excited about this.
Speaker B:Can you give Master Stevani.
Speaker B:Do you have information on, like, who can do this?
Speaker B:Like, do I have to be a certain age, a certain rank to do this?
Speaker B:Obviously, I can't.
Speaker B:I can't do this.
Speaker F:Yeah, right.
Speaker F:Not.
Speaker F:Not you, sir.
Speaker F:But it's open to girls eight and up.
Speaker F:Women eight.
Speaker F:Eight and up, I believe, right?
Speaker F:Is it eight?
Speaker F:Yes.
Speaker F:Okay.
Speaker F:That's what I thought in the ata, and it's.
Speaker F:It's.
Speaker F:It's all inclusive, so anyone that wants to get out there and just be a part of positive energy, learning environment, you know, camaraderie, that's what we're here for, and that's what we're here to do.
Speaker F:So, yeah, it's really open to anyone eight and up.
Speaker F:And I believe black belts.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker F:Black belts, too.
Speaker B:No.
Speaker B:Color belts.
Speaker F:Open to everyone to grow and to learn and to just get deeper in the ATA culture and just, you know, take your learning to the next level.
Speaker F:So definitely that's why we wanted this.
Speaker H:To be so different, because we want color belts.
Speaker H:We want grandmothers, mothers, children, anybody a part of ATA to feel that sisterhood and empowerment and just open for everyone.
Speaker B:Oh, my goodness.
Speaker B:You guys are gonna have the largest seminar, I think, and I'm really excited about that.
Speaker B:It's gonna be amazing.
Speaker B:I've been interviewing a lot of athletes of the week.
Speaker B:The junior brand ambassadors have been picking these athletes of the week, and there's a bunch of ladies that I've gotten to talk to and so inspiring, you know, talking to them, and they're setting their goals to be masters, and they're inspired by you guys.
Speaker B:Anybody?
Speaker B:Do.
Speaker B:Do any of you have a story that you could mention or just.
Speaker B:It's just something that might have happened that was inspiring for you to watch.
Speaker B:Another lady or another lady that might have a little girl who said something to you about, like, how inspiring it was to see you do something.
Speaker B:I know.
Speaker B:You know what, Master Chief on, Go for it.
Speaker F:Okay, I'll jump in.
Speaker F:So last year, when Grandmaster Tammy became Grandmaster, I had always set my goals on being an eighth degree.
Speaker F:And then when I saw that moment happen on stage, I.
Speaker F:I was just ignited, and I said, this is my new goal, to be Grandmaster.
Speaker F:You know, it really set the precedent for us to just be more and to be the best version of ourselves.
Speaker F:So for me, that was a moment that took my growing and learning to the next level.
Speaker F:My.
Speaker G:Yeah.
Speaker B:Goals.
Speaker B:I love it.
Speaker B:Master Pavlick, I saw some pretty awesome comments from ladies after your.
Speaker B:You did A midterm somewhere.
Speaker B:And you had.
Speaker B:There was this great picture of you in your midterm thing and I think that got some comments from the ladies out there.
Speaker G:That was very kind.
Speaker G:I appreciated the really nice feedback.
Speaker G:I think sometimes we get in our own head and we don't realize that there's other people watching and you may be impacting others that you don't even know are paying attention.
Speaker G:So I very much appreciate that.
Speaker G:Grandmaster Caruso posted that on his Instagram, so I didn't even know it.
Speaker G:My son actually commented on it.
Speaker G:Kind of a sarcastic little funny.
Speaker G:And that's when I started to pay attention.
Speaker G:I saw it.
Speaker G:So it was very kind.
Speaker B:Well, that's awesome.
Speaker B:I think you are all such an amazing inspiration.
Speaker B:I'm excited that my daughter gets to grow up in this organization, getting to see ladies like you.
Speaker B:And I really appreciate your lady's time today.
Speaker B:Thank you so, so much.
Speaker C:Thank you so much for having us.
Speaker F:Thank you, sir.
Speaker C:We will see all the women at.
Speaker B:The empower her at world Championships get signed up.
Speaker B:It's going to be the biggest seminar there.
Speaker B:Don't miss it.
Speaker B:Thank you so much, ladies.
Speaker B:Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker B:Actually ladies, you guys have like such an exciting seminar.
Speaker B:Like this is going to be huge and I think it's just going to grow.
Speaker B:I.
Speaker B:I think the ladies out there are gonna just start to destroy us guys as we're as our training.
Speaker B:So be, be aware, okay?
Speaker B:Be aware there.
Speaker B:They could be coming for you.
Speaker B:Love these comments online.
Speaker B:Thanks for tuning in.
Speaker B:We really appreciate we've got another awesome segment.
Speaker B:Now I'm used to doing these shows and not having like 10, 20, a million guests.
Speaker B:But today I wanted to bring in all the greatest information, some cool people on here for you guys with our live.
Speaker B:We're going live again in July with new guests getting us all pumped up for world championship.
Speaker B:So do not miss it.
Speaker B:Let's go.
Speaker B:Now we're going to talk all about Ata Max.
Speaker B:We have with us Mr.
Speaker B:Ra.
Speaker B:How are you today, sir?
Speaker A:I'm doing great, sir.
Speaker A:How's it going?
Speaker B:Wonderful.
Speaker B:You're part of the ATA Max team teaching all these ATMX things.
Speaker B:If somebody is out there living under a rock, what they come out from underneath the rock and they're like, what is, what's ATA Max?
Speaker B:I don't even know what this is.
Speaker B:Give us just a quick overview, real quick.
Speaker A:So basically we had XMA as a brand for the longest time.
Speaker A:And Cinema Swazi Senior Master Turner took a deep dive into atm.
Speaker A:Really looked at.
Speaker A:We've never had any serious structured training for Craven Extreme and ata.
Speaker A:So for everyone in the past, it used to just be you had to go to a tournament, you had to go out of your way to figure it out on your own.
Speaker A:So they took a deep dive and built the create the curriculum from the ground up with the base of just Songam Taekwondo to expand into Craven Extreme.
Speaker A:So that way, no matter where you are, if you're trying to compete on your own, if you're a school owner trying to take the next level in your training and business, then it's a great.
Speaker A:ATMX is kind of the next thing to add to your training and to your business.
Speaker B:I love it.
Speaker B:They, I know.
Speaker B:You know, for so long people are just like YouTube and stuff.
Speaker B:You know, you're like, find out all your stuff on YouTube instead of like these seminars.
Speaker B:And this just continues to grow.
Speaker B:At World Championships this year, there is an ATMX seminar that is the building your teams from the ground up.
Speaker B:Can you give me a little idea what this is?
Speaker A:So basically what we're trying to do is we're looking at as a school owner, what is the next way you can build a new culture just to develop your students as a community and take the next step in your business, training wise.
Speaker A:And so for us, honestly, Team Sync and Demo Team is the way to do that.
Speaker A:You can get all your students to become one big team.
Speaker A:Building their creative and Extreme from the ground up foundation, then giving them the excitement, the exciting training that they really want.
Speaker A:Little sprinkles on top of their training.
Speaker B:Yeah, I love this.
Speaker B:Now I have gone, I've been to a few worlds and nationals.
Speaker B:We always get to see there's Team Sync and Team Demo and these events are like, ah, you know, it is a performance.
Speaker B:It's these big events.
Speaker B:You get to see these top athletes in there.
Speaker B:I, I have heard rumor that we might be seeing some of this Team Sync stuff come to select regional tournaments.
Speaker B:Is that, is that true?
Speaker A:Yes, sir, that is true.
Speaker A:With the new excitement for it, with the information out there for people wanting to do it, more schools wanting to put their teams out there to represent.
Speaker A:Since there's more demand, we got to add more supply, sir.
Speaker A:So Nationals just wasn't enough for everyone.
Speaker A:We got to give them more opportunities to get points, get the experience for it.
Speaker B:I, I am super excited about this.
Speaker B:So I have recently been thinking like, I don't know, years ago we had like a demo team, but we didn't do much with it.
Speaker B:It was just, just not these Things.
Speaker B:If you, in the comments, if you're watching online and you're part of a demo team or team sync team, let us know.
Speaker B:I would love to hear what team or demo team or team sync that you're a part of because we've.
Speaker B:I've seen some of you guys on YouTube and it's.
Speaker B:It's amazing.
Speaker B:So, Mr.
Speaker B:Mr.
Speaker B:Raffle, what if I'm a student out there and I'm thinking, I don't know, maybe this is for me, maybe it's not?
Speaker B:What would you tell them if they're on the fence about team or even just creative extreme ATM Max?
Speaker A:Anyway, so honestly, this is the best thing about Craven Extreme and ATA Max itself.
Speaker A:Senior Master and Senior Master honestly did an amazing job with the curriculum you look at even from a white belt level.
Speaker A:You have a knife hand strike, you have a punch in your form.
Speaker A:You have the basic craven extreme right there.
Speaker A:There's your chop and your punch.
Speaker A:You know how to do a front stance.
Speaker A:Honestly, you're good to get out there.
Speaker A:So honestly, all you get to add with your basic techniques is how can you add a little bit of performance aspect to it?
Speaker A:How can you develop a little bit of confidence to get out in front of people and be comfortable in an uncomfortable situation?
Speaker A:The only way we can grow personally is to put ourselves in those uncomfortable situations.
Speaker A:So for everyone, whether you're amazing at it, you're not amazing at it, the only way to know if you can do it is to try.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:So, Mr.
Speaker B:Rebel, what.
Speaker B:What's your history with ATA Extreme or ATA Max, I should say, what's your.
Speaker B:Were you right?
Speaker B:Like, as soon as stuff like that came out, you were like, I am.
Speaker B:I am all about extreme and creative divisions.
Speaker B:Or were you kind of like, how did your evolution in creating your own stuff come?
Speaker A:So funny enough, I didn't do creative and extreme until I was a third degree black belt from.
Speaker B:Oh, I love that.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:Of what I started.
Speaker A:I actually only did traditional martial arts.
Speaker A:I won my first world title in traditional forms.
Speaker A:And then I had one person at my school actually, Brian Goad.
Speaker A:He teaches for Master Mo now, but he did craven Extreme and I thought he was the coolest person ever.
Speaker A:I had done a little bit of the classes before, but I'd never seriously competed at it.
Speaker A:And so he started helping me put a form together.
Speaker A:I went out there, tried it when I was 11 as a third degree and I did all right.
Speaker A:But from then on, I just, I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
Speaker A:And I'm Always the type person.
Speaker A:Just once I get into something, I want to know as much as I possibly can about it.
Speaker A:And I was very lucky to have parents that supported me with everything I wanted.
Speaker A:So they took me to every creative and extreme training, gave me a ton of opportunities to learn the knowledge, and here I am now part of the ATM Max team.
Speaker A:So obviously going out of my way to go to the seminars that there were in the past helped me get to where I am now.
Speaker B:That's awesome.
Speaker B:I love that you didn't start until a third degree because so many people look kind of like you go to Worlds or nationals and you see one of these guys doing this stuff and you're like, yeah, I'm not getting.
Speaker A:There's no way.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker B:That's how you start.
Speaker B:And then.
Speaker B:But that doesn't mean, you know, where you're comparing your, you know, white belt to somebody else's brown belt, you know, or black belt or whatever it might be.
Speaker B:Oh, I love that.
Speaker B:So you started at third degree and look at you, you're, you're part of the ATMX team.
Speaker B:So what is, what, what are you encouraging people to do when it comes to Max?
Speaker B:What, what should somebody take action on if they're like, hey, I think ATMX might be something I need to look into.
Speaker B:I hear there are some regional seminars come in and there's some other stuff.
Speaker B:So what action plans should somebody have?
Speaker A:Honestly, the best thing you can do is come to the seminar with an open mind and honestly take everything you knew about creative and extreme and come in with a blank slate.
Speaker A:Come in with, what are the, what is the information that we're trying to push right now to all your students, to all your competitors, if you are a competitor, if you're a high level competitor, come in like, you know, nothing.
Speaker A:Because honestly, ata Max, we're trying to rework how Craven Extreme itself is viewed in the ATA and how it's trained in the ata.
Speaker A:So whether you know creative and extreme or you don't know creative or extreme, we're all coming in on a level playing field and we're all at the base and the foundation of learning and building what our crave and extreme will be like in the future for the organization.
Speaker B:That's great.
Speaker B:I, I like what you said there about starting from scratch almost.
Speaker B:So some of us who might have gone through some other training or whatever, we need to make sure you go in, empty your cup, you know, be a student again, be willing to rethink some ways of doing things.
Speaker B:So at World Championships.
Speaker B:There is the building your team from the ground up, training with Team Sync material, I believe.
Speaker B:Then there is the.
Speaker B:I know for sure.
Speaker B:Then we have the Team Sync and Team Demo World TOC competition.
Speaker B:And at World Championships, if.
Speaker B:If I am correct and I could be wrong, there is not competition for the new season, though.
Speaker B:Is that right?
Speaker B:Okay, that's what I thought.
Speaker A:For the new season, we're just ending off the season strong.
Speaker A:And then since we're creating more opportunities to compete at regional tournaments, get your team some tournaments a little closer to your teams.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:Tons of opportunities to really get out there and earn points for the new season.
Speaker B:I'm excited about that.
Speaker B:Do you have any idea when they will be announcing what regional tournaments those are going to be at or.
Speaker A:I know they have a select few already picked out.
Speaker A:I believe with this building your teams from the ground up, everyone who's there will get a little sneak peek of what tournaments are going to be holding.
Speaker I:Some of those.
Speaker B:Well, there's a reason to go right then, guys.
Speaker B:Make sure you get signed up for that.
Speaker B:I will be at Thrive at that time, but I'm going to send one of my ninjas to go check it out, because I want to.
Speaker B:Awesome.
Speaker B:Well, thank you so much, Mr.
Speaker B:Raffle, for your time.
Speaker B:We really appreciate it.
Speaker B:And we'll see you in.
Speaker B:I was gonna say Pittsburgh.
Speaker B:I.
Speaker B:I wish.
Speaker B:It's gonna.
Speaker B:It'd be cooler in Pittsburgh, but no, we'll see you in Phoenix.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:What is the temperature today?
Speaker B:A hundred thousand.
Speaker B:It is.
Speaker A:Oh, it's a cool day today, sir.
Speaker A:It's just a flat 100.
Speaker B:Oh.
Speaker B:Just.
Speaker B:Just barely into the triple digits, but it's great.
Speaker B:It's actually.
Speaker B:You know what?
Speaker B:I bet it's better there today than it is in Little Rock.
Speaker B:I bet the humidity is crazy.
Speaker B:So awesome.
Speaker B:Mr.
Speaker B:Raffle, we really appreciate your time.
Speaker B:Thanks so much, sir.
Speaker A:Thank you, sir.
Speaker B:I'm telling you, I.
Speaker B:I'm really excited about this Team Sync stuff, coming to regional events.
Speaker B:I have just been thinking about what I'm going to do.
Speaker B:How am I going to start to build some teams?
Speaker B:I've been bad about building teams and extreme.
Speaker B:I just got to.
Speaker B:I got to get on this bus and.
Speaker B:And start going because it's going to be amazing.
Speaker B:I kind of look at the.
Speaker B:If you look back 10 years ago, whatever, at like, team sparring and look at what that started as and how we work that.
Speaker B:I think we're in that same position for Team Sync across the country.
Speaker B:So don't take that to the bank.
Speaker B:But if I were you, I would get out there, go to that seminar, talk to your friends at your local ATA school, and start building some sync competition.
Speaker B:Early bird gets the worm.
Speaker B:Now, speaking of team competition, at where were we?
Speaker B:Spring Nationals.
Speaker B:There was some tryouts for some new international teams.
Speaker B:So let's talk all about that just with our special guest, Mr.
Speaker B:Jaime.
Speaker B:How are you, Sir?
Speaker I:I'm doing great, sir.
Speaker I:How are you doing?
Speaker B:I am wonderful.
Speaker B:Your shirt seems to be representing something.
Speaker B:What would you be representing there?
Speaker B:Sir, yes, sir.
Speaker I:Yeah, this is our first ever.
Speaker I:It's really cool Team atmxico team shirt.
Speaker I:So I'm wearing it right now.
Speaker I:So had to represent.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:So your dad, I believe, has taken on kind of this task and as.
Speaker B:As part of the family.
Speaker B:That means it's your guys's tasks actually of helping to build up some international teams.
Speaker B:So you guys at Nationals had tryouts for which two teams?
Speaker I:Yes, sir.
Speaker I:So we had a tryouts for Team ATM Mexico and team at Philippines, sir.
Speaker B:I am super excited about this because the Songam Cup, I think is one of the events at World championships that I just love.
Speaker B:I think it's super awesome.
Speaker B:And I absolutely love Team USA because I have a lot of friends on Team usa.
Speaker B:They're great people on Team usa, but rising tides lift all boats.
Speaker B:I would love to see even more international teams that can just like push the competition so that everybody is moving up.
Speaker B:So you guys, I saw on social media have had some practices with districts and stuff.
Speaker B:Is that what.
Speaker B:How are the teams going since starting?
Speaker I:Yes.
Speaker I:So, yeah, it's been great.
Speaker I:So I was really excited.
Speaker I:And same with as of course, my father Grandmaster candidate hired me or nominee hired me that we have some coaches who volunteered to help us out.
Speaker I:So in the east coast kind of side, we have master nominee Santos.
Speaker I:He's actually under master Jesse Isaacs, who's the coach of tbsa, but he's one of his instructors.
Speaker I:And then senior master Burns and then.
Speaker I:And then his wife, Mrs.
Speaker I:Master Caballero, as I call her.
Speaker I:They are kind of helping out with the east coast side.
Speaker I:And then my father, Grandmaster nominee Jaime, and then master Jonathan Thornton from Legendary Martial Arts though on the west coast.
Speaker I:So it was really cool.
Speaker I:We actually had team trainings the same day on both sides of the coast.
Speaker I:So all the people in the southwest district we met at Master Thornton studio, and then everybody in.
Speaker I:I believe they're the southeast district area, they actually got to use a studio.
Speaker I:A studio in Georgia, which.
Speaker I:And we were running at the same Time and then whichever side of the country was best for you, you kind of went to that area.
Speaker B:That is awesome.
Speaker B:Oh.
Speaker B:So our Team Mexico and Team Philippines, they ready to bring some heat for the Song cup this year?
Speaker I:Yes, sir.
Speaker I:Yeah, there's a lot of great competitors.
Speaker I:Actually we were kind of looking at a lot of them did pretty well at district.
Speaker I:So I think I'm excited to see them bring that to another toil level for world Championships, sir.
Speaker B:Excellent.
Speaker B:Well, I, I think you're probably working on building a multi year.
Speaker B:You know, Team USA didn't wake up and were, you know, the, the group they are now, you guys are just starting getting going.
Speaker B:So what can ATA out there, ATA nation out there do to support you guys, to help build you guys up?
Speaker B:Will the future involve more tryouts later on as well?
Speaker B:Kind of give us a future look of what, what Team Mexico and Team Philippines is going for.
Speaker I:Yes, sir.
Speaker I:Yeah.
Speaker I:So we, because we got a little bit of a late start.
Speaker I:We actually met with Master Stevens at Fall Nationals last year to discuss how do we.
Speaker I:And Master is a Master Rosa.
Speaker I:How do we start a team?
Speaker I:How do we run a team?
Speaker I:We didn't do our tryouts until Dallas Spring Nationals and then we're looking at this year actually doing it at Fall Nationals similar to how Team USA does it and then doing training at Spring Nationals that way that would actually get a little more time to work as a team before we have to compete obviously for world titles.
Speaker I:So that's going to be our next step in growing our teams and the.
Speaker I:And to support us.
Speaker I:So this is actually really cool is we ordered our first set of shirts for both teams.
Speaker I:And I remember my father, he was like, man, it's a lot of shirts.
Speaker I:I mean we have a lot of team members, but I feel like we're gonna have like tons of shirts.
Speaker I:And then we were just amazed at districts.
Speaker I:Friday night we were doing like the three person teams and we had a little table set up and we were selling the shirts and I was coaching our team, like our junior varsity rookie team.
Speaker I:And I came back in and checked with my mom and all the shirts were just completely gone.
Speaker I:And she sold out completely.
Speaker I:And huge shout out actually to Chief Master Church, one of the coaches, Team usa, he actually bought a ton of them to support us, which is really nice of him.
Speaker B:Oh, that's awesome.
Speaker B:I was, I saw that they were going fast because online I saw him, I was like, well, I can't get out there, but I'm gonna have to get.
Speaker B:Pick me up a Team Mexico and Tim Philippine shirt.
Speaker B:I know the burns is.
Speaker B:Have to like, like stitch it together so.
Speaker B:Because they're like half or something like that.
Speaker I:Yeah, it's great.
Speaker I:Oh, yeah.
Speaker I:Oh.
Speaker I:I mean, well, they're very similar to my parents because my mother's Filipino.
Speaker I:My father's Mexican.
Speaker I:That just switched.
Speaker I:Yeah.
Speaker I:Master Burns, he's Filipino.
Speaker I:Master Cab is Mexican, so it's really cool.
Speaker B:They'll have one flag in each hand while they're cheering it at Worlds.
Speaker I:Yes.
Speaker I:And they have to figure out when my other son gets a little older, which team is he going to be on, Filipino or Mexico?
Speaker B:So speaking of people out there might not know kind of what the requirements are for a team.
Speaker B:Like, I don't have to live in Mexico to be on Team Mexico.
Speaker B:We.
Speaker B:What is the.
Speaker B:Like, what do I have to be.
Speaker B:To be able to be on one of these teams?
Speaker I:Yes, sir.
Speaker I:Yeah.
Speaker I:So especially because it's our inaugural year and we're just recruiting members for the first time, ATA said that anybody whose grandparents were of either Filipino or Mexican descent could be on the team.
Speaker I:So for me, my parents, I'm half and half, so.
Speaker I:But we have a lot of members that have.
Speaker I:Their grandparents are Filipinos or Mexicans.
Speaker I:Some are completely Mexican.
Speaker I:Filipino, which is really cool.
Speaker I:So, yeah, that's kind of where our requirement lies right now, sir.
Speaker B:Excellent.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:And you might make that stricter as you grow the team or whatever.
Speaker B:Who knows?
Speaker I:Yes, that's probably what we're looking at, sir.
Speaker B:Rules.
Speaker B:Well, I've got a.
Speaker B:I got a set that they.
Speaker B:Some students that if they were at Dallas, they would have been there to try out.
Speaker B:I was like, maybe, maybe next time.
Speaker B:Because I think our way that's.
Speaker B:I.
Speaker B:That might be the case.
Speaker B:So I will do that for sure.
Speaker B:I'm super excited about the song.
Speaker B:I'm cup watching these international teams.
Speaker B:We, I believe will be broadcasting live.
Speaker B:So everybody across the country, if you're not making it to World Championships, which you should go to World Championships, people get registered.
Speaker B:But if you're not going.
Speaker B:I think we'll be doing it live.
Speaker B:Will you guys be doing any.
Speaker B:You probably don't know yet.
Speaker B:But selling any merch or whatever there just raise money as well or, you know, what else can people do to Support you guys?
Speaker E:Yeah.
Speaker I:100, sir.
Speaker I:We actually, I believe our next shipment of shirts actually are.
Speaker I:Master Thorpin's handling a lot of that because he's already in Arizona.
Speaker I:So instead of shipping it to California, bring it there.
Speaker I:So I believe.
Speaker I:Yeah.
Speaker I:Second shipments.
Speaker I:Second shipments there.
Speaker I:And I think we actually need to do a third.
Speaker I:Oh we're so we'll have, we'll have our merch and our gear there.
Speaker I:We also have pants as well.
Speaker I:Those are pretty cool.
Speaker A:So.
Speaker B:Excellent.
Speaker B:Well, I expect to see the crowd at the kickoff.
Speaker B:So this, the kickoff party is the, 25 July 6:00pm kickoff party and then the international team will be, the finals will be then.
Speaker B:I can't remember exactly when during the schedule the international like semifinals will be.
Speaker I:Yeah, sure.
Speaker I:It's Thursday at.
Speaker I:I believe it starts at three.
Speaker I:We have to be a little earlier.
Speaker I:But three o' clock is when the song cup begins.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker I:And then unless I'm wrong, then once the final two teams for each age group have been decided, they'll we take a little break and then Friday we do get out the cup.
Speaker B:Sir, that's how it was last year.
Speaker B:Sounds good.
Speaker B:Excellent.
Speaker B:Excited to see that.
Speaker B:I'm excited to see the room filled with you know, Team USA shirts and Team Mexico shirts.
Speaker B:Team Philippines, I know we've got a lot of teams from South America usually end up showing up.
Speaker B:We'll see if some of Europe shows up.
Speaker B:That'd be awesome as well.
Speaker B:So love having all of ATA nation there.
Speaker B:Hey sir, I really appreciate time.
Speaker B:Great work out there with Team Mexico and Team Philippines.
Speaker B:We're super excited to see it.
Speaker B:So we'll see you at world championships.
Speaker I:Thank you so much sir.
Speaker I:I appreciate it.
Speaker B:Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker B:Oh hey Master Turner.
Speaker B:I am excited.
Speaker B:Master Turner is going to be on.
Speaker B:Oh, oh oh.
Speaker B:Master Isaacs, could I, can I get Isaac's on?
Speaker B:Oh man.
Speaker B:Hold on, I'm coming back to your comment Turner, but let me get, let me get Isaac's.
Speaker B:Hold on.
Speaker B:Isaac the man, the legend.
Speaker E:Say that again.
Speaker B:Athlete development.
Speaker E:It's going great.
Speaker E:We have 150 of these guys all over the place training hard.
Speaker E:You know what the cool thing about this camp is?
Speaker E:You get to come hang out with this lady right here.
Speaker E:It's the best part of it.
Speaker E:But the really cool thing about this camp is that the culture is so amazing here.
Speaker E:These athletes, they're training so hard.
Speaker E:They're training hard, they're pushing themselves but they're coaching each other up.
Speaker E:And you're watching like we have a 14 and under group, a 50 to 70 group, 18 to 29, 30 group and then a 40 plus group.
Speaker E:And you're watching these younger fighters get to work out with the 15-17s.
Speaker E:You're watching the 15-17s get to work out with the 18 to 29 year olds and they just keep coaching each other up.
Speaker E:And it's so amazing to watch because not only are they physically pushing themselves hard, but you're watching that the will to win happen.
Speaker E:You're watching them learn.
Speaker E:You're watching them really just embrace the culture of that work together.
Speaker E:And it's just, it's, it's really, really, really cool.
Speaker B:I saw culture was the theme this year.
Speaker B:You got some sweet shirts, that black on black shirt.
Speaker B:Like, you guys want to just steal me a couple?
Speaker B:That's fantastic.
Speaker B:So I, I went a couple years ago, got to watch, got to see the teams interact with the kids.
Speaker B:And it's so exciting to see, like, this is the next generation of ATA athletes that are going to come up.
Speaker B:These will be the masters, these are going to be the, the leaders.
Speaker B:And it's, they're building some great people out there.
Speaker E:It really is.
Speaker E:You know, and what's cool here is I'm sitting here with the Grandmaster Stauber and Master Blanks and, you know, worked with Chief Master Church and Chief Master Skiles, and they're all of our leaders now, but we're, we're, you know, honor the past, embrace the future, right?
Speaker E:And we're talking about these guys that are at camp right now.
Speaker E:Some of them are 10 years old.
Speaker E:In 20 years, they're going to be the masters.
Speaker E:They're going to be the guys that are going for mastership.
Speaker E:And we have to, if we really want to develop our culture, we have to start preparing for what it's going to be.
Speaker E:We have to show them what it is, and we have to remember what song is, what it is at its core.
Speaker E:Like, it's our people, it's our relationships, and we have to prepare for what it, what, what they're going to be.
Speaker E:Because we're not going to be here forever.
Speaker E:We're not going to be the guys or the, the girls up front anymore.
Speaker E:It's going to be these, these young, young students coming up.
Speaker E:And we want to make sure that they're doing not just song on Taekwondo the right way, but they're, you know, really building champions beyond the belt, because they're going to go to some, not all of them are going to be school owners.
Speaker E:And that's okay.
Speaker E:That's okay.
Speaker E:But you know what?
Speaker E:They'll always have a home here with us.
Speaker E:They will always have a place here.
Speaker E:And they're getting to see that by being able to be coached up, like I was saying earlier, and by being around other great leaders, because that's how you really, truly pass legacy on is by being around, you know, mentors and leaders that have lived it already and are passing it on to the future generation.
Speaker E:And that's really, really powerful about being here is.
Speaker E:I mean, Grandmaster Stopper is not walking around with a belt.
Speaker E:We're just walking around as people and they're getting to interact and talk as.
Speaker E:It's just so cool to watch that legacy being passed forward.
Speaker B:And I love that it's not just in the sparring realm.
Speaker B:You know, we had on today Mr.
Speaker B:Raffle and what a great example of, you know, it wasn't, you know, Senior Master Turner or Senior Master Sulzi on with us today talking about atmx.
Speaker B:It was the next generation already.
Speaker B:You know, we're, we're, we're already building that and we have to continue to do that.
Speaker B:You know, I thought one of the most powerful things that we've seen recently and this was with, you know, your dad and some other members of the Master's council is they stepped down from the Master's council.
Speaker E:Right.
Speaker B:You know, this is leading by example, saying, honor the past, embrace the future.
Speaker B:I've given my time, I've given my.
Speaker B:Let me make way for new leaders and new people to come up.
Speaker B:That's amazing.
Speaker B:I mean, that's really powerful and really goes to the heart of what we do in, in building champions here beyond the belts.
Speaker E:It is.
Speaker E:And you know, like, one of the ways that we describe our core values at ATA is it's forward thinking.
Speaker E:We've got to think for the future.
Speaker E:We can, we cannot, we cannot expect the leaders.
Speaker E:We have to do it forever.
Speaker E:They, they're, they, they're going to want to retire also.
Speaker E:It doesn't mean they won't be here.
Speaker B:To mentor us, not anytime soon.
Speaker B:Master Grandmaster, right?
Speaker E:And to be with us.
Speaker E:But we, they have to, they do have to help get us ready and prepared for the future because we are going to have to lead as well.
Speaker E:And it's really cool to see that here at the camp because we're watching, you know, I mean, you got, you got some master kids here.
Speaker E:You got Master Habaduchi's daughters here.
Speaker E:You've got Master Church's son here.
Speaker E:You've got some kids that have been here, you know, for a really long time.
Speaker E:You got Mr.
Speaker E:Joe Rowan here.
Speaker E:You know, I mean, these guys have been here through, through.
Speaker E:They're phenomenal people.
Speaker E:And we just have to keep mentoring them because they're coming after me.
Speaker E:I'm not going to be the last one.
Speaker E:I don't want to be the last one.
Speaker E:I want.
Speaker E:I want to be going on.
Speaker E:My daughter's coming up.
Speaker E:She's only 7.
Speaker E:She tested for a yellow boat today.
Speaker E:And in 20 years, you know, she'd be 27.
Speaker E:She's going to be at that spot where we're starting to talk about fourth, fifth degree black belt.
Speaker E:What's she going to be like?
Speaker E:You know, I want her to be around people like Master Blanks.
Speaker E:I want her to be around people that.
Speaker E:That can mentor and guide her that have, you know, been through song on the journey.
Speaker E:And not just.
Speaker E:Not just the journey, but the process of what it really means to build a champion of life.
Speaker E:And we always say journey.
Speaker E:And I like to kind of use the word process because journey sometimes means you kind of go out into left field.
Speaker E:You kind of figure it out.
Speaker E:But if you follow the process of song on, we know what the end result will be.
Speaker E:You're going to like it.
Speaker E:You're going to like it.
Speaker E:It's going to be amazing.
Speaker E:Part of your life.
Speaker E:And that's really what this camp is all about.
Speaker E:It's not just kicking and punching and sparring.
Speaker E:I think secretly it's a.
Speaker E:It's an instructor development program.
Speaker E:I just don't tell people that, so.
Speaker B:Well, it's not just an instructor development program.
Speaker B:It's a person development program.
Speaker E:It really is.
Speaker B:That's.
Speaker B:We are.
Speaker B:I mean, that's what Eternal Grandmaster was all about.
Speaker B:Creating a whole person.
Speaker B:You know, that was the idea.
Speaker B:And, you know, 55 years later, we're still doing it.
Speaker E:Yeah.
Speaker E:And that's.
Speaker E:Yeah.
Speaker E:The thing that we're really focused on this year, like we said, was culture and just talking about being, developing and building grit.
Speaker E:And one of the things that's.
Speaker E:The contributing factor to people that are successful is their.
Speaker E:Their.
Speaker E:Their ability to overcome obstacles, their resilience for.
Speaker E:For, you know, even failure.
Speaker E:You know, it's grit.
Speaker E:It's those kids that get back up and keep going even when they don't win, even when they don't get first place, even though they don't get on the team.
Speaker E:Those are the people that are going to win in the long run because they have learned how to really do the hard work of mean.
Speaker E:That's.
Speaker E:That's one of the things that's.
Speaker E:On the back of this shirt.
Speaker E:It says hard worker.
Speaker E:That's what we want.
Speaker E:I want kids that put out effort every time.
Speaker E:The most talented kid in the room.
Speaker E:At some level, all.
Speaker E:Everybody's talented.
Speaker E:They're all talented.
Speaker E:But at some point, I Need the most effort.
Speaker E:That's what I need.
Speaker E:That's what I need.
Speaker B:Well, I love.
Speaker B:One of my favorite interviews we did on the show quite a while ago, though, was one of your captains, Mr.
Speaker B:Joe Rowan.
Speaker B:And hearing, you know, people, look, he's like, ah, this guy who spars these.
Speaker B:Team USA and the number of tournaments, he didn't place that before he ever did it.
Speaker B:That's what people don't.
Speaker B:When you talk about process.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:A lot of times we look at the end of a, you know, there, and we see that end and forget that there was all of this process beforehand.
Speaker B:So super awesome, awesome things down there.
Speaker B:We're really excited to see all of you guys at World Championships in just a couple of weeks.
Speaker B:I hear Team Mexico and Team Philippines said that they're just going to destroy Team usa.
Speaker E:They keep saying that.
Speaker E:I love it.
Speaker E:I love it.
Speaker B:I'm just.
Speaker B:I'm.
Speaker B:They're gonna hate me when this is all over because I'm just like.
Speaker B:But.
Speaker C:But we do.
Speaker C:We.
Speaker C:We say welcome, and we are excited that we've got two more countries to compete at World Championships.
Speaker E:Absolutely.
Speaker E:I mean, I'm so excited that Master Jaime's putting this together.
Speaker E:I mean, it's so awesome because it gets more people involved, and the more time you're just in the ring, you're.
Speaker E:The better you're gonna be.
Speaker E:The better you're gonna be.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And obviously, when you're part of a team, yes, you're part of ata.
Speaker B:I mean, we're all ATA Nation.
Speaker B:I mean, we're all part of the same team, but you're part of that team.
Speaker B:And building that, that's just creating that culture as well.
Speaker B:So thank you guys so much for everything you do.
Speaker B:We really appreciate it.
Speaker B:Enjoy the rest of your weekend there.
Speaker B:Safe travels.
Speaker B:I guess.
Speaker B:I mean, Grandmaster Tammy doesn't have far.
Speaker E:To go, but she'll be taking me to the airport.
Speaker B:Well, I'll see Senior Master Isaac's picture of him at the airport on my phone.
Speaker B:That's right.
Speaker B:But we really appreciate you guys so much.
Speaker B:Thank you.
Speaker E:All right.
Speaker D:Thank you, guys.
Speaker B:Guys, that is gonna head it off for today.
Speaker B:I will say a real comment.
Speaker B:I heard Senior Master Turner is working hard on the kickoff party.
Speaker B:It's gonna be amazing.
Speaker B:I'm sure we, you know, the kickoff at.
Speaker B:I just love, like, you be there for the Walk of Champions.
Speaker B:You're there getting to see the teams compete.
Speaker B:The epic thing, like, just brings so much joy to my heart when I'm there with my ATA family.
Speaker B:So much fun.
Speaker B:So don't miss that when you plan your World Championships trip.
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