Andy Stumpf

And I have been very fortunate enough now to train with people or be around them that have been black belts for damn near as long as I have been alive.

And I love asking them, you know, what do they like about it?

And it's these seasons and phases where-

They think they have it figured out and then they see something else and their realization is they haven't even begun to understand.

And so they build back up and something again.

And the more experience these people have, the less they think that they have it all figured out.

And I don't know what the key to aging is, but I love doing things that seem as if it is impossible to master them.

I think that's the key to staying at least mentally as young as possible, constantly learning new stuff.

I don't think you could make it worse physically.

by talking about it.

I think if people were open and honest about, let's just say pain in general, whether that is internal or external, I think what they would be shocked to find is they're generally surrounded by people willing to do anything they can to help relieve that pain.

So I think you could probably make it much better.

For anybody who thinks that I might have stuff figured out or I'm an intelligent person, here's a story for you.

Here's how stupid I am.

So I was doing a podcast when I felt the first little shift in my stomach.

I took a sip of coffee.

I was like, huh, that's weird.

And I thought it was a gas bubble.

My wife was teaching a jujitsu seminar at the time.

We were just south of Salt Lake City.