Tony Blauer

You've got to be at another level in your thinking where you go, The worst day of my life would be I had a chance to influence the outcome, but I didn't know what the hell to do. And that's what we're giving people here is options. We're options facilitators. Every one of us is a human weapon. We all know how to fight. We don't know how to fight. We don't know we know how to fight.

You've got to be at another level in your thinking where you go, The worst day of my life would be I had a chance to influence the outcome, but I didn't know what the hell to do. And that's what we're giving people here is options. We're options facilitators. Every one of us is a human weapon. We all know how to fight. We don't know how to fight. We don't know we know how to fight.

And it's overcoming that fear first. And it's the type of thing where you can come and do the training and go, okay. Now I know, and maybe I'll do one or two more gun classes or I got to practice once a month with the tourniquet, or I am going to learn jujitsu or whatever. You fall in love with something, but the ability to know that you can protect yourself and not be manipulated, that's huge.

And it's overcoming that fear first. And it's the type of thing where you can come and do the training and go, okay. Now I know, and maybe I'll do one or two more gun classes or I got to practice once a month with the tourniquet, or I am going to learn jujitsu or whatever. You fall in love with something, but the ability to know that you can protect yourself and not be manipulated, that's huge.

But the transcendent value is that changes your emotional, psychological posture at your next meeting, right? So it's super interconnected. You know the expression, the pen's mightier than the sword? So I took some poetic liberty and I added a sentence to it. The pen is mightier than the sword when you know how to use a sword. So you're there, you're going, in the back of your mind,

But the transcendent value is that changes your emotional, psychological posture at your next meeting, right? So it's super interconnected. You know the expression, the pen's mightier than the sword? So I took some poetic liberty and I added a sentence to it. The pen is mightier than the sword when you know how to use a sword. So you're there, you're going, in the back of your mind,

You're such a strong negotiator because you know you don't need the deal. If you don't like the person or you don't like the whatever, you're gone. That's the katana. I'll cut this in a second. Remember Iggy Pop? This is one of my favorite quotes. He said, imagine if desperation were attractive. So a lot of people come in there, they need the deal so bad or they need.

You're such a strong negotiator because you know you don't need the deal. If you don't like the person or you don't like the whatever, you're gone. That's the katana. I'll cut this in a second. Remember Iggy Pop? This is one of my favorite quotes. He said, imagine if desperation were attractive. So a lot of people come in there, they need the deal so bad or they need.

And, and so they come at you negotiating with fear as opposed to with fierce, like in, you know, it's, uh, it's that mindset switch and you can get closer to that when you do this training. Cause you discover that you are vulnerable and then you, you build to strengthen that and you just, you become a better version of yourself immediately, even after two days.

And, and so they come at you negotiating with fear as opposed to with fierce, like in, you know, it's, uh, it's that mindset switch and you can get closer to that when you do this training. Cause you discover that you are vulnerable and then you, you build to strengthen that and you just, you become a better version of yourself immediately, even after two days.

Yeah, thanks. So I grew up. doing wrestling, taekwondo, boxing, got into some confrontations where nothing worked. They were so close, they were so fast. One was a road rage, one was multiple assailants, one was actually in a boxing ring. And, and I had this wicked tunnel vision and I was a Bruce Lee junkie, like all of us, right?

Yeah, thanks. So I grew up. doing wrestling, taekwondo, boxing, got into some confrontations where nothing worked. They were so close, they were so fast. One was a road rage, one was multiple assailants, one was actually in a boxing ring. And, and I had this wicked tunnel vision and I was a Bruce Lee junkie, like all of us, right?

I think you were the world's biggest Bruce Lee fan, but I was like everyone, every Bruce Lee fan thinks they were the biggest Bruce Lee. I loved them. I remember when I was 15, my mom said, are you going to go into the family business? You're going to be a lawyer, doctor, cop, you know, it was the seventies. So there were only three jobs.

I think you were the world's biggest Bruce Lee fan, but I was like everyone, every Bruce Lee fan thinks they were the biggest Bruce Lee. I loved them. I remember when I was 15, my mom said, are you going to go into the family business? You're going to be a lawyer, doctor, cop, you know, it was the seventies. So there were only three jobs.

And I, and I, I said, mom, I'm going to be a famous martial artist like Bruce Lee. I'm going to develop my own system. And I was on the floor looking at Bruce Lee magazine doing the splits. She pat me on the head and said, okay, sweetheart, we'll talk about this when you're older. Like I just knew I wanted, I abhor violence. And I'm so afraid of it that I just think about it all the time I study.

And I, and I, I said, mom, I'm going to be a famous martial artist like Bruce Lee. I'm going to develop my own system. And I was on the floor looking at Bruce Lee magazine doing the splits. She pat me on the head and said, okay, sweetheart, we'll talk about this when you're older. Like I just knew I wanted, I abhor violence. And I'm so afraid of it that I just think about it all the time I study.

I'm obsessed, not passionate, obsessed. And so I started teaching in 1977. My first paying official student in 1980, this kid, Mitch, gets dropped with a left hook, Dan. And I'm teaching him at the time what we all think of when we think about fighting. We think John Wick. We think Jackie Chan. We think Bruce Lee. Doing moves, doing moves.

I'm obsessed, not passionate, obsessed. And so I started teaching in 1977. My first paying official student in 1980, this kid, Mitch, gets dropped with a left hook, Dan. And I'm teaching him at the time what we all think of when we think about fighting. We think John Wick. We think Jackie Chan. We think Bruce Lee. Doing moves, doing moves.

So I'm teaching him the moves and how to think and do this stuff. And I go and just visualize this.

So I'm teaching him the moves and how to think and do this stuff. And I go and just visualize this.