GET TO KNOW US Q & A! THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Hey everyone! Here is a little get to know us video. In our video a couple of weeks ago we asked you to hit us with some questions you might be curious about. Could be about our lives, jiu jitsu, is as a couple, what we like other than jiu jitsu, etc. You didn’t disappoint. We are so happy that some of you actually take interest in us. Even more happy that all of you like and appreciate what we are doing. We hope our overall personalities are coming out in these videos and that you all enjoy it. We are weird, fun, happy, energetic and just stoked to be where we are in life. I just absolutely love every time I see a new, kind comment on our videos or another like. I am really grateful to all of you. I hope you enjoy the video. Special thanks to @Taegashi @jyoung488 @leny7829 @briankayaker1 @ChristopherPerez180 @TheHolyBar @adventuresandvacations4947 @alexandergrunder6572 @StephenVTran @moreaumarc-antoine2867 @ReWildUniversity and many more for all of your questions and kind comments. Love you guys. Thanks for watching and we will see you in the next one!
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Thank you very much for saying that. I truly appreciate it and it means so much to me
I really appreciate your videos! You brake down the techniques focusing on just enough details and in the meantime you don't overcomplicate things. The positive vibes are just a bonus.😊 Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much. I am happy you enjoy the videos. I’ll keep posting for as long as I can.
you two are awesome. don't change a thing. this is perfect
Thanks so much! This means a lot to us
Really appreciate your videos. Your content is superb and you articulate it in a very clear, concise and efficient manner. You are a great teacher and purveyor bjj knowledge.
Thank you so much! I’m just so happy you enjoy the videos and that you watch our stuff. It truly makes me feel fulfilled. Thanks for the comment
Thanks for the Q&A guys. You both seem like genuine, down to earth, good people. Love the content and format, don’t change a thing.
That’s cool that you bow hunt. I haven’t much lately due to lack of access, but I hunt with a longbow. I started on a compound, but took off the training wheels and went traditional, ha ha!
I live in Tennessee, beautiful state, if you like hiking and outdoors I’d recommend visiting here also.
Have you guys ever thought about doing some fitness content? Could be geared towards jiu jitsu, general health, longevity.
Regarding the haters and just dealing with people in general, I couldn’t help but think about a book I read by Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic. I love stoic philosophy and I truly believe it has helped me in my life and I can’t recommend it enough.
I used to shoot longbows when I was young. I just love having a 70 lbs pull that I don’t feel and can trust a 40 yard shot. I would hate to make a bad shot because I am shaking. But it happens. We have not talked much about fitness content. That may be something we can put some energy towards. It’s hard with how little time we have already. But we will certainly think about it. I do love the stories and their teachings. I could use a bit more discipline with my emotions when it comes to haters. Thanks for the kind words and for the conversation.
@@nexusjiujitsu I get the trusting your shot, no ethical hunter wants to make a bad shot. The goal and challenge of hunting with a trad bow is to get as close as possible to your quarry. Lots of failures, but no bad shots. Last deer I killed was about 5 yards away, on the ground. Keep it up man!
Yea, that’s awesome. I’m not good enough to find the damn deer yet. Haha. Soon! I’m learning a lot.
What a fun video -- honest, vulnerable, and a delight to watch. It's always fun to see people liking similar things, so it was great to hear that you two love cooking and hiking -- Rebecca and myself are obviously huge nature lovers, and wanna-be foodies =)
Loved the awareness that it's so easy to troll comments. It's a figment of our current culture, that we have this ability to attack people from the perfect safety of our couches and keyboards. It can't be a fun place to be, sitting on a couch and striking out when we know, inside, that we're only brave enough to type those words when we're protected by the anonymity of the web. That behavior gives us superficial feelings of power, but down inside, we know that we're being ruled by fear. Sometimes it's been fun to try to turn initial "trolls" into longtime subscribers and commenters, just by using some verbal BJJ and turning their expectations on their heads, lol! One can see it as a little BJJ match right here in the comments -- not to try to "win", but to try to get them to become more interested in our videos, which in its own way, is indeed a win for us!
Thanks for continuing to put out great content and spreading this great skill of BJJ around the world, you two!
=) Kenton
We are glad you enjoyed getting to know us a bit. You are very right. People who comment negatively are either really unhappy or just jealous. And either way of living is sad. I’m really working hard to give the haters zero energy and allow them to wallow in their own emptiness. Thanks again. Happy to hear from you.
Oh, you did Karate for 5 months! Then you're a black belt in that as well...lol. J/K great video
Haha! 🥋😎
Are you talking about the Detroit tactical guy?! Lol
Yes, that guy. Haha. Unreal
Best places to train on the east coast are in NYC. Marcelo’s, Renzo , Vitor Shaolin’s
It’s a huge life’s goal of mine to train with Marcelo! I have been watching him my whole jiu jitsu life. Renzo would be amazing, too. Shaolin is also incredible. Just basically going to get my ass kicked all over New York. Haha
I would add to that list Tom Deblass', Ricardo Almeida's and Rolles Gracie (all in NJ). JT Torres has a great school (Essential Jiu Jitsu) also in NY.
Great interview if you start your sports in Pakistan people's are excited to learn from you both and they are excited to see you both they like American and personally recognized you that you may earn money as well because this art who physically and mentally build them.
Nice vid, guys! Cool to think I’ve known you since you were a purple belt, which I am now! When you want recommendations for East coast travel let me know. I grew up near Philly and there’s so much history relevant to the founding of the USA in that region. I can also point you to what I believe is some of the most beautiful countryside on the planet. Love you guys! -Mackey
Mackey!!! Thanks so much man. I definitely want to check out the east coast and have some fun out there. I hope these videos are helpful. So happy you have made it to purple belt. What an accomplishment! Half way to black belt
Thanks Agy for pronouncing "karate" correctly.
Karatééé
@@nexusjiujitsu Close but no cigar. If you guys ever do a second video like this, how'd you come up with the the octopus mascot?
We probably won’t do too many get to know us videos so I’ll just explain the octopus logo. We went through a few iterations of what my logo would be. I decided I want an octopus because when I grapple with someone it feels like I have way more limbs than them and I twist them up and wrap all around them and suffocate them. Also, I do mma and Muay Thai. Muay Thai is the art of 8 limbs, hands feet elbow and knees. So it fits perfectly into all of that. Also, octopi are just about the most fascinating damn creature out there.
It’s such a good thing you guys don’t know who Johnny was 😂 farm life is the goal for me too someday. Keep up the awesome work!
Haha! Had no clue. Thanks very much. We are getting closer and closer to having all our own food that we grow and live off the land.
Interesting video. Nice to know more about both of you. Wish I could know you and train with you but I am too far away and too old. Love watching your content. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much! We are happy you enjoy our videos
The sound is really great! I love how I've somehow become the official sound guy LOL. Also you had the name right the first time "Tay - gah - shee" way to go!
Thanks for answering my question! It's funny cause I first came across MMA in a blockbuster too! My background is TKD so UFC/Pride videos introduced me to the ground game and I got into Army Combatives when I was active duty. Now I mainly live vicariously through my 14 year old son who has recently gotten into Jiu Jitsu. Which is why I watch yall's channel, so I can share with him and teach him. Yall's content is so well put together and the instruction is top notch. Especially since it's just the two of you with a tripod, you can't ask for better content (that could be taken out of context I realize after typing it, oh well). Yall are the real ones, keep doing what your doing!
Agy - So you are originally from Poland?! That's awesome! Being a military brat, I was born in Germany and didn't step foot into the US (Huntsville, AL) until I was 8 - 9 years old. Culture shock for sure, was it that way for you?
I live in East TN up in the Appalachia mountains (pronounced "Appa - la - CHA", locals will be quick to point you out as outsiders) and there is awesome hiking out here. Definitely a lot of rich history in the south - southeast region of the US. We recently took a long road trip out west up through New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, then back through South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri to home. It's crazy how just in our own country how different each area is. Was a great experience and lesson for the kiddos.
Yall are amazing and it was great getting to know yall! God bless and look forward to future content!
Forgot to add too, we live on a small farm/homestead. If you ever have any questions about anything hit me up!
Oh that’s awesome! So many questions. We are looking at a 20 acre property now. Plan to put a fabricated home on there. Has two wells and two 5 acre cross sectioned areas for livestock. I know nothing about livestock so it’s all going to be trial and error. Goats chickens pigs and maybe a couple of small cows
From Agy- I was born in San Francisco. Moved to Poland when I was about two. Came back to the states at around 10 years old. Went back to Poland in my mid teens. Came back to finish my senior year in high school. Definitely culture shock was real. I didn’t know what language to speak. I felt kind of left out because the teachers didn’t help me much with the English. It was definitely hard. Hard to make friends and be confident to speak up. It was hard for such a young mind.
Interested to know why you went from strict vegan to carnivore.
I went vegan because I wanted to keep my weight down for competition, for ethical reasons, for environmental reasons and for my health. Lots of different reasons. I did a lot of research and thought this was the most optimal way to live as a human. After 10 years I realized I was not feeling well. Wasn’t sleeping well. Wasn’t recovering well. Had no energy. My testosterone was low. All sorts of stuff. So I added back in meat here and there. Through the next two years I started feeling a bit better but I wasn’t getting in the kind of shape I wanted or feeling how I wanted. I saw lots of videos on carnivore. I saw lots of research on how good animal protein and fat is for us. So I decided to try it. One end of the spectrum to the other. I feel pretty damn good so far.