LifeFight w/ Jermaine Andre

Life Fight - Show 016 - Jermaine Andre' Talks Teen Attack Back With His Daughter Kaitlyn Andre’

In this segment of LifeFight, I bring my 16 year old daughter Kaitlyn Andre’ on air with me. I’m sure you can imagine that her personality is a definite extension of mine, but I promise that we do get some sensible work accomplished once we steer through her consistent harassment of me.

Since Kaitlyn is reaching her adult years I’m introducing her to all of the rated R movies that I wouldn’t allow her to watch . The first intro into the old school movie screen was Rambo! Kaitlyn and I discuss the heart wrenching speech that Rambo gives at the end of Rambo I regarding returning to America as a soldier and being spit on. Kaitlyn relates well to this topic because her mother is a retired Air Force Airman.

Models! Icons! Singers! Dancers! Kaitlyn questions me regarding how teen girls try their hardest to live up to the images that are portrayed in advertisements, movies and on the stage. She asks for advice on ways to keep from falling into this hopeless pitfall like she sees some of her peers do. Of course I load Kaitlyn up with plenty of ammo including informing her that most of the models, actors fitness people etc… are photo shopped in their pictures so they don’t even meet those expectations. I also encourage her that we are all given what we have to work with and we can never be exactly like someone else. The key to life is to figure our personal talents and enhance them.

How do youth deal with being physically attacked by bullies when they will be suspended or expelled for fighting back? This was a question that was a little difficult to answer to my daughter who I personally trained to physically stand up for herself when needed. The answer to this question is not easy for the administration, principles, teachers, parents or youth. Bullies now act out in groups with efforts to intimidate all of the students and sometimes even the teachers. Youth who are at school for academics have to come together to form a group that is against fighting in school.

Kaitlyn questions protection against abduction by giving an example of a scene from the movie “The Call” starring Halle Berry. She describes the scene where a man bumps into a young girl and he grabs and drugs her in a very slick manner. The man’s strategy was very well planned, and it appeared to Kaitlyn that there was no way that the abduction could have been avoided. Of course I had to smash her thought of helplessness by pointing out the mistake of the girl being on her cell phone, and not being aware while walking through an unsafe parking garage.

Kaitlyn and I steered into the conversation of being home alone and the threat of a potential break in. I immediately put my foot down to remind her and all of her teen friends to NEVER announce that you are home alone on social networks, or that your parents are leaving town. This is something that I see many teens do on social networks and they have to understand that there are more people than just their friends reading their threads. I also gave a small lesson on how to create non-lethal "booby traps" that can injure an intruder. A handful of cayenne pepper powder can convert any home alone teen into a fire spitting ninja! And some simple Baby Oil or Vegetable Oil squirted on the kitchen floor can turn a walking surface into an immediate ice rink!

Kaitlyn and I discuss more topics from what to do if a gun man enters the classroom and opens fire, to dealing with the modern day boyfriend. Kaitlyn asks the hard core questions and you can best believe I give the hard core answers. So please listen to this podcast and definitely include your teen child, grandchild, niece, nephew or friend so they can also know what Kaitlyn knows and asks me the questions that every kid wants to ask. And remember to give us reviews on i-Tunes,...

LifeFight Segment 15: Employing Your Haters

Haters! We hear about them daily. We probably even talk about them daily. And whether we admit to it or not, a Hater can have a powerful effect on how others view us, and sometimes even on how we view ourselves. We must be careful in our dealings with our Haters or they can suck us right into their game, while using our energy to turn themselves into the star that we may be trying to be! And this is exactly why I am going to teach you in this LifeFight segment of Employing Your Haters, not only how to keep your Haters from bringing harm to you, but also how to employ them and their actions in your favor.

Of course there are many who may “think” they have a true Hater or even falsely claim that they have Haters to try and boost their importance amongst others. It must be clarified that for us to have a Hater we must have truly accomplished something of value. The actions of arrogance and/or rudeness which could lead to the immediate disliking of us as a person, does not define those who hate our guts because we are a jerk or suck, as a true Hater. A Hater is driven by a heart of jealousy against one who is doing well without the fallout of harming others to reach his or her goals.

WHO can be a Hater can be complex in this modern world for many reasons. One of the potential Haters that I uncover in this LifeFight segment of “Employing Your haters” is the old friend or family member who transforms into a Hater upon your success. This proves that we must always be prepared to run constant scans on those who surround us as we climb to the top. It can sometimes be possible that one of our closest associates hasn’t gotten infected with Haterism.

So what are some ways to put your Haters to work for you? I will reveal a couple of tactics in this letter and then you HAVE to listen to the rest of the podcast to get your magazine fully loaded with ammo.

One of the prestige jobs that your Hater does for you is to motivate you. When you hear someone speaking against you and trying to convince others of how “bad” you are, you need to use this as fuel to prove how good and powerful you are. Appreciate their challenge and use the anger that they create as energy to stop slacking off and to get out there and make their word garbage! With this energy you will win in more than one way in the end.

Another prestige, unpaid job that the Hater does for you is running a free evaluation on your performance, and pointing out all that is wrong with you. Listen to our Haters’ complaints and look into what he or she is saying. Is there truth to it? Do you honestly agree? If so, you have them to thank for aiding you in correcting something that the important people in your mission may have soon recognized. I personally can remember many things as a fighter that my Haters pointed out about me. I listened to their every word and gave myself an honest check over. There were times that they were correct so I fixed the problem without ever having to issue a payment to anyone!

Haters also help to boost your popularity by talking about you even if it’s bad. There’s an old show biz saying that says, “The only bad exposure is no exposure.” I have personally found this to be true and I reveal how in the podcast, “Employing your Haters”. Haters are working for free overtime to get people to know who you are for their claimed bad reason. And in America today we know that a bad boy, or bad girl reputation will most likely get you farther than not.

So please enjoy this podcast on Employing Your Haters . It will be an educational and fun listen for you. You won’t view a Hater the same after hearing this. And neither will you ever fear another Hater because now… I’m in your corner.

Jermaine Andre’

LifeFight Segment 14: Attack Back Shock Training!

Good Day! Have you seized your chance yet to guide a LifeFight topic? Well if you haven’t, you’re missing out! You can influence our topics through reviews on I-tunes or on my Facebook page, “Jermaine Andre’.” Many have already taken this step by sending in reviews, and even requests on what they would like Rebekah and I to speak on. Don’t miss your chance to guide the direction of a LifeFight podcast with the simple click of a few computer keys!

In the beginning of Lifefight Segment, “Attack Back Shock Training”, I elaborate on the selected chapter, “The Annoying Co-worker” from my book, “Dealing Effectively With Idiots”. It seems that many of my Facebook friends have people at work who they don’t want to be associated with. Well I’m sure to give some awesome and even extreme strategies on how you can dodge the annoying co-worker if you have one. One of the strategies that I give is to always pretend to be on the phone when he or she approaches you. I even give away a secret tactic on how to make your annoying co-worker dodge you! You won’t believe these hilarious and effective techniques but keep in mind that it is my job to give you EFFECTIVE techniques that are waaaaaaaaaay outside the norm! Even my co-host Rebekah shook her head at my mad, but sensible, methods!

Getting back on a more serious note, it has taken many years of experience, testing and even teaching to finally come up with a self-defense formula that fits today’s citizen under today’s conditions against today’s attacker. Most if not all former martial art styles were created during ancient times for people during ancient times against criminals who used ancient techniques. This is why I felt the need to come up with something that would be more applicable for people today and I’ve finally created an effective, easy to learn training program that I trust can aid the modern individual in defending his or herself.

From my martial arts experience I noticed that the biggest concern with modern day people learning to defend themselves was the lack of time. Very few could commit the time that was necessary to study an ancient martial art and become effective with it. So the first thing that I had to assure to do with Attack Back Self-Defense Program, was to design it so the modern person could attend it without disrupting their everyday prior commitments.

Attack Back Self-Defense Program has 3 phases and 9 classes. Three (3) classes in each phase. Class 1 of Phase 1 is Awareness & Grab Escapes. Before I teach you how to defend yourself I feel that it is important to teach you how to not have to defend yourself. Awareness can arm you with the sensory system to never end up in a position where you will have to defend yourself. Grab Escapes are also a pre-requisite because they offer you the power to free yourself and escape without having to hurt someone. It’s very important that you are armed with non-deadly force if I am going to arm you with lethal weapons for life and death situations.

Blocking is also included within the classes of the formula. Blocking is one of the most neglected lessons in the martial arts and self-defense because, it is boring to teach and not very exciting to practice. This is why I make it one of the first things that you must learn. If you don’t know how to block, you will automatically panic as soon an attacker raises a finger at you. This panic will force you to slam your eyes shut and possibly even turn your back towards your attacker. This won’t be good.

Of course you have to know how to unload with strikes and hits on an attacker who is trying to take you down, and I have discovered that Palm Strikes, Eye Flicks, Ear Claps and other non-sporting martial arts techniques are the best for the everyday person to use for self-defense. Attack Back Self-Defense Program arms you with...

Life Fight - Show 013 - 8th Graders vs Jermaine Andre’

“When will you fight again!?” This is a question that I have been repeatedly asked by fans and friends. “I doubt I ever will” is usually my response because I truly was never a fighter. I was simply a martial artist exploring the effectiveness of my skills. My point has been proven so there is not much more desire to go into a wired or roped area to try and outpunch the man who stands before me. My fighting days are over. Well… that’s what I thought until an 8th grade class in North County St. Louis put me in position to have to use my fighting strategies again.

Of course you know when I say “fighting ” I’m not speaking of my feet and fists of fury. We’ve known each other far too long through my podcast and you should know by now that I’m speaking of a mental fight. To be exact, it was more of a fight for the position of attention. This is the main battle with a group of young kids are want to be respected as adults, but have yet reached the point of wanting to be responsible like one.

What was my first strategy in my fight to beat almost 30 high energy kids in the battle for the center of attention in their school? I had to first establish a trust that I wasn’t there because they were “bad” or incompetent. I informed them that I was brought to aid them in controlling their Battle Energy. I then told them stories of how my lack of controlling my Battle energy lead me to many setbacks in my life. This immediately interested the kids especially since they had heard that they were sent to me because they were bad.

I’m sure we all have had a peek at the videos on Facebook of kids banging it out in the school hallways while it appears that the teachers are doing nothing about it. I happened to have been fortuned to step smack in the middle of a hallway full of kids about to fight as a lone female principle and female security guard worked their hardest to neutralize the situation. One of the youth even swung and hit the security guard as I stood and watched while following the rule of “not laying hands on the kids”. …Lol! Like I said earlier, we’ve known each other far too long through my podcast. Do you really think I stood there and simply watched? Well if you don’t, you might want to be sure to listen to this version of LifeFight so you can hear about the response that I gave.

The fight in the hallway wasn’t the only battle that I had while there. The biggest fight was in the oversized classroom that the kids and I were stuck in together for 3 hours. Of course I immediately seized control of the kids Battle Energy by daring them to prove how tough they were. Surely they all jumped at the opportunity to prove themselves, and of course I used this opportunity to trick them into executing harsh calisthenics and stretching which would hopefully settle down their Battle Energy to allow me to verbalize the life lessons of the choices that we make. Ha! And I say again, Ha! These kids weren’t going down easy! There was a minimum of the youth who participated at 100% and the one’s who had low interest were sure to be as disruptive as possible during the exercises. Even a well placed fart was boldly delivered during meditation to announce that the control of the calmness of the classroom was theirs, and there would be none unless they approved of it even if it meant totally embarrassing themselves.

As a leader and instructor of the martial arts, misbehavior is usually easy to control on the Dojo floor with a well placed Hip Toss on the mat or a Muay Thai leg kick that creates an immediate “frog” that temporarily takes away walking and standing abilities. But these were not options for me since I was holding class in the middle of a public school. The discipline powers of the Master Chief were bound away from their territory! But this didn’t stop my martial expertise. It only adjusted...

Life Fight - Show 012 - Attack Back

Hello brave listener! Are you wondering why I’m calling you a brave listener? Well it’s because if you’ve been keeping up with me and listening to my past LifeFight podcasts, you must be pretty brave to put up with my persona. Lol! I know LifeFight is unlike any other podcast out there, and hosted by a person unlike any other person possibly on the planet! So congratulations for keeping up with me!

Attack Back is the name of this LifeFight episode because I am proud to state that we cover not only some ideas on how you (and your loved one) can become a weapon to make an attack back on anyone who attacks you, but we also give a story regarding someone who fought back...on a boat!

Have you ever thought about the FACT that you are a target when you are on vacation? Now why would someone want to pick on you while you’re on vacation in a foreign area, relaxing and trying to relieve some stress? Well, that’s exactly why! Because criminals KNOW that you are in an unfamiliar area, and most of all you are trying to relax which means you are probably being very unaware! Well in this LifeFight episode of Attack Back Rebekah and I will cover some of the training that we placed a teenage couple through as they prepare for their vacation to LA. Their mom and dad kept their kid’s safety in mind along with their college fund, and demanded that they come to me to get programmed to be bad @sses before stepping onto the streets and beaches of LA. Now they are locked, loaded and ready to have a safe and thrilling time!

Can one learn self-defense in a short period of time or does one have to spend years and years training before they can be effective. Believe it or not, under the proper trainer one can learn to defend his or herself quicker than an amateur or professional fighter can be prepared to enter the ring for competition. The reason behind is because self-defense techniques are more effective and dangerous than competition techniques. Everything that’s banned in competition is what’s used in self-defense.

In Attack Back I will give away some of the secrets to my training methods for self-defense such as changing the terrain on my clients; training them to Attack Back in their vehicle; and the shock training that I place their brain through so they’re prepared to not freeze up if they’re surprised and/or afraid.

Home invaders posing as police officers!? How in the heck would you deal with a knock on the door at night from two people who are posing as police officers? This really happened to someone and the culprits were so cruel that they tazed a 4 month old baby! How should you handle a situation like this to assure that you don’t let ruthless criminals into your home when you think you’re simply obeying the law? On Attack Back, I give some tips on how to handle a middle of the night knock on the door from someone who is claiming to be law enforcement.

“Even though I am the teacher, it is those whom I teach who teach me.” Lol! Why do I laugh at this statement? Because if you listen to this podcast you will hear of a situation where Rebekah, and I discover that I (Jermaine Andre’) placed myself in the same dangerous position that we are ridiculing on the podcast. This only proves that we all make mistakes.

Reviews! Reviews! Reviews! Rebekah takes some time to read a couple of reviews on Attack Back. Remember that we are ALWAYS seeking reviews, questions, comments, ideas etc… We’d love to spend our time on LifeFight answering your questions and responding to your comments. One person gave a review regarding how “deadly” he felt I was as a martial artist. Wait until you hear my response on that one!

Enjoy listening to Attack Back and please give us some reviews on I-tunes & Stitcher! We’d also appreciate your questions on our LifeFight Facebook page and DO NOT forget to go...

Life Fight - Show 011 - Natural Born Killers

Can exercising be bad and even deadly to our health? Of course we know that it’s possible to injure our self during a workout but sometimes there can be even a bigger danger than a dropped weight on a toe or a strained muscle. And that danger that could be lurking around a corner is a human being.

Several women have already been attacked this year while out on an inspiring run. And why would we ever doubt that an attack could happen while we’re out in skimpy clothing, wearing ourselves out to a point of exhaustion. This is a perfect time for an attacker to catch us in a secluded park area while we’re breathless, and launch his attack. This is why it is important for you to listen to the preparedness, awareness and self-defense tips for running outside that I mention in this podcast. There are many things that can affect your safety when you choose to take your workout into the streets or woods of the world. I’ll help you to think of these potential pitfalls from footwear, your route, construction hazards, headphones, maintaining fight fuel and more.

Getting to the meat of this LifeFight segment, I named this podcast “Natural Born Killers” not only to get your attention, but to remind us all of our capabilities when we have to defend ourselves against an attack. The biggest concern in self-defense situations isn’t what kind of techniques a person uses or if the techniques even work. The first and main concern is if the person who is being attacked is even going to choose to fight back. Do you know that the biggest question and statement that I get in self-defense workshop are, “When do I have the right to defend myself?” and “I’m afraid that I may get scared and freeze if someone attacks me.” Well these are all general concerns and honestly the people who ask these questions are being more real about self-defense, than the one who thinks he or she is going to turn into Jason Stathom when confronted with a knife wielding attacker.

In Natural Born Killers, I reveal how we have been “deprogrammed” by our society from our natural mentality as fighters to meek individuals. I feel that we must always go back to the beginning of where we come from when we get lost on the path of where we are going. And if we feel afraid to fight back during an attack… we are definitely lost on our path.

Cavemen, the Roman era, the Wild West, our youth days! What do these all have in common? Proof that mankind was designed to fight back! Even though we’re now civilized and shooting it out as a cowboy and/or Indian is preposterous to consider while we have indoor plumbing, we never thought that as children. MOST of us would readily fight back as a child as soon as the bully in pre-school took our toy. That was until we had our hand smacked by the oversized adult who also reminded us that if we fought back the smacking would be worse. As we grew older the intimidation of “fighting back” grew stronger with threats from authority to be suspended from school or the imprisonment and even destruction our body if we chose to “fight back” instead of allowing them to handle our problems for us. This programming whether we believe it or not has a subconscious affect on our “standing up for our self”.

The biggest problem that being afraid to defend our self causes is fear. Once we realize from watching the local news or an attack on someone who is close to us that we can be attacked, we become afraid. And this is not good because fear brings bad responses. Bad responses like prejudice, misdirection of anger, and paranoia just to name a few. This then causes separation in families, friends and us all as Americans. Then we begin to rebel against each other while everyone goes out to buy a new shiny gun to shoot their neighbor with.

We all have the potential to defend ourselves and immediately destroy an attacker...

Segment #10: Building Jermaine Andre’/Build a better you II

The best way that I can advise you to build yourself is to inform you about what it took for me to build myself. Most Mixed Martial Artists want to be well rounded in the Martial Arts assuring that they have striking, takedown and grappling skills for the cage. Well I wanted to assure that I wasn’t only well rounded for the cage and ring. I wanted to be well rounded for life! Therefore, my training differed from the training of the other MMA and Muay Thai world class combatants.

As a world class competitive MMA fighter and Muay Thai fighter, what would you think my training consisted of? Muay Thai? Judo? Russian Sambo? Jiu Jitsu? Well it was those most of the time, but there was something more important in my life than simply winning in the cage or ring. And that was the safety of my family and self. Therefore I was always sure to implement the self-defense training of Karate’ and Kung Fu eye flicks, palm strikes, throat attacks and groin crushes in my arsenal. Especially since my side job was bodyguarding and bouncing.

Weapons were also a strict part of my training regimen. How can a Samurai Katana be used for ring and cage Martial Arts combat? You’d be surprised at how the daily dangerous swinging of a razor sharp blade provided me with the calmness, and focus to dominate my opponents in the cage, and to outclass my subjects while bodyguarding and bouncing. The power of the Samurai surrounded me during ceremony with my sword, and this energy carried over into competition hence, the reason for my calmness and explosiveness in the arena. Listen to me explain how I used the ideology of the Samurai attitude to be remain superior to my opponents during combat.

Deep within my everyday training I was well versed with my pocket knife in attacks and defense. The potential of the pocket knife is very underestimated as well as its ease of carry, and the fact of whom may be carrying one. Boy Scouts carry pocket knives as well as everyday workers. This means we are always surrounded by someone who can cut us if they get angry. I made it imperative that I was always ready to defend against a knife attack or use mine for self-defense. Not to mention that a pocket knife comes in handy for everyday tasks even more than personal protection.

How is your recovery after working out? Recovery is neglected by many in the aspect of either too much or not enough. For the body to grow, get stronger, and heal there has to be plenty of rest. My recovery was so well scheduled that is was like clockwork! Without an alarm clock which I NEVER used. Recovery is so important that I even designed my martial arts school to “force” my students to take time off. And one of the most important elements in recovery is the mind. A tired mind can’t send the correct signals to properly heal the body.

Personal hygiene was a strong standard in my training regimen. I showered before and after training to assure disease control and more importantly not to offend those who trained beside me. The first rule of self-defense is not to be offensive. Bad odor offends. I even poured alcohol into my bath water regularly to aid in my personal cleanliness. One never wants to be known as the smelly person in the gym or the carrier of disease.

Another important element to include in your workouts was the pleasure of a massage. A massage relaxes the mind and body while pushing all of the bad toxins out of the muscles. This aids in healing and injury reduction. It also feels awesome!

I hope what I’ve done to build myself can aid you in building yourself . Listen to part II of Building Jermaine Andre’ so you can get a solid format on how to be well rounded in your workouts and in your LifeFight.

Jermaine

Segment #10: Building Jermaine Andre’/Build a better you II

Segment #009: Building Jermaine Andre’ part 1

Buy this vitamin and you’ll this! Drink this shake and you’ll that! Swallow this pill and you’ll look like the model in this picture! Do this workout and you’ll feel like her! Learn this martial art and you’ll have confidence like him! Carry this weapon and you’ll never be afraid! Every day we are all swarmed by sales pitches to pull us into buying something related to fitness, muscle building, stress relief, self-defense etc… that promise to make us a better person AFTER we buy their idea. But to me there’s one problem and that’s what’s called, TRUE PROOF!

No matter how many lab geeks speak on a product or paid models scream about a routine, this still proves nothing about the true effectiveness of what they are professing. This is why all of the shiny colors, loud music, bells, whistles and more are added to distract you from the fact that nothing has been actually proven to you in their 30-60 second commercial or 30 minute infomercial. As awesome as this may be for their sales, this does you absolutely no good as you get yanked around the supplement store by which bottles and boxes have the best looking labels.

This is why I found it necessary to make this LifeFight podcast about, Building Jermaine Andre’. For over 20 years I have been involved in the world of bodybuilding, martial arts, weight lifting and self-defense. I have been testing food plans, supplements, vitamins, routines and techniques since before most of them were invented. And honestly, I am one of the people who created many of the effective ones.

What is it like to be a vegetarian and a high performance athlete? What is it like to be a raw meat eater and an athlete? Does weight lifting hinder the flexibility of a professional world class fighter or help him? Is it better to go all natural or to load your body up with pre-workout drinks, proteins, creatins and more? Are there addictive supplements out there that you can take that are just ½ a step away from snorting a line of meth or cocain before working out? I give you these answers in this podcast, Building Jermaine Andre’.

Everything that the new scientist are trying to discover regarding the mixing of weight lifting for power, bodybuilding, maintaining flexibility, enhancing speed, mixing the right doses of the right products to improve abilities, discovering the right amount of rest time, building explosiveness, peaking at the right moment etc… I figured out years ago and PROVED my claims with my accomplishments in the ring and cage. Not to mention my health at the age of 42 at which I can run over 3 miles, bench press over 405lbs, kick a 6ft 3 man square in the forehead, jump four feet from the ground and land in a Dive Roll, train with my professional fighters and I haven’t had a simple cold or flu symptom or been to a doctor in over 20 years.

I believe that we all have the ability to get to know ourself better than any scientist or doctor ever could by simply listening to and reading the response of our body to what we put it through. I learned through my experience that the best way for me to use supplements was to ½ dose everything that the bottle recommended, and to stay away from anything that made me feel “too good” because, it was a trick that I would pay for later during performance times.

If you are an athlete, everyday fitness enthusiast, or just trying to get in shape, allow me to guide you past all of the bells and whistles that are designed to suck you in by people who are only trying to get your dollar. Listen to Building Jermaine Andre’ so you can get an idea on how to build yourself. Their test facility is a lab with tubes and microscopes. MY lab, is the arena, the streets, my everyday walk of life, what I’ve accomplished and what I look like today! I hope this segment gives you more knowledge to seize control of your personal fitness...

Segment #008: My Martial Arts Movie Heroes

Waaaataaaaaah! Hello! If you’re an old Bruce Lee fan you might have guessed what I was referencing at when you read the first line of this letter. If not, you’re probably wondering what the #ell is wrong with me. Lol!

The controversial war will go on regarding the responsibility of the influence of television and movies, and the characters portrayed upon them. The world of acting was originally created to mimic real life but it now seems the tables have turned and real life is trying to mimic what is seen on reality show, movies and sitcoms. And the controversy fires up because it seems that the only things that are being mimicked are the rude, selfish, and sometimes even violent acts.

I am a person who believes that we are educated by what we see, hear, smell and feel regardless of if it is displayed in front of us as a real act, on stage or on a television screen. And I speak this from experience. My mind and even spirit was programmed by the things and characters that I saw on the martial arts fighting screen. I picked up on not only the talented moves that they displayed but the codes of loyalty and honor that they posed. I picked up on these codes so much that my loyalty and dedication to my friends sometimes landed me in dangerous positions.

Can you believe that my fighting spirit to never give up, code of honor to stand and fight for the weak, pride of being a man, discipline to be beautiful with my martial arts skill, patience not to be desperate was encouraged by my martial arts movie heroes? As awkward as it may seem, it’s true. I was even taught by a martial arts movie that I don’t have to always fight everyone who challenges me. Watching Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris Jim Kelly, and many others battle against evil helped to secure my foundation in the martial arts world. There was even a time in one of my MMA fights that my mind drifted off into my pretending that I was one of my Martial Art Movie heroes as I went for the knock out!

So take a listen to “My Martial Arts Movie Heroes” and see the things that I took from martial arts movies other than entertainment. These types of movies have more to offer than just fun and maybe this talk will aid you in seeing what I think are some of the secret messages that writers place deep within their movies with hopes of discovery.

Segment #008: My Martial Arts Movie Heroes

Segment #007: The C.U.R.E.

Is society sick? Are our values sick? Is the way that we treat each other sick? Sick is defined as unwell; bad; not a hundred percent. Do you feel that the community and the people within it could use some repairing? Do you feel that YOU could use some repairing?

The riots in Ferguson MO and now in Baltimore have brought a rude awakening to all Americans regarding how we are getting along as brothers and sisters. Even though these horrible occurrences represent less than 1% of Americans it seems to be drawing about 99% of everyone’s attention, while setting the tone of what we all think about each other even if we live hundreds of miles from the areas of concern.

Well, whether we live 100s of miles away from the area shouldn’t matter when we see our neighbors going through confusions and difficulties such as these. We should take the pains and struggles of our countrymen to heart even if it has no immediate and direct affect on us. Shamefully, some who don’t live within the areas of Ferguson and Baltimore have taken an interest in the burning, looting and assaults but only through social media insults to either forward their own agendas of hate or, to brag about how they would handle a situation that at the moment poses no threat to them. This is not what I mean by getting involved.

Through the traveling of many paths in life I have found what I feel is the main igniter of bad occurrences between humans in today’s society. Communication. When our communication fails, we fail. It is whenever a person or a group of people feel that they can’t get a fair shake at communication that they seek other alternatives beside the form of communication that has been approved. It is then that force is issued as communication to them that their form of communication will not be tolerated. This leads to an explosion that can spread worldwide. And even when it appears to be put out, it can rekindle later.

I have learned that we sometimes have to travel the wrong paths to get the right answers and I have had some of these adventures. However, what I have gained from traveling many paths is an insight and an ability to understand and communicate with individuals of diverse backgrounds and ideas. I was even fortuned to harness the power to convince people of opposite values to communicate sensibly with one another.

I feel that society is sick in one of its most important areas and that area is in how we treat one another. This is where our problems begin and end and this is how I came up with a C.U.R.E. to aid us in bettering the way that we treat one another. My C.U.R.E. stands for Compassion, Understanding, Respect & Education. These are the values that I implement anytime that I meet someone, and I have learned that it allows me to communicate in a more positive fashion with them. It also breaks any ice and allows them to communicate comfortably with me.

Please take the time to listen to my C.U.R.E.. You will be surprised at how quickly and easily you can distribute it out to everyone that you know and meet. Because the C.U.R.E. is easy and already inside of us all.

Sincerely,

Jermaine Andre’

Segment #007: The C.U.R.E.