Carl is with Gavin Cook and Jackson White hosts of ‘The Motivated Martial Artists‘ podcast discussing fear, routines and goal setting.

Listen in to hear great advice from these 3 seasoned martial arts veterans as they discuss coping with the unknown, adapting to survive successfully and the importance of routine and goal setting for you and your martial arts community moving forwards

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• People can become paralysed by fear and in a time of fear you have to dig down and look for the positive moments.
• It’s about wanting to look down from the top of the mountain when you come out the other side.
• Fear is about not knowing, not having the control.
• When you don’t have a choice there is even more fear about the unknown but you need to try and overcome the fear and move out from your comfort zone.
• We are now in a position to spend time thinking carefully about goals.
• Everything we do is very personal to our members that’s why it’s vital to create a schedule and develop a routine.
• If you don’t schedule things in you won’t complete them.
• It all about taking action in business.
• Set yourself tasks to complete each day and plan to achieve something in each period of the day.
• Building in short bursts of exercise is vital for your mental well being

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘We boost people’s confidence in the gym every day’

‘Everyone is paralysed because they don’t know what’s on the other side’

‘It’s important to let your students know what your plans are and that you are going to stay motivated’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

HKA Main landing page www.hastingskickboxing.co.uk/kickstartnow

YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/user/Hastingskickboxing

HKA Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Hastingskickboxing

Adult community link  https://m.facebook.com/groups/274624209886110?ref=share 

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The Motivated Martial Artists Podcast

 

ABOUT THE HOST

Hi, my name is Carl Denne.  

I was born in Hastings in 1980. Married, father of two beautiful daughters, Bethany and Leigha. 

My daughters, the wife, and gym ARE MY LIFE.

IF I’M HONEST, I pretty much failed at school. Heavily dyslexic, I was dismissed for being a “naughty kid” that didn’t want to learn. I was heavily bullied for having shit clothes and ginger afro hair. I didn’t have many friends. 

When I say bullied I don’t mean called a “poo-poo head” and being looked at in a nasty way. I mean thrown downstairs, and hit with chairs and tables. Clothes were stolen whilst in the shower. That kind of bullying…

Oh, how things have changed… 

Martial arts, and specifically Kickboxing, have changed my life, and now I am much happier and change other people’s lives for the better on a daily basis. 

I am a complete adrenaline freak, so In my spare time, track days, jumping out of planes, sitting on top of them, rage buggies in the desert… The higher, the faster the better for me. I’m always looking for the next thing to get my blood pumping, so if anyone has a challenge I’ve not found yet, please feel free to share. 

I do like a Saturday night movie night, Chinese, Netflix, lots of chocolate with my three little ladies. I love being around my friends and family. This is why I love the crazy HKA family so much, as this is my extended family.   

I left school with pretty much nothing! A few sad GCSE’s C - D grade, BUT I did have a shit-ton of energy and passion to achieve, and to prove all the teachers and people that looked down on me for all those years, wrong. So, after a few jobs here and there, I settled on working for Openreach (BT) as a cabler/jointer copper and fibre optic multi-skilled engineer with HGV.

I left this in 2015 to chase my dream of running my own Kickboxing Academy and working with the future of today, rather than a job that just paid the bills. 

I’ve trained pretty much my whole life: Karate, boxing, Judo, from the age of 9, and of course, I’ve now done over 29 years of Kickboxing. I’ve passed many Instructors and coaches courses, attended many training courses and seminars, grading up through the syllabus. I passed my 4-hour hell-on-earth 3rd Dan black belt in July 2018 with the ICO.

If I’m honest my real passion and skills have come from learning the hard way; through being in the trenches. I know how it feels to be on your arse. I know how it feels to have to pull yourself out of the pit. I’ve been through a divorce. I’ve lived through the pain and have worked with thousands of members, students, children, teachers and adults over the years, and the one thing I get told every time is how well I/we keep it very real, and that I have a complete understanding on most eventualities. 

Thank you for reading and listening. I hope you connect with myself and the team, take away some ideas, understand you’re not alone, and that it’s good to talk, listen and help others as and when you can.