Fascinating Sir. I found great value in your talk. I can relate to the topic of allowing external factors to influence my dedication to Taekwando. "Oh I'll never be as good as Master Reid or Master El Bey so why bother attempting or continuing." "I've only been doing it for two weeks so I feel like a fraud in comparison to my instructors in regards to their passion for the art." "I'm tired from work and don't want to do this." "I won't be able to pass the tests and will only embarrass myself." Et cetera et cetera. You said "The average person will give up." I will be mindful of and work to mitigate such external factors and the desire to give up and be mediocre. I worked at a lumber yard in my late teens or early twenties very briefly and remember a coworker telling me in regards to another coworker (who was very physically impressive) "He treats his body like a temple. And that's the way it should be." I found great value in your talk Master El Bey! It was informative and enjoyable. Thank you much and I hope you have a great day as well and I look forward to your next class. Taekwon Sir.

My goodness Sir. Run for office PLEASE!!! I would vote for you in a damn heart beat. You understood perfectly why I was embarrassed for asking what I did and you responded logically, rationally, and maybe most importantly passionately. I'm not even ten minutes in and I am glad I am watching this over the Men's Olympic Hockey game (Canada is going to win anyway 😉). I am so glad Mr. Adam introduced me to Taekwando. You are a mentor and a champion. Yeah I guess that's it. Thank you thank you thank you and yeah. I am loving my training and yeah...

@Chris Reid 🤣

The stories you tell about being humbled in regards to your beginnings in Taekwando are humbling in themselves in that an entire generation can learn from your skill and dedication to the art. Thank you Master El Bey. Tae kwon!

Also the synergy between you and Master Reid is incredible. Your guys' passion and charisma is undeniable.

@Chris Reid Sounds good! I will try to make it to the next live class and look forward to it. Thank you again 👍Also I very much appreciate your pleasant response.

@Chris Reid Okay. You hit the nail on the head in regards to second guessing ourselves! I do not mind at all! I have another I'd like to ask as well. You spoke in class 6 about General Choi and how he evolved the philosophy of martial arts by pioneering the tactical retreat. I am just curious as to how you envision yourself evolving the philosophy of Taekwando further (besides making it available to learn for anybody anywhere)? Thank you for the reply and Taekwon!

Awesome. Doing Class 5 tomorrow. 👍The first four have been great!

You inspire us Master Reid! Taekwon.