0:00 Do you know what you look like right now? Me? >> Oh, this guy. >> What? >> It's so not believable your agreements and >> Yeah, I'm believe I'm I'm I'm agreeing. >> You're just like, >> "Oh, you know what? It looks almost like Joel style agreement." Like he's not listening, but he's trying to still be good B-roll in case they cut to him. >> You look like you're in another planet. >> I know what you're talking about. >> I'm agreeing. >> He hates this video. He's barely hanging on. >> That's the Joer I think. >> Joer. >> Okay. If your kid wanted to do the exact same thing that you do, >> would you use any form of nepotism to give them a boost or would you just >> Yeah, >> that's the whole point, no to leaprog.
0:53 >> Yeah. >> So, Tao was like, "This is my model. you use this model and you improve on it. Boom. >> Oh, okay. I know, >> right? >> Yeah. But then if like let's say that you're uh let's say you're the head of the jiu-jitsu gym, right? >> And your son's like, "I want >> be a doctor. >> Go be a doctor." >> But what if he's like, "No, I want to be Chinese. >> I want to be a black belt." And he's he starts at the same time as 10 other kids and they're all there together. Would you like move him up >> more or would you >> No, I think in that case you hold him back. >> Whoa. So that's opposite. You hold him back a little bit for jiu-jitsu. >> Wow. >> I don't know. I just cuz he's probably going to be better than the rest of the kids. Yeah. >> You think so? >> Yeah. Like if you're like there's a thing where if your dad's a black belt, you're probably going to be one of the best kids on the if that dad puts time and effort in training with you. >> Your their kids going to be better than
1:43 the rest of the kids just on average. Just finding the training, the exposure to it, the insight. >> Holding him back and then moving up all the other kids they started with isn't going to like affect him personally. just like one beat behind, you know, not like full, not like completely, but >> and jiu-jitsu is so merit-based, the belts don't really matter. >> So it you almost want to hold them back cuz if you >> cuz if he's whooping everyone else's ass, like you know what his real belt is kind of >> Oh, okay. >> It's always better if you're a lower belt and you're beating up the ████ top guys >> versus a higher belt getting your ass beat. >> Yeah. >> Which is way more common, unfortunately. >> Okay. >> Wait, what? That's more common? Well, nowadays I think I think nowadays cuz you know the sport's a little more popular. So it's like now there's there's currency in being a black belt. So people will kind of like rush into being a black belt.
2:33 >> Oh yeah. Okay. >> So they can get a little bit more status, a little more clout, whatever. >> So it's not as authentic anymore is what you're saying. >> I think as things get more popular, it's more likely that it kind of gets watered down. That's just like the double-edged sword of it. You know, >> it's like '8s karate where it's hardcore versus the karate you see now. And it's it's still like >> Yeah, it's still very legit. >> Joe's not here to defend it. >> My dad was a black belt in karate. >> What kind? Do you remember what kind it was? >> No idea. >> From the 80s or from like the >> It would have been in the se cuz they're like punching each other in the gut. >> That's probably hardcore and ████ dude. >> It's different now. They're just ████ like >> You ever seen a karate chop with somebody? >> What the hell is that? >> Modern day karate. >> Have you seen the one? Okay, there's a really funny video of the black belt test. >> That's karate. >> Black belt test in a basketball gym and
3:23 they're all doing like the forms. >> That's the modern day karate now. >> And it's it's really funny to watch these guys cuz it's they're all off. They're all terrible, but they're all like quoteunquote black belts. >> But old school karate is crazy. >> Is it the black belt testing fourth degree 14? >> It should be a bunch of old middle-aged dudes. They're all kind of white guys. >> And then type in funny. Maybe maybe that'll work. Karate funny cuz the old karate was like >> and they throw hadukans at it. >> Hadukan ████ >> Karate is still aggressive. >> No, never mind. >> Depends on which one you find. If you're >> the tu right now, depends on the ones that you you find. You find the right school, but they're so rare now. Super watered down >> MMA school. >> What if uh Taiko is like, I want to make my own uh workout now. Like you know how you have your own workout program? He's
4:13 like, "I want a makeup program for kids." >> That's smart. >> Help. I'm like crazy. >> I'm like, "Oh, hell yeah, dude. Hurry the ████ up." >> Cuz he has such a funny personality. I feel like if he wanted to be um like a a content creator, I think he would do pretty good. >> Is he interested? >> Um not really. I think he really likes funny stuff and he has a lot of videos that he records. >> Mhm. But I need him to say like, "Can you help me start a YouTube channel? Help me start a whatever." >> Oh, okay. >> Then I will. >> Then you will. >> And then I'll build it out in phases because, you know, also like kids, >> they don't know what they really want. So they might go, "Oh, like I want to learn piano." And after three lessons, I hate piano. >> Like I would want to make it where I don't like fully I would only commit to as much as he would go. Yeah. >> I probably whined more than anybody. And
5:04 I I didn't get to quit. And it's like because of, >> you know, >> I think I found the video. >> That's not the video I was thinking of. >> That's not okay. >> That's actually That's actually >> I just sent it to your phone right now. >> He's a black belt for sure. >> Hopefully you can pull it up. >> Is that not it? >> That's not Hey, dude. That's not what I was talking about. >> That's what came up when you told me to type. >> I think I gave you the wrong keywords. >> Okay. Sorry. >> Can we also just uh put blame on the instructor? Wait, but we're not discussing this. >> We're not discussing this topic. That's just a bit. No, no, no, no. Let him cook. Okay. What do you want? >> That's messed up. >> Oh, you think it's messed up? >> I think it's messed up. >> You don't think that guy deserved that black belt? >> I didn't say he didn't deserve it. I just think the fact that
5:54 >> Mhm. >> Do you know where you are right now? Just moved his eyes over. He just went >> Mhm. >> You know what I'm saying? That's messed up. That's all I have to say. >> What part of messed up though? >> All right, let me try and save him. Can we go back to the other topic? >> Yeah. Oh, >> I think like the same thing. Uh I I can understand. I I remember in the Boy Scouts, little little bee he boy scouts uh that I was in. >> Scouts. >> I remember when uh I was going for my tenderfoot rank and I mentioned this here before. Um I was going for my tenderfoot rank and my dad's a scout master. He started the troop and there was like six of us or whatever trying to get our tenderfoot. So, we went to like a house to like go get tested on some stuff before going to the camp where you get like actual testing. So, this is just like the pre-qualifiers, if you will, in order to be like, "All right, you're going to go up to really test at this camp for your tenerfoot." And I remember thinking like, "Dude, my dad's
6:44 a scout master. Like, I'm not bad. I'm going to get a shoe in." And then out everybody there, in front of everybody, I was the only one that they didn't pass. >> And I was devastated. I was like 11 years old, 12 years old type stuff. And I was devastated. And honestly, I had like an initial confusion, anger, and resentment because I was like, "Why would you do that, Dad?" And then only when I get way older am I like, "Damn, that's probably really good for me." >> Really? Why do you Why do you think that? You don't think it was ████ up? >> I think I think him constantly being hard on me every step of the way. It wasn't just that tender foot. That was just the most like blatant first time I experienced it in front of other people. But every step of the way, I always felt a version of pressure because he's a scout master. So even showing up to like Sunday meetings, we're the first ones there because we have to set up
7:34 everything before everybody shows up. Just constantly being in that position forced me to be a type of person that I think reflects in who I am today. >> I think that stuff's good, but I also feel like if you meet the standard, you meet the standard. >> That's true. That's how >> cuz honestly when you express how you felt, it made me go I rethink everything I just said. >> If I had my my own son, I'll be like, actually that is ████ up. Why would I hold him back for no reason? Like if if you like behind closed doors, >> he can be drilling all those things into you, right? Extra more than any other kid. Awesome. That's the good part of it. But then I also feel like if all of you guys meet the standard, >> don't purposely delay either. >> I still ended up being the first one to become an Eagle Scout in that troop. >> And I feel like maybe him making it hard on me made it so that when I did deserve that, I set a standard for the troop. >> I stand by what I said, actually.
8:25 stand by what I said. >> I'm not sure he had the foresight to really understand if I was going to be good enough. >> Was like, "Oh, if I want to make eagle, that's what I got to do." >> Yeah. Like he he ain't going to be hard. He wasn't even hard on his easy on his own son. Like it's not that simple. >> Yeah. >> Oh, that's Yeah, that's true. Cuz that also helps him be more like trustworthy. So I think for the actual nepotism, let's say for me as like a a career dancer, if if my kid wanted to be a dancer, he or she, I think in attaining the skill like in and the practice, >> I think I'd be very hard on them like expect a certain standard. But if they had enough of a skill to go out there and work professionally, then I would apply all the nepotism I can >> cuz like get jobs are everywhere anyway. It's not to say that there's only one path and hierarchy to like becoming a successful performer, entertainer, or
9:15 dancer or whatever. At that point, I'd be like, "These are all my networks. These are my contacts." I hit them up like, "Hey, I think this person is good. Are you looking for somebody to like uh you could pay them less, but like give them some experience, but they are going to I'm going to cosign them. They're my kid, you know?" I think I would totally do that. >> Yeah, you should. That makes sense. But then like would you ever try to shoehorn it in where like let's say that you had an opportunity to find a kid for a role like a it's a dance role that pays a lot. It's it's a pretty big role but they they're looking for a white kid. Would you come back and go would my son work? I I mean if I have a good enough relationship with that person, >> would you like bend the you know what I mean? >> I mean submitting somebody and getting them rejected is not the same as like bending them. It's not like I'm the one who's like strongarmming them like hey >> no whites allowed. I'm never going to work on another project for you if you don't put my kid in. It's not like that.
10:05 >> Oh, >> like it's it's you know how those jobs are, they're just gig b gig based anyway. If they don't take them, I'm not in control of that. >> Or if they >> if I'm the casting director, >> you're the guy casting, let's say that, and they want a white kid and I'm like, >> they prefer it. Yeah. >> If it's just preferred and it's not for sure, >> I'm I'm going to think about whether or not it makes sense. >> Or they say, "We don't want a kid with any Filipino at all." If I think my kid would kill that role, if I think my kid would kill that role, I wouldn't set him up for failure. >> Do you think that would be something that you would, I guess, share with your kid? Like, hey, did you know what papa did? Like, >> they wanted a white kid. >> But I put your name in, so you better ████ crush it. >> I would do that if they started ████ around and messing up. >> I wouldn't do that to just be like, "Hey, just guess what? You got hooked up." >> All right, go kill it, Tiger. >> Dad hooked you up. I wouldn't do that. >> A good start. Don't make me look like an
10:56 ████ Have fun out there. >> Do you know what you look like right now? Me? >> Oh, this guy. >> What? >> Just watch this video if you can. It's so not believable your agreements and ████ >> Yeah, I'm belie I'm I'm I'm agreeing. >> You're just like, >> "Oh, you know what? It looks almost like Joel style agreement. Like he's not listening, but he's trying to still be good B-roll in case they cut to him. You look like you're in another planet. >> I know what you're talking about. Agree. >> He hates this video. >> He's barely hanging on. That's the Joer I think. >> Okay. >> Oh, should we get mad at the teacher, the instructor for that one? >> Yeah. >> Wait, really? >> Yeah. >> Why? >> Because what Andrew said >> that he asked you questions when he said
11:46 >> that's what I've been saying. >> That's what I've been saying. That's what I'm saying. I agree with you, Subie. Don't listen to these ████ guys. Okay. What's wrong with you? >> Yeah, dude.
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