Episode 1079 - Martial Arts Gratitude
In this episode Jeremy and Andrew sit down and respond to what listeners of the show are grateful for as well as discuss their own things to be thankful for!
Martial Arts Gratitude - Episode 1079
SUMMARY
In this Thanksgiving episode of Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio, Jeremy Lesniak and Andrew Adams explore the theme of gratitude in martial arts, sharing responses from the audience about what they are thankful for. The conversation delves into the importance of community, personal growth, the role of instructors, and the impact of martial arts on life. The hosts emphasize the connections made through martial arts and the significance of giving back to the community, while also reflecting on personal journeys and the continuous learning that martial arts offers.
TAKEAWAYS
Martial arts fosters a sense of gratitude and community.
Good instructors play a crucial role in personal development.
Personal growth is often linked to the challenges faced in training.
The martial arts community provides support and friendship.
Gratitude can lead to a desire to give back to others.
Martial arts can serve as an anchor during difficult times.
Connections made through martial arts can be life-changing.
Reflecting on progress helps maintain motivation.
The journey in martial arts is never-ending and always evolving.
Martial arts offers valuable life lessons beyond the dojo.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Gratitude in Martial Arts
02:53 Community and Connections
06:01 Personal Growth Through Martial Arts
09:07 The Role of Instructors
12:01 Overcoming Challenges
14:54 The Importance of Support
18:03 Giving Back to the Community
21:06 The Impact of Martial Arts on Life
23:49 Reflections on Personal Journeys
27:09 Closing Thoughts and Future Conversations
After listening to the episode, it would be exciting for us to know your thoughts about it. Don’t forget to drop them in the comment section down below!
SHOW TRANSCRIPT
Jeremy Lesniak (02:29.788)
What's happening everybody? Welcome back to another episode of Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio. I'm Jeremy Lesniak joined by my great friend, co-host, producer, event co-promoter.
Andrew Adams (02:47.726)
I wear many hats, though the only hat I have right now is my generic sports hat.
Jeremy Lesniak (02:47.89)
Dinner friend. Yeah. Except for right now. It will be for how right.
Jeremy Lesniak (02:58.548)
Andrew Adams and.
Today's episode is mostly from you, from the audience. We asked you what you were grateful for regarding martial arts and a bunch of you responded and we're going to read some of those responses today and talk about them. And I've got a feeling that you, whoever you are, will identify with a lot of what we're going to say. It's this episode is dropping on American Thanksgiving.
Andrew Adams (03:29.869)
likely.
Jeremy Lesniak (03:34.708)
And, you know, Andrew, this was your idea. You know, maybe we can do something that reminds people that martial arts is something to be grateful for, because I think for a lot of us, it's been in our lives for so long that we often forget that there are people who don't train, that don't have martial arts in their lives.
Andrew Adams (03:55.266)
Yeah, yeah, I would agree. and, or there are people that might be listening that don't recognize all of the things that they could be grateful for with martial arts. And so maybe what we talk about today of these comments from other people might get some gears turning for yourself. And if so, awesome. That's great.
Jeremy Lesniak (04:14.482)
hope so. I hope so. Of course, if you are new to what we do, well, you've stumbled on a great episode. Thanks for being here. We drop two episodes a week. Martial Arts Radio is the number one traditional martial arts podcast, at least in English, because we don't look at the other ones, because we don't speak other languages. And if you want to learn all the things that we do with this show, can go to whistlekickermartialartsradio.com. And if you want to see all the things that we do as an organization, it's OK.
We are so much more than the show. Please visit whistlekick.com.
Anything else we should say, Andrew, before we rank along?
Andrew Adams (04:52.25)
I would say that if you are watching this, you can see this really awesome t-shirt that I have right here, which is very appropriate for today's episode. and if you are, that's right. And if you are watching on YouTube, please hit that like and subscribe button, get hit the notification bell. So you get notified when all the episodes come out. I know that it seems really silly or perhaps seems silly for people watching, but it really makes a difference in our algorithms.
Jeremy Lesniak (05:01.576)
and you're wearing the Grateful shirt.
Andrew Adams (05:20.002)
to help our stuff be seen by other people. do us this small solid and hit those buttons.
Jeremy Lesniak (05:27.442)
We work hard and the best stuff that we do at Whistlekick, we give away. And we ask you to do things to help us out when we can and when you can. And this is about as small as you can do. So thanks to those who have and those that will and to those of you who won't, shame on you.
Andrew Adams (05:46.776)
Ha ha.
Jeremy Lesniak (05:48.692)
Alright, let's jump in. Let's let's start. Do you want to kick off Andrew with the first? Grateful response.
Andrew Adams (05:52.824)
Sure. Sure. yeah. So for those that didn't see it on my Facebook, maybe you're not friends of mine on Facebook, in which case should be message. Let's be friends. love, I love having new friends. I posted that you and I were going to be recording today, an episode for the podcast that will release on American Thanksgiving. And I asked people what they were grateful for martial art wise.
and would be comfortable with us talking about in an episode. I wanted to be very clear. If you put something here, we are going to talk about it and talk about you. So, hopefully this doesn't catch anybody by surprise who didn't read all the way to the bottom. So the first response was from our new friend of the show and friend of ours, Paul coffee, who was, recorded an episode a few months ago.
Jeremy Lesniak (06:39.415)
new friend.
Andrew Adams (06:48.238)
And we met him for the first time at Marshall Summit a few weeks ago. And he said, Marshall Artwise, I'm thankful for Whistlekick and for Marshall Summit that is next year. So he's grateful for something, something to look forward to. Yeah.
Jeremy Lesniak (07:01.778)
Yes, that means he's coming back.
Yeah. Yeah. And I'm grateful for Paul. Andrew, what's the name of Paul's show again? All has a podcast. Keep kicking. Paul's a great guy. you pay attention to this show, I've got a really good feeling that you would also appreciate what Paul's doing. A lot of great podcasts out there. I'm grateful for Martial Arts Podcast. Not just the one that we do. I'm grateful for the connections that podcasting has made. You know, one of the things we talked about internally is that
Andrew Adams (07:10.471)
Keep kicking
Jeremy Lesniak (07:33.275)
This show ultimately is the glue that has connected us with so many people. Everybody who hangs out on the core team came through because of the podcast directly or indirect. And so that's a lot of fun. Yeah. this next one comes from Fern reader, grateful for wise, good instructors. And also in some way I'm grateful to have seen both sides of the coin having good instruction and instructors.
Andrew Adams (07:47.062)
Yep. Yeah, very true.
Jeremy Lesniak (08:02.718)
versus not so good instruction and instructors. It gives me a lot to think on. Grateful to be able to see the shift in how my body responds now versus the beginning of this journey. Grateful for how my perspective on life has shifted due to being in martial arts, as well as the way I carry myself has shifted too.
Andrew Adams (08:22.968)
Yeah, yeah. I want to pick out one of the things that Fern said. Grateful to be able to see the shift in how my body responds now versus the beginning of this journey. I think a lot of people forget where they came from. And I see it all the time in the drum lessons that I teach. I think in a lot of ways it's easier to see
Jeremy Lesniak (08:24.679)
lot there.
Jeremy Lesniak (08:47.572)
Mmm.
Andrew Adams (08:52.814)
Progress when you're doing a skill that is not so subjective in a lot of ways martial arts can be subjective But in drumming it's like you can either do the thing or you can't if that makes sense, right? And we have those things in martial arts. You can do this kick or you can't but in general it's it's a little harder sometimes to see that progress and and I think if people can take the moment take a moment to sit back and realize Where they were?
I think there's a lot to be grateful there and where they are now.
Jeremy Lesniak (09:27.142)
I it's really important every aspect of life to take a step back from where you are and remember the effort that you've put in and where it has led you, the skills that you've developed, the understanding you've gained. And martial arts is not always easy to do with that because we we generally look forward, right? We're looking at the, what is the next thing? Martial arts doesn't really ever get easier. We just continually raise the bar and that can inspire us to continually
Keep our blinders on and we've got everything focused in front, which I mean, let's face it. If somebody's trying to punch you or you shouldn't be looking behind you. But metaphorically, yeah, we've got to take a look periodically where we've come from. Otherwise we completely lose perspective. And when we get through, get into rather some of those plateaus.
For a lot of us, there are stretches of time where it doesn't seem like things are getting easier or better or we're developing new skill. It's that look back that can inspire us to continue moving forward.
Andrew Adams (10:33.39)
Yeah. Yep. I love that. So thank you Fern for giving us that to chat about. The next comment was from another longtime friend of the show, Mark Warner. And Mark said, he's grateful for all of my martial arts friends with all their love and respect for one another.
Jeremy Lesniak (10:58.973)
You know.
I think if you spend a lot of your time in the martial arts circles on the internet, you might think that this is uncommon. But I truly believe that the disrespectful, radical segment of martial artists is a loud minority. I really do. And...
Andrew Adams (11:21.73)
Hmm. Yeah.
Jeremy Lesniak (11:29.796)
My hope to all of you out there is that if you do have great martial arts friends, whether you train with them or you don't train with them, whether you know them in person or online, thank them. Let them know you're grateful. Martial arts is better with other people, right? We know that you can only go so far without training partners. And the more great training partners you have and great instructors you have and great students you have, the further you progress as a martial artist.
Without them, yeah, you can be grateful for your own training, there's less to be grateful for. I'm grateful for Mark.
Andrew Adams (12:06.114)
Yeah. absolutely. Me as am I. I think the one thing that I think as well, might talk, think about it. Maybe this is for another episode, but I agree with you. think those that don't have love and respect for one another and all the martial arts friends, they are a vocal minority. But I also think there's a pretty large number that they don't necessarily have it, but they don't say it either.
if that makes sense. Like they're not like, I love you across town. It's great. I respect you. It's more like I don't love and respect you, but I'm just not going to say anything. Maybe that's a, an episode for a topic for another episode.
Jeremy Lesniak (12:50.386)
At that's better. At least that's better. And yeah, I think that would be an interesting topic for us to unpack. And maybe we can find some folks who have been in that mix more. I'll be frank. I haven't had a lot of, you know, in terms of running my school, disrespect. Most people have been very respectful in my general area of what I am doing. Now, there's been some disrespect when it comes to whistle kick, but I try not to beat that on the show, that drum on the show too often because...
Andrew Adams (12:53.443)
That's true.
Jeremy Lesniak (13:20.168)
I want to give the haters attention.
Andrew Adams (13:22.092)
Yep. All right. You want to read the next one?
Jeremy Lesniak (13:26.33)
Yeah, this one's from Tina Wood. I'm grateful for my instructors who helped me build my confidence. Strength pushed me just enough so I keep trying to better myself. I'm thankful for meeting so many other martial artists. learning from them all. I may have flubbed that a little bit. Apologies, Tina. I think you all get the gist.
Jeremy Lesniak (13:53.156)
It's good to have people that push you in the right way.
Andrew Adams (13:58.434)
Yeah. Yeah. I talk about often, we as people live in bubbles, right? Some people's comfort level, their bubble is much bigger than others, right? Some people, their bubble might be a little bit smaller. I think growing as an individual happens when you step outside your bubble just for a little bit, even if it's just, I'm dipping my toe on the other side of the bubble and then coming back and realizing,
You know what? It was okay when I did that. And then your bubble can get a little bit bigger and having the instructors that are willing to push you to help get better is, something for sure to be grateful for.
Andrew Adams (14:41.762)
Yeah. All right. I'm going to read that. Yeah. Even instructors need instructors. We've done a podcast about it. All right. Next comment came in from Nate Klumsky, another longtime listener of the show. And Nate said, I am thankful that despite all the politics, my style is better than yours, et cetera. All of those things that in the end, in most cases,
Jeremy Lesniak (14:43.7)
Everybody needs an instructor.
Jeremy Lesniak (14:52.18)
Sure. We have. You can read, mates.
Andrew Adams (15:10.168)
there is a brotherhood and mutually shared respect, which I think echoes a lot of the sentiment that Mark was being grateful for as well.
Jeremy Lesniak (15:21.874)
I would say that.
Again, almost everybody, really think almost everybody is at least tolerant because if you've been training a long time, you know what it takes to get to a point of, of competency. Maybe you don't see the value in what they do. Maybe it doesn't work for you. Maybe that's not how you would train. Maybe they're why is it your wife, but you know what? I can appreciate that they invested their time in developing that skill. And I think.
I think we're in a really interesting place in the martial arts. I'm looking at Nate's comment here. There is a gender neutral brotherhood or fraternity grouping. And I don't just mean whistle kick. mean, in general, there are a lot of people supporting a lot of other people.
And I think that's great.
All right, next.
Jeremy Lesniak (16:29.618)
Gage Hanlon of Kotaro fame. is not a sponsored episode, but we should acknowledge that Kotaro does do a lot for us and we appreciate them. We appreciate Gage. And I was just messaging Gage like an hour ago because I appreciate him. He was doing something for us. Martial arts was the anchor that kept me grounded when I went through personal turmoil. I sincerely doubt I would have made it out the other side of that turmoil as sanely as I did if I didn't have training, teaching.
as an emotional regulatory process. I can identify.
Andrew Adams (17:03.342)
Hmm
Jeremy Lesniak (17:05.008)
I think a lot of us can.
Jeremy Lesniak (17:09.02)
Which shirt am I wearing? am wearing my, I'll show you the bottom of the shirt because I think it fits really well. This was not an intended product placement, but.
Martial arts.
because sometimes therapy is too slow.
You can get that at whistlegate.com. And it fits there, right? Like I think for a lot of us.
Andrew Adams (17:32.088)
Yeah, yeah.
No, go ahead, go ahead. I was just, I gonna say that I think a lot of people can relate to this, whether they got into martial arts because they were in a bad place or martial arts was the thing that helped them through a difficult time. I think that's something that a lot of us can relate to.
Jeremy Lesniak (17:38.868)
Go ahead. You go ahead. I'm grateful for you. You go ahead.
Jeremy Lesniak (18:02.238)
You want to grab the next one?
Andrew Adams (18:04.94)
All right, so next is from Adam Beckley, whose interview dropped a few months ago. You can go check that out. And he said, I am thankful to how warm and welcoming that the community of Whistlekick has been. They make me feel that I have value.
Jeremy Lesniak (18:26.142)
grateful for Adam and for what he says there. I hope he's not gonna be embarrassed or anything that I say that's... I think Adam is... The way Adam is in his martial arts school is quietly very common. He works really hard. He doesn't have a massive school, but...
the amount of
contribution coming back from him to his local community, to the martial arts, to his students. It's just, it's so incredible and I am inspired watching him. It's really incredible and
I think quite often.
We don't know about the great stuff that a lot of other martial artists are doing because they're quiet about it. And, you one of the things that we try to do here is showcase what other martial artists are doing, but there are far too many of you for us to do it for everybody. mean, it'd be.
Jeremy Lesniak (19:35.229)
We'd never get to the end, right? If all of you were telling us the great things that others are doing in the martial arts world, we would just be constantly reading. This would be the CNN of martial arts. But with no commercials and no spin, it's not a political thing. All TV is spin, right? We could just sit here and read and read and read read read read read read and we'd just get it. There'd be more. There'd more. It's like the mail. There's always more.
Andrew Adams (19:46.648)
Hahaha!
Andrew Adams (20:04.27)
Yep. All right. All right. You want to read the next one?
Jeremy Lesniak (20:05.724)
And I would be grateful for that too.
I do. This one's from Nick Tabor. am thankful for everything that has come from being in the Whistlekick family. Absolutely everything has gotten better. For martial arts wise, I'm thankful for everything. Hard lessons learned that have made me stand taller and stronger than I ever could have imagined. Martial arts has given so much to me that I will spend the rest of my life giving back. And just want to... Kevin chimes in on that. That's it, Nick. Key word is giving.
Yeah, think that's, I mean, that's kind of where you're at too, isn't it? Right. You're so grateful that you're giving back.
Andrew Adams (20:44.492)
Yeah, absolutely. I was given a lot through martial arts. And as other people have mentioned already, it got me through some difficult times and I appreciate that I have the ability to start to give back and passing on what I have learned to others. And I think that's a great thing to be grateful for.
Andrew Adams (21:14.638)
All right, next we've got from Megan McIntyre. I am thankful for the martial arts family that I have gained. I'm grateful for the friendships and support I've received from those I train with weekly and those I have met through martial summit or free training days. I am mostly grateful that my body is still allowing me to participate in martial arts.
Jeremy Lesniak (21:15.902)
Hope for
Jeremy Lesniak (21:19.988)
Want to read this?
Jeremy Lesniak (21:49.269)
Yeah. I, you know, one of the things that I think deserves more gratitude for all of us is what our body allows us to do. We tend to focus on what our body won't do in that moment. I wish I was more flexible. I wish I was stronger. I wish I had better. I wish I had all of these things, but sometimes we've got to focus on the good stuff. We've got to focus on what we can do. What body allows us to do.
Pretty powerful, pretty important.
Jeremy Lesniak (33:29.33)
And this one's from Steven Watson, thankful to each of my training partners along the way, even the ones who attended just that one trial class along the way. I'm grateful for the pop culture martial arts that definitely do martial arts very wrong, but inspires so many people, unlike me, to a study of the art.
Jeremy Lesniak (33:50.02)
everything that happens in and out of the martial arts related to martial arts has an impact on martial arts.
Jeremy Lesniak (34:00.605)
I'm grateful for all the terrible movies that get people to train.
Andrew A (34:08.702)
Yeah, yep, I agree. I think it's we both know Stephen well enough to know he's a he's a pretty funny guy. And and his his comment even about, you know, that they're doing it wrong. I'm looking, did he put it in air quotes because that's something he would have done.
Jeremy Lesniak (34:26.804)
No, no. No, I don't think he would ever, well, maybe he would, but I have never heard him say that about actual martial artists. But when we're talking about movies or something, yeah, I could see him saying it.
Andrew A (34:40.498)
Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. But, you know, again, a fairly common theme. Thankful for people that he's worked with that have helped him. And, you know, we've, we've talked often about how when you're an instructor, your students are helping you, like you learn from everybody. So yeah, I totally get that.
Jeremy Lesniak (34:59.326)
Everybody's cheering you on along the path regardless of whether or not they know it or not, their participation. Sure. You got Jason's.
Andrew A (35:04.052)
Yep. All right. So, yep, we have just a few more left here. Jason Fitzsimmons says, I'm thankful for the purpose martial arts provides. I have recently had to take a leave of absence from martial arts while I build up a new life. I miss it. Not just the people, but the opportunity to make someone feel great by teaching them something new or coaching them into good board breaking form or
taking a break from the everyday routine and playing some fun games. I look forward to returning in full soon. You all rock. Keep up the good vibes.
Jeremy Lesniak (35:42.025)
Thanks.
Jeremy Lesniak (35:45.726)
personal arts gives me purpose. I what would I be without what we do here? So this has been, this is what I've been working on for 15 years.
Jeremy Lesniak (35:55.953)
Without martial arts, would not have started with so- I would know you. We would have never met. That'd be sad. It does.
Andrew A (35:59.668)
That's very true.
Andrew A (36:03.411)
That makes me sad. So I'm grateful for Martial Arts.
Jeremy Lesniak (36:12.284)
Michael says, I'm grateful for all the martial artists I've met in my journey and grateful for everything that I've got to learn.
Jeremy Lesniak (36:22.578)
The education piece, right? Like it's such a big.
Andrew A (36:26.474)
Yeah, and Jason mentioned it in his comment before that, you know, the opportunity to make someone feel great by teaching them something new. Like, I love that.
Jeremy Lesniak (36:27.259)
opportunities for learning.
Jeremy Lesniak (36:38.292)
I had a moment, I'm not going to go into detail on it, but I had a moment with a student that's been with me since day one with the school. he managed to do something. He's got some, there's some challenges in there. And he managed to knock out something yesterday that I would not have expected to happen based on where things had been recently.
something clicked and the smile on his face, the effort that he put in, mean, it just, nothing else in the last few weeks have mattered as much as, as watching results of this hard work and persistence.
Andrew A (37:22.575)
Mm.
Jeremy Lesniak (37:26.292)
So grateful for that. Wish I could say more.
Andrew A (37:27.428)
Yeah No, it's okay All right. The next comment comes from Kevin Como Who I know very well another past guest of the show episode 666 just a funny number that I just happen to remember Kevin
Jeremy Lesniak (37:42.482)
Yeah, that is not a reflection of Kevin or how we feel about him or our,
Andrew A (37:47.632)
No, in fact, I have a lot of a lot of respect for Kevin He was one of the instructors at my very first martial arts school. So he was was there in the beginning so Unsurprising a little bit of a lengthy response because he's so thoughtful He says great question. I'm thankful for a lot and thought a lot about it I could write a long essay on the things i'm grateful for but I guess my number one
would have to be that martial arts gives me a way to interact with children that they find really exciting. So they are motivated to keep coming while also giving me a chance to promote really important values. Kids listen to the black belt. Like putting kale in your kids smoothies, we can sneak in some deeply important moral formation information to give them a solid foundation for living while they are having a great time. As a sidebar to that,
Because my program is small and non-competitive, I tend to attract kids with neurodivergent tendencies and executive functioning issues, i.e. kids who don't do well in organized sports, kids who are a total handful at home and school and cause their adults daily grief. They behave and regulate themselves so well in martial arts context. It is a gift to them and me.
Jeremy Lesniak (39:14.58)
gratitude for something that you're already grateful for, right? The gratitude to impact children, the gratitude for the method by which you can better impact children.
We talk about martial arts as a language sometimes, right? We talk about techniques and forums and sparring as letters or words or poems or stories, right? However you wanna look at that metaphor. And in this case, martial arts is like a textbook. If I follow this process, I can create this education.
Jeremy Lesniak (40:00.297)
Todd Miller, recent guest on the show, recent friend to both of us. I'm grateful for being shown the path. Now let's get to walking.
Andrew A (40:11.474)
Now that's an interesting comment. So his episode releases next Monday, December 1st. So as you're listening to this, you got a sneak peek and we're not really putting the cat out, letting the cat out of the bag. Cause he mentioned on Facebook that yeah, that's true. But I'm grateful for being shown the path. Now let's get the walking, walking the path of something he talks about in his episode. So you'll just have to listen to hear more about it.
Jeremy Lesniak (40:25.172)
You should never keep cats in a bag.
Jeremy Lesniak (40:41.042)
All right, we got one more.
Andrew A (40:45.317)
Alright, the last one, Karen Chandler. I am thankful for the friends and acquaintances I have made in the martial arts and for the continued growth I am experiencing.
Jeremy Lesniak (40:58.898)
That might be the thing that I am most grateful for, that martial arts is never ending. There's always more, always more to learn, always more people to connect with, always further developmental benefits from training. It's the one thing that will never fail. People can fail you. Investments can fail you. Martial arts won't fail you.
Andrew A (41:28.635)
Yep. I think for me, we haven't yet asked each other, what we're thankful for or grateful for. And, I'm gonna, I'm going to jump in front of you. You haven't asked me yet, but I'm going to tell everybody what I'm grateful for. And it goes right in hand in hand with Karen, with the friends and acquaintances that, that we've met in martial arts. And when I think about it, it's not that every
Jeremy Lesniak (41:33.78)
Mm.
Andrew A (41:57.66)
friend and acquaintance in martial arts I know I've met through Whistlekick, but a vast majority have been through Whistlekick. And if we look at this list of people that commented, Paul Coffee, Fern Reader, Mark Warner, those three I wouldn't have met if it wasn't for Whistlekick. Tina Wood I would have met because of friends here in town. Nate Klumsky, Gage, Adam, Nick.
Megan McIntyre, Stephen Watson, Jason Fitzsimmons. Again, people I would not have met if it had not been for Whistlekick in some way or form. And then Todd Miller and Karen Chandler, same thing. So I'm grateful for Whistlekick and all that it has brought to connect me to so many other people. I'm grateful for that.
Jeremy Lesniak (42:45.844)
And it may sound redundant, but it's the same. This is why the slogan is Connect, Educate, Entertain. The connections are first, even for us. We find the value in it. And I am grateful that this monster that I get the honor of shepherding brings me so much.
Jeremy Lesniak (43:13.778)
Yeah. You know, if we do this again, we should, we should create a Thanksgiving table, you know, decide, you know, which, thing about martial arts is the, is the mashed potatoes, which is the stuffing. Yeah. Yeah. We, we could argue, cause then we have to argue about which of those foods are better than others. And, know, which, which one is the pearl onions and cream sauce.
Andrew A (43:25.708)
it's stink. Yeah.
Andrew A (43:39.355)
You know what? I love pearl dung beans in cream sauce.
Jeremy Lesniak (43:42.856)
Yeah, see, exactly. We'd have to come up with something that you love in martial arts that I do not and avert my eyes when other people do it.
Andrew A (43:50.127)
Yeah.
Andrew A (43:57.253)
Love it.
Jeremy Lesniak (43:57.253)
I mean, just thought of something that you know what it is that I avert my eyes for. We're not going to say it publicly, but you would also avert your eyes if you saw it. So I'll remind you after we close in case you've forgotten. Anything we got to add? I think we got this.
Andrew A (44:14.931)
No, I think that's good if you Listen to this episode on American Thanksgiving or shortly thereafter and you would like to comment and let us know what you're thankful for or Grateful for please do reach out. Let us know
Jeremy Lesniak (44:31.316)
Yep, can comment wherever you listen. Spotify lets you comment. Apple Podcast lets you comment. Where else? You can comment. know, we always post, YouTube lets you comment, of course. We always post the episodes in a Facebook page, Marshall Arts Radio. So you can find that and you join if you're not already a member there and post your comment there. Wherever you see it, we want to know what your grade is. It does mean a lot to us.
Andrew A (44:40.846)
YouTube.
Jeremy Lesniak (45:00.838)
And we're grateful for you. So thank you for your spending some time with us, continuing to watch or listen, sharing the show. And you know, if you're having Thanksgiving with others.
And you don't want to talk to the people at your table. You can take out a phone and message your martial arts friends and say, what are you grateful for in martial arts? And see what they say. You can have your own side conversation that isn't about politics or the other things that I think some of us are going to suffer through at the table this year.
Until next time, this one's going to go great. Train hard, smile, and have a great day.
Andrew A (45:41.082)
Train hard, smile, and have a great day.