On this platform, we are stoked to bring you high performers who are not just chasing and attaining success, but redefining it through, providing above and beyond service. And this week’s knowledge Nugget Squad is about the difference between, I get asked a lot of difference between coaching, consulting, and therapy, and what I like to do with my clients to show ’em that I’m a coach.

I believe that everyone knows what they want, they just don’t know how to talk [00:01:00] themselves into it. So I’m not gonna tell you how to do it. I’m gonna guide you. So with my clients. I like to put ’em in their car. They sit in the driver’s seat and I say, see that rear view mirror right there? It’s small for a reason.

That’s your past. Great place to visit, great place to learn from. But if you live there, then you need therapy. Okay? If you have this big windshield, it’s big. Oh my gosh. Scary. Where the hell am I going? Wow. I’m, I’m, I’m lost. Well, since 2011, they’ve been putting these things on the dashboard called the GPS, or actually you can.

Have it, and you hold it in your hand, in your phone. Now that’s what I am as a coach. I’m a GPS. You plug in the coordinates and you go there. Now, I can’t buckle your seatbelt. I cannot, you know, start the car for you. But if you get lost, you’re going somewhere. We can help reroute you and hold you accountable.

So that’s kind of what a coach does. I, I, I really coached from a neutrality position, coach from neutral. And moving forward from where you are at, hold a mirror in front of you and let you see where you’re going, and then keep you on track. And speaking of coaches, I got my two coaches here today. My Jiujitsu coaches, everybody should have a [00:02:00] coach.

And I have, I have a total of six coaches between mindset, business, jiujitsu, fitness body, and I’m so happy to bring in my good friends. We’ll start with Amanda Tubby Equin. Don’t let the word tubby fool you. One, she’s a stunning woman with the hugest heart. She’s a jiujitsu powerhouse, multiple. Time World Champion top five in the world, in two weight classes and a respected black belt with over 13 years on the mat.

Trained early in boxing by her father, and later drawn to Juujitsu at just 15 years old. Tubby Rise was fast and fierce from local tournaments to dominating global stages. She’s not just an elite athlete. She’s a passionate mentor. Tubby uses the art of Juujitsu to inspire personal growth. Discipline and confidence, especially among young women in her community.

She’s a fighter, a teacher, and a force to be reckoned with. And her other half notice, I didn’t say the better half, but her other half was born in is Eric eloquent and also a very good friend of mine. I’ve actually been blessed to be able to coach him a little bit as well. We was born and raised in West Palm Beach and didn’t start training really deep into martial arts.

Still, he is about 19 years [00:03:00] old, but once he did the grind, never stopped from jujitsu to wrestling, kickboxing. Two boxing. Eric’s become a force in the MMA welterweight division with a pro record of seven in one and a flawless amateur slate, a first degree black belt under the world champ, professor Johnny Ferria.

Eric isn’t just a fighter, he’s a mentor. When he is not throwing down in the cage, he’s shaping the next generation of champions and leading with heart in his community. And one reason why I wanted to bring these, uh, awesome coaches of mine on squad is they’ve made huge difference in my life. I’ve learned that Juujitsu is life.

You know, I can get actually buried by somebody that’s 140 pounds and I’m, if you know me, I’m 6 1 2 40, kind of well put together. Um, and I’m sitting here with Tubby, who is probably 5, 215 pounds and technically she actually wrecks me. Um, but they have a awesome, fantastic academy in, in West Palm Beach.

It’s called The People’s Juujitsu. And I gotta ask you guys one welcome. How are you? [00:04:00] 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: Thank you. Thank you for having us. Good, good to 

Coach Fergie: be here. Awesome. So what makes the people’s Juujitsu different from other gyms kind of in South Florida? 

Eric Alequin: Ooh, I’ll start. Uh, I think the dynamic first of the husband and wife, you know, we have both sides of that, uh, the ying and the yang where we present, uh, different, different things for different people, especially with kids.

So some, some kids will gravitate towards Tubby, whereas other kids will gravitate towards me. It tends to be. The little boys gravitate towards Tubby, the little girls gravitate towards me. So we have that, that double side. I, I tend to be a little more, uh. Funny and joking, whereas Coach Tubby iss more of the serious person.

She’s a technician. Yeah, it is insane. You know, I’ve 

Coach Fergie: rolled with Tubby, believe it or not, again, like, it’s not like I’m trying to Hulk slam her, but she’d latch onto me like a 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: big clamp anyways, right? But sometimes I’m like, honey 

Coach Fergie: Badger, I’m, yeah. I’m thinking, is that her arm? And it’s her leg? And I’m like, this impossible.

But, you know, Tubby for someone who’s [00:05:00] never tried. Martial arts, what’s the first thing they experience walking into people’s jiu-jitsu? 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: I definitely say that’s one thing that also sets us apart. It’s a warm welcome. So it is a contact sport. A combat sport, and sometimes walking into that. Environment can be a little bit intimidating, especially if the instructor is intimidating.

So one thing we like to do is as soon as you walk in, never had any type of martial arts experience, the first thing we do is we greet you with a smile and we wanna let you know you’re safe here. It’s a family friendly environment. And then we ask ’em questions about themselves because at the end of the day, they know why they came there.

So it’s our job to know them, get to know them, get to know their ins and outs. What do they like? What do they don’t like? You know, like where’s their athletic capacity? We’ll ask ’em questions about their background. Um, what do they do for a living? You know, just get a little bit more of a relationship with them Yeah.

Before they actually get a relationship on the mat with us. Right. Because at the end of the day, when they step on that mat, it is a different, a different, [00:06:00] how do I put. We can be friends off the mat, build a good relationship, but then once they get on the mat, it’s like, okay, now you’re, I’m the teacher and you’re the student and you’re here to learn and I’m here to provide that service for you.

Coach Fergie: Right. 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: So you get what I’m saying? So we like to establish a good relationship with them before they step on the mat. And then when they step on the mat, then it’s like a good marriage of the juujitsu and then the person outside the mat. 

Coach Fergie: Right. And, and squad. What I love about it is, you know, I kind of run an alpha life where I have three companies, um, and I, I get to go in there and hang my ego at the door.

I’m just gonna recommend that anybody that goes out there, no matter if you think you’re a big, tough guy, whatnot, just check your ego out the door. ’cause you’re gonna pick up so much more, become a sponge. ’cause when I go in there on Tuesdays and Thursday mornings at seven 15, I become a sponge. And that’s where you will learn the most and, and pick up the quickest.

So. You know, Eric, you mentioned kids. Yes, sir. So why, why do you think jujitsu is a powerful tool for kids growing up today? 

Eric Alequin: Oh, man. Um, it teaches them how to deal [00:07:00] with adversity being in very tough positions and number one remaining calm in those situations. So we’ve had, we’ve had parents approach us where their kid was being bullied in the past, and parents come to us ecstatic.

Not that our kids are. Choosing like to attack a bully, but they’re defending themself against a bully. Whereas in the past they would just kind of shell up and Right. Be bullied, you know, all the, all the suicides. Now with the bullying going on, it’s, yeah, we can’t have that. So our job is to make sure we build stronger kids in this community.

Yeah. Anything to add 

Coach Fergie: to that? 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: Um, yeah, so I mean, the kids, it’s, it’s, for me, it’s so important because even at the age of three, we do run a three to 6-year-old program. At that age, they’re still developing their motor skills. Mm-hmm. So there’s, there’s not a lot of things that, I can’t teach ’em how to do a technical arm bar from clothes guard.

Right. But I can teach ’em how to do like a sweep where they can use their arms and their legs and their hips all at the same [00:08:00] time. And as they progress within months where we see one kid start off, a three-year-old start off to where they can’t, they can’t even like run, they’re like a baby draft properly.

Yeah. You know, like Right. They’re running with their bellies out, arm swinging, and then by the end of like a three month, four month process, they’re doing front rows, they’re doing back rolls. They’re doing know so good. They’re doing duck walks, you know? Right. They’re doing sprawls. Break falls into technical standups.

Their confidence is going right. Yeah. So, and it’s like, it’s crazy to see that, and I see how like elated the parents are to see that their kids are not only like gaining more motor skills, like mobility, athleticism, but they’re also gaining a confidence that they, they didn’t even know they have. Right.

So I feel like it brings out the potential that they can have. So for example, I played some of the A DCC videos from the kids World Championships. Probably like last week for the three to 6-year-old. Mm-hmm. And they were in a trance. They were watching the video and they were just like, that’s so cool.

Right. You know? And I was like, this is an example. If you pursue this, you know, this could be you. I love that you laid the foundation. [00:09:00] Yeah. I was like, you could move like that. Right. You can learn how to do all of that stuff. And obviously what they’re doing now, ’cause they’re still developing, is in nowhere near to those kids’ level.

Sure. But they got to see that and they got an insight. Yeah. And just seeing how big their eyes got and how like. Interested. They were, and I don’t know if it was that video, but since that day, and that was like two weeks ago, we’ve seen 

Coach Fergie: They’ve 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: been on fire. They’ve been on fire, dude, they’ve just been nonstop.

Coach Fergie: They gotta, you gotta interject that a DCC is like the Super Bowl of Jiujitsu. Mm-hmm. And submission grappling. It’s like, I’ll tell you what, I’ve, I’ve called Eric and Tubby during the A DCA couple years ago, and they’re like, Tubby is not coming away from the TV because she was watching Talk to Tubby.

It’s, it’s our Olympics. Yeah, yeah. You know, also for women. Okay. And I’m talking to you, my Susan, my fiance. Um, women, I believe it’s the best martial arts before that because you know, I mean, if you have someone that is a woman that’s a smaller stature and you’re, if you’re gonna do TaeKwonDo and there’s nothing bad about TaeKwonDo, okay, I mean, it’s a great art, but.

If there’s really no escape from [00:10:00] somebody, if a man grabs the woman, right? Well you guys, they teach us shrimping and they teach us, you know, the way to get away and run, right? Yeah. I mean it’s a martial art for that. Would you agree for like women or maybe the 

Eric Alequin: meek in world, it was originally created in India for women?

Really? Yeah. Okay. And then it got moved over to Japan. The Brazilians learned it, brought it to California. That’s how it got to the us, but a hundred percent for women. I mean, what I tell people, even me and Tubby, like she’s very high level, but there’s just, it’s physics. I’m a 200 pound male. She’s 120 pound female.

If I was to hit her, it doesn’t matter the training, but if she can close the gap, grab me. Stop from here. We’ll make her mad though. You don’t wanna see that. I’ll tell you right now to that same 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: token, because we know that there’s sport jiujitsu and like self-defense, jiujitsu, I have not. I, I will be honest with you, there’s times where I’m doing laundry and he’ll just run up behind me and try to like grab me from behind.

Right? And I’ll start fish hooking. I’ll start like dropping [00:11:00] down. Yeah, man. So like there’s, there’s two different, two different like ball games when it comes to sport and self-defense. It’s a good marriage. However, it is good for women to learn because oftentimes. When we’re being attacked, it’s always from the opposite sex.

Sure. And it’s always like someone on drugs, right. Or someone who’s angry or someone who’s bigger. So Juujitsu isn’t gonna make them the winner, but Jujitsu’s gonna instill that little bit of confidence to at least have that knowledge to where they don’t freeze up. ’cause your body goes into fight or flight.

Yeah. And I’ll be a perfect example, what happened to me once I, I’m very naive when it comes to meeting people. I think everyone I see the good in everyone 

Coach Fergie: You do. Yes. 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: When I was put in that situation, my body kind of went into like almost shock because I was like, is this really happening to me? Right.

You know, and thankfully it was in broad daylight, so the guy like ran away, but. That’s when I kind of realized, I was like, I need to start being more aware. I need to have that knowledge and knowing, like I can’t always see the good in people. I have to keep my distance. So if someone approaches me, especially a male, and I think he looks a little crazy and he gets too [00:12:00] close, I’ll tell him, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You need to take three steps back. How can I help you? That’s my life. Yeah. So just like, yeah. 

Coach Fergie: Take three steps back. Yeah. Take three steps back. Yeah. Yeah. Because it’s probably the distance. Yeah. You just never know, you know? Just don’t, never know. Some crazy stuff. Yep. That this happens in this world and squad.

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Coach Fergie: Hey squad, we are back with Cubby and Eric Quinn from The People’s Juujitsu. It’s located in West Palm Beach. And I gotta ask you too, so how has martial arts or Juujitsu in general shaped your relationship as a couple and business partners? 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: Well, uh, it’s crazy because, um, we met through martial arts. Um, 

Coach Fergie: that’s a funny story too.

It it’s cra it’s almost, i, 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: it’s the ironies insane because when we looked back on videos of when we didn’t know each other, we were at the same [00:14:00] events and we were at like three or. Two or three events a month at the same events. We were in the background of each other’s videos, which is so weird. We just never spoke to each other.

But it’s definitely helped our relationship, our personal, um, because I mean, we don’t have arguments with scratch. We don’t scratch, we don’t really have arguments. It’s funny, and, and everyone can kind of know when we’re, when we’re upset at each other because we’ll wait. We’ll wait until we get on the mat and then they’ll after.

Exactly. Exactly. And we’ve had some people just join people’s jiujitsu 

Coach Fergie: for that because they won’t show anything, but when they go, they go. We’ve had some people, it’s, it’s awesome. Yeah, we’ve 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: had some people ask us like, are you guys fighting? And you know, like they’ll know. But um, it’s definitely helped with that.

And then also too, again, when he talked about dealing with adversity, we don’t have the mo the best, the perfect life, you know? Sure. There’s been some times where we’ve come into some obstacles. Because we do juujitsu, we’ve been able to stay levelheaded well, more so him. I’m the one losing my mind and he’s always like, just chill.

Like everything’s gonna work out. Um, and then as [00:15:00] far as for business, um, same thing. I mean, we’ve been put in some uncomfortable positions in Juujitsu, and when it comes to business, it could either make you or break you, especially when you have to make big decisions, uh, when it comes to your legacy, you know, like what you’re building up.

So definitely the whole. Uh, learning how to assess situations and uh, and just problem solving. Yeah. Like we, we’ve learned throughout the years, it’s not me and him against each other, it’s us two against the problem. Yeah. And it’s the same thing in Juujitsu when I’m training for a match. You know, like he’s the one looking up my opponent and he knows, okay, you’re not the issue.

I’m not the issue. Sometimes we’ll bump heads when he is coaching me, but in the end we’re like, okay, you’re doing this to help me because I’m going against her. She’s the problem. Right. Not you. You know, so it’s, it’s definitely helped with that for both personal and business. 

Coach Fergie: So Eric then. You know, a moment of your journey together that you guys, you got been together 14 years total?

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: I think. 14 years, yeah. Something like that. Yeah. Just a minute. 

Coach Fergie: I feel like 14 [00:16:00] minutes underwater. I’m kidding. 20. So, you know, what’s the one moment from your guys’ journey, Eric, that really kind of stands out either a match or coaching that you’ll never forget? 

Eric Alequin: It instantly comes to me. Um, was it 2012? Was it 2012?

The worlds. Was that 2012 PanAms PanAms? Was that 20? Yeah. 2012. Yeah, 2012 Pan-American game. So this is like, we have world championships, we have Pan-American Championships. This is right up there. And we were, we both went there together. And we were literally side by side fighting at the same time. Like I’d win a match, she’d win a match, we’d come over and talk to each other.

All right, we got my next match. And we both won dominated that year. So that was like Awesome. That’s so cool. Yeah. Yeah. It literally side by 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: side, not 

Eric Alequin: next to each other. 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: Mines was, and I remember the date, it was November 18th, 2018. It was Eric’s first pro fight. I remember, uh, I was cage side and, uh, oh man.

It was tor it was the, it was the last round. [00:17:00] And I remember I was, I was, was it that one? I think it was that one. I was just looking at him and being cage side. We locked eyes. Yeah, we locked eyes in the case and I was like, you need to get up. I was like, you need to get up. I remember he looked at me and I, in my head he didn’t.

No. But in my head he was like, yes ma’am. Yeah. And like a soldier. My boy came up and finished the round on top and I feel like he stole the round at that very end and he ended up winning. So to me that was like a big 

Coach Fergie: does. That’s amazing. Big deal. Yeah. That’s sucked fixing my 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: head. Yeah. 

Coach Fergie: And again, I’ve been blessed, I guess, to see some of those epic matches you guys have with each other.

No, I have on 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: the mat. 

Coach Fergie: We’ll settle it out here. So how about. What’s the one value do you feel that you teach on the mat? That, that, that directly applies to life? 

Eric Alequin: The one value we teach. Hmm. That directly applies to life. I would say that life’s gonna hit you with some curve balls and it’s gonna get hard.

And [00:18:00] as long as you stay persistent, there’s always another route. So do not let life beat you down. The Juujitsu 

Coach Fergie: teaches you that? Yes. I mean, just yesterday you taught me something of pushing up instead of out, because I’m a big dude, I wanna bench press everybody. Mm-hmm. Just like push up. And I was like, wow.

You know, and it, and it’s like life. You get stuck somewhere. Yep. And it’s like there’s actually a way out. And Jujitsu teaches you that. And I grew up with a wrestling pedigree, right? So every wrestling’s go, go, go. Yes. It’s just six minutes of go where Jujitsu’s like, okay dude, you got me this time, but there’s a way out.

And that’s absolutely my test. So let’s say it’s 2030, you. 2030. Okay. You know, what is your vision looking back? That you’re gonna see the people’s juujitsu, it’s 20 years, five years from now. 

Eric Alequin: People’s jitsu. 500 students. Okay. Biggest academy in West Palm Beach, downtown North. Um, just big, big, we’re, we’re, we teach in the schools.

We, we collaborated with systemic [00:19:00] Floyd Martial arts, so we teach in the elementary schools as well. That’s awesome that you guys do that, man. 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: Yeah, so we’re, we’re looking just to get bigger, to grow. Like right now we have, um, we just started the morning program, um, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:15 AM and then we started our kids program last year around June.

Mm-hmm. So we’re about to have a year and that’s, that’s taken off so. Summertime ready to 

Coach Fergie: ramp up with the kids. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. And 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: then the adult program as well. We’ve been running that since May. Yeah. Um, so we just feel like in the next five years, especially with, with the direction and the route we’re going and the guidance, like you said, we do have a lot of people, a lot of a good, good friends and family and business owners that do guide us and help us.

Sure. Um, we feel like we’re going in the right direction and eventually in the next five years, like we’re. We’re looking to, it’s for us, it’s not about the money, it’s about like the community, the comradery. Like building it up. Yeah. Making sure it’s in all the schools. Like if you ever go to Abu Dhabi or Dubai, it’s in the school system.

They have commercials of it. Yeah. The women are doing, it’s in the Army. They have, they’re training [00:20:00] everyone for it. It’s like a big deal. That’s like my dream for Jiujitsu, right. In the States. You know, I love this. It should be in all the school systems. It should be as little cartoons for kids to watch and learn.

You know? It should be. At least in a every 10 mile radius. For me, I feel like it’s so important. It doesn’t matter who you are, as long as you’re good at jiujitsu and you know how to work with kids and adults, I feel like it should be everywhere. So in the next five years, I really feel like we’re gonna.

We’re already blowing up now. Right? So in the next five years, I really think we’re gonna establish ourselves, although we’ve already been established the last 12 years in West Palm. Wow. Dude, 

Coach Fergie: everybody knows you. Yeah. So I feel like now I’ve been like Kava Bar and I mean like, you know, El are my coaches, like, oh 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: yeah, TBY.

Yeah. You know, it’s like, yeah. 

Coach Fergie: You know, so 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: looking forward to that, I feel like, we’ll, we’ll basically cement our mark right where we’re at. 

Coach Fergie: So, you know what I love Squad is what they’re bringing out here is that they’re doing, they’re doing things for the intention, not the attention. Right. Their intention is to level kids up to level.

Like Susan, if you’re listening, maybe Tubby will call you [00:21:00] and just say, cut your nails and come in. Yes. You know, like, yes, you know, come on. Like that. They’re doing that and they’re, in my opinion, they’re planting trees. They’re never gonna sit in the shade of, I think that. They’re planning these, this company, people’s jiujitsu that’s gonna carry on through way after they’re gone.

’cause I watch ’em, I see their passion every day. I’m, I’m in a kind of a front row seat to see it. And it is, it is super impressive. And I’m just want to give you guys the kudos to what you guys are doing and how you guys are absolutely attacking it, you know? Thank you. Thank you, thank you. So we’re you and I, all of us have kind of talked, you know, few, few of these questions.

Quite a bit. Mm-hmm. At length, especially Eric and I, probably over one of our lunches or something like that. But today we have a lightning round and you get five seconds with no explanations. 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: Oh my gosh. 

Coach Fergie: Uh, and they can all be answered that way, I promise you. Okay. So we’ll, and I’ll kind of like bounce back and forth between you guys.

Mm-hmm. I’m gonna ask you both this one. So [00:22:00] what is the best leveling up advice you’ve ever received? Tubby. 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. You have to water it. 

Eric Alequin: Whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve. Absolutely. 

Coach Fergie: And the grass might be greener, but the waters bill is more expensive a lot of times.

So make sure before you make a move, then it makes sense. Right. So, Eric, share, share one of your personal habits that contributes to your success. 

Eric Alequin: What are my personal habits? Hmm. I would say my obsession with just learning. Yeah, you are. I’m just constantly, like 17 years I think I’ve been doing jujitsu and I feel like I’m still act like a white belt.

Like I don’t know anything. So I’m constantly searching. I look at you guys sometimes, like, oh, well that works for him. Let me, let me try that. Like, I’m, I’m constantly learning. Think you got punched in the head too much. Like that’s longer than five seconds. 

Coach Fergie: Right. How about you? Tough. 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: Uh, my mindset. 

Coach Fergie: Love it.

So. Toby recommend a book that’s really kind of flipped the script and literally like level you up. Oh 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: man. Oh, which is the one I was [00:23:00] just reading. It takes what it takes. 

Coach Fergie: Yeah. It’s gold. But wonder who, uh, that was really good. Yeah, that was really good. That’s my mentor. That’s Trevor Moad. Really? Really? Is he?

Yeah. Trevor is the one that got me into coaching in 2009, you know, unfortunately passed away. Um, he’s Russell Wilson, the quarterback’s coach and stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he’s the one that got me into coaching. So, uh, how about Eric? The most commonly used emoji when you text. Comedy, laughing faces. All right.

Talk 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: me. Um. The the face, the 

Coach Fergie: what face? Is that 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: the, yeah. Right. 

Coach Fergie: Alright. Tubby, what is the hidden talent or superpower that you have that nobody knows about until now? 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: I can cook. 

Eric Alequin: Alright, 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: that’s cool Eric. 

Eric Alequin: Um, I can basically see something and replicate it. Dude, you 

Coach Fergie: are, you see stuff. And also squat. I’m breaking my own earlier.

He, the way he teaches and break Tubby as well, teaches and break stuff down. It’s like you pick it up. It’s amazing. You know, you can have someone that’s never done the mat and the way Eric and Tubby teaches them. It’s just [00:24:00] fantastic. So Eric, chest checker’s a monopoly. Checkers Tub 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: Monopoly, right? 

Coach Fergie: Toby?

Headline for Your Life 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: tub. Zillow does it again. All 

Coach Fergie: right. 

Eric Alequin: Yolo. 

Coach Fergie: Yo, I love it. Love it. Go to ice cream flavor. 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: It’s like, oops, I did it again. Chocolate. Chocolate. Which one? 

Coach Fergie: Go to ice cream Flavor 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: vanilla. Love it. 

Coach Fergie: So there’s a sandwich called the PJJ, the People’s Juujitsu. Build that sandwich. What’s on it?

Eric Alequin: Lettuce, tomato, onion, salt, pepper, oil and vinegar. Uh, sorry I’m vegetarian. Uh, no meat cooked. 

Coach Fergie: Go by producer Brian MU’s. Vegetarian as well, man. So they’re like, that’s awesome. It is crazy to see this, you know, being around the bodybuilding world and all that jazz and seeing the elite levels that you guys are.

Eating the, the, the vegan food, which they’re vegan. It is just amazing. So Toby, if you could get in a time machine and go 20 years forward or 20 years back, but you come back to today in one day, which would you do? 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: [00:25:00] I live life with no regrets, so I would go 20 years forward. Love it. 

Eric Alequin: Eric. I’d go back. Yeah.

Warn myself. 

Coach Fergie: That’s awesome. That’s awesome. So. How about like a charity or an organization you like to give your time and or money to that you’re passionate about? 

Eric Alequin: Oh, we love, uh, donating our time to, like the animal shelters that’s, we’re big on animals. 

Coach Fergie: Yeah. How many dogs do you guys have now? 

Eric Alequin: Six. Nice.

Nice. And a Guinea pig and chickens. And 30. That’s awesome. 

Coach Fergie: All rescues. And I know mango season’s coming in, so I’ll be stopping by your house. Yes, sir. So Tubby the best decade of music. Sixties, seventies, eighties, or nineties, 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: nineties. 

Coach Fergie: I gotta agree. I’m 

Eric Alequin: a 

Coach Fergie: nineties baby. Nineties. Yeah, you guys are. It’s funny, like Eric was born the year I graduated high school, so it just kind of, it is what we talk and joke about that.

Listen guys, we have a couple minutes. You know, the, the stage is yours. Can we tell us where we find you and what you’re offering out there in new classes and stuff like that? That’s coming up. 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: So guys, again, it’s [00:26:00] Toby and Eric Equin. Here we are in downtown West Palm Beach. We are teaching our program The People’s Jujitsu out of Systema, Floyd Martial Arts.

And the address is 4 22 seventh Street Unit A two West Palm Beach, Florida 3 3 4 0 1. We currently offer a variety of classes for kids, ages three to six, kids, ages seven to 12, and then as well as adult classes, 13 and up. There is no limit. You’re as only as old as you think. Um, we offer our morning program seven 15 to eight 15 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Monday through Friday at 6:30 PM for adults.

Coach Fergie: Love it. You killed it. Yeah. And is it like, do they have to wear, and I’m saying this with no disrespect to martial arts or pajamas to your, you know, the gi 

Amanda ‘Tubby’ Alequin: Yeah. To the gi Yeah. So they call that a kimono, so, right. It’s, um, there’s different ones. Okay. You have your judo ones, you have your, uh, like, you know, your ensemble ones.

If you look up a Juujitsu gi you’ll see like the sleeves are a little bit longer, the pants are a little bit longer than material. It’s like a pearl weave. And, um, that would be a [00:27:00] requirement for Monday nights for the geek classes. Mm-hmm. And then for the Nogi classes, we just recommend wearing pants. Or, you know, tights with no pockets, so your fingers and toes don’t get stuck.

And then it, that athletic, um, rash guard. So like a Under Armour, preferably no T-shirts. Just because again, your arms and your legs get caught and it does get a little sweaty and messy. Yeah. Then you walk out with an oversized t-shirt at the end of class. 

Coach Fergie: I love it. Squat and bring a towel. Uh, ’cause you will sweat.

It’s the, the most amazing workout. It’s changed my life that I’ve been with you guys about five years now. It’s absolutely, you know, changed my life. And I just want to thank you guys for coming on. Remember that if you’re getting intimidated or bullied out there, jiujitsu is a really way to go and get that done.

They’re planting trees. No one’s gonna sit in the shade of. And I’m just so blessed to know Eric and Tubby. And so thank you squad for, you know, carving 30 minutes of your time. A huge thank you to my producer Brian Mud. Absolutely love your guts. Level up.