Episode 47. A Family of Black Belts
The conversation
About Jimmy Stevens.
Jimmy Stevens sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 47, “A Family of Black Belts”.
Sensei Jimmy joined from Tampa, Florida, along with Ben and Sam Stoddard, for a special family episode about a household of black belts deeply rooted in Isshinryu karate and AAU competition.
The AAU was his first stomping ground and his introduction to organized sport karate, and he has stuck with it ever since. He stopped competing a few years back to focus on his dojo and his family, and he has been asked to coach at the national level.
Jimmy shares the family motto that helped the boys through losing streaks: you don't get to quit on a loss.
“you don't get to quit on a loss”
“I felt it was time to jump from me competing to being there for my dojo and my family”
From the episode
- Don't quit when you're losing, because there's so much to learn.
- Coaching people you don't know is a whole new level of learning.
- The pressure athletes feel is often more self-induced than they realize.
- Discipline
- Isshinryu Karate
- Location
- Tampa, Florida
- Rank
- Sensei, AAU national coach
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