This is the Warrior Kid Podcast number 33, Ask Uncle Jake.

And this podcast is based on the four way of the Warrior Kid books.

The first one, Wimpy to Warrior, the Navy Seal Way, the second one, Mark's Mission,

the third one, where there is a will, and the latest one, Book 4, Field Manual.

The books are about young Mark who faces a lot of the same problems that our kids everywhere

face.

But Mark gets help solving these problems from his uncle Jake, who is a Navy Seal and

who stays with Mark in the summertime.

This podcast is for kids to hear some more lessons from Uncle Jake and also to get the

chance to ask Uncle Jake some questions.

And the first question is from a Warrior Kid named Emma.

And she is 11 years old and she is from Colorado and her message is, Hi, Uncle Jake.

I was wondering how I can convince my parents to let me do Jiu Jitsu even though they think

it's dangerous.

Okay, Emma, this is a good challenge for a Warrior Kid.

And here are some suggestions of how you can maybe get your parents to get on board with

letting you train Jiu Jitsu.

The first thing I would do is ask them questions about what they think is dangerous about Jiu

Jitsu so that you understand what it is that they are scared of.

And then I would explain to them that the actual purpose of Jiu Jitsu is to not get hurt.

That's why in Jiu Jitsu, there is such a thing as tapping out.

If something seems like it's going to hurt you, you tap and then it stops.

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