This video shows clips of me (Jermaine) using MMA & Muay Thai fighting techniques skillfully in the ring & cage during my professional fight career against other world class combatants, which is followed up immediately with video of me teaching those techniques to the students of my MMA Black Belt Program.
We must never fear saying, "Prove It!" to the person who is trying to convince us that they deserve some sort of special treatment or recognition from us because of what they are "claiming". The number of righteously crowned experts is outnumbered massively by the number of either incompetently or dishonestly crowned experts. That's because it is easier to fake the role of an accomplished individual than it is to become one.
Always keep in mind that when you choose to allow someone's verbiage or literature to convince you that they are better equipped than you are about something, you have just surrendered your freedom to explore, research, and even investigate. We allow the person who we believe to take charge of the direction that we will go in. This is why we must be sure that the person that we are respecting as an expert truly is one, and isn't truly a fool who was smart enough to weasel his or her way to where he is. We should have nightmares out of the fear of ever allowing this to slip through out fingers because we were too afraid to say, "Prove it!"
A person who is worthy is always happy to show or demonstrate that which will prove to you that he is worthy of his claim. In fact, most experts appreciate being questioned and doubted because it confirms to them that the frauds of their craft are being confronted and exposed.
YOUR LIFE may some day count on the Martial Arts or self-defense training that you learned from someone else. You can not value the importance of your Martial Arts & self-defense instructor with your kid's baseball coach, or your hair dresser. He or she should be vetted more than your accountant!
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