The Shintaro Higashi Show - Shintaro Life Update

Episode Date: July 8, 2024

In this solo episode, Shintaro shares a quick update on his Judo life. From experimenting with new Judo and BJJ techniques to navigating the challenges of launching his Higashi Brand, Shintaro details the intricacies of his daily routines, training themes, and the creative process behind his innovative gi pants and other products. Whether you're a martial artist looking for training insights or an entrepreneur seeking inspiration, this episode is packed with valuable stories and practical tips. (00:00) Introduction (00:49) Training For Unfamiliar Positions (04:11) Jiu-Jitsu Strategies and Themes (05:19) Managing Training Volume (10:19) Training Partner Selection (11:24) Escaping Techniques and Defenses (12:10) No-Gi Instructionals for BJJ Fanatics (13:43) Launching Higashi Brand Gi Pants (19:22) Creating and Refining Product Prototypes (21:50) Building a Global Workflow (23:55) Upcoming Product Innovations (26:29) Insights on Business and Entrepreneurship Join our Discord server and start chatting with us and other grapplers by supporting us on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/shintaro_higashi_show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Any amount helps! 10% off Judotv.com with promo code: SHINTARO Buy one get one free www.clnwash.com with promo code: SHINTARO2024

Hello everyone, welcome back to the Shintaro Higashi Show with Peter Yu. Today's going to be a solo episode because our schedules didn't line up. I've been kind of busy. I cancelled on Peter like twice. Sorry Peter if you're listening. It's going to be a solo episode. It's July 4th. It's been a wonderful week so far. Busy. I'm having a hard time coordinating stuff. A little bit overwhelmed these days.

But I figured we're out of episodes in the bank so i had to record today so that's why i'm sitting here right now in front of you uh and i'm just gonna kind of ramble about things that i've been kind of working on judo jujitsu uh clothing just guys kind of like a update in my life all right so what i've been up to from on the training front is just trying to work positions that i don't usually work so in judo there will be a lot of chest to chest stuff hip to hip to stuff positions that i generally tend to avoid and uh you know when you get to these positions and when you're the big dog in the room, everyone tries to kill you, obviously. So my thing right now is to minimize the risk as much as possible.

I teach this stuff. I drill this stuff. But I never go takedowns with anybody in these positions. So I go chest to chest, hip to hip, and I play fight there, maybe for like 20, 30 minutes at a time, just kind of trying to trap the arm, lift the body, lever in the knee. And, you know, the other person kind of going for things similarly too.

And then the very, very thought-provoking experiment, so to speak, where we're going for long periods of time with very, very reduced intensity and speed. So as you're doing stuff, you kind of talk yourself through it. And if you go for something, you make a mistake, it's completely okay, right? So like the other day, I was trying to go for a back heel trip, and then I didn't quite capable of trapping that arm and locking

my hands. So then they hiked that arm up and I got loaded onto the person's hip. And now from there, he was lifting me and normally panic mode, you know, because you're getting lifted up in the air, you know, you're going to be kind of about to to get launching bracing yourself to take a big fall but there is no big fall because we've already agreed that we're not slamming each other so as he's lifting me i was able to like post on his head and try to like separate my head away from his to go away from the throw right and then I'm entangling my legs in a way, kind of like a co-op gake or a grape mining my leg to kind of anchor myself to his lower body, my lower body to his lower body. And of course, there's things that could potentially happen as dangerous. He dives his head back and lifts the leg, et cetera, et cetera. But we get to play

fight in that area, you know? And if you've never been there, you kind of have a feeling of what to do. You have an intuition, but you're not fully skilled. Nor do you have the time in the position to be able to proficiently be there without being risked. So I got there once. I got there once, I got there twice, and now it's this thing of like, he's trying to figure out how he could kind of gain leverage when he's lifting me.

I'm trying to work defensively, and it's like this unspoken thing that we're drilling. So the next time I get lifted in that way, I know exactly what to do, exactly. And when I lift someone, or when that person lifts someone in that position, they know exactly how to do. Exactly. And when I lift someone or when that person lifts someone in that position, they know exactly how to kind of maneuver their body weight hips, keeping their balance, how to deal with the pulsing on the head

and things like this to kind of maneuver, right? So these are the types of drills that I've been kind of doing. I haven't been doing that much stand-up randori recently. I dislocated my pinky. Not completely, but like it came out and came back in and it was swollen so I can't really grab so much so that's why I've been also doing a lot of close range stuff because you don't really need to grab the gi so much

you can go chest to chest grab the belt there's really a little bit more risk with the hands flying around definitely when hands are flying around for grip fighting there's a risk that you get your pinky slammed into or your hand parried and there's a lot of pain there so that's partially why that i'm going you know for this close range judo drills so that's one thing uh that i've been doing on the judo front

and on the jujitsu front i'm doing more so this thing of anticipating what they want to do and then trying to limit their ability to do it. For instance, if they're in headquarters and they're pushing their knee across the midline of the body, you almost can guarantee that they're looking for a collar and a grip on the inside of the knee almost 95% of the time. You know what I mean? So shrugging that shoulder and then protecting that collar and then waiting for them to go for that knee and then plucking that hand towards you. And now all of a sudden you have one hand on the sleeve. They don't have a collar grip. So then you kind of scoot out to the side, whether you kip that foot out and now you could re-engage and face your hips towards that person. So that's just one example, you know, but trying to figure

out what they're about to do and be ahead of it. That's sort of my theme for jujitsu. So that's been pretty good working for me on both fronts. I like to have themes of the week as I'm going into training to make the best out of my training always. Right. Because I don't want to just go in there and be at the mercy of how I feel or how my training partners feel. I want to direct the training in a way where I get the most out of it. And, you know, sometimes the theme is volume. Sometimes it's like, all right, you know, I never really take off roles in jiu-jitsu.

But there's a minute round, minute rest in between each role. And if I could string together, hey, I'm going with him first. Hey, you want to go second? You want to go third? You already have a third. Let's go fourth. And I already know who I'm going to go with. One, two, three, four, five rolls, right? Majority of the time it works out in this way where I can go from the first roll, buzzer goes and get an extra 45 seconds. So I go to the second guy right away. I've already identified where they're rolling before, right? Let's say I'm going with Pat first.

Pat's a real guy. Love Pat. We're going, and then I'm going with David next. I know where David is in the room, okay? This is from my experience with teaching and stuff. I kind of know where everyone is, and I want to make sure I don't want this scrambly stand-up guy near me when I'm on the ground because they can land on me.

So these are all like small self-preservation things that I always do. Because it's so dumb for me to train all this time, do all this martial art, and get injured because someone lands on me from the side. It's just a silly preventable thing. So I always kind of have these things in mind. So I'm going with Pat. Buzzer's about to go. I already know where David is to my left. Buzzer goes. I shake his hand. And then nine times out of 10, I just walk up, grab, hey, what's up, David? And I'll start grabbing his collar. It's not even like this

thing of like letting him rest or whatever it was. I just start grabbing his collar, you know, and I sit down. And if he needs that one minute, that 45 seconds that we've already started linking up, I'll go really slow in intensity you know and majority of the time when they're tired they want to be on top so i'll pull guard right so now they're on top they could rest i'm setting up grips and moving light trying to off balance them you know seeing what kind of strategy i want to do so now all of a sudden across five rolls you get an extra five minutes you get an extra roll you know that's a spectacular thing and sometimes that's my theme of the week and of course it isn't perfect if marcus is like

let's go and he's like uh the gm there and he's like really good he's a black but i'll go with marcus you know i'll cancel on my guy i'm sorry i'm gonna go with marcus instead you know um i'm just gonna do it okay so you know these are volume based themes sometimes and sometimes a theme becomes something like uh you know you have favorites that you play in the room i don't want to go with that guy i don't want to go with that guy he's gonna kick me in the leg i'm comfortable this is a guy i warm up with this is my number two role then three is kind of up for grabs the black belt in the room and then whatever right right? So these kinds of things that we all do, sometimes I'll just like throw a wrench in all of it and say, I'm only going to go with guys that I generally don't go with, you know? And when you're at a gym like essential

in the mornings, it's a good thing. And I love that I do my dojo at night, essential in the morning, because at essential, I'm not a staff. I mean, I am staff, but like, i'm not a staff i mean i am staff but like i'm not there i'm there for myself i'm there to train all right i'm not teaching the class nick damjani's teaching the class so that class is like for me you know and of course i'm thinking about my training partners giving to my training partners etc but the idea being i'm there to train so i have to make sure that i get the best training and these are the ways that I sort of do it and so like I said the theme of that day is to just go with people that don't usually go with which is a little bit more difficult than my gym you know what I mean so

the way I pick rounds in my dojo is very different it's almost as if i do judo with people that are deserving to do rounds with me in my gym because there's people who are working out there's people who come once every three weeks you know those people should not have around with me you know because they're not going to get anything right people who are about i don't want to say about to compete because then all of a sudden now you're talking competitors non-competitors and you have a tiered thing and classification but in my gym majority of the time i'm not working out then because i'm more focused on teaching and i'm more focused on helping my guys and also i'm training in the mornings so that kind of scratches that itch fulfills that need for the training and then at night i could really just double down and focus on the students.

But if I'm like, you know what? I haven't done Judo in a while. I'm going to work out today. I'm going to do stand-up. I'm not just going to go with any random person that came in for a drop-in. That person has not earned my time. And my time is very valuable on the mat because I'm matching the person that I'm going with always.

I'm not going to smoke them. You know, I'm working on certain things, giving them certain tools, like ideas and movements. And I'm not just defending everything. I'm maybe letting them in a few times. Maybe I'll let them outgrip me. You know, even like the gripping exchanges, I don't outgrip them nine times out of 10.

You know, sometimes if I feel like they're dangerous, the majority of the time, if it's someone that I know, someone that I like to train with, and then I'm doing the round for them, I'll maybe outgrip them six or seven times out of 10. So 65% of the time I'll grip them. So the other 35% of the time, you know, they have to say, oh, I'm outgripping sensei. And then they get to take shot, actually go for stuff. And then I won't counter all of it. I'll defend most of it, step out of it.

I may counter one of it. And then so I structure the rounds when I do judo with my students in a way that's really beneficial for them and also safe for me. Because a lot of the times I'm doing on Dory, but I'm looking down the mat, see, all right, that guy's going with that guy. That guy's kind of dangerous. You know, I got to kind of manage the room at the same time. So my attention is probably like 75% on the person I'm doing rounds with and then 25% down the room while other people are training. So it's a very different thing how I choose my rounds at my dojo versus how I choose my rounds in the morning. And I think that's very important. So anyway, back to the themes that I've been kind of working on.

Those are the themes. And, you know, sometimes the theme is a position, right? A couple of weeks ago, Ryan Glick came in and he was teaching escapes and things like this. So then it became kind of more escaping kind of a thing of the week. And I'll let guys pass my guard. And then I'll try to escape, you know, I'll let guys pass my guard, and then I'll try to escape. I'll let guys come over the back for Georgian,

and I'll just stay in the pocket there and try to escape. I'll let guys outgrip me and try to do defensive maneuvers, and that's just my theme of the week. I'm just trying to defend, learn how to get out of bad positions by not going for a bailout or figuring out tactical ways that's going to give me back the team. So sometimes the themes are like that. And then, you know, a couple weeks ago when I was filming the Nogi Instructional

for BJJ Fanatics, I spent a whole week just teaching Nogi and stuff. That was my theme of the week, looking at wrestling, thinking about wrestling, thinking about Greco freestyle, all the moves I used to do back in the day in college that had close to 200 wins throughout my wrestling career. And just thinking back to those days, what throws did I used to do? I used to do an Osoto off a front headlock. That's just, no one does that, you know?

And why was it successful? And was it successful because it was so unique or because the guys I was wrestling against sucked you know I don't really know you know like so given those kinds of things thoughts and then trying to put that in sort of a systematic way was the theme of my training for the week because I had to film this video you know which you guys can very soon purchase on judo fanatics and bgj fanatics speaking of which I want to say thank you to the sponsors jason levon and joe thank you guys for your support unwavering support judo tv discount

coach intaro if you want to watch ijf tournaments judo tv is the only place to do it and higashi brand which is also my brand is the sponsor uh for this video And by sponsor, I mean I'm giving Peter a little bit of my... If you can go into the account, then we're going to split it anyway. So I'm just kind of giving, you know, because Peter owns half of the show, right? Peter's my producer. We all miss Peter right now. He's kind of hanging out. He's going to a wedding this weekend, I think.

Anyway, thank you very much to the sponsors. And what else have I been up to I've been relentlessly pursuing this Higashi brand stuff which is kind of new thing for me and I do have a little bit of experience in retail and like clothing and e-commerce because I worked at Fuji for you know close to three years so I do have a little bit of an experience there I've always had this idea about gi pants with pockets it's like this thorn in my side forever I've always thought about it

it would be so cool if I had gi pants with pockets I could go to Whole Foods and pick out avocados and my favorite Jiu Jitsu or Judo gear it would be the coolest thing on this planet but it's the worst because like there's no pockets on gi pants they're so comfortable and there's no pockets on gi pants. They're so comfortable. And there's also an issue with just slapping pockets onto the gi pant because people don't

want to look like they're working out at the dojo when they're in Whole Foods. You know, people kind of have a weird thing about, oh, you know, like, what are you doing? Karate or something? Or are you a tako doge guy? Or you know what I mean? As a grown person, like people are a little bit like, I have my hobbies. I'm a little bit shy about it. You know, insecure about it. I'm only a white belt or blue belt or green belt,

whatever. Right. So I wanted to make this gee pants with pockets. If you know, you know, kind of a thing, right? It's recognizable that if you're in the game,

if you're in the industry, that guy's wearing gee pants with pockets. What the hell's going on with it? And it's got zippers. His phone probably never falls out of his pocket. Wow, those are cool. And then if you're not in the know, you're just wearing cool drawstring pants. That's what I was really going for. And it was this idea that I worked on and I drew it. Then I found guys to make them. And then I had so many different samples, so many different samples. You know, my first version one, I literally took a pair of gi pants and I asked my mom,

hey, put pockets on these for me. And they were atrocious. And then I begged my mom, because she has pretty good seamstress skills. She used to always fix my jeans and stuff like that, you know it was a fat kid i would have like a 36 waist or something crazy and then the jeans would be too long because it's designed for big people big waist long legs i have the big fat waist of the kid really short legs you know not that tall so it'd be way too long so my mom would like hem the jeans and like you you know, sew it and stuff with the machine. So she has some of this skill.

So I would ask my mom nonstop, make me another pair, make me another pair. You know, asking her to kind of do it like this, do it like that. The pockets too deep, whatever. And then I pushed her and pushed her until we got to like version seven. She was like, enough. Yep. Not do it anymore you know and then so you know i bought the fabric and i took it to a cut and sew contractor out in williamsburg and

i was like yo i want to make these pants right and the guy goes uh what is a gi pant and i was like what does it gi pants like judo gi material pen like he's like what makes a gi pen a gi pen and i was like what makes gi pen a gi pen you know and i couldn't even answer that question i was like oh my god i don't know my product at all so we took like the elements of what makes a gi pen in our mind and at the time i didn't do jiu-jitsu really i did I did jujitsu like once a week. So it was more so twill fabric, right? Twill fabric was what I considered the fabric. Cotton twill pattern was the sort of gi pen thing. And then below the knee, there's like a doubling up where there's stitching reinforced.

So there's much thicker to be able to grab because back in the day, you were able to grab a pen. back in the day you were able to grab a pen and you know so it's the pattern of the twill with the reinforced stitching below the knee or above the knee right and the flat drawstring versus the bungee drawstring like those are the things that kind of made a gi pen a gi pen and now all of a sudden this guy you know is kind of creating designs for me ideas for me and now all of a sudden you know we have a prototype that looks like a freaking keypad and at the time i had no clue how to go about making it in like in a mass production way and it's cutting so bad like yo can you make these for me and he's like yeah it costs about 40 a pair to make and i was like whoa whoa how is that even possible?

He's like, first of all, we're making it in the States. You're in New York. You're not in China or Pakistan or those guys. Like, we have to pay these people a livable wage. I was like, okay. He's like, and then we got to get the fabric sourced and then bring it in. You're not getting a crazy amount of volume. You're getting a very small run of this stuff.

Like, it's going to cost money. You're paying retail prices for it. You know what I mean? So I'm like, i got it i got it so i guess i have to kind of outsource it overseas and you know i'd find that you know what i mean so i set out to find sort of a place and they were like okay do you have a tech pack and i'm like what the hell the tech pack make a tech pack which is all the dimensions of the product right this and that and then there's a thing called grading and marking where you have each of the different sizes and the variants right marked out the waist is this the length is that blah blah blah blah all in like this like design packet and I paid for that you know the pattern and then this and that

and then i brought the fuji i was like leah look at this thing that i right it's very cool and she's like oh the prototype's amazing and i was like this is essentially the tech that can we make a run together and we ordered i think it was 500 black and 500 white and 500 pairs black sold immediately white sat in my parents attic still sitting in my parents' attic. I lowered that price to $20 a pair and I still can't get rid of them. Horrible. But I will tell you right now, they're not that great of a product. It's white.

It looks exactly like a gi pant. I gave one to one of my judo guys and he wore in training because he thought it was a regular gi pant he's like oh this is pretty cool gi pant but there's little pockets on him he did not know that this was like a lifestyle wear thing and then i was like okay that that's that's a problem and pockets are kind of shallow too so i didn't like love it you know so then version two version three version four another set of versions were kind of being worked on, you know? So then version two, version three, version four, another set of versions were kind of being worked on. And, you know, I have a bunch of samples that I've ordered,

you know, where I independently look for manufacturers overseas. Very difficult, very difficult. But now I could proudly say that we have a very, very good, perfect almost pair. It's on the website now. You can go to HigashiBrand.com to check it out. I didn't mean for this to be like a whole sales pitch about my geek pant, but that's what I've been working on.

And I asked the guy, my manufacturer, who made it, I was like, yo, can you make me shorts? And he goes I have gray and navy lying around and he wants some I was like yes

and now those are flying off the shelves so I've been doubling down on that now and I realize t-shirts don't really sell that well the margins aren't very good

but these pants are made people want pants right what do you wear on bombs jeans sweatpants that's really it you know like you're not wearing leggings outside if you're a man and if you're listening to this the demographic is like 97.6 percent males you know my youtube demographic is so skewed to that side it's you couldn't even design a channel you know what i mean i bet you end tape has more women listeners than i do it's kind of nuts So skewed to that side. You couldn't even design a channel. You know what I mean? I bet you Andy Tate has more women listeners than I do.

It's kind of nuts. Anyway, these are for you. They have zippered pockets, backpatch pocket. I've been working on that and the Higashi brand stuff. And, you know, it's been so much fun. My new favorite thing in the world is my new workflow. Okay. There's a limited number of things you can do if you're in one time zone. And, you know, I'm not like early rising to get my workout out of the way. My workout is 10 a.m. I go to the Jiu-Jitsu. And then if I have time, I'll go lift weights. And then I go to the dojo at

night and then do judo at night, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, if I feel up for doing judo. But that's kind of like the optional play, right? If I don't train in the morning, I'll do judo at night. If I do jiu-jitsu in the morning, lift weights, I won't do judo at night. I'll just focus on teaching. And it's like sort of this flex system. So I don't get up super early to do anything, but like hang out with my daughter. But I do take my daughter to school or camp. And then I come back and then I go to work, right? And go start working.

But we're in this New York time zone. So I'm limited with what I can do here in New York in the time zone that I'm in. But I go to the dojo. I come home. I eat dinner at 10 p.m. Peak time for China. Peak.

So I take all my meetings with China at 10 p.m., 11 p.m., 12 a.m. Boom, boom, boom. It's ideal, really. And when I get up in the morning, Pakistan is in the proper timing. So now I have my meeting with Pakistan earlier in the morning, usually like right before Yumi gets up, right? And then also in the sort of the other time zone that I work in is like Malta where my graphic designer is.

So now all of a sudden I kind of have this steady workflow where I'm doing my thing during the day and I have Pakistan, China, and Malta people to kind of deal with. And it's this nice workflow where I can work 24 seven essentially for little to no money. Yes, you heard it folks. I am not making that much money, but you know, I love it so far because you have this vision, right? I want to create these deep pockets for everybody. And it's tangible.

Like I can physically hold it off. Right? I can go down here and look at this. These are V-shorts of pockets from Pakistan. I designed it. I created this thing. Look at this thing, right? V-shorts of pockets.

I'm literally wearing it. Literally wearing it. With my zipper pockets and everything you see this i love it so this idea of something that you're working on in your mind coming to fruition in a tangible manner kind of like you're drilling the judo stuff conceptually you're talking about it you have your teachers you ask questions you drill it you're thinking about it you try it you fail you counter it and all of a sudden when they boom you hit it you rip someone with a tatoshi and you're like holy moly was that an accident maybe but then you keep doing it and doing it and doing all of a sudden now you have

a respectable judo system that you can show to the world say hey look at my judo right and now all of a sudden you're making instagram reels and getting followers and stuff and getting no chicks at all. So yeah, it's kind of like that. And, uh, gee, pants with pockets. Fantastic. Please check it out. Higashi brand.com. And, uh, yeah, that's kind of the wrap up, man.

Uh, that's what I've been working on. I'm also working on this backpack. Really, really cool. I'll give you a sleep peep it's incredible look at this thing look at this thing look how wide the opening boom right i put geese in there I put everything I needed in there ready gee towel rash guard belt all this right and the beautiful thing about this is after training okay I specifically asked for this this side it is water you can put your dirty rash guard dirty geese so it doesn't soil your right isn't that amazing and then on this side look it opened all the way to be able to put your slides in for the dojo look at this thing bang i know i'm being like an infomercial

person right now, right? But I'm very excited about this stuff. And then this top section here, look. Bang. I'm going to put tape in there. Tape. Tape in there. Personal belongings.

Man, and this is kind of like the thing that I've also been working on, these kinds of things. You know, I feel like I'm never going to make money because I spent so much money on samples. And 50% of these samples that I get are trash. For instance, this thing came. It's so cheap. These aren't the ones that I'm going to sell. I'm telling you, these aren't the ones.

But I'm looking at this thing, and it's like, how can this even be the same EVA form from the other things that i've purchased like it's just not you know what i mean this logo can easily be scratched off it's like you know what i mean they said that they were going to customize this plastic portion they didn't you know so i have like tons of these just lying around now you know, let me tell you something. It's fun and it's a learning process. And it's almost as if like I'm getting another MBA, you know? And as you guys know, I'm not trying to like humble brag or anything like that,

but I went to get an MBA at Stern and it was extremely expensive. And a lot of these guys who were in the program with me are very high finance, high executive type, there's executive program. And so they're like, oh yeah, the company's paying for it. And then I'm going to get a raise of like $50,000 extra. You just having this title, you know, or having this degree. Uh, and then there's a tangible ROI, you know, on their time and they don't have to pay for it. So it's all like gravy for that. You know what I mean? Me, on the other hand, I had to pay that out of pocket. And then in fact, I'm losing money because I'm not spending time on my business

while I'm there, you know? So you're actually just paying to learn and then paying to meet the right people, et cetera, et cetera. But I really had no need to kind of interact with the finance types. I mean, it's like, why would I? You know what I mean? Like, I don't really work in that field at all. But anyway, this is how it feels like. You know, I'm paying for all these different samples. A lot of the stuff that I purchased already with the intent to sell are just sitting and they're not selling at all. So, you know, those are kind of mistakes, I feel like. And eventually I could turn it into sun cash and salvage it and cut the losses, right?

But it's a very, very fun and interesting exercise for me. It's like a mind exercise. And I feel like I'm building something. And it's very reflective of how I kind of live my life, you know, pursuing my interests, pursuing my mind, really. And then, like, love things that are engaging, doing with tons of passion. Every single thing that I wear out is one of my stuff that I had made overseas, you know.

So it's pretty cool. Like, that's what the Kagashi brand really is, you know. It's kind of the way I live my life and it's a lifestyle thing. And I think if you live your life like me, you probably do martial arts. You know, you do martial arts. You guys do grappling. You want to make yourself better. You guys want to learn.

You know, if you don't want to learn, why are you in the dojo, right? So it really is representative of that kind of self-betterment kind of a thing and i'm loving it you know we'll keep a lookout for these bags they're really really cool uh the design's already done i know exactly how it's going to be customized etc etc i'm just putting it through the test right i'm just putting it through the ringer i want to use it for three weeks and i'm trying to like throw it around and pull it apart just to make sure that i'm trying to quality test this thing so i don't want to put anything out there that's soft you know what i mean i put out there things that were like yeah you know what i mean like a lot of the t-shirts that were print on

demand that i can't quite quality control every piece of that you know so little by little for certain you know i'm growing this thing and it's been an absolute pleasure if you guys have any ideas for me i'm always open i take uh pride in having an open mind with this stuff and if you're in the biz i'd love to talk to you because you know there's not too many guys i know a few guys are in the business like you know clothing zeos guy he's a jiu-jitsu guy i see him all the time he's one of my friends um but yeah if you're in the biz you can reach out to me let me know maybe we can work on something work together collaborate i don't know but like it'll be fun uh and i'm pretty pleasant to talk to i think so yeah that's my update and uh thank you very

much for listening to me just ramble about everything and anything just stuff in my life you can find me at judo shintaro nyc on instagram thank you for listening