Weston SCU Jiu Jitsu Koffee Krew Unite 2

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Okay, action. Action. Hello. Hi, yeah, for sure. I'm Weston. I'm a, junior here at Santa Clara University. I've been doing jiu jitsu for about two years, almost entirely in the, on-campus club here. yeah, I'm, next year I'll be the president of the club once Kate graduates, and that's my jiu jitsu background for sure. so how did it all start? Did you ever do any other sports besides jiu jitsu? Yeah. in high school I played a lot of basketball. I was a, division III state champion, up at my high school, and yeah, basketball was my life for a long time. Got here, didn't really wanna keep playing basketball, decided that, something else would be cool. a friend of mine was interested in jiu jitsu 'cause, unfortunately his roommate, attacked him- Oh, no his freshman year. He defended himself, but he wanted to learn a system that would help him in the future if something like that were to happen again, Yeah. he asked me to come out, and, go to him and to try out the club, and I've been here ever since. I've never looked back, and it's been awesome, Yeah. what did you think the first time you walked on the mat? Oh, man. I was definitely, I was pretty intimidated, 'cause initially I was like, I'm a lot bigger than many of these guys. I don't know about this jiu jitsu stuff. I don't know if this works." but very quickly I learned that it works, 'cause there was, little guys that were beating me up in crazy ways. and yeah, it was, like, really surreal. and then I started to learn a little bit and started to figure out, some basic stuff, and I was like, "Wow, it's super, super cool." it's very addictive is what I found. It's awesome. Yeah, it is very addictive. Yeah. Yeah. And the body, how did it take a toll on your body Oh, my goodness, yeah. before jiu jitsu my hips never popped. Now they pop all the time, the elbows start to hurt and stuff, The wear and tear. Yeah, seriously, yeah. Shoulders. I'm 21, but it still hurting me. That's good to know. Yeah. I thought all you kids, that were on the mat were pretty flexible and, you know- Thank you it didn't even bother you at all. Right. No, yeah, definitely. I think it, I think we kinda keep quiet, but, It's definitely, background noise, for sure. this next year you're gonna take over the club. So what are the plans? so for now, just gonna kinda keep it on the way that Kate's been doing it. Obviously really big shoes to fill with Kate. I know she's been on the podcast before. I would love to, keep growing it more than what it is now. Right now we have around 40 active members. I think we can have more. I love the community that we've created. I wanna continue to propagate that community as well, whether it's on the mats or off the mats. so I'm hopeful that can happen. I would love to do a... We just went to a Stanford invitational tournament, a no-gi tournament. I would love to do a no-gi and gi tournament for some other college clubs as well. Um- How'd you do, at that tournament? We did pretty well. The club did really well. I didn't do too hot, but it's okay. but the club did great. and there was a lot of schools out there. I think San Jose State was there. a couple JCs and stuff. Obviously Stanford as well. but yeah, it was really cool to see, a college central jiu jitsu community come out, and I would love to, to host something like that here. I think that'd be really cool. And obviously we wanna do this again. This is awesome. This is so much fun. This, I've been looking forward to this all month, Yeah. This Unite, Bay Area Unite. Yeah. It's huge, is. I don't know how many people showed up. this event's amazing, and, the community is so large. It's so amazing to see all the black be- belts, all the brown belts, all these upper belts that are coming up to, roll. And, I got to roll with, probably three black belts today. That's like a, it's a Sunday morning. Wow. It doesn't always happen, but, yeah, it's awesome. It's really cool to see, what are you studying here accounting Oh, nice. Yeah. Another accountant- Yep. just like Nick, right? Yeah. And Kate and Kate. Oh. and Anderson, the SCU BJJ Club is a pipeline to accounting for some reason. I don't know why. But That's cool. yeah. It's good. because look at all the high-end, accounting firms that are around here, right? Oh, yeah, seriously. There's a lot of opportunity, which is awesome. I think that's part of why. Santa Clara's got a good accounting program as well. but yeah, it's good. So with that being said, in regards to jiu jitsu- Yeah the problem-solving. Yeah. Definitely. I think, oh, it's similar in a lot of ways. It's a lot of people will say it's like physical chess. it feels like that, and I think similar to accounting, accounting's all about putting the right things in the right places, and jiu jitsu kinda is too in some ways. Yeah. I think- A little bit of balance too, right? Yeah, definitely. Yeah. Balancing. No. Oh my goodness, yeah, so much balance. Seriously. you're gonna be the president. Yes, ma'am. Who's the vice president? the vice president will be Kata. she's a freshman now. She's a civil or mechanical engineering major. she's great. She just got promoted to blue belt, last week, I think. Yeah. Yeah. And, So in the club we have, bigs and littles. It's like sororities and fraternities. She's my little, so she's got- she's got that going on. That's cool. jiu jitsu- Mm-hmm how do you think it's going to relate to your job? are you gonna be able to have time to- Good question keep on going? Yeah because I know these accounting firms- They sure work the hell out of you. They do. yeah, I think so. I think it's something that is important enough for me in my life that I would make time for it regardless, if it's a late night at the office or whatever- Yeah and I come out, I'll, I would still like to go to class for sure, open mats on weekends, it's had such a big impact on me that I feel like I wouldn't wanna, move back from it too much. Obviously, life happens, and you have to a bit. But, yeah, I think I would love to just continue to keep on keeping on for as long as I can, Hopefully avoid injury, knock on wood, but- Yeah yeah. Yeah, I hope that the stressors of work and life don't get in the way. where'd you grow up? I grew up in Chico, California. it's north of the Bay a little bit, about three hours north of here. it's very different from the Bay, and, but I think, like, More country? Oh, yeah. much more country. There's a... Yeah, Chico State's up there, but for the most part, it's, it's a farm town. It's a farm community. but yeah, it's, it was a great place to grow up. again, it's nothing like here. never really... There's not a lot of jiu jitsu up there. There's a little bit, but Yeah Tell me a little bit about your parents. Oh, they're awesome. So they, they met in college. they own their own business. They do management consulting. they help, executive teams work on, interpersonal issues that they have on their team so they can perform better. yeah, they're awesome. They travel a lot for work. they got two dogs, and, that they love hanging out with. I actually brought my dad to jiu jitsu to try it out. he liked it a lot. He didn't stick with it without me there, just 'cause I think it's, hard to go on your own or whatever. Yeah. but yeah, I think he enjoyed it when he was there, for sure. He's a pilot as well. I'm also a student pilot. Oh, wow. yeah. and yeah, I think that's little bit about them. There's l- a lot more I can say, but yeah. something about your personality or you that nobody knows about? Ooh, that's a good question. Oh, I think I might be a lot more introverted than I come off. I'm pretty good at projecting, even though it's not maybe that true. I definitely I definitely like to be on my own a lot, which is good. I think I, sometimes I come off more extroverted than I am- especially in a jiu jitsu setting, 'cause I, everybody, what I've found is everybody at jiu jitsu is so nice and kind, and everybody projects a little bit. And it helps me to kinda, put myself out there that way. But I would say I, I don't think a lot of people would initially see me as introverted, but I think that I am. I think jiu jitsu brings out the personality in everyone- Absolutely. Yeah right? Being so kind and- Yep and helpful. Truly. brings- The best out in all of us, I believe. 100%, yeah. Yeah. I, I couldn't agree more, man. it's sort of the great equalizer in that way. there's no space to be, rude. There's no space to be a dick. Usually those wash out- Yeah. Yeah real quick. Seriously. They learn that, you can't have an ego here, and a lot of them have egos. Yeah. So- talking about that- Yeah have you ever had any situations on the mat where things just didn't go your way, and somebody was, rude to you or- gave you a little bit more aggression than you thought they should have? That's a good question. I, I would say in, in general, most people are, great. Most people are kind and have enough experience to not do it. but yeah, there's definitely been a few situations where it's especially in the club where you have, maybe students coming in that are brand new to jiu jitsu with egos and, especially younger guys that, maybe they wrestled or something or maybe not, and they feel like that they can fight. and then they don't know what to do, so they end up just freaking out. And whether or not they mean to, use too much, I don't know, but they end up usually using too much. We try to, in the club, when stuff like that happens, we try to, pull them aside and talk to them and be like, "Hey, dude, like you'll start to see what a flow means, and you'll start to see how to, match a partner's pace. But, for right now, just, try to chill out a little bit." It's not about winning all the time. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Or killing your partner. Yep. Yeah. It doesn't make for a good atmosphere. and in the club we try to definitely, any time that there's something like that, we try to nip it in the bud while we can. But yeah, I'd say most people for the most part are good. but there's definitely been a few moments where it's we gotta talk to this guy and just be like, "Hey, you know, chill out a little bit. You'll start to see, you'll start to learn how to do things in a way that's efficient and you won't have to spazz out and freak out so much to-" Yeah get what you want. Um. Yeah. Yeah. And I think sometimes the spazzing out happens because of the fact that they're very uncomfortable- Yeah in certain positions. Oh, yeah. So they just start freaking out. For sure, yeah. they don't, especially, stuff like side control and mount where you're pinned to the ground and... I remember when I first started, my initial reaction was just get 'em off you, freak out, try to push any way you can, you know? Yeah. But yeah, obviously that's not, you know- You're like, "I can't breathe." Yeah, I can't breathe. Yeah, this guy is cross-facing super hard. he's crushing me. and yeah, I think everybody with time will learn to, okay, it's fine, breathe. Yeah, maybe he's crushing my face in the mat, but I'm fine. I can breathe. And eventually I'll get a frame in, I'll be okay. Yeah. But yeah. It takes time. Definitely. Yeah. I think so. does your club take donations We do, yeah. have a, I think it's a, it's either a Venmo or I really should know. Don't worry about it. I'll make sure when I post this, I'll also send a link. For sure. Thank you very much for that. we would definitely appreciate anything that people are willing to give. That's very kind. So that would help with, mats- Yeah the cleaning supplies- Yep uniforms- we get, half off with Fuji. That we have a deal with them where they give us about 50% off, which is good. in general, our costs are really low. It's, another cost that we have is, people Like some students can't afford dues. In general, we keep dues as cheap as we can, but we like to have the ability to subsidize people's dues if they need reduced dues or even for free. so that, yeah, donations would help go towards helping more people train- as well as mats and mat cleaner and stuff, tournament entry, all those kinds of things. Okay. we'll get you guys a link, maybe if you can help out in any way with the club at Santa Clara University. Absolutely, yeah. Yeah, that'd be awesome. Thank you. Yeah, we'd really appreciate that. Yeah. That'd be huge. Anything else you wanna say in regards to the club or yourself? I wanna say thank you so much to you. This podcast is awesome. I think that it you've integrated yourself so well into the community here, and we appreciate having you, taking pictures, and, doing all this. It's amazing, so. Okay, thank you. It's what I love to do, it's crossing a couple of passions- There you go photography, with jiu jitsu. There you go. And just showing the beauty of our sport. Seriously, yeah. I think it's a good way to get it out People that maybe aren't in contact with jiu jitsu might run into your pictures or your podcasts and be like, "Hey, this is cool." They see the community. Yeah. They see what you're showing, and it's amazing. Yeah. I appreciate you- Yeah taking the time to talk to me. Absolutely. And I'm looking forward to you coming over to Triune, and working out with us Yeah, I'll be excited for it as well. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Yeah, awesome. Okay. Thank you, Wes. Thank you. Take care. Appreciate it. Bye.