What was the process to become an ambassador like?

Thanks for the Reply Sean! BTW I have been on Propranolol for both my heart and issues that you mention above. If you are interested in learning some of the types of therapies that help with PTSD, one of the things we do is A.R.T therapy. It is not art, like painting and drawing but Accelerated Resolution Therapy. I am passionate about helping my fellow veterans, and appreciate all the outreach that many people do for us. I am a service connected disabled veteran and know many of the ailments my brothers and sisters go thru. Some of us have 'invisible' injury or disability and it is hard for some to understand the struggles that are gone thru. I am involved with not only WeDefy because of this but another non profit called SOF Missions. This is all about veterans resiliency and being able to adjust after mental, physical trauma. If you want to read a great research paper that was done by Dr. Gino Collura on BJJ and the benefits for people with trauma look for his paper 'Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: A Tool For Veteran Re-assimilation' https://digitalcommons.us[...]/etd/7277/

What is amazing about propranolol is that it doesn't help manage PTSD, it is curative. It's not the memories that are the problem- we all want to keep our memories or even horrible events- it's the physical manifestations of the memories that are problematic (racing heart, sweating, night terrors, anxiety, etc.)

Thanks for sharing sounds like an awesome cause

I just reached out to affiliate and I would prefer not to get paid and have whatever they give the school go to more scholarships. I feel we as a nation owe these heroes a lot and don't do enough to help them.

Just got an email today letting us know we checked all the boxes and jumped through the hoops to officially qualify as a WeDefy training facility. :)

That is so awesome! Hope it was not too bad for you! If you ever need anything just let me know. I will connect you with the right people. Anyone else need help please let me know!

Great to hear! I will definitely have to swing in when I am visiting my parents in Rutherfordton.

Just did our third WeDefy fundraiser. We love being able to work with this great cause. We have several vets at our gym. Great cause. If you’re interested in being an affiliated gym in Kentucky reach out to Anthony Clemente. @unclelazylizard on IG

Last year I had never heard of We Defy. Then I had a guy contact my gym about coming to train: he was a vet who had been sponsored by We Defy and would we be willing to sign up as an affiliate gym so he could train with us? My dad is a retired Marine, my grandfather was in the Navy in WW2, I’ve grown up around the military. We Defy looks awesome. I go through the application process, get all the hoops jumped through. The gym owner/head coach has parents who were both in the military and he thinks it’s great too. We’re hoping it brings in a couple more students, thrilled to do fundraising for an awesome cause. Finally, a few months later dude comes and trains with us for like 2 weeks. Then ends up getting surgery and is gone for 6 months, comes back for a week, decides he wants to do striking/MMA instead. Bruh. Lol we are still a We Defy affiliate gym, we do the fundraising events, but have no sponsored students. I think there more gyms signed up to be affiliates than there are sponsored veterans, which is a great problem to have. We’re hoping eventually we get a sponsored vet. Just cause we’ve raised more than enough money for two of them in the last year and a half despite barely having one.