streetsmarts

Achievements

US National Champion

US Olympic Training Partner London 2012

My Story

From age 14, I started competing and training internationally. My travels took me to the best teams, coaches and organizations in the world. From Korea to Spain, Russia and France, and eventually to Houston, Texas where I joined Steven Lopez and his family at the Elite Taekwondo Center.

Two patterns emerged from my experiences. First, it was clear that the intangibles drove performance more than any physical attribute or strategy. Second, there was a lack of understanding of the role our perceptions played in greatness.

My business mentor, the previous NBA Commissioner, David Stern, thought my approach to performance enhancement might help Kobe Bryant’s efforts in transmitting his Mamba Mentality to athletes of all fields.

That’s where Street Smarts was born. Street Smarts offers insight into the minds, hearts, and beliefs of combat sport icons. We teach fighters the connection between their perceptions and peak performance, provide them the scientific foundations for that insight, and a method for tying their perceptions to their training and fighting.

I want to wish each and everyone of you my heartfelt encouragement as you pursue your dreams. Our job is to help you be great, it’s up to you to become the greatest of all time.

Good luck!

Achievements

5 x World Champion

2 x Olympic Champion

My Story

Faith has always been a cornerstone in my family, and my ability to apply faith under pressure was my superpower. While I had both the guidance and freedom to explore and master my power, I noticed that others often struggled with understanding such intangibles.

How do you put your finger on illusive ideas like faith or the human spirit?

Although it’s difficult to capture and convey the intangibles of peak performance, I do know that they aren’t taught through a mere repetition of X’s and O’s. You need to get behind the scenes, underneath the surface, and you need a language.

That’s why I teamed up with Street Smarts. They provide a language that distills the intangibles of greatness and deliver a methodology for implementing those intangibles in your training and performance.

Age tends to give you perspective. As an athlete I wanted to inspire others through my performance. Now, I want to impart my knowledge to the next generation. I hope the insight I’ve gained over the course of my career will help you fulfill your dreams, build on my experience, and one day, allow you to pass your lessons on as well.

Trust the process, 
enjoy the journey 
and God bless.

Achievements

Ph.D. Organizational Psychology 

M.Ed. Organizational Psychology 

A.B. Neuroscience

My Story 

As a son of a former US Olympic Ski coach, I was always interested in human performance. My parents emphasized the importance of pushing the limits, or as my father called it “building a better mousetrap.” 

As an adult I took a specific interest in the impact psychological “intangibles” such as creativity, passion, willpower, intuition, ingenuity, focus, faith, and foresight, had on human performance. Of particular interest, was how these variables are identified, measured, evaluated, enhanced and taught to improve performance. 

Street Smarts’ focus on perception, the role such an intangible plays in greatness, and their cutting edge approach to talent development, fit right in with my pursuits. 

It is my strong belief that everyone can become world class at perception, and that the lessons learned throughout this platform will help its users make quantum leaps in their performance.