Jocko Underground: Should Dogs Be Allowed On The Jiu Jitsu Mats? The Debate.
3/30/202611 min
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First 90 secondsJocko Willink· Host0:00
This is the Jocko Underground podcast number 207, sitting here with Echo Charles, and we are going to review some questions from the field.
Echo Charles· Co-host0:08
Yeah.
Jocko Willink· Host0:08
On the front lines- Sure ... where the rubber meets the road.
Echo Charles· Co-host0:12
Where the rubber- Y'all are out there, troopers, getting after it.
Jocko Willink· Host0:14
We will provide you with some answers- Yeah ... some courses of action, some recommendations to help you get through these challenges that you're facing.
Echo Charles· Co-host0:22
Yeah.
Jocko Willink· Host0:23
That's where we're at.
Echo Charles· Co-host0:23
True.
Jocko Willink· Host0:23
Let's go.
Echo Charles· Co-host0:24
All right, first question from the field: Could you tell me what your opinion is about jujitsu coaches bringing their dogs to the gym? I saw one time a dog was free to step on the mats at one of the gyms I went to. Recently, another instance, I saw a dog was allowed to sleep on a special rug, but not on the mats. [laughs] What's your, uh, what's your take?
Jocko Willink· Host0:45
Um, I, I like dogs, you know?
Echo Charles· Co-host0:49
Hell yeah.
Jocko Willink· Host0:49
That's kind of part of it. So, you know, having a dog in school, pretty, it's pretty much, like, seems to be fine with me. We used to have a dog named Victory at the Victory Gym.
Echo Charles· Co-host0:59
Yeah.
Jocko Willink· Host0:59
But it was o- only downstairs.
Echo Charles· Co-host1:01
Yeah, not on the mats.
Jocko Willink· Host1:02
Not on the mats. Um, you know, I, I think it ... [laughs] The, the dogs being on the mat is kind of, that's, that's doesn't seem like a great idea to me.
Echo Charles· Co-host1:14
Mm-hmm.
Jocko Willink· Host1:15
You know, not ... Look, the dogs are gonna be bringing dirt onto the mat because they don't wear shoes, so now when they walk on the mat they're just going from the regular floor to the mat. You know, m- we wear flip-flops or whatever, slippers, when we go