Questions from kids for ‘Uncle Jake’ from the book ‘Way of the Warrior Kid’. Jocko Willink. RELATED Podcast Episodes123: A Fight Through Darkness with Marine Corporal, Jake Schick Podcast EpisodesWarrior Kid Podcast 1: Ask Uncle Jake Podcast Episodes45: Wooden Leg, Native American Warrior RELATED Podcast Episodes123: A Fight Through Darkness with Marine Corporal, Jake Schick Podcast EpisodesWarrior Kid Podcast 1: Ask Uncle Jake Podcast Episodes45: Wooden Leg, Native American Warrior PrevNext
I love this, my 8 year old son Max just finished reading The Way of the Warrior Kid. He started Jiu Jitsu a couple of weeks ago and was super excited to see that the author of his new book practiced Jiu Jitsu too! He has had some problems being bullied in school because he isn’t into the same sports or things as the other kids so I think we found your book and podcast at the prefect time! I can’t wait to let me listen to this, he will love it!
THANK YOU for your service to our country and for helping these kids (and adults) learn how to deal with their feelings!
Jocko and/or Uncle Jake-
My brother likes to solve our problems with his fists. I am younger but could hurt him severely if I wished (I do BJJ and Crossfit with my dad but he elects to play Minecraft instead) but I feel as though this might put the level of respect that I deserve below even his. How is it that I might solve this problem without hurting my brother or getting hurt further as well as without losing discipline/respect/dignity for myself and others? Also, If you recommend elaborate diplomacy than specific examples might be of assistance.
P.S. Is there any reason I shouldn’t be doing Crossfit as I am 13? I do a scaled version of the workouts but I was a little worried after doing Grace a few weeks ago and seeing one of the guys at the gym hurt his calf pretty badly. Also my dad hurt his ACL I think a while ago and his back hurts pretty often. Thanks again in advance, I appreciate your time and sorry about the Nutso long question.
I love your podcast,
Your buddy,
PJ
Hey PJ this is Jocko’s wheelhouse, but with regard to the Crossfit-at-13 thing, as a former crossfitter who’s been injured a few times, I think it all depends on your coach. You’re young enough that you’re less injury prone than somebody my age, and if you learn good fundamentals you’ll be unstoppable. But your body is also too young to have fully developed the strength you’ll have as an adult, so just go scaled, be careful, and make sure you’ve got a *good* coach showing you fundamentals and helping you avoid injury.
How about a summer reading list for Warrior Kids?
Mr. Willink, both of my kids are reading this book (I did too). I am a Cub Scout den Leader and would like to give a copy to our young men. If I buy seven more copies and send them to you, would you write something in the inside cover? I’ll pay for everything. Thanks for your consideration and doing what you did (and are doing) for our country. Respectfully, Steve
How do I get my first pullup
Any other *adults* listen raptly to episode one of Uncle Jake, then Subscribe Hard?
Hey I am 12 years old and I wanted to know was it fun being a Navy SEAL my name is Nik
Hi Uncle Jake, I want to know how to get rid some bad habits that us kids have. I am a 9 year old warrior kid who likes reading, jiu-jitsu, swimming and soccer but who has some bad habits that would to get rid of.
Hi Jocko! My daughter Emsley is a 6 year old BJJ/Muay Thai fighter from Chillicothe, OH. Shecwould like to ask Uncle Jake, “who is your best friend? Why?” Thanks for your service, and all you do for children and adults alike!
Take care,
Chad and Emsley Barrows.
Hi Mr. Willink,
I am 7 and have read both books. When will a new book be here?
Neil
My name is Alex, I’m a 7 year old Warrior kid that does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 3 to 4 times a week and Kickboxing once a week. WooHoo!!!
Why in The second Warrior Kid book did Mark worry about other kids that Nathan James called names?
Dear uncle jake,
my brother and i were walking along the river and ran into a couple of guys who were swimming to collect drift wood. the water was dangerous and one man started drowning, his friend jumped into to save him and the first man drowned the second man to try and save himself. they both drowned right in front of our eyes while my mom was trying to save them with a stick. everyone was screaming and crying and calling 911. it was super scary. how would you tell someone how to get over it. i know that you have lost alot of people in your life too. my brother won’t talk about it much, and my mom worries that he keeps it all in. should we stifle these emotions, or is there a better way to deal with it. i love to do pull ups, but that doesn’t make it go away. bye jocko, thank you.
P.S. my brother and i came to visit you at your gym, but you weren’t there. we took a couple of classes with coach adam. we loved him! you should make more books too because we read them all. my teacher said I should read a new book instead of always reading the same one. thank you for teaching me how to be a warrior kid!
love forever,
Emberlin Williams (7yrs old) & Beckam Williams (10 yrs old)
Dear Mr. Willink,
My name is Luke and I’m 8. How do I keep control of my emotions. Like when I’m silly at the wrong time or mad or angry.
Thanks,
Luke
Former Marine, current Police Officer. Love your stuff and have exposed my son to it My seven year old loves Way of the Warrior Kid and the podcast. As we finished the book he tells me he has a question for Uncle Jake. The question is “We are supposed to stand up to bullies, and protect the weak. What if a bully is weak?”. Thank you for the podcasts and books. Your material is awesome, keep it up.
My son would like to submit a question for Uncle Jake. Is this the email address to use?
Dear Jocko
Hi, my name is Ben, and I am 9 years old. I really love your books.
My question is: How many days off should a worrier kid have???
We are now listening to your podcast and can’t wait for your third book to come out.
Hi, my name is Seth and I’m 9 years old. I have one question, does everyone have to be a worrier kid? When is number three coming?
Dear Uncle Jake,
My name is Leah and I am 9 years old. I do cheerleading and my team has a competition coming up but we are having trouble with our pyramid because everyone is arguing. How can I help my cheer team to stop arguing and start doing the counts?
Thank you,
Leah
my name is Owen and I am 10 years old. and there is thus kid who is not being nice to me and telling teachers the complete oppiset story what should I do?
what should my workout be
Dear uncle Jake,
Question: What do I do when people bully me in disguise?
Like making fun of me but trying to be friends and talking behind my back about me?
Thanks in advance,
from Raphael (Australia)
My name is Madison and I’m an 8 year old warrior girl from Orange, California. My question is what should I do when kids cut in front of me in line at school? Should I not make a big deal out of it or tell them every time to not cut?
My 2nd question is how can I remember to do my chores every day that my Dad makes me do to earn my allowance?
My 3rd question is how do I deal with a friend who has a temper tantrum when she doesn’t get her way? I try to calm her down when it happens but it doesn’t seem to help.
Hi my name is Evan and I’m 12 I would like the Springfield Saint Victor Rifle but my mom won’t allow me to get it how can I convince her to get it for me ?
Thank you from Evan
Hello, I have a sort of complicated question for you.
My friend Aiden has anger problems, how can I help him if he won’t listen to me? If I or anyone else (except the teacher)
tells him to do something he yells at me or someone else.
Just like in book 2&3 I gathered intelligence.
He doesn’t have a dad, and lives with a step mom. His parents divorced. he’s 10 years old.
sincerely,
-Nate-
If you have not had Dr Warren Farrell on either podcast you might want to consider him as a guest. The American Thought Leaders podcast had him on 3 July 2019 talking about his new book The Boy Crisis. A Very insightful discussion about boys with no fathers and the impact of feminism.
https://youtu.be/8vX6345eeq4
Name: Demiryn (Da meer in) Descant
Gender: F
Age: 9
From: Houston, TX Y’ALL!!!
l play basket ball and l love to dance. How do l turn a school project into something fun? l have to a book report on two books and it is not fun at all!!! Thank you for everything you are doing to help kids become Warrior Kids.
Name: Liliana Descant
Gender: F
Age: 8
From: Houston, TX
I’m on a rock climbing team in Texas and love to learn about sharks. I want to be a marine biologist when I grow up.
I have a 3 year old little brother. Sometimes, he is me mean to me and tries to bite me. How can I stop him from being so mean to me and how can I stop treating him badly when he treats me this way? Thank you for answering my question.
Dear Uncle Jake,
My name is Cody and I am 8 years old from Vacaville California Thank you for writing your books The Warrior Kid and doing this podcast. My brother Max and I listen to the podcast with our dad every morning as we drive to school. We also started doing our pull-ups and pushups each day. I am making my bed as soon as I get up too!
My question is what would a typical day of eating look like for you?
Dear Uncle Jake,
My 10 year old daughter, my parents, and I read the Warrior kid books aloud together last summer as a family activity. We loved them! I am also a 5th grade teacher on an Air Force Base and I just finished reading them to my class. I read the first one and I don’t usually read series since there are so many good books for kids to experience. However, they begged me to read the other two and there is so much character development in your books that I couldn’t deny them the privilege of hearing them. Now our librarian has a set in the school library and they are never on the shelf. Thank you for writing such fun, engaging stories that really change kid’s behavior. I hear kids saying things like, “Get your ego in check.”
We are going to start listening to the podcast as a class now that we finished the books. We are also in the process of drafting individual Warrior Kid Codes. I am going to order a Warrior Kid t-shirt to award the student who really puts a lot of thought and effort into their code.
I was wondering if there was anyway you could send my class a note or an email to encourage them to stay on the warrior path.
Thank you for all you do to inspire kids to live a disciplined life!
Tatiana ( Minot AFB, ND Only the best come north! )
Hi Uncle Jake,
Why are you not making any new warrior kid podcast episodes?
And my other question is, how do you control yourself? What do you do when you want to stop doing something? Like biting your nails?
Thank you!
Enjoyed studying this, very good stuff, thank you.
Hello Uncle Jake, my name is Cade and I’m 12. I was wondering what are some good habits i should make and how do I put them in my life and use them?
I’ve also read all of your books and I was inspired to do jiujitsu because of you. I am a white belt with 3 stripes.
Dear Uncle Jake:
My name is Tara and I’m 6 years old, and I had a hard time running one mile today. It is hard for me. Can you give me tips? I would like to run a 5K one day. What do I need to do? Thanks!
Hi Uncle Jake,
My name is Bodhi. I am 5 years old and just started working out with my dad. Right now I can do 5 pull-ups, but my goal is to do 100 in one workout! I really want to get stronger as fast as possible, so what can I do to reach my goal? Thank you.
Bodhi
Hey Mr. Willink.
My name is Jonathon. I’m 12 years old and from Durham, California. I have two questions for you. One, were you always as fit and disciplined as you you are now and two I want to be in the Marriens or Navy when I grow up, when should I start tranning?
P.S. You are my idol
Uncle Jake,
My name is Emily, I am a warrior mom of a warrior kid who is 6 years old. My son and I have worked our way through the warrior kids books and really enjoy them, they are a great motivation tool. With this new Covid-adventure, we decided to do homeschooling with our son, because he did not do well with distance learning. I get up early, and work out, prepare for my day, and then try to wake up my son to do a small workout, and school work before I leave for work. I do this because I am afraid of him getting behind. He and his dad do a no schooling method, where they do not have structure but they learn about lots of different things, really what ever they are interested in. My husband has asked me to not wake my son up, because he thinks I will burn him out early. I do get kick back from my son when he wakes up, but once he is up we always have a good time. Do you think that pushing young kids early will discourage them from wanting to be the best they can be?
Dear Jocko,
My name is Evie. I’m 7 years old and I love the Warrior Kid books! I even started Jiu Jitsu last month! I have a question. When things got really hard for Uncle Jake how did he keep going and not quit? Thanks for the help!
Dear Uncle Jake,
I just wanted to write to let you know I love your book and the lessons you teach. I am 7 years old and love to work out. The best I I have done is 120 squats, 114 sit-ups, 40 push ups and I can do 3 proper pullups. I wanted to ask you a question about food. How much sugar do you have in your diet? I’m looking forward to reading your next book (book 4) and thank you for all your help. I will continue to follow the warrior kid code.
Dear Uncle Jake ,
Hi, I am Addison Silva and I am 10 years old. I ride horses but have been through a lot, from getting kick in my leg to falling off.
Sometimes it is hard to go fast because I’m scared and it takes a log time to get faster . How can I get confident to ride faster? I have a business,
it is called Silva_snacks on Instagram.
Dear Uncle Jake,
My name is Mikaya and I am 8 years old and I am wondering how do I not be scared of the dark and another thing I am scared of height’s so how do I not be scared?
Hello Jocko! Our 3-5 class is reading your book and we are on the warrior path. We are learning how to be warriors and have self discipline. Our principal is a warrior and a black belt in Jiu jITSU. He can do over 100 pull ups and is going to teach us jiu jitsu. Thank you for writing this book. We love it. Maybe someday we can talk to you , or meet you in person, and send you pictures of us becoming warriors.
Uncle Jake,
My 7 year old son, Paul, asked for chicken and milk for dinner tonight. I told him, “Looks like somebody is eating like a warrior kid.” He smiled at me and said, “We’ll, where do you think I got this idea :-)”. He has really cut sugar out of his diet voluntarily since reading the warrior kid books. He’s also working his way through the stripes on his white belt with Jiu Jitsu.
My 12 year old son, Joey,wants to know what to do about all the bad language he hears in Middle School. He wants to be friends with the other boys and to be respected by them, but doesn’t want to talk like that.
Thanks a lot,
Rosie DeCock