We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Monye Tucker. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Monye below.

Monye, appreciate you joining us today. What sort of legacy are you hoping to build. What do you think people will say about you after you are gone, what do you hope to be remembered for?

My vision is for my legacy to continue even if I am not here. My legacy started as a little kid, always wanting to be remembered for the good things I put my time into. Along the way I became a role model to my community instilling hope and motivation for my peers and youth. I created a powerful movement of skilled and trained fighters across the U.S. where networking has became essential, opening doors for each other and promoting each other to greater heights.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

I’ve been training in Martial Arts since the age of 4 years old with my grandfather. It was a hobby of his that became a lifestyle for me without me knowing it. I eventually transitioned into other combat sports perfecting my craft on many different levels. I knew I had made a huge impact on the people in my community when I was getting contacted more frequently to train kids, adults, and give classes in the Military. It gave me another outlook on the crafts itself because coaching someone from ground zero can be challenging because not everyone registers techniques and maneuvers the same way. I created a team when I was 12 years old and the guys that I had in my corner then are still with me on this journey. In 2020 I was able to get the brand off of the ground after the World Championships. The merchandise I had created in the beginning I gave it to the guys that I was training because it would mean something to them knowing they are apart of a movement that will be remembered. I’m proud of what I have accomplished so far but I am way more proud of the people apart of my brand and allow me to help them when needed and are really getting after there goals.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

In 2015 I was in a vehicle roll over while in the Military where I almost broke my neck. This is the same day I was finding out the gender of my first born child. I was training in Louisiana in the middle of the summer and we were moving to our next location. I was told to tow one of our vehicles that had went down at the previous location. On the route there was a sharp turn that was hidden by the sand and dirt we were traveling in and it had blocked my field of view. When it cleared up the vehicle I was towing had slammed into the side of us and my truck began to flip. I was knocked out unconscious and had broken the steering wheel off with my helmet. I don’t remember much while I was on the ground just only from what people told me and when I had regained consciousness I was on a helicopter getting flown to the nearest hospital and when I opened my eyes I had began to fight one of the helicopter crewman because I was unaware where I was and why everything was so loud. As I began to move more I realized I barely could move my neck, my top had been cut off and my body was stiff. The crewman was telling me he heard I was having a kid and today was the day I was finding out the gender so it made me calm down and he continued to talk to me about it. When I got to the hospital multiple tests were ran on me and I was put in physical therapy until I recovered and was told to maybe look for new hobbies that didn’t require physical contact and I had to get over the fear of being in vehicles. I’m a warrior and always have been so I continued to move forward with my dream because if I let that stop me I would’ve never reached the heights I have at this point.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

Listening to peoples opinions and negative criticisms can hinder you more than you think. So I had to teach myself to stop asking people what they thought or think about my goals and my moves. I’ve been called careless, know it all and much more but the name calling came when I followed my own advice versus listening to people who are not even doing the same crafts as me.

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