OUT ABOUT A.J. IS YOU WHO ARE
ABOUT MAR MARTIAL ARTS?
I'M CHAIRMAN FOR THE ARTS.
I'VE BEEN IN MARTIAL ARTS MOST
OF MY LIFE SINCE I WAS A KID.
VERY CHALLENGING SPORT.
MY MOM HAS HER BROWN BELT.
A LOT OF INJURIES ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT SPORT.
YOU HAVE HOW MANY TITLES?
I HAVE FOUR WORLD TITLES.
I HAD TWO GOLD MEDALS WITH THE
US NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION TEAM.
I'M SCARED.
[LAUGHTER]
INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF
FAME MYSELF IN 2003.
CONGRATULATIONS.
IN TERMS OF THE POLITICAL ASPECT
OF YOUR SPORT, WHAT HAVE YOU
DONE WITH THAT, TOO?
INTERESTING.
I CHARTERED THE WHOLE OF FAWM
AND TURNED IT INTO A NEW YORK
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CHARTERED MUSEUM.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT SAFER BY
PROMULGATING A DIFFERENT SET OF
RULES FOR THE AMATEURS TO
PREVENT TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURIES, AND WEE WEAVING OUT SL
PREDATORS FROM OWNING SCHOOLS
AND TO BE AROUND THE KITS.
YOU VOTED DEMOCRAT YOUR WHOLE
LIFE.
I WAS.
YOU'RE RUNNING AS A
REPUBLICAN?
YES.
HOW DID THAT WORK OUT?
YOU GO INTO THE PRIMARY TO
GET THE PARTIES NOMINATION.
THE SAME TIME, YOU LOOK FOR
ENDORSEMENTS FROM THE OTHER
PARTIES AND HOPE THEY BELIEVE IN
YOUR VALUE SYSTEM AND WHAT YOU
HAVE TO OFFER.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SAW THAT IN
ME, WANTED TO KEEP ME IN THE
RACE SO I ACCEPTED THEIR
NOMINATION TO RUN ON THEIR
STICT.
YOU GOT CLOSE TO PRESIDENT
OBAMA.
YES.
YOU BUMPED INTO HIM WHEN HE
WAS IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
THIS WAS TAKEN AT DID YOU
HADUFF'S BYTHE AIRPORT.
HE WAS MEETING WITH LOCAL
BUSINESSES, NOT FAR FROM ONE OF
MY BUSINESSES.
I WAS COACHING YOUTH SPORTS THAT
MORNING AND HAPPENED TO GO IN
FOR LUNCH.
RUN INTO THE PRESIDENT.
YES.
WE ALL DO THAT.
HE SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY BIG
MARTIAL ARTS PLAN.
WE WERE DISCUSSING THE MATCHES
THAT PARTICULAR WEEKEND.
THAT PROMPTED US TO GET INTO
ANOTHER DIALOGUE.
HE ACTUALLY PULLED OUT HIS
BLACKBERRY AND GAVE ME A NUMBER
FOR ONE OF HIS STAFF MEMBERS
WHICH LED ME TO BE IN
CONSIDERATION WITH THE COUNCIL
ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS.
GOOD FOR YOU.
SUCH A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
THANKS FOR COMING IN.
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.
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