The True Freedom Foundation (TFF) began operations in January of 2008 with minimal funding and resources. Although our initial focus was on sharing practical tools for personal transformation with incarcerated individuals, we have gradually shifted our focus to working with youth that lack the resources and privileges that are usually associated with a successful adult life.
The first program we offered for youth was the True Happiness and Freedom Program. With this program, we aimed to give underprivileged youth, practical, concrete tools for realizing deep peace and satisfaction in life, and help them to have the personal insight that drugs and delinquency only lead to suffering for them. This program is no longer offered, and has been replaced by what has become our signature program: The Ultimate Warrior Program.
The Ultimate Warrior Program for Youth
The Ultimate Warrior program combines the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) with the practice of mindfulness, to offer a synergistic approach for cultivating high levels of self confidence and self control.
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The Ultimate Warrior Program for Women
The Ultimate Warrior Program for Women is an empowerment program designed to provide practical, proven techniques for defending against a larger, stronger opponent, and to provide simple methods for mastering one’s mind, and thereby realize enhanced personal freedom.
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Becoming the Ultimate Warrior
Upon request, Matthew Tenney, the founder of the TFF and the Ultimate Warrior Program, offers an inspirational talk entitled Becoming the Ultimate Warrior. In the talk, Matthew discusses practical methods for mastering one’s mind, realizing personal freedom, and achieving a high level of personal and professional success by training to break free of conditioned thought patterns and see opportunities where others see obstacles. To schedule a presentation, please contact us via e-mail.
Books to Prisons
The TFF began its work with the True Happiness and Freedom for Incarcerated Individuals program. Via this program, we work to help incarcerated individuals turn their prison into a training center for deep, personal transformation. We send free copies of books that offer mindfulness-based tools to people inside the walls. The books offer people concrete tools for managing difficult emotions, controlling impulsive behavior, and realizing that an ethical, drug-free lifestyle is absolutely essential for realizing true happiness. We also correspond with incarcerated individuals in order to offer them one-on-one guidance in Ultimate Warrior Training.
Prison Talks
In the future, we hope to be able to provide presentations to prison populations. In these presentations, we would hope to inspire incarcerated individuals to take advantage of their time in confinement as an opportunity to realize freedom from the behaviors and mental constructs that keep us bound to suffering.