Best Urban Tactics Studios Podcasts (2024)

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Warriors Den Episode 112 - Hafu go a Vancouver Based Youtuber who completed a 24 hour Military Krav Maga Bootcamp 2:28:30

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Excerpt: (Re: Advice for new YouTubers) Just do it. Cliche question, cliche answer. No I'll get more specific. What advice? I think, I don't think, okay. My advice is, I think your first 20 videos are gonna be bad. That's my advice. Hafu (Hafu Go) is a Vancouver-based, Canadian YouTuber with at the time of this episode released over 850,000 Subscri…

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Warriors Den Podcast Episode 111 - Jacob Hogge: Protests, Politics, Religion and Philosophy 3:45:40

2+ y ago3:45:40

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Excerpt: "I would say please, the first thing everything should do is really sit down and think about what makes you, you. Who are you, what are you. What does it mean to be you and fulfill those things. I think freedom is essential for that and you need to hold everybody who puts them selves above you, or who ever you put above yourself to those s…

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Warriors Den Episode 110 - Kfir Itzhaki head of Instinct Psychology Driven Self Defense, Karate and Krav Expert and Israeli Hero 2:01:11

2+ y ago2:01:11

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EXERPT: I Truly believe that every person can become a hero. And I wasn’t a hero in my life until I did stuff, and learned how to do it .And I can teach it. And I teach it and its possible. You don’t have to be born with it, its not like a degree or something you can develop it like a muscle. And if you will do it, you are going to be happy. Becaus…

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Episode Episode 109 - Matthew Sharpe BJJ Black Belt Under the Megaton lineage and Martial Artist 2:58:58

2+ y ago2:58:58

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Excerpt: [Telling the story on why he got into martial arts] And uh everything is going fine but all of a sudden of of the guys goes were going to be taking your firewood and your beer. king your firewood and your beer. What? Bro, like out of no where. Its crazy how fast things will switch. So my buddy stands up and he goes ,"no man you are not tak…

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Warriors Den Podcast Episode 108 - Yeela Elyashar is a 5th Dan Black Belt Krav Maga practitioner with KMIL 2:04:04

2+ y ago2:04:04

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Excerpt: [On the lack of good Ranking in Krav Maga] “First of all its not just in north America I know that in Europe it’s the same thing. I was recently in France and when I asked people there how long it takes people to reach to get, you know, from a beginner level from White Belt to Black belt. And they said it takes about two years which is cra…

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Warriors Den Podcast Episode 107 - Petra Foerster UTKM Blue Belt: Testing, Teaching, Socialism and Life 1:48:51

2+ y ago1:48:51

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Excerpt: "Physically it was hard on me. But I mean I think the most important part is just keep going don’t give up. Usually I have my face where I think, uhh, I hate every one in the world especially you" (Referring to Jon) Petra Foerster is UTKMs first Blue Belt and Insistent Instructor. She also holds a Black Belt in Judo where she regularly tra…

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Warriors Den Podcast Episode 106 - Sebastien Lavoie retired RCMP Sgt. Maj and Founder of Raven Strategic 2:16:21

2+ y ago2:16:21

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Expert: (Re: his upcoming book) “Is essentially the pursuit of excellence in a 360 Degree world, and I mean a 360 degree scan around your, you know your own life. So, I’m pursing this goal to go to special operation. I’m pursing this goal to be the best in business, I’m pursing this goal. Everything has a cost and everything has an equal and opposi…

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Episode 105 - Maj. Nadav Raz of the IDF, PTSD, Buddhism and Counter Terrorism 2:38:18

2+ y ago2:38:18

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EXCERPT: For me, the one thing that first let me deal with depression was understanding the basics of Buddhist thought…so the basic tenants of Buddhist is that the world is suffering. And that is awesome, its like if your baseline is the world is suffering that’s a good philosophy for me to understand because I’m suffering. Maj. Nadav Raz (IDF) has…

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Warriors Den Podcast Episode 104 - Tony Blauer Self Defense and Martial Arts pioneer, creator of the S.P.E.A.R. System 1:39:48

3y ago1:39:48

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Excerpt: "It Occurred to me after decades of studying violence, fear and aggression. That if people don’t manage their fear, they don’t manage to fight. Its that simple." - Tony Blauer Coach Tony Blauer has been in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives industry for over four decades. He founded Blauer Tactical Systems (BT…

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Warriors Den Intro Video 2022 1:40

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Warriors Den Podcast now in video (Where available) Thanks for tuning in, this is the Warriors Den Podcast and I am your Host Jonathan Fader, Lead Instructor at Urban Tactics Krav Maga where I have dedicated my life to all things self-defense. In this podcast, I talk to guests in and open in an uncensored format about their fights, their philosophi…

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Episode 103 - Blog Post Series - The Nervous System, Reflexes, and Krav Maga 2:25:38

3y ago2:25:38

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In this episode, I will be going over the Blog Post Series the Nervous System, Reflexes, and Krav Maga. This will go over many factors that affect your action and reaction potentials. This includes how training works to change your behavior and responses, connecting it to your mental awareness color code state, how to work through the stages of lea…

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Episode 102 - Joel Garcia a Martial Artist and aspiring Actor originally from Venezuela 3:01:16

3y ago3:01:16

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Excerpt: (On immigrating alone, life, and company of others and yourself): “You truly have to create your own family. You get used to coming and going, you have to really find a way to not depend on people coming and going. It allows me to be completely ok with being alone, we're social creatures, we need people. But I think that every one should b…

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Episode 101 - JoJo is a UTKM Yellow Belt, My Wife and Hunting Partner. 1:16:58

3y ago1:16:58

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Excerpt: "On Hunting “I never thought I would ever go hunting it just never crossed my mind. I Didn’t listen to Joe Rogan, I did not watch Meat Eater but I guess at the time I had a lot of health issues and I was doing the process of elimination and trying to figure out what was wrong or how to fix my body because our medical system obviously faile…

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Episode 100 - Host Jonathan Fader does Story time: A loose history of his life and how it lead to UTKM 1:23:23

3y ago1:23:23

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Jonathan Fader is your host and Co-Founder of UTKM. A message from your host: As this was the 100th episode I thought I would do something a little different. I will give you a loose history of my life and how it lead to the creation of UTKM and where it is at today. It is a loose history as it is a story from memory as well as an attempt to keep c…

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Episode 99 - Ryan Kitchen BJJ Black Belt and Co-Owner of Advantage Jiu Jitsu in Richmond, BC 1:47:19

3y ago1:47:19

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Ryan Kitchen is a BJJ Black Belt and Co-Owner at Advantage Jiu-Jitsu in Richmond, BC. Ryan found jiu-jitsu in 2007 after his mother was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. Jiu-Jitsu became a positive escape from the stresses of his everyday life and something meaningful to work towards. Training partners provided support and became friends helpi…

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Episode 98 - Blog post series - The Awareness Colour Code Self Defense and Mental Health 2:04:11

3y ago2:04:11

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This episode is a blog post series discussing the Mental Colour code and its application in both literal physical self defense and mental health. At UTKM it is very much believed that self defense is not just physical and too often we can focus too much on the groin strikes and throat punches that good self defense is very much about balance which …

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Episode 97 - Laszlo Antal is a 3rd Dan Kyokushin Black Belt originally from Hungary 3:45:25

3y ago3:45:25

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Excerpt: [on] Freedoms being stripped away I think people need to ask more questions, being a little bit more engaged. You cannot function and live in a free society with these types of restrictions and creating this two-tiered society. I think we are again at this crossroads and if we are not going to look at the big picture and start having meani…

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Episode 96 - Hugo is a UTKM Yellow Belt, Programmer and Founder of People Ensuring Animal Care Exists 2:25:48

3y ago2:25:48

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Excerpt: "How I like to Approach it, that is that is we need to be acquainted with violence and how it functions in order to have a proper relationship with it. Not that your going to be like you know just tossing and becoming a more violent and more aggressive person but you need to have a relationship to it. So, you know that's the same thing wit…

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Episode 95 - Aaron Philip University Colleague and Hopeful soon to be Lawyer 3:01:58

3y ago3:01:58

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Excerpt: "I think that there is a role that social media is playing in this. Which shines a light in weaknesses in our democracy in a very unhelpful way. Umm, so social media creates these easily manipulated narratives which allow us to inflate emotions and subvert, umm, dialogue and discussion like you and I are having right now. Cuz if you and I …

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Episode 94 – Matt Kwan is a BJJ Black Belt Owner of ON Guard BJJ and Co-Founder of the BJJ Mental Models Podcast 1:42:09

3y ago1:42:09

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Expert: "Do what you believe is right. Stand up for what you believe in. If you see something, you want to questions something and you are not qualified to question it, question it anyways. You know, open discourse and even though we don't have it here in Canada, Freedom of Speech is an important part of Western Civilization." Matt Kwan Matt Kwan i…

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Episode 93 – Saar Markovitch is the lead Instructor at X Fighting in Sydney Australia 1:45:51

3y ago1:45:51

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Excerpt: [on sharing what one of his colleagues told him] "Self Defense deals with the onset of Violence, the beginning of the violent moment. Basically the engagement, the first punch thrown etc... If you are amazing at self-defense maybe you did your 360, maybe you nailed them with a punch, situation over. But, more often than not, that self-defe…

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Episode 92 – Dennis Hill runs a Krav Maga and BJJ gym in Connecticut and holds multiple Black Belts 1:49:15

3y ago1:49:15

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Excerpt: [Krav Maga is]“A Great System for someone to come into and for someone to grow in if they want something that's broad but maybe not too deep. but it's broad, I mean there's a lot you gotta learn and you know you gotta learn your punches, your blocking, your blades, your sticks, your firearms, your grappling but it doesn't run too deeply in…

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Episode 91 – Quinn is a UTKM Green Belt, and is a Mechanical Engineer who has worked on Particle Accelerators and Solar Panels 2:18:00

3y ago2:18:00

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Excerpt: "I think it’s the responsibility of any citizen to be reasonably well informed on most things. You don’t just get to say, well your appeal to authority, oh the experts said this…You should at least be able to inform yourself to say, is that true?" - Quinn Quinn is a UTKM green belt who trained with us for several years, recently he moved t…

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Episode 90 – Nir Maman is a Counter-Terrorist, Policing and Use of Force Expert 2:00:43

3y ago2:00:43

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Nir Maman is a Counter-Terrorist, Policing and Use of Force Expert and founder of CT707 a Global Risk Mitigation, Special Operations, and Training organization. Nir's full background is read during the Intro of this episode which takes some time, as the actual talk starts around the 17-minute mark. Host Jonathan Fader has also had the opportunity t…

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Episode 89 – Nathan is a UTKM Yellow Belt and Baseball Coach 3:14:44

3y ago3:14:44

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Nathan de la Feraude is a UTKM Yellow Belt and Baseball coach. He grew up in Surrey, BC in the once-notorious neighborhood which has since been slightly cleaned up. He went to University in Chicago pursuing his love for Baseball as his goal was to go Pro. Things did not go as planned and he ended up Back in Vancouver where he started at the bottom …

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Episode 88 – Mike Hansen BJJ Black Belt and Owner of Budo Burnaby in BC, Canada 2:32:36

3y ago2:32:36

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Mike Hansen is the Co-founder of Budo Martial Arts in Metro Vancouver and Current Owner of BUDO Burnaby. Mike holds a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, and has trained BJJ and Muay Thai Kickboxing since 2009. He has competed and won a 2014 NAGA Champion and he competes regularly at the IBJJF World Masters and Pans. He has trained with some of the mos…

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Episode 87 – Blogpost series – Doomed to Repeat? 2:32:36

3y ago2:32:36

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This is a Blog post series Episode based on the Series doomed to repeat by UTKM assistant Instructor Petra Foerster. You can listen to Episode 85 if you want to learn more about Petra and her perspective. The purpose of the series was originally to compare Petra's experience growing up in East Germany and the Fall of the USSR and to give you perspe…

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Episode 86 – Ron Engelman is the head Instructor of Krav Maga Israel 2:09:08

3+ y ago2:09:08

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Ron Engelman has been doing Krav Maga since he was a young boy. When he moved to Israel he was fortunate to live near Netanya the proverbial epicenter of Krav Maga. Since then he never looked back eventually becoming both an IDF combat soldier and Krav Maga Instructor. He has been in the military for nearly 20 years and has been teaching Krav Maga …

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Episode 85 – Petra Foerster is a UTKM assistant Instructor and Green Belt, Judo Black Belt, and BJJ Blue Belt 2:04:52

3+ y ago2:04:52

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Petra Foerster was Born and raised in East of Germany, before the fall of the Berlin wall. There she was exposed to communist/socialist authoritarian governments and the tail end of the cold war. She started practicing Judo at the age of 6 practicing for more than 15 years achieving her Brown Belt. In December 2012 she decided to move to Vancouver …

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Episode 84 - Blog Post Series - Tales From... Vol. 1 2:14:07

3+ y ago2:14:07

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This Episode is a Blog post series shares the first in hopefully will be many Volumes in what we like to call "Tales From". These are stories regarding self-defense training, mentality, incidents, situations whether handled well or poorly. The idea of these series is for others to see that Self Defense is complicated and many individuals have possi…

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Episode 83 - Ron Rotem is a Top Israeli Krav Maga Instructor who has intimate knowledge of Krav Maga History, It's approach and Politics 1:37:19

3+ y ago1:37:19

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Exerpt: "Krav Maga builds out of two subjects. Self Defense which is the main subject. And hand-to-hand combat, with time Krav Maga became very very good at the self-defense... but it became, maybe the hand-to-hand combat section was a little bit neglected. But we know self-defense very good." -Ron Rotem Ron is referring Boxing, Kickboxing, wrestli…

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Episode 82 – Gus Bottazzi is a Martial Artist of 30 years specializing in Krav Maga teaching in the NY area 2:00:50

3+ y ago2:00:50

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Gus Bottazzi is a 30 year veteran of the martial arts, holding multiple black belts in Japanese karate (Kenpo) and Israeli Krav Maga, the hand-to-hand combat system of the Israeli Army. Gus has the distinction of training with, promoted to full instructor and black belted by three direct students of Krav Maga’s founder, Imi Lichtenfeld. He is also …

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Episode 81 - Sebastien Lavoie is a retired Divisional Sgt Major of the RCMP, with 20 years experience including Team Leader of BC ERT 3:07:38

3+ y ago3:07:38

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Sebastien Lavoie is a retired Sgt Major in the RCMP. He started his journey with martial arts as a youth, and in early adulthood found his way into the Canadian Armed Forces where he was “squared away”. This then leads him to the RCMP and his Singular goal of getting into the ERT (Emergency Response Team a.k.a. SWAT) which he achieved by spending 1…

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Episode 80 – Blogpost series – Martial Arts and Ego 4:21:32

3+ y ago4:21:32

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This is a blog post series focused on EGO. It is inspired by the three blog posts titled, Martial Arts and Ego – My Martial Art is better than your Martial Art, Martial Arts and Ego – Cobra Kai, and Martial Arts and Ego – The Student, the Instructor, and the Journey. This podcast discusses ego (the self and mental health) in three parts, What is th…

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Episode 79 – Adrian Valman is the head of Global Kapap in the UK 1:58:13

3+ y ago1:58:13

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Adrian Valman is the head instructor and Co-founder of Global Kapap and Kapap/Krav Maga organization based out of the UK with schools in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Dubai. Adrian served in the IDF in the Infantry Regiment Nahal in the 80s where he learned military Krav Maga both in his unit and at the famous Wingate Institue. He h…

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Episode 78 – Ryan Valley is a BJJ Brown Belt under 10th planet black belt Nabil Salameh, Coach, and Magician… 3:03:23

3+ y ago3:03:23

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Ryan Valley aka “Tuna” is a brown belt in BJJ under 10th planet Black Belt Nabil Salameh based out of Titan Training Center in Metro Vancouver. Ryan originally got into BJJ to help him lose weight and help him get over a breakup. A story is common to many it has brought him health and happiness as he now regularly teaches to kids, teens, and adults…

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Episode 77 – Blogpost Series – Krav Maga Styles, A discussion – Military, LE & Security, Civilian 1:29:45

3+ y ago1:29:45

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In this episode Host, Jonathan Fader goes over a series he wrote on the three main approaches/styles to Krav Maga, Military, Police and Security, and Civilian. While we at UTKM believe a good program should start with one and build up to the others, Civilian Application>LE Application>Military Application to properly understand all potential self-d…

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Episode 76 – David Kahn is the head of IKMA North America and Author 1:22:53

3+ y ago1:22:53

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David Kahn is the head of the Israeli Krav Maga Association (IKMA) North America which was originally founded by Modern Krav founder Imi Lichtenfeld and now headed by GM Haim Gideon (This is why now the IKMA is often referred to as the Gideon System). David started his Krav Maga journey in the 90s which found him in Israel training directly with GM…

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Episode 75 – Rory van Vliet is a BJJ Black belt under Rob Biernacki and a corrections officer with a wealth of security experience 2:04:05

3+ y ago2:04:05

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Rory Van Vliet is a BJJ Black belt and instructor under Island Top Team Professor Rob Biernacki (Previously on Episode 47). He can be regularly seen in Bjjconcepts.net online instructional and his BJJ Youtube Channel RVV BJJ. They are known for the Conceptual based approach to teaching rather than just the technical approach a style that is rapidly…

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Episode 74 – Blogpost Series - Are You a Good Training Partner? 1:23:18

3+ y ago1:23:18

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In This Podcast, Host Jonathan Fader goes over a blog post series written by Evan Jex, titled Are you a good Training Partner? Jon adds his commentary to this series on an important topic that is how to train with other people for martial arts. While Martial Arts is inherently individualistic/solo the reality is your progress is often a matter of h…

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Episode 73 – Kip Warner is part of a group suing the BC Government over Covid-19 Policy 3:13:24

3+ y ago3:13:24

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Kip Warner is part of a group called the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy, which has currently filed a class-action lawsuit against the Provincial Government of British Columbia regarding their COVID-19 Policies. Kip has a BSc from UBC in computer sciences with a focus on Artificial intelligence and has even found hi…

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Episode 72- Blogpost Series – Krav Maga Myths and Misconceptions 1:39:47

3+ y ago1:39:47

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Krav Maga Like anything has a lot of misinformation floating around on the internet. Either because people make things up, fail to understand or simply say things because of ego. This episode goes over some myths and misconceptions that our students requested we talk about. There are of course many more but we didn’t have all day… SUPPORT THIS PODC…

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Episode 71 – Ted is a UTKM Yellow Belt, Father, and in general just a guy 2:48:09

3+ y ago2:48:09

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Ted received his UTKM Yellow Belt a short time ago, yet COVID has not stopped his love of learning and growing particularly in the Martial Arts including Krav Maga and now BJJ. He has involved his children in this passion as well as he hopes they gain the skills they need for a happier healthier life. Ted has done a variety of jobs over the years f…

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Episode 70 – Raziel Cohen aka “The Tactical Rabbi” is the Head Instructor at NDF Training specializing in Tactical Firearms Training 1:16:26

3+ y ago1:16:26

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Raziel Cohen of NDF Training originally from California but now residing in NJ is known as the “Tactical Rabbi” as he is a Tactical Firearms Trainer and ordained Rabbi. He gained interest in tactical training and personal self-defense due to issues with break-ins and threats of violence at the family home. He trained hard and consistently gaining t…

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Episode 69 – Blogpost Series – Music a Tool to change mood: A Personal History 1:52:51

3+ y ago1:52:51

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In this Episode host Jonathan Fader goes over a blog post series originally posted in 2017 on Music and Mood relating to his personal story with music, Mood, Depression, and the IDF. Though it was not intended this episode ends up being quite dense as a variety of studies are read to back how various aspects of how mood can measurably or otherwise …

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Episode 68 – Toby Reyes, Martial Artist, Friend and Multi Episode Guest 2:31:58

3+ y ago2:31:58

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Toby Reyes is a lifetime Martial Artist who is an Expert in Arnis and has also focused his training in BJJ and Kickboxing. He was previously on Episode 2 and Episode 42 where you can learn a bit more about his background (These episodes only available on http://www.utkmblog.com). In This Episode, I catch up with Toby and we discuss what’s going on …

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Episode 67 – Blogpost Series – Seek Balance you Must 1:35:53

3+ y ago1:35:53

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In this episode, Jon goes over the blogpost series, “Seek Balance you must” it is a series on balance drawn from the Grey Jedi Code of Star Wars and expands to physical, mental, and family. Balance is something you must seek in all aspects of your life to be happy, healthy and thrive. This is but a tiny spec of what could be covered on this topic b…

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Episode 66 – Marcus Torgerson is an IKMF GIT member and E3 and has been doing martial arts most of his life 2:55:59

3+ y ago2:55:59

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Marcus Torgerson is an IKMF E3, and Global Instructor Team member who has been doing Martial Arts since the age of 10. He completed the IKMF instructors course with Master Avi Moyal in 2005. Marcus combines his real-life experience of working 20+ years in nightclub security with Krav Maga. Because of this experience primarily in Vancouver Canada, h…

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Episode 65 – Blogpost Series – The Four Stages of Self Defense 2:12:38

3+ y ago2:12:38

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In this episode, Jon goes over the blogpost series, “The 4 Stages of Self Defense” it is a series on the basic strategy taught at UTKM when deciding what to do when faced with conflict or violence. The strategy is only one piece of the puzzle and it covers a few other important topics and concepts prior to diving into the main topic. In each stage …

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Episode 64 – Evan Jex is a Kravist, Father, Australian… 3:59:25

3+ y ago3:59:25

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Evan Jex is a Kravist, Father and Australian. He originally started is Krav Maga Journey with KMG in Australia and is a UTKM Yellow Belt. Evan has also on occasion contributed to our blog http://www.utkmblog.com. In this podcast which may or may not be slightly fueled by Japanese Whiskey we discuss Krav Maga, Fatherhood, Martial Arts, Global Affair…

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