Cage Side Convos

Bobby King is a professional mixed martial artist, coach, and owner of KOA Kingdom in Layton, Utah. In Episode 45 Bobby shares with us his childhood and what brought him to martial arts in the first place. He details his journey from fighting to becoming an actual martial artist, how he came to find deeper meaning and purpose in the martial arts community, and very specifically what the Bang Muay Thai system and studying under Sensei Duane Ludwig has brought to his life. 

In Episode 48 we dive deep into depression, anxiety, anger, all the darker sides of life. We dissect our coping mechanisms, talk the exploration of past traumas. We break down some actionable ways we can approach friends and family when we think they may be suffering in silence. 

It's important to take care of our minds and bodies, to watch what we eat, how we speak, our daily actions. But what role does vice play in being an overall virtuous person, and is it actually necessary? In Episode 47 we look at what we can learn about ourselves through our vices and how we can actually practice self discipline with the occasional indulgence of vice. We also delineate between vice and addiction and discuss actionable ways we can prevent the former from becoming the latter. 

Language has evolved as the means to communicate ideas simply and effectively. But it can also be used to establish power, culture, personal history and identity, and so much more. In Episode 46 we examine the significant power that language holds, diving down the rabbit hole of everything language can be literally and figuratively. As always, we throw in some actionable steps we can follow to utilize our language to enhance our daily lives and sense of purpose. 

In what ironically became one of our longer episodes, Episode 44 focuses on the importance of silence. Not only in taking quiet time for ourselves, but understanding that silence in a relationship isn't always a negative thing. We also break down some actionable steps that we can use to make the most of our quiet time, and how we can quiet the noise in our minds to find some tranquility in our daily lives. 

Curtis Mosely served in the US Army for over twenty years, a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Flavio Behring, owner of Behring Jiu Jitsu in Watertown, NY, and an all around tremendous human being. In Episode 43 we sit down and chat with Curtis as he shares with us his experiences in life, how the army and jiu jitsu have helped him find community oriented purpose in life, and how he deals with the highs and lows of life. 

Plateaus are hard to deal with and oftentimes lead to us shifting focus or outright quitting the pursuit of our goals. In Episode 42 we discuss different things to look for to reassure ourselves we are actually progressing even if it doesn't seem like it at the time. We also break down some actionable steps to get us through this stagnant seasons.