Tony Blauer has been in the martial arts, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives industry for four decades and is one of the only combatives experts who has successfully affected training in self-defense, combat sports, and military and law enforcement sectors. His research on overcoming fear has influenced over three decades of reality-based martial artists.

In this episode of The Eight Count, Tony opens up about his family’s home invasion that happened right in the thick of his company invasion, and how those two instances transformed his life and gave him a richer appreciation for what he has accomplished.

• Tony Blauer’s Website
• Tony Blauer’s Instagram
• Tony Blauer’s Instagram training page
• Tony Blauer’s Training Calendar
• Tony Blauer’s KNOW FEAR online seminar 
• Tony Blauer’s KNOW FEAR Podcast

Ryan Lee has been an entrepreneur for the last 20 years. He is the creator of Freedym, an online academy that teaches people how to turn their ideas and passions into recurring revenue, and Rewind, energy bars free from gluten, dairy, soy, artificial sweeteners, and added sugar.

Ryan reveals how the passing of someone close to him caught him off guard and knocked him to the canvas for an eight count, but how he got back to his feet and kept on fighting for his family. Ryan shows you that it’s never too late to “rewind” and start again.

• Ryan Lee’s website
• Freedym
• Rewind, The Energy Superbars

Kevin “The Soul Assassin” Ross is an artist and a pioneer in American Muay Thai. Throughout his career, he has won the super-lightweight WBC International title, the welterweight WBC USA National title, the FIDAM welterweight title of Mexico, and the United States Muay Thai Federation welterweight title. He is also the current Bellator Kickboxing featherweight champion.

I am truly honored to have Kevin on this episode of The Eight Count. “The Soul Assassin” unlaces the boxing gloves and touches on a lot of subjects that interest me right now, particularly mindset strategies.

If you’ve been pushing aside the life you want because of fear, Kevin’s “eight count” will make you think twice about giving up, no matter where you are in life.

• Kevin Ross’ website
• Kevin Ross on Instagram
• Kevin Ross on Facebook

Anthony Melchiorri was the executive producer and host of Hotel Impossible on the Travel Channel for an astounding 108 episodes for 9 seasons. And now he is the host of his brand new show on Facebook Live, Instant Turnaround. Discover how Anthony Melchiorri battled through a childhood of hardship to become the global influencer he is today. In business, relationships, and life, you want to have a granite chin because life will test your durability any chance it gets. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. It was great to sit down with Anthony and hear his philosophy on overcoming his eight count.

• Anthony Melchiorri’s website
• Anthony Melchiorri IMDB
• Anthony Melchiorri on Instagram
• Anthony Melchiorri on Facebook

I'm Chris Romulo, a six-time Muay Thai champion turned speaker, coach, and podcaster. On The Eight Count podcast, I explore the championship mindset of entrepreneurs, business owners, and athletes to uncover the tactics they use to beat the count and win at life. In this first episode of The Eight Count, I tell you what you can expect from listening to the podcast and talk about my Eight Count moment.

• Chris Romulo’s website
• Chris Romulo on Instagram
• Chris Romulo on Facebook
• Chris Romulo on LinkedIn