In this episode we have invited our friend and amateur MMA fighter Lee McLoughlin to talk about damage in combat sports. How much is worth taking, and what steps we should be taking to make sure our training is safe.

In this episode we go into a longer format again for a fantastic conversation with Daniel Victor Bourne. Dan is a head MMA coach at Exile MMA Southampton and a lifelong martial artist. Trained in Muay Thai, Sanda, and Submission Grappling, Dan has an...

In this episode, we explore why we pursue fighting on a deeper level. What is the purpose of training combat sports? Why do we subject ourselves to the difficulties of fight training? These are the questions we try to answer in Episode 8.

In this episode, we talk about what it means to call a physical confrontation (mainly in sport) a fight.

In this episode, we feature a very special guest, Aleks' coach Jack Grattan from Grand Union Ju-Jitsu. Jack is a BJJ black belt under Cesar Lima, who started his branch of Grand Union Ju-Jitsu in Elephant and Castle just over a year ago. This is a...

In this episode, we talk about how martial arts training affects us as a person and the positive impacts it has on our everyday lives.

In this episode, we look at the strange dichotomy present in the sport of fighting where people love it but also hate it at the same time. We try to figure out the reasons why on the one hand so many people watch fight sports like MMA and Boxing, but on...

Stoicism in the cage

Does an MMA coach need fight experience to produce successful fighters?