Erik Paulson & Don Garon join us to discuss some current news, old stories, and a bit of curriculum design.

We're back for the first podcast of 2018 with Coach Erik Paulson. We discuss the BJJ program, upcoming events, & the CSW Association.

Latest news from CSW Pro Fight Team Head Coach Ben Jones!

Erik's calling to teach martial arts and Guro Inosanto's advice to him about his future.

Changing lives & teaching kids.

Training law enforcement & military.

Breaking down & simplifying curriculum.

Transitioning from being a fighter to a coach.

Early days with Dan Inosanto, Erik Paulson, Greg Nelson

Neuroplasticity

Paul McCarthy's Ted Talk - Cognitive Kali - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf8xbFo0MpM

Modifying your training when getting older

Rick Faye's curriculum structure

Being secure as an instructor

Introducing non grapplers to grappling

Hiring a business manager

Maintaining your facility

Focusing on business procedures

Focusing on your students

Class structure

Starting and ending on time

Minnesota Kali Group: http://mnkali.com

Sifu / Guro LaVonne Martin has been in martial arts for 38 years training with some of the top instructors around the world. She is one a handful of women to attain FULL INSTRUCTORSHIP in Jun Fan /Jeet Kune Do and the Filipino Martial Arts under Dan Inosanto, the late Bruce Lee protégé.

Guro Rick Young from Edinburgh, Scotland joins us to share some of his story and training advice.

Sifu Francis Fong shares some details of his 2016 UK tour, filling in for Guro Dan Inosanto on Sharky's Machine for a fight scene with Burt Reynolds, Cross Training, Developing an Acceptance mindset.

Iris Matthews is the program director for Atalanta Martial Arts Center in Woodstock, GA. She oversees operations at the school and teaches the women's Jiu-Jitsu class.

Australian Tour Review

How do you evaluate candidates for the fight team?

Cornering Fighters, Mean Muggin' vs. Being Nice, Three uses of the word dude, T.R.I.G. (Technique, Repetition, Isolation, Grappling), Not tapping back in the day, Jiu-Jitsu's Self-Defense Roots, Tar Tactics, One second choke out, Party Extraction Techniques, Coach Development.