Ignite Your Life

In this pod, Dr. Piering talks with Jeremy Lesniak, a martial artist who is the host of the only weekly martial arts podcast focused on traditional martial arts, whistlekick Martial Arts Radio.

In this episode, Dr. Piering talks to Sgt. Christopher McGinis

This week Dr. Piering talks with Master Duke Lee, owner of J.K. Lee's in Germantown, Wisconsin. Born in Korea, Duke immigrated to America and starting Martial Arts and J.K. Lee's when he was 17. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee then decided to pursue teaching martial arts as a career. Since then he has never looked back. Duke has competed in many tournaments, coached many top tier athletes, and is a referee for the Hanmadang, an international taekwondo tournament.

Jordan Niebrugge is a professional golfer who most recently competed in the US Open. As an Amateur Jordan has quite a few wins under his belt. In 2010 he won the W Duncan MacMillan Classic. In 2013 he won the Wisconsin Match Play Championship, US Amateur Public Links, Wisconsin State Amateur and Western Amateur. IN 2014 he won The Amer Ari Invitation and in 2015 the NCAA New Haven Regional.

During this episode, Dr. Piering and Jordan Neibrugge really break down what it means to focus. When performing at a high level focus becomes a habit. High level performers are able to ignore distractions and, if concenentration is broken, refocus despite distractions still going on around them.

This week Dr. Piering is interviewing Jason Russell, a top athlete who competes in the world of sky diving. Jason Russell is a world record holder and a newly crowned Vertical Formation Skydiving World Champion with his SDC Core teammates, one of whom is his wife. Early in his career, he left motocross racing to compete in skydiving and now has made more than 14,000 jumps. Together Dr. Piering and Jason Russell will explore the mental attributes that are needed to become a top performer in skydiving and how those attributes transfer over into everyday life.

This week Dr. Piering is interviewing Jason Russell, a top athlete who competes in the world of sky diving. Jason Russell is a world record holder and a newly crowned Vertical Formation Skydiving World Champion with his SDC Core teammates, one of whom is his wife. Early in his career, he left motocross racing to compete in skydiving and now has made more than 14,000 jumps. Together Dr. Piering and Jason Russell will explore the mental attributes that are needed to become a top performer in skydiving and how those attributes transfer over into everyday life.

This week Dr. Piering interviews Professor Brannon Beliso of One Martial Arts.

Professor Beliso comes from a family of martial artists. His father taught martial arts and he has followed in his father’s footsetps teaching kenpo karate. As an 8th degree black belt Professor Beliso has studied Kenpo Karate for over forty five years. He also has training in Kung Fu, Juijitsu, Arnis, Boxing, and Kickboxing.

One Martial Arts has two locations - one in San Francisco, CA and the other in Millbrae, CA. These schools are committed to helping every one of their students live their best life.

In this episode, Dr. Piering flips the script a bit and takes interview questions from Sophie, a high school student, and her peers.

In this episode of Ignite Your Life, Peder talks to Dave Young, former Marine and Director and Founder of Vistelar, a training company dedicated to addressing the spectrum of human conflict, where he is the master instructor for physical alternatives (as opposed to non/de-escalation).

During the episode, Peder leans on Dave's experience to talk about such concepts as performing under pressure to draw out valuable life lessons that athletes and everyday citizens can use to improve their lives.

In this week’s Ignite Your Life, Dr. Piering talks with Christine Lee. Christine has been training in Taekwondo at the age of 5 and has been involved in Martial Arts ever since, opening JK Lee Waukesha location in 1998. She leads the JK Lee Demonstration team which participates in events across the state and coordinates charitable events to raise money for great causes such as cancer research. In this episode, Dr. Piering talks specifically about leadership with Ms. Lee, drawing on her incredible experience & expertise.