On this weeks episode:

• Tom discusses joining the Army Reserves
• Tom covers getting his Senior Black (Red Belt) Instructor Belt in Rapid Arnis
• Jim talks of the success of his Boxers

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In March 2018 after some traumatic events our host Jim McCann was a recluse for a month, attempting to drink himself into an early grave.  In our 20th episode he shared in candid detail with our listeners how suicidal thoughts and depression have dogged him his whole life.  After this period Jim was diagnosed with type-one Bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression).   In this weeks show Jim reflects on that period and the steps he is taken since.

This show is dedicated to Sifu Keith Allan RIP.

If you are affected by the issues discussed in this show, do not suffer in silence, please contact mental health professionals / helplines etc

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The Primal Radio Podcast interviews Be Military Fit coaches Stuart Clark & Jeremy Bearder.  Stuart is General Manager for East and South East London, whilst Jeremy (Jel) is Lead Instructor for the region with an 11 year tenure; both hold numerous industry / academic fitness qualifications. 

Be Military Fit, or BMF, is a private company which runs outdoor group fitness classes in 140 public parks and outdoor spaces across the United Kingdom. The classes are led by former or serving members of the British Armed Forces with recognised fitness training qualifications.
BMF was founded in 1999 as British Military Fitness and pioneered the concept of group classes for outdoor fitness in the United Kingdom.  In September 2018 it was purchased by NM Capital and Bear Grylls Ventures and re-branded as Be Military Fit.  It is the largest outdoor fitness company in Europe.

For more intel hit https://www.bemilitaryfit.com

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The Primal Radio Podcast interviews Lillebjörn Rugstad who is a Norwegian Silat Instructor based in Sweden.  In addition to Kuntao and Buahpukul he trains pure knife fighting, with force on force exercises and sparring against singular and multiple opponents.

https://www.facebook.com/lillebjorn.rugstadhttps://www.facebook.com/Kuntao.nu/

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The Primal Radio Podcast interviews Art Cason currently the General Manager of one of the world’s best shooting ranges, Royal Range in Nashville, Tennessee.  Art is a former law enforcement officer with experience as a patrol officer, investigator, chief deputy, chief of police, and swat team commander.  He is a certified instructor in the fields of canine (K9) training, special weapons and tactics (SWAT), firearms, high risk entry, defensive tactics, and less lethal techniques.  He is a veteran of the U.S. Army infantry and has experience in overseas private military contracting (PMC) with the Dept. of State and the Dept. of Defense in the areas of tactical instruction, firearms, personal security details, force protection and patrol explosive/narcotic detector dog teams.  Art is a lifelong student of the martial arts, with a background in Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and Chinese boxing.  He has done security work in both the private and government sector.·       https://www.royalrangeusa.com/what-we-do ·       https://www.royalrangeusa.com/art·       https://www.facebook.com/art.cason.7

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Primal Radio's world famous Boxing Pundit Andy Watts AKA "Doc Watson" provides his regular Boxing Update.  Topics discussed on this show:

• Lobov v Malignaggi
• Andy Ruiz beats Joshua - Joshua triggers immediate rematch clause. Smart or bad move?
• Wilder looks to rematch Ortiz in the Fall
• Fury v Wilder in first Quarter of 2020?
• Golvkin back with a 4th round KO
• What next for Canelo?
• Katie Taylor v Delfine Person
• Primal Gym's Shinard "Scraap" Showtime Bunch wins Second professional fight with second round KO

Apologies there is some static noise on this weeks show.

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John "Pit Master" Hackleman created THE PIT Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in 1985 in Woodland Hills, California.  John is known by most as the trainer of UFC Hall of Famer and former Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell, and his appearances on The Ultimate Fighter TV show.  Currently the Pit Master is known for training UFC fighters Glover Teixeira, Court McGee, and Ramsey Nijem.  As a native Hawaiian, John’s base system is Hawaiian Kempo and includes aspects of Boxing, Kickboxing, Jujitsu, submission grappling, and wrestling skills with a mind-set of "use what works, get rid of what doesn't."

More links to content on The Pit / Pit Master:
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePitOnlineDojohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pit_(mixed_martial_arts)https://john-hackleman.mykajabi.com/blog/https://twitter.com/pit_master?lang=enhttps://academyselfdefense.com/programs/pitmma/https://www.facebook.com/ThePitMaster

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Primal Radio (the fight Podcast) interviews UFC prospect Sidney Outlaw (record 13-3-0) who is a Professional MMA Fighter out of Telford, Pennsylvania.  He is ranked #1st of 1449 Professional Mens Lightweights in the USA (and also ranked 4th at Welterweight).

https://www.ufc.com/athlete/sidney-outlaw

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Tom McGrath meets with Hock Hochheim (also interviewed in Primal Radio show 12) in Antwerp, Belgium where he was hosted by Sven De Doncker delivering his Force Necessary courses to civilians and law enforcement.

W. Hock Hochheim is a former military police patrolman and investigator, a former Texas patrol officer and detective, and former private investigator. During his career, spanning three decades he worked in “line operations” only, and he’s investigated more than 1,000 crimes and arrested nearly as many suspects. He has graduated from numerous, national Assault and Violent Death police schools and street survival courses. He also organized protection and security for famous authors, politicians, musicians, TV and movie stars. Over the last 40 years Hock has studied martial arts and hand, stick, knife and gun combatives, earning numerous black belts in multiple systems.  He now works as an Author (of self defence, western and biographical material) and travels the world delivering his "Force Necessary" combative courses both in the US and 13 allied countries.

Topics include:

• Hock's courses & combatives material
• Hock's Audience
• Hock's thoughts on how policing has changed
• Donald Trump
• Hock's autobiographical memoir books "Don't even think about it" and "Dead right there"

Find out more at http://www.forcenecessary.com

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Primal Radio is proud to interview Master Wong 'Wing Chun Master' who talks about his troubled youth, the KT3 system, his martial arts journey and what the future holds for him. 

Master Wong is one of the worlds most recognised Martial Artists with 2.4m subscribers on his youtube channel (and a great deal more viewers).  His authentic, aggressive, yet humorous style are renowned in martial arts circles; Jim and Tom attempt to get to know the man behind the videos!

Links to more Master Wong content:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2NH07Y5tx_PQvqaQGzxKxQhttps://masterwongsystem.comhttps://www.masterwong.tv/home27124386https://twitter.com/masterwongtv?lang=en

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