ROTSB #40 ALEX SCOTT - The first Combat Room black belt

Alex has over 20 years experience as an international level athlete, representing NZ at both Commonwealth and World Championships in Fencing and then going on to represent NZ at multiple World Championships in BJJ and competing on professional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu events like Boa Super 8.

He is a 3rd degree black belt under Vânderson Pires.

Alex has experienced the benefits of Jiu-Jitsu not only from a competitive sports aspect but also from a health and wellness perspective. Alex successfully recovered from a serious injury which marked the change in his path from fencing to Jiu-Jitsu. This taught Alex the importance of a daily physical and mental practice to develop a positive mindset in order to achieve your goals and enjoy life to it's fullest.

Alex also has a diploma in Exercise Science from Massey University and a Diploma in Adult Education from Te Wanaga o Aotearoa. He was manager for the Wellington branch of The New Zealand Sports Academy; teaching the Certificate in Sports Leadership course before moving to Sydney and opening Combat Room BJJ Sydney with his wife and business partner Anna Fitzgerald.

They decided to close the gym during the Covid lockdowns and are now working on a new project called Free Range BJJ.

In this third season of #ROTSB podcast I had an awesome conversation with John Pengelly. John holds 2X the world record of spearfishing and survive a shark attack. John took two special fish from the waters of French Polysnesia Fish (Wahoo and Dogtooth Tuna). John also shared his personal stories about his mindset and mental health. John is a BJJ practitioner at Combat Room Jiu Jitsu, Wellington.   

The Rise Of The Super Being Podcast. 

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World Champion Jimmy Pedro is one of the most decorated judo players in American history. 

Jimmy is world renowned for his judo expertise, coaching ability, and training methods.  

As a world renowned coach, his success at the 2012 & 2016 Olympic Games led to the victories of Kayla Harrison earning back-to-back gold medals and Travis Stevens earning a silver medal in 2016.  

Jimmy currently owns and operates Pedro’s Judo Center in Wakefield, MA as well as President of FUJI Mats & Vice President of Hatashita / FUJI Sports.   

https://www.jimmypedro.com/

ROTSB #37 - Todd Fox PROTECTION FOR & FROM HUMANITY

The Rise Of The Super Being Podcast. 

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Vanderson Pires.  

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In this episode of the #ROTSB podcast I interviewed Todd Fox. Todd is the author of 'Protection for & from Humanity', and is the director of Tour Protection. His clients have included Madonna, Brad Pitt, TOOL, Eagles and Coldplay. Todd is a BJJ 3rd degree black belt and trained in the US military.   http://www.toddafox.com 

http://www.tourprotection.com   

Producer:  Sam Buys

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Dale is a brown belt at Combat Room, Wellington. He started training BJJ in his 50s as a hobby to share with his stepson. He currently works at the Wellington Hospital as an orderly trainer. He coaches the fundamentals class twice per week and is a great inspiration for all of us at Combat Room. We discuss his BJJ journey, goals and achievements so far.

The Rise Of The Super Being Podcast. 

#ROTSB with Vanderson Pires.  www.combatroom.co.nz  www.vandersonpires.co.nz

Currently 12 percent of people in New Zealand are aged 65 and over, but by 2051 older people will comprise 25 percent of the population. In this episode of the #ROTSB Podcast I have a lovely conversation with Stephanie Clare from Age Concern New Zealand. Stephanie is a nurse and the chief executive of the charity which promotes the rights, wellbeing and quality of life for older people in Wellington. We also discuss the movie The Father and how it captures the experiences and challenges of ageing. (https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/thefather)  Age concern website: https://www.acwellington.org.nz/

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ROTSB# 34 with Joel Bouzaid  -  Joel uses a combination of positive psychology, neuroscience, NLP, emotional intelligence & accelerated learning.  Joel draws on his experience as a business owner in the Health industry and an International Operations Manager in Australia & Italy for 10yrs. As well as just generally walking the ‘leadership’ talk for over 15 years. Joel is a Husband, Father and adventure lover. https://www.joelbouzaid.com/

The Rise Of The Super Being Podcast. 

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with Vanderson Pires.  

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Shelley is an International Speaker and Functional Nutritionist specialising in managing burnout, anxiety, obesity and chronic illness.  She is a Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP), a Certified Gluten Practitioner and a Certified Restorative Wellness Practitioner. This enables her to specialise in functional laboratory testing to provide further insight and information to her clients.    She draws on her life journey and shares her personal near-death health story going from an over achieving work-a-holic to having a physiological body breakdown that left her almost bedridden for two years. She was told by countless medical practitioners that she was going to die. This led her to dive deep into Functional Nutrition and rebuilding her body.     Shelley divides her time between seeing clients 1-1 at her own private clinic, running her online programs, speaking, facilitating workshops to Corporates in Aotearoa/New Zealand and overseas.  https://shelleygawith.com/

The Rise Of The Super Being Podcast. 

#ROTSB with Vanderson Pires.  

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www.vandersonpires.co.nz  

Susan Barker works at Women’s Refuge for over three years, as the lead of our Fundraising and Communications Team. Before Susan was a free-lance journalist and worked in environmental non-profits. She grew up in the United States, in a rural part of Virginia and attended university at George Mason University just outside of Washington DC. Susan have 3 sons and have lived in New Zealand and Australia for the past 14 years.  "I am passionate about helping women and children who are experiencing family violence."  

www.womensrefuge.org.nz/  Womens Refuge 0800 733 843

Miranda is Canadian, a purple belt that trains at Combat Room, and an amateur comedian. She performs stand up regularly in Wellington and has recently been nominated for the Wellington Comedy Awards Best MC and Best Up & Comer. She talks about how jiu jitsu prepared her for doing stand up and what it's like to be a woman that trains jiu jitsu.

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