The thestagroom's Podcast

Roli Delgado is an MMA fighter and BJJ Black belt who has fought in the UFC and Bellator, among other promotions. He was also a cast member on SpikeTV's "The Ultimate Fighter" in 2008, and currently is co-owner of Westside MMA in Little Rock, AR where he coaches many competitive athletes, to include current UFC fighters Bryce Mitchell and TJ Brown.

Roli is also a multi-talented businessman, a father, and a student of life in general, so our discussion, while heavily weighted towards training in the martial arts, also touches on various lessons and thoughts that can be pulled from a life spent in pursuit of excellence in multiple venues.

Second section of our episode where we sit down with Emile Phaneuf for a discussion that covers a few economics topics, some current events, BJJ/MMA ideas, leadership topics, and a smattering of skydiving and bungee jumping stories from New Zealand!

In part two of our introductory episode, we discuss the "Hero" and "Sage" archetypes, as we intend to define and discuss them. The idea of the “Sage” is that knowledge is important in certain ways, but ultimately it is the ability to make wise use of what we know that is actually desired when pursuing meaning.

The “hero” archetype encapsulates and permeates the entire life project of reaching for and creating a meaningful life; it relates to the ways in which we face our finite time in life. It speaks to what we do with the question “How to face death”? Time is our most precious resource, and facing our demise, and that of the ones we love, gives rise to all sorts of psychological difficulties. How to deal with this?

Second section of our conversation with Lt. Col. Beau Stricklin, where we touch on Military Leadership, fun stories and lessons from Basic training, mentoring youth who have gotten in trouble with the law, and other general life topics.

Introducing the first two archetypes (Warrior & Poet), along with a cursory definition a couple of initial ideas related to each.

In this episode we sit down with Emile Phaneuf for a discussion that covers a few economics topics, some current events, BJJ/MMA ideas, leadership topics, and a smattering of skydiving and bungee jumping stories from New Zealand!

In this episode, we talk with the current Director of Combatives at West Point, former Army Ranger and founder of the Modern Army Combatives Program, Matt Larsen. We discuss unique benefits and challenges of martial arts training, specifically related to implementing Combatives programs on a large scale, and, since Matt is currently working on his PhD in Psychology, we also cover a number of areas related to this field, ranging from the psychomotor learning process to population dynamics to mate selection strategies and how they relate to conflict.