We discussed travel safety and security in the group and I wanted to share some thoughts from the members while also adding my own. Enjoy! All the links mentioned in this episode: https://wimsblog.com/92

I had the pleasure of interviewing Kelly Sayre about her book "Sharp Women: Embrace Your Intuition, Build Your Situational Awareness, and Live Life Unafraid", women's self-defense, and much more. Enjoy!

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A video of a young woman getting knocked out when play sparring triggered this episode.

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I asked for some questions from my FB group members and here are my answers. Always fun to do these kinds of episodes. Enjoy!

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There was a video of a street fight gone wrong in the Facebook group, illustrating how "small" details like clothing can make all the difference in you coming out in one piece or getting knocked out. I talk a bit about this topic in this episode.

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It was a long time in the making, but I had a blast interviewing Dr. Mark Cheng. We talked about conditioning, rehab, injury prevention, martial arts, self-defense, and a bunch of other topics. Enjoy! All the links mentioned in this episode: https://wimsblog.com/87

Brian posted an excellent question in our Facebook group: "With no explanation, what are some truisms you've learned in your martial arts career?" We got a bunch of great answers and in today's episode, I share my own and expand upon it a bit.

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I recently turned fifty, so in this episode, I look back at a life of training in martial arts and self-defense. As well as teaching writing, and so on, and some thoughts on the future.

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It's time for my birthday thing again. If you were thinking about getting my books or videos, the next 24 hours is a good time to do so. The e-books: https://www.amazon.com/Wim-Demeere/e/B001K7XDQU/ The streaming videos: https://vimeo.com/wimdemeere/vod_pages

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The Will Smith slapping Chris rock incident got a lot of people talking and all too often not in a principled way. We discussed this in the Facebook group first and here are my thoughts on the matter.

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