As promised a while ago, this is the optimistic episode to counter my enduring reputation of being Mr. Doom and Gloom. Enjoy!

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Mary Stevens is a Karate instructor, women's and children's self-defense instructor, and much more. We talked about her work, her writing, how to teach self-defense, and much more.

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Torbjørn Nymark is a martial artist, but also a Compositor and 3D/VFX-Generalist. He works at Storm Studios where they work on many high-profile movies and TV shows: Wakanda Forever, The Old Man, The Last Of Us, several Star Trek series, and much more. We talk about his passion for martial arts and the many projects he worked on professionally
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The show notes are here: https://wimsblog.com/150

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Toby Cowern has an extensive background in military intelligence, survival and preparedness. We discuss geopolitics and how global dynamics impact everyday citizens.
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The show notes are here: https://wimsblog.com/149
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Iain Abernethy is a karate expert who focuses on applying techniques and principles from kata. We talked about our training, how it changed as we got older, and much more.

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Brian Frias is a retired Marine with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, a former LEO, BJJ black belt under Andre Galvao, and a full-time instructor at ShivWorks. We talk about self-defense, training, instructing, and much more.

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We live in extremely polarized times and it can be difficult to avoid being radicalized. In this episode I go over common factors involved in (de)radicalization and how you can avoid it.

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“Super Dan” Anderson is the founder of American Freestyle Karate, multiple times World Champion, prolific author, and much more. We had an excellent conversation and also recorded a bonus part available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/108197249/

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