How To Become A "Sheepdog," Grappling With Weapons, Making Yourself Harder To Kill, Are There Fringe Navy SEAL Smart Drugs & Much More With Tim Kennedy.
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🗓️ 12 June 2021
⏱️ 78 minutes
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My wife and I recently immersed ourselves in a three-day close quarter combat and firearm and personal defense training course called "Sheepdog-Response".
We experienced hours upon hours of grappling, close quarter combat, situational awareness, firearm training and much more.
We were feeling a bit sore and beat up at the end, but definitely more prepared for any “curveballs” life may throw at us. I think these types of skills, along with skills such as wilderness survival, plant foraging, hunting, etc. are really good ways to ensure that one is prepared for life in general.
I was so impressed with the course, that I decided to get the founder of Sheepdog, Tim Kennedy, on the podcast to talk about it, and much, much more.
If you haven't heard of Tim, then you definitely need to know about this guy.
Tim is a retired American mixed martial artist and current soldier.
A fighting professional from 2001 until 2016, he has fought in the UFC, Strikeforce, the WEC, ShoMMA, HDNet Fights, and represented the Chicago Red Bears in the IFL.
Kennedy is one of the few fighters to simultaneously serve in the United States Army while also fighting professionally. He also is a television host, producer, and entrepreneur. Tim completed Basic Combat Training, Advanced Individual Training, Airborne School, Special Forces Assessment and Selection and the Special Forces Qualification Course.
In 2007, he completed Ranger School and was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, where he served on an Operational Detachments Alpha. During this time he was also a sniper, sniper instructor, and the principal combatives instructor for C Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group. Kennedy deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom multiple times.
In August 2009, Kennedy transitioned from active duty to the Texas Army National Guard's 19th Special Forces Group and served in the position of Special Forces Weapons Sergeant.
Among Kennedy's multiple awards are the Army's Bronze Star Medal with V device, which was awarded for valor under fire. He is now an active, Ranger qualified, Green Beret, Special Forces Sniper with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as other locations around the globe. He was host of the History Channel television series Hunting Hitler which explores alternative theories about Adolf Hitler's death.
He also hosted the show on Discovery Channel Hard to Kill, which he attempted to explore a day in the life of the world's most dangerous occupations. He produced the TV documentary Not a War Story in 2017 and helped co-produce Warriors in 2014, and also produced and hosted Iron Dragon TV. He’s made appearances on Deadliest Warrior and The Ultimate Soldier Challenge.
During our discussion, you'll discover:
-The inspiration behind Sheepdog Response training...12:40
-What to expect in the Sheepdog training course...23:35
-What a Sheepdog trained person might carry on them in public...28:45
-The importance of jiu jitsu in combat training...38:15-How real world experience makes Sheepdog training legit...43:55
-How Sheepdog Response vets attendees for the program...48:40
-Real life examples of Sheepdog attendees using their training...54:35
-Fringe smart drugs, supplements and secrets of the Sheepdog Response team...1:01:15
-The most dangerous and impressive occupation in filming "Hard To Kill"...1:07:10
-And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | And we're sitting here watching these things happen frustrated. |
| 0:08.3 | Like why can't one of us be sitting in the movie theater when some prick walks in and starts mowing people down? |
| 0:14.2 | Tens of thousands of people like you that have situational awareness. |
| 0:17.8 | Their eyes up with a weapon knowing that my family and those around me are going to be safe and protected because I'm here. |
| 0:23.6 | Think about that for a second. I get to make you do whatever I want you to do and you don't get a say in it. |
| 0:30.5 | Health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and much more. |
| 0:41.3 | My name is Ben Greenfield. Welcome to the show. |
| 0:45.0 | All right folks, I got a pretty cool dude on the show today. His name is Tim Kennedy and he is definitely a unicorn. |
| 1:03.1 | You're going to learn more as we get into this show and right up the alley of this show. |
| 1:07.7 | I actually mentioned towards the end of the show, but I'll tell you right now there is this new, |
| 1:11.8 | it's like a documentary series. It's called Endgame and this podcast that you're about to hear is all about preparedness. |
| 1:19.9 | Not for necessarily a coming great reset or economic collapse, but more just like what to do if somebody pulls out a gun at Walmart or a texture loves one or if the alarm goes off in your house at night and you're not sure what to do or how to grapple effectively when someone has a weapon. |
| 1:37.2 | It's actually a really, really practical chat we have as is the sheep dog course that Tim Kennedy puts on, but this other thing is documentary. |
| 1:45.3 | I mean, it's everything from how to invest in the stock market right now on hedging with gold and silver and crypto and real estate to home remedies that you should have available on hand from professional herbalists to how to set up your home for fuel and heat and power to homeschooling. |
| 2:04.2 | Yeah, I'm on the documentary. I talk about unschooling and preparing your kids to be more creative thinking independent, resilient, you know, stress proof thinkers of the future. |
| 2:14.3 | It's actually a really, really cool series and I wanted to tell you about it because if you dig today's episode, you'll dig this series. |
| 2:21.8 | It just came out at least at the time I'm putting this out. I actually just got through all the audio's myself. |
| 2:27.7 | I tend to access documentaries like this and then I buy them and download the audios or download the videos. |
| 2:36.2 | Then I convert them to audio. I have this little app called YouTube to MP3. So I'll convert it to audio and just like listen to it while I'm walking and stuff. |
| 2:43.0 | But this one's called end game, the coming collapse and how to survive it. You got a band green filled fitness.com slash end game. |
| 2:49.1 | If you want to access all those videos and download them or watch them, I think it's one of those things where it's free to watch them all. But then if you want to buy it and download it and have access to it forever, you pay to get them. |
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