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🗓️ 13 July 2022
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Marcus Torgerson is a certified Level 3 Expert instructor in Krav Maga, and travels the world teaching self-defense training as the only non-Israeli on the International Krav Maga Federation instructors team.
With more than four decades of martial arts experience, Marcus has received international recognition and was recently featured in Clint Emerson’s book 100 Deadly Skills: Combat Edition. He is currently working on a memoir titled Nightmare for Bad Guys. To learn more about Marcus Torgerson visit his website at marcustorgerson.com. You can follow him on social media @marcustorgerson.
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0:00.0 | This is The Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books of me, Jack Cawr. |
0:17.3 | Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, Niantl Adder Regional, presented by Navy Federal Credit |
0:21.6 | Union. |
0:22.6 | My guest today, Marcus Torgerson, world-renowned expert in the martial art, Krav Maga. |
0:28.8 | We got to talk about his time in Israel traveling around the world, teaching and teaching |
0:33.7 | instructors, and the obstacles he has overcome in his life. |
0:37.4 | I was really looking forward to this conversation. |
0:40.0 | So now, without further ado, Marcus Torgerson. |
0:44.1 | Well, I mean, we linked up early on, on social media. |
0:51.0 | It was, you know, I had like two followers and no book. |
0:55.0 | I don't think the book even- |
0:56.0 | I don't even know if the first book could even come out, but we linked up. |
1:02.2 | I knew of you right away. |
1:03.2 | I don't know if it's algorithm-wise or seeing you with the skill set guys, or we have mutual |
1:07.6 | friends and mutual interests and overlapping interests and acquaintances and friends and all |
1:15.1 | that sort of a thing. |
1:16.1 | So, we became aware of each other early, like really early on. |
1:19.3 | Yeah, sure. |
1:20.3 | We wanted to figure out the social media stuff, like kind of wading into it, you know, because |
1:24.1 | it was very odd for me to start sharing things, you know, and it's still a little bit odd |
1:33.3 | because you put yourself out there and people you don't know can just shoot arrows at you. |
1:38.7 | Also, it's like a strange thing. |
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