MOTW #142: Jeff Gonzales, retired Navy SEAL

Mind Of The Warrior

Dr Mike Simpson

Mma, Philosophy, Combat, Self-improvement, Education, Nutrition, Mixedmartialarts, Military, Fitness, Health, Society & Culture, Medicine

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

US Navy SEAL Jeff L. Gonzales is a nationally recognized weapons and tactics instructor. He serves as president of Trident Concepts, LLC and director of training for The Range at Austin.

Jeff’s background comes from Naval Special Warfare; where he served as a decorated and respected operator and instructor. Participating in numerous combat operations throughout the globe, his duties involved a wide variety of operational and instructional assignments on both the East and West coasts.

Instagram: @jl_gonzales

Website: https://tridentconcepts.com

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Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician.

Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.

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0:50.0	listener in studio with me today returning to the podcast literally fresh off the mats he just
0:56.8	left sheepdog Jiu-Jitsu Jeff Gonzales brother that's for reading back on.
1:02.4	Thank you very much I'm so happy to be here.
1:04.1	How was training today?
1:05.7	Oh, the typical Smash, the typical Humble Fest.
1:08.1	Yeah, no, it was good. It was really good.
1:09.9	You know, the Fridays, you know, the Veterans Heroes Jiu-igitsu that they have going on is always it's always
1:16.2	a joy to be there and see all the other people I actually really the way that I look forward to the end of my week is that, you know, that hour, hour and a half on the mats with the guys. So that's kind of fun. Yeah, yeah, it's a good time for sure.
1:31.2	Yeah, it always seems to stack up for me.
1:33.4	I've been to that Veterans Jiu-Jitsu in Cedar Park once
1:37.7	and for some reason, one reason or another,
1:39.9	like last night it was, I was on the road.
1:41.8	I had another. I told you before we
1:43.6	before we started recording I told Jeff my nightmare story about some recent air
1:48.1	travel. Last night wasn't as bad oh but I did have a delay and I ended up landing in Austin after midnight.
1:55.0	So getting home late.
1:57.0	It's just a pain in the ass.
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