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Mind Of The Warrior

SDP 39: You are carrying too much sh*t!!!

Mind Of The Warrior

Dr Mike Simpson

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

4.8900 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Travis Joyner is an Austin PD police officer, Police Academy instructor, BJJ Black Belt, MMA fighter, and Sheepdog Response Instructor.

Tim Kennedy’s legend began at his local Army recruiter’s office on September 12th, 2001. His training to earn his Green Beret was featured in the book “Chosen Soldier.” Kennedy is now a Ranger qualified Special Forces Sniper with deployments in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and multiple other deployments around the world. He is the only soldier to win the grueling 3 day All Army Combatives Tournament three times. Kennedy has a black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Modern Army Combatives. He is also one of the top ranked mixed martial arts fighters in the world, a position he achieved while simultaneously serving his country at the highest levels of special operations. He is currently ranked among the top Middleweights in the UFC. Tim has been featured on many television shows, most recently “Hunting Hitler” on the History Channel

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 with Tim Kennedy on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.

Sheepdog Response: https://sheepdogresponse.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheepdogresponse/

Twitter and instagram: @TimKennedyMMA @DrMikeSimpson

Email: hoplonmedical@gmail.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody welcome back to the sheepdog project. Make sure you go to

0:16.8

sheepdog response.com check out the sheepdog store check out all the upcoming

0:21.5

events that we have possibly near you, possibly not near you, but it really doesn't matter because when it comes to getting this training,

0:28.0

you need to make the effort to take the time off from work to get on a plane and go and get the training. We don't have 50

0:36.0

mobile training teams. We can't be everywhere at once and I get it to I'm you

0:40.1

know what I'm in fact I'm gonna go off on a little tangent here so guys we're

0:45.2

making this as easy for you as we possibly can but when we have people splitting

0:51.3

hairs over the fact that we're teaching a course a whopping two and a half

0:56.4

or three hours away from them and they just can't make it. I'm sorry it's a little

1:02.0

bit hard for me to be sensitive to that.

1:03.7

You don't realize what it's like.

1:05.3

We have instructors all over the country.

1:08.0

We're going by planes, trains, and automobiles

1:11.9

to get to these locations to provide this training.

1:15.4

You know, I can tell you personally flying across the country changing flights three times,

1:20.5

landing in Philadelphia to drive to New Jersey for two hours in the dead of night

1:25.8

to get up the next morning and teach a course. So I'm sorry man but when you guys

1:31.7

are complaining that an hour and a half is just too far for you to drive and you're going to have to wait until we're in your backyard to attend one of our courses that that just doesn't cut the mustard with me man you guys have to make the effort

1:44.8

we're willing to meet you halfway so come on and if you do want us to have training

1:49.0

specifically in your area email us in email us at info at Chief Dog Response.com, and let us know, say, hey, I've got 20 people

1:56.4

at X location, X town, you guys come here and we're all going to be there, we're all going to show up.

2:02.2

If you're willing to make that commitment, you can guarantee us we're all going to be there, we're all going to show up. If you're willing to make that commitment,

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