SDP Episode 17: Traveling abroad without getting killed

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

🗓️ 31 July 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Tim and Doc Talk about how you can safely travel abroad without ending up dead or kidnapped.

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.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome to the sheepdog project.
0:12.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to the Sheep Dog Project.
0:18.0	Doc coming at you from our palatial new studios, our new digs. Tim, what are you thinking about our new digs?
0:20.0	I like it too. I'm very comfortable here.
0:22.0	Northwest Austin, not having to deal with a two-year-old or teenagers knocking on doors.
0:30.0	Surrounded, I do miss one of the advantages about being in the home studio is in every in every direction
0:38.8	Weapons weapons of every kind you know it's like do you want like, do you want a spear? Do you want a spear, Mike?
0:44.0	Sometimes. Always. Do you want a tomahawk?
0:47.0	Typically, yeah. Okay, you want a 301 mag, you want a 330 mag, you want 38 at the pool, you want to go to 308.
0:52.0	Boarding cutlass.
0:52.8	Got it all.
0:53.4	Yeah, whatever you want.
0:54.2	With in hands reach.
0:55.8	But I have the NCO sword that we have for weddings,
0:59.3	you know, and they're supposed to be like ceremonial. So they're like designed not to be like ceremonial so they're like designed not to be super sharp do you think
1:06.7	mine is I'm thinking yours does not fit that no my mine is mine is is razor sharp like one time I was putting it back in the scabbard and this is probably why they intend them to be dull.
1:18.6	And I slit my hand open.
1:21.0	Whoops, see.
1:22.0	Yeah, and you're supposed to tap the bride on the butt as she goes by, you know?
1:25.0	Not a good idea with yours.
1:26.0	Not with my sword.
1:27.0	No, she would lose.
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