SDP Episode 28: Does size matter?
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2018
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Tim and Doc talk about size and strength versus technique as they relate to martial arts.
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 Sheep Dog Project. |
| 0:12.6 | This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Apgard. |
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| 0:19.7 | that has been undefeated by any type of malware. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm not even undefeated. |
| 0:25.2 | No, Tim's not undefeated. |
| 0:26.5 | Who do you know that's undefeated? |
| 0:27.6 | We're John Jones. |
| 0:29.5 | Well, undefeated by opponents, not undefeated by So let's say let's let's if if app guard were John Jones it was John Jones who had passed every |
| 0:47.2 | year analysis and who had an immaculate driving record that would be app guard. |
| 0:51.3 | Okay that's a pretty fearsome opponent that's a fearsome opponent well |
| 0:55.6 | who would that be in a gunfight would that be like Wyatt Erp? I guess yeah I mean |
| 1:00.6 | Wyatt Erp was undefeated you know he died in his bed so it would be, Wyatt Erp was undefeated, you know, he died in his bed. |
| 1:03.6 | So it would be like Wyatt Erp. |
| 1:04.7 | Being a gunfighter that dies of old age in your bed. |
| 1:07.2 | Yeah, they don't check gunfighters for PEDs though. |
| 1:10.0 | No. And I don't know if you ever shot anybody in the back. |
| 1:12.0 | I don't know. I like to think he didn't. |
| 1:13.3 | What PDs did you have in like the 1800s? |
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