With the gracious permission of my brothers Owen Schilling and Randel Davis over at The Kung Fu Conversations Podcast, here is a rebroadcast of a conversation I had with Sifu Russ Smith. Sifu Russ expressed an interest in martial arts as a young teenager, and began learning Karate basics with a family friend. It wasn't until Russ was on extended vacation in the Philippines over thirty years ago that he began his formaltraining in Japanese Goju-Ryu under Australian instructor, Sensei Iyan Mackenzie. Russ's desire to continue research on the origins and influences on Goju-Ryu has lead him to also study Fujian and Hakka arts such as Five Ancestor (Ngo Cho Kun / Wuzuquan), White Eyebrow (Pak Mei), and White Crane Boxing styles....Russ's focus is preserving, promoting, and researching the arts of Okinawa, Southern China, Malaysia, and the Philippines at his Burinkan dojo.

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In this week's episode, I have the great fortune to interview martial arts and defensive tactics instructor Alex Jansen, about his journey through the martial arts, the military, and beyond.

Among his many experiences, Alex trained directly under the founder of Systema Kadochnikova and enjoys unique insights into combat readiness.

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In this week's episode we discuss the effect that anxiety, fear, and specifically anger can have on your performance, even in combative situations. This is an expansion and response to our week 5 episode, which generated a lot of feedback.