Season 5
A Constraints-led Approach to Preparing Your Body for Combat w/ Raul …
Dr. Garcia joins us one final time to discuss a few very interesting topics. First, we talk briefly about donor sports and the part they play in building better skills for your main sport. Finally, Raul helps us understand ho...
False Assumptions of Kata-based Training w/ Raul Sanchez Garcia
Dr. Garcia joins us again today to unpack the false assumptions that lie beneath the kata-based training system and traditional martial arts. He shows how early ecological researchers such as Nicholai Bernstein blows up the c...
Kata were Insignificant in Historical Warring Japan w/ Dr. Raul Sanch…
Today I'm joined by Dr. Raul Sanchez Garcia, a sport science lecturer at the University Politécnica of Madrid, Spain, martial artist, and Ecological Dynamics thinker. Most researchers in the ecological approach come from a ps...
Mobility Training for Martial Arts (NOT Yoga) w/ Matt Phili
Today I'm joined by Matt Phili, a mobility training coach and founder of Primal Mobility. Whether a grappler or striker, most martial artists need greater mobility. However, most of the mobility routines you see around Instag...
Should you do pad combinations? (9 Months of CLA for Kickboxing) w/ P…
In this episode, Pedro updates us on his kickboxing program. Then we move into a deep discussion on combinations, affordances, and elaborate pad work in striking sports. We return to the external focus of attention subject br...
Student Wins ADCC Open after training the Ecological Approach w/ Pedr…
Today, Pedro Sierra returns to the podcast to update us on his program in two parts. Before understanding Ecological Dynamics, Sierra MMA had lackluster results. Since implementing the constraints-led approach, Sierra MMA has...
CLP46 - Use CLA to Individualize Muay Thai Sessions w/ Emil Fitoussey
In this episode, Emil reveals his approach to game design. Then we move quickly into the ways to individualize sessions to each learner, including some principles of session design. Overall, Emil keeps the generic conditionin...
CLP45 - Safe Muay Thai Sparring for Day 1 of Training w/ Emil Fitouss…
In this episode, Emil continues to explain how he does the constraints-led approach to Muay Thai. Other ways to control for intensity/going too hard How to introduce leg kicks and leg kick defense through sparring games What ...
CLP44 - Ecological Approach to Muay Thai Kickboxing w/ Emil Fitoussey
Today I'm joined by Emil Fitoussey, a professional Muay Thai coach out of Nacka Dojo in Sweden. Over the past year, Emil has transitioned his partially ecological Muay Thai program into a 100% ecological Muay Thai program. In...
CLP43 - Foundations vs "All Levels" Classes: Moving from Task Simplif…
In this third installment of our interview with Greg Souders, we unpack in gritty detail how Greg approaches both task simplification and task complexification. There's quite a bit of information out there about how to scale ...
CLP42 - "Scaling Focuses" Make Any Game Appropriate for All Jiu Jitsu…
In this second part of my second Greg Souders interview, we take Greg's rationale for his use of language and demonstrate how it can be used to take the same games and help learners of all skill levels get something …
CLP41 - "Side Control Doesn't Exist": Is Ecological Jiu Jitsu Termino…
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