Modern day martial arts explorer Mahipal Lunia joins the show to discuss his journey around the world researching little known fighting arts.

To find out more about Mahipal Lunia and his immersion labs, visit his website

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And to read original works on martial arts and other subjects from host Mark Jacobs, visit his website

Rob Ingram from McDojoLife joins us to discuss martial arts cults, con men and criminals.

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In this episode of The Martial Podcast, host Mark Jacobs talks with the best selling author of "American Shaolin," "Tapped Out" and "Bruce Lee: A Life," Matthew Polly. We discuss Matt's time living at the Shaolin Temple, the year he spent training with renowned jiu-jitsu coach John Danaher in preparation for an MMA fight and the life and legend of Bruce Lee.

To find out more about Matt Polly, visit his website at

mattpolly.com

To hear more music from Eleanor Academia visit

www.eleanoracademia.com

And to read more of Mark Jacobs' writing, go to

writingfighting.wordpress.com

In this episode of The Martial Podcast, host Mark Jacobs talks about the overuse of titles in martial arts, the UFC's antitrust lawsuit, sexual abuse by martial arts instructors and the underrated self-defense strategy of just being nice.

To hear more music from Eleanor Academia visit

eleanoracademia.com

And to read more of Mark Jacobs' writing, go to

writingfighting.wordpress.com

In this episode of The Martial Podcast, host Mark Jacobs talks with guest Ellis Amdur, one of the most senior koryu practitioners in the west. First, Mark discusses this past weekend's big fights, some recent tragic deaths in martial arts and how to avoid danger in training. Then he and Ellis talk about the ancient martial arts of Japan and Ellis's work in crisis intervention as well as how to remain calm in a crisis situation.

To read the article on de-escalation tactics in Personal Defense World, go to:

https://www.athlonoutdoors.com/article/de-escalation-tactics/

To find more from Ellis visit:

edgeworkbooks.com

and

kogenbudo.org

For more music from Eleanor Academia, visit

eleanoracademia.com

And to read more from Mark Jacobs, visit

writingfighting.wordpress.com

In this episode of The Martial Podcast, host Mark Jacobs talks with co-creator of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, Kelly McCann. But first, Mark discusses how to defend calf kicks, poor coaching in MMA and why many countries' armed forces teach impractical hand-to-hand combat. Then he and Kelly discuss the creation of MCMAP, what it was like to serve in a tier one military unit and the difference between a warrior knight and a warrior thug.

To connect with Kelly McCann, you can follow him on social media

facebook.com/kembativz/

instagram.com/renegadecombatsports/

And be sure to check out all his "kembativz" goodness

kembativz.com/

youtube.com/channel/UCMZnWsV4ZMdqNAZow675-kw

To hear more music from Eleanor Academia visit

eleanoracademia.com/

And to read more of Mark Jacobs' writing, go to

writingfighting.wordpress.com/

Episode number 2 of the Martial Podcast welcomes MMA journalist Chuck Mindenhall to the show. First, host Mark Jacobs talks about whether there is an "ultimate" fighting style, what's the definition of a "martial art," the UFC hall of fame and the legendary Rickson Gracie. Then he and Chuck discuss UFC 298, the downfall of Alexander Volkanovski and what's coming up in the sport of MMA.

To find out more about Chuck Mindenhall visit his website https://www.themith.com

Music provided by Eleanor Academia https://eleanoracademia.com

To read articles by the host, Mark Jacobs, including his essay on "Just What is a Martial Art?" check out his site at https://writingfighting.wordpress.com

In this first episode of the Martial Podcast, host Mark Jacobs talks about wushu and karate in the Olympics, Kayla Harrison jumping to the UFC and addresses the most practical strategies for self-defense.

To find out more about the show and its host, visit his website at writingfighting.wordpress.com

Music courtesy of Eleanor Academia who can be found at eleanoracademia.com