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Jeff discusses the bizarre behavior of humans just before they fight.
Techniques, concepts, and drills from more than forty years of experience and research
Jeff discusses the bizarre behavior of humans just before they fight.
Jeff winds up his two part podcast on one way that sport fencing organizes tactical thinking.
Jeff tells the modern part of the story of the evolution of the leg lock game.
Jeff discusses his personal history with kicking below the belt, and it’s parallel history in the last few decades of the martial arts in the US.
Jeff discusses the importance of recognizing and seizing the mutual center of gravity in the clinch.
Jeff discusses the ethical and legal dangers of following sport martial arts protocols in self defense.
Jeff continues the story of his friendship with an old carnival fighter.
Jeff discusses what happens when the right way to practice one martial art collides with the right way to practice a different martial art.
Jeff continues his three part treatment of skepticism, both in the martial arts and in the rest of life. In this episode he discusses how we know what we know.
Jeff discusses the many problems he has with the Bruce Lee ‘biopic’ “Dragon, the Bruce Lee Story.”
Jeff discusses the cognitive bias known as “motivated reasoning”. He uses the gi vs. no-gi grappling debate to illustrate his points.
Jeff discusses the cognitive bias known as “Confirmation Bias” and how it relates to the martial arts.
In the first episode of The Martial Brain, Jeff Westfall does a takedown of three of the most common questions that prospective customers at his Academy ask.