Cage Side Convos Rick Huntsman

Coach Tran is the owner and operator of Trans Martial Arts in Longmont, CO. He is a lifelong martial artist, with experience in many disciplines, including Tae Kwon Do, Enshin Karate, Muay Thai, and Krav Maga. Coach Tran shares with us his passionate insights into developing strong leadership and culture in the dojo, as well as the importance of finding your “ikigai”, or sense of purpose, and how that can lead to an amazingly fulfilling life. Coach Tran shares with us why he chose the mission statement for his school “Grow, Serve, Love” and how he found his personal mantra of “Stay Humble, Stay Hungry”.

In Episode 50 we are joined once again by our friend Bobby King. Bobby is a professional MMA fighter and the head instructor and owner of KOA kingdom in Kayesville, Utah. Most recently off his win in his debut for Bellator, Bobby chats with us about resiliency, staying focused during fight camp, and building a community of personal growth through martial arts among so many other things.

In Episode 49 we examine evolution literally and metaphorically, both on the macro and micro level. We look at how we as a society have the opportunity to evolve and become better as a whole in the wake of the pandemic. We discuss personal evolution of our philosophies and how we find things to incorporate into our daily lives that can coax positive adaptations from our bodies, minds, and spirits through use of intentional stressors. We wrap up with a look at how lack of stress or over indulgence of comfort can lead to negative adaptations

Bobby King is a professional mixed martial artist, coach, and owner of KOA Kingdom in Layton, Utah. In Episode 45 Bobby shares with us his childhood and what brought him to martial arts in the first place. He details his journey from fighting to becoming an actual martial artist, how he came to find deeper meaning and purpose in the martial arts community, and very specifically what the Bang Muay Thai system and studying under Sensei Duane Ludwig has brought to his life. 

In Episode 48 we dive deep into depression, anxiety, anger, all the darker sides of life. We dissect our coping mechanisms, talk the exploration of past traumas. We break down some actionable ways we can approach friends and family when we think they may be suffering in silence. 

It's important to take care of our minds and bodies, to watch what we eat, how we speak, our daily actions. But what role does vice play in being an overall virtuous person, and is it actually necessary? In Episode 47 we look at what we can learn about ourselves through our vices and how we can actually practice self discipline with the occasional indulgence of vice. We also delineate between vice and addiction and discuss actionable ways we can prevent the former from becoming the latter.