Warriors Den Urban Tactics Krav Maga

Excerpt: (Re: Advice for new YouTubers) Just do it.  Cliche question, cliche answer. No I'll get more specific. What advice? I think, I don't think, okay. My advice is, I think your first 20 videos are gonna be bad. That's my advice. Hafu (Hafu Go) is a Vancouver-based, Canadian YouTuber with at the time of this episode released over 850,000 Subscribers. He wasn't satisfied with his time at school studying marketing and the direction of his life and decided to give becoming a YouTuber a chance. He originally started doing videos related to school with Campus crawls at some of the biggest schools like Harvard, Stanford, and UBC. When the pandemic hit he could no longer travel and changed to things he could do locally. His big break-out video was Surviving 24 Hours with a Shaolin Kung Fu Master. This leads him to reach out to other disciplines to do similar challenges. He reached out to us in May of 2022, when he had a little less than 500,000 subscribers to do a Krav Maga challenge. Warriors Den Host and

Excerpt: "I would say please, the first thing everything should do is really sit down and think about what makes you, you. Who are you, what are you. What does it mean to be you and fulfill those things. I think freedom is essential for that and you need to hold everybody who puts them selves above you, or who ever you put above yourself to those standards of allowing you to be exactly who you are because its exactly who they are. A human being." - Jacob Hogge Jacob is a lover of philosophy, a Catholic theologian, and a previous student of mine. He is currently studying for a Masters degree in theological studies, and has his own podcast and entertainment network where he theologically commentates on politics, culture, and religion with a cringy-millennial twist. You can follow him on Apple Podcasts and YouTube as Good Sheep, and on Instagram and TikTok @GoodSheep94. He has also invested himself locally in favour of Vancouver's freedom convoy protests. To see his weekly coverage, check out @BCBorderAlliance o

EXERPT: I Truly believe that every person can become a hero. And I wasn’t a hero in my life until I did stuff, and learned how to do it .And I can teach it. And I teach it and its possible. You don’t have to be born with it, its not like a degree or something you can develop it like a muscle. And if you will do it, you are going to be happy. Because if you are not suffering from anxieties then you are happy, you clean anxieties then you are happy.” - Kfir Itzhaki Kfir Itzhaki is an international speaker, author of " Unconventional Weapon - The Complete Guide For Using Fear" [Currently only available in Hebrew], mediator, and the head of a worldwide organization for self-defense and psychology teachings- INSTINCT IIC. Kfir was a professional martial arts competitor and won the Israeli Karate Championship. Prior to his enlistment in the IDF, he was on the verge of losing his sight following a surgical operation. In his military service, which included an extended service, he served as an operator and the head o

Excerpt: [Telling the story on why he got into martial arts] And uh everything is going fine but all of a sudden of of the guys goes were going to be taking your firewood and your beer. king your firewood and your beer. What? Bro, like out of no where. Its crazy how fast things will switch. So my buddy stands up and he goes ,"no man you are not taking our firewood there is a forest right there You can get your own firewood." We even invited them to chill with us as well. So next thing you know one of the guys had grabbed one of the beer bottles and smashed my buddy in the back of the head with it. And it actually cut him from the back of the head down to his neck about a mm from his Artery. I think it was 30 staples to put his neck back together." Mathew Sharpe BJJ Black Belt Under the Megaton lineage and Martial Artist. Mathew started his martial arts journey around 13 years ago when an unprovoked violent assault with a weapon on himself and his friends occurred which resulted in the hospitalization of his f

Excerpt: [On the lack of good Ranking in Krav Maga] “First of all its not just in north America I know that in Europe it’s the same thing. I was recently in France and when I asked people there how long it takes people to reach to get, you know, from a beginner level from White Belt to Black belt. And they said it takes about two years which is crazy. I mean two years in Israel you don’t even reach you know Orange Belt so..What?!” Yeela Elyashar is one of the top ranked Female Krav Maga practitioners at 5thdan Black Belt in Krav maga Israel KMIL under 7th Dan Coral belt Ilan Fadlon. When Yeela Started they were originally under the Haim Zut Krav Maga brand but as is with most Martial arts opinions differ and KMIL was formed. Though Yeela originally started in other styles when she found Krav maga it became her passion and she now teaches full time where she spends much of her time teaching and developing children in Krav maga. Yeela also Volunteers in the Israeli Police force where she uses what she knows to

Excerpt: "Physically it was hard on me. But I mean I think the most important part is just keep going don’t give up. Usually I have my face where I think, uhh, I hate every one in the world especially you" (Referring to Jon) Petra Foerster is UTKMs first Blue Belt and Insistent Instructor. She also holds a Black Belt in Judo where she regularly trains and teaches kids as well as holds a Blue Belt in BJJ. Petra was previously on Episode 85 where we discussed her upbringing in the then East Germany under the USSR. At this time east Germany was a under a centralized Socialist authoritarian government. When she was able she moved to Canada and started a new life where she continued her martial arts practices. In this episode we talked about her Blue Belt Promotion and Testing, Judo, Socialism, Authoritarianism, Teaching, Learning and the world around us. If you want to follow Petra you can on Instagram @petra_Foerster or catch her semi regular blog post contributions on the UTKM blog. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST UTKM:

Expert: (Re: his upcoming book) “Is essentially the pursuit of excellence in a 360 Degree world, and I mean a 360 degree scan around your, you know your own life. So, I’m pursing this goal to go to special operation. I’m pursing this goal to be the best in business, I’m pursing this goal. Everything has a cost and everything has an equal and opposite reaction. So how can we mitigate the cost with the pursuit of excellence in certain fields” -Sebastien  Sebastien Lavoie is a retired Sgt Major in the RCMP and Founder of Raven Strategic. He was previously on Episode 81, and since then he has has quite the 2021 in a way most of us cannot even imagine. The highlight of his year was getting his BJJ Black Belt but after a minor surgery he ended up with Compartment Syndrome where even now there is a very real possibility that he may need to amputate his leg. He also experience sever Heartbreak which for him was worse pain than any thing else. However he has started a very serious path recovery which thanks to th

EXCERPT: For me, the one thing that first let me deal with depression was understanding the basics of Buddhist thought…so the basic tenants of Buddhist is that the world is suffering. And that is awesome, its like if your baseline is the world is suffering that’s a good philosophy for me to understand because I’m suffering. Maj. Nadav Raz (IDF) has over 20+ years of Military and civilian training experience specializing in teaching Counter-Terrorism and intervention. Nadav started his military career like many Israelis in the Infantry advancing through the ranks and eventually, he was invited to help teach at the IDF counter-terrorism school and form a new division focused on counter-terror tactics for infantry units in civilian environments. After leaving the regular army service he began his reserve duty as an officer at the school for settlement protection and still spends several weeks/months a year teaching and training. During his time in the military, he was also exposed to an event where he was almost

Excerpt: "It Occurred to me after decades of studying violence, fear and aggression. That if people don’t manage their fear, they don’t manage to fight. Its that simple." - Tony Blauer Coach Tony Blauer has been in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives industry for over four decades. He founded Blauer Tactical Systems (BTS) in 1985 and it has grown into one of the world's leading consulting companies specializing in the research and development of performance psychology, personal safety, and close quarter tactics & scenario-based training for law enforcement, military, and professional self-defense instructors. His research on the neuroscience of fear and the startle-flinch led to the development of the SPEARSystem® a modern personal defense system based on physiology, physics, and psychology. It has been used by defensive tactics and combative trainers all over the world for over 30 years. He developed the world's first impact-reduction scenario-based training equipment, cal

Warriors Den Podcast now in video (Where available)  Thanks for tuning in, this is the Warriors Den Podcast and I am your Host Jonathan Fader, Lead Instructor at Urban Tactics Krav Maga where I have dedicated my life to all things self-defense. In this podcast, I talk to guests in and open in an uncensored format about their fights, their philosophies and their lives. No topic is taboo, and the conversation may start in one place and end in another. You will also see Blog post episodes where I expand on written posts made on the UTKM blog www.utkmblog.com. Where posts are written by me, my students, and other contributors. You can also check out older Audio only episodes there whenever you like. Consider this Quote from Ancient Greek Historian Thucydides: “The Society that separates scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools” I believe one cannot separate the warrior from the politics and the world around them and to be a truly well-rounded warrior yo

In this episode, I will be going over the Blog Post Series the Nervous System, Reflexes, and Krav Maga. This will go over many factors that affect your action and reaction potentials. This includes how training works to change your behavior and responses, connecting it to your mental awareness color code state, how to work through the stages of learning, and in general how your nervous system works in relation to speeding up your reaction times. Episode notes and references: https://hubermanlab.com/ https://utkmblog.com/2017/12/19/action-vs-reaction-stages-of-mental-processing/ https://utkmblog.com/2021/06/15/the-nervous-system-reflexes-and-krav-maga-part-1-action-vs-reaction/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stimulus https://www.verywellmind.com/classical-conditioning-2794859 https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-biological-preparedness-2794879 https://www.verywellmind.com/operant-conditioning-a2-2794863 https://www.healthline.com/health/slow-twitch-muscle-fibers#slow-twitch-muscles

Excerpt: (On immigrating alone, life, and company of others and yourself): “You truly have to create your own family. You get used to coming and going, you have to really find a way to not depend on people coming and going. It allows me to be completely ok with being alone, we're social creatures, we need people. But I think that every one should be able to understand and know what it's like to be alone. If we don’t appreciate our own company how the f…, how are you going to enjoy fully someone else’s company? Because other wise it becomes co-dependent. It's one thing when I want to be with you because I like your company, but it's another one because I’m so scared of not having someone to talk to. Its different approaches and I feel like a lot of us are still in that kind of mindset." Joel Garcia is a Martial Artist and Aspiring Actor originally from Venezuela. He left the now-failed state of Venezuela when he was a young adult through sports scholarships particularly Volleyball. Sport became Joel's path tow

Excerpt: "On Hunting “I never thought I would ever go hunting it just never crossed my mind. I Didn’t listen to Joe Rogan, I did not watch Meat Eater but I guess at the time I had a lot of health issues and I was doing the process of elimination and trying to figure out what was wrong or how to fix my body because our medical system obviously failed me…and Ben Greenfield one of the Bio Hackers I listen to and Joe Rogan Kept raving about these free ranged meat and one of the reasons I started was because I wanted Free-range meat. It is the healthiest meat you can get." [Hunted meat is as free-range as you can get] JoJo is a UTKM Yellow belt, My Wife and Hunting Partner. JoJo shares the story of how she came to UTKM and how we originally met. She is of course, the bravest warrior of all as she made the leap of faith in the Journey of Marriage with your host Jonathan Fader. A quest that many before failed to achieve. In this episode, we discuss JoJos UTKM's back story, but we mostly focus on Hunting in BC a Life

Jonathan Fader is your host and Co-Founder of UTKM. A message from your host: As this was the 100th episode I thought I would do something a little different. I will give you a loose history of my life and how it lead to the creation of UTKM and where it is at today. It is a loose history as it is a story from memory as well as an attempt to keep certain details specifically vague for privacy or legal reasons. The purpose of this episode aside from a general history is also to help those who struggle running their own martial arts schools to know that you are not alone in dealing with the trials and tribulations of running a martial arts school. It can be emotionally, physically, mentally, and sometimes financially draining whether it's successful or not. I want you to know that it is also ok to talk with others about your struggles both mentally, financially, or even socially (though you don't have to do it quite as publicly as me). This industry is not for everyone and can leave many feeling alone and isola

Ryan Kitchen is a BJJ Black Belt and Co-Owner at Advantage Jiu-Jitsu in Richmond, BC. Ryan found jiu-jitsu in 2007 after his mother was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. Jiu-Jitsu became a positive escape from the stresses of his everyday life and something meaningful to work towards. Training partners provided support and became friends helping him through a difficult time. Ryan enjoys testing himself often in competition and will be competing this upcoming year at the IBJJF World Masters. Ryan also has been and will continue to help teach the kids program at one of the most successful competition kids teams in the lower mainland.  Now he is planning to bring the same winning formula to the Advantage Kids Program When off the mats Ryan is usually doing what he can to help his wife Sophie run her business True Conditioning.  In this episode we talk about Ryan's Journey in BJJ, Being a Casual BJJ practitioner, Mental health and Martial Arts, The importance of Martial Arts in people's l

This episode is a blog post series discussing the Mental Colour code and its application in both literal physical self defense and mental health. At UTKM it is very much believed that self defense is not just physical and too often we can focus too much on the groin strikes and throat punches that good self defense is very much about balance which includes both the internal and external aspects. Several years ago UTKM adopted and slightly modified the Colour code developed by Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper and it has been an integral part of our Self Defense and Krav Maga approach ever since. One must understand its application to literal self defense, to personal mental health and Mindfulness as well as how it connects to our nervous system and its various reactions. Understanding this is key to a happy and healthy life and one where you have truly learned to walk in peace. SUPPORT THIS PODCAST UTKM: Blog Facebook Instagram Twitter Metro Vancouver School Online Training - UTKMU Episode References: https://

Excerpt: [on] Freedoms being stripped away I think people need to ask more questions, being a little bit more engaged. You cannot function and live in a free society with these types of restrictions and creating this two-tiered society. I think we are again at this crossroads and if we are not going to look at the big picture and start having meaningful conversations to start breaking everything down to determine what’s what, we are going to end up in a very dark place very soon. - Sensai Laszlo Antal Laszlo started his Martial arts Journey in the mid-1980s in his home country of Hungary. At that time it was still under the semi-communist rule as the USSR still had sway over the area. When he was 18 he moved to Canada in a classic Immigrant story with no money, little education, and only a desire to live a better life. He eventually found the local Kyokushin community and started the hard Journey to Black Belt and later an instructor. He has built a life, and a family here but is concerned about the fact that

Excerpt: "How I like to Approach it, that is that is we need to be acquainted with violence and how it functions in order to have a proper relationship with it. Not that your going to be like you know just tossing and becoming a more violent and more aggressive person but you need to have a relationship to it. So, you know that's the same thing with uh, if we are talking firearms, ...that's a thing in Buddhist...philosophy, there's a notion called weapons principle. If somebody is standing there.. brandishing a sword hold it high in the sky, like you know people are going to react in turn, there is a certain energy to it. So its like relating to that, lets rather have a relationship to it rather than just shying away." Hugo is a UTKM Yellow belt who ironically found Krav Maga through his Buddhist meditative practices with the Shambala Buddhist organization. Originally from South Africa he moved to Canada as a teenager and eventually found his way into programming where he works with Activision. When he got i

Excerpt: "I think that there is a role that social media is playing in this. Which shines a light in weaknesses in our democracy in a very unhelpful way. Umm, so social media creates these easily manipulated narratives which allow us to inflate emotions and subvert, umm, dialogue and discussion like you and I are having right now. Cuz if you and I were talking and neither of us were listening to the other person the discussion would have very little value." - Aaron Philip Aaron Philip is a University Colleague of the Host as they met at KPU. Aaron studied Criminology with a minor in Political Science and was heavily involved in various aspects of KPU Student life. In particular was his involvement in the Model UN where he even traveled globally to participate in larger Mock UN Events. Aaron is now studying Law with the hopes of becoming a Lawyer and He intends to start a Family law practice in the future, offering integrated services, including mediation for families. This Episode starts off a little differen

Expert: "Do what you believe is right. Stand up for what you believe in. If you see something, you want to questions something and you are not qualified to question it, question it anyways. You know, open discourse and even though we don't have it here in Canada, Freedom of Speech is an important part of Western Civilization." Matt Kwan Matt Kwan is a BJJ Black Belt, Owner of On Guard BJJ, and Co-Founder of the Podcast BJJ Mental Models. Matt is widely considered one of the best No-GI BJJ competitors locally as he regularly wins Provincial titles in his respective weight class. Matt has previously been on Episode 3 and Episode 21. Matt has been very successful both on the mat and as a BJJ Gym owner and Pre-Lockdowns was starting to do very well on the international scene. Matt is also very outspoken on the topic of Freedom of Choice, Freedom of Speech, and Freedom in general. If you only want to listen to us staying in our lane and talking BJJ then stop at the 42-minute mark, but if you are listening to this