Fairness and Community in Combat Sports

What’s more dangerous: Surviving the gauntlet of fighters in the UFC and still living in your mother’s house or sustaining a rattlesnake bite in your backyard? 

Kyle Kingsbury (UFC) and Paul (rattlesnake) trade survival tactics and share practices that will help you break the habit of being yourself this week on Spirit Gym.

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Timestamps

2:55 Paul’s very close encounter with a rattlesnake in his water charger.

11:58 Kyle’s participation in a class-action lawsuit against the UFC.

25:35 What Kyle learned while working with Aubrey Marcus on the Fit For Service program.

43:48 Learning practices that will help you break the habit of being yourself.

1:00:17 “Give me a sign…”

1:11:03 The connection piece.

1:22:02 The book that changed everything for Kyle.

1:39:08 “The function of a broken heart is to let your love pour out…”

Resources

The Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act

Walking With Bears: On Bridges to Earth’s New Era by Dr. Will Taegel

Thomas Hanna’s Green and Red Light responses

Paul’s Spirit Gym conversations with Julie Dean Richards, Dr. Alexis Cowan and John Churchill

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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz) by Brave as Bears

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