Jumping In with Tim Kennedy, Green Beret, UFC Fighter, Author of Scars & Stripes (The Jedburgh Podcast Short-Form Series)

Tim Kennedy is a Green Beret, UFC Fighter, entrepreneur, husband and father. He is also about to become a published author. Tim Jumped Into the back of WWII Land Rover Ambulance with host Fran Racioppi at Sandlot Jax and the GORUCK Games to share the details on his upcoming book Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors and Myself. 

Tim and Fran catch up after last seeing each other while supporting the withdrawal from Afghanistan. They talk about Tim’s mixed martial arts training seminar for the Sandlot festival goers and what he learned sparring with CrossFit champion Jason Khalipa.

Most importantly, Tim candidly shares his thoughts on writing about how his failures, shame and humiliation in life have made him stronger and more focused on what really matters. 

Tim’s book releases June 7th and special thanks to our partners Jaguar Land Rover of Fairfield and The Readiness Collective for donating the Defender ambulance and supporting our live recording at Sandlot.

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Highlights:

-Tim shares the details behind his upcoming book Stars and Stripes; how it is an unfiltered account of his failures and what he has learned from them to grow personally and professionally.

-Humility is a key characteristic of success. Fran and Tim define the importance of humility and how Tim has grown through honest assessment of himself.

-Tim uses CrossFit Champion Jason Khalipa as an example of humility while describing their martial art sparring session the day prior.  

-Fran gives Tim the positive outcomes of telling his personal story.

-Tim talks about the importance of training self-defense, the courses provided by SheepDog Response, and the story of Jack Wilson. 

-Fran and Tim pay tribute to GORUCK Founder Jason McCarthy and his vision to develop Sandlot Jax and the GORUCK Games. 

-Fran invites Tim back for long-form Jedburgh Podcast discussion after his book release.

Quotes:

-”It’s an exposed, fully vulnerable picture into what I think is the reason why people should be going and doing things.”

-”There’s like a lot of shame, humiliation and failure in my life doing lots of dumb things.”

-”There’s lots of books of like, I’m this awesome person and I do all these great things. This is not that.”

-“I’m not going into his area of expertise, he is coming into mine.”

-”The courage you have is commendable.” (Fran)

-”A good person  isn’t a useless person. It’s a dangerous, powerful person that then chooses to be good.”

This episode is brought to you by Jersey Mike’s, 18A Fitness, Analytix Solutions, Jaguar Land Rover of Fairfield and The Readiness Collective.