The Primal MMA Coaching Podcast
The Primal MMA podcast brings together coaches, athletes, and sports scientists to discuss training and practice design for Mixed Martial Arts. Exploring the science of skill acquisition, human motivation, and sports psychology, the podcast seeks answers to the question, can we get better quicker?
Episodes
62 episodes since 2020
#51 - Beyond Eco! - Sony Sahota on bridging Ecological Psychology with an Active Inference Framework.
Today I welcome Sonny Sahota from Praxis Gym in Canada. Sonny, a judo black belt and manager of Kensington Judo Club in Vancouver, shares his insights on in...
July 30, 2024
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Episode 52
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1:47:49
#51 - It's complex, keep it simple! - Coach Rob Cole on playing the ecological long game.
Coach Rob Cole joins me today to talk coaching within an ecological dynamics framework.Rob is a long time mixed martial artist,
June 28, 2024
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Episode 51
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50:51
#50 - Exploring Eco Psych and perception - Gray Thomas of U-Con on ecological Psychology and it's implications for practice and development.
Gray Thomas joins me today to talk about the Ecological Psychology side of ecological dynamics. Gra...
June 11, 2024
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Episode 50
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1:12:14
#49 - Pitching and Punching - Pittsburg Pirate Coach John Baker on an eco approach to Baseball, BJJ & MMA skill development.
Today's chat was with Pittsburgh Pirate's coach John BakerJohn is a former MLB player and current performance and skills coach alongside Andy Bass in the Pirates Baseball organi...
May 30, 2024
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Episode 49
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1:42:54
#48 - Hot Off The Press - The Boys from Emergence talk about their recently published Ecological Approach to MMA Journal Article.
The boys from emergence are back to discuss their recently accepted and published paper on&nbs...
March 27, 2024
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1:35:55
#47 - "ACTION ~ perception" Coach James de Lacey on building action capacities for combat sports.
In this episode I talk with Coach James de Lacey of Sweet Science of Fighting.While most discussions o...
February 21, 2024
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56:30
#47 - All Choking Aside - Dr Andy Bass talks about self-talk, attention and focus and how these can interfere with us all on game day.
Today I talk with Dr Andy Bass. Andy is a researcher, educator, former pro baseball player and is currently a performance coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Andy talks a...
February 05, 2024
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1:35:03
#46 - The gimmicks of the Gram - Coach Jon Mackey returns to discuss agility ladders and other questionable training tools.
Today I chat with Irish National Kickboxing Coach Jon Mackey about the role of training tools in striking sports. We'll explore whether these tools actually support skill acquisition and debunk so...
November 15, 2023
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Episode 46
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1:49:32
#45 - Game on! - Kit Dale and Greg Souders on ditching the drills to become better quicker!
Today I welcome Kit Dale and Greg Souders on to the show.Kit is well know in the jiu-jitsu world for his rap...
November 01, 2023
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2:44:00
#44 - A student's perspective - Standard's Noah Shaffner talks about learning to grapple at the black temple.
Today, I chat with Noah Shaffner from the Standard Jiu-Jitsu Grappling Team, mentored by Greg Souders. Unlike my usual guests who are coaches...
October 24, 2023
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Episode 44
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1:29:21
#43 - Managing Expectations - Rory Singer on playing the long game in developing Mixed Martial Artists.
Today I talk with Coach Rory Singer. Rory is the younger brother of Coach Adam Singer and together they have run and coached MMA in Athens Georgia for several Decades. Rory is an
September 29, 2023
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Episode 43
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1:43:11
#42 - Demystifying Strickland's win over Adesanya - Shawn Myszka joins me to discuss last week's UFC title fight.
Emergence founder, NFL skills coach and MMA superfan Shawn Myszka joined me to discuss Strickland's ...
September 15, 2023
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1:26:10
#41 - Grappling with memory and perception - Ed Ingamells on
Today I am chatting with Ed Ingamells. (Aka the Partybear). Ed is a black belt and coach at the Institute of Grappling in North London...
July 13, 2023
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Episode 41
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2:30:09
#40 - On the shoulders of the "Aliveness" Giant! - SBG's Adam Singer on alive training environments.
Adam Singer joins me today to talk coaching, culture and continuing the SBG philosophy of aliveness through an ecological lens.
June 25, 2023
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Episode 40
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2:12:20
#39 - 'Second Guessing the Traditional Approach' - Coach Josh Root on doubling down on the Ecological Approach.
Today I am joined by Coach Josh Root from Gravitas Martial Arts in Arkansas. Josh has recently re-visited an Eco D approach to grappling aft...
June 13, 2023
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Episode 38
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1:01:58
#38 - 'It takes two to Tango' - Professor Alan Dunton on 'information rich' training practice to develop metastability.
Professor Alan Dunton is back. Alan is a lecturer and researcher at MTU Cork, Ireland. With a PhD in Skill Acquisitor and having been a long time martial artist himself and a National TKD team compet...
May 18, 2023
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1:02:09
#37 - 'Light for Learning' - Coach Jon Mackey on Kickboxing Training and Sparring Culture.
In today's podcast, we're honored to have Jon Mackey as our guest, a celebrated coach in both Taekwon-Do...
May 10, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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1:49:00
#36 - Developing wizards from Oz - Ricky Pachon on taking his Gracie comp team ecological.
In this episode I speak with Coach Ricky Pachon . A young coach from Gracie Barra, Bondi Beach, Australia. Ricky leads a successful youth compe...
February 17, 2023
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Episode 36
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1:52:03
#35 - The Black Temple's Greg Souders - Coach Souders interview with Brian Willis.
This episode is the second of two interviews by Brian Willis of the Excellence in Training Academy.Brian re...
January 13, 2023
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1:07:28
#34 - On the other side of the mic - My interview with Brian Willis talking about Primal's approach to practice design for striking and MMA.
This episode is the first of two interviews by Brian Willis of the Excellence in Training Academy.Brian rea...
January 13, 2023
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Episode 34
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1:11:24
#33B - Battling the Biases! Josh Peacock on resistance to change in combat sports training.
(PART 2) Today my guest is my friend and fellow podcaster Josh Peacock.Josh is the host of the Combat Learning Podcast and a fellow ad...
January 05, 2023
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Episode 33
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50:37
#33A - Fighting the fallacies! Josh Peacock on resistance to change in combat sports training (PART 1 of 2).
Today my guest is my friend and fellow podcaster Josh Peacock.Josh is the host of the Combat Learning Podcast and a fellow advocate of...
January 03, 2023
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59:11
#32 - Embodied and Embedded! Danny Hatcher talks about Ecological Dynamics and how we learn skills.
Danny Hatcher joined me to talk more about ecological dynamics for sport.Danny is a Podcaster, yout...
December 15, 2022
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Episode 32
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2:24:17