SFL Episode 67: Mark Winkler

This week, a deep, frank, and heartfelt discussion with Mark Winkler - Systema Instructor, Karate expert (Mark holds 6th Dan in Wado Ryu Karate), and a veteran bouncer and bodyguard with over 36 years on the job. In that time, Mark has experienced more physical conflict that most people can imagine - including a broken bottle to the throat that required life-saving surgery. In short, you don’t make it this far without learning a thing or two.

A proud Welshman and a dedicated professional, here Mark shares his honest feelings on:

  • Systema-based insights (that he wished he’d had much earlier in life)

  • how Systema has changed his work, life, and relationships

  • why - in his opinion - Systema is the ultimate training method for bodyguards and security professionals

Find out more about training with Mark by contacting him directly at admin@spsp.online

SFL Episode 66: Best of the Podcast (2018)

This week, we celebrate the end of the year - and the first full year of the podcast - with a special "Best of" compilation, featuring clips from past interviews. Was tough to choose, since so many great instructors shared so many pearls of wisdom. But hopefully you'll find these clips interesting, inspiring, and thought-provoking.

Featured here are:

  • Gene Smithson

  • Ryō Onishi

  • Edgars Cakuls

  • Funda Gul

  • Martin Wheeler

  • Vali Majd

  • Igor Ponizov

  • Emmanuel Manolokakis

If you missed any of the original episodes these clips were taken from, you can still access them all on iTunes, on our website, or any number of podcasting applications.

If you enjoyed the show in 2018, please take a few minutes now to Like, Subscribe, Share, or Support us online - it’s thanks to these small steps that we get to continue the project. 



Many thanks, and Happy New Year!

SFL Episode 65: Patrick McLean


Conversation with Patrick McLean - author, Systema Instructor, and founder of Systema Matthews and RoughHousePlay.

Patrick is a fascinating, sharp-witted fellow, with a substantial background in traditional Japanese locking arts (jujitsu, Daito-ryu, Aikido). Here, we discuss how finding Systema changed his practice of martial arts And critically, how becoming a parent put him a mission toward "re-wilding" children starved of movement and risk in the modern world, and inspired the creation of his Systema-based 'RoughHouse classes.

Train with Patrick in teh Charlotte / Matthews NC area at http://patrickemclean.com/systemam, and find out more about RoughHouse at http://roughhouseplay.com/