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/

SFL Episode 64: On Happiness

This week, another in-depth dialogue with our resident health and wellness guru, Howard Jacobson of wellstarthealth.com, on the amorphous and contentious subject of happiness.

Here in the United States, the Constitution enshrines the right to 'Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness' for all - at least in principle. But is happiness something to be chased, and acheived? Or is it something to be realized, found, or understood? Does striving for happiness actually make us happier? If not, what's the alternative? And how can the practice Systema help us to figure this stuff out?

Not sure we came up with any concrete answers, here. But at the very least, we posed a few questions worth pondering. So enjoy.

Find out more about Howie's healthy online exploits at www.wellstarthealth.com.