The Distinguished Savage Podcast

Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcoming guests, book and gear recommendations and whatever else is rolling around in my head! 

Ethan Plue is a US Army Drill Sergeant, training partner, and my neighbor! Ethan doesn't strike you as DI initially but as you'll hear in this conversation he is a leader, and truly cares about the quality of trainee he puts out! Ethan is one of those guys who is unabashedly himself. He is many things, sci fi nerd, super fit, and Army DI but he is first and foremost Ethan through and through!  You...

Josh Nelson is a full time LEO, SWAT operator, DT instructor, CQB instructor, and Use Of Force Instructor. He is also the founder of a training company, Force Frontier.  Josh and I have a great conversation on policing, defensive tactics, and many other topics. Josh is a solid guy with an incredible pedigree in training!  You can find Force Frontier here https://forcefrontier.com and IG at force.f...

Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcoming guests, book and gear reviews, and whatever else is knocking around in my head!  You can find TDS caps from Mountain View Creatives here, https://www.etsy.com/listing/1798300540/richardson-112-trucker-hatloden-on?ref=share_v4_lx

Ed Calderon is a fascinating and unique man! He grew up in Tijuana Mexico where he eventually moved in to law enforcement. Later after working various undercover work, he moved in to High Threat Protection for a Governor in Mexico, and later being moved back into an operational role. After being offered to owe his allegiance to other parties, he left law enforcement and Mexico quickly taking his f...

Randall Rocci Twitchell has wide breadth of life experience! Starting in boxing at young he has since transitioned in to FMA, Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, Jeet Kune Do and other arts! He is now working on building his own system Liahona Warrior Arts. In this episode we talk about his coaching philosophy, his views on learning and training, and we get in to years as security for The Blue Oyster Cult band...

Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcoming guests, book and gear reviews, and whatever else is knocking around in my head! 

Tyler Schmoker is a US Army Combat Vet, former contractor, Private Security Consultant, and entrepreneur. He has two businesses. The first is Winsly, a security management consulting firm and his newest, Maritime Support Concepts.  In this conversation we cover a lot of ground! We get in to what his businesses do, his time contracting, and we get deep in hard skills, soft skills, and professionali...

Sean Patrick Boland is a Bjj Black Belt, US Army officer, RN, father, and fascinating guy! In this episode we talk about his journey in bjj, his service in the Army, first as enlisted, then getting out, going to college, and reenlisting as an officer!  We also talk about teaching jiu jitsu, the value of positive reenforcement in teaching and why pressure testing is invaluable. There are so many gr...

Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcoming guests, book and gear reviews, and whatever else is rolling around in my head!

Matt Miller is an entrepreneur, restauranteur, and FMA martial artist. In this conversation we talk about his restaurant, The Hickory Social House, his journey within martial arts and how he found FMA, Filipino Martial Arts, and we get his knowledge of whiskeys, on running a restaurant, and his views on leadership.  We also talk about his upcoming Fund Raiser at The Hickory Social on October 26th...

Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast featuring upcoming guests, book and gear reviews, and whatever else is knocking around in my head! 

This is another episode from the archives with Mishayla Rhodes, BJJ Brown Belt and amazing woman! She is one of the most resilient people I know and her story is one of personal fortitude, resiliance, incredibly hard work, and discovery!  We talk about her journey in jiu jitsu, her lving in Isreal for a year and how jiu jitsu saved her life quite literally! We also talk her choking me out back in...

This episode aired just over a year ago but is still such an incredibly relevant conversation!  Aaron Jannetti is an incredible coach and martial artist! His methods of grappling in a weapons based environment is not only highly effective and realistic in scope and practice, he pressure tests his ideas and is constantly evolving to both learn and teach better!  You can find everything Aaron is doi...

Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with updates, upcoming guests, book and gear reviews, and whatever else is rolling around in my head! 

Rich Brown is back for another incredible conversation! We get in to critical thinking, communcations skills, ethics, and so much more! It's always an honor to sit down with Rich!  For those unfamiliar, Rich is a former USMC combat vet, LEO, and Corrections Officer, as well as a World Class Firearms Competitor and Instructor. But his resume is far too extensive to list here!  You can find all thin...

Gee, Lady of 52VTK is a fascinating woman and her journey through both her life and her training is a incredibly interesting one! You can find her on instagram at ladyof52VTK!  This is another in a series of conversations with empowered women and their thoughts on taking their sovereignty and safety back! 

Tiffany Truchter aka Tiffany Trixtr is a Dog Trainer, Martial Artist, and fascinating woman! Based in Austin Texas, she trains and teaches FMA, trains dogs, and is what I characterize as an empowered woman who lives her life on her own terms. She is unbasdedly her and in this second conversation we get in to her thoughts on training dogs, training people, and preparing women for possible violence...

This is the second conversation I had with Melanie Chesnut, aka wolf mother on IG. Melanie is a veteran USMC K9 handler, martial artist, entrepeneur, mother, and fascinating woman! In this episode we talk more about her every day carry, EDC, on training women to better understand the amount of force needed to eliminate the threat, especially if they know the attacker, which is the most common, and...

Savage Sunday is a short update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcoming guests, reviews, recommendations, and whatever is rolling around in my head! 

Tiffany is a dog trainer, martial artist, and fascinating woman! This conversation is another in my ongoing series with Empowered Women and Tiffany is certainly that! She provides both on line and in person training in both FMA and Dog Training.  Tiffany is undoubtedly the kind of woman and human we need now more than ever! She is open, honest, and authentic. We are sitting down for a second episo...

Melanie Chesnut is a veteran of USMC and worked as a K9 handler for the Corps for nine yeaes. She is a martial artist, life coach, entrepreneur, and so much more! Her instagram @the.wolf. mother is look in to this fascinating woman!  She also teaches Self defense for women and is holding a retreat in October for women to find their own personal empowerment. You can more info and sign up for the co...

Savage Sunday is a short, usually weekly, update episode for The Distinguished Savage Podcast with upcomng guests, book and gear reviews/ recommendations, as well as thoughts on various topics.  You can find the Podcast Borderline with Vincent Rocco Vargas I mention here.  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeDdum80k5ENVo0Xp740XchUGM9Y3GZy_

This likely not the conversation you're expecting. Chef James Taco Morley, and Chef Kacey Cummings are two men with a passion for putting good in the world. We talk about where their love of cooking came from, sobriety, the intricacies of working in a restaurant, their non profit, and resilience.  James Taco Morley is a 42 year old girl dad born in Oakland Ca, and raised all around the Bay Area an...

Steve Ward is a Paramedic and author. His book, 98/2 Leadership is available on Amazon. Steve and I have been friends for years and worked together in EMS. Steve was also on the Special Operations, Rescue Team with me for a while. He is also a Track Medic at the F1 Track, Circuit of the Americas COTA i Austin.  This likely won't be the conversation you're expecting. Steve is a man looking for answ...