These 2 trauma-informed self-defense experts share their journey to transformation, recounting their early training, their insights into coping with the effects of trauma, their approach to building empowerment and their new book Rewired: Transforming Trauma Through Self-Defense Training.

To purchase their new book, please visit:

Rewired: Transforming Trauma Through Self-Defense Training: Hecht, Ashley, Oklevitch, Chris: 9798289123862: Amazon.com: Books

For more information, please visit:

Corporate Safety | Adrenaline Self Defense | United States

Self-Defense Classes | Jacksonville, FL | The Women's Defense Company

This week I interview Vadim Kolganov, Master of Sport in Sambo and Judo, 4th Dan in Jujitsu, Master Instructor in ROSS, Strength and Conditioning Coach. Vadim discusses his early life training in Russia, his time in the military, his studies at the Central University of Culture and Sport, and his life after moving to Glasgow.

A noted competitor, with titles that include Moscow Champion (1986) , World Masters Sambo Championship Bronze Medalist (2005), and British Sambo Champion (2006), Vadim gives insights into training, competing, and discipline, tempered by his deep understanding of wellness and conditioning, which includes his work at Valentin Dukul's Spinal Injury clinic, and his current practice as an Osteomyologist.

For more information on Vadim, please check out:

http://www.vadimkolganov.co.uk/https://www.facebook.com/vadimkolganovsporthttps://www.instagram.com/vadimkolganovsport

In this episode I'm in conversation with a former colleague who rose up from the bad streets, to serve in the military, and then to provide over 3 decades of high-level intervention as a global security contractor. We discuss combat, awareness, mindset and much more. This one took some gymnastic efforts to make happen. I hope you enjoy it.