105 - Matt Thornton on Conor McGregor, Skepticism and Aliveness in the Martial Arts - a podcast by Stephan Kesting

Matt Thornton is the founder of Straight Blast Gym, the organisation that produced Conor McGregor.  He's also a skeptic with many harsh words for traditional martial arts and traditional training methods.  Don't listen if you're easily offended!

 

00:51 - Matt's martial arts background

10:26 - The concept of "Aliveness"

20:41 - The "I" method of teaching and training martial arts

26:14 - John Kavanagh and Conor McGregor

32:37 - Where did fantasy martial arts come from?

42:55 - The evolution of martial arts

65:54 - False positives and negatives

73:26 - Skepticism