This week - a frank, hard-hitting, helpful discussion with Rafael Mattei - co-founding Instructor at Systema Puerto Rico, and a Federal Law Enforcement Agent with some serious experience facing bad guys in the field. Rafi is a prolific martial artist and a good friend to NC SYSTEMA, having taught workshops on groundfighting, weapons tactics and more.

Here, we talk about:

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• His path into martial arts, from Goju Ryu Karate and Muay Thai to BJJ and Systema
  
• Testing it all for efficacy in the "fight lab", and then again in the field
  
• The critical importance of self-regulation before, during, and after life-or-death situations
  
• Advice for staying calm and prepared in the current global environment
  

Many thanks to Rafi for his time and insights.

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