Let me tell you about one of the first American Mixed Martial Artists... and the most badass President to ever live.

This guy was seriously f'ing ridiculous.

Teddy Roosevelt was once shot in the chest by an attempted assassin, but it didn't kill him... so he proceeded to give a 90 minute speech (bleeding from the wound), while occasionally making fun of the guy who tried to murder him.

That... is a power move.

(The disarms that you would learn in the Knife Defense Mastery course would work on a gun... but you'd probably get shot before you got close enough. Just being honest)

Let's hope your speech is worth it!

This dude BOXED in the White House.

He would 'secretly' spar with members of the military that he invited over for brunch and fisticuffs... until one of them accidentally SPLATTERED HIS LEFT EYE.

Eye. Splattered.

"I had to abandon boxing as well as wrestling, for in one bout a young captain of artillery cross-countered me on the eye, and the blow smashed the little blood vessels. Fortunately it was my left eye, but the sight has been dim ever since, and if it had been the right eye I should have been entirely unable to shoot.  Accordingly I thought it better to acknowledge that I had become an elderly man and would have to stop boxing."

There comes a day when we all must admit that we have become old, and our gloves will be hung as decorations... the dusty leather reminding us of the sweat and wars in our past.

Don't let one punch make you 'old'.

HEY... if you want to win a war against a boxer, here are your two best options:

#1. Use the Leg Deadening Set-Ups in Striking Dojo,  Boxers have no idea how to defend their legs, and that video, I'll show you countless brutal examples. 

#2. Use some instant fight ending Leg Locks, set up by clever takedowns.  Why box a boxer?  That video will show you how you can defeat a boxer in literally less than 5 seconds.

Despite lacking this knowledge (and the vision in his left eye), he continued to be a fighter.  He simply turned to Jiu Jitsu.  JIU JITSU?!  Yes, under Yamashita Yoshiaki.

This is a hundred years before the Gracie family showed the world the efficacy of this style.

Yes, he was a mixed martial artist.  BEFORE it was cool.

The BEST Mixed Martial Arts training program in all of mankind is the How To Fight Bigger People Program.  Watch that video (even if you're big), and you will see why.  It's the greatest thing I've ever created. 

Teddy was a cardio machine.

He conquered asthma as an 11 year old by hiking aggressively for hours at a time.  His dad told him, "You have the mind but not the body.  You must make your body."  And he listened... that alone is bananas.

CARDIO.  Arguably the most important martial art... (and the Mp3 workouts in the Head Movement Program and Striking Dojo are the easiest way to get it, while building your skills simultaneously.)

He was a damn war hero.

At one point, he was promoted to the rank of Admiral... but he got tired of everyone else doing the fighting... so he RESIGNED.

Like an preposterous movie script, he formed a band of volunteer cavalrymen known as the "Rough Riders", who rode horses and shot guns while yelling, "Bully!"  ...which was a good thing back then.  It was the "Yeet!" or "Booyah!" of 1898.

This is the man who led the uphill cavalry charge to win the Battle of San Juan Hill, armed only with a revolver and 12 pairs of glasses that he strategically stashed throughout his clothes... finally conquering the age old question of "How am I supposed to fight if I wear glasses?"

Rec-Specs had not been invented then.  He needed no Rec-Specs.

If the 'Rough Riders' decided to get off their horses and curb stomp you, the How To Fight Multiple Attackers course would save your teeth.  Bully!

I could honestly go on about his feats of bad-assery for hours.  This dude would crush the bones in his hand, and go on a horseback fox hunt for 6 hours.  He gave fewer shits than anyone in history.  I didn't intend to even write this kind of a book report today and it's honestly the first one that I've ever enjoyed writing.  

I almost felt bad for slathering self promotion all over this man's accomplishments. 

BTW, if you would also like to become a true American badass, click here to check out one of my training programs!  

Remind Teddy's ghost that there are still true American warriors out there.  

Make him proud.

'Murica!

-Trav

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