Warrior's Edge Podcast

Kayvon Derak Shanian is an award winning documentary filmmaker and a black belt in Karate. We talk about starting his Karate training at a young age, knowing legendary Karate master Fumio Demura and later working on his documentary film based on him, meeting Pat Morita (Mr Miyagi from the original Karate Kid movie), ma

Tarik Hopstock is a BJJ black belt from Norway and one of the most exciting competitors today. We talk in depth on his development of the technique he created the Tarikoplata, what an average week of training looks like for him, what it was like coming up in the ranks of elite world competition, and much more!

Xande Ribeiro is a 5 time World Champion and legendary BJJ competitor. We talk about some of his personal insight on some of his biggest victories over Roger Gracie and Marcelo Garcia, training concepts and mindset, Jiu-Jitsu movement, his average weekly training regimen when he was competing, his two fights in MMA, an

Kaiwi Lyman is a brown belt in BJJ and a successful actor. We talk about his Jiu-Jitsu journey all while working as an actor, behind the scenes stories, training concepts and motivation, and much more!

Stephen Koepfer is a Master of Sport in Sambo. He also holds black belts in Tae Kwon Do, Judo and a purple belt in BJJ. He is also a stunt performer and filmmaker working on some of the biggest tv shows and movies like John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Ray Donovan, NOS4A2, Blacklist and The Crowded Room to name a few.

Kenny Florian is a 3 time UFC title challenger and UFC veteran, 4th degree black belt in BJJ and an outstanding commentator. We talk about his athletic and martial arts origins, a fateful near death experience that changed his course to becoming a professional martial artist, highlights of his professional MMA career,