Warrior Poet Society Podcast

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Warrior Poet Profiles: George Washington Mar 14, 2017

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Warrior Poet Profiles: George Washington with instructor John Lovell and Revolutionary War reenactor and political activist William Temple. In this video we discuss George Washington's life and legacy, to include the good and the more controversial. Washington was highly respected as a man of incredible moral character, influence, strength, and fortitude, however, many today would cast judgment on him as a slave owner (and perhaps rightfully so), as well as a few other historical grienances. One thing is certain though, our flickering American Revolution would have been extinguished if he were not there to fight it. Some historians call George Washington the 'indispensable man', fighting against all odds, against the British, Indians, disease, the cold, congress, and allies seeking to supplant him. In the video we see his greatness shine in the freezing plains of Valley Forge, just one year after the colonists had forged the Declaration of Independence in 1776. William Temple is a political activist heavily involved with the Tea Party movement and has appeared on major news networks such as Fox News, CNN, C-SPAN, as well as by Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report, and Saturday Night Live (SNL). Time Magazine also pictured Mr. Temple. Most recently William Temple was invited to speak at Donald Trump's inauguration to represent the historical personage of Patrick Henry. Some key historical figures and founding fathers discussed in the video: Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Rush, John Adams, Marquis de Lafayette, Baron Friedrich von Steuben, Benedict Arnold, Patrick Henry SUBSCRIBE & SHARE this channel: http://YouTube.com/c/johnlovell275 Follow Instructor John Lovell on INSTAGRAM- http://Instagram.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on FACEBOOK - http://Facebook.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on TWITTER - http://Twitter.com/johnlovell275 Train with John Lovell at Telluric Group by signing up for one of his pistol, rifle, night vision, low-light, room clearing, or other courses here: http://telluricgroup.com

Warrior Poet Profiles: Samurai Miyamoto Musashi Mar 13, 2017

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Warrior Poet Profiles - Samurai Miyamoto Musashi with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell Miyamoto musashi was a masterless samurai (Ronin) who lived in Japan in the 1600s. He is considered one of the greatest swordsmen of all time and perfected the 2 swords fighting style. Musashi is also known for his great tactical knowledge in combat and authored ‘The 5 Rings [Spheres]’, ‘The 35 Articles’, and ‘The Path Walked Alone’. All of these references were used as well as the commentary by David Groff. I was interested in covering a Samurai (though Musashi would have used the term ‘Bushi’ and not Samurai) because I had never studied these historical warriors in-depth before and thought they may serve as good examples of Warrior Poets. Unless of course, watching 'The Last Samurai' with Tom Cruise, counts as in-depth study (joking). Though I was impressed with Musashi as a fighter, I came to the opinion he is not of the ‘Warrior Poet’ ideal, whereas other samurai such as Honda Tadakatsu (a contemporary of Musashi), may hold the ideal readily enough. Regardless, much can be appreciated about Musashi’s contribution to the world of fighting and should be considered a good resource in any protector’s library whether they be police, military, contractors, or responsible armed citizens. SUBSCRIBE & SHARE this channel: http://YouTube.com/c/johnlovell275 Follow Instructor John Lovell on INSTAGRAM- http://Instagram.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on FACEBOOK - http://Facebook.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on TWITTER - http://Twitter.com/johnlovell275 Train with John Lovell at Telluric Group by signing up for one of his pistol, rifle, night vision, low-light, room clearing, or other courses here: http://telluricgroup.com

Travel Safety Pt. 4 - Hotels, Transit, Assault, etc Mar 12, 2017

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Travel Safety Tips: PT.4 Hotels, Transit, Assault, etc with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell We are oftentimes in our most vulnerable state when we are traveling. When we are traveling in a foreign culture, our vulnerability becomes exponentially worse. My intention in this video series is to highlight how we can travel safely without loss of property, and without injury to yourself, family, or people you are traveling with. While these security tips are not fool proof, they will do a great deal to increase your safety. In this video, I give advice and quick tips for foreign travel on buses, taxis, personal vehicles, and planes as well as going through airports and crossing borders. I'll also cover staying in hotels or other people's homes internationally and lastly I will talk through responding to assaults / muggings. SUBSCRIBE & SHARE this channel: http://YouTube.com/c/johnlovell275 Follow Instructor John Lovell on INSTAGRAM- http://Instagram.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on FACEBOOK - http://Facebook.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on TWITTER - http://Twitter.com/johnlovell275 Train with John Lovell at Telluric Group by signing up for one of his pistol, rifle, night vision, low-light, room clearing, or other courses here: http://telluricgroup.com

Travel Safety Pt. 3 - Pretravel Preparation Mar 11, 2017

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Travel Safety Tips: PT.3 Pretravel Preparation with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell We are oftentimes in our most vulnerable state when we are traveling. When we are traveling in a foreign culture, our vulnerability becomes exponentially worse. My intention in this video series is to highlight how we can travel safely without loss of property, and without injury to yourself, family, or people you are traveling with. While these security tips are not fool proof, they will do a great deal to increase your safety. In this video, I talk about preparing for travel and more specifically, international travel. I cover topics such as risk assessments for your destination, insurance considerations, medical considerations, education on the culture you intend to visit, hotel considerations, and more. SUBSCRIBE & SHARE this channel: http://YouTube.com/c/johnlovell275 Follow Instructor John Lovell on INSTAGRAM- http://Instagram.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on FACEBOOK - http://Facebook.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on TWITTER - http://Twitter.com/johnlovell275 Train with John Lovell at Telluric Group by signing up for one of his pistol, rifle, night vision, low-light, room clearing, or other courses here: http://telluricgroup.com

Travel Safety Pt. 2 - General Advice Mar 09, 2017

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Travel Safety Tips: PT.1 Introduction with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell We are oftentimes in our most vulnerable state when we are traveling. When we are traveling in a foreign culture, our vulnerability becomes exponentially worse. My intention in this video series is to highlight how we can travel safely without loss of property, and without injury to yourself, family, or people you are traveling with. While these security tips are not fool proof, they will do a great deal to increase your safety. In this video, I cover some general security tips such as how to dress, finding someone to trust, how to carry yourself, how to handle cash, passports, technology, and more. You also see me almost get hit with a soccer ball while playing futbol with a bunch of Costa Ricans. SUBSCRIBE & SHARE this channel: http://YouTube.com/c/johnlovell275 Follow Instructor John Lovell on INSTAGRAM- http://Instagram.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on FACEBOOK - http://Facebook.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on TWITTER - http://Twitter.com/johnlovell275 Train with John Lovell at Telluric Group by signing up for one of his pistol, rifle, night vision, low-light, room clearing, or other courses here: http://telluricgroup.com

Travel Safety Pt. 1 - Introduction Mar 09, 2017

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Travel Safety Tips: PT.1 Introduction with tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell We are oftentimes in our most vulnerable state when we are traveling. When we are traveling in a foreign culture, our vulnerability becomes exponentially worse. My intention in this video series is to highlight how we can travel safely without loss of property, and without injury to yourself, family, or people you are traveling with. While these security tips are not fool proof, they will do a great deal to increase your safety. In this video, I introduce the topic of security while traveling, give you some family vacation footage and pictures of Costa Rica, and interview a Costa Rican who has seen North Americans get repeatedly robbed / mugged and can help us learn from somewhat humorous stories in the past. SUBSCRIBE & SHARE this channel: http://YouTube.com/c/johnlovell275 Follow Instructor John Lovell on INSTAGRAM- http://Instagram.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on FACEBOOK - http://Facebook.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on TWITTER - http://Twitter.com/johnlovell275 Train with John Lovell at Telluric Group by signing up for one of his pistol, rifle, night vision, low-light, room clearing, or other courses here: http://telluricgroup.com

Fighting Like FOOLS or Why You Should be an Intellectual Warrior Mar 08, 2017

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Warriors must strive to be scholars as well as fighters. They must be warrior poets. Video with John Lovell “The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards; its fighting done by fools”. Widely attributed to Thucydides in books and online [regretfully I perpetuated this misinformation in my video] - this quote is from Sir William Francis Butler, Charles George Gordon (1889), p. 85, where it reads: "The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards." General James “Mad Dog” Mattis sometimes called “the warrior monk” travels everywhere with a library of 6,000 books. He is a student of history, a tenacious fighter, a pragmatic philosopher, and a war strategist. Warriors must be readers. Great fighters and officers must be students. The stakes are too high, as our ignorance could cost lives that might have been prevented simply by education. In this video I call upon the wisdom from Thucydides, Sun Tzu and his book ‘The Art of War’, Col John Boyd, Dave Grossman, Paul Howe, General Mattis, GK Chesterton, C.S Lewis, Karl Marx (in the negative), George Orwell’s book 1984, and more. SUBSCRIBE & SHARE this channel: http://YouTube.com/c/johnlovell275 Follow Instructor John Lovell on INSTAGRAM- http://Instagram.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on FACEBOOK - http://Facebook.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on TWITTER - http://Twitter.com/johnlovell275 Train with John Lovell at Telluric Group by signing up for one of his pistol, rifle, night vision, low-light, room clearing, or other courses here: http://telluricgroup.com

Warrior Movie Reviews: John Wick Mar 07, 2017

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Tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell reviews John Wick 2 Spoiler alert for John Wick 1, but not for 2. I just finished watching John Wick 2 tonight and was pleased to see the same solid weapon manipulation, shooting, and general movement skills I noticed in the first John Wick movie. I give props and respect to this actor for putting in the hardwork and submitting to good instruction from good dudes like Aaron Cohen and Taran of Taran Tactical. A pleasant surprise was how much Keanu Reeves upped his martial arts game in this movie, drawing on an incredible amount of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (my beloved past time), and some good Judo. There were also some pretty fun knife fighting scenes, and the long awaited 'kill people with a pencil' scene that was hinted at in the first movie. Other fun elements like Laurence Fishburne's cameo felt like a sentimental Matrix get together. YouTube Channel - http://youtube.com/c/johnlovell275 Train with John Lovell - http://warriorpoetsociety.us Warrior Poet Apparel - https://warriorpoetsociety.us/store/ Support the Channel - http://patreon.com/warriorpoetsociety http://INSTAGRAM.com/warriorpoetsociety http://FACEBOOK.com/warriorpoetsociety

Warrior Poet Profiles: The Spartan King Leonidas Mar 07, 2017

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Warrior Poet Profiles - Episode 2 - The Spartan King Leonidas and Dienekes, a historical look at these warriors from tactics and firearms instructor John Lovell. In 480 B.C, the Persian army under the command of King Xerxes laid siege to Greece at the hot gates of Thermopylae. A small force of 300 Spartans and a few thousand allied Greeks met the vast 2 million man Persian army to fight one of history's greatest battles. These warrior poets fought with brilliant skill and epic sacrifice, fueled by their love for country, and family. We are made stronger by their example. Many have discovered the Spartans through a movie with Gerard Butler called 300. 300 the movie omitted much of the warrior poet ethos and real history I cover in this video, but the movie was still a fun adaptation of the Spartan story. SUBSCRIBE & SHARE this channel: http://YouTube.com/c/johnlovell275 Follow Instructor John Lovell on INSTAGRAM- http://Instagram.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on FACEBOOK - http://Facebook.com/warriorpoetsociety Follow Instructor John Lovell on TWITTER - http://Twitter.com/johnlovell275 Train with John Lovell at Telluric Group by signing up for one of his pistol, rifle, night vision, low-light, room clearing, or other courses here: http://telluricgroup.com

Lessons In Military Leadership Feb 23, 2017

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Lessons in Military Leadership - This video covers the phases of taking a new private and developing them into a fully trained member of a team. I wish I had known then, what I know now. What I thought about military leadership came largely from simply replicating what I saw leaders around me doing (for better or for worse, and usually for worse), or what we had all seen in movies. In reality, leading soldiers should be a far more deliberate process that is predictable and can be really made successful by including some very surprising and rarely mentioned secrets. Tear them down, build them up, and then welcome them to the brotherhood. These lessons were gained during my time serving at 2nd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. SHARE THIS WITH SOMEONE YOU KNOW IN THE MILITARY 0:38 The BIG GOAL in real military leadership 3:07 Phase 1 - Break them 10:54 Phase 2 - Rebuild them 14:30 Initiated Brother YouTube Channel - http://youtube.com/c/johnlovell275 Train with John Lovell - http://warriorpoetsociety.us Warrior Poet Apparel - https://warriorpoetsociety.us/store/ Support the Channel - http://patreon.com/warriorpoetsociety http://INSTAGRAM.com/warriorpoetsociety http://FACEBOOK.com/warriorpoetsociety

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