@fightingmatters.bsky.social
Fighting fascism and the far-right in combat sports like MMA and BJJ. https://linktr.ee/fightingmatters
Please watch.
31.10.2025 01:36 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
New Fighting Matters! FASHION, FITNESS, FIGHTING: HOW HATE GROUPS ATTRACT YOUNG MEN
In this episode, Steve Kwan sits down with journalist @colborne.bsky.social of @bellingcat.com to expose how far-right movements use aesthetics and martial arts culture to recruit young men.
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Important topic that is not discussed enough...
Because if we're not training martial artists also emotionally, mentally and spiritually, we're just creating better-trained bullies.
Unfortunately, I think Americans are in for a brutal Thanksgiving.
28.10.2025 07:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Totally normal.
27.10.2025 09:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
People often ask how they can support our work. The simplest way is to vote with your wallet! The GOAT Stephan Kesting just released an awesome new Kimura instructional which is 50% off for a limited time. www.grapplearts.com/kimura
25.10.2025 07:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New Fighting Matters: 2025 FEELS LIKE A CONSPIRACY THEORY (w/ JimmyTheGiant)
@jimmythegiant.bsky.social and Truth Collective founder Chris Ingram unpack how billionaire networks, social media algorithms, and post-truth politics are reshaping democracy across the globe.
youtu.be/dKopIqanWH8
It's gonna be weird in the history books when they talk about the time the entire US political system descended into AI-generated memes with everyone pooping on each other
20.10.2025 06:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
19.10.2025 03:11 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
New Fighting Matters! WHEN JIU-JITSU COACHES STAY SILENT (w/ Sonia Sillan)
When gym leaders stay silent, people get hurt. We speak with Sonia Sillan of Combat Arts Academy about what happens when Jiu-Jitsu coaches fail to protect their students.
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Change we can believe in.
11.10.2025 02:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
DARK MARTIAL ARTS HISTORY Part 2 just dropped! We examine how Mussolini and Hitler used sport as propaganda, turning athletics into a tool for indoctrination, militarism, and control.
Drop “DARK” in the comments and we’ll comp you a free month of BJJ Mental Models Premium so you can listen now!
This is how you stand up to a bully.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccjx...
New Fighting Matters! THE WASHINGTON POST IS SILENCING JOURNALISTS (w/ Karen Attiah)
06.10.2025 09:06 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Her real offense? Speaking honestly about power, violence, and free speech in America. @karenattiah.bsky.social @bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social @jeffshaw.bsky.social @oldbastardbjj.bsky.social
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Martial arts aren’t just about self-defense; they’re also about self-actualization. @karenattiah.bsky.social
06.10.2025 04:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New Fighting Matters! IT’S HAPPENING TOO FAST: THE NEWS CYCLE IS OUT OF CONTROL
From Charlie Kirk’s killing to Trump’s authoritarian rhetoric to RFK Jr.’s war on science to the weaponization of “cancel culture,” we unpack why democracy feels like it’s collapsing in real time.
youtu.be/hf7F8LCBbtE
Memes: The New Social Glue — Derek Jones, Fighting Matters
25.09.2025 08:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is a crisis.
www.msnbc.com/the-weeknigh...
New Fighting Matters! MEMES ARE KILLING US: THE NEW FACE OF PROPAGANDA. From Richard Dawkins’ Selfish Gene to AI-driven meme floods, this conversation digs into how memes shape culture, spread extremism, and even destabilize democracy.
youtu.be/RE_tOb6t38I
This was an American tragedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk5t...
Every single American needs to watch this video.
youtu.be/YqAqYMHe6Gk
JD Vance is baselessly blaming the left for hostile rhetoric, while simultaneously asking the right to create a McCarthy blacklist?
15.09.2025 22:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We just saw this article. @colborne.bsky.social if you'd like to appear on Fighting Matters to discuss, let us know
15.09.2025 21:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What’s really dividing us? (Mike Mahaffey, Old Bastard BJJ)
youtu.be/REbVmgeMqAU
"Violence very rarely solves the problems of the people who are committing it." —Heather Cox Richardson
14.09.2025 08:10 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New Fighting Matters: WHAT CHARLIE KIRK'S KILLING SAYS ABOUT US
In this special reaction episode of Fighting Matters, Jesse Walker and Mike Mahaffey respond to the shocking assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk at a Utah event.
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NEW FIGHTING MATTERS: How RFK Jr. is Actually Making America SICK Again, w/ Conspirituality Podcast’s Derek Beres
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Beware of people who offer you simple and emotionally satisfying solutions to inherently complex problems. From today’s episode of the Fighting Matters podcast with Steve Kwan from @bjjmentalmodels.bsky.social and Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social
09.09.2025 20:50 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
New Fighting Matters! FIGHTING VS. VIOLENCE: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? (W/ JANET O’SHEA)
The team tackles one of the deepest questions in combat sports: what separates fighting from violence?
youtu.be/cPJWm3avmlQ
