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Today I welcome Sonny Sahota from Praxis Gym in Canada. Sonny, a judo black belt and manager of Kensington Judo Club in Vancouver, shares his insights on integrating Ecological Dynamics and the Active Inference Framework (AIF) into martial arts coaching. Sony introduces some of the tenets these approaches, discussing how they inform skill acquisition, practice design, and the balance between training under fatigue and maintaining motor learning. Sonny highlights the importance of understanding athletes' individual narratives and emotional engagement. This conversation offers valuable perspectives on how these cutting-edge theories can complement each other and enhance coaching practices. Whether you're a seasoned coach or new to these concepts, this episode is packed with practical insights and thought-provoking discussions.

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Coach Rob Cole joins me today to talk coaching within an ecological dynamics framework.

Rob is a long time mixed martial artist, globetrotters BJJ coach and a regular coach at Ascension Athletics in Connecticut.

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Gray Thomas joins me today to talk about the Ecological Psychology side of ecological dynamics.

Gray is a PhD student at the university of Connecticut where he studies and researches Ecological Psychology. I enjoyed my chat with Gray and learn more about eco psych. The ecological approach really hangs on the theory of direct perception. Gray took some time today to talk about this and it's implication for sport and movement.

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Some more resources worth checking out are:

The Constraints Collective Podcast

Danny Hatchers Video Essays on 'Introduction to Ecological Psychology"(Blau and Wagman) and "How we learn to move" (Gray). Danny's Youtube channel is a treasure trove of Eco related content.

And lastly the recently launched Ecological Dynamics for submission grappling podcast.