Strength & Speed

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Details about Evan's military service and martial arts background.

Evan is an 19 year military veteran and an active duty member of the US Army Special Forces. With 44 months of combat experience, all to the Middle East, he continues to serve his country in between races and spending time with his family.
For more details on his service as well as some "fun" war stories, pick up a copy of his book "Ultra-OCR Man: From Special Forces Soldier to Record Setting Professional Obstacle Course Racer" now available in:
Hard Copy
All profits from the sale of the hard copy books will go 100% to the charity Folds of Honor.
Amazon Kindle Digital.
Perfect for you e-reader, tablet or capable of running off the Kindle App on your phone.
Audiobook via Audible
Great option for listening during a long run, training for your next big event or driving to a race to keep the motivation burning hot.

Deployments

Iraq (32 months)
Kuwait (2 months)
Qatar (4 months)
Lebanon (6 months)

The Army considered all of these as "combat zones" during time of deployment, despite some of them having a low threat level.

Current Qualifications:
-Combatives:
-Associate Instructor for Tiga Tactics
-Master Modern Army Combatives Instructor
-Combatives OIC for 1st Infantry Division (2023-2024)
-1st ID All Army Combatives Team (Alternate Welterweight, 2023)
-Air Force Combatives Program Basic Instructor (Special Warfare track)

-Bladed Arts:
-Medusa Edged Weapons System Instructor # 036-24
-Dynamic Fighting Arts Kali: Level 6 (Instructor)
-Dynamic Fighting Arts Karambit: Level 4
-Dynamis Alliance Blade Work: Level 2
-Inosanto Kali Practitioner at Elite Academy of Martial Arts
-Western Piper Methods Practitioner

Striking Arts:
-Black Belt- 1st Degree in Shaolin Kempo Karate through Aplomb Martial Arts Karate
-Level 2: Jeet Kune Do through Elite Academy of Martial Arts (supplemented with Wing Chun, Red Sash through Chan's Kung Fu)

Grappling:
-Blue Belt- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu through Pedro Sauer Jiu Jitsu Association at Elite Academy of Martial Arts

Other:
-Self teaches traditional martial arts weapons using YouTube videos and books
-Occasionally does things like work with Bobby Ross for choreographed fights (see Reign vs. Bang below):

Tiga Tactics Articles

A couple of articles on Tiga Tactics focused on their unique brand of online training:

Get Functional ASAP

Think Like a Bad Guy, Act Like a Good Guy

Black Belt Magazine

Article called "Dear Hollywood Reboot WMAC Masters" in the 60th anniversary issue of Black Belt Magazine released in August 2021.

Radio Interview: KMAN

Radio interview conducted on Manhattan, KS KMAN radio talking about Combatives along with teammate Brad Johnston (BJJ brown belt & 3rd place Lightweight at 2023 All Army Combatives competition).

Radio Interview: KJCK

Radio interview conducted on KJCK Junction City, KS radio talking about Combatives along with teammate Brad Johnston (BJJ brown belt & 3rd place Lightweight at 2023 All Army Combatives competition).