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Stephen Koepfer
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Oct 22, 2026
#361: Stephen Koepfer – Stunt Performer, Sambo Coach, John Wick
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Stephen KoepferGUEST
I mean, I can say for me, it was there was always since childhood interested in interest in film and filmmaking and making Super 8 movies when I was a kid.

Stephen KoepferGUEST
And, you know, but like even as a even as a youth, I went to filmmaking summer camp like all my other friends went to like regular summer camp and I went to filmmaking camp.

Stephen KoepferGUEST
But I always envisioned myself, back then at least, a special effects guy or a behind the scenes guy.

Stephen KoepferGUEST
If you looked at my bedroom library back then, it was all how they made Star Wars, how they made Raiders of the Lost Ark, how they made American Werewolf in London, all the special effects stuff.
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Max BranstetterHOST
This is the problem with sometimes I'll have guests on in an area that's so foreign yet so fascinating to me that I have so many questions about their craft that I forget to dive into their entrepreneurship part, which is kind of funny for an entrepreneurship podcast, but go on.
#72 - Sambo Steve - The American Sambo Master of Sport: Unlocking Soviet Grappling Secrets #sambo
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30:32JoshHOST
What is the biggest mistake you see pure jujitsu practitioners make when trying to close the distance under a combat Sambo rule set?

Stephen KoepferGUEST
Well, I, I mean, it's the same mistake I see with, by the way, with sport grappling, too.

Stephen KoepferGUEST
It's maybe just a little more obvious in combat Sambo 'cause you have striking.

Stephen KoepferGUEST
But generally, and this is not just jujitsu guys, this is just generally people who train their ranges separately.

Stephen KoepferGUEST
You know, like, they'll train, like, their Muay Thai, and then they'll train their jujitsu wrestling, then, you know, they'll, they'll do, like, little bits, and then...

Stephen KoepferGUEST
I would say, like, one of the, one of my biggest pet peeves, like, so let's, let's, actually, let's dial it back.

Stephen KoepferGUEST
The whole combative philosophy behind combat Sambo, and also sport Sambo, by the way, it's reflected in the rule set, is to, uh, get the person down and finish them as quick as possible.
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49:12JoshHOST
... model, the teaching model, that American BJJ or wrestling rooms should adopt today?