Fight stress and the brain, with Michiel Mulder of Urban Combatives School of Self Protection

Michiel Mulder is a self-protection instructor based in the Netherlands who teaches across Europe and in the United States as well. His approach draws on lessons learned working as a bouncer and studying Urban Combatives under Lee Morrison. In this wide-ranging interview we explore what fight or flight stress does to the brain, ways to incorporate stress inoculation into training, and how martial arts may not always provide realistic solutions for defending against real-world violence.