Cleared Hot Episode 174 - Jon Boone and Travis Davison

Jon Boone is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a recent transplant to the Flathead Valley of Montana. Originally from Canada, he emigrated to the United States, found BJJ and dove in headfirst, eventually opening his own academy. Like many affected by the pandemic, he is re-inventing himself with his love for French cuisine with his company Salt and Butter.
Travis Davison is the vice president of Straight Blast Gym International, the owner of multiple SBG facilities, and a 20 + year BJJ practitioner as well as my coach.
For those that think that these episodes are only about Jiu-Jitsu, you could not be more mistaken. Often times we talk more about life than anything that happens on the mat.
Enjoy
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0:00 - Duke Cannon 1:34 - Theragun 2:59 - Manscaped 4:32 - MD Hearing Aid 6:40 - Travis Davison and Jon Boone introduction 7:41 - Podcast starts 8:00 - Jocko's request and being an undersized gorilla 9:38 - California, COVID lock downs, and business closure 16:17 - The role of obesity in COVID mortality 19:08 - The apparent lack of critical thinking and blaming others 19:57 - The current media landscape's role in the country's lack of "progression" 20:40 - Rejecting common sense dietary advice and being an "askhole" 23:47 - "I wanna start BJJ, but I gotta lose weight first" 25:35 - Lock downs and their effect on BJJ student progression and mental health 29:11 - Will COVID cost gyms even more business if students don't return? 30:16 - Legislating risk for others 32:11 - "Choke ball", "Jiu Jitsu Virus", and adult vs child injury rates 38:04 - Jon Boone's journey to BJJ, stuntwork, and eventually Montana 43:10 - "Stunt bump" and the XXX base jump 45:41 - Jackie Chan, his apparent immortality, and risks of stunt work 46:46 - Jon Boone was involved in a low-budget movie 47:45 - Jon Boone's journey to BJJ continued 48:54 - The early days of BJJ, how Jon was a bad training partner, and what flipped his switch to improvement 54:24 - Jon's intimidation tactic and breathing control 55:54 - Andy wants a piece of "old Jon" 57:15 - Being a good rolling partner and not taking training like it's an actual fight 1:01:30 - Training bad spots and Roger Gracie 1:06:02 - The power of intimidation and Marcelo Garcia thanked Steven Seagall 1:07:15 - Sh!tting on Steven Seagall 1:08:07 - How long it took and how it felt to get Jon's black belt 1:09:01 - Imposter syndrome with getting promoted 1:11:01 - The responsibility of giving belt promotions 1:13:00 - The burden of being a black belt 1:14:44 - Letting a student grow into their belt as opposed to making them improve to the next level 1:16:04 - Comparing yourself to others vs personal growth/progress 1:20:19 - Why Jon became an American as a former Canadian, eh? 1:21:22 - Jon's really good immigration story 1:29:08 - Steve Rinella and field dressing an animal 1:30:10 - Jon's experience with a festering refrigerator 1:31:01 - What got Jon into cooking and food 1:35:39 - Jon's restaurant concept 1:39:09 - Will Jon continue with BJJ while pursuing this restaurant? 1:41:04 - Jon's advice to new BJJ practitioners and why he loves SBG 1:43:40 - Future SBG camps 1:46:34 - The food in Costa Rica 1:47:37 - Denver airport sucks 1:48:26 - Congratulating Andy on his purple belt and positional sparring 1:51:00 - It is hard to submit Andy and talking about his progression 1:55:34 - Bozeman's upcoming SBG gym and Travis's children's involvement with BJJ 2:00:04 - Duke Cannon 2.0 2:00:48 - Outtro and how to spread Cleared Hot like honey on Popeye's biscuits Happy Monday folks! Starting this week off praying on the toilet. Good times.

[@mikedudley9975]

Morning dude. High five.

[@sandiasurfers3174]

🙏 MVP

[@ARuiz1004]

@Nguyen with the Pin, Comin in Hot, as always! See you Friday!

[@bradzdanivsky]

Andy better paying you? all podcasts have timestamps now (basic requirement).

[@haydensmith7551]

Not a good start to the week brother praying to the porcelain god

[@davewesterfield561]

The discussion about relaxing during rolling (51:07) rather than constantly going 100% is spot on. Thanks for bringing that up.

[@the_real_ch3]

Funny story Dookie Cannon was my nickname in college

[@benrosauer297]

“Recent transplant” LOL

[@nikkisims8656]

Don't lick door knobs🤣🤣🤣 Seriously 🤣🤣

[@anthonyledington3143]

Man you guys sound like you got all the answers.

[@georgeraguz5489]

is that basketball stat true?

[@snowroaches]

The spouse of the Ask-hole is the Yeah-but. You tell them the answer, and the response is "yeah, but_____".

[@themachine3490]

WHAT? Don't lick Doorknobs... pffft. You can't tell me how to live my life. lol

[@realRainz]

as the song goes "...You gotta lick it, before you kick it"🤣

[@robertfiddler6960]

On people’s eating habits, yes there’s a lot of bad decisions. But, it’s also true that eating healthy can be expensive and urban fresh food deserts are a real thing.

[@smegheadish]

I like it.. "I'm a piece of sh.. !" That's actually my positive reinforcement/ daily affirmation motto.. helps you stay humble.

[@johnkamot3237]

One of these days Andy will have the GBRS guys on. If anything one of those retired 24th sts cct's on for a sit down.

[@garybellish9586]

I did a similar thing with my youth football team. When energy was low, I'd tell them to circle it up. Then I'd tell one player to hit the circle. Then they call out who they wanted. The object was to drive the opponent out of the circle

[@sir0nion]

For Me: "Don't let him pass your guard" (In SoCal Accent?) - 50:34

[@mr.tall-man1573]

Excellent mug Travis. Good conversations gents.

[@hardtopindown7781]

Well done...again. Thanks Andy. Have a good weekend all.

[@Snoggy_1_2]

So when does Brad Colbert make it on?

[@dpeshy6719]

We are doing positional sparring every practice, regardless what color belt you are. I expect nothing else. 30 mins learning a new move, 30 mins positional grappling, stand-up or whatever the partners want.

[@nathanbieber2840]

Welcome to America Sir!

[@brandenbowie9967]

My gym does positional sparring right after we learn the days' techniques. We call is situational training. It is some of my favorite work because you are learning to use the exact technique you just learned. I also appreciate Jon's point about slowing down. I am a two stripe white belt and that makes so much sense. I wear myself out too quick when rolling so I am going to try to slow things down. Great podcast!

[@kingkilla7650]

So I know this has been answered before but the audio in the beginning where the JTAC is calling in the air strike, is there a way to hear the full audio or where did it come from?

[@taken_name7721]

Love restaurant idea. Call it Valhalla's. Edit...looked it up, taken. If the misses would allow you could put a hooters spin on it and call it shield maidens lol

[@mattstakeontheancients7594]

Love you brought up being a therapist when your a trainer. I listened 90% of the time and actually told them exercises 10%. Actually made me a better listener with women as a weird result.

[@dukenukem6298]

First

[@vincentlloyd5438]

This podcast is a breath of fresh air. So thankful I found it. Thanks again man.

[@Lunatical549]

"Comorbidities... No, that's if you die". - Andy

[@pablomotta___]

So grateful to have humble Badasses like these guys to listen to. Well done and thank you, Andy!

[@andrewmoran627]

Andy going to his first tournament!!! Heck yes! Can’t wait to hear about it.

[@marinawolf]

I really enjoy these podcasts and find them so valuable, but it's a bit grating to hear advice about exercise from people who can take 2 hours to roll multiple times a week. I eat well and am in decent shape but between work, kids and keeping a household afloat, I'm lucky if I get to talk the dog for 20 minutes after everyone's in bed. People will say you make time if it's important, but to those I say there are literally no more hours in the day for me, 6 days a week. So I eat well and occasionally fast to keep my weight down, but the hand-waving about exercise does wear thin.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

20 minute workout is easily able to fit in. Don't make excuses make changes. You can even split it up 10 in the morning and 10 at night.

[@Tacit_Tern]

HIIT between commercial breaks

[@marinawolf]

@@JesusChrist2000BC I do that. I'm referring to a proper session. I don't get the level of sweat and exhaustion I need in 20 minutes, nor do I have the subsequent half hour needed to clean up.

[@marinawolf]

@@Tacit_Tern lol!

[@Tacit_Tern]

@@marinawolf Seriously.... It works. I even make little rules for myself. Such as doing 5 pull ups every time I go to the bathroom. ....where there's a will there's a way.

[@christinep4407]

As always, a very entertaining podcast. ❤️

[@ElvinMunoz]

Purple Belt Stumpf!! Awesome.

[@teddylamothe2912]

Don’t think I didn’t catch that Jocko “Good.” 😂

[@jmac5126]

Good guys on this podcast as always God Bless

[@jesselippolt6870]

"he withdrew the noodles", somehow a handshake reference

[@Paul-gf9fc]

Winnipeg is the Detroit of Canada!

[@realRainz]

Street fight is still more effective than any marshal art in its purity. I've never seen two dudes rolling on the ground doing JJ in the street fight. Usually, it is bunch of punches in a head or whatever. no time to think there, adrenalin takes over, and surviving primal instinct.

[@Tacit_Tern]

In reality, knives are usually pulled. Too many people afraid to take a beating in a fair fight.

[@austinalexander9086]

Hell yeah!!!

[@tech6263]

Ummmm musk.

[@simenandersen3262]

25:40 365 days off the matt isn't only gonna stop your progression. But I don't think there's any recovery from that for a 19 year old student. Losing momentum at that age is disasterous not matter what you are pursuing. A year of lockdown can can ruin a teenager's entire career/life

[@dudesontstealmyemail3702]

Thanks Andy!