Episode 5: Evan Chmieleski

On this Episode of the Primal Performance Podcast we welcome our first guest, Evan Chmieleski. We take a deep dive into Evans experiences as a professional fighter, coach and business owner. We touch on the life lessons learned through martial arts, overcoming obstacles that we face in our lives, building community through physical and physiological struggle and challenge, and much more.

Evan Chmieleski: Owner and Head Instructor at “Fight For Tomorrow Martial Arts Academy”

Evan began training in 2008 to settle a bet about whether or not he could be an MMA fighter. Taking an amateur MMA fight 5 weeks after the first class he ever took, he found out first hand that he had a lot to learn. Beginning strictly as an MMA athlete with more toughness and heart than technique and knowledge, his Mixed Martial Arts career, corporate career, and personal life have all had their share of ups and downs.

Throughout the past 16 years, Evan has found value in the lessons he has learned through the martial arts. As his experience grew, he realized that the lessons learned through the martial arts are applicable in many situations encountered in both personal and professional life.

Evan's goal for the Fight For Tomorrow Academy is to truly embody the philosophy that "the true way of the martial arts is to train so that these skills are useful at any time, and to teach these skills so that they will be useful in all things."

Evan's competitive accomplishments include:

- Black Belt in Japanese Jiu-jitsu (Shodan)

- Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

- Locked in the Cage Bantamweight Champion

- 2016 Team USA Combat Sambo

- International Presidents Cup Champion (63kg / 139lbs)

- 2023 ADCC fall open Masters Advanced champion

- Competitor for CFFC (Cage Fury Fighting Championships)

 Contact Evan:

- Website: www.thefightfortomorrow.com

- Social: @the_fight_for_tomorrow and @the_path_submission_series