Jim "Smokey" West is a retired 7th Special Forces Group Warrant Officer and is also the founder of American Extension Fighting. In this episode we discuss his rough upbringing, his martial arts background going back to the 70's, and his Special Forces career. We also talk about how he was "sheep dipped" or seconded to the CIA for classified missions to Central America in the 1980's.Jim's book "A Mind for a Fight" can be found on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Fight-Evolutionary-Systems-Focused-Self-Defense/dp/B085RRZ58DSupport the stream on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse