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One of the most heart-wrenching things that can happen to a man is losing his young wife to death. Becoming a widower but also being left alone to father a baby compounds the heartache. It\u2019s something that happened to Theodore Roosevelt and also to my guest today on the show. His name is Daniele Bolelli, he\u2019s a professor of history, host of the podcasts History on Fire<\/a> and The Drunken Taoist<\/a>, an amateur mixed martial artist, and the author of several books, including <\/span>Not Afraid<\/a> <\/i><\/span>and On the Warrior\u2019s Path<\/a>.<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

Today on the show, Daniele and I discuss why a bookworm like himself started fighting, how combat sport fighting grounds us in reality, and the forgotten philosophy of Bruce Lee. We then talk about his experience losing his wife to an aggressive brain tumor, what it was like raising a child by himself, and how martial arts and Theodore Roosevelt provided him strength and inspiration during a harrowing time in his life. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the most heart-wrenching things that can happen to a man is losing his young wife to death. Becoming a widower but also being left alone to father a baby compounds the heartache. It\u2019s something that happened to Theodore Roosevelt and also to my guest today on the show. His name is Daniele Bolelli, he\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[502,156,42388],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character","category-podcast","category-self-improvement"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/286-538x280.png","medium_large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/286-768x432.png","aom":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/286-372x230.png","reactor-320":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/286-320x180.png","reactor-640":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/286-640x360.png"},"yoast_head":"\nPodcast: Why Every Man Should Fight | The 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