Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with our guest Joe Scargill, an active Secret Service Agent for 20 years, a Checkmat BJJ Black belt who is an athlete, coach and true American Badass! Fighting out of Jacksonville Florida by way of Pennsylvania, he wrestled at Ohio State and was on a path to go the path of working in Insurance like the rest of his family and turned to law enforcement after some impactful friends made an impression on him.

After starting as a police officer he set his sights on the Secret Service but was initially rejected. His background in wrestling made him no stranger to adversity as he picked himself up and applied again, being accepted in 2000. He found the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a combat instructor for the Secret Service and has taken his gift and abilities in leadership from the Government to the mats. He is shaping minds young and old at A Force BJJ in Ponte Vedra, Florida and spends his time as a national keynote speaker. He is also on the advisory board for Academy Safe providing a high quality training environment for martial arts communities doing the extra work to verify it is a place run by people we can trust with our children, friends and family. FUN episode with an incredible guy, you won't want to miss this one!

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