Persistent PerformanceBuilt from the inside of the injury
Kevin wrestled at the University of Iowa under Dan Gable, then spent 38 years as a physical therapist — sports medicine, industrial rehab, geriatrics, fall prevention. In 2006 he started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He's now a 3rd-degree black belt who has won Masters divisions at Worlds and Pan Ams.
Along the way: a dislocated elbow, both shoulders operated on, both knees scoped, both heels broken at once — three months in a wheelchair — and two total hip replacements. He returned to competition after every one of them.
"I have two artificial hips and I still train." Nobody in BJJ has told this story before.
Persistent Performance exists to turn that recovery — clinical and personal — into a system anyone can use: how to train around an aging or replaced joint, how to come back after surgery, and how to keep training for decades instead of quitting after the first serious injury.
Still on the mats — two artificial hips and all.
