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.