Episode 68. Pan Am Gold, Burnout & Building Champions
The conversation
About Kamran Madani.
Kamran Madani sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 68, “Pan Am Gold, Burnout & Building Champions”.
Kamran, known as Coach Cam, is a former elite USA Karate athlete, national champion, World Games medalist and Pan American Games gold medalist. He grew up in a karate family, and both of his parents are immigrants.
He made the junior national team in 2009, the first year 12 and 13 year olds were eligible for junior Pan Ams, made it again in 2010 at 13, and never looked back. Early on he competed in both kata and kumite.
Now a mental performance coach and karate coach, he talks about pressure, burnout and identity, and why athletes need support, mindset and purpose, not just medals.
“made the team there, and basically never looked back”
From the episode
- Athletes need more than medals. They need support and purpose.
- Build champions from the inside out.
- Help the people around you feel grounded.
- Discipline
- Karate
- Rank
- National champion, Pan American Games gold medalist
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