What does it take to think like a world champion butcher?
In this episode, performance coach Martin Jäntschke pulls back the curtain on the mental game behind the Butcher Wolf Pack’s global success. From the locker room to the cutting table, Martin breaks down how systems thinking, engineering precision and elite teamwork turn good butchers into world-class competitors.

We get into what really happens after you win the World Butchers Challenge, how to keep that fire alive, and why the same high-performance principles that drive butchers can transform any team, in any field.

Knives Down is here. Episode 1 takes us back to where it all began, with World Butchers’ Challenge founder Rod Slater. From the first spark of an idea to letting go of the reins, Rod shares the story of building something bigger than a competition and what it means to step aside but never really leave the room.