You Control You
A high-energy keynote on ownership, effort, and building a future nobody can hand you. Ideal for conferences, company all-hands, and leadership events.
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Not Just A Title
Speaker. Coach. Builder. It’s a lifestyle.
You Control You started as a mindset, became a podcast, and now shows up everywhere Mark does: on stage, in the gym, and in how he builds. It’s not a slogan. It’s how he lives.
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Speaker
Keynotes and workshops that move rooms from motivation to action.
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Coach
Hands-on training at Wolf Pack Combat Academy, built on discipline and accountability.
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Builder
Building the You Control You movement: the podcast, the academy, and what’s next.
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Lifestyle
Effort, ownership, and self-mastery, applied every single day, not just on stage.
Meet Mark
Pain into purpose.
Mark “ShaH” Evans is a fighter, coach, and builder: the founder of the You Control You movement. Born in Broadview, Illinois and raised in part in Richland Center, Wisconsin, he started boxing as a teenager and has spent more than 20 years in combat sports, leading Wolf Pack Combat Academy in Madison, Wisconsin, home to The Blast Muay Thai program, and training students to find clarity and strength in the gym and in life.
Mark created the Wolf Pack Mentoring Program with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, co-founded the Urban Community Arts Network, and hosts the You Control You podcast, where he talks growth, masculinity, family, and faith.
For Mark, it’s not a brand. It’s how he lives: no one is coming to save you, so you control your effort, your choices, and your future.
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The Message
Success isn’t given. It’s built one disciplined choice at a time.
Mark doesn’t just motivate. He challenges people to look in the mirror, take ownership, and build the habits that actually hold up under pressure. From the ring to the boardroom to the living room, the principles are the same: show up, do the work, and control what’s yours to control.
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In Their Words
Real impact, real people
“Thank you. You saved my life.”
High School Senior
“Helped me learn to take control of my life.”
Army Veteran
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Clips from the road
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What Mark Offers
Keynote
Workshop
Fireside
Programs & Coaching
Keynotes, workshops, and training built on discipline, responsibility, and self-mastery, for teams, schools, gyms, and events.
Discipline & Accountability
A hands-on half-day session drawing on 20+ years in combat sports. Teams leave with a plan they wrote themselves and the discipline to run it.
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A live Q&A format for schools, gyms, churches, and community events, with real talk on masculinity, parenting, and personal growth.
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Wolf Pack Combat Academy
Discipline is built in the gym first.
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Wolf Pack Combat Academy is home to The Blast Muay Thai program and trains boxers and Muay Thai fighters of all levels. Mark brings the same principles he teaches on stage into every session: structure, accountability, and the willingness to get back up.
20+Years in combat sports
Madison, WIHome of Wolf Pack Combat Academy
Train with the Wolf Pack
Boxing. Muay Thai. Mindset. For students who want more than a workout.
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You Control You, The Podcast
Real conversations. No fluff.
Personal growth, relationships, and self-discipline. Practical advice, one decision at a time.
- The Black Belt Mindset | Duane Ludwig Full Interview
How martial arts discipline builds accountability, and why doing what you said you would do is the foundation of success.
- You Can’t Control Them. Here’s What You Can Control With Alison Armstrong
The power of choice, and what you can truly cause in your own life.
- Your Ego Is Destroying Your Co-Parenting
An honest conversation on co-parenting and blended families, and why the kids come first.
The Wait Is Almost Over
You Control You: The W.O.L.F. Method
A 24/7 field manual for taking back control of your life.
“Life happens to you. What happens next comes through you.”
WWeather the Winter
OOwn the Wolf
LLead the Pack
FFind Your Mountain
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