We’re joined by Sensei Les Bubka to talk syllabus, kata, tradition, competition, even jealousy, and so much more!
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In this one we are joined once again by everyone’s favourite Kung Fu bus driver Randel Davis!
This time is not about punches, kicks, kata or bunkai but capes, kryptonite, green lanterns and everything Superman as we review the latest Superman movie!
Hope you enjoy 3 martial arts nerds nerd out over Superman instead!
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In this brief bonus episode we catch up with Gus Rogers. Greg and Gus both attended each others sessions at the Southwest Martial Arts & Wellbeing Show, and in this review Sue, Greg and Gus talk about the show, favourite sessions and more.
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In this episode we are joined by Sensei Scot Mertz, practitioner of Goju Ryu, Kojo Ryu, Karate researcher and historian, and the founder of Ryuho Ryu.
We dive deep into some Karate myths, styles, kata, curriculum and so much more.
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In this episode it’s a throw back to the early days as Greg and Sue chit chat about anything and everything, including how Greg has evolved as a martial artist over the years since the podcast started.
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We are honoured to be joined in this episode by not one but two legends of Karate in this special roundtable discussion!
Hanshi Patrick McCarthy and Sensei Joe Swift join us to chat about Karate history, rare kata, martial arts research and much much more.
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There have been many returns in pop culture over the years, the Jedi, the King, the living dead….but none of them compare to the return of our dear friend Ken of Kenfu TV!
Not only is Ken back on the podcast but he’s back on YouTube as well.
In this one we chat about everything Ken’s transformative year dealing with dojo changes, training adjustments, and a healthy dose of random tangents of course!
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Today we're joined once again by one host of the Kung Fu Conversations podcast, Randel Davis. We talk curriculum, training, teaching and Superman! Keep an eye out for part 2 coming soon when we have Randel again to review the upcoming Superman movie.
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In this episode we’re joined by Cheyne McMahon of the Australian Karate Academy.
We chat about his Karate history, kata, modern sport karate, his custom karate gis and much more!
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The first chat was so good we had to have him back so we are joined once again by Sensei Russ Smith!
In this episode we dive into 5 Ancestor Boxing and its similarities to Karate, the tactics of various arts, evolving as martial artists and much much more!
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In this episode we are joined by Matt Law who is the founder of the charity “Geez A Gi”.
Matt tells us all about how the charity came about, what its mission is, and most importantly how you can support it!
The charity is doing some fantastic work so please check them out and support them at the links below.
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We are joined once again by Rich Dimitri and Pam Armitage to talk all things violence prevention.
If real self defence is something you’re interested in then Rich and Pam are the people you need to listen to!
Hope you enjoy this one as much as we did……because they will be returning later on this year! So stay tuned.
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In this episode we’re joined by Gus Rogers of Heads of the Valleys Tang Soo Do.
Gus talks about his early Tang Soo Do training, and what led up to him deciding to write his book “Recipes do not make delicious meals”.
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In this episode we’re joined by Andrew Adams and Jeremy Lesniak of Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio.
If you don’t know of Whistlekick then where have you been?! Whistlekick is the largest martial arts podcast out there and has recently surpassed 1000 episodes. They’ve featured over 500 guests (including the two of us) so check them out in the links below.
We had a blast having them on and we hope you enjoy listening.
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In this episode we’re joined by Sensei Russ Smith. Russ is an expert in various styles of martial arts including Goju Ryu Karate, 5 Ancestor Boxing and Matayoshi Kobudo to name a few.
We talk karate, Kung fu, principle based learning, teaching and much more!
We hope you get as much out of this as we did.
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We’re finally back after a busy Christmas and New Year period!
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The final episode of 2024 is here! Thank you all for your continued support, we both very much appreciate it.
Merry Christmas!
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It’s episode 80, which can mean only one thing…..the return of Ken Knight of Kenfu!
We talk about Ken’s recovery, his trip to the UK earlier in the year, martial arts curriculums and so much more.
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This episode we are joined once again by Mary Stevens! We talk about her joint venture with Jamie Clubb, her course around women in Karate and much much more!
We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.
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This episode we’re joined by owner and chief instructor of Applied Karate Academy, Steve Goodhand.
We talk competition, bunkai, cross training and much more!
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