Meet The Masters

Jason Church from Church's Karate Academy talked to me about teaching, shared memories, starting a school in Louisiana and more.

Master Maybroda joined me to talk about how he got started in the martial arts, what inspired him to keep pushing at a young age, what it takes to improve, work ethic and more.

Master Harsche from Elite Martial Arts joined me to talk about competing, his original instructor, what it takes to stay in shape and more.

Master Lappin joined me on October 7th, 2020 to talk about her start in the martial arts, running a studio and more.

Master Wiskin joined me on 10/1/20 to talk about the martial arts, time training with Grandmaster Khan, getting to jam with Grandmaster Beaudoin and more.

Master Westraad joined me on 9/18/20 to talk about moving to the US from South Africa, winning the WTSDA World Cup, East Coast Karate and more.

Master "K" as his students know him, joined me to talk about starting with Master Godwin, stories of Grandmaster Shin, Evolution Karate and more!

Master Geiter joined me on 8/27/20 to talk about Saucon Valley, getting started teaching and more.

Master S and I sat down on 8/12/20 to talk about his martial arts history, starting his own school and more.

Nate Gordon of Nate Gordon's Black Belt Academy sat down on October 30th, 2020 to talk about joining Shin Karate in the early days, the beginning of WTSDA, breaking bricks, sharing the martial arts with your family and more.  You can listen to interviews live on our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/meetthemasterstsd.

Master Chris Anderson from WTSDA Region 5 and Anderson's Karate joined me to talk about his early days of training Taekwondo and Tang Soo Do, joining WTSDA with Master Ochs and more!

Luis joined Master Eziel Martinez and myself to share his story of traveling from Argentina by bicycle for the past year and half to attend the WTSDA World Championships.

My friend Master Temprorario joined me from Mozambique to talk about his history in the martial arts, why Tang Soo Do was the art that he was drawn to and more.

Master Aguillo joined me to talk martial arts, trying to fit in, memories of training in Region 8 and more!

William and I sat down to talk about his start in the martial arts, his favorite parts of it, training with Master Goodwin and more.

Master Patrick West is the owner and instructor of Texas Tang Soo Do, along with being the assistant director of region 4 in the WTSDA. He joined me to discuss getting started in the martial arts, being a charter member of the WTSDA, meeting Grandmaster Shin in person for the first time, and more in this great interview. I hope you enjoy it!

Master Schwalbach joined me to talk about his start in the martial arts, training in Mozambique, moving to Cape Town, being the WTSDA Region 14 Director and more.

Grandmaster Strong joined me to talk about navigating COVID, his promotion to ninth degree black belt, 2022 World Championships, writing his second book about Founding Grandmaster Shin and more.

Jared joined me to talk about growing up training martial arts, how to stay motivated, memories of Grandmaster Shin and region 8 and his 10th anniversary of Arteca's Karate.

Master Wolverton joined me to talk about her martial arts journey, being a regional director for WTSDA, training with her daughters, assisting candidates at the master's clinic and more.

David Paprocki of Fighting Hawk Tang Soo Do joined me to talk about his martial arts journey, which includes receiving his master belt in 2022, training with the Inoshita's, writing for his website, the Urban Martial Artist and opening his own WTSDA club at 18. 

Kelly Goodwin joined me to talk about her martial arts history, starting in Taekwondo and Aikido, finding her way to WTSDA, her experience working on editing the WTSDA Books and more.

I am back for an interview with Master Arteca!  We talked about competing as a colored belt at the first WTSDA World Championships, starting his own dojang, the moment when Jeanette joined the rest of the family in training and more!

Master DiMarco joined me to talk about starting Tang Soo Do with his friends, the WTSDA convention, learning the nunchaku and more.

Master Marcko joined me from Sweden to talk about starting martial arts in the US, bringing Tang Soo Do to Sweden and more.