Wildcatdojo Conversations

Today we offer you a can't miss episode. We interview a  fabulous, lovely, deadly 90 year old woman. I really don't need to say a lot more - Thelma and her family will fill in all the details. Enjoy a fun ride! There wasn't any mention of other episodes. So, there's nothing to tag. But you can look up old interviews or any other of the 220 episodes we've covered.  We appre...

The Book Crew is back with another book by our instructor Master Kelljchian. There was so much to say about this book that I had to cut 5 minutes and move it to the Stories and Bloopers reel! But we cover plenty - Including the fact that Master Kelljchian talked a lot about the elements. Therefore it's no surprise that, on this podcast,  we've done six episodes on them. If you search, yo...

Sensei Jerri joins us today as we try our hand at another episode of words from The Overlook Martial Arts Dictionary. This week it's the letter R. While discussing different ranks,  Grandmaster Urban's book The Karate Dojo came up. We did a few episodes on this great book. Here's a link to one of them: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/2196104 We also discuss Jiguro Kano, the founde...

Today the show is jam-packed. We visit the lives of both Kanryo Higaonna and Chojun  Miyagi, the naming of Goju Ryu Karate... And - dot matrix printers, the 1990s, and more. It's jammed with information and the usual fun. At one point we mention that our friend Max (a black belt in USA Goju Federation) has been on a couple of times talking about his journey with Buddhism. Here is his first ap...

My first note here is personal to Hanshi Malanoski. Even as I was trying to fix my original mistake on the word Jutte - I managed to say it with the emphasis on the wrong syllable. Don't worry, one day I'll get it right! Back to today. Steven and Geraldo join us today to talk about taking notes. Sounds boring but we had fun and we all hope you enjoy listening. (And of course send us your...

Finally, We sit down and talk with Landyn. We cover everything from when he started karate, to what he does these days and how bright his future is shining. At one point he tells a story - one we haven't heard - about Master Kelljchian. (See our web presence for a pic.) Here's the link to our original episode on Master Kelljchian: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/2384333 Another subject...

Happy 2024. Megan is our guset today as we discuss - in the modern vernacular - mindfulness. But there is so much more to it. It's a wonderful archived episode to start the new year. First things first: Hey Megan - this is an official shout out to get in touch with that Master Kelljchian story you mention in this episode. Also folks, listen to Landyn's voce in 2020 to his voice now - Yik...

Well, at least the last 1/2 of 2023. We include our usual word  and dialog mess ups. But equally as fun is the stories from guests that didn't make it into the episode. There are references to almost every episode in the past few months - way too many episodes to include them all. But here are a few.  Until I listened to this episode, I forgot we even did an episode on Boomerangs. For the epi...

Sensei Derek joins us as we add the cutlass,  nagamaki and more to our list of weird weapons. We even get into a quick discussion about how many weapons episodes we've had. I looked over old episodes, but didn't count. We mention the katana today. Back in August of 2020, we did 3 episodes on swords. Here's the one specific to the katana: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4878146   A...

We are so lucky to have a friend like Sifu Jones in our little community. Today he adds some information to our Long fist boxing discussion from Oct. In case you didn't catch that episode, here's the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/13708596 Remember when I realized that the animals in Goju and the animals in Shaolin were similar? Well, Sifu added some information I hadn't he...

Landyn, Sensei Jackie and I enter Dec with a letter episode.  As the title says - we talk about words that begin with the letter "J".  The conversations jumps all over the place. Quick correction from Hanshi Malanoski. I say the word "jutte" incorrectly. It should be said with 2 syllables (Jut-te). I hope I don't hurt anyone's eardrums and I appreciate your understand...

There's no such thing as too many reminders to take a deep breath. Today we do that  by visiting with Kim and learning about her journey of over 20 years  in yoga, meditation and breathing. Matthew, her son, joins in too! Both Matthew and Kim joined us in 2022 to talk about the show Cobra Kai. Here's a link in case you want to listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/10550847 We also me...

Ryan, our Myth-buster, joins us for a quick peek at Achilles. He's awesome. (You decide who I'm talking about after listening.) Just a quick caveat that I'll try to remember to put into our myth episodes in the future: This is mythology, not facts.  By definition it's what someone said 1000s of years ago. Did you guys know that historians actually argue as to whether the entire...

 I'm so excited we finally got to this conversation. And even more excited that we did it with our friend Shihan McKinnon. I waited on this, one of my favorite subjects, until I found the right spark. And that spark came from Shihan's blogpost on the subject. Here is a link to it: https://www.torakankarate.com.au/single-post/karate-essence-kata?fbclid=IwAR383Ku0p8vwNF5Mz0Oz5FOcdkItKrqThC...

Welcome to the first episode of our 5th year of recording. We're joined by old friends - Sensei Tim and his wife Glenda - both are school teachers and we share stories and ideas about being subjective and objective (just like the title says). Sensei Tim brought up the idea that failure is a great teacher. I thought we did a whole episode on that - but I don't see it in the archives?? Tha...

Welcome to an archived episode from 2021. The fact that the the 5th week of Oct. falls on our  5 year anniversary - well, that is just a fun coincidence! Here is what I'm thinking you might do: listen to the review, find the movie and stream it, and send feedback with your thoughts. This movie covers many subjects we've tackled over our 4 years of recording. For example it talks about Ko...

As you'll hear, we went a few minutes over our usual length today. But just a few minutes. I'm surprised we kept it that short when you consider that Sensei Lydia was our guest and we can talk! (Also, a couple of quick stories ended up on the blooper reel - so watch for that in Dec.) Sensei Lydia was on the 3rd episode we ever recorded back in 2019. Here's a link if you want to chec...

We hope you enjoy this experiment and let us know either way! We're joined by Sensei Derek to record a word episode. Instead of doing it the way we have for the last (almost) 4 years, we decided to use the Overlook Martial Arts Dictionary  by Emil Farkas and John Corcoran. We tackled some words beginning with the letter L and learned lots along the way. Of course, we mentioned old episodes. F...

The first thing I need to say is this: I aired this episode on 10.2.23 unedited and 4 people listened before I noticed, pulled it, and finished the edits. Oops!! So, if you're one of those 4 people, please listen again, write me at dojoconversations@aol.com and let me know how annoying it was before I edited it AND did the craziness of the non-edited version make you want to be on the show? l...

Welcome to some fun with our friend Shihan TD Mckinnon.  To quote the end of the episode - we talk about some "high falutin" concepts and bring them down to earth. I hope you enoy listening 1/2 as much as we enjoyed talking with one another. I was reading one of Shihan's  blogposts and that is what sparked this conversation. Here is the link to Shihan's Blog, in case you have t...

As the title tells you - there is more to say about the book American Shaolin. Sensei Baier stayed with us and we talked people, places and friends mentioned in the book. At one point when we (inevitably) discuss iron kung fu, it leads us to makiwara training. We did an episode on that. So of course, here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8708384 Thanks for listening and let us know...

What fun we had (Sensei Tracey, Sensei Jackie, myself and a first time guest - Sensei Richard Baier) discussing one man's adventure in China. We hope and expect that Sensei Baier will be on many times in the future. This book has so many aspects to it that we'll need two episodes to cover it all. It reminds me of when we read Living the Martial Way. If you're interested. Here's...

Listen today as we learn about a Judo Club in England from our new friend Amy. Here's the link to the dojo. It is run by Sensei Shawn Bullman: https://hdjudoclub.wixsite.com/hdjudoclub I thank Sensei Bullman for allowing Amy to share with us. Amy's daughter trains in Essex, UK and she wanted to share what it's like from the parents perspective. As always happens- we laughed and lear...

We're joined by Sensei Randy to discuss anime - after watching 3 hours of it.  Listen for all kinds of crazy conversation, our take away on anime and a few details too! Sensei Randy has been a guest since we started the podcast. Here is his second appearance - an episode about growth in karate at the intermediate level: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/3554455 Thank you for listening. If you...

Admit it - this is weird! Sensei Jackie and Landyn decided we should do this and I agreed. So....They really do interview me. It felt strange and yet we had a lot of fun. We couldn't possibly get through this episode without mentioning Master Kelljchian. In 2020 we did an episode where we shared stories about our teacher. Here's the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/2384333 We want...