Meet The Masters

Master Godwin joined me on March 16th, 2021 for (what I thought was at the time) episode 50 of Meet The Masters. We talked about his martial arts journey that has spanned 40 plus years.

Master Ohlson joined me on June 3rd, 2021 to talk about starting judo as a kid and finding her way back to the martial arts as an adult, teaching ki gong online, her love for region 9 and 1 in WTSDA and more!

Master Melchiorre joined me on June 23rd, 2021 to talk about getting his start in Shotokan, joining WTSDA, giving back to the association and community and more.

Master Mimidis joined me on September 29th, 2020 to share stories about Master Beam, starting his own martial arts studio, finding balance between work and family and more.

Master Watson joined me on May 13th, 2020 to talk about getting her start during college, training at Shin Karate and more.

Master Purnell joined me on June 19th, 2021 to talk about getting his start in the martial arts, trips to Mexico, spending time with Grandmaster Shin and more.

Miguel Soto joined us on November 25th, 2020 to talk about growing up in the WTSDA, doing anything to be able to compete, where he got his work ethic and more.

Master John Gallagher joined me on January 7th, 2021 to turn the tables and ask me the questions for once!

Master Angel Celona joined me on July 2nd, 2020 to talk about teaching martial arts in a pandemic, meeting her husband through training, staying motivated and more!

Grandmaster Bill Strong joined Erin and I on April 28th, 2020 to talk about how things were going during the pandemic, his martial arts journey and more on this great episode of meet the masters.

Master Wheeler joined me on September 9th, 2020 to talk about public service, giving back, his history in the martial arts, helping to build the next generation up and more on this great episode.

Master DiMarco joined me on May 21st, 2020 to talk about starting martial arts with Master Dercole, training with the Kwon brothers, memories of the WTSDA charter convention, memories of his friends Master Causerano and Master Wick and more.

Master Butcher from Great Britain Tang Soo Do joined me pn November 11th, 2020 to talk about his training history, cross training in boxing, working with Master Khan and more.

Master Noreen Khan joined me on February 24th, 2021 to talk about growing up in a martial arts family, competing in Tang Soo Do tournaments, and more.

Master Sharpe joined me on October 23rd, 2020 to talk about starting martial arts, meeting great friends and her husband along the way, moving to Texas, kids, running a martial arts school and much more!

Mrs. Mabrouk joined me and guest host Erin Watson (my wife) on April 25th, 2021 to talk about training with her family as a kid, meeting her husband through martial arts and being able to train with multiple Tang Soo Do schools through traveling for work.

Master Marcko joined me from Sweden on May 11th, 2020 to talk about starting his martial arts journey in the US, teaching in Sweden, trying to organize a 25th anniversary party for Tang Soo Do Sweden during a pandemic and more.

Master Marsch joined me on December 9th, 2020 to talk about meeting Mrs. Marsch through soccer, convincing her to start the martial arts, hard training, travels through Mexico and more.

Clare Marsch joined me on August 19th, 2020 to talk about her start in the martial arts, training throughout the years, traveling to Mexico to help spread Tang Soo Do and much more.

Master Mujahid Khan of Great Britain Tang Soo Do joined me on May 27th, 2020 to talk about starting Tang Soo Do in Great Britain, finding the WTSDA and Grandmaster Shin, hard training, sharing TSD with family and more.

Faith Gordon-Mazur joined me on July 8th, 2020 to talk about starting martial arts as a kid, overcoming obstacles, returning back to training, stories about her father and more.

Master Efrain Valentin of Valentin Karate joined me on February 4th, 2021 to talk martial arts, memories of his instructor Grandmaster Beaudoin, family and more.

Master Dawn Khan joined me on August 3rd, 2020 as we talked about her martial arts journey, sharing Tang Soo Do as a family and more.

Grandmaster Bill Strong joined me on June 25th, 2020 to talk about the process of writing his book "One More Time", a biography of Jae Chul Shin, founder of the World Tang Soo Do Association.