The Stand Tall Podcast

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Great interview with Mike Mejia. California resident, fire fighter captain, 8 years in the army, actor, stuntman, martial artist, Northstar ju jitsu academy student. and above all father. Mike shares some gems as a leader on how he runs his life.

It has been a couple of years since Daz has been my guest here. He has been very busy, winnin g a world championship in Sports JJ, and an impressive boxing title. He now runs one of the largest martial arts schools and was impressively promoted to 7th Dan in NSJJ.  This podcast is focused on his state of mind amd never say quit attitude and how we can all learn from Daz's story.

Lynton Howes, leader of giants.   As the Founder, and Managing Director, of  Simplify LMS , and  Adapt2 Learning , Lynton's current focus, is to bring efficiencies, and value, to small to medium sized enterprises, with his Simplify LMS portal.   An LMS, is an online learning platform, that ranges from the very simple, to the very complex. I use Simplify LMS, for my online Mastery Academy, and with...

Gordon Gilkes Director Dancesport Confidence The original architect of the Dancesport Program in 2006, Gordon’s extensive experience and knowledge of 40 years of dancing has helped him create the fantastic program and team that delivers the Dancesport Well being experience. "We started with 180 students in 2006 and now in 2018 teach over 9000 students each week." Gordon represented Australia in th...

My Next guest is Ed White. Ed has spent a little over 40 years obsessing about running fast. In his heyday Ed represented Britain as a 200 metre and 400 metre runner, with his most prestigious moment being selected as the “first leg“ runner of Britain’s 4x400 metre relay team at the 2000 European Championships. Now, some 20 years later, he still applies his craft, and competes as a Masters athlete...

Clay Boutwell and his wife, Yumi, produce books and materials to help students of the Japanese language. He started the popular website for learners,  www. TheJapanesePage.com  in 2000, and they opened their shop at  www. TheJapanShop.com  in 2002. Together, they have written dozens of books on various Japanese-related topics and now, they produce a monthly digital magazine called Makoto for begin...

Robin Dosoruth has been training in Northstar Ju Jitsu for over 15 years under Sensei Andrew Dickinson. He has attained his 4th Dan and runs his dojo, Arrow Martial Arts, with his wife Corinne who is also an NSJJ Black Belt.   Rob’s life itself has been rich with challenges and adventures from a young age. After completing his HSC with academic excellence in his native Mauritius, he applied for an...

Valerie Khoo is a writer, mentor, artist and CEO of the Australian Writers' Centre, the country's leading centre for writing courses. The Centre has helped more than 60,000 students from Australia and around the world. She is a non-fiction author of multiple books and a journalist who wrote for one of Australia's most reputable broadsheets for over 15 years. Valerie combines her work in the writin...

One of Australia’s leading pioneers in Australian Karate, Scott Brown’s name is synonymous  with authentic Japanese Martial Arts. Scott spent many years training in Japan and through his hunger for knowledge in the dojo and in the tournament arena has remained an influencer to many people including myself. Scott has been one of the few martial artists that have taken their training and experience...

My guest today is Jimmy Choi. He was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s disease , at 27. He became depressed. He gained weight. He needed a cane to walk. Then, he fell down the stairs with his three-year-old son in his arms. Enough was enough. Jimmy changed his life. Jimmy has participated in multiple clinical trials to further research for better treatments and hopefully a cure for PD. Physic...

My next guest is Philip Hinshelwood, a highly respected retired Police Officer, and well known martial artist. Phil’s training has included high level security courses run by elite US agencies, and was Weapons (firearms etc) and Defensive Tactics Instructor and Tactical Teams Instructor & Operative at the NSW Police Academy and various commands throughout the state.  Phil is highly a competent and...

I  first met Clyde more than 3 years ago. Soon after I was dx with Parkinson’s Clyde came over to my house and we sat together discussing what this new stage of life means. This is just the kind of man Clyde is. A positive beam of light for Parkinson’s people and their families. Clyde was diagnosed 10 years ago. He went straight to the most well know Parkinson’s person, MJ Fox and together with MJ...

I often wonder what kind of person is fascinated by snakes and reptiles as quite frankly they scare me just as much as heights and spiders.  My next guest and mate, Chris Williams has written and edited several books on reptiles including: The Snake Ranch Guide to Reptile Care, An illustrated Bibliography of Australian Herpetological Titles and A Photographic Tribute to the Reptiles and Amphibians...

There are so many weird and wonderful people training in martial arts, My next guest is no exception , a third degree black belt in Northstar Ju Jitsu and is what I would call an intensely quirky genius that has a great skill of being able to analyse and break down just about anything to its base components, and re-build a better far more efficient model. Highly entertaining as an adults and kids...

He achieves what ever he sets his mind to. An award winning financial adviser, a 7th degree black belt in Northstar Ju Jitsu , a 3rd degree black belt in Budo Ju Jitsu and World Sports Jujitsu Champion 2019.Darren has competed in Japan on numerous occasions. A very successful Financial Advisor and in between everything else, he is also runs his own highly successful Dojo; Quantum martial arts wher...

Every now and then. People, over time achieve extraordinary results. May Lai's secret to success in martial arts is due to her consistent and focused effort, long term.  She is now the head trainer overseeing 100+ Black belts at Northstar Ju Jitsu. A great achievement as at the beginning of your journey, I really did not think that she had what it took. I was so wrong. Now a 6th Dan Black Belt in...