Wildcatdojo Conversations

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...

Most importantly, stay  tuned till the very end. Sensei Jerri, our guest, shares a memory after the credits. As the title tells you, we talk fans as weapons. So much to share here, we hope you enjoy it. Sensei Jerri was on the show for the first time in 2022, and a few times since. Here is another episode with her:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/10081139 And somehow we manage to mention that w...

The idea of the commitment involved in being a Sensei came in my mind a couple of months ago. I did not remember that we had an episode called "What's it like Being a Sensei" back in March of 2020. Did you remember it? I just listened to it. Luckily, they compliment each other. (Whew, I lucked out). Here's the episode from 2020: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/2859052   In th...

While typing this I wanted to say a bad pun along the lines of "Welcome to a wild episode", but thought better of it. Meanwhile, this episode really is wild - so let us know if you enjoy it. We have Sensei Jay and that's always a plus. Also, we cover so much that we even mention Kenpo and Ed Parker. Of course we did an episode on that. Here's the link: https://www.buzzsprout.co...

Regular listeners know that we use the 5th week of a month to share an archived episode. This is a fun one with Sensei Jerri - we talk Kendo Basics and the Four Poisons of Kendo. At one point, while talking poisons, Sensei Jackie says "you want to do an episode on that". Well, we did it and here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/10340583 And somehow the conversation turns...

Finally, we take a look at Kung fu. I can't believe it's taken this long! An added bonus is that our good friend - Sifu Rob Jones - leads us on this journey - so you know we have fun. . Thank you Sifu. We touch on everything from the TV series Kung fu to Katanas. Here are all the links to the episodes we mention. Let's start with the fact that we talked about the TV series of the sa...

This week we are joined by Sensei Melissa. Remember her from the Breathing episode? No? Here is a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/12326414 Back to today - have you ever heard of the sword (and zen) master Gettan? We'll talk about him. And we visit one of our favorite zen sayings to go with it. Along the way we mention both our zen episode and our episode on Gogen Yamaguchi. Here'...

As the title states - we take a look at a few facets of Genghis Kahn and his grandson. I want to mention that there was one ruler after Kublai Kahn- his name was Toghon Teműr.  Sorry I forgot to say that in the episode. But, as usual, we cover a lot. We mention all the times Sensei Randy has been on the show. In May  of 2020 he was on the episode about the Code of the Warrior. Here's the link...

We're starting July with some laughs and stories that are perfect for a holiday weekend. (It's a holiday in the USA). We have bloopers in almost all our episodes. I'll tag a few below. All the episodes are in the last 6 months - so they'll be easy to find if you're searching. Let's start with our episode on spies: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/12001293 And did you...

Welcome to another letter episode. Be sure to let us know if you like how crazy these episodes get and also if you have anything to add to the discussion. Todays words include dachi (stance), diligence and more. At one point we mention that this is our second time visiting the letter D. If you like these and want to hear the first one. Here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/11170566...

The title says it all. We talk yoyos and boomerangs and we share our adventure throwing the boomerang. To make it more fun Sensei Derek is our guest. We relate the boomerang back to everything from Axes to Kobudo weapons and more. In case you missed some of those episodes. Here are some links.  We covered axes in 2021: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/6894266 Although we had 3 or 4 episodes on ko...