Wildcatdojo Conversations

Geraldo returns today to talk about a maxim we attribute to Grandmaster Peter Urban. Geraldo was on 6 months ago, when we discussed note taking in karate. Here's a link - in case you missed that episode.  https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/14235323 Today the conversation ranges from how many famous people have said the phrase to long term planning to doing kata in the dojo. We did an entire ep...

What fun we had learning about Queens that fought in Britain with our guest Shihan T.D. McKinnon. Shihan has been on many times. Just last November we discussed Kata with him. The episode I want to tag here is the one where he talks about life as a bodyguard.  Listen - if time allows: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/12796037 This is not our first time talking about the history of women who fough...

Sensei Jay  joins the conversation today as we tackle Focus, Fighting Spirit and Fuki Bari (Looking it up? Type in Fuki Bara). What fun! Join us by listening and letting us know your thoughts. We can't talk about focus without bringing up Kimi. We did a whole episode on that. Here's the link:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8501411 And while we were there we talked about makiwara trai...

We're joined by Sensei Jay on our first in a series of episodes about people who have seen war and lived to tell about it. Today it is Audie Murphy. One of the things I wanted to look up and add to the recording was the definition of a military campaign. Since I missed that moment, I'm adding it here. There could be one or two of you who are like me and have heard the term but never thou...

Today Sensei Jackie and I discuss how to get out of our own way - mostly mentally - in a world full of distractions and with a brain that likes to push us around. It is much funnier than it sounds .We touch on aging. So for those of you that missed the aging episodes, here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/11508081 And you have to touch on meditation to tap into self-control and cen...

Finally we talk Female Ninja. We're joined by Sensei Lydia, so the conversation is fun and often off topic. Here's a few things we managed to talk about other than these awesome women. Back in 2020 we tackled the subject of Ninja. Here's a link, in case you missed it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4401074 The conversation also turned to one of our many favorite weapons - fans! H...

We're joined by our old friend Darlene today,  to discuss a quote about experience as a teacher....It relates to us at all ages and stages of life. For example we talk about the fact that a decade ago I created 3 songs for my Pre K students. One was called "Think Before you do it." Sensei Jackie brought it up so I'm tagging it here: https://youtu.be/34tyQbcSfeI?si=n2F2DXxU53EWA...

A year ago, we did an episode on the National War College (there's a link below, of course). Finally, we're following up with another episode. This time on the Naval War College. It's true we learn about the history, founders, and famous graduates. But seriously - how did we laugh this much! After you listen you can send us some advice on how to be more serious! Or you can click the...

In this episode, from Jan of 2020, we're visited by our friend and student Alex. Somehow we get into Mad Libs and Yes it IS an on line game now. Full time listeners may remember that we use months with 5 weeks to share archived episodes.  If you likethese old episodes, I'm in the middle of uploading them to YouTube. Check other episodes (with slide show) here: https://www.youtube.com/res...

Finishing our trilogy on interviewing your 3 hosts - we finally talked Sensei Jackie into hers. This one includes stories from 'back in the day' and fun thoughts right now. She tries to turn the tables on us a few times by mentioning our interviews. So here are links - in case you missed them. Here's Landyn from back in January: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/14230334 And mine wa...

Glad you could be here as we finish our discussion of some words from Grandmaster Urban's book The Karate Dojo. We started last week. (If you missed that episode I tagged the link below). We share information from 2 fine martial artists. This week we read a note sent to me by Master Robert Lasorsa. Coincidentally, we did an episode on a saying he is famous for. Here's a link to that epis...

Welcome to our 4th (or 5th?) journey into the content of Grandmaster Peter Urban's book The Karate Dojo. Obviously, we love this book.  Today, with Sensei Rob Carbone,  we're discussing some lines on (or about) page 77. We hope that you enjoy listening as much as  we enjoy recording. (Btw- this ended up being 2 episodes - we'll finish the conversation next week!) The subject of kata...

Ryan joins in , as he always does, while we laugh and learn about the  Amazon Warriors including of course, Wonder Woman. We covered a lot of ground here. Let me start by saying I did look up images of Batman and Wonder Woman (per Ryan's suggestion) and wasn't shocked or insulted... Meanwhile, this episode got me to thinking about the first time Ryan brought us a Myth. We learned about ...

The name says it all! Sensei Randy joins in to help us carry the episode along. We hear how Steven and Sensei Jerri got into karate. And we hear from Hanshi Malanoski, Shihan Mckinnon and Sensei Rob C.  with great letters. All these people have been on before. Let's start with Steven. He was a guest when we talked about Gichin Funakoshi: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4133990 And Sensei Je...

Sensei Baier joins us today to discuss the classic film The Hidden Fortress. I'm sure you must have heard that this movie was the inspiration for the first Star Wars movie. There is a lot more to say. A couple of notes: Sensei Jackie mentions the  theme from The Magnificent Seven. I did search and listen and it's worth the 5 minutes it takes - in case you're just hanging. We also me...

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...