Wildcatdojo Conversations

A special thanks to Sensei Landyn for opening the show. Sensei Jay threw out the idea of us spending an episode talking about the adventures of teaching small children. I immediately said "absolutely". And we did. Hey, if you have a great story, get in touch and share it so we can build another episode.  Master Kelljchian used to say that the children taught him more than he taught them....

We had so much fun talking with Sensei Bennett that we kept the conversation going through his life as a marine and leading to his current role of helping others. I loved his quote "That consistency of inconsistency is too consistent."             Thanks Sensei.   I'm attaching his first interview, even though it was just last week - in case you missed it.  https://www.buzzsprout.co...

Do I need to say that  Sensei Jackie and I had so much fun meeting a new friend.  A big shout out to Sensei Bennett for his time and a number of great stories of his decades in karate.  At one point he mentions that he and Sensei Tracy were kids together. It is a wonderful coincidence that we interviewed her. (Thanks Shihan Tracy - I hope you're doing well!) Here's that episode: https://...

Welcome to a busy episode.  Sensei Jay joins us as we tackle a common term in karate and one that isn't common but is a little controversial....you'll see.  Sensei Jay was a guest on an episode called "A Real Fight, A Real Mess" - He re's that link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/3293584 With the word flight we opened the conversation to a lot of ideas. One of...

I'm not 100% sure how we ended up discussing a lady bandit from 1800s Arizona, but I'm glad we did. What an interesting piece of history.  We're joined by Sensei Jay - the voice at the beginning and end of our show! Not that familiar with him? Here's one of his first appearances. We talk Archery: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/6125029 Thank you for listening today....

That's right. The first time we talked about time was in January of 2020. Here's that episode if you want a refresher: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/2351981 We also try to  catch up on some listener mail. In case the mention of it makes you want to listen, here are episodes mentioned in our listener mail.  Back in April, we did an episode on the power of laughter. Here'...

Sensei Randy joins us for a look back 30 years to the original Mortal Kombat. Feeling blue and need a laugh? This is the episode for you.  If you want to see the movie, it  streams on Prime and HBO Max. Or, find a DVD for sale cheap.  There isn't a lot of need for me to connect other episodes, so I think I'll tag our first movie review ever. Sensei Jackie and I watched it in 2021 - the K...

You cannot have too many episodes on character development. Today we're lucky enough to have a new guest, Sensei Chrissy, for a comparison of Native American culture and Goju teachings as they were taught to us by Master Kelljchian.  We had so much fun and information overflowed the time we had. Of course, we have tackled the code as taught by Master Kelljchian before. I'm going to tag a...

So much to add to this classic episode. We were in our first few months of recording and you can hear that. Still, the content is worth hearing. Our guest was our friend and fellow Black Belt Sensei Greg Ebenfeld. I mention that he is a Trust and Will Attorney in Broward County Florida. Since, this episode back in 2019, Sensei Jay and I used his services and I 100% recommend him. You can call his...

Thanks Hanshi, for being so generous to return with answers to questions I amass. Even if you don't train in Goju karate, you'll love these stories.  First, Hanshi talks about the Urban Legacy Foundation - a scholarship foundation going strong today.  We encourage you to support it. Here's an  email address to get you started: urbanlegacyfoundation2@gmail.com Our first interview wit...

Thanks Sensei Tracey, for hanging out and talking Taoism books with us today. As always, it was a fun.  During the episode I mention that, as you can see, the word is spelled with a "T" but is said with a "D" - Daoism (as it were). I googled why? It is a simple 1/2 hour search if you're interested. But here are the highlights: a) it was an interpretation of it's time,...

Today's show is probably not as closely focused on karate as usual. During the conversation with Sensei Landyn we got so interested in what he was saying that we lost ourselves in the conversation.  I hope you do the same. If you followed the show from the beginning, you know that  (now Sensei) Landyn has been an integral part of the show since age 11. It is nice to take a minute to share in...

Frankly, I'm surprised that we got here too. But here we are. No need to look up critical thinking before you listen- we cover it - in our own way!  We touch on 3 episodes that have run in the past. One of them was the saying 'Plan your work and work your plan." Here's a link to listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/15115807 Another fun conversation involved anothe...

Sensei Derek, Sensei Jackie and I share all kinds of stories about our experiences in  On The Job Training and Education. And we want to hear your experiences. We also add a thing or 2 we found in our reading and we bring it back to karate training.  I bet you're wondering how I'm going to connect this back to Karate? Listen to the end and see.  I'm going to attach a link to an epis...

It's always a pleasure to talk with Hanshi McKinnon. He brought it to my attention that Britain fought WW2 for 2 years before the USA got involved. That is the theme of todays show. Before you get mad at us for featuring Britain. We've done many shows on USA Warriors involved in WW2. The first one we did was with Sensei Jay about his dad. Here's the episode: https://www.buzzsprout.c...

A friend, Sifu Mike Allen, introduced us to Sensei Victor. What a pleasure to interview him and learn about his background, history and style. Btw - Some great stories are enclosed. One of them includes hitting the makiwara. We did an episode on that. Listen to it here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8708384 When we began talking about weapons, we touched on an ancient weapon - the Tin...

The first thing we say as the episode opens is that we love Letter Episodes; exploring ideas and not really sure where the conversation is going to go. The 3 of us talk, laugh and learn.  The conversation travels all over the place. Let's start with a term used often in America in the dojo - oos (This spelling is a nod to Master Kelljchian. It's commonly spelled osu). Back in 2019, we di...

For the past year or so, we've been trying to create this opportunity to interview Sensei Lasorsa about his father, Frank. There is so much love, laughter and history in this episode. Two of the long stories Sensei told us had to be cut for time. We'll share those in December in our next episode of outtakes. Definitely check out our Insta to see the pic of Frank in WW2. Thanks Sensei, fo...

In the 7 years of doing this podcast, I've never been "on time" to connect our episode to the holiday that is happening. (For those of you who might be interested - I'd need a bigger staff to pull that off.)  However, this year, this episode is about Fathers and is airing the Monday before Father's Day! Congratulations to all - us and all dad's who go the distance. I...

I love that I don't discard our mistakes. I love sharing them and I especially love the chance to bring back guest stories. We have plenty and here are some of the episodes we're referencing.  In the first few minutes we mention the term wabi sabi. Here's one of our episodes on that: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/16898149 Just in case you missed some episodes in the las...

This episode was one of our first 10 shows. That was 7 years ago! We're joined by Glenda and we cover many aspects of being prepared to defend yourself - just in case.  We have done many episodes on Self-Defense. I randomly picked this one to tag in: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/3293584 Sensei Jackie mentions one of Master Kelljchian's favorite sayings about kindness. We di...

Welcome to another Letter episode. Today we're with Sensei Derek discussing over-extension, outside blocks and more. During today's discussion we mention that it might be fun to tag an old letter episode into the notes. I decided to tag our first letter episode, which is from 2021: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8108455 Also, along the way Sensei Derek brings up a great old s...

We love doing these homages to Master Kelljchian's thoughts and wisdom. This quote is directly related to weapon's dexterity. But, with Sensei Derek's help, we travel all over the place with it. (What else is new!).  I'll tag 3 episodes here. First off we reviewed Master Kelljchian's book 365 Days of the Warrior in 2021. Here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/47737...

Back in 2005 Hanshi Malanoski started a blog called That's My Satori and I'm Stickin to It. Today we discuss all kinds of things relating to the blog. We hope you enjoy it. Hanshi has been kind enough to be on the show six times. Our first two times were interview style. Here they are. Part 1: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/9551496 And Part 2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/47737...

Today we talk with Sensei Jay about the great baseball player, Yogi Berra. Whenever we have Sensei Jay on there's laughter and good stories. I'm attaching a couple of other episodes that Sensei Jay recorded with us. He did an episode about his dad, also a WW 2 vet back in 2021: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8329162 And since Master Kelljchian, and his individuality came up a...