Anxious Black Belt Podcast

An ongoing conversation about Kung Fu philosophy, practice, and training for the Kung Fu curious and old school practitioners of any style. Featuring honest bi-weekly discussions and interviews about current events, training, the long history of Chinese Kung Fu, and its meaning and relevance to today's practitioners. With over 50 years of experience teaching, training, and using internal and exter...

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#153 Nova Karate Jutsu with Andy Allen Andy Allen, 7th dan, is the chief instructor of NKJ. He has been practising Shotokan karate since he joined the Dalhousie karate club with senseis Tony and Danny Tam in 1990. His karate teaching experience includes instructing at Dal Tech (formerly T.U.N.S.) from 1994 to 1997. He also has been teaching an NKJ martial arts course in the public school system si...

Stephen began his martial arts training in his family’s adopted homeland, New Zealand. A martial tradition ran through the family, reaching back to the high Tang dynasty. His grandmother was a trained swordswoman who participated in the bloody warlord and brigands era of early 20th century China. Stephen’s first formal teacher was Karl Sargent, the winner of several championships in the Pacific an...

#151 Principle Centric with Simon Oliver Sensei  Over 50 years of study, practical application, and obsessive interest in the martial arts means Simon Oliver delivers some of the most Dynamic martial arts Seminars around. Born in 1961 into a rare martial arts heritage both his father and grandfather were former Jujutsu and judo practitioners Simon Oliver started learning Jujutsu and judo at the te...

#150 Boxing with Tommy Joe Moore Catch up with Tommy Joe Moore and in-depth conversation on the reality of coaching, fighting and seminars. Links to Tommy's stuff: Books : Boxing on the Cobbles Modern Bartitsu Shanghai School of Streetfighting Media: https://tommyjoemoore.com/ https://youtube.com/@TommyMooreww2combatives facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tommy.j.moore If you would like to support...

#149 Longevity and Karate In this episode, I talk about longevity and karate, something that recently became my main part of training. We all go through the stages of our karate journey. Let me take you through my karate journey, please let me know what your focus is in karate training. The mentioned book Anxious Black Belt If you would like to support the show at no cost to you and you shop with...

#148 Conscious Combat Club - Georgia Verry Georgia is a martial artist and exercise scientist with nearly 20 years of experience in karate, kickboxing and jiu-jitsu. Georgia is the founder of the Conscious Combat Club, a registered charity established to disrupt gender-based violence through trauma-informed martial arts programs for women and gender-diverse people.  Our website: https://www.consci...

Kata in Karate - MKT#5 there's a lot of versions of grappling hands aka sparring Welcome to Mornin Karate Thought, the show where I wake up, drop kids to school and grab coffee to share with you my thought about karate.  If you found value in this episode or enjoyed it, please consider sharing it with your friends on social media. And if it didn't resonate with you, feel free to pass it along to y...

Kata in Karate - MKT#4k  Kata is an important component of Karate and is the one that is mostly misunderstood by people outside of Karate Welcome to Mornin Karate Thought, the show where I wake up, drop kids to school and grab coffee to share with you my thought about karate.  If you found value in this episode or enjoyed it, please consider sharing it with your friends on social media. And if it...

Welcome to Mornin Karate Thought, the show where I wake up, drop kids to school and grab coffee to share with you my thought about karate.  If you found value in this episode or enjoyed it, please consider sharing it with your friends on social media. And if it didn't resonate with you, feel free to pass it along to your enemies – perhaps they'll find it enlightening! Support the show at no extra...

Brewing Budo - Ken Night I'm very glad to have Ken back on my podcast, we talk about Fish & Chips, grading changes, BJJ, Karate and his visit to the UK. KenFu TV link: https://www.youtube.com/@kenfutv Seminar registration links: both days one day If you would like to support the show at no cost to you and you shop with Amazon, please use my affiliate link, for which I get a small commission when y...

What are the Parts of Karate? - MKT#2 Welcome to Mornin Karate Thought, the show where I wake up, drop kids to school and grab coffee to share with you my thought about karate.  If you found value in this episode or enjoyed it, please consider sharing it with your friends on social media. And if it didn't resonate with you, feel free to pass it along to your enemies – perhaps they'll find it enlig...

What Is Karate? - MKT#1  Welcome to the Morning Karate Thought episode 1! Every working morning I'll be sharing with you a morning karate thought and my take on it, we started off with What is Karate?  The short answer is Karate is everything! If you got some value from this episode or liked it, please share it via social media and with your friends. If you did not enjoy it please impose it on you...

Plan to Make Karate Better. One of the easiest ways to improve your karate is to have a plan. Both coaches and students should have a short, medium and long-term plan. In this episode, I look at the micro-planning for each session that will help students to make their karate better. Create your own Plan to make karate better. If you would like to support the show at no cost to you and you shop wit...

Self-Defence Law with Leigh Simms  Leigh started training in "traditional" karate and after obtaining numerous dan grades. Leigh and his instructor Mike Judd 5th Dan, became disillusioned with the primary focus on "sport" karate and lack of real world application to the kata applications which were common place in their association and in the larger karate world at the time.  Leigh Book : UK Self-...

Was I Wrong About Karate Combat? A few months ago I created a clip-on Karate Combat and was convinced that it woul have a positive impact on Karate's image. I was wrong!  Clip Here: https://youtu.be/38MvD5miPwE If you would like to host a seminar with me at your club please join us at our events or get in touch: info@lesbubka.co.uk To learn and practice this application please seek under the super...

Animal Instinct with Mary Stevens, grab an extra 5% off by using discount code KFMH at the checkout.  https://animalinstincts.ai?af=af65f0783014501 Welcome to the Anxious Black Belt podcast in this episode, my guest is Mary Stevens, an expert in self-protection for women and children. We are talking about t her new project in association with Jamie Clubb the Animal Instinct. Animal Instinct is a c...

Tsu Shin Gen with Shihan Tommy Adelhall. Shihan Tommy is part of the admin team overlooking the activities of Tsu Shin Gen International Budo Association after the passing of Soke David Cook. The Tsu Shin Gen systems TSG KARATE, TSG COMBAT KARATE and TSG Japanese Mix Fight are very effective and progressive systems with traditional Martial Arts values. These systems are suitable for children and y...

The Meaning of Karate Colour Belts, in this episode I explore the meaning behind the colour of belts. My take on the colours is based on Shihan Cameron Quinn's explanation from the book The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama. Shihan Cameron describes the philosophy behind the each colour, personally I use simplified take on it. I would love to learn The Meaning of Karate Colour Belts in your school or style...

Fighting from a wheelchair to shouting at Motubu the spider - Tracey Radley Welcome to another episode of Anxious Black Belt where we will look at Fighting from a wheelchair to shouting at Motubu the spider with Tracey Radley. It's a strange title I know, but if you listen it will all make sense. Tracey is an amazing instructor who works with a wide spectrum of abilities in her Kuroten Practical K...

John is the Chief Instructor of Kazoku Karate. He is a 4th Dan Black Belt and certificated with the (BCKA) British Combat Karate Association, (EKF) English Karate Federation, (BKF) British Karate Federation and (WKF) World Karate Federation. First got involved in Martial Arts at 27 when Karate knocked on his door. He started training for his son Kieran (who is currently a 3rd Dan Black Belt) and w...

Is there a link between head injury and mental health? in short yes there is, being hit in the head increases your chances of cognitive and behavioural changes. Increased chances of depression anxiety and alcohol abuse also Alzheimer's and Parkinson's references https://msktc.org/tbi/factsheets/changes-emotion-after-traumatic-brain-injury#:~:text=Sometimes%2C%20people%20may%20even%20have,are%20als...

This is the first episode on Sports Social Podcast Network! Christian and I talked about what would we change in our training if we were white belts again. Please forgive me for the poor quality but we did not have much time to record, decided to record this episode while driving - not the best idea. If you got some value from this episode or simply liked it, please share via social media and with...

Both Mary and Chris are experienced martial artists and have an interest in women's self-protection-specific training. Both have extensive experience in this field and are great teachers with teaching qualifications. Our violence prevention and management training is tailored to women's needs. The following are a few examples of the type of material we will cover: Victim selection and how to make...