Jamie Clubb's Podcast

Send us a text Chapter Two of our annual Halloween show continues on from the tragic teenage crime of the previous episode and looks further back into history.  Here we go through the philosophical and counter-cultural roots for the hysteria that became the Satanic Panic. Martial arts historians might start to note interesting parallels for the origin of invented traditions whilst self-protection...

Send us a text Year four of our Halloween tradition takes a look at lessons to be learned from crimes associated with the occult and crimes caused by fear of the occult. There is much to unpack in relation to both self-protection and martial arts. Chapter One looks at the bored and wayward teenager Ricky Kasso from Northport, Long Island, who became addicted to drugs, praised Satan and committed m...

Send us a text My apologies for the disruption but Martial Movie Massacre 10 will now be put back in favour of the annual Halloween edition of this podcast. Thank you for your patience. Shownotes/links:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jamie Clubb Books Support the show Support the show Support me on Patreon Buy...

Send us a text This episode we continue our annual “Martial Movie Massacre” event with contributions from these really excellent people. There’s Kris Wilder of the Back Channel and Martial Arts & Life podcasts, Mary Stevens founder of the Athena School of Karate and author of the Warrior Monkeys books, fabulous newcomer to the show, Vijay Pathak of Forest School of Karate, new guest but regular co...

Send us a text The annual Martial Movie Massacre event continues with this spotlight on 1980s US martial arts movies, the films that shaped the landscape for what I watched during my early training days.  Using 1988 as our spotlight year and a stand alone comic-strip, we will look into the major changes that took place in the low budget world of US martial arts movies and the four icons that shape...

Send us a text The annual Martial Movie Massacre event takes a shift in direction away from cliches and tropes. This time our guest martial arts teachers discuss under-rated martial arts movies and non-martial arts movies they recocommend to martial artists. "Revenge of Martial Movie Massacre" features an interview with Hinnerup Karate's Jan Drachman, "Finding the Truth" podcast's Ben Myers and An...

Send us a text On this show I finally get a chance to invite my long-time friend, pragmatic karate pioneer and progressive traditionalists, Iain Abernethy, onto the show. Iain's impact on modern martial arts cannot be overstated. There is a good chance shows you listen to on martial arts were inspired and encouraged by this man. Iain had previously interviewed me on his own podcast and it was abou...

Send us a text This episode's special guest, Gretchen Carlson has emerged as a leading critical thinker in the martial arts world. Her podcast, "Martial Journeys", champions science to teach better martial arts.  In her discussion on this show we discuss the dangers of pseudoscience and the frequent misuse of science in the martial arts subculture. Shownotes/links:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chi...

Send us a text This episode Athena School of Karate founder, children's author and secondary school teacher, Mary Stevens chooses three books that can benefit martial artists. Pulling no punches, we look at how certain books can better guide martial artists to improve themselves, others and their training environments. Topics range to looking at the reasoning behind one's actions to achieve the be...

Send us a text This special podcast's guest is Andrea Harkins of "The Martial Arts Woman" who discusses five female martial arts icons from history. Shownotes/links:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jamie Clubb Books The Martial Arts Woman Website The Martial Arts Woman Podcast Andrea Harkins' Books Amazon Women...

Send us a text This episode's guest is martial arts teacher, best-selling author and operator of the Back Channel and Martial Arts & Life podcasts, Kris Wilder. Kris, who began his martial arts journey in 1977,  is respected internationally for his work. This discussion explores more efficient systems for martial arts teaching, learning and practice without gimmicks. Shownotes/links:  Clubb Chimer...

Send us a text Welcome to Season Four of the Clubb Chimera Martial Arts podcast. This season will include a series of interviews with some fascinating martial artists. My show has always been about ideas, eclecticism and authenticity. What better way to set the bar and tone for my future guest than my old friend, Phil Bedwell. Phil has been an avid martial arts cross-trainer his entire life, but h...

Send us a text The New Year's edition of the Clubb Chimera Martial Arts continues from the previous show in answering questions from martial arts/self-protection teachers and students. Subjects include young adult violence, good pressure testing and the importance of research.  Looking at some seasonal stories, the show moves into a discussion on the importance of keeping connected and supporting...

Send us a text The third annual Christmas edition of the official Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Podcast (Jamie Clubb's Podcast) continues our tradition of answering listener questions along with a Christmas ramble. In this episode I look at the semantic issue of self-protection and self-defence whilst also covering the reason why personal security might be trained without hard skills yet hard skills...

Send us a text This short episode is the audio version of a piece I wrote for the UK's annual anti-bullying week. Show Notes:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jamie Clubb's Ebooks  National Bullying Helpline NSPCC Anti-Bullying Resources Anti-Bullying Alliance Support the show Support the show Support me on Patre...

Send us a text Our third Halloween show takes a look at the urban myth of Halloween Sadism and tackles the Stranger Danger gimmick. Halloween is the deadliest night and has the deadliest hour for child killings. It is also a night that sees raised levels of violence.  However, in order to properly tackle these problems as self-protection teachers and students we need to look at the facts behind th...

Send us a text This special edition provides you with  another full train-at-home solo routine for skill development, cardiovascular fitness and muscular endurance via MMA shadow sparring. 10 minute warm-up and 10 x 3 minute rounds. Don't forget to check out the full video on YouTube  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instag...

Send us a text For the fourth part of this mini series on martial arts movie tropes and cliches takes its cue from anthology films. Jamie Clubb interviews Jan Drachman (Hinnerup Karate) twice, offers his own contribution as from series favourite Gretchen Carlson (Martial Journeys of Madison) and Matt Stait (best-selling author of Online Martial Arts Evolution or Extinction?)The titles for each con...

Send us a text The third instalment in this series on martial arts movie tropes and cliches tackles the very definition of a martial arts movie. We are also joined by the great Iain Abernethy who gives his views on the unseen unreality. Put down the gloves and pick up the pop corn! Show Notes:  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chim...

Send us a text This year's editions of Martial Movie Massacre continue with even more content as we put to bed the myth that martial arts movies are largely responsible for martial art movie tropes and cliches. From "The Avengers" to "Bad Day at Black Rock" via the Eon James Bond franchise, the original Star Trek series and The Saint we look at the judo chop, the generic throw and the double-axe h...

Send us a text Due to popular demand, "Martial Movie Massacre" is back! We have more shows, more guests and far more discussion on martial art movie tropes and cliches. This episode we ask whether martial arts movies - that is movies that have martial arts at the core of their plot and/or marketing - are to blame for many of the cliches and tropes we associate with them. Our guests on this show ar...

Send us a text Tying together post-war crime, the swinging '60s, Shakespeare's villains, the Dark Triad, Ted Bundy and ninjas into a self-protection bundle, this episode delves into the dangers of charmers. Show Notes  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jamie Clubb's Ebooks  Facebook Event for my Webinar on 7th June...

Send us a text This special edition provides you with  a full train-at-home solo routine for skill development, cardiovascular fitness and muscular endurance via MMA shadow sparring. 10 minute warm-up and 5 x 5 minute rounds. Don't forget to check out the full video on YouTube  Clubb Chimera Website Clubb Chimera Facebook Page Clubb Chimera Twitter Clubb Chimera YouTube Clubb Chimera Instagram Jam...

Send us a text This special edition of Jamie Clubb's Clubb Chimera Martial Arts Podcast is a crossover event. This episode covers part one of Jamie's discussion with practical karate and self-defence legal specialist, Leigh Simms. The pair cover a range of different topics, including misconceptions regarding self-defence and the law, the value of having a principle-based approach to martial arts p...

Send us a text This episode explores possibly the most insidious area of personal security: falling in with the wrong company. Looking at the short and tragic life of the seventh St Valentine's Day Massacre victim as well as the way the oldest tricks in the book work consistently, even against the streetwise, we expose the importance of self-awareness. This is very much a part of the human conditi...