Punch Kick Choke Chat

Hanshi Chuck Merriman joins us on the show this week and shares his many stories and insights from his martial arts career.

Martial Arts Master, 9th degree black belt, 2012 inductee into the Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame, founding director of IRKRS- International Ryukyu Karate Research Society and creator of Koryu Uchinadi, and author Patrick McCarthy joins us this week.

Join us as we sit down with Hanshi Bill Hind, founder of Canada Goju and inductee to the Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame,  about martial arts, training with Sensei Benny Allen, and energy.

Guro Kent Nelson joins us this week to talk about leadership, how to teach, his experience creating his organization, and more!

Karate Champion Rick Joslin joins our shows this week to talk training, toughness, hard work, and more!

Hanshi Cezar Borkowski joins our show this week where we talk about his many experiences in ranging from his introduction to martial arts, training with Hanshi Legacy in the early days, and running one of the largest associations in the world.

Our second return guest Hanshi John Therien joins us to take a deeper dive into his view of martial arts.

We get together and casually chat with Grand Master Bill "Superfoot" Wallace. We talk about his undefeated fighting career, his upbringing in martial arts, and his movie career as well as some big names he's fought and worked with.

We host our first return guest, Hanshi Gary Legacy of Legacy Shorin Ryu Karate Jutsu, to dive more into topics including his training with Anthony Sandavol and Benny Allen, and the white crane.

We sit down with Kyoshi James Fries, 7th Dan in Goju Ryu Karate and Head Instructor at Heritage Martial Arts in Kitchener, ON.

We sit down with Sensei Conroy Copeland, a fierce international champion and who has run Copeland's Martial Arts in Windsor, Ontario since 1978.

Hanshi John Therien is a prolific martial artist, as a 9th degree black belt and a myriad of achievements in martial arts, including 2010 inductee into the Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame and Head Instructor at Therien Jiu-Jitsu and Kickboxing. Join us as we chat with Hanshi Therien on his early martial arts days and hopes for the future, with a special appearance by Grandmaster Bill "Superfoot"...

Join us as we chat with Hanshi Carlos Montalvo, 10th dan and founder of Ronin Brotherhood martial arts. Hear first-hand about his 5x world championships, over 50 years of training, and experience as a law enforcement officer.

We chat with Kyoshi Adette Rice, 7th degree black belt and Head Instructor at Driftwood Martial Arts in Kitchener. She has trained for over 30 years, and has competed in both Canadian and International Championships.

Super Dan Anderson talks everything martial arts. Super Dan Anderson is an iconic martial artist, first national karate champion to break out and compete with his own eclectic American karate style, author of 18 books, and a great interviewee.

We sit down with Hanshi Gary Legacy, 10th Dan, and recent inductee into the Black Belt Hall of Fame. Sensei Legacy is the head of Legacy Shorin Ryu based in St. Thomas, with dojos across Ontario and other parts of Canada, and has produced hundreds of black belts. Sensei Legacy also holds a shodan in iaido. Tune in to Part 2 of our series to hear what this living master of shorin ryu karate, and pi...

We sit down with Sensei Nicklaus Suino, master of both iaido and judo, Director of the Japanese Martial Arts Center in Ann Arbor (MI), and published author. Hear about his time in Japan, his Sensei Katsuo Yamaguchi, and what he hopes to achieve in the next ten years.