Real Talk

After a week off, injuries and what not, we relax into the weekend with a rambling muse of Kyokushin, life and nonsense lol.   Hope you enjoy this episode, and please don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share! 

We take a question from viewer Jason Redden, who asked how to create a home training plan. We both give our views, insight and opinions, plus rant off as usual.   Hope you enjoy this episode, and please don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share!  __________________________________________________________________________

We talk about the amazing news reported by https://superkarate.ru that Mas Oyama's Kyokushinkai Honbu will reopen to the public after renovations! Just fantastic news for Kyokushin fans. This segues to Terry's stories of his trips to Japan, competing in the World Tournament, and later trip with exploits in Kabuki-chō, the entertainment and red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo. You won't want to m...

We discuss the relevance of grades. Some grades are honorary, such as  Sean Connery receiving a Kyokushin black belt from Mas Oyama in 1966, some are from your peers as a recognition of your skills etc, other can be bogus. We discuss all.    Hope you enjoy this episode, and please don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share! 🎥   WATCH ALL VIDEOS ⇩ and 🔔 SUBSCRIBE - so you...

Tameshiwari (test break). We discuss the part of Kyokushin Karate that tests your striking ability by attempting to break wood, brick, tiles, ice, bottles, rocks.  This has been an intrigal part of Kyokushin, with fantastic breaking demonstrations, and then the amazing fail compilations! lol Hope you enjoy this episode, and please don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share!    A few...

What makes Kyokushin so powerful? We discuss power, strength, and the training methods to develop it.  Hope you enjoy this episode, and please don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share!    Video Mentioned at the beginning: https://youtu.be/Q2rHigP8q-0  Recommended channel , The Bioneer: https://www.youtube.com/user/treehousefrog 🎥   WATCH ALL VIDEOS ⇩ and 🔔 SUBSCRIBE - s...

We take a question from you! Marli Leduc asks "how to get into the next class when you're dog tired from the last class?" Well, we sort of answer, but end up on another off script rant, as you would expect by now.    Hope you enjoy this episode, and please don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share! 🎥   WATCH ALL VIDEOS ⇩ and 🔔 SUBSCRIBE - so you don’t miss NEW videos  ⇩ 🙏 If...

We discuss Ronin Life.  What does it mean to be a Ronin in modern times, as it relates to martial arts, and life in general.  The Dokkōdō (“The Way of Walking Alone”, or “The Way of Self-Reliance”) was written by Musashi in the final few days of his life, and chronicled the precepts to live by.   Here is the referred article :   Please like, subscribe and share! 🎥 &n...

We take on the topic of old-school hardcore training, and discuss if there is still merit to training in that style in this day of scientifically based training? Is there room for both?   Hope you enjoy this episode, and please don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share! 🎥   WATCH ALL VIDEOS ⇩ and 🔔 SUBSCRIBE - so you don’t miss NEW videos  ⇩ 🙏 If you would like to support wh...

We discuss the claims Jesse Enkamp - (aka the Karate Nerd™) made in his video "I Fought A Muay Thai Champion". In his video he states Kenji Kurosaki was the co-founder of Kyokushin, Karate failed against Muay Thai, and alludes to Andy Hug being fake. All of which are false.  Hope you enjoy this episode, and please don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share!   🤜 Why Kyokushin Fighters Do...

Sometimes in the West we have a tendency to take things a little too far. In this episode we dig into the Over Japanification of Karate in the West, where some dojos can be more Japanese than dojos in Japan! As usual, with our own insight and opinions, and always with a laugh!  Hope you enjoy this episode, and please don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share!   🔔 SUBSCRIBE - so you don’...

What does it mean to live the martial way? Does it mean to mean to live by the The Seven Virtues of Bushido, or is it perhaps as simple as being a good person with integrity, forged by hard training?    We reference the great book Living The Martial Way by Forrest E. Morgan   Other books include Inazo Nitobe's   Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan: by Inazo Nitobe and Bushido: T...

Following up on Episode 3, What is a Student, we now discuss What is a Teacher. What makes a great teacher great, can anyone become a teacher, does the belt rank make you a teacher, etc. Of course we rant off into different directions, but I hope that's what you're coming to expect! lol   Hope you enjoy this episode, and please don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share! 🎥   WATCH ALL VI...

When is it the right time to escalate and when is it time to peacefully deescalate the situation? Speaking poetically, carry the sword sheathed (this relates to kyokushin in terms of how Sosai imagined the kanji)  , apparently Sosai "Oyama chose the kanji of Kyokushinkai (極真会) to resemble the samurai sword safely placed in its sheath."  When do you unsheathe the metaphorical sword, an...

This episode revolves around defining, what is a "student"? A few special shoutouts in this one!   I hope you enjoy it, and please remember to Haito-uchi the LIKE button and Ushiro-Mawashi-Geri the SUBSCRIBE bell.  OSU!     Sensei Patrick Pinto's book: 🤜   https://payhip.com/ForeverTheStudent 🤛 🎥   WATCH ALL VIDEOS ⇩ and 🔔 SUBSCRIBE - so you don’t miss N...

 This episode revolves around Light Sparring vs Hard Sparring.   And following up from the previous episode, here is another clip example of incorrect dojo etiquette, this time featuring Kyokushin World Champion Zahari Damyanov having to "correct" someone.  🎥   WATCH ALL VIDEOS ⇩ and 🔔 SUBSCRIBE - so you don’t miss NEW videos  ⇩     🙏 If you would li...

Real Talk is a twice a week show (Tuesday & Thursday) where we choose a topic of interest within Kyokushin Karate and Martial Arts in general and discuss. Nothing too serious and we light to keep light with laughs. This will be an evolving show and we will be soliciting topic ideas from you!    🎥   WATCH ALL VIDEOS ⇩ and 🔔 SUBSCRIBE - so you don’t miss NEW videos  ⇩ &nbsp...