The Invisible Sensei

'Mana' is a Polynesian term that loosely translated is "spiritual power" and is often applied to a personage of great integrity and standing, but when applied to a teacher means more than can be put into words.  I don't often speak at length on my own culture, but on reflecting on the many incredible teachers it has been my honour to know over the years my mind came to rest on the Mr. Mita Mohi, a...

Big thanks to my Friend Olof who suggested todays topic, thanks for a great topic that really had me thinking!  Whats it like to start a Martial Art from scratch? At an age where some would say "you should know better!"    https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Promotion to a senior rank, a ticket to Godhood? Or a way of keeping it all in the right perspective? https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dictatorship? new age Utopia? it all comes down to how you teach and what we have learnt! https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do we deal with the starry eyed expectations of new students while keeping their enthusiasm and love of the art intact? please follow the link to see our other content and support the podcast, thanks for taking time to listen! https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if those pictures we have on the front our Dojo, were more than masters? What if they were like, real people? Wait, your a real person too!! https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biggest challenge is to continue when no one is there to make you. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do we approach bench marks? kicking and screaming? or with a sense of adventure? https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The eternal question in Martial Arts? Does height, weight, reach advantage mean a no win situation? https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lets talk the BS that others talk about the Martial arts and sometimes we tell ourselves! Please check out more of our content by using this link, and thanks so much for taking the time to listen, train hard but be kind to yourself! https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do keep all the content in the hard drive of our head? How do you translate it into actual technique? Some believe that it takes a lifetime to get good at one approach, so what happens when your walking several paths to the same destination? Thanks for taking time to listen please take time to check out our other Martial Art's content by following the link below, and please consider subscribin...

Pankiewicz Sensei gives his thoughts on Karate in the olympics, as well as what the future may hold for the development of the Martial Arts, in this final instalment he also talks about his own training and what he considers to be his favoured techniques. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pankiewicz Sensei taks about what Karate and indeed martial arts mean to him and the value both in and out of the Dojo! https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you go from watching Kung Fu movies as a kid in England to living in Okinawa with your own Dojo meeting and training with some of the best Martial Arts practitioners in the world? James Pankiewicz Sensei shares his incredible journey in this 1st instalment of 3 parts. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lets get after 2022!  2021? "It was the best of years it was the worst of year's!!!    Check out this link to see what else is happening! https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The problem with thinking 1 kick, 1 lesson, 1 strategy is all we need. Please use the link below to checkout our other content, and thank you for listening. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When does looking back stop us from moving forward? https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do I love creating seminar? Thats a surprisingly big question. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Karate fool, when does passion become fanaticism? When do we lose sight of what balance truly means? If your keen to see where else you can view our content please click the link: https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The technique thief? https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes we are not who we think we are. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Know when to fold em, know when to hold em…”  If you are keen to see what else we are up to or you'd like to support please click the link below and see what else we are doing, and thank you for listening : ) https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So many people I am so grateful for, in fact they are to numerous to name, Karate or no, who are you surrounding yourself with? https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You can lead a Warhorse to water but you can't make them teach you, and that my Friend is totally our loss! Please click the link below to see our training content, online seminars and our contacts plus much more, and thank you for taking time to listen to the podcast it means the world to me. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting hurt in any Martial art kinda goes with the territory, but what happens when YOU hurt someone else unintentionally?  Is there a spot for ruthless Kumite? please click the link to see how you can support the podcast, thanks for taking the time it means a lot. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices