The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_27 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Indiana based martial artist and instructor Rob Lee.  Rob started his martial arts journey in the art of Tae Kwon Do and even got some experience teaching as an assistant in his teenage years. Eventually his martial arts journey crossed paths with some of the Indiana and east coast luminaries in...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_26 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcat, host Tim Becherer interviews Oregon based martial artist and instructor Michael Sotos. He is an instructor of Jeet Kune Do (certified by the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Grappling Association and Progressive Fighting Systems), the Filipino Martial Arts, and Combat Submission Wrestling. He teaches and trains at Rogue Valley MMA and T...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_25 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Los Angeles based martial artist Allison Hui. Allison is a current student at the Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts and has recently earned her instructorship under Guro Dan Inosanto. Her martial arts journey started with Tae Kwon Do as a youngster and blossomed as she became a student at UCLA wh...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_24 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews up and coming MMA fighter Anthony McCormick. A native of Louisville Kentucky, Anthony is an exciting young figther just starting his professional MMA career. He trains with Triumph Combat and fights in the welterweigth division. He's a very postiive young man with a disciplined work ethic a...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_23 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews his first martial arts instructor, Phoenix Arizona's Ulysses Owens. UC Owens started in boxing and became a champion in the state of Iowa in the 1970's. He took up the study of Shorin Ryu Karate after that and became a competitor and trainer in both kickboxing and tournament Karate. He...

Send us Fan Mail in Episode 2026_22 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Long Beach California based martial artist, instructor, and fight promoter Ron Smith. Ron is one of the senior instructors/coaches at Long Beach Kickboxing which is the oldest Southeast Asian kickboxing school in Southern California. The unique thing about Long Beach Kickboxing is that it is the...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_21 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer talks to Sacramento based martial artist Jason Mills. Jason is the head instructor at Gracie Jiu Jitsu Elk Grove. Jason took up martial arts study throughout his military career studying various arts in civilian schools around where he had been stationed.  He found a home with the Inosanto family of martia...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_20 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer talks with Tallahassee Florida based martial artist Bo Jackson. Bo is a well versed martial artist with backgrounds in Tae Kwon Do, wrestling, Shorin Ryu Karate, and Kenpo before getting into the Filipino Martial Arts and Jeet Kune Do. He is currently an instructor with Tallahassee Integrated Martial Arts....

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_19 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer talks with London England martial artist and instructor Ian Gauldie once again. Ian was one of our first guests on The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast. He teaches at one of the most versatile and successful martial arts schools in London. Ian and Tim catch up and talk about our responsibilities as martial a...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_18 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Australia based martial artist Craig Gemeiner. Craig has been training in martial arts since the mid 1970's and specializes in western martial arts. His main art is Savate but also trains and teaches in Savate associated disciplines such as Defens dan la Rue, La Canne, and Baton Militaire a...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_17 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Canadian martial artist and instructor Kendra Mahon. Kendra, know as Kung Fu Kendra on social media is a Wing Chun instructor embarking on teaching this traditional art of Kung Fu in a comprehensive online course. Her love for teaching and this art comes through in our talk. Tune in and hear her...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_16 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews New York based martial artist and instructor John Borter. John is a martial artist with a rich background in a variety of marital arts. He has rankings in Modern and Small Circle Ju Jitsu, Tae Kwon Do, and Hapkido.  He's put many years in with Jeet Kune Do and  Filipino Martial Arts. He eve...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_15 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Los Angeles based martial arts instructor Ken Brown.  Ken is a practitioner and instructor of Kung Fu San Soo.  He started his "serious" training in his 30's though he had been interested in martial arts as a kid and had dabbled in Tae Kwon Do and Kajukenbo before locking into Kun...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_14 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews UK based Martial Arts practioner and instructor Carl Hodgetts. Carl is a prominent instructor in adaptive martial arts for disabled people Carl, in a wheelchair since childhood, holds multiple instructor grades in arts including kickboxing and wing chun. His mission is to bring his adaptive mart...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_13 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interveiws Canada based Martial Artist Paul Irish. Paul is a Canada based martial artist and instructor. Paul is a rock and roll drummer for the band Fifth Temple who got his interest in martial arts when watching The Green Hornet. Other Kung Fu films as well as those of Bruce Lee inspired him to take up T...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_12 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Hawaii based martial artist Reza Moazezi. Reza began his martial arts journey in Tae Kwon Do later discovering Hapkido and through that, finding the Inosanto circle of martial arts and diving deep into Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, the Filipino Martial Arts, Silat, Savate, and other disciplines. He&a...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_11 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews his Inosanto Academy "big brother" Jason Menadue. Jason is a career surigical assistant and veteran of the US Navy. Becoming interested in martial arts after seeing a double feature of Enter the Dragon and Kill Or Be Killed, he sought out learning all he could about martial arts throug...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_10 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews New York based martial artist, stunt woman, actor, and Muay Thai fighter Hannah Scott. Hannah always participated in competitive sports but a chance taking of martial arts to prepare for a film role made her realize that martial arts was something she enjoyed. A student and instructor at Unlimit...

Send us Fan Mail In episode 2026_09 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer intervies St. Louis based Martial Artist Charlie Hopson. Charlie began his study in martial arts in Tae Kwon Do after trying various team sports. Martial Arts became his love and his journey has brought him to the study of FMA, Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, and Silat. He frequently travels to Los Angeles to tra...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_08 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews London based martial arts practitioner and instructor Paul Finn. Paul's early martial arts dabblings were in Judo and Karate but after seeing an episode of the BBC documentary series "Way of the Warrior," he set out on a pilgrimage to find Wing Chun in London. His journey has brou...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_07 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Ireland based martial artist Courtney Dillon. Courtney is a school teacher and instructor at Atom Martial Arts. Her path into the martial arts started with taking a fitness kickboxing class and falling in love with martial arts training. Now she is on a mission to use martial arts to help people...

Send us Fan Mail In  Episode 2026_06 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Los Angeles based martial artist and instructor Alvin Moon. Alvin has a diverse martial arts background from traditional Japanese martial arts to a life long practice of Hapkido and the Filipino Martial Arts. He was one of a handful of elite students of the late Guro Victor Gendrano and his Fil...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_05 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews martial artist and physical therapist Edward Yu. He is a writer, former competitive runner/triathlete, and perennial student of Grandmasters Li Xueyi and Ge Guoliang in the art of Bagua. In addition to studying traditional Chinese martial arts and Feldenkrais (graduating from the Manhattan 1 Tra...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_04 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Miami based martial artist Joel Schlamauss. He started martial arts in his native Peru as a troubled kid and had even seen some knife fights in his day. Eventually his life took him to Miami where he took up Jeet Kune Do and the Filipino Martial Arts under Dwight Woods. That would lead to his in...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_03 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Torrance California martial artist and instructor William Christopher Ford. The audience may know him as Dennis in Karate Kid III and the Cobra Kai series. He is a 5th degree black belt in Shorin Ryu Karate and the founder of the Kaizen Dojo in Torrance California. His martial arts experience re...