The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_02 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Bay area martial artist Conrad Bui. Conrad is one of the more diverse martial artists to come on the show. His background includes arts from Aikido to Tae Kwon Do, to Silat, to JKD, to Brazililan Jiu Jitsu and various forms of traditional Kung Fu, as well as firearms training. Tune in and hear h...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2026_01 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, the season 4 premiere, host Tim Becherer interviews Southern California Kenpo Karate legend Jesus Flores. Jesus began his Kenpo training in the Tracy System. He has also spent time studying with Kenpo Karate founder, the late Grandmaster Ed Parker. He opened a school in 1977 in Oxnard where he continues to teach Kenpo Karat...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_52. the season 3 finale of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Canada based martial artist Albert Kwan. Al, the son of immigrants to Canada, became a fan of martial arts after watching bootleg VHS martial arts films as a kid. His desire to train martial arts led him to working for the founder of the Guardian Angels, studying some tradit...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_51 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Hawaii based Martial Arts instructor and podcast host Colo Taskowitz. She is the founder of Task O'Fit Martial Arts and Fitness. Her martial arts background includes instructor qualifications under Sifu Dan Anderson and Guro Dan Inosanto. Her martial arts practice includes Jeet Kune Do, FMA...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_50 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews London based martial artist Roshan Baines. Roshan is a student of podcast alumni and legendary London martial arts instructor Ian Gauldie.  Roshan has begun to make regular trips to the US to study with Guro Dan Inosanto as well. He is a very bright young man with some extrodinary future plans....

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_49 of The Martial Arts LIfestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Denver Colorado based martial artist and instructor Raul Delay. Raul is a Denver native who began his martial arts as a young man doing security and accidentally finding JKD notable Heather Mondee at a Home Depot. His chance encounter having to physically deal with a situation witnessed by Heath...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_48 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer talks again to Los Angeles based martial artist and instructor Robert Masson. Robert is an instructor of Doce Pares Escrima, Jeet Kune Do, and Irish Stick Fighting. His professonal career in software development and his long time hobby of board games make Robert an incredibly interesting individual. Tune i...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_47 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer talks for the second time with former NCAA fencer, fencing coach, and Kalis Illustrisimo instructor Guro Sabrina Bershad. Sabrina discusses her current work in sports psychology working with fighters and performers. for more about Sabrina go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Fbht1HXhs https://www.youtu...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_46 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Pdocast, host Tim Becherer interviews Miami based martial artist and career policeman Gil Morales. Gil spent time as a US Marine and a career as a robbery detective. His martial arts journey took him into studying Jeet Kune Do and the Filipino Martial Arts. In this interview he tells us about his training, his teaching, and some inc...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_45 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Pocast, host Tim Becherer interviews Michigan martial artist Michelle Kuzma. Michelle is a carreer nurse who has been practicing martial artist since she was a little girl. She is a certified instructor under Guro Dan Inosanto in the Filipino martial arts and Jeet Kune Do. She is a certified instructor under Ajarn Chai Sirisute in M...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_44 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast,  host Tim Becherer interviews Mike Yuskiw again. A lot has changed for Mike since he last was a guest in season 1. Mike has started his own training groups since the demise of the Premier Karate schools close to him. Time to catch up with him and see how he decided to rise as an instructor out of the ashes of a closing scho...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_43 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Seattle martial artist Ryan Teal. This is Ryan's third visit to the show and he is a student and instructor at MKG Seattle. He is an instructor in JKD, FMA, Muay Thai, and is also opening his own program, Kings Academy, to teach the Cambodian art of Kun Khmer Pradal Serey. Recently Ryan has...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_42 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, our150th episode, host Tim Becherer interviews legendary UK martial artist Bob Breen. Bob began his martial arts studies in the mid 1960's in Karate. Bob continued with Karate for several years under several well respected teachers. In the mid 1970s Bob started training in boxing and was looking into full contact marti...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_41 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Utah based Martial Artist Saeed Badiei. Saeed began his martial arts training as a young boy in Iran. After the Islamic revolution in the late 1970's, he found the martial art he was practicing banned by the government after its founder had fallen out of favor with the governemnt. After pra...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_40 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews martial arts legend Marc McFann. Currently located in Northwest Arkansas, Marc is a diverse martial artist with a strong, well rounded background.  Considered by many as one of the pioneers of grappling in the JKD circles along with Larry Hartsell, Marc is one of the sought out instructors in th...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_39 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Arizona martial artist Keith Kirkpatrick. Keith is the head instructor and founder of Kombative Concepts Martial Arts. Keith has always been a dedicated martial arts student, from his beginnings as a young man looking for martial arts instruction, he would have to travel great distances to train...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_38 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews New York City based Martial Artist Phillip Cruz. Phillip is the co-owner of Unlimited Martial Arts in Williamsburg Brooklyn. He became interested in martial arts by watching martial arts movies on VHS and a young boy in Puerto Rico. Growning up in a rough neighborhood in The Bronx, Phillip new t...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_37 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer welcomes a panel of former guests for a fun conversation that takes the short story long. Kurt Cornwell, Christopher Harley, and Jacob Nordin discuss topics with Tim Becherer and they include some of the infamous lightning rounds. Read more about Tim Becherer at www.timbecherer.com www.ddtmartialarts.com w...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_36 of  The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Virginia based martial artist Genelle Gaudinez. Genelle began her martial arts training in the art of Tae Kwon Do. Her journey found her discovering the Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts and taking a deep dive into the arts of Jeet Kune Do, Filipino Martial Arts, and Muay Thai. Eventually she fo...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_35 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews India based martial artist Richard Syrop. Richard started his martial arts training in a boxing gym and even became the sparring partner of a boxing champion. He has also explored training in Wing Chun and other traditional martial arts as well as Krav Maga. His life story took him to India wher...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_34 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews NYC/NJ based Jaspreet K Singh. Jaspreet is a martial artist, international human rights lawyer, artist, and technologist who has been practicing martial arts since 1998 and working on human rights issues since 2006. He is Co-Founder and Advocacy Strategist for ICAAD, a U.N. ECOSOC affiliated org...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_33 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Evansville Indiana martial artist Jeff Westfall. Jeff is the founder and head instructor of The Rising Phoenix Martial Arts Academy. Jeff's martial arts history begins in 1971 and he has spend several decades earning instructor ranks in several martial arts including Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Ju...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_32 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Pocast, host Tim Becherer interviews Orlando Florida based martial artist Elisa Llamido. Elisa is not only a martial artist but was a stunt performer and actress and was one of the Power Rangers in live events while being a student at the world reknown Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts. She's now a mother and regular practitione...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_31 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Adelaide Australia based martial artist, stunt man, and fight choreographer Chan Griffin. Chan first trained in Karate but found the art of Capoiera while on exchange to Brazil. He took a deep dive as he decided to teach in his home town so he could continue his training. He also became a studen...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_30 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews New York and Puerto Rico based Martial Artist Louis Hernandez. Louis was a career teacher in the New York City school system with a diverse martial arts background in Judo, Karate, Fencing, Aikido, Tai Chi, Wing Chun, Jeet Kune Do, FMA, and Muay Thai. He used martial arts to work with at risk ki...