The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_29 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews New Hampsire based martial artist Tim Roettiger. Tim is a practioner and teacher of Jeet Kune Do. He has an incredible professonal background in Fishery Science and also is a writer who puts out a regular blog. Tune in and hear his story. more on Tim Roettiger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_28 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews martial artist and author Derik Everett at The Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts. Derik started his journey in martial arts training informally with his father in his small town in Minnesota. After studying animation during his university years in South Dakota, he moved to Los Angeles to get into...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_27 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Wisconsin based martial artist Shawn McCarthy. Shawn has a background in karate, tae kwon do, tournament, and full contact fighting. In 1982 he discovered the Filipino Martial Arts which lead him to The Minnesota Kali Group and becoming a student under the legendary Rick Faye. From there, he gai...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_26 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Northwest Arkansas martial artist Josh Mahoney. Josh operates a private gym where he trains various clients in MMA, Jeet Kune Do, FMA, and other arts. He is a student of martial arts luminaries like Marc McFann, Dan Inosanto, and Nene Gaabucayan.  He trains everyone from atheletes to regular peo...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_25 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Wisconsin martial artist Jamie Sparling. Jamie is the founder and head instructor of Affinity Martial Arts and is the host of the Formable Podcast. Jamie's story in the martial arts begins with an affinity for Ninjutsu and being invited at age 7 to a big ninja event in California. After the...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_24 of the Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews martial arts instructor and Hollywood stunt man Clarrel Pope. Clarrel started his martial arts journey as a young boy and his first lessons were in Judo in Japan. As a teenager he studied the Chuck Norris System and eventually JKD, Kali, and Muay Thai under Navy Seal Frank Cucci. Clarrel moved t...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_23 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Phoenix based Martial Artist Chris Dunnett. Chris is a life long musician who is also a lifelong martial artist. With experience in Karate, Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, Silat, and The Filipino Martial Arts, Chis's journey has taken him from training with martial arts legends in Ohio to studying...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_22 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Texas based Martial Artist Linda Tenberg. Being of Thai lineage, Linda sought out Muay Thai as her first martial art in the early 1990's. Linda's search brought her to an Inosanto lineage school and she not only dove into Muay Thai training but also into the Filipino Martial Arts, Jeet...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_21 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews New York based martial artist Luigi Cuellar. Luigi is co-owner and one of the head instructors at NuBreed Martial Arts Academy in Whitestone NY. Luigi pursued music and after plenty of scraps with rough gang members in Los Angeles, decided he needed to learn how to fight. After attending the Smo...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_20 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews London martial arts instructor Carl Jackson. Carl has had an interesting journey in the martial arts that has included an early adventure being abandoned at a Shaolin Temple in China, learning from UK JKD pioneer Bob Breen and the legendary Dan Inosanto, doing competitive stick fighting, and now...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_19 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcat, host Tim Becherer interviews Tulsa Oklahoma martial arts instructor Brandon Bennett. Brandon is a career law enforcement officer and long time martial arts instructor. His martial arts training begain in 1988 in Taew Kwon Do. Having studied with legendary martial arts instructors Terry Gibson and Dan Inosanto among others, h...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_18 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Pennsylvania based martial artist David McDonnell. David started his martial arts training in traditional martial arts. An opportunity to attend a Dan Inosanto seminar exposed him to FMA and JKD as well as introduced him to Mike Krivka and Don Garon. David became a long time student of Don and c...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 2025_17 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast is Episode 125 and features host Tim Becherer itnerviewing Martial Arts great, Burton Richardson. Burton come into the martial arts world directlly from atheletics at the high school and college level. He began his studies with Dan Inosanto, Richard Bustillo, and other luminaries of JKD of that era. His martial arts journey has...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_16 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Kansas based martial artist Nathan Hunt. Nathan started his martial arts training in Omaha in the 1980's. He enlisted in the Army after high school and continued to pursue his martial arts training. He also discovered the martial arts taught by Dan Inosanto and became fascinated. After leav...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_15 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Dallas based Martial Artist Doris Dent. Doris began her martital arts training after discovering the school of martial arts legend Pat Burleson. Doris's journey eventually brought her to Harley Elmore and the legendary Dan Inosanto. She has been hosting Dan Inosanto annually in Dallas every...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_14 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews martial arts trainer and physical therapist, Dr. Jason Park. Jason has a varied background in martial arts and is an avid practitioner of Muay Thai and the Filipino Martial Arts. He is an MMA trainer and has trained champions such as Anderson Silva.  Tune in and hear a great conversation. more o...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_13 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Los Angeles based martial artist and actor Scott Yusah. Also known on TV as Scott Conners, Scott is a martial artist with a diverse background in striking, grappling, and weapons. Scott is a certified instructor in Jeet Kune Do and The Filipino Martial Arts under Dan Inosanto. He is also a black...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_12 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Arizona based martial artist George Chaber. George is an instructor in JKD and FMA under Guro Dan Inosanto. He teaches small groups in the Phoenix area. In his interview he takes us through his beginnings in martial arts training, his thoughts on training, aging well in the martial arts, the exc...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_11 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Texas martial artist, Jacob Brinnand. Jacob is the head instructor of Iron Wire Martial Arts. He has a remarkable background in traditional kung fu styles and Silat. He has also taken up studying kickboxing with former world champion Kathy Long and Balintawak Escrima with Grand Master Crispulo A...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_10 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Oregon based martial artist Holly Ng. Holly recently got her instructorship in JKD and FMA from the world renown Dan Inosanto. She taught for years at River City Warriors and runs her own martial arts company called Safe Together. Tune in and hear her story: more on Holly: https://www.pcs.org/ar...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_09 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Oregon based Martial Artist Mike Swinkey. Mike began his martial arts practice inspired by The Karate Kid films and studying traditional martial arts while immersing himself in exotic martial arts like Capoiera and African martial arts from the video tapes available at the time. Eventually he fo...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_08 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Minnesota martial arts practioner Jacob Nordin. Jacob is a student of the Minnesota Kali Group. Tune in to his story and hear lots of great stories.  follow Jacob on social media: FB: Jacob Nordin visit Martial Arts Lifestyle Magazine online to enjoy the free version of Martial Arts Lifestyle Ma...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_07 of The Martial Arts Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Texas martial artist Anthony Finch. Anthony started his martial arts journey over 40 years ago taking up Karate. At a young age he opened his own school. After discovering Gibsons Martial Arts in Oklahoma, he took up training in JKD, Kali, Silat, and Muay Thai. Now he has stepped back from teaching and ha...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_06 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Oregon martial artist Ryan Clark. Ryan is the founder of Clark's  University of Martial Arts, a martial arts school in Bend. Ryan is an instructor in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, and The Filipino Martial Arts. He is a student of legendary instructors like Dan Inosanto and P...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2025_05 of The Martial Arts Lifestyle Podcast, host Tim Becherer interviews Texas based martial artist Jon Rister. Jon is the founder and head instructor of Rister International Martial Arts. Jon has over 30 years of teaching martial arts and has instructor credentials in Wing Chun, The Filipino Martial Arts, Jeet Kune Do, and Maphilindo Silat.  He has written 4 books o...