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Kyoshi Eric Menard is a Martial Arts practitioner, instructor, and founder of the Eric Menard's Complete Martial Arts Academy. I always thought when I get a black belt that this light will open up and you will have all the answers. But that's not how it works. You don't have all the answers and people think that blackbelt's the end but it's not. It's the beginning of your training. Everything you...

In this episode, Jeremy and Andrew talk about the difference between Crimes of Intent VS Opportunity. Crimes of Intent VS Opportunity - Episode 795 Crimes happen everyday. It could happen to us randomly or for some reason someone has been planning something bad for some time. As martial artists, we are trained to somehow protect ourselves against these. But how do we at least avoid being confronte...

Sifu Rick Cropper is a Martial Arts practitioner, instructor, and founder of the Kaizen League. I'll credit it to sparring. We whack each other but we love each other, we trust each other, we push each other, nobody's got weird attitude at all. We're there to improve but we're there to help each other. It helps keep me accountable to everything I do… Sifu Rick Cropper - Episode 792 Internationally...

In this episode, Jeremy and Andrew use a word association game to see if Jeremy can relate random words to martial arts! Martial Arts Word Association 4 - Episode 793 Here at whistlekick Martial Arts Radio, we like to mix things up once in a while. We're going to do "Martial Arts Word Association" where Andrew gives Jeremy a random word that he could connect to martial arts. In this episode, Jerem...

Master Candidate Stephen Brayton is a Martial Arts practitioner, instructor and author of fiction novels. Every testing I get nervous. Every martial artists who does testing and competitions, if they're not nervous, they don't care. Nervousness shows that you care. It's the ability of taking that nervousness to be the energy that you need to perform to satisfaction… Master Candidate Stephen Brayto...

Sue Roberts is a Martial Arts practitioner, author, and host of the Conversations on Karate Podcast. A Black Belt Journey with Sue Roberts - Episode 791 Getting a black belt is a memorable spectacle in our journey as martial artists, let alone getting the first one. Sue Roberts, a brown belt who got her first black belt, shares us what the journey is like to get one. We hear what Joe Andrews, Sue'...

Hanshi Steven Johnson is a Martial Arts practitioner, instructor, and President of the National Karate Jujitsu Federation, USA-International. People from all places saying, you're not this, you're not that… I'm a higher rank… Who cares? To me, it's about the arts, the training, the character, the integrity… Hanshi Steven Johnson - Episode 790 If you idolize Bruce Lee, chances are high that you wil...

In this episode, Andrew along with Jenni Siu, Jenni Nather, and Chris Rickard talk about who is Master Hopkick Who is Master Hopkick? - Episode 789 Have you encountered Master Hopkick? If you have been following whistlekick, chances are you might know him. In this very rare episode where Jeremy isn't present, Andrew along with Jenni Siu, Jenni Nather, and Chris Rickard talk about who is Master Hop...

Coach Jepha Mooi is a martial arts practitioner and instructor who founded Chick Jitsu. Learning self-defense, learning how to protect themselves without even knowing it. Essentially, it is repetition, the more you do it, the more it's going to naturally come out of you… Coach Jepha Mooi - Episode 788 Most of the guests we have in the show starts their journey at a young age, usually brought by th...

In this episode, we're bringing you Jeremy's State of the Martial Arts and what we could do to move forward. State of the Martial Arts - Episode 778 Martial Arts, just like any other sport, is not perfect. That's the very reason why we need to recognize and accept that as a fact so we can improve it for generations of Martial Artists to come. In this episode, Jeremy talks about where he thinks Mar...

Mr. Gad Krooder is a Martial Arts Practitioner from the Netherlands. He hosts the YouTube channel A-De's Chinese Corner . In that club, everybody was respectful of each other. You we're learning together, you we're learning something useful. It's not only a physical activity like soccer or basketball, it was also a cerebral activity. My brain was also involved. I love learning, so this was also an...

In this episode, Andrew and Jeremy talk about why Martial Arts Should Be Fun. Martial Arts Should Be Fun - Episode 785 If you're not having fun don't do it, as Andrew always says. Martial Arts training should be educational and entertaining but there are instructors or schools that don't believe in the latter. In this episode, Andrew and Jeremy talk about why Martial Arts Should Be Fun. Listen to...

Máistir Maxime Chouinard is a Martial Arts practitioner and instructor of Antrim Bata. Co Máistir Maxime Chouinard - Episode 784 Máistir Maxime Chouinard started training in 1997 with Kyokushin karate in his hometown of Sainte-Anne des Monts. In 2002, he started to practice and research Historical Martial Arts, focusing on the military sabre, La Canne and Le Baton. The same year, he also started p...

In this episode, Jeremy and Andrew use a word association game to see if Jeremy can relate random words to martial arts! Martial Arts Word Association 3 - Episode 783 Here at whistlekick Martial Arts Radio, we like to mix things up once in a while. We're going to do "Martial Arts Word Association" where Andrew gives Jeremy a random word that he could connect to martial arts. In this episode, Jerem...

Sensei Craig Wharem is a Martial Arts practitioner, instructor, Managing Director at Karate International, and author at Martial Journal. When I was younger and I went to a friend's house, and that friend has a younger sibling and didn't have a friend over, the younger sibling was going to play with us whether my friend likes it or not. That was how it's gong to roll because nobody should be left...

In this episode, Jeremy and Andrew along with Craig Wharem and Abbey Hoye talk about why Martial Arts Friendships. Martial Arts Friendships - Episode 781 In Martial Arts, we make friends as we take our journey. Are martial arts friends different from those we make outside the dojo? In this episode, Jeremy and Andrew along with Craig Wharem and Abbey Hoye talk about why Martial Arts Friendships. Af...