Wildcatdojo Conversations

Most importantly, stay  tuned till the very end. Sensei Jerri, our guest, shares a memory after the credits. As the title tells you, we talk fans as weapons. So much to share here, we hope you enjoy it. Sensei Jerri was on the show for the first time in 2022, and a few times since. Here is another episode with her:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/10081139 And somehow we manage to mention that w...

The idea of the commitment involved in being a Sensei came in my mind a couple of months ago. I did not remember that we had an episode called "What's it like Being a Sensei" back in March of 2020. Did you remember it? I just listened to it. Luckily, they compliment each other. (Whew, I lucked out). Here's the episode from 2020: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/2859052   In th...

While typing this I wanted to say a bad pun along the lines of "Welcome to a wild episode", but thought better of it. Meanwhile, this episode really is wild - so let us know if you enjoy it. We have Sensei Jay and that's always a plus. Also, we cover so much that we even mention Kenpo and Ed Parker. Of course we did an episode on that. Here's the link: https://www.buzzsprout.co...

Regular listeners know that we use the 5th week of a month to share an archived episode. This is a fun one with Sensei Jerri - we talk Kendo Basics and the Four Poisons of Kendo. At one point, while talking poisons, Sensei Jackie says "you want to do an episode on that". Well, we did it and here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/10340583 And somehow the conversation turns...

Finally, we take a look at Kung fu. I can't believe it's taken this long! An added bonus is that our good friend - Sifu Rob Jones - leads us on this journey - so you know we have fun. . Thank you Sifu. We touch on everything from the TV series Kung fu to Katanas. Here are all the links to the episodes we mention. Let's start with the fact that we talked about the TV series of the sa...

This week we are joined by Sensei Melissa. Remember her from the Breathing episode? No? Here is a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/12326414 Back to today - have you ever heard of the sword (and zen) master Gettan? We'll talk about him. And we visit one of our favorite zen sayings to go with it. Along the way we mention both our zen episode and our episode on Gogen Yamaguchi. Here'...

As the title states - we take a look at a few facets of Genghis Kahn and his grandson. I want to mention that there was one ruler after Kublai Kahn- his name was Toghon Teműr.  Sorry I forgot to say that in the episode. But, as usual, we cover a lot. We mention all the times Sensei Randy has been on the show. In May  of 2020 he was on the episode about the Code of the Warrior. Here's the link...

We're starting July with some laughs and stories that are perfect for a holiday weekend. (It's a holiday in the USA). We have bloopers in almost all our episodes. I'll tag a few below. All the episodes are in the last 6 months - so they'll be easy to find if you're searching. Let's start with our episode on spies: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/12001293 And did you...

Welcome to another letter episode. Be sure to let us know if you like how crazy these episodes get and also if you have anything to add to the discussion. Todays words include dachi (stance), diligence and more. At one point we mention that this is our second time visiting the letter D. If you like these and want to hear the first one. Here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/11170566...

The title says it all. We talk yoyos and boomerangs and we share our adventure throwing the boomerang. To make it more fun Sensei Derek is our guest. We relate the boomerang back to everything from Axes to Kobudo weapons and more. In case you missed some of those episodes. Here are some links.  We covered axes in 2021: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/6894266 Although we had 3 or 4 episodes on ko...

This week, we travel back to 1994 and watch / discuss the movie 3 Ninjas Kick Back with our guest Sensei Ben. There's ninjas, they're kicking. What's not to like? Listen and also - share your opinion. Sensei Ben has been on before - he was on the Super Sentei episode. Here's the link in case you missed it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8739454 We also talk about our last mo...

As you listen today, to our 2nd interview with Hanshi Keith Teller talking about his boxing program for Parkinson's; I hope you get a sense of his strength, energy and karate spirit. We sure did. As always, it's a jam packed 20 minutes. Here's a link to Hanshi's web page in case you want to contact him.  https://www.gainesvilledojo.com/ And of course to our sponsor - Honor Athl...

This week, as the title tells you, we are so lucky to interview Hanshi Keith Teller. If you don't know his name yet, you will in a few minutes. He shares everything from his days in the very hot (in summer) Brooklyn dojo to his time here in his Florida dojo. Enjoy this episode and tune in next week to talk about his Champions Boxing Program for Parkinsons.  I don't have any episodes to t...

We hope you're enjoying these Mythological Hero episodes as much as we are. Thanks to Ryan - as he IS our expert, and thanks to Pam also. This week we hear that Gilgamesh is not only the most ancient, but possibly the craziest. Listen and tell us what you think.  We mentioned both Sun Wukong and Hercules. So they are tagged here - in case you missed them. Here's Sun Wukong: https://www.b...

Our friend from Tasmania, T.D. McKinnon, returns to talk about his time working in personal security. Conversations with Shihan are always entertaining and enlightening. And this one is no exception. If you aren't familiar with Shihan McKinnon, listen to our first interview  here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8625686 He also joined us on one of our two episodes on Aging while Training (o...

Have you ever heard of the National War College? Let us know. Sensei Derek joins us today as we discuss some details about it. The subject came up when we were recording our book review on Sun Tzu's The Art of War. In case you missed that episode, here's the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8241544 At the end of the episode, during listener mail, I mention the Master Joe Hess epis...

Whether you heard this back in 2020 or not - it's worth a re-listen. The concept of zen is a power in every day routine and in emergencies. With Sensei Lydia we discuss everything from one of Grandmaster Urban's sayings to what the dictionaries say to  our personal interpretations. Sensei Jackie and I updated a few things for you. One of them is that we did interview Sensei Max (who is s...

Sun Tzu's book: The Art of War rivals Musashi's Book of Five Rings as the most famous  for strategic looks at fighting. We've already talked about Musashi (links below). So now we're tackling this book. After listening please send us some feedback. Or tell us a book to put on our reading list! Thanks for listening. Here are 2 links to an episodes on Musashi. The first one is ab...

Today's episode includes conversation about everything from attack to Aikido. And we're joined by Sensei Jay, so fun was had. We did an episode on Aikido  in 2021. Here's the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8241544 Landyn's word was Archery and we did 3 episodes and a YouTube Live on Archery in 2020. Here's the YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyQn3q6y...

This week  Sensei Jay joins us to talk with our friend, Sifu Rob Jones,  as he shares with us some of the gun laws from the UK. Knowing nothing about their laws, we were happy to learn. Sifu Jones is a strong, smart and very experienced Martial Artist. If you are not familiar with him. Here is our first interview with him from 2021: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8931796 But back to today'...

Welcome to a long overdue episode dedicated to Master Joe Hess. He is a man of too many accomplishments to fit into one episode, but we did our best. We mention how he was a bodyguard to Elvis. And we did an episode on Elvis. Here it is if you haven't already heard it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/6535051 And we mention his kickboxing career. When we were talking we thought we hadn'...

Welcome to an episode with myself, Sensei Jackie and Landyn. As the title suggests it's about consequences and it ends with us singing a song I invented years ago for kids. We posted it on YouTube...you'll hear.....in case you want to check it out - here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQsjiZddwg   And if that's not enough - we sing it to the tune of a song from the...

Today we meet new friends from Western Mass. Our guests are Israel Lopez Sensei and Barak Yalad Shidoshi. They are karateka and podcasters.....  Oh, and Landyn is back! So enjoy this interview - we sure did. The name of their podcast is Martial Maze. Here's a link (although you can find them anywhere you already listen): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/martial-maze As always, here is...

With help of Sensei Lydia, we have fun talking about Shurikens (Throwing stars), Swords and Serenity. As we do every week, we laugh and share stories and are slightly tangential. But somehow we managed to get to the point! When we were talking about swords, I remembered that we did 3 episodes on swords in 2020. Here is the link to our first episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4763822 And he...

Welcome to an episode we've been looking forward to. We're joined by Sensei (and Dr.) Melissa to talk about a special class our friend Sensei Cindy held a decade ago on breathing. If you, while listening, don't catch the deep breathing bug -and laugh more than you thought you would - I'll be surprised. We do mention an episode that ran a year ago on the karate saying Consistenc...