Podcasts

018 ‘Who Packed Your Parachute’

018 ‘Who Packed Your Parachute’

I borrowed the topic for today from the military environment – ‘Who Packed Your…
017 Leadership and Karate Culture

017 Leadership and Karate Culture

Today, I am going to touch on a domain which is currently spotlighted and questioned because of its…
016 Training in Japan Part 10: Okinawa

016 Training in Japan Part 10: Okinawa

We’re back training Karate in Japan in 1973 in Higaonna Sensei’s Yoyogi Dojo, the free training…
015 Using Karate to Stay Alive

015 Using Karate to Stay Alive

As I promised before, in this podcast I am going to recall a traumatic incident where I needed to…
014 Training in Japan Part 9 – Homesick

014 Training in Japan Part 9 – Homesick

Welcome back to the continuation of my Podcast series and thank you so much for the enquiries and…
013 A Perspective on Attitude for Martial Arts

013 A Perspective on Attitude for Martial Arts

In today’s episode I’m going to attempt to give some perspective on the attitude…
012 Training in Japan Part 8 – What were classes like

012 Training in Japan Part 8 – What were classes like

Through the years, I get a lot of questions during my teaching travels, locally and…
011 Training in Japan Part 7 – Kicking

011 Training in Japan Part 7 – Kicking

I have jumped around a bit with the chronology of the Podcasts series for a good reason –…
010 The Global Virtual Dojo

010 The Global Virtual Dojo

Today I would like to tell you a little bit more about my recently established Global Virtual Dojo…
009 Training – the Beginning Years

009 Training – the Beginning Years

In this podcast I’m going to describe some of my early days of training Karate and some of the…
008 Training in Japan Part 6

008 Training in Japan Part 6

Back in the Dojo, I was in my third week and slowly getting used to conditions and training. Still…
007 Pursuit of Excellence Mindset

007 Pursuit of Excellence Mindset

Today I am going to discuss the Pursuing Excellence Mindset – how I perceive this and how it…