Episode 20: Marco Lala

Marco Lala began his martial arts journey at the age of 13 in Kenpo, moving to Kyokushin under Sensei Hioki, later with Shigeru Oyama, and going on to obtaining black belts in Judo & BJJ, becoming a full-contact champion and ultimately creating his own system TettsuBushi Jitsu, incorporating all rages of fighting. Made famous by […]

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Episode 19: Natan Levy

My guest Natan Levy is signed to the UFC, fighting out of Syndicate MMA in Las Vegas, by way of Israel. He has a background in Uechi-ryu Karate and switched to MMA with a Pro MMA Record of 6 wins with no losses, as well as cross training in Kyokushin Karate.   Natan has a

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Episode 18: Shihan Tom Callahan

Shihan Tom Callahan was one of my first guest on The Martial Way Podcast, and today he joins me again to talk about The Mindset of a Martial Artist. Many people don’t understand the mindset of a martial artist…the internal way you think about yourself and how it influences every aspect of your daily life

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Real Talk UPDATE!

Firstly, I want to thank everyone who has liked the new series I am doing Shihan Terry Birkett. It has been so much fun! The feedback has been more than we anticipated… and because of that we have decided to move it away from The Martial Way and create its own unique channel! If you

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Episode 17: Sensei Iain Abernethy

Sensei Iain Abernethy, 7th Dan, is a world-renowned teacher of Kata Application (Bunkai). This was an amazing conversation! Of interest to all “styles”, including Kyokushin. We talk on all aspects of Karate and Bunkai, from history, technique, philosophy, to the evolution of Karate! You won’t want to miss this one! I hope you enjoy it

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Episode 16: KRT Tips & Tricks (Senseis Darren Stringer and Wesley Jansen)

It’s been almost one year since I spoke to these two gentlemen 1:1 and since that time they have built the largest online Kyokushin Dojo in the world! We catch up on the last year, highlights, philosophies, tips, shoutouts, Hanshi Arneil and so so much more! I hope you enjoy this amazing episode as much

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