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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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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 15: Shihan Janine Davies

Shihan Janine Davies, 6th Dan, is the IFK Chief Referee , an international Chief Judge in Kata and also former Europe Champion in Kata. (Please note, I refer to her in the podcast as former “World” Champion in Kata. I apologize for the error.) Shihan Janine is respected worldwide for not only being a high-level

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Episode 14: Nicholas Pettas

At the age of twenty-one, Nicholas Pettas completed the brutal 1,000-day Uchi-deshi program of Sosai Mas Oyama, which made him the second ever foreign graduate, and second non-Japanese, to ever finish the program (the first being Judd Reid, my first guest on this podcast), and he was the last uchi-deshi of Sosai Oyama, who died

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