Best Sensei Michelle Podcasts (2024)

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Wrestling's The Great Togo - An Archived Episode 20:04

2h ago20:04

20:04

This archived episode from our Wrestling series is worth listening to for so many reasons. If you're hearing it for the first time or as a repeat, you laugh and learn. A fun 20 minutes that includes Sensei James as our guest. The first time he was on we discussed Miyamoto Musashi. Here's a link, in case you missed it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477…

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Fun Conversation about Teaching 24:41

5d ago24:41

24:41

Thanks for checking out today's episode. The words we're discussing are: To be good, find a good teacher, to master teach. This is something I heard Master Kelljchian say decades ago. Sensei Derek joins us today to mess around with the concept. We had fun - as we always do. Before we got into this weeks episode we discuss 2 pieces of listener mail …

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Stories, Tangents and Bloopers From the First Half of 2024 22:50

12d ago22:50

22:50

We love doing remnants from past episodes. This one has so many stories! All the episodes referenced were in the last 6 months - except during the word bloopers when we have quite a few from a weird weapons episode from last Dec. Here it is if you missed it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/14134852 A couple of other episodes that we reference are…

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Another New Friend: Juanita Kapp 24:58

19d ago24:58

24:58

What fun we had interviewing Ms. Kapp. Between her podcast (Meticulous Moments), her motivational speaking and her training in Shotokan , the conversation was lively and went to fast. Speaking of Shotokan, we have discussed Gichin Funikoshi a few times. Here's one of them: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/10908006 Now back to Juanita Kapp. Her sch…

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Chinese Spears and Swords with Sifu Jones 23:15

27d ago23:15

23:15

Chinese weapons with Sifu Jones is on the menu today. Our first interview with Sifu was back in 2021. Here's a link in case you missed it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8931796 Sifu talks about swords and spears he uses and owns. I put a video of him on our twitter (and insta) page. Here's a link: https://twitter.com/wildcatdojo We mention that…

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Haiku - An Unusual Book Episode 20:20

1M ago20:20

20:20

Spending time with friends A memory forever That makes me smile. Enjoy our latest book episode - we take a little bit different approach today - a few books on one subject - Haiku. The first thing that happened was that Sensei Jackie mentioned that Haiku reminded her of our episode reviewing the movie Budo. Heres the link so you can see for your se…

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The Authors of One of Our Most Read (and re-read) Karate Books 23:02

1M ago23:02

23:02

Sensei Lydia joins in this week to talk about John Corcoran and Emil Farkas - the authors of The Overlook Martial Arts Dictionary and the book Martial Arts Traditions, History, People. We covered so much information in this episode. Somehow we got to Ninja - and of course - we did an episode on that. Here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379…

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Plan Your Work And Work Your Plan 24:00

2M ago24:00

24:00

Geraldo returns today to talk about a maxim we attribute to Grandmaster Peter Urban. Geraldo was on 6 months ago, when we discussed note taking in karate. Here's a link - in case you missed that episode. https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/14235323 Today the conversation ranges from how many famous people have said the phrase to long term planning to…

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Bad Ass Queens from Britain 24:47

2M ago24:47

24:47

What fun we had learning about Queens that fought in Britain with our guest Shihan T.D. McKinnon. Shihan has been on many times. Just last November we discussed Kata with him. The episode I want to tag here is the one where he talks about life as a bodyguard. Listen - if time allows: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/12796037 This is not our first …

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Finally We Tackle the Letter F 23:48

2M ago23:48

23:48

Sensei Jay joins the conversation today as we tackle Focus, Fighting Spirit and Fuki Bari (Looking it up? Type in Fuki Bara). What fun! Join us by listening and letting us know your thoughts. We can't talk about focus without bringing up Kimi. We did a whole episode on that. Here's the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8501411 And while we we…

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Audie Murphy: The Most Decorated Soldier of WW II 19:40

2M ago19:40

19:40

We're joined by Sensei Jay on our first in a series of episodes about people who have seen war and lived to tell about it. Today it is Audie Murphy. One of the things I wanted to look up and add to the recording was the definition of a military campaign. Since I missed that moment, I'm adding it here. There could be one or two of you who are like m…

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Goals, Journeys and being Human 22:52

3M ago22:52

22:52

Today Sensei Jackie and I discuss how to get out of our own way - mostly mentally - in a world full of distractions and with a brain that likes to push us around. It is much funnier than it sounds .We touch on aging. So for those of you that missed the aging episodes, here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/11508081 And you have to touch o…

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Female Ninja - Did They Exist? I Hope So 20:43

3M ago20:43

20:43

Finally we talk Female Ninja. We're joined by Sensei Lydia, so the conversation is fun and often off topic. Here's a few things we managed to talk about other than these awesome women. Back in 2020 we tackled the subject of Ninja. Here's a link, in case you missed it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4401074 The conversation also turned to one of …

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Experience - The Good, the Bad and The Funny 25:06

3M ago25:06

25:06

We're joined by our old friend Darlene today, to discuss a quote about experience as a teacher....It relates to us at all ages and stages of life. For example we talk about the fact that a decade ago I created 3 songs for my Pre K students. One was called "Think Before you do it." Sensei Jackie brought it up so I'm tagging it here: https://youtu.be…

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The Naval War College; The Oldest of the War Colleges 21:18

3M ago21:18

21:18

A year ago, we did an episode on the National War College (there's a link below, of course). Finally, we're following up with another episode. This time on the Naval War College. It's true we learn about the history, founders, and famous graduates. But seriously - how did we laugh this much! After you listen you can send us some advice on how to be…

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Time Isn't Always on Our Side- An Archived Episode 23:06

4M ago23:06

23:06

In this episode, from Jan of 2020, we're visited by our friend and student Alex. Somehow we get into Mad Libs and Yes it IS an on line game now. Full time listeners may remember that we use months with 5 weeks to share archived episodes. If you likethese old episodes, I'm in the middle of uploading them to YouTube. Check other episodes (with slide …

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An Interview: Sensei Jackie is on the Hot Seat 23:30

4M ago23:30

23:30

Finishing our trilogy on interviewing your 3 hosts - we finally talked Sensei Jackie into hers. This one includes stories from 'back in the day' and fun thoughts right now. She tries to turn the tables on us a few times by mentioning our interviews. So here are links - in case you missed them. Here's Landyn from back in January: https://www.buzzspr…

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Finishing our Discussion of Some Guidelines from Grandmaster Urban 21:03

4M ago21:03

21:03

Glad you could be here as we finish our discussion of some words from Grandmaster Urban's book The Karate Dojo. We started last week. (If you missed that episode I tagged the link below). We share information from 2 fine martial artists. This week we read a note sent to me by Master Robert Lasorsa. Coincidentally, we did an episode on a saying he i…

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More Excellent Adventures with the book - The Karate Dojo 18:55

4M ago18:55

18:55

Welcome to our 4th (or 5th?) journey into the content of Grandmaster Peter Urban's book The Karate Dojo. Obviously, we love this book. Today, with Sensei Rob Carbone, we're discussing some lines on (or about) page 77. We hope that you enjoy listening as much as we enjoy recording. (Btw- this ended up being 2 episodes - we'll finish the conversation…

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Female Warriors / Mythology - Amazon Warriors 19:16

4M ago19:16

19:16

Ryan joins in , as he always does, while we laugh and learn about the Amazon Warriors including of course, Wonder Woman. We covered a lot of ground here. Let me start by saying I did look up images of Batman and Wonder Woman (per Ryan's suggestion) and wasn't shocked or insulted... Meanwhile, this episode got me to thinking about the first time Rya…

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Helluvan Episode - Mail, Start Stories and More 23:29

5M ago23:29

23:29

The name says it all! Sensei Randy joins in to help us carry the episode along. We hear how Steven and Sensei Jerri got into karate. And we hear from Hanshi Malanoski, Shihan Mckinnon and Sensei Rob C. with great letters. All these people have been on before. Let's start with Steven. He was a guest when we talked about Gichin Funakoshi: https://www…

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The First of Our Kurosawa Series: The Hidden Fortress 21:49

5M ago21:49

21:49

Sensei Baier joins us today to discuss the classic film The Hidden Fortress. I'm sure you must have heard that this movie was the inspiration for the first Star Wars movie. There is a lot more to say. A couple of notes: Sensei Jackie mentions the theme from The Magnificent Seven. I did search and listen and it's worth the 5 minutes it takes - in ca…

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We Interview Thelma - She Received Her 5th Degree Black Belt at the Age of 90! 24:46

5M ago24:46

24:46

Today we offer you a can't miss episode. We interview a fabulous, lovely, deadly 90 year old woman. I really don't need to say a lot more - Thelma and her family will fill in all the details. Enjoy a fun ride! There wasn't any mention of other episodes. So, there's nothing to tag. But you can look up old interviews or any other of the 220 episodes …

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The Book of S.E.T. by Master J. Kelljchian - A Book Review 24:48

5M ago24:48

24:48

The Book Crew is back with another book by our instructor Master Kelljchian. There was so much to say about this book that I had to cut 5 minutes and move it to the Stories and Bloopers reel! But we cover plenty - Including the fact that Master Kelljchian talked a lot about the elements. Therefore it's no surprise that, on this podcast, we've done …

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We talk Renshi, Ryogan Tsuki and more 21:50

6M ago21:50

21:50

Sensei Jerri joins us today as we try our hand at another episode of words from The Overlook Martial Arts Dictionary. This week it's the letter R. While discussing different ranks, Grandmaster Urban's book The Karate Dojo came up. We did a few episodes on this great book. Here's a link to one of them: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/2196104 We al…

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History: Higaonna, Miyagi, Goju Ryu - There's a Story Here 18:44

6M ago18:44

18:44

Today the show is jam-packed. We visit the lives of both Kanryo Higaonna and Chojun Miyagi, the naming of Goju Ryu Karate... And - dot matrix printers, the 1990s, and more. It's jammed with information and the usual fun. At one point we mention that our friend Max (a black belt in USA Goju Federation) has been on a couple of times talking about his…

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Notes - Ever Take Them? Do We? 23:40

6M ago23:40

23:40

My first note here is personal to Hanshi Malanoski. Even as I was trying to fix my original mistake on the word Jutte - I managed to say it with the emphasis on the wrong syllable. Don't worry, one day I'll get it right! Back to today. Steven and Geraldo join us today to talk about taking notes. Sounds boring but we had fun and we all hope you enjo…

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First Interview of 2024 - Landyn (Our Co-host!) We Finally Got Him In the Hot Seat 24:40

6M ago24:40

24:40

Finally, We sit down and talk with Landyn. We cover everything from when he started karate, to what he does these days and how bright his future is shining. At one point he tells a story - one we haven't heard - about Master Kelljchian. (See our web presence for a pic.) Here's the link to our original episode on Master Kelljchian: https://www.buzzs…

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Starting the Year with a Visit from an Old Friend 23:52

7M ago23:52

23:52

Happy 2024. Megan is our guset today as we discuss - in the modern vernacular - mindfulness. But there is so much more to it. It's a wonderful archived episode to start the new year. First things first: Hey Megan - this is an official shout out to get in touch with that Master Kelljchian story you mention in this episode. Also folks, listen to Land…

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Stories and Bloopers from 2023 24:16

7M ago24:16

24:16

Well, at least the last 1/2 of 2023. We include our usual word and dialog mess ups. But equally as fun is the stories from guests that didn't make it into the episode. There are references to almost every episode in the past few months - way too many episodes to include them all. But here are a few. Until I listened to this episode, I forgot we eve…

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More Weird Weapons - This one includes Pirates! 20:35

7M ago20:35

20:35

Sensei Derek joins us as we add the cutlass, nagamaki and more to our list of weird weapons. We even get into a quick discussion about how many weapons episodes we've had. I looked over old episodes, but didn't count. We mention the katana today. Back in August of 2020, we did 3 episodes on swords. Here's the one specific to the katana: https://www…

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We Talk Terra Cotta Army and More with Sifu Jones 22:05

7M ago22:05

22:05

We are so lucky to have a friend like Sifu Jones in our little community. Today he adds some information to our Long fist boxing discussion from Oct. In case you didn't catch that episode, here's the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/13708596 Remember when I realized that the animals in Goju and the animals in Shaolin were similar? Well, Sifu…

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We Talk Jump,.Jutte and More - J Words on the Menu Today 21:27

7M ago21:27

21:27

Landyn, Sensei Jackie and I enter Dec with a letter episode. As the title says - we talk about words that begin with the letter "J". The conversations jumps all over the place. Quick correction from Hanshi Malanoski. I say the word "jutte" incorrectly. It should be said with 2 syllables (Jut-te). I hope I don't hurt anyone's eardrums and I apprecia…

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Meditation Fun with Kim and Matthew - An Interview 24:53

8M ago24:53

24:53

There's no such thing as too many reminders to take a deep breath. Today we do that by visiting with Kim and learning about her journey of over 20 years in yoga, meditation and breathing. Matthew, her son, joins in too! Both Matthew and Kim joined us in 2022 to talk about the show Cobra Kai. Here's a link in case you want to listen: https://www.buz…

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Achilles Should Be Known for his Wrath - Not His Heel 20:55

8M ago20:55

20:55

Ryan, our Myth-buster, joins us for a quick peek at Achilles. He's awesome. (You decide who I'm talking about after listening.) Just a quick caveat that I'll try to remember to put into our myth episodes in the future: This is mythology, not facts. By definition it's what someone said 1000s of years ago. Did you guys know that historians actually a…

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Kata - We Talk it Over With our Friend Shihan McKinnon 24:20

8M ago24:20

24:20

I'm so excited we finally got to this conversation. And even more excited that we did it with our friend Shihan McKinnon. I waited on this, one of my favorite subjects, until I found the right spark. And that spark came from Shihan's blogpost on the subject. Here is a link to it: https://www.torakankarate.com.au/single-post/karate-essence-kata?fbcl…

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Subjectivity VS Objectivity - The Battle Continues 24:24

8M ago24:24

24:24

Welcome to the first episode of our 5th year of recording. We're joined by old friends - Sensei Tim and his wife Glenda - both are school teachers and we share stories and ideas about being subjective and objective (just like the title says). Sensei Tim brought up the idea that failure is a great teacher. I thought we did a whole episode on that - …

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We Revisit the Movie Budo (And mark 4 Years of Podcasting) 21:57

9M ago21:57

21:57

Welcome to an archived episode from 2021. The fact that the the 5th week of Oct. falls on our 5 year anniversary - well, that is just a fun coincidence! Here is what I'm thinking you might do: listen to the review, find the movie and stream it, and send feedback with your thoughts. This movie covers many subjects we've tackled over our 4 years of r…

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We Take a Look at Jackie Chan 27:51

9M ago27:51

27:51

As you'll hear, we went a few minutes over our usual length today. But just a few minutes. I'm surprised we kept it that short when you consider that Sensei Lydia was our guest and we can talk! (Also, a couple of quick stories ended up on the blooper reel - so watch for that in Dec.) Sensei Lydia was on the 3rd episode we ever recorded back in 2019…

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Words we Found in the Karate Dictionary - The Letter L 20:28

9M ago20:28

20:28

We hope you enjoy this experiment and let us know either way! We're joined by Sensei Derek to record a word episode. Instead of doing it the way we have for the last (almost) 4 years, we decided to use the Overlook Martial Arts Dictionary by Emil Farkas and John Corcoran. We tackled some words beginning with the letter L and learned lots along the …

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6 Years Of Healing (Featuring: Jason Watler, George Hill & BHW) 1:18:38

9M ago1:18:38

1:18:38

6 Years and we're still here. The healing never stops. To celebrate 6 year of THS, Sensei welcomes back BHW, George Hill and for the very first time, Jason Watler, for a special Black, Queer and Unapologetic. ********************************************Lets Get Healed...Find us @ www.weareTLM.com, Audible, SoundCloud, iHeart Radio, Apple Podcast, G…

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King Tut - Warrior King or Just The Boy King 21:02

9M ago21:02

21:02

The first thing I need to say is this: I aired this episode on 10.2.23 unedited and 4 people listened before I noticed, pulled it, and finished the edits. Oops!! So, if you're one of those 4 people, please listen again, write me at dojoconversations@aol.com and let me know how annoying it was before I edited it AND did the craziness of the non-edit…

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A Martial Arts State of Mind with Shihan Mckinnon 25:55

10M ago25:55

25:55

Welcome to some fun with our friend Shihan TD Mckinnon. To quote the end of the episode - we talk about some "high falutin" concepts and bring them down to earth. I hope you enoy listening 1/2 as much as we enjoyed talking with one another. I was reading one of Shihan's blogposts and that is what sparked this conversation. Here is the link to Shiha…

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American Shaolin - a Book So Good We Visited it Twice 24:19

10M ago24:19

24:19

As the title tells you - there is more to say about the book American Shaolin. Sensei Baier stayed with us and we talked people, places and friends mentioned in the book. At one point when we (inevitably) discuss iron kung fu, it leads us to makiwara training. We did an episode on that. So of course, here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379…

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Book Time: American Shaolin Part 1 22:06

10M ago22:06

22:06

What fun we had (Sensei Tracey, Sensei Jackie, myself and a first time guest - Sensei Richard Baier) discussing one man's adventure in China. We hope and expect that Sensei Baier will be on many times in the future. This book has so many aspects to it that we'll need two episodes to cover it all. It reminds me of when we read Living the Martial Way…

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A Great Idea From a Parent - We Look at Training Through Their Eyes 23:05

10M ago23:05

23:05

Listen today as we learn about a Judo Club in England from our new friend Amy. Here's the link to the dojo. It is run by Sensei Shawn Bullman: https://hdjudoclub.wixsite.com/hdjudoclub I thank Sensei Bullman for allowing Amy to share with us. Amy's daughter trains in Essex, UK and she wanted to share what it's like from the parents perspective. As …

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Anime: Finally we watch it - Did we like it? 23:45

11M ago23:45

23:45

We're joined by Sensei Randy to discuss anime - after watching 3 hours of it. Listen for all kinds of crazy conversation, our take away on anime and a few details too! Sensei Randy has been a guest since we started the podcast. Here is his second appearance - an episode about growth in karate at the intermediate level: https://www.buzzsprout.com/47…

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We Interview.....Me? 24:35

11M ago24:35

24:35

Admit it - this is weird! Sensei Jackie and Landyn decided we should do this and I agreed. So....They really do interview me. It felt strange and yet we had a lot of fun. We couldn't possibly get through this episode without mentioning Master Kelljchian. In 2020 we did an episode where we shared stories about our teacher. Here's the link: https://w…

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Fans Make Good Weapons 22:07

11M ago22:07

22:07

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/…

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What's the Deal With Being a Sensei - Continued 24:48

11M ago24:48

24:48

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.buzzspr…

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