Hombu Dojo Podcast

HDKI headquarters instructors Ross and Ru discuss their karate lives and their karate adventures.

About the show

We are Ross and Ru, full time karate instructors at the HDKI Headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Teaching and training under Scott Langley Sensei, we are dedicated to developing our level physically and mentally. After morning trainings, weekend seminars, or informal pad sessions, when our bodies are recovering, our minds are still working. This podcast is a vehicle for our musings on karate. We talk theory, training methods, teaching methods, and general chit chat about happenings in the karate world, as well as sharing stories about our dojo life.

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Episodes

  • Episode 4: Tommy Butler Sensei on karate, life, and his Karate Life!

    22 April 2019  |  46 mins 46 secs
    5th dan, aiden trimble, chef, dojo life, exercise, godan, hdki, hombu dojo, karate, karate adventures, karate life, kata, kawasoe, kitchen, martial arts, podcast, richard amos, ross stewart, ru mew, scott langley, sensei, shotokan, sochin, tekki sandan, tekki shodan, tommy butler, training

    Tommy Butler Sensei, 5th Dan HDKI is everyone's favourite Sempai here at the Hombu Dojo in Dublin. Always eager to help others, always enthusiastic and VERY good at kata. In this episode he talks to us about all the experiences he has gathered on his journey so far.

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    Episode 3: Teaching kids, women in the dojo and in MMA, "practical" karate, karate combat.

    4 April 2019  |  55 mins 10 secs
    dojo, hdki karate, hombu dojo, kangeiko, karate, kumite, practical karate, ross stewart, ru mew, women in martial arts

    Today we discuss the formula used in the dojo for keeping kids enganged during karate class. We talk about the recent influx of adult females into karate, also the UFC's promotion of female competitors. We move on to a brief conversation about the notion of practical karate and "karate combat", the new full-contact competition. Finally, as always, to keep ourselves humble, we reveal our FAILs of the week.

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    Episode 2: Scott Sensei talks the infinite game, organisations and Shu-Ha-Ri.

    24 March 2019  |  59 mins 8 secs

    We convinced Scott Langley Sensei to join us for our second episode to have a discussion about his approach to running an international karate organisation, inspiration from Simon Sinek, and Shu-Ha-Ri.

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    Episode 1: New years, conditioning, hikite and ego

    15 March 2019  |  54 mins 7 secs
    conditioning, ego, hikite, karate, martial arts, strength, training

    In our first ever podcast, we discuss some karate related topics we think the people will enjoy.