Hombu Dojo Podcast

Episode 53: The Boys Are Back in Town

3 September 2026  |  56 mins 55 secs

Our epic comeback! We catch you up on our news and talk Shu Ha Ri.

Episode 51: Paolo Bolaffio Sensei!

7 September 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins

At long last! The man, the myth, the legend, it's Paolo Sensei! He's a hero of ours, and we were super excited to get him on the pod during his last visit to Ireland.

Episode 52: Karate Adventures #1: Sayonara

7 September 2023  |  35 mins 36 secs

Two days before his departure, Ru talks about his plan for his big trip.

Episode 50: Stuart Amos Sensei

16 January 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins

Stuart Sensei, while on a visit to the Hombu Dojo, sat down with us to talk about karate and farts.

Episode 49: Hikite Is a Beautiful Thing

30 April 2022  |  1 hr 22 mins

Guy Brodeur Sensei and Scott Sensei on the podcast!

Episode 48: Introducing: THE KUMITE

1 April 2022  |  55 mins 48 secs

We talk about strength and conditioning and begin a new podcast tradition where we pit fictional martial arts movie heroes against one another in THE KUMITE!

Episode 47: Take The Plunge

7 March 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

Episode 46: Matthew Last, Neuro Linguistic Programming and Karate

18 February 2022  |  1 hr 19 mins

Prepare to have your little brains overloaded in our most cerebral episode yet!

Episode 45: Becky Cox Sensei

11 February 2022  |  1 hr 1 min

Episode 44: Stuart Amos Sensei

14 August 2021  |  1 hr 2 mins

Stuart Amos Sensei is a full time Karate instructor with HDKI in Liverpool, England.

Episode 43: The Invisible Sensei

5 August 2021  |  1 hr 30 mins

We had a great chat with Tuari Sensei (AKA The Invisible Sensei) from New Zealand. Among other things, we talked about karate as an individual's journey versus facilitating the journey of one's students.

Episode 42: Make your bed, Georgia!

27 July 2021  |  55 mins 34 secs

Ross and Ru are joined by Georgia for a few beers, talking about post-lockdown karate and some hilarious fails of the week.

Episode 41: The Catfish Conspiracy

23 March 2021  |  43 mins 13 secs

Caveat: electrical interference has caused some noise in this recording. We'll do better next time! Scott Sensei is with us again as we wind down after day 1 of a rather big weekend zoom seminar. Meditation, karate adventures and fails of the week.

Episode 40: Sensei Seth

12 March 2021  |  1 hr 7 mins

Here I'm in conversation with viral YouTube sensation Sensei Seth. We have a good long insightful cat about martial arts and I take him to task over his infamous roundhouse kick video! https://www.patreon.com/Hombudojopodcast

Episode 39: What do Kanazawa and Trotsky have in common?

5 March 2021  |  38 mins 9 secs

Scott, Ross and Ru talking about old times, internet trolls and authenticity. https://www.patreon.com/Hombudojopodcast

Episode 38: HQ Instructors

26 February 2021  |  1 hr 8 mins

Finally we have all four instructors on one episode!