Hombu Dojo Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.