Hombu Dojo Podcast
HDKI headquarters instructors Ross and Ru discuss their karate lives and their karate adventures.
Displaying 9 items of Hombu Dojo Podcast with the tag "hdki".
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Episode 16: You don't look like you're good at karate
19 October 2019 | 1 hr 6 mins
5th dan, adventure, aiden trimble, bagua, black belt, chef, denmark, dojo life, exercise, godan, grading, hdki, hombu dojo, italy, karate, karate adventures, karate life, kata, kawasoe, kitchen, kumite, makotokai, martial arts, nidan, paolo bolaffio, podcast, richard amos, rick hotton, ross stewart, ru mew, scott langley, sensei, shotokan, simon bligh, sochin, sword, tai chi, tekki sandan, tekki shodan, tommy butler, tough, training, unsu, yondan
Sit back and relax as we regale you with tales of the karate adventures of Summer 2019. From falling for the toughest girl in Italy, to farting loudly in Tai Chi class. Of course, passing our gradings was also a highlight! Paolo Bolaffio, Simon Bligh, Rick Hotton, and Scott Langley are among the Sensei who made last summer for us.
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Episode 15: Chi is relaxation and alignment
23 September 2019 | 50 mins 43 secs
alignment, biomechanics, boxing, bruce lee, chi, chinese medicine, exercise, hdki, hombu dojo, karate, loughborough university, martial arts, martin lindley, mcgregor, podcast, qi, relaxation, ross stewart, ru mew, scott langley, sensei, shito ryu, shotokan, sports science, tai chi, tyson, wilder
Scott Langley Sensei in conversation with Dr. Martin Lindley Sensei. This episode includes a lot of in depth discussion of biomechanics, sports science and how it all comes back to karate.
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Episode 14: Back Leg Drive
15 September 2019 | 43 mins 8 secs
adventure, back leg drive, dojo, grading, hdki, karate, kata, kenshusei, kevin downard, nidan, ross stewart, ru mew, scott langley, seminars, sensei, shotokan, sochin, solo training, uchi deshi, unsu, yahara, yondan
Kevin Downard Sensei talks to us at the end of his internship. We talk about what he's learned and all the ups and downs along the way. Ross and I near the end of the road to Denmark for our gradings.
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Episode 11: How to be Zen
9 August 2019 | 1 hr 6 mins
anxiety, dublin, environment, flow, full contact, hdki, hombu dojo, injury, instructor, internship, ireland, karate, kenshusei, kickboxing, kumite, martial arts, mental health, mindset, ohio, panic, podcast, richard amos, ross stewart, ru mew, scott langley, shotokan, sparring, tabata, training, usa, wtko, zen
Our ninth intern, Kevin Downard Sensei from HDKI Ohio joins us to talk about his karate background and his expectations for the internship. We touch on some karate politics along the way, but we managed to be very diplomatic! We then responded to a listener question which had us talking about how to avoid fear and anxiety when sparring.
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Episode 10: Competition!
26 July 2019 | 1 hr 23 secs
competition, confidence, fails, fitness, gyaku zuki, hdki, hdki karate, hombu dojo, karate, ross stewart, ru mew, scott langley, shotokan, skif, squad, strategy, tactics, team, training, well being
After our annual national championship, we sat down for a good long chat about the competition itself, about the competing spirit, and training for competitions.
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Episode 8: Role models, solo training, senior/junior relationships
23 July 2019 | 38 mins 34 secs
dojo, feminism, hdki, karate, kata, role models, ross stewart, ru mew, scott langley, seminars, shotokan, solo training
Episodes 8 and 9 are essentially parts 1 and 2 of the same episode. We went on a marathon recording session as we had so much to discuss. Once again we spent some time talking about females in the dojo and the unique challenges they face, this time with regards karate role models. Then we talked about solo training, it's pros and cons, and how your relationships with your doki effects your training.
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Episode 7: Guy Brodeur Sensei and Scott Langley Sensei on kata, bunkai, Steve Ubl, teaching and learning.
14 June 2019 | 1 hr 1 min
bunkai, guy brodeur, hdki, hombu dojo, instruction, karate, kata, martial arts, ross stewart, ru mew, scott langley, shotokan, shotokan canada, slower, steve ubl
Ross and Ru sat down with Guy Brodeur, his student Jean Phillipe, and Scott Langley Sensei to talk about ... karate! We covered a lot of topics and found Guy and Scott to be over flowing with martial arts wisdom.
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Episode 5: Andrea Carbon Sensei on solo training, women in karate and more.
2 May 2019 | 28 mins 18 secs
andrea carbon, cold training, competition, dublin, exercise, feminism, hdki, hdki karate, hombu dojo, kangeiko, karate, karate adventures, kata, kumite, lancashire, martial arts, podcast, ross stewart, ru mew, scott langley, sensei, sexism, shu ha ri, solo training, training, women in martial arts
We sat down with Andrea Carbon Sensei during Kangeiko 2019 to talk about being a female instructor as well as sharing our experiences of training alone and generally having some chit chat about our karate lives!
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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.