app01 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:09:43 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://hombudojopodcast.fireside.fm/tags/hdki%20karate Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:00:00 +0000 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. en-ie episodic HDKI headquarters instructors Ross and Ru discuss their karate lives and their karate adventures. Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 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. yes karate, martial arts, combat sports, strength and conditioning, hdki, hombu dojo, ross stewart, scott langley, ru mew, sensei Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew hombudojopodcasts@gmail.com https://hombudojopodcast.fireside.fm/19 17e3eca9-dfb2-4a96-98a3-5702edfcc74d Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 19 Let the boy wear his Batman t-shirts full Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew Rokas has found viral fame through YouTube with his "Aikido vs. MMA" video. 100k subscribers later, Rokas shares his story through his channel "Martial Arts Journey". He came to the dojo with a sore ankle and we had an amazing time talking to him. This is a fun and insightful episode. 1:23:56 yes hdki karate, karate, shotokan, mma, aikido, martial arts, journey, lithuania, adventure, straight blast gym, conor mcgregor, john kavanagh, batman, anime, dragonball z, attack on titan, self defense, training, fun, chat, spear, portland, japan, switzerland, uchi deshi, rokas, https://hombudojopodcast.fireside.fm/17 8eb31f40-f441-47db-aa2c-0e551006d225 Sun, 10 Nov 2019 21:00:00 +0000 Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 17 Epic Spider Kumite full Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew Some dojo chit chat about how we made some changes to our training regime over the summer. We became obsessed with the idea of getting tougher and stronger. And when we train hard, our students have to train hard! 40:40 yes hombu dojo podcast, tough training, training, fitness, leg kick, karate, shotokan, white belt, strength and conditioning, weights, motivation, martial arts, dojo life, kumite, karate kids, competition, shidoin geiko, hdki karate, arachnophobia, boxing, sparring, spiders, chrissie howard, makotokai, summercamp, sensei https://hombudojopodcast.fireside.fm/13 a13d0997-3a8d-46c4-9df5-d5fc9eb881d4 Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:00:00 +0100 Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 13 There's a guy in your way and then pain happens. full Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew Christian Oygarden and Paul Uren share their very insightful views on kata, bunkai, and developing as a middle-aged karateka. Besides all the wealth of karate wisdom shared herein, this episode also contains a very bad and slightly offensive Iain Abernethy impersonation. 44:30 yes karate, shotokan, training, scott langley, ross stewart, ru mew, hombu dojo, dublin, ohio, grading, black belt, martial arts, hdki karate, nidan, yondan, kata, kumite, kihon, dojo, fails, shotokan, bunkai, iain abernethy, dave hazard, paul uren, christian oygarden, norway, england, self defense https://hombudojopodcast.fireside.fm/12 4e1a627e-6e64-463f-80e0-6f0ff7b840fd Mon, 26 Aug 2019 20:00:00 +0100 Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 12 Great vengeance and furious anger! full Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew With Kevin Downard Sensei from Ohio, our current intern, we talk about getting out students ready for grading and dealing with difficult parents. 45:32 yes karate, shotokan, training, scott langley, ross stewart, ru mew, hombu dojo, dublin, ohio, tabata, fitness, kids, grading, black belt, martial arts, parents, customer service, hdki karate, nidan, yondan, kata, kumite, kihon, dojo, fails, https://hombudojopodcast.fireside.fm/10 17629358-5345-4754-afa9-0aca0f2ae491 Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:00:00 +0100 Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 10 Competition! full Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 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. 1:00:23 yes hdki, hdki karate, competition, skif, karate, shotokan, scott langley, ross stewart, ru mew, hombu dojo, gyaku zuki, training, fitness, team, squad, fails, tactics, strategy, confidence, well being, https://hombudojopodcast.fireside.fm/5 78e34d3b-19ea-4c08-9ef9-661c77cbe7d7 Thu, 02 May 2019 15:00:00 +0100 Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 5 Andrea Carbon Sensei on solo training, women in karate and more. full Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 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! 28:18 yes <p>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! </p> andrea carbon, sensei, ross stewart, ru mew, karate, hdki karate, hdki, hombu dojo, martial arts, kangeiko, dublin, podcast, training, exercise, cold training, women in martial arts, sexism, feminism, solo training, kata, kumite, lancashire, karate adventures, shu ha ri, scott langley, competition, 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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]]> https://hombudojopodcast.fireside.fm/3 1bd60764-76e3-491e-8c61-0fdc37e4c9b9 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:00:00 +0100 Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 3 Teaching kids, women in the dojo and in MMA, "practical" karate, karate combat. full Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 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. 55:10 yes karate, dojo, ross stewart, ru mew, hombu dojo, hdki karate, women in martial arts, practical karate, kumite, kangeiko,