app02 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:20:15 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://hombudojopodcast.fireside.fm/tags/kumite Sun, 10 Nov 2019 21:00:00 +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/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/16 a395fd3c-b148-4fc4-8092-aa1b8e16a9b6 Sat, 19 Oct 2019 22:00:00 +0100 Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 16 You don't look like you're good at karate full Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 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. 1:06:32 yes sensei, karate, hdki, hombu dojo, tommy butler, 5th dan, godan, podcast, martial arts, aiden trimble, richard amos, scott langley, ru mew, ross stewart, shotokan, karate life, dojo life, kawasoe, karate adventures, chef, kitchen, kata, sochin, tekki shodan, tekki sandan, training, exercise, paolo bolaffio, makotokai, italy, denmark, rick hotton, simon bligh, grading, nidan, yondan, black belt, adventure, tai chi, bagua, sword, tough, training, unsu, kata, kumite 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/11 0a38a7c6-70ca-40e7-a7db-91d8c1907e90 Fri, 09 Aug 2019 19:15:00 +0100 Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 11 How to be Zen full Ross Stewart and Ruadhan Mew 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. 1:06:06 yes hdki, wtko, shotokan, karate, internship, kenshusei, hombu dojo, scott langley, ross stewart, ru mew, richard amos, ohio, usa, ireland, dublin, martial arts, podcast, training, tabata, kumite, sparring, anxiety, panic, mental health, full contact, instructor, environment, zen, mindset, flow, injury, kickboxing 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,