app03 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:20:14 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://hombudojopodcast.fireside.fm/tags/sparring 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/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