Wildcatdojo Conversations
Karate is for everyone. So, join us each week for a 20 to 25 minute conversation on all types of subjects. We go from managing the distractions of daily life, through martial arts history and people, and common sense concepts to add to your self defense armor. Plus we have interviews and so much more. After spending over 40 years discussing life's challenges in a dojo, (both as a student and as a teacher) I decided it would be fun to share the conversations with everyone. And it is! We're having a great time with our guests each week thinking, talking and very importantly sharing a laugh or two along the way.
Episodes
262 episodes since 2019
Continuing our Fun with Dr. Melissa - Nutrition Part 2
We're continuing to wind our way through the crazy world of food, drinks and working our way to healthy eating. Don't be fooled into thinking we're talking like adults. We had fun, and shared our crazy experiences. We even mention some th...
September 16, 2024
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Episode 254
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24:34
Nutrition with Dr. Macy - Part 1
Welcome to Part 1 of our riotous conversation with Dr. Macy (aka Sensei Melissa) on Nutrition. Sensei Melissa has been on a few times. She mentions the time she came on and we talked about breathing. Here's a link to that episode:
September 09, 2024
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Episode 253
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22:48
The Samurai People - Original air date: 4.2020
Since September is a 5 week month-and therefore a 'rerun' month, I thought that this was a nice fit with 2 of the episodes of August - The Last Samurai battle and man. This episode doesn't need much explanation. Don't forget, though, that w...
September 02, 2024
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Episode 252
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19:42
We Review a 1980s Era Movie- The Octogon
Welcome to the beginning of our look at karate movies from the 80s with our friends Sensei Ben and Sensei Lydia. Campy fun ensues. Sensei Lydia was on our 3rd episode ever! It was on advantages and disadvantages. Here's a link back to 201...
August 26, 2024
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Episode 251
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22:54
Saigo Takamori - The Real Last Samurai
This episode is a follow up on the Satsuma Rebellion - which we aired 2 weeks ago and is tagged below. We enjoyed looking at the life of Saigo Takamori with Sensei Randy. His first visit to the podcast was in 2019 - our first year. Here's the e...
August 19, 2024
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Episode 250
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21:00
The Martial Arts: A Children's Book Episode
This week we’re joined by Matthew and Kim to discuss The Martial Arts by Laura Scandiffio – a kid’s book. This book was fun to read and even more fun to talk about. So many subjects came up during the recording because the book is an introducti...
August 12, 2024
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Episode 249
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20:17
Satsuma Rebellion aka The Last Samurai
Enjoy this conversation with Sensei Lydia, Sensei Jackie and myself on this eye opening piece of history. One thing I got wrong is this: I referred to the mini series on Hulu as The Last Samurai, but it is actually a remake of a mini series fro...
August 05, 2024
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Episode 248
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22:00
Interview with Taiko Drummers and Friends
Taiko is a Japanese term for any kind of drum. Over time the art of drumming, like other art forms, became a world wide phenomenon. I was lucky enough to make a friend of one such artist - Ben. Sensei Jackie and I were extra lucky to go to thei...
July 29, 2024
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24:59
A Cool Subject and an Even Cooler Guest
We have fun recording this episode on a saying by Matsamura Sokon. Our guest is Hanshi Steven Malanoski. Jic you're not familiar with him. I'm including his interviews with us from 2021. Here is the first one:
July 22, 2024
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20:00
Wrestling's The Great Togo - An Archived Episode
This archived episode from our Wrestling series is worth listening to for so many reasons. If you're hearing it for the first time or as a repeat, you laugh and learn. A fun 20 minutes that includes Sensei James as our guest. The first time he ...
July 15, 2024
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Episode 245
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20:04
Fun Conversation about Teaching
Thanks for checking out today's episode. The words we're discussing are: To be good, find a good teacher, to master teach. This is something I heard Master Kelljchian say decades ago. Sensei Derek joins us today to mess around with the concept....
July 08, 2024
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Episode 244
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24:41
Stories, Tangents and Bloopers From the First Half of 2024
We love doing remnants from past episodes. This one has so many stories! All the episodes referenced were in the last 6 months - except during the word bloopers when we have quite a few from a weird weapons episode from last Dec. Here it ...
July 01, 2024
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Episode 243
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22:50
Another New Friend: Juanita Kapp
What fun we had interviewing Ms. Kapp. Between her podcast (Meticulous Moments), her motivational speaking and her training in Shotokan , the conversation was lively and went to fast. Speaking of Shotokan, we have discussed Gichin Funikoshi a f...
June 24, 2024
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Episode 242
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24:58
Chinese Spears and Swords with Sifu Jones
Chinese weapons with Sifu Jones is on the menu today. Our first interview with Sifu was back in 2021. Here's a link in case you missed it:https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8931796S...
June 17, 2024
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Episode 241
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23:15
Haiku - An Unusual Book Episode
Spending time with friendsA memory foreverThat makes me smile.Enjoy our latest book episode - we take a little bit different approach today - a few books on one subject - Haiku. The first thing that happened was that Sensei Jackie m...
June 10, 2024
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Episode 240
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20:20
The Authors of One of Our Most Read (and re-read) Karate Books
Sensei Lydia joins in this week to talk about John Corcoran and Emil Farkas - the authors of The Overlook Martial Arts Dictionary and the book Martial Arts Traditions, History, People. We covered so much information in this episode. Somehow we ...
June 03, 2024
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Episode 239
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23:02
Plan Your Work And Work Your Plan
Geraldo returns today to talk about a maxim we attribute to Grandmaster Peter Urban. Geraldo was on 6 months ago, when we discussed note taking in karate. Here's a link - in case you missed that episode.
May 27, 2024
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Episode 238
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24:00
Bad Ass Queens from Britain
What fun we had learning about Queens that fought in Britain with our guest Shihan T.D. McKinnon. Shihan has been on many times. Just last November we discussed Kata with him. The episode I want to tag here is the one where he talks about life ...
May 20, 2024
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Episode 237
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24:47
Finally We Tackle the Letter F
Sensei Jay joins the conversation today as we tackle Focus, Fighting Spirit and Fuki Bari (Looking it up? Type in Fuki Bara). What fun! Join us by listening and letting us know your thoughts. We can't talk about focus without bringing up ...
May 13, 2024
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Episode 236
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23:48
Audie Murphy: The Most Decorated Soldier of WW II
We're joined by Sensei Jay on our first in a series of episodes about people who have seen war and lived to tell about it. Today it is Audie Murphy. One of the things I wanted to look up and add to the recording was the definition of a military...
May 06, 2024
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Episode 235
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19:40
Goals, Journeys and being Human
Today Sensei Jackie and I discuss how to get out of our own way - mostly mentally - in a world full of distractions and with a brain that likes to push us around. It is much funnier than it sounds .We touch on aging. So for those of you that mi...
April 29, 2024
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Episode 234
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22:52
Female Ninja - Did They Exist? I Hope So
Finally we talk Female Ninja. We're joined by Sensei Lydia, so the conversation is fun and often off topic. Here's a few things we managed to talk about other than these awesome women. Back in 2020 we tackled the subject of Ninja. Here's a link...
April 22, 2024
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Episode 233
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20:43
Experience - The Good, the Bad and The Funny
We're joined by our old friend Darlene today, to discuss a quote about experience as a teacher....It relates to us at all ages and stages of life. For example we talk about the fact that a decade ago I created 3 songs for my Pre K student...
April 15, 2024
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Episode 232
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25:06
The Naval War College; The Oldest of the War Colleges
A year ago, we did an episode on the National War College (there's a link below, of course). Finally, we're following up with another episode. This time on the Naval War College. It's true we learn about the history, founders, and famous gradua...
April 08, 2024
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Episode 231
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21:18
Time Isn't Always on Our Side- An Archived Episode
In this episode, from Jan of 2020, we're visited by our friend and student Alex. Somehow we get into Mad Libs and Yes it IS an on line game now. Full time listeners may remember that we use months with 5 weeks to share archived episodes. ...
April 01, 2024
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23:06