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.

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The Kiai of the Eyes

October 27, 2025 • Episode 312

First off, I should mention that this episode - #312 - marks our 6th year anniversary. Congrats to us! Soon we'll spend a few minutes looking back and laughing. But back to today.

We are SO lucky to have Rich, from Senbukai Goju, on again today. If you check out our Socials you'll see the art that his Sensei in Japan gifted to him that relates to this subject.

This episode did lead to many other subjects we've tackled. Like everything, this skill is related to breathing. We did two episodes on that (as well as mentioning it almost every episode). Here's one from 2020:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/12326414

In this episode we referred to a saying about practice from Grandmaster Peter Urban. Here's an episode on the saying:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/10778035

Within the conversation, Rich mentions mindfulness. Here's one of the episodes we did on that:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/5585656

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