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Meet The Masters
by Timothy Watson
Meet the Masters is a podcast that talks to martial artists around the world about their journey.
Episodes
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Episode 31 Jason Church
Jason Church from Church's Karate Academy talked to me about teaching, shared memories, starting a school in Louisiana and more.
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Episode 29 George Maybroda
Master Maybroda joined me to talk about how he got started in the martial arts, what inspired him to keep pushing at a young age, what it takes to improve, work ethic and more.
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Episode 26 Rick Harsche
Master Harsche from Elite Martial Arts joined me to talk about competing, his original instructor, what it takes to stay in shape and more.
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Episode 25 Jan Lappin
Master Lappin joined me on October 7th, 2020 to talk about her start in the martial arts, running a studio and more.
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Episode 24 Phil Wiskin Martial Arts Interview
Master Wiskin joined me on 10/1/20 to talk about the martial arts, time training with Grandmaster Khan, getting to jam with Grandmaster Beaudoin and more.
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Episode 22 Jolene Westraad Martial Arts Interview
Master Westraad joined me on 9/18/20 to talk about moving to the US from South Africa, winning the WTSDA World Cup, East Coast Karate and more.
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Episode 20 Joe Kaluzny Interview 9/3/20
Master "K" as his students know him, joined me to talk about starting with Master Godwin, stories of Grandmaster Shin, Evolution Karate and more!
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Episode 19 - Phil Geiter Martial Arts Interview
Master Geiter joined me on 8/27/20 to talk about Saucon Valley, getting started teaching and more.
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Epsiode 17 - Geoff Setyanto Martial Arts Interview
Master S and I sat down on 8/12/20 to talk about his martial arts history, starting his own school and more.
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Episode 28 Nate Gordon Martial Arts Interview
Nate Gordon of Nate Gordon's Black Belt Academy sat down on October 30th, 2020 to talk about joining Shin Karate in the early days, the beginning of WTSDA, breaking bricks, sharing the martial arts with your family and more. You can listen to interviews live on our facebook page at...
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Episode 87 Chris Anderson
Master Chris Anderson from WTSDA Region 5 and Anderson's Karate joined me to talk about his early days of training Taekwondo and Tang Soo Do, joining WTSDA with Master Ochs and more!
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Meet The Martial Artist - Luis Ferreyra Interview
Luis joined Master Eziel Martinez and myself to share his story of traveling from Argentina by bicycle for the past year and half to attend the WTSDA World Championships.
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Episode 86 Claudio Temporario Interview
My friend Master Temprorario joined me from Mozambique to talk about his history in the martial arts, why Tang Soo Do was the art that he was drawn to and more.
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Episode 85 Don Aguillo Martial Arts Interview
Master Aguillo joined me to talk martial arts, trying to fit in, memories of training in Region 8 and more!
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Episode 84 William Glenn
William and I sat down to talk about his start in the martial arts, his favorite parts of it, training with Master Goodwin and more.
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Episode 83 Patrick West
Master Patrick West is the owner and instructor of Texas Tang Soo Do, along with being the assistant director of region 4 in the WTSDA. He joined me to discuss getting started in the martial arts, being a charter member of the WTSDA, meeting Grandmaster Shin in person for the first time, and more...
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Episode 82 - Evandro Schwalbach
Master Schwalbach joined me to talk about his start in the martial arts, training in Mozambique, moving to Cape Town, being the WTSDA Region 14 Director and more.
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Episode 81 - Bill Strong
Grandmaster Strong joined me to talk about navigating COVID, his promotion to ninth degree black belt, 2022 World Championships, writing his second book about Founding Grandmaster Shin and more.
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Episode 80 - Jared Arteca
Jared joined me to talk about growing up training martial arts, how to stay motivated, memories of Grandmaster Shin and region 8 and his 10th anniversary of Arteca's Karate.
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Episode 74 Becky Wolverton Martial Arts Interview - 12/20/21
Master Wolverton joined me to talk about her martial arts journey, being a regional director for WTSDA, training with her daughters, assisting candidates at the master's clinic and more.
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Episode 79 David Paprocki 12/26/2022
David Paprocki of Fighting Hawk Tang Soo Do joined me to talk about his martial arts journey, which includes receiving his master belt in 2022, training with the Inoshita's, writing for his website, the Urban Martial Artist and opening his own WTSDA club at 18.
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Episode 78 - 9/5/2022 Kelly Goodwin Martial Arts Interview
Kelly Goodwin joined me to talk about her martial arts history, starting in Taekwondo and Aikido, finding her way to WTSDA, her experience working on editing the WTSDA Books and more.
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Episode 77 - 8/17/2022 Rich Arteca Martial Arts Interview
I am back for an interview with Master Arteca! We talked about competing as a colored belt at the first WTSDA World Championships, starting his own dojang, the moment when Jeanette joined the rest of the family in training and more!
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Episode 7 - 5/21/2020 Dennis DiMarco Martial Arts Interview
Master DiMarco joined me to talk about starting Tang Soo Do with his friends, the WTSDA convention, learning the nunchaku and more.
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Episode 5 - 5/11/2020 Daniel Marcko Martial Arts Interview
Master Marcko joined me from Sweden to talk about starting martial arts in the US, bringing Tang Soo Do to Sweden and more.
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Episode 1 - 4/21/2020 Dan Farrelly
Master Farrelly joined me for the first episode of Meet The Masters on April 21st, 2020 to talk memories of Grandmaster Beaudioin, quitting as a kid and returning, breaking stuff and more.
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Episode 4 - 5/6/2020 Matt Hutchinson Martial Arts Interview
WTSDA Region 21 Director Master Hutchinson joined me May 6, 2020 to talk about his martial arts history, traveling to Peru, his awesome region and more.
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Episode 3 - 5/5/2020 Mary Treacy Martial Arts Interview
Master Treacy joined us on May 5, 2020 to talk about starting the martial arts, teaching during the pandemic and more.
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Episode 67 - 9/16/2021 Mark Jorgensen Martial Arts Interview
Master Jorgensen joined me to talk about starting martial arts as a kid, teaching, training with Master Vaughn, meet the master interviews and more.
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Episode 57 - 6/9/2021 Chris Perry Martial Arts Interview
Master Perry joined me to talk about training with Master Porco, region 9, getting the opportunity to teach for Master Valentin, watersports and more.
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Episode 55 - 5/25/2021 Nick Acri Martial Arts Interview
Master Acri joined me to talk about his start with the Conrad's, opening his own dojang, his epic beard and more.
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Episode 73 - 11/26/2021 C Donald Weinberg Martial Arts Interview
Master Weinberg joined me on November 16th, 2021 to talk about starting martial arts at an older age, being a bad student in Tang Soo Do class, writing a book with Grandmaster Strong, his work on the Region 8 scholarship fund committee and more!
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Episode 74 - 12/2/2021 Becky Wolverton Martial Arts Interview
Master Becky Wolverton joined me on December 2nd, 2021 to talk about starting martial arts with her kids, training with Master DeBaca, being the director of Region 1 in WTSDA and more.
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Episode 76 - 12/28/2021 Jenn Luneau Martial Arts Interview
Jenn Luneau from Vaughn's Dojang joined me on Dec. 28th, 2021 to talk about starting the martial arts with her family as a kid, growing up in the association, becoming a teacher and more.
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Episode 50 - 4/2/2021 Dave Mukherjee Martial Arts Interview
Master Mukherjee from Austin Karate Academy joined me on April 2nd, 2021 to talk about growing up in India, getting his start in martial arts, finding his way to WTSDA and all of the friends he has met along the way.
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Episode 39 - 1/11/2021 Robert Kloss Martial Arts Interview
Master Rob Kloss of Cornerstone Martial Arts joined me January 11th, 2021 to talk about Grandmaster Shin and seeing him at the European Championships, to delivering rugs to his house, how martial arts shaped him as a person and more!
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Episode 43 - 2/11/2021 Ismael Roman Martial Arts Interview
Master Roman from Romans Shin Karate joined me in February 11th, 2021 in a bit of a lost episode. This was the only interview I have streamed via YouTube thanks to a Facebook snafu. We talked about being a charter member of WTSDA as a kid, growing up with the association, having instructors like...
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Episode 40 - 1/23/2021 Jim DeBaca Martial Arts Interview
Master Jim Debaca from California joined me January 23, 2021 to talk about starting the martial arts, his years of competing and traveling for kickboxing, the start of the WTSDA, his many training partners throughout the years and more!
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Episode 70 - 10/19/2021 Vance Britt Martial Arts Interview
Master Vance Britt joined me on October 19th, 2021 to talk about his martial arts journey. From training Tang Soo Do in Korea, his time at Grandmaster Shins Burlington school, the charter convention, his love for the sword and much more is talked about in our conversation.
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Episode 69 9/29/2021 - Drew Hobbs Martial Arts Interview
Master Drew Hobbs from Robinson's Martial Arts Institute joined me on September 29th, 2021 to talk about his journey in martial arts, from starting as a child, returning after 20 years, training then and now with Master Robinson and more.
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Episode 68 - 9/24/2021 Kristie and John Gebhardt
Masters Kristie and John Gebhardt joined me on September 24th, 2021 from Alaska to talk about being students of Master Wick, training as a family, creativity demos and more.
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Episode 65 - 8/20/2021 Stew Soon Martial Arts Interview
Master Soon joined me on August 20th, 2021 about his journey to WTSDA, moving around, training with Master Khan, starting to teach in Virginia and more!
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Episode 66 - 9/7/2021 Sunnie Fredricks Martial Arts Interview
Master Fredricks joined me on September 7th, 2021 as we talked about growing up in a Tang Soo Do family, having Master Wick as an instructor and kind of an uncle, handstands, HDL and more!
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Episode 64 - 8/11/2021 Mohamad Mabrouk Martial Arts Interview
My good friend Master Mo joined me on August 11th, 2021 to talk about early training memories, words of advice from Grandmaster Shin, what training for 30 years means to to him and more.
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Episode 62 - 7/16/2021 Jerry Stine Martial Arts Interview
Master Stine, one of the highest ranking masters in WTSDA joined me on July 16th, 2021 to talk about his martial arts history, traveling, training partners and more.
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Episode 63 - 8/3/2021 Ben Harper Martial Arts Interview
Master Ben Harper from Great Britain Tang Soo Do joined me on August 3rd, 2021 to talk about wanting to be a ninja turtle, what it feels like to have been train TSD for almost 30 years, being a detective and more!
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Episode 61 - 7/15/2021 Erwin Watters Martial Arts Interview
"Master E" joined me on July 15th, 2021 to talk about moving from the city to the country as a kid with his grandmother, finding confidence in the martial arts, being too loud for some (haha) and more in this great talk.
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Episode 60 - 7/6/2021 John Auer Martial Arts Interview
Master Auer joined me on July 6th, 2021 as we talked about starting the martial arts, testing in front of Chuck Norris as a kid, training with Master Stine and eventually taking over his dojang and more.
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Episode 25 - 10/7/2021 Jan Lappin Martial Arts Interview
Master Lappin joined me on October 7th, 2020 to talk about her start in martial arts with Master DeBaca, building leaders inside her studio, getting to work with her daughters and more.
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Episode 35 - 12/14/2020 Dan Farrelly and Anthony Bracco Martial Arts Interview
Dan and Anthony joined me on December 14th, 2020 to talk about the project to raise money to reopen Beaudoin Academy of Karate.
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