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Mick's Martial Arts
by Ant McGinley & Mick Tully
Two people that do martial arts sit down and talk. Sometimes about martial arts, sometimes about something entirely different. Ever wondered why people wear pyjamas and fight each other? Mick's been doing it for 30 years and wants to know too. Subscribe and see if he can find the answer.Each episode he speaks to a different practitioner from masters of traditional arts to UFC superstars - and everything in-between.(C) Copyright Ant McGinley and Mick Tully 2015 - 2020
Episodes
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Joe Long: UFC Gym UK
Sat amongst builders and the bare bones of a brand new gym in Nottingham, Mick catches up with Joe Long and looks back on a career that has taken him from fighting, to fight promotion and now launching UFC Gym UK. -------------- Mick's Martial Arts is produced by Ant McGinley and Mick Tully. The...
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Adam Tags Taggart: JKD Phd
Adam Tags Taggart is a man on a mission, and he has just relocated to Illinois as he pursues a Phd studying the effects of martial arts on the brain. A personal fitness and martial arts instructor, Adam takes Mick through his discovery of cognitive kali, the fighters paradox, and his desire to...
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Marc Rodrigues-Bernet: How to become a Stunt performer:
Marc Rodrigues-Bernet is an upcoming actor, serving soldier, and martial artist. He is currently working towards making his way on to the British Equity Stunt Register which will give him an industry recognised competency process and the opportunity to start his career as a stunt performer. We...
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Keith Priestly: Kyokushin Kyorkshireman
Our 80th episode features a man who pulls no punches, physically and verbally. Keith Priestly is somebody Mick grew up reading about - a fearsome Kyokushin Fighter, an old school hardcore trainer, and an eternal student. He discusses his career, how he uses old training methods to continue to…
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Robbie Hirst: Breaking through pain
We're back after a little hiatus and what a way to jump back in! Recorded earlier this year at the Warriors Assemble awards, Mick sits down to talk with a young man who has overcome more than his fair share of obstacles on his way to his black belt in Tae Kown Do. A genetic condition means that...
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Andy Margrett: What Would Andy Do?
Where it all began... This episodes guest is my first and only Sensei in Karate. The man who put me on the path and following his example has kept me on that path. There’s not enough time to go into how much I love this man, and how even now his lessons from 30+ years ago continue to guide my...
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Shae XS: Bare Knuckle Boxer
This episodes guest is a man that many people think they know, but very few actually know. A guy who’s lived a life that has seen both ends of the spectrum in regard to what most people would consider ‘normal’. We cover everything from his time in the parachute regiment, time spent at her…
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Steve Mosley: History & Tradition
I’d heard about this guys years before and he was more of an urban myth, one of the original guys to regularly visit LA and train at the world famous Inosanto academy, he then disappears for a number of years.. then reappears when he’s literally achieved mythic status. If that wasn’t enough, he...
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Replay: Scott Caldwell
Legends aren't all invincible and it's with regret that we announce Scott Caldwell has passed recently. In tribute, we thought it'd be fitting to replay the interview Mick had the pleasure of conducting with him last year. After 36 years in training, Scott Caldwell sits down with Mick and talks…
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David Hearst: Comic Books
This shows guest is one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met.. he can break bodies and fix them! Yep, it’s the crippling chiropractor himself Guro David Hearst. I first met David years ago at the legendary Lake Owen martial arts camp and we immediately hit it off. He’s like me, a real geek about all...
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MMA #74 Sean Robert-Harvey: Developing Yourself (Part 2/2)
So, what happens when two of the most exuberant and adroit men on the planet meet up for a quick chat? An epic discourse that lasts that long it has to be split into 2 shows! I’m very lucky in the course of doing these that I can exercise more than a bit of nepotism and interview literally anyone…
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MMA #73 Sean Robert-Harvey: Developing Yourself (Part 1/2)
So, what happens when two of the most exuberant and adroit men on the planet meet up for a quick chat? An epic discourse that lasts that long it has to be split into 2 shows! I’m very lucky in the course of doing these that I can exercise more than a bit of nepotism and interview literally anyone…
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MMA Highlights from 2017
Looking for highlights from Mick's Martial Arts in 2017? We've got them, would you like them scrambled or poached? Clips from: - Marcus Charles: http://micksmartialarts.libsyn.com/mma-54-marcus-charles-guru-sifu-coach - Tony Pillage:...
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MMA #72 Jackie Rayner: Intellect
This episodes guest brings more than a touch of the commonwealth with her, a Bermudan national who sounds like a Canadian and punches like she’s from St.Hitts.... oops, I mean St. Kitts! Apologies on the awful pun and link from me, but I assure you that I’m sure I will be forgiven when you listen...
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MMA #71 Brian Collier: Mental Health
Well, where do I start with this episodes guest? How about we start with the fact this gent is legitimately one of the toughest men I’ve ever encountered, a true student of the sweet science and someone who worked for years as a door man and was a mainstay of top ‘teams’ supplying security…
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MMA #70 Chris Harley: Shifted Skills
Sometimes it’s good to let a guest speak for themselves on the show, if they can get a word in edgeways, but for the first time ever I’m going to let the guest own words be the intro.. we don’t even talk about sports really in this, but a recent Facebook status he posted will illustrate just how...
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MMA #69 John Bernard Will: Road Trip (Part 2)
This is the second part of an interview with JBW. Well, what can I say about this episodes guest? If I said he’s a legit legend in martial arts you could argue, “but mick, you interview legends all the time”. So if I said, this weeks guest is a modern day Jim Harrison (google him!).. an…
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MMA #68 John Bernard Will: Road Trip (Part 1)
Well, what can I say about this episodes guest? If I said he’s a legit legend in martial arts you could argue, “but mick, you interview legends all the time”. So if I said, this weeks guest is a modern day Jim Harrison (google him!).. an adventurer, a historian, a publisher, the first world Silat...
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MMA #67 Diana Rathborne: Short but Sweet!
This episodes intro is like this shows guest.. short but sweet! It's a long overdue catch up and update with one of my original guests ever on Mick's martial arts.. and one of both my favourite teachers and people.. a person who's been instrumental in my development as a person and martial arts...
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Dan Holloway: Defence Lab
I first met this young man a few years ago whilst teaching a seminar and was immediately struck by how enthusiastic and driven he was. Over time our friendship led to me having the tables turned on me as he and former guest Lucci Del Gaudio interviewed me for their best selling book featuring...
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MMA #65 Andy Gibney: Evolution
This shows star is a bit of an enigma, he's an accomplished writer, raconteur, martial artist, motivational speaker, NLP expert and generally awesome individual.. but enough about me, let's talk about who I'm chatting too.. LOL as they say in cyber space.. these adjectives can also be used as...
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MMA #64 Jon Bouley: Law Enforcement
The star of this show is my dear friend, and along with past guest Ryan Reynolds(no, not that one!) one of my landlords when I'm in Minneapolis..Mr Jon Bouley! But that's not the reason he's the guest on this episodes show, it's the fact he's an awesome martial artist and has a terrific outlook…
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MMA #63 Tony Pillage: Farewell Tour
The picture sums up just what a scoundrel this shows guest is... Tony Pillage is actually the only person to warrant a 2nd show in the history of the micks martial arts podcast. In this episode we sit down and basically try to figure out how surreal it is that we are conversing normally whilst...
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MMA #62 Kevin Mills: Hard or Smart?
Now this guy's a real piece of work, a truly legit pioneer of not just kempo karate, but one of the really few legit 'old school' guys left! Kempo Kevin Mills. A direct lineage to Grandmaster Ed Parker himself, an unsurpassed understanding of body mechanics, an award winning author and a great...
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MMA #61 Gavin Mulholland: Traditionalist
One of the longest podcasts there's been in ages, all thanks to Gavin Mulholland. A traditional karate man who shunned UFC and can scare people away just with his eyes. Plus, if that wasn't enough, he's a former Irishman like Mick! To get more episodes head to http://www.abruptaudio.com and hit…
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MMA #60 Mo Teague: Believer
Mo is one of those guys who's been around forever! I mean that in the best possible ways course, I first became aware of Mo in the days of Martial Arts Illustrated magazine as a Jkd guy, guardian angel, reality based instructor and ex soldier. I then met Mo on the seminar circuit where he had his...
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MMA #59 Tim Tokarz: Pumpkin King
I first met the Benjamin Button of martial that is Tim Tokarz in Duluth Minnesota in 2012, first thing that hit me was how a sickeningly handsome character could've kept his boyish looks in the fight game for so long. Tim is an awesome martial artist, coach and has coached some seriously…
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MMA #58 Peter Hetrick: Protector Of All
This shows guest was somebody I knew before I ever actually met him, now I know that doesn't really make sense to some, but if you've ever met someone who's as larger in life than most then you'll know where I'm coming from.. this gentleman was the brains behind the legendary lake Owen martial…
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MMA #57 Scott Caldwell: Growing Up
After 36 years in training, Scott Caldwell sits down with Mick and talks all things I first became of this gentleman due to a story I thought was an urban legend, he'd been employed as a body guard by a well known martial artist, the identity of whom I've never found out. I then met him on a…
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MMA #56 Fabio Morescalchi: Teacher & Reluctant Celebrity
I first met Professor Fabio at the Minnesota Kali group and it was actually there where I first decided I would train in Bjj seriously. I met Fabio through the one and only Mike Duffy and immediately we became fast friends. Fabio is a self confessed mat rat and is in my opinion one of the best…
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MMA #55 Chad Breske: Nerds, Geeks and Martial Artists
Where do I start in describing this shows guest? Well, he's one of those guys that makes you realise you are indeed getting older as when I first met him he was literally just out of university and is now the same age as I was when we first met.. he's ageing better trust me! He's a world class...
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MMA #54 Marcus Charles: Guru, Sifu, Coach...
I first became aware of Marcus Charles through Facebook, although we'd never met we had so much in common, a love of Martial arts, JKD,CSW and Kali in particular, Boxing and Boxer dogs! Marcus is an JKD/Kali Weapons and Self-Defense Instructor. He has taught various Military, Law Enforcement, and...
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MMA Replay: Richard Bustillo
A huge loss to not only martial arts but the entire world has occurred, we have lost the brilliant Richard Bustillo. In tribute please listen to Mick's eulogy and a replay of the interview Mick did in this early episode, with the late and great Richard Bustillo.
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MMA #53 Josh Prior: "Don't train on them, train with them!"
Mick is back on the mic, and with an awesome guest joining him; no it's not Vin Diesel or the ghost of Barry White, it's Wisconsins own Josh Prior! Josh and his wife Ruth are co-owners of MKG International Martial Arts Madison. Josh has been training martial arts for over 18 years. He started...
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MMA #52 - T Kent Nelson: Understanding your Journey
This weeks guest is literally the youngest looking bearded martial artist I've ever met... and an absolutely outstanding one at that. One of the first guys I had met that realised the power of YouTube to showcase his skills and the art of Kali. A real physical talent and thinker, with a lineage...
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MMA #51 Anthony Cicchese: Opening Dialogue
And we are back!..... it's been a whirl of media work, writing, training and the damn day job, but have we got a show for you. First up is a guy who's experienced the kind of things first hand most of us have only ever seen in movies and video games, - this weeks guest is a dear friend and dare I...
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MMA#50 Atticus Todd: Hitting Hollywood
As we've hit our 50th show, we thought we'd add a bit of Hollywood glamour and some serious thespian gravitas to the occasion. This weeks guest is a classically trained actor, world class martial artist, instructor at the famed Inosanto academy of martial arts and beat up Ferris Bueller! All in…
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MMA#49 Marc Halleck: Hammertime
When does DIY become a martial art? When you train with Guru Marc Halleck. Mick first met first met Marc in Wisconsin at the now legendary Lake Owen summer camp initially started by future guest Guro Pete Hetrick, but he'd seen him many years before on one of his Kali DVD's. In this show they…
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MMA#48 Jason Lewis: Whattaman!
This weeks guest actually should come with a government health warning.. After myself, he's easily one of the best looking guys in martial arts, 6ft 3" tall, 260lbs and with dulcet tones that make you think that he's got a future doing audiobooks for Mills & Boon... Seriously though, a wonderful...
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MMA#47 Paul Smith: Mr Scotland
Another Wing Chun master chats to Mick this week as Paul Smith sits down and recants his journey through Martial Arts and to Medicine Hat and back, sharing the lessons he's learned in life - including when someone begs not to be knocked out, maybe you shouldn't listen to them. #KungFu #WingChun...
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MMA#46 Shaun Rawcliffe: The selfish journey
Todays guest is a published author, who went from studying architecture to training the armed forces, before working round the world in close protection. Shaun Rawcliffe is one of only a handful of people in the world who have Master Ip Chun's personal certification and permission to teach Wing...
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MMA#45 Steve Wright: a new kind of normal
Recorded live in the Tullymobile as Mick gave him a lift home, Steve Wright talks frankly to Mick about loss, strength and faith. They also discuss his work in criminology and his journey to becoming the martial artist he is today. #Cancer #Criminology #Sociology #Prison #Rehabilitation #JKD...
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MMA#44 Dean Williams: Punching Sherlock
Recorded live on the set of his new movie, today's guest is Master Dean Williams. Dean is one of those guys who when you sit down and listen to what he's achieved its pretty mind boggling. I don't want to spoil the surprises but this guy has worked with so many movie stars we had to add a new...
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MMA#43 Professor Braulio Estima: From Brazil to Birmingham
One of the pioneers of BJJ in the UK and also a great personal friend, this weeks guest is the one and only Carcara himself, Professor Braulio Estima. Starting out in Brazil with dreams of being a footballer, he took up Jiu Jitsu to help him in his judo training. Fast forward to now and you find...
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MMA#42 Ralph Jones: Sabretooth
Recorded in Speyer in Germany last month, Guro Ralph Jones is this weeks guest. One of only 5 full instructors under Guru Dan Inosanto in the UK, Ralph was a pioneer of British Martial Arts - travelling to Japan when the term 'Gaijin' was still used. They ask if there could be a martial art…
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MMA#41 Steve Turbitt: The Real Daredevil
Today's guest has won medals representing England in football, is a judo Olympian, current BJJ British open champion, endurance athlete, kickboxer and canoeist. An impressive list, even more so when you learn that Steve Turbitt has only 2% vision. I've been friends with this man for a number of...
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MMA#40 Frank Ruppert: The History Of Movement
This weeks guest is not unlike his country of origin. Charming and at the same time strategically placed, his interview is the same. Not the biggest but easily one of the most interesting interviews I've done. I first met Frank a couple of years ago in a coffee shop in Speyer, where he…
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MMA#39 Leigh Simms: Re-writing Self Defence
Today's guest is a young man that I'm proud to call a friend and a student, a published author and one of the new generation of pragmatic karateka. Sensei Leigh Simms is a fellow comic book nerd and sci-fi geek, we sat down after a workout and discussed some of the things in martial arts that...
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MMA#38 Adrian Portway: Cyborg Ninja
Adrian Portway is this weeks guest, and we cover his Ninjitsu roots, heavy rock days, and bionic implants. He's the epitomy of a long time listener first time caller, having been a champion of the show from day one, I first met Adrian at one of the first Seni shows where he was plying his trade…
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MMA#37 Andy Nugent: The Unsung Master
This weeks guest is literally one of the true 'unsung' heroes of martial arts, a world stick fighting champion, a legit BJJ black belt under Mestre Ricardo De La Riva and Professor David 'Malandro' Onuma and an associate instructor in Jkd/Kali under Guro Dan Inosanto. With a pedigree with that…
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Two people that do martial arts sit down and talk. Sometimes about martial arts, sometimes about something entirely different. Ever wondered why people wear pyjamas and fight each other? Mick's been doing it for 30 years and wants to know too. Subscribe and see if he can find the answer.Each episode he speaks to a different practitioner from masters of traditional arts to UFC superstars - and everything in-between.(C) Copyright Ant McGinley and Mick Tully 2015 - 2020
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