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Wildcatdojo Conversations
by Sensei Michelle
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
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Teaching Kids Karate - We have Stories
A special thanks to Sensei Landyn for opening the show. Sensei Jay threw out the idea of us spending an episode talking about the adventures of teaching small children. I immediately said "absolutely". And we did. Hey, if you have a great story, get in touch and share it so we can build another...
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Zurriane Bennett Interview Part 2 - Life As a Marine
We had so much fun talking with Sensei Bennett that we kept the conversation going through his life as a marine and leading to his current role of helping others. I loved his quote "That consistency of inconsistency is too consistent." Thanks Sensei. I'm attaching his first interview, even though...
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Interview with Zurriane A. Bennett - Part 1
Do I need to say that Sensei Jackie and I had so much fun meeting a new friend. A big shout out to Sensei Bennett for his time and a number of great stories of his decades in karate. At one point he mentions that he and Sensei Tracy were kids together. It is a wonderful coincidence that we...
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Two "F" Words: Flight and Fujoshi yo Goshin no Kata
Welcome to a busy episode. Sensei Jay joins us as we tackle a common term in karate and one that isn't common but is a little controversial....you'll see. Sensei Jay was a guest on an episode called "A Real Fight, A Real Mess" - He re's that link…
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Pearl Hart - Lady Bandit of the Wild West
I'm not 100% sure how we ended up discussing a lady bandit from 1800s Arizona, but I'm glad we did. What an interesting piece of history. We're joined by Sensei Jay - the voice at the beginning and end of our show! Not that familiar with him? Here's one of his first appearances. We talk Archery:...
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Time - We Take Another Look
That's right. The first time we talked about time was in January of 2020. Here's that episode if you want a refresher: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/2351981 We also try to catch up on some listener mail. In case the mention of it makes you want to listen, here are episodes mentioned…
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Movie Review - Mortal Kombat 1995
Sensei Randy joins us for a look back 30 years to the original Mortal Kombat. Feeling blue and need a laugh? This is the episode for you. If you want to see the movie, it streams on Prime and HBO Max. Or, find a DVD for sale cheap. There isn't a lot of need for me to connect other episodes, so I...
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Another Look at the Code of the Warrior - Comparing Different Cultures
You cannot have too many episodes on character development. Today we're lucky enough to have a new guest, Sensei Chrissy, for a comparison of Native American culture and Goju teachings as they were taught to us by Master Kelljchian. We had so much fun and information overflowed the time we had.…
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What You Do Alot of... An Archived Episode (originally aired in 2019)
So much to add to this classic episode. We were in our first few months of recording and you can hear that. Still, the content is worth hearing. Our guest was our friend and fellow Black Belt Sensei Greg Ebenfeld. I mention that he is a Trust and Will Attorney in Broward County Florida. Since…
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Hanshi Malanoski Shares Some Goju History
Thanks Hanshi, for being so generous to return with answers to questions I amass. Even if you don't train in Goju karate, you'll love these stories. First, Hanshi talks about the Urban Legacy Foundation - a scholarship foundation going strong today. We encourage you to support it. Here's an email...
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Book Episode - Three Books on Taoism
Thanks Sensei Tracey, for hanging out and talking Taoism books with us today. As always, it was a fun. During the episode I mention that, as you can see, the word is spelled with a "T" but is said with a "D" - Daoism (as it were). I googled why? It is a simple 1/2 hour search if you're…
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Landyn Leaves us with a lot of Knowledge....
Today's show is probably not as closely focused on karate as usual. During the conversation with Sensei Landyn we got so interested in what he was saying that we lost ourselves in the conversation. I hope you do the same. If you followed the show from the beginning, you know that (now Sensei)...
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Critical Thinking - That's Right Folks - We're Using Big Words!
Frankly, I'm surprised that we got here too. But here we are. No need to look up critical thinking before you listen- we cover it - in our own way! We touch on 3 episodes that have run in the past. One of them was the saying 'Plan your work and work your plan." Here's a link to listen:...
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Pushing On - OTJ Training Vs Formal Education
Sensei Derek, Sensei Jackie and I share all kinds of stories about our experiences in On The Job Training and Education. And we want to hear your experiences. We also add a thing or 2 we found in our reading and we bring it back to karate training. I bet you're wondering how I'm going to connect...
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Britain's role in WW2 - A Conversation with Hanshi McKinnon
It's always a pleasure to talk with Hanshi McKinnon. He brought it to my attention that Britain fought WW2 for 2 years before the USA got involved. That is the theme of todays show. Before you get mad at us for featuring Britain. We've done many shows on USA Warriors involved in WW2. The first…
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Interview with Sensei Carrera - Suikendo Karate and More
A friend, Sifu Mike Allen, introduced us to Sensei Victor. What a pleasure to interview him and learn about his background, history and style. Btw - Some great stories are enclosed. One of them includes hitting the makiwara. We did an episode on that. Listen to it here:...
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Talking Adamant, Ai and Actionless Action - Letter A Abounds
The first thing we say as the episode opens is that we love Letter Episodes; exploring ideas and not really sure where the conversation is going to go. The 3 of us talk, laugh and learn. The conversation travels all over the place. Let's start with a term used often in America in the dojo - oos...
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Interview with Sensei Robert Lasorsa about his Dad - a WW2 Vet
For the past year or so, we've been trying to create this opportunity to interview Sensei Lasorsa about his father, Frank. There is so much love, laughter and history in this episode. Two of the long stories Sensei told us had to be cut for time. We'll share those in December in our next episode…
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Fathers as Warriors
In the 7 years of doing this podcast, I've never been "on time" to connect our episode to the holiday that is happening. (For those of you who might be interested - I'd need a bigger staff to pull that off.) However, this year, this episode is about Fathers and is airing the Monday before…
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Stories, Laughter and Mistakes from the Past Six Months
I love that I don't discard our mistakes. I love sharing them and I especially love the chance to bring back guest stories. We have plenty and here are some of the episodes we're referencing. In the first few minutes we mention the term wabi sabi. Here's one of our episodes on that:...
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Reality Self-Defense: It can be Fun - An Archived Episode
This episode was one of our first 10 shows. That was 7 years ago! We're joined by Glenda and we cover many aspects of being prepared to defend yourself - just in case. We have done many episodes on Self-Defense. I randomly picked this one to tag in:...
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Opinions Abound on this Letter O Episode
Welcome to another Letter episode. Today we're with Sensei Derek discussing over-extension, outside blocks and more. During today's discussion we mention that it might be fun to tag an old letter episode into the notes. I decided to tag our first letter episode, which is from 2021:...
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Dexterity: Another Page From 365 Days of the Warrior
We love doing these homages to Master Kelljchian's thoughts and wisdom. This quote is directly related to weapon's dexterity. But, with Sensei Derek's help, we travel all over the place with it. (What else is new!). I'll tag 3 episodes here. First off we reviewed Master Kelljchian's book 365 Days...
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That's My Satori - A Conversation with Hanshi Malanoski
Back in 2005 Hanshi Malanoski started a blog called That's My Satori and I'm Stickin to It. Today we discuss all kinds of things relating to the blog. We hope you enjoy it. Hanshi has been kind enough to be on the show six times. Our first two times were interview style. Here they are. Part 1:...
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Yogi Berra - WW 2 Vet, Baseball Great and Inventor of Yogisms
Today we talk with Sensei Jay about the great baseball player, Yogi Berra. Whenever we have Sensei Jay on there's laughter and good stories. I'm attaching a couple of other episodes that Sensei Jay recorded with us. He did an episode about his dad, also a WW 2 vet back in 2021:...
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The Power of Laughter
Mark Twain said "The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter." Sensei Landyn, Sensei Jackie and I laugh our way through this serious subject (or visa versa). And to answer the question we asked ourselves - Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson wrote Monsters Inc. Congrats on a...
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Part 2 of the Interview with Mike's Dad: Ed Andrus
A huge thanks to Mike and his dad Ed for hanging out with myself and Sensei Jackie. Thank you. Very much like last week, today's conversation is all over the place. We range from personal stories to our mutual love of self-control (self-discipline). If somehow, you've made it this far into...
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A Father, Successful Businessman, Warrior and more: Mike's Dad
Tagged below is the interview where we met Mike Andrus. That led us to Ed....like our conversation with Mike - our time with Ed covers many subjects. You won't be bored. I thank Ed and Mike for their time and hope you all will get in touch after listening. Here's the episode with Mike in case you...
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Three Weapons From India - a Conversation With Sifu Rob
This week we discussed a push blade, infinity knife and sword from India. Sifu Rob Jones is familiar with all 3 and we enjoyed his company and his expertise. We first met Sifu Jones in 2021. Here is our first interview: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8931796 As the conversation went…
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Movie Review - Miami Connection - So Bad it's Good?
You'll hear right away that we watched this movie Exactly when we needed it. Laughter ensued with our guest Sensei Randy. If you've never met him, here is one of his earliest episodes: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/3554455 I actually did do a minimum of research to help us pick a...
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Strength and Power Part 2 - The Conversation Continues
I love when the conversation is so full, it takes two episodes. We start by continuing Sensei Liam's challenge of picking if his example is one of strength or power. Remember to let me know, so I can let him know, if you liked the game and if you agree or disagree with our opinions. In this...
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Strength & Power Part 1; External / Internal and Amusing
Sensei Liam is back. He brought the subject of Strength and Power with him. We enjoyed it so much, we've added Part 2 for next week. Today's show focuses on the external applications. But, as usual, we're all over the map. One thing we do is refer to a couple of the other times Sensei Liam joined...
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Training, Security, Self Defense; An Interview with Mike Andrus
I'm starting these notes with a shout out to Joy for introducing me to today's guest - Mike Andrus. We had so much fun learning about his journey, his Security Company - Safe Day Services, and his style - Systems of Combative Arts. Often, when talking to Martial Artists, the subject of…
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History: Karate comes to America - an Archived Episode
This episode first aired in 2020. In fact it was our 19th episode! (This is our 330th:) Most of the things we mentioned in this episode we have subsequently discussed. Here are a few. When we talked about Judo, we mentioned women in training back at the beginning of the 1900s. (The memory of that...
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P Company (Paratroopers) - Talking with Hanshi McKinnon
A few weeks ago, after recording the Fear episode with Hanshi, we got to talking about his time as a Paratrooper. Unfortunately, I had turned off the recorder. But fortunately, we realized we needed to invite him back to share the stories. I'm tagging in his first interview. (We met in 2021 and...
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O My, O Words, including One Knuckle Punch
Sensei Jay joins us today to do a little history and a few personal stories on these terms: Obi, Out of the Line of Fire and One Knuckle Punch. Sensei Jay has been on the show quite a few times. One of his first visits is an episode called A Real Fight, A Real Mess. Here it is if you'd like to...
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Sister Linda Sim
So much going on in today's episode. Let's start with the fact that I'm using opening drumming furnished by the Fushi Daiko Drummers of South Florida. We interviewed the founder, Ben, and here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/15446850 We touched on alot of old episodes...
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Fear is a Backstabber
So much to say here....Let's start with the fact that I'm quoting our guest Hanshi TD McKinnon in the title. Thank you Hanshi. Now I'll include a caveat. When we do episodes like this, we're not claiming to have 'the answer' for anyone. We're just old-timers talking about karate concepts....
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Ever Heard Anyone Say: "Never say Can't"?
Is it possible to spend 20 minutes talking about a 4 letter word and have fun? It is if you're as crazy as we are and the word is Can't. Listen and tell us your stories. Sensei Jay joined us today. At one point, the conversation turned to his dad. Back in 2021, Sensei Jay told us a lot about his...
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The Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle
Yes, talking about a unique and poisonous garden in the UK. Did you all hear our episodes on poisons from 2022? Here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/10340583 That link does double duty. Yes, it's about poisons, but it is also one of the other times Sensei Lydia joined in the...
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Deadly and Non-Deadly Force; A Quote From Master Hess
I want to start by mentioning that Master Hess has books for you to buy. An easy search brought them up in both Amazon and Thriftbooks under Joseph C. Hess. In Master Kelljchian's 365 Days of the Warrior book, he has a quote from Master Hess and today we discuss it. Speaking of Master Hess, we…
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Noticing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
We' were so lucky to be joined by Shelby today to discuss this great Zen concept. We had a blast and hopefully you will too. Shelby has been on a few times. I think her first appearance may have been when we were celebrating our 25th episode! Here's the link:...
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Part 2 - Comparing 3 Self-Defense Books
Last week we started this discussion on Self-Defense books. This week we add a third book to the mix. It's called The Gift of Fear. Sensei Tracey joins us again as we get deeper into the subject. We have discussed self-defense before on the program. Check out last weeks episode notes for more.…
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Comparing Three Self-Defense Books - A Self-Defense Palooza!
Sensei Tracey joins us today to discuss 3 different Self-defense books. Mine, Master Kelljchian's and a man named Gavin de Becker who wrote a book called The Gift of Fear. Sensei Tracey has been on so many times. One that I love was back in 2021 when we talked about the Tanto (the knife)....
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Perseverance- Our Motto the Last Few Weeks
Well we've run into both medical and technical difficulties this last few weeks. Don't worry, no one is on the verge of death. Everyone is ok. When life interrupted the flow of our work, we dug in and decided to listen to this old episode. It made us smile and we hope it makes you smile too. Stay...
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Laughs, Out Takes and Stories
Yay! It's time to revisit our great guests, stories and plenty of mistakes from the past 6 months. I'll tag as many episodes as I can below. Did you hear our 2 episodes with the voice of the podcast (Sensei Jay)? Here's the one we did on Camouflage:...
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Makiwara and Tamishawara _ An Archived Episode
Welcome to December 2025 and an episode from 2021. This episode is packed with stories about breaking (tamishawara). Remember that back in 2021, when this was recorded Sensei Landyn was a kid. In the years between then and now Sensei Landyn has done many breaks including the required one with the...
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Once upon a time in China - a Movie Review
Sensei Lydia and Sensei Randy joined us to have a fantastic afternoon of movie watching and the riotous discussion that followed. We hope you enjoy it. A big thank you to Sifu Michael Ng for the recommendation. We've done lots of movies, but I feel good about tagging this one because we do…
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We're Celebrating Six Years of Podcasts
A few episodes back we actually aired our 312th episode (6 years). Wow! Thanks for coming along for the ride. Sensei Jackie and Sensei Landyn (remember - he was 12 when we started!) were talking about it and decided to push record while we talked. This is the result. We talked about so many…
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New Interview, New Friend and Some Tai Chi Talk
Today Sensei Jackie and I are lucky to meet Sifu Rod Dalby from England. We mention that our introduction to Rod was through our friendship with Sifu Rob. Here's our first (of many) conversations with Sifu Rob Jones: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8931796 And somehow we manage to talk...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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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Sensei Michelle
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