The Invisible Sensei

Returning from Okinawa, the realisation that maybe legacy isn't what I thought it was, and invincibility is an illusion that stops evolution and offers no peace. 100 Kata Challenge link: https://youtu.be/k0waBX8fLAQ?si=ubSNPdERsUhM6sGP Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which includes online training sessions, seminars and much more! https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Practicing Karate to defend Karate? How do we identify the real opponent when we see them? Thanks for checking out this new episode, we hope you will take time to checkout our over 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which includes online training sessions, seminars and much more! Also please feel free to contact us with any feedback etc by following this link! https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we mature the focus of our technique shifts through a number of phases, beginning with the “do I look cool doing this ?” stage and progressing to “will this work in an actual self defence situation?” and landing somewhere in the “can I make this work” and finally “how do i make this work and not cripple myself trying to in process” stage. What was once about being big and demonstrative gives way to what one hopes will be almost invisible. Thanks for checking out this new episode, we hope you will take time to checkout our over 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which includes online training sessions, seminars and much more! Also please feel free to contact us with any feedback etc by following this link! https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“If I knew then, what I know now.”   It’s a common thought, musing on what we would do if we had the chance, the means, the opportunity to go back in time and shape our experience. So our host shares his thoughts on how he might shape his journey in the Martial Arts, what would he add to the mix? What would he subtract? And what would he leave as is? To see the diagram he is referring to, check out the YouTube version with full accompanying audio. https://youtu.be/cPL6iMjzewo?si=tLvnqrP-G_JxDfJF And have a think about what your own journey back in time might have been! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2of 2: * Cover Image of Shinzato Katsuhiko Sensei and Sal Sensei kindly provided by Nick Tom Sensei. Sal Belahi Sensei, has decades of training in Karate and Kobudo as well as deep love of a range of physical disciplines, he takes time to return to the podcast to talk about his recent trip to Okinawa. He shares his impressions of his first visit to a place some would describe as the land of Karate, and what he learnt about Okinawa, Karate, Kobudo and about his own journey. Belahi Sensei can be found on Instagram on Steel Mace Karate. Thanks for checking out this new episode, we hope you will take time to checkout our over 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which includes online training sessions, seminars and much more! Also please feel free to contact us with any feedback etc by following this link! https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices