We talk Renshi, Ryogan Tsuki and more

Welcome to our 4th (or 5th?) journey into the content of Grandmaster Peter Urban's book The Karate Dojo. Obviously, we love this book.  Today, with Sensei Rob Carbone,  we're discussing some lines on (or about) page 77. We hope that you enjoy listening as much as  we enjoy recording. (Btw- this ended up being 2 episodes - we'll finish the conversation next week!)
The subject of kata came up - how could it not? And Sensei Jackie remembered that a few years ago Sensei Carbone gave us a video of a kata he built. Haven't seen it? Check it out here:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VETT9qnJoYo
We first tackled this book with 2 episodes on Grandmaster Urbans Guidelines For Self-Analysis. Here's a link to the first one:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/2196104
It's difficult to talk about karate without bringing up the elements. That is another subject we've done several episodes on....Here's the one on Fire/Speed:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4966106
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Ryan joins in , as he always does, while we laugh and learn about the  Amazon Warriors including of course, Wonder Woman. We covered a lot of ground here. Let me start by saying I did look up images of Batman and Wonder Woman (per Ryan's suggestion) and wasn't shocked or insulted... Meanwhile, this episode got me to thinking about the first time Ryan brought us a Myth. We learned about  Sun Wu Kong.  I've included it here:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/11213311
Also, while editing, I thought about some of our first episodes on female warriors. Here's one from 2020 with just myself, Sensei Jackie and Landyn:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/3227506
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The name says it all! Sensei Randy joins in to help us carry the episode along. We hear how Steven and Sensei Jerri got into karate. And we hear from Hanshi Malanoski, Shihan Mckinnon and Sensei Rob C.  with great letters. All these people have been on before. Let's start with Steven. He was a guest when we talked about Gichin Funakoshi:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4133990
And Sensei Jerri was on when we discussed fans as a weapon:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/13396539
We met Shihan McKinnon through an interview:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8625686
We've known Hanshi Malanoski for many years, but it was a real coup when we finally got to interview him. (It was actually 2 interviews!) This is the first one:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/9551496
If all that hasn't kept you busy, you can listen to the episode we recorded with Sensei Rob Carbone. It is about Gogen Yamaguchi:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8980304
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Sensei Baier joins us today to discuss the classic film The Hidden Fortress. I'm sure you must have heard that this movie was the inspiration for the first Star Wars movie. There is a lot more to say. A couple of notes: Sensei Jackie mentions the  theme from The Magnificent Seven. I did search and listen and it's worth the 5 minutes it takes - in case you're just hanging. We also mention a John Ford film called The Quiet Man - It starred John Wayne, not Jimmy Stewart. Oops!
I'm tagging in our episode on Samurai for 2 reasons. First This movie is set in feudal Japan so it's a nice fit. And second, I just uploaded this to YouTube where you can watch a slide show while you listen....check it out:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alL0rdYItJ8&list=PL8yjid6UVm3vLNWctaWCsYOGbRoz50hDj 
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Today we offer you a can't miss episode. We interview a  fabulous, lovely, deadly 90 year old woman. I really don't need to say a lot more - Thelma and her family will fill in all the details. Enjoy a fun ride!
There wasn't any mention of other episodes. So, there's nothing to tag. But you can look up old interviews or any other of the 220 episodes we've covered. 
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We appreciate our listeners so much and hope that you'll get in touch. Reach us all over the web. Facebook and twitter are simply wildcatdojo. However, insta is wildcatdojo conversations. (There's a story there.)
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The Book Crew is back with another book by our instructor Master Kelljchian. There was so much to say about this book that I had to cut 5 minutes and move it to the Stories and Bloopers reel! But we cover plenty - Including the fact that Master Kelljchian talked a lot about the elements. Therefore it's no surprise that, on this podcast,  we've done six episodes on them. If you search, you can find them all between June and September of 2020. I'll tag the first and the last one below. Here's the first one!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4212377
And here's the last one:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/5364853
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We appreciate our listeners so much and hope that you'll get in touch. Reach us all over the web. Facebook and twitter are simply wildcatdojo. However, insta is wildcatdojo conversations. (There's a story there.)
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Sensei Jerri joins us today as we try our hand at another episode of words from The Overlook Martial Arts Dictionary. This week it's the letter R. While discussing different ranks,  Grandmaster Urban's book The Karate Dojo came up. We did a few episodes on this great book. Here's a link to one of them:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/2196104
We also discuss Jiguro Kano, the founder of both Judo and the inventor of the modern day ranking system. Here's one of the episodes about him:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/10515380
And finally, we discuss eye pokes. (How did we get there?) We mentioned eye pokes in a recent episode with Shihan T.D. McKinnon. The day we were recording, I thought it happened in a wrestling episode. Oops, it actually came up in his body-guarding episode. Here's the link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/12796037
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Today the show is jam-packed. We visit the lives of both Kanryo Higaonna and Chojun  Miyagi, the naming of Goju Ryu Karate... And - dot matrix printers, the 1990s, and more. It's jammed with information and the usual fun.
At one point we mention that our friend Max (a black belt in USA Goju Federation) has been on a couple of times talking about his journey with Buddhism.
Here is his first appearance back in 2020
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4029077 
And he was on again last year, teaching us a little about the 8 Fold Path:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/9823335
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We appreciate our listeners so much and hope that you'll get in touch. Reach us all over the web. Facebook and twitter are simply wildcatdojo. However, insta is wildcatdojo conversations. (There's a story there.)
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My first note here is personal to Hanshi Malanoski. Even as I was trying to fix my original mistake on the word Jutte - I managed to say it with the emphasis on the wrong syllable. Don't worry, one day I'll get it right!
Back to today. Steven and Geraldo join us today to talk about taking notes. Sounds boring but we had fun and we all hope you enjoy listening. (And of course send us your thoughts.)
Steven was on once before and we discussed Gichin Funakoshi. If you missed it, here's the link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4133990
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Finally, We sit down and talk with Landyn. We cover everything from when he started karate, to what he does these days and how bright his future is shining. At one point he tells a story - one we haven't heard - about Master Kelljchian. (See our web presence for a pic.) Here's the link to our original episode on Master Kelljchian:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/2384333
Another subject that came up is balance. Thanks to Master Nick Brown we did an episode on that. Here's that link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/11015349
This interview is a perfect way to continue our good fortune in 2024. Enjoy the interview and if you have a couple of dollars, please click the link below and support the show. 
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We appreciate our listeners so much and hope that you'll get in touch. Reach us all over the web. Facebook and twitter are simply wildcatdojo. However, insta is wildcatdojo conversations. (There's a story there.)
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