Beyond the Dojo Podcast

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In this episode, Lauren is joined by Riva Tarn, Amy Sperling, and Laura Lorenz - all women from the Shotokan Karate Community - to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of being a female karateka in the past and present.  

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Today's rant...er...episode is a list of rules for karateka to consider before engaging on social media.

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In this episode we briefly chat about our first week open after quarantine. We want to give a HUGE thank-you to the local community who has supported us through these weeks. Y'all are the real MVP.

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The episode is a mishmash of topics - what makes a good teacher, cross training vs supplemental training, bunkai, and how all this COVID craziness is going to affect karate culture.

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In this episode we chat about what we've been doing during quarantine: how we've been keeping the dojo running, our thoughts on the media-based karate world, and our plans for the future.  

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In this episode we ponder over beginner's mindset and what that looks like in the life of a karateka.

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In this episode we reminisce back to the era when karate was trained in person in large groups (also known as seminars) rather than over Zoom during a pandemic.

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Here we're discussing some of the changes we have made to our business model during the Coronavirus pandemic and how that will affect how we do business here on out. And we brag a lot about the awesome folks in our corner.

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Well....that was interesting. 

In this episode of our podcast we recount an interesting experience we had this week involving an egotistical brat and some idle threats he thought it was wise to deliver our way. Sorry if your ears bleed or brain starts melting during our rant.

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In this episode we (try our best to) answer a listener question regarding our expectations for kyu grades. We're a little disorganized in this discussion, but hopefully it helps. 😅

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