Vince Michaud, Quebec’s heavyweight champion comes on to talk about his path in Kyokushin fighting full contact since 2011 in Ring Wars to dominating Gold Cup and fighting abroad in Ukraine and China finishing second place internationally for Canada in China. Vince broke down his teaching philosophy why he is passionate to help make others from all walks of life better people and putting his interests into the kickboxing circuit to dominate. To connect with Vince on IG is vince_kyokushin and Vincent Michaud on Facebook.

Hardknocks 365/Combat Club up and coming mixed martial artist Mike “Cut the Cheque” Lee comes on to talk about training in Florida one of MMA’s hottest training states with BJJ on the rise, Hardknocks 365 vs. American Top Team. Mike talks about his training under Brazilian MMA legend Gesias Cavalcante. Mike discusses his goal to become a complete mixed-martial artist getting that call to go professional coming to Montreal to train at Tristar MMA concluding with MMA news of Usman vs. Masvidal to the recent Fury vs. Wilder match in boxing. To connect with Mike on IG: mike_leaves and contact Hardknocks 365Management or Combat Club management with his email [email protected]

Master Ray Thompson from Upstate Karate and his sons Evan “The Titan” Thompson and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson come on to talk about their journey in martial arts. Ray spoke of his journey experimenting with multiple disciplines, philosophy and legacy he aims to leave. Evan spoke about his fight career, retiring to focus on his family building a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu legacy with Master Carlos Machado. Stephen talks about his training, his sibling rivalry that helped make him become the martial artist/man he is through his upbringing and his past win at UFC 244. An AMAZING conversation to be heard. To connect with all on all platforms: Ray Thompson is raythompson on IG and UpstateKarateSC on Twitter, Evan Thompson is thetitanmma on Twitter and IG, Stephen’s platforms are wonderboyboymma on IG, Twitter and his Youtube channel Stephen Wonderboy Thompson. The school’s page Upstate_karate on IG and their merchandise Pitch black PitchBlackFS on Twitter and teampitchblack on IG

Sensei Russo of Russo Dojo comes back on to talk with his wife Sempai Stefania and special guest Sempai Sergei aka Cuba. The group discusses the new location of the dojo, the current state of Kyokushin, finding your passion going after it to talking about the legacy Sensei Russo and his wife plan to leave behind. To connect with all the guests on IG russodojo stefaniadibuono senseirusso and sergueimoskovski on Facebook Junior Russo Stefania Di Buono and Serguei moskovski

Kyokushin Karate OG Justin Mancini comes on the show to talk about his journey in Kyokushin Karate to training in other martial arts. Justin spoke about what it is like to train with pro fighters in MMA to the importance of community in martial arts. To connect with Justin on IG his IG is Justin_mancini_ and his wife Melissa’s dance company MJdancecompany while FB is Justin (Melissa) Mancini

Justin Mancini an OG in Kyokushin Karate comes on the show to talk about a variety of topics of his martial arts journey in Kyokushin to kickboxing, training with pros in MMA/UFC. Justin highlighted how the community in martial arts brings people from all walks of life together. To connect with Justin on IG is justin_mancini_ and mjdancecompany for his wife’s dance school and on Facebook Justin (melissa) mancini

The first Russian comes on the show. Drew’s former training partner in Kyokushin Karate comes on to talk about Russia’s role in Kyokushin since the fall of communism. Arty also talks about the similarities and differences i. Kyokushin vs. Muay Thai which he is currently in. Arty and Drew also gave shoutouts to Russo Dojo and Sempai Cuba. A politically incorrect and unfiltered podcast for all who love/practice Kyokushin. To connect with Arty on IG is Yamashka23

Ryan Warner from Wrestling Changed My Life comes on to talk about wrestling the most gruelling, challenging and rewarding martial art with its life values it teaches. Ryan passionately educates Drew on why NCAA wrestling is one of the most entertaining college sports to follow, Olympic tryouts,Dan Gable one of the GOATs of American Wrestling and some MMA talk. Ryan and Drew touched upon the importance of FloSports and Rofkin helping deliver more content on wrestling. An enlightening conversation on the most important base to have in MMA. To connect with Ryan his instagram is WrestlingChangedMyLife, Twitter ryan_n_warner and his website wrestlingchangedmylife.com

Corinne Laframboise the inaugural female professional fighter comes talking about her martial arts journey. Corinne spoke about her beginnings in gymnastics to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu leading her to compete in IBJJF, Abu Dabi worlds, Pan-Am games to her first professional fight in Germany and competing in Canada’s regional TKO professional circuit to fighting in Abu Dabi under the UAE Warriors promotion with the goal of competing in UFC’s flyweight division. The biggest takeaway was on the symposium of brain health she did and the importance of understanding concussions. To connect with Corinne on social media IG corinne_laframboise FB Corinne Laframboise with her personal website coming soon!

One FC featherweight contender Thanh Le comes on to talk about his upbringing in Taekwondo starting grappling after watching an MMA match leading him to go pro for his love of martial arts. Thanh discusses competing for Asia’s largest MMA promotion after trying out for UFC with discussion on UFC 247 that happened this past weekend. Thanh talks about the legacy he’s building concluding we all have the potential within to achieve what we love putting the work in as he learned from his father and his tireless work ethic. To connect with Thanh on all platforms IG, Twitter is Thanhlemma