Ignite Your Life

This episode features Mr. Chris Hora and Mrs. Meadoe Hora. Today we will be discussing a family book they wrote for their black belt project.

It is called "Super Hero Kick Team: Pencils Down". This is a fun book written about a group of 3rd graders that use the super powers they find in their practice of Tae Kwon Do to go good at school and at home. This book was written for a great cause and the proceeds go to the JK Lee City Youth Martial Arts Program. We will speak about both in depth. Thanks for listening!

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Today's guest is TaeKwonDo practitioner and editor of "TaeKwonDo Life Magazine" Mr. Marc Zirogiannis. We will be discussing what Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine is all about as well as some of people he has had an opportunity to interview in the past. This includes former Miss America Nia Sanchez, country music singer Willie Nelson, and martial arts legend Chuck Norris.

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On today's episode we feature Dr. Kevin Kulwicki. He has served in the United States Army as a Flight Surgeon and he is now an Orthopedic Surgeon who often serves young athletes. We will be discussing innate ability and effort, what it takes to become a surgeon in the US Army, and Dr. Kulwicki will be giving his opinion on youth sports as it relates to the injuries suffered by kids involved in athletics today.

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Today's episode features music teacher, musician, composer, and martial artist Mr. Sam Ecoff.We will be discussing some of the parallels between Mr. Ecoff's music career, his martial arts experience, and how creativity is really the result of discipline and hard work.

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Most athletes have a very narrow window of opportunity to compete at a high level. Often times this window is slammed shut because of injury.

Today we will be talking with someone who suffered serious physical injury and that window was closed. Then 20 years later something very rare and unique happened. That window of opportunity opened up again. Even rarer, Kerry Geocaris was ready and waiting to make the most of it...

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In today's episode we delve into the world endurance events and cross country skiing. More specifically we will be talking with cross country skier Thomas Stuber about the "Birkie" and the mind set required an endurance athlete must have to compete in such an event.

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This episode features Master Chris Natzke.He has been a dedicated student and teacher of the martial arts, achieving the rank of 7th Degree Black Belt/Master Instructor, ranking him in the top 1% of all martial artists in the world. He is also an accomplished national competitor, winning the United States National Taekwondo Championships in 1999. Today we will be discussing his book Black Belt Leadership: 7 Keys to Creating a Life of Purpose by Discovering Your Inner Champion. These 7 Qualities of Black Belt Leadership represents his journey in martial arts, personal development, motivation and leadership.

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For over 20 years, Alex has trained with and been mentored by some of the most influential protectors and warriors in the country. He provides personal protection solutions and has trained men and women from teacher’s organizations, women’s groups, university and college students, and military personnel from the US Navy to the US Army Rangers. We will be discussing his latest book titled Anatomy of a Warrior: The 7 Virtues all Protectors Must Live by to Successfully Protect and Serve. In order to comlplete this book he interviewed more than 120 professional protectors and top industry leaders from the military, police and other government agencies. There is so much to be learned by those who have put their lives in peril and survived life and death experiences. This is yet another discussion where we reach outside the realm of athletics to gain insights into the psychological profile of peak performance.

Links:

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On today's episode we will be talking about a non-profit organization called Kids Kicking Cancer. This organization and its black belt volunteers are dedicated to teaching the mind-body techniques of Martial Arts instruction, breath work, and meditation in order to empower children beyond the pain and discomfort of significant health issues and disease. We are joined by Mr. Gordon Merna a second degree black belt and the director of the Milwaukee Chapter of KKC, and Mrs. Michelle Lofy a third degree black belt volunteer with the Milwaukee Chapter of KKC. They will share their experience as to how this organization has made a difference to children in the Milwaukee area, and how it has had a profound impact on their own lives. Hopefully we can spread their message of Power, Peace, and Purpose!

Links:

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In this episode, the final episode of Dr. Piering talks with Master Jeff Gendelman, an instructor at JK Lee Blackbelt about his non-profit and writer of "The Surface."