KungFu Podcasts | TW Smith

KungFu Podcasts | TW Smith

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  • Kicks and Sweeps, Why, How, Where
    KFP 220 is a book review of an excellent work by author Brian Kuttel. His work on Kicks and Sweeps is one of the best I have read. It is a library of over 20 kicks, with a drill down on each one. Suggestions where to start, how to train it, how to use it and what is the intention that you are going to use with it.
    13 min
  • IronShirt Master Mar Sik: KFP 219

    KFP 219 IronShirt Master Sifu Mar Sik

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    14 min
  • The Ninja Nurse : KFP 218

    A review of research revealed there is a 1 in 5 chance of being injured in a shotokan tournament and 1 in 4 chance of being injured over the course of time training.

    The mean percentage of reported injuries thru 10 studies

    1. Contusions 47%

    2. Epistaxis (nosebleed) 20%

    3. Laceration 14%

    4. Sprains/strains 3%

    5. Concussions 2% some as high as 7%

    Ninja Nurse is an excellent guide to all aspects of injury prevention or reduction in martial arts. Chapters include health screening, risk assessment, and aspects of the training environment. Also, You Get a deepdive into children and to combat sports.

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    It also includes true stories, useful links, and where to find important forms if you have a school. Peter takes you through a process, how to:

    1. Reduce and prevent injury

    2. Treat injury

    3. Learn from the injury

    The book emphasizes content for the instructor. Peter walks through potential problem actions such as :

    1. Breakfalling

    2. Striking and padholding

    3. Chokes and strangles

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    Ninja Nurse is an excellent clinical reference broken into areas, such as:

    1. Spinal injury

    2. Chest

    3. Neck

    4. Limbs

    5. And smaller join injuries.

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    References

    [Shotokan and Other Martial Art Injury Rates](https://thesportjournal.org/article/comparison-of-shotokan-karate-injuries-against-injuries-in-other-martial-arts-and-select-ncaa-contact-sports/)

    15 min
  • WhistleKick's Jeremy Lesniak Interviews TW Smith

    KFP 161

    Over the past year, I had the opportunity to get introduced to Jeremy at WhistleKick.  I found him to be extraordinarily sincere, polite and professional.  In fact, I plan to have WhistleKick print some KungFu Podcast Tshirts.

    Trey, One of the listener's to the Whistle Kick Program wrote:

    July 11, 2018 at 10:17 pm

    "I had the opportunity to listen to this episode on the way to work this morning and it was a welcome start to the day. Among the many great guests you have had on, this one & Jesse Enkamp have been my favorites. As a student of the Chinese martial arts myself i saw much of my own journey & many of Shifu’s ideas resonated with me. I look forward to listening to some episodes of his podcast as soon as i have the chance. Thank you for the work you are doing for the community. All the best." - Trey

    You can download the entire transcript of the interview as well.

    1 hr 11 min
  • Yip Man and the Prostitute KFP 208

    Magic and Sex as Power is present in every culture, to this day. An essay by Professor Ben Judkins gives us an early Chinese 20th century glimpse of how one of the iconic figures faces a public challenge.

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    The First Steps of Yip Man


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    The Execution of a Wing Chun Assassin


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    34 min
  • Interview with Iain Abernethy

    Iain Abernethy is an expert in the applications of Karate. His passion for understanding his martial arts is extraordinarily rare. Iain was the person that challenged me to start my voice in the world of martial arts and I am grateful to him for that.

    Get a notepad, because there is a wealth of information in this 1 1/2 hour Episode. Originally Published : April 2016

    1 hr 31 min
  • Interview with Tasha Ina : My Sword

    Martial Arts is my Sword, Shield and Pen KFP 178

    Tasha has a remarkable origin story that started her down the path of Martial Arts. They include betrayal of a trust and an assault early on.  She turned to martial arts as a way protecting herself.  During the process, she has developed into a leader of women's protection.Listen to her stories on :

    • How she learned to set boundaries
    • Have difficult conversations
    • Develop a Voice
    • Express herself  
    • 1 hr 1 min

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