Meet The Masters

Master Acri joined me to talk about his start with the Conrad's, opening his own dojang, his epic beard and more.

Master Weinberg joined me on November 16th, 2021 to talk about starting martial arts at an older age, being a bad student in Tang Soo Do class, writing a book with Grandmaster Strong, his work on the Region 8 scholarship fund committee and more!

Master Becky Wolverton joined me on December 2nd, 2021 to talk about starting martial arts with her kids, training with Master DeBaca, being the director of Region 1 in WTSDA and more.

Jenn Luneau from Vaughn's Dojang joined me on Dec. 28th, 2021 to talk about starting the martial arts with her family as a kid, growing up in the association, becoming a teacher and more.

Master Mukherjee from Austin Karate Academy joined me on April 2nd, 2021 to talk about growing up in India, getting his start in martial arts, finding his way to WTSDA and all of the friends he has met along the way.

Master Rob Kloss of Cornerstone Martial Arts joined me January 11th, 2021 to talk about Grandmaster Shin and seeing him at the European Championships, to delivering rugs to his house, how martial arts shaped him as a person and more!

Master Roman from Romans Shin Karate joined me in February 11th, 2021 in a bit of a lost episode.  This was the only interview I have streamed via YouTube thanks to a Facebook snafu.  We talked about being a charter member of WTSDA as a kid, growing up with the association, having instructors like Master Chambliss and Master Godwin as role models and more!

Master Jim Debaca from California joined me January 23, 2021 to talk about starting the martial arts, his years of competing and traveling for kickboxing, the start of the WTSDA, his many training partners throughout the years and more!

Master Vance Britt joined me on October 19th, 2021 to talk about his martial arts journey.  From training Tang Soo Do in Korea, his time at Grandmaster Shins Burlington school, the charter convention, his love for the sword and much more is talked about in our conversation.

Master Drew Hobbs from Robinson's Martial Arts Institute joined me on September 29th, 2021 to talk about his journey in martial arts, from starting as a child, returning after 20 years, training then and now with Master Robinson and more.