Talking Fists

Today we chat with life long martial artist David Tavares. As you can read from the title he's a practitioner of Kempo/Kajukenbo.

We discuss the history of Kajukenbo and mainly what happened the night of Joe Emperado's tragic death. This is a sensitive topic understandably, it is not mine nor David's goal to offend anyone. Just wanted to set the record straight regarding Walter Godin's role in what happened.

Key points of discussion:
Walter Godin
Joe Emperado
Early Kajukenbo
and much more..

More about David Tavares
https://www.black-robe.net/
https://www.facebook.com/BlackRobeBook/

Today we sit down with Sean Madigan of Big JKD and the co-host of The Dudes Of Kung Fu.

He's a lifelong martial artist specializing in Jeet Kune Do and Wing Chun. He discusses his martial arts journey which took him from training at a local martial arts school as a kid and what eventually lead him to training with a direct student of Bruce Lee. Sean also discusses martial strategy. If you're interested in Jeet Kune Do, Wing Chun, and kung fu in general, this episode is a must!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-fists/id1475424111?uo=4
https://open.spotify.com/show/3YawrDMt9AldgwoisolspL
https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/501379.rss

More about Sean Madigan

http://www.seanmadigan.com/
https://www.dudesofkungfu.com
https://facebook.com/BIGJKD/

In this episode I interview Ken Gullette of Internal fighting arts. He’s a life long martial artist that specializes in Chen Taijiquan, Baguazhang, and Xingyiquan.
Longest episode yet, clocking in just over two and a half hours.

Topics you can expect to be discussed...
Shaolin Do, Sin The and Ken’s early martial arts training.

Training with frauds

Discovering real internal Kung fu.

What makes a martial art internal.

Internal Martial arts combat applications.

Xuxiaodong and his pummeling of alleged taichi master.

Chen Xiaowang.

Kung fu in mma.

And much more!

More about Ken:
https://www.kungfu4u.com/
https://www.internalfightingarts.com/
https://www.internalfightingartsblog.com/podcast/

Continuing the San Soo series where the first episode left off. We speak to Master Ron Gatewood regarding San soo fact and fiction. If your a San Soo practitioner or interested in early American Kung Fu this episode is a MUST! Ron helps separate  fact from fiction to uncover a truth that's even more exciting. 
In this episode you'll hear early San Soo training stories and topics including:
Frank Woolsey
Jimmy Whoo
Early training
Ron's investigation into the true origins of San Soo
Ron's personal experiences in San Soo
Ron's collection of Jimmy Whoo/San Soo videos
and much more!

Legendary martial artist and MMA coach John Hackleman was kind enough to join Talking Fists. Many know him through former UFC LHW champion Chuck Liddell, however his life journey as a martial artist is amazing.

We discuss:

Why he started martial arts.
His early training in Kajukenbo.
Who he trained with originally.
Walter Godin
How he developed his own Hawaiian Kempo system and the modifications he made to Kajukenbo.
His cross training. 
His time in the military.
His fighting career.
Why he became a coach.
Self defense.
Traditional martial arts in mma. 
Kung Fu
Learning his system.
His current projects. 
 and much more...

In Episode 2 I have the pleasure of interviewing Will Wain-Williams of Monkey Steals Peach. He's a Mantis Kung Fu expert.

He'll share his kung fu journey with us and give advice to those who also wish to live the kung fu dream in china. He also delves into what Mantis kung fu really is and we discuss its techniques and the famed "Mantis hooks" in depth. We also discuss his current project in which he travels around China interviewing and training with various kung fu masters.

If you want to know about Will and Mantis kung fu please click the links below.

https://www.facebook.com/monkeystealspeach/
https://www.patreon.com/monkeystealspeach
https://monkeystealspeach.com/shop/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnWbYukwGkgW3W1PBVfWEMA?fbclid=IwAR0TejSz1c3QM1KyuHtasrb3Oj-h3_b8oFZLsD4SoS-jzgDZ1Muk02iVxlM

This is the first episode of the martial arts podcast Talking Hands.

Kung Fu San Soo is a popular martial art in California thanks to Jimmy H. Woo (Chin Siu Dek/陳壽爵). It's my first martial art I've ever studied, so obviously I felt obligated to begin my podcast with it. In this episode I interview Amar Georgeson, a fellow San Soo practitioner who traveled to the home village of San Soo. We discuss San Soo in depth as Amar walks us through his journey through the birthplace of San Soo. We separate fact from fiction only to discover something even more exciting.

Amar published a book that's a MUST for all San Soo stylists out there, you can find it here: https://www.blurb.com/b/2996885-old-canton

This is Part One of my San Soo Facts and Fiction mini series within this podcast. Next guest will hopefully be Ron Gatewood. 

Thanks for listening.