The Invisible Sensei Podcast

Shame, it’s a powerful emotion, and if given the steering wheel, can take us to all sorts of places and conclusions about ourselves.

Often in the arts we spend a great deal of time building skill sets thin layer upon thin layer, fundamental upon fundamental, each a story in itself.

What happens when some of those seemingly basic skills become less and less “basic?”

is it time to hang up the Gi, shrug our shoulders, and just walk away?

No, it’s bloody well not!

Thanks due to DH for the inspiration for this topic, lets keep at it my Friend!

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“Clone Wars” Les Bubka part: 2 in this episode Bubka Sensei gives his thoughts on the sometimes toxic nature of the Martial Art’s community, his continuing journey towards self expression and why being a real version of oneself is preferable to being a pale comparison of someone else. For more great content from Bubka Sensei: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmYjmCEnMf5ULYwhD47BrMHzuib0u_Kxm&si=D1dWIwPCMhLh7LDR

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Kia Ora my Friends, I hope this finds you well, I am going to ask for your time and indulgence, no tricks no editing, just pushed the record button and spoke from my heart, have a listen and let me know your thoughts, please share and I hope you will support my next steps, either way thank you for listening.

This is the video i spoke of, one of my first, a phone duct tapped to the wall, no tripod or fancy editing, I am ready for the next step.

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Les Bubka Sensei, is a UK-based karate instructor, author, and mental health advocate originally from Poland. He is known for his inclusive, learner-centered approach to teaching karate and is the founder of the organization “Karate for Mental Health,” which promotes the benefits of martial arts for mental well-being and supports disadvantaged students. Bubka has written books such as Anxious Black Belt and The Dark Side of Karate, focusing on the intersection of karate and mental health. He is also recognized for adapting his teaching to support neurodiverse and disabled students, fostering a supportive and accessible training environment.

In part one Bubka Sensei gives an insight into his journey thus far, how he approaches the often toxic landscape of the Martial Arts scene, why he misses trolls on his podcast and why knowing your lane can be a really positive thing! This and much more!

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Who is this Ninja/Special forces/movie Psycho/immortal/ killing machine opponent who lurks in the shadows waiting for me to drop my guard so they can destroy, not just me, but everything I stand in??

What happens when that opponent changes shape, and transforms over the years and starts to look almost familiar?

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Here is a link to a clip of my morning session, as I work through Sciatica and pulled muscles, not going to set the world alight but none the less my own training.

How do we create our own approach to our own training?

Video link:

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Ulf Karlson Sensei of Kishiomoto Di, a pragmatic proponent of Bunkai and the merits of diving deep into your chosen art. He travels to Okinawa regularly, speaks Japanese and teaches and trains whilst on Island. He hesitates to describe himself as a researcher but he has a deep hard won knowledge of the arts and an appreciation for the history and culture of the art.

In Part 2 of 2 we continue our conversation with Ulf Sensei, we start with Josh giving some reflections of Ulf Sensei's unique approach to Kata and we get into some interesting places regarding Kata and indeed Karate in general.

We are joined by Josh Simmers Sensei of the Okinawa Karate Podcast who very kindly agreed to co-host this discussion and he also organised the venue and times. Big thanks to James Pankiewicz Sensei for allowing the recording to be done at the world famous Asato Dojo!

I have included some clips of Ulf Sensei doing a history tour on Okinawa:

https://youtu.be/qLbHbGGKeBA?si=aqX48L4HazEVB_-b

And of him in action:

https://youtu.be/NaHWA55E0uQ?si=db8qh92vP2JP8_Pd

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Ulf Karlson Sensei of Kishiomoto Di, a pragmatic proponent of Bunkai and the merits of diving deep into your chosen art. He travels to Okinawa regularly, speaks Japanese and teaches and trains whilst on Island. He hesitates to describe himself as a researcher but he has a deep hard won knowledge of the arts and an appreciation for the history and culture of the art.

In this discussion the Kata Naihanchi is a springboard into a deeper discussion on the arts. We are joined by Josh Simmers Sensei of the Okinawa Karate Podcast who very kindly agreed to co-host this discussion and he also organised the venue and times. Big thanks to James Pankiewicz Sensei for allowing the recording to be done at the world famous Asato Dojo!

I have included some clips of Ulf Sensei doing a history tour on Okinawa:

https://youtu.be/qLbHbGGKeBA?si=aqX48L4HazEVB_-b

And of him in action:

https://youtu.be/NaHWA55E0uQ?si=db8qh92vP2JP8_Pd

Thanks for checking out this new episode, we hope you will take time to checkout our over 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which includes online training sessions, seminars and much more! Also please feel free to contact us with any feedback etc by following this link!

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The inkblot test, overlaying your own perception onto a given form, some call it paradolia, our host apparently calls it Bunkai!

We look at differing attitudes and approaches to Bunkai and the idea of doing away with certain "Golden Idol" ideas, and a shout out to fellow traveller on the path Les Bubka Sensei.

The importance of pedigree of experience and how lineage can be weaponised to exclude any ideas that do not support the "dear leader" mentality!

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We talk the illusions of invincibility that those without training can assume about those that do, we also delve into the different cliques both within and without the Dojo and especially behind keyboards. And we discuss what Author Dave Lowry describes in his excellent books as the "30% Rule"

Thanks for checking out this new episode, we hope you will take time to checkout our over 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which includes online training sessions, seminars and much more! Also please feel free to contact us with any feedback etc by following this link!

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