Mitchell & Nathan, together with current Victorian State team kata coach, former National Team member and Senior World Championship representative, Meezaan Dickinson. In this episode, they discuss the immense and often under-appreciated value karate has given them over their careers and the unlimited opportunities they have had the privilege of experiencing. And their involvement in karate has only just started!

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More national coaches join the Kaizen Culture Pod this week! Sensei Matt Johnson from Shingokan Karate, Adelaide, and Sensei Robyn Choi from Seiha Shitoryu Karate, Brisbane. With the head national coach of the Cadet, Junior & U21 program in Sensei Matt, paired with senior national coach, Sensei Robyn, an opportunity was presented for the next generation of Australian superstars to gain immense experience with 2 training camps and 2 competitions in China and the Phillippines!

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For the first time in the new Karate 1 Youth League system, an Australian has taken home GOLD! Dardan Jahiu takes out the Cadet Male Kumite +70kg with a win in Monterrey, Mexico!! Hannah joins us after just coming back from the World Games and we discuss how insane that event was! We also chat about the Asian Youth Camp & Competition that is on right now with a big Aussie team of youngsters over there having the time of their life!

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Just because Nationals are over, doesn’t mean the season is done! National coaches for the International Pathways Program (IPP), Darren Olsen and Lliam Worthington join us on today's episode talking about the program itself and a very exciting tour that is planned! Darren is a longtime server of the karate community as both an athlete and coach, now Samurai Karate Australia Head of Style (Shihan) based in Melbourne, Victoria State team coach and National coach. Lliam is also a decorated figure within karate, Shihan at Black Belt Martial Arts (BBMA) in New South Wales, NSW State team coach, a former national and state team competitor and international medalist. Darren jumps on to give us the full scope of what IPP is, how it was created and why. Lliam clues us in to the MASSIVE European tour he is leading for this group throughout the month of September - hitting the Series A in Salzburg, 2 major International Opens and 2 training camps!

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What a National Championships that was! Adelaide, congratulations for putting on a great show! We talk about some of the big time results and moments that happened over the weekend, and share the love for the best community. A very important question has come in asking about the integrity of athletes and crowd actions during competition, tune in to hear what this is all about and how much this matters to the sport of karate.

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We have a special guest to help us preview the National Championships in Adelaide! Amy Connell is joining us to chat all things Guardian Girls and give us some insight to what it's like being a Scottish karate icon! Stick around to hear us chat about packages, photo gallery, T-Shirt sales and need to know information on the Super Seminar!

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We have been offline for a little bit as the Oceania championships took over the Australian karate world! This was one of the most insane events, some serious challenges were faced in New Caledonia for the Oceania Championships. New champions were crowned and the Senior World Championship athletes have been locked away.

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We are nearing the Oceania Championships in Noumea, New Caledonia! Sit back and hear us go through the team and chat about what this means for the Senior athletes! Also Nathan and Mitch play some fun karate games, so play along!

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For the first time ever, Karate will be showcased at the 2025 World Masters Games in Taipei in a few weeks time! We had to do an emergency pod to get the full run down on this massive moment. What makes it even more special, we chat to our very own Aussie vets who are going; Scott McDowell, Yvette Stolk, Adam Smith, and Karen Hall! Getting the inside scoop of the Games, how they are feeling about this event, and what this means for the Veteran karate community!

Goodluck to the following athletes going to Taipei!

Alison Peachy

Adam Smith

Andrew Mawby

Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer

Chiyuki Wata

James Davis

Karen Hall

Michael Radermacher

Rodney Smith

Scott McDowell

Tom Pettitt

Yvette Stolk

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Today we have another special guest to talk about kata! Dylan Fisher is a national team member competing out of Shobukan Martial Arts in Perth and the Western Australian state team! He has represented Australia at the Junior World Championships and even the U21 World Combat Games held in Saudi Arabia in 2023?

Tune in to hear his thoughts on the current state of kata across all levels, his recent battles with major injury and much more.

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