Thanks Hanshi, for being so generous to return with answers to questions I amass. Even if you don't train in Goju karate, you'll love these stories. 

First, Hanshi talks about the Urban Legacy Foundation - a scholarship foundation going strong today.  We encourage you to support it. Here's an  email address to get you started:

[email protected]

Our first interview with Hanshi Malanoski was in 2021. Here's the link:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/9551496

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Thanks Sensei Tracey, for hanging out and talking Taoism books with us today. As always, it was a fun. 

During the episode I mention that, as you can see, the word is spelled with a "T" but is said with a "D" - Daoism (as it were). I googled why? It is a simple 1/2 hour search if you're interested. But here are the highlights: a) it was an interpretation of it's time, b) the sound is breathy and lives between our 2 letters - T & D, and finally c) some recent prints have changed the "T" to a "D". Let me know what you find out.

In this episode, Sensei Tracey's book reminded us of Master Kelljchian's book 365 Days of the Warrior. It is still available on Amazon. Here's a link:

https://www.amazon.com/365-Days-Warrior-Joseph-Kelljchian/dp/0967674840/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.M2j9o1paBmCfJlLrS71_coq5zaLF5uBi3AwjZYwFGVQ.TeSSANoBh9hmPrKU7KLQBWrMWuPKj6luADstg35qHXA&qid=1785950010&sr=8-1

We reviewed Master Kelljchian's book back in 2021. Here's the link: 

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/7049776

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Today's show is probably not as closely focused on karate as usual. During the conversation with Sensei Landyn we got so interested in what he was saying that we lost ourselves in the conversation. 

I hope you do the same. If you followed the show from the beginning, you know that  (now Sensei) Landyn has been an integral part of the show since age 11. It is nice to take a minute to share in his upcoming trip to his University years. 

In a moment of nostalgia, I'll tag our first episode here. You can hear Sensei Landyn way back in the fall of 2019. Enjoy:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/1742635 

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Frankly, I'm surprised that we got here too. But here we are. No need to look up critical thinking before you listen- we cover it - in our own way! 

We touch on 3 episodes that have run in the past. One of them was the saying 'Plan your work and work your plan." Here's a link to listen:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/15115807

Another fun conversation involved another saying by Grandmaster Peter Urban about practice:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/10778035

And finally, we touch on adventure. How? Listen and find out! And listen to our adventure episode here: 

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/7773364

20 minutes into the episode I bring up a saying about mastery. I looked the saying up and it turns out that many people have said it over the centuries and there doesn't seem to be an exact origin. Still, I stand by the saying!

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Sensei Derek, Sensei Jackie and I share all kinds of stories about our experiences in  On The Job Training and Education. And we want to hear your experiences. We also add a thing or 2 we found in our reading and we bring it back to karate training. 

I bet you're wondering how I'm going to connect this back to Karate? Listen to the end and see. 

I'm going to attach a link to an episode we did where, at least for part of the time, we talk about the power of adaptation; an important part of growth:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/12613429

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It's always a pleasure to talk with Hanshi McKinnon. He brought it to my attention that Britain fought WW2 for 2 years before the USA got involved. That is the theme of todays show.

Before you get mad at us for featuring Britain. We've done many shows on USA Warriors involved in WW2. The first one we did was with Sensei Jay about his dad. Here's the episode:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8329162 

Want to learn more about Hanchi McKinnon? We met him back in 2021. Here's the first interview we did with him:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8625686

And finally, we've looked at different aspects of war, inclucing espionage. Here's one of those episodes:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/12001293

Always tell us your stories - come on the show and record it! Also, support us below if you have a moment. Thanks: 

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A friend, Sifu Mike Allen, introduced us to Sensei Victor. What a pleasure to interview him and learn about his background, history and style. Btw - Some great stories are enclosed. One of them includes hitting the makiwara. We did an episode on that. Listen to it here:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8708384

When we began talking about weapons, we touched on an ancient weapon - the Tinbe-Rochin (Small sword (rochin) and shield (tinbe)). Of course we did an episode that included it. Here is that link: 

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/5877109

Thanks to all: Sensei Victor, Sifu Mike, and all of you. If you enjoy listening you can allways help out with a small contribution below: 

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The first thing we say as the episode opens is that we love Letter Episodes; exploring ideas and not really sure where the conversation is going to go. The 3 of us talk, laugh and learn. 

The conversation travels all over the place. Let's start with a term used often in America in the dojo - oos (This spelling is a nod to Master Kelljchian. It's commonly spelled osu). Back in 2019, we did a 5 minute short on the word osu and you can listen to it here:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/1979593

During our discussions of "ai" we touched on Aikido and Adapt. Both words were introduced back in 2023 in another "A" episode. Here's that link: 

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/12613429

And finally. The number 3 was one of my favorite epiosdes, and a favorite number....so I'm tagging that episode in also. Enjoy:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/10116406

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For the past year or so, we've been trying to create this opportunity to interview Sensei Lasorsa about his father, Frank. There is so much love, laughter and history in this episode. Two of the long stories Sensei told us had to be cut for time. We'll share those in December in our next episode of outtakes. Definitely check out our Insta to see the pic of Frank in WW2. Thanks Sensei, for sharing your dad's story.

As always if you keep reading you can see ways to support our work. Sometimes it's nice just to tell someone about the show and I thank you in advance.  

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In the 7 years of doing this podcast, I've never been "on time" to connect our episode to the holiday that is happening. (For those of you who might be interested - I'd need a bigger staff to pull that off.) 

However, this year, this episode is about Fathers and is airing the Monday before Father's Day! Congratulations to all - us and all dad's who go the distance.

I need to mention that Sensei Jay, who has a story here, has 3 sons. All of them know their dad to be amazing. But time only allowed for me to reach out to one of them. Don't be mad guys. 

So enjoy this episode and get in touch to be part of our salute to Mother's as warriors. Looking forward to hearing from you. 

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