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Do I need to say that  Sensei Jackie and I had so much fun meeting a new friend. 

A big shout out to Sensei Bennett for his time and a number of great stories of his decades in karate. 

At one point he mentions that he and Sensei Tracy were kids together. It is a wonderful coincidence that we interviewed her. (Thanks Shihan Tracy - I hope you're doing well!) Here's that episode:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/16424997

Shihan Seymour was also responsible for us doing an episode on The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I love a reason to replay it here:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/16845025

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Welcome to a busy episode.  Sensei Jay joins us as we tackle a common term in karate and one that isn't common but is a little controversial....you'll see. 

Sensei Jay was a guest on an episode called "A Real Fight, A Real Mess" - He re's that link:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/3293584

With the word flight we opened the conversation to a lot of ideas. One of those things was back in 2022 when we did a few episodes on aging:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/11594095

On the last 1/2 of the show, Sensei Jackie introduced us to a new Judo term. This brought up many things - including our episode on Jiguro Kano, the founder of Judo:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/10515380

And here's our episode on Aikido:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8241544

On Youtube, Sensei Jackie found an example of the Kata she brought to our attention. Wanna see? Here's the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6JCNi3nkHc&t=5s 

At the end of the show, Sensei Jay mentioned our episode on WW 1 planes and our struggle with Fs.... Confused? Here's that link:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/17625084

If you're still not too tired - here's one of our first letter episodes:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8108455

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I'm not 100% sure how we ended up discussing a lady bandit from 1800s Arizona, but I'm glad we did. What an interesting piece of history. 

We're joined by Sensei Jay - the voice at the beginning and end of our show! Not that familiar with him? Here's one of his first appearances. We talk Archery:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/6125029

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That's right. The first time we talked about time was in January of 2020. Here's that episode if you want a refresher:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/2351981

We also try to  catch up on some listener mail. In case the mention of it makes you want to listen, here are episodes mentioned in our listener mail. 

Back in April, we did an episode on the power of laughter. Here'a a link:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/19060264

And we mention our episode on Yogi Berra (the war hero and baseball player). Listen here:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/19091780

And finally, back in June we celebrated dads. Here are those episodes - first fathers that weren't in the military, but had indomitable fighting spirit:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/19305188

And we love and respect our military men. Here is Master Lasosrsa telling stories of his father in WW2:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/19361764

Thank you for listening, staying in touch, and even a little support (link below) if  you can do it. 

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Sensei Randy joins us for a look back 30 years to the original Mortal Kombat. Feeling blue and need a laugh? This is the episode for you. 

If you want to see the movie, it  streams on Prime and HBO Max. Or, find a DVD for sale cheap. 

There isn't a lot of need for me to connect other episodes, so I think I'll tag our first movie review ever. Sensei Jackie and I watched it in 2021 - the Karate film Budo: 

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/900748

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You cannot have too many episodes on character development. Today we're lucky enough to have a new guest, Sensei Chrissy, for a comparison of Native American culture and Goju teachings as they were taught to us by Master Kelljchian. 

We had so much fun and information overflowed the time we had. Of course, we have tackled the code as taught by Master Kelljchian before. I'm going to tag an episode below. However, I'm tagging the one I put on YouTube. (Maybe you don't know I've been uploading old episodes to YouTube - so here's a way to check it out!)

https://youtu.be/5NrfV6W8zOs?si=0TVqEeVei1-Ajegg

That episode originally aired on May 4th, 2020.

Also, Sensei Chrissy's mother has a book detailing many aspects of her culture and beliefs. It is called White Cloud Lakota Spirit. A simple search sent me to both Abe books and Thrift books. And, of course it's available on Kindle et al.....Check it out!!

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So much to add to this classic episode. We were in our first few months of recording and you can hear that. Still, the content is worth hearing.

Our guest was our friend and fellow Black Belt Sensei Greg Ebenfeld. I mention that he is a Trust and Will Attorney in Broward County Florida. Since, this episode back in 2019, Sensei Jay and I used his services and I 100% recommend him. You can call his office at: 954-430-5644. What he did in his profession, that I didn't expect, was make the event comfortable, and even a little funny. Thanks for the excellent service Sensei Greg.

In the episode I mention that Grandmaster Peter Urbans book Karate Psychology isn't in print. I stand by that. However, I think that the text was polished, edited and reprinted as the Karate Sensei. So you can look for it under that name. 

Now that we're caught up on episode details, here are some episodes we mention today.

We did do a short episode on meditation. Here it is:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/2567317

We also talk about the importance of balance. We tackled that subject thanks to a saying by Master Nick Brown. Here ya go:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/11015349

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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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We appreciate our listeners and thank you for sharing the podcast with friends.  Reach us all over the web. Facebook and twitter are simply wildcatdojo. However, insta is wildcatdojo conversations. (There's a  story there.)
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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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We appreciate our listeners and thank you for sharing the podcast with friends.  Reach us all over the web. Facebook and twitter are simply wildcatdojo. However, insta is wildcatdojo conversations. (There's a  story there.)
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