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Today we meet Hanshi George Alexander. I love history and meeting new people, so this interview was a perfect fit. Hanshi Alexander had more stories than could fit into 25 minutes. (Keep an eye open for our "outtakes" episode.) He is knowledgeable, funny and motivational. Listen and you'll be a fan. (Thanks so much Hanshi.) 
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Back in 2020 we recorded this episode on axes. Landyn hates listening to his voice back then, but he was just as spontaneously funny then as he is now. Or should I say Punny!! 
Episodes about the history and use of weapons are some of my personal favorites. 
We think you'll like it too, so enjoy listening and let us know. 
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When I got the idea for this episode, it was from something I heard Grandmaster Urban say. Who better to have as a guest to add Grandmaster Urban's take than Hanshi Malanoski. Therefore, although we do get to the point, we're also regaled with wonderful stories about Grandmaster Urban. It's amazing to hear and for that I thank Hanshi.  Stay tuned till the end if you want some real gems. Hanshi has been on quite a few times. The first time we interviewed him was in 2021. Here's a link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/9551496
and it was a two part interview, so here's the second part:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/9637889
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Welcome to another conversation with our friend Sifu Rob Jones. We're discussing booby traps, eye patches and newspapers...as weapons.
We first interviewed Sifu Jones back in 2021. Here's that interview:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8931796
Back to today's episode. When we were talking about newspapers, we mentioned that  newsprint was traditionally made with cyanide. I looked it up and newsprint (among a lot of other things) is still made with cyanide!!
Also, we talk about Xi'an's tomb (read 'Han" here). We did a whole episode on that with Sifu Jones. Here's a link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/14076081
If you haven't already see it, search on line for the video of Sifu Jones doing some techniques. You know where we are on the web.
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Have you ever heard the saying? We look at it, laugh with it, and talk about the idea that it just might be possible - at least most of the time. Listen and then share your thoughts. We love hearing from you.
Sensei Jackie mentions the times that we had Sensei Max on the show. He was on twice, talking about his journey in monastic life. Here are the episodes:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/4029077
and
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/9823335
Both episodes were wonderfully memorable.
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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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Sensei Baier returns and we laugh and discuss another Kurosawa film. Thanks Sensei Baier. This movie is fun to talk about. Is it fun to watch? Listen and find out. I'm attaching our first Kurosawa episode below, in case you missed that.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/14477612
I'm going to pin one more episode. We talk about what era the movie is set in and it was a a time of reconstruction after the samurai had lost their status in society. Well, we did a couple of episodes on the last stand of the samurai. Here's one:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/15494331
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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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https://www.youtube.com/@wildcatdojo9869/podcasts
And for our webpage, where you can also find all the episodes and see some info about the dojo:
http://wildcatdojo.com/025-6/podcast.html .
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Can you believe we've made it through 5 years of recording? Wow. We want to thank all our guests and all our listeners for all the fun, information, and adventure. We take a moment to reminisce, then talk about a virtue from our style of Karate. The first time we talked about the virtues was in our very first episode. How fun to put it here:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/1742635
And much more recent was our talk about the saying Plan your work and work your plan, which comes up today. Jic you missed it: 
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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https://www.youtube.com/@wildcatdojo9869/podcasts
And for our webpage, where you can also find all the episodes and see some info about the dojo:
http://wildcatdojo.com/025-6/podcast.html .
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This week we review the book Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams. I never tire of saying - we had fun! Listen, read and share your thoughts. Needless to say we touch on many subjects. Here's a few: Mid episode we talk about Sensei Tracey's son Max and his relationship with Monasteries. We talked with Max twice on the show. The first time was back in 2020. Here's that episode:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/4029077
We talked to him again in the beginning of 2022. If you read this Max, we can't wait till you stop by again! Here's the 2022 conversation:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/9823335
Toward the end of the show, we talk about Aikido. Of course, we did an episode on that. Here it is:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8241544 
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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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And for our webpage, where you can also find all the episodes and see some info about the dojo:
http://wildcatdojo.com/025-6/podcast.html .
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A Budoka Odyssey is the title of the book by our guest Shihan TD McKinnon. It's always fun to talk with Shihan, and this is no exception. We talk about where to buy the book - and of course Amazon is there, but so is a site called Lulu.com. Shihan has  been a guest many times. I'm going to attach 2 of them here. Back in 2021 interviewing Shihan was a wonderful way for us to meet. Here's the episode:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8625686
We've discussed many subjects since then (eventually they'll air on our YouTube Channel - so check it out!) But one that we brought up here was his time running a bodyguarding service.  Here's that link:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/12796037
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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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In our interview with Sensei Liam he manages to make cyber-security interesting, fun and quite helpful. He shares a book:
The Art of Invisibility by Kevin Mitnick
and a site to help you.
Here is a website that Sensei thinks you might find handy on this subject:
Bruce Schneier: https://www.schneier.com
And one more site to note is The Electronic Frontier Foundation:
https://www.eff.org
I hope you get as much out of this discussion as Sensei Jackie and I did. 
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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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And for our webpage, where you can also find all the episodes and see some info about the dojo:
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