Hombu Dojo Podcast

Stuart Amos Sensei is a full time Karate instructor with HDKI in Liverpool, England.

We had a great chat with Tuari Sensei (AKA The Invisible Sensei) from New Zealand. Among other things, we talked about karate as an individual's journey versus facilitating the journey of one's students.

Ross and Ru are joined by Georgia for a few beers, talking about post-lockdown karate and some hilarious fails of the week.

Caveat: electrical interference has caused some noise in this recording. We'll do better next time! Scott Sensei is with us again as we wind down after day 1 of a rather big weekend zoom seminar. Meditation, karate adventures and fails of the week.

Here I'm in conversation with viral YouTube sensation Sensei Seth. We have a good long insightful cat about martial arts and I take him to task over his infamous roundhouse kick video! https://www.patreon.com/Hombudojopodcast

Scott, Ross and Ru talking about old times, internet trolls and authenticity. https://www.patreon.com/Hombudojopodcast

Finally we have all four instructors on one episode!

Now and again this couple of buffoons gets to talk to people who really know their stuff. One such expert is Strength and Conditioning coach Lauren Hart.

Ross descends into madness. We also chat about kangeiko, best and worse of 2020, and we check in again with where we're at on our karate journey.

An episode dedicated to answering some comments and questions that have come in from listeners.

Scott Sensei and Simon Sensei fresh after a meditation session. Very zen. Very wise.

Our biggest fan, the wonderful Lynda McIntyre from Cork, chats to us about karate politics, gender issues in the dojo, teaching kids and some fantastic karate fails!

David Sensei is a real legend. He was gracious enough to chat to us young pups on the podcast during his internship at the Hombu Dojo.

The village elders impart further wisdom #listentosensei

Chrissie Sensei, 4th Dan, teaches at HDKI Exeter in England. In this conversation we barely skimmed the surface of Chrissie's karate experience. And what a great conversation it was.

Hard vs. soft karate, Sensei Seth, turbulent relationships in the dojo, and why karate is the best martial art.

One a philosopher and comedian, the other an anthropologist and author. Together they possess a treasure trove of karate wisdom. This is part 1 of a series featuring Scott Sensei and Simon Sensei, which will be interspersed with regular episodes.

Ross and Ru talk about cross training with other martial arts, our own upcoming gradings and also about all the fantastic Sensei we have visiting us in Dublin this year.

We sat down with Andrea Carbon Sensei during Kangeiko 2019 to talk about being a female instructor as well as sharing our experiences of training alone and generally having some chit chat about our karate lives!