Meet The Masters

Master Chris Anderson from WTSDA Region 5 and Anderson's Karate joined me to talk about his early days of training Taekwondo and Tang Soo Do, joining WTSDA with Master Ochs and more!

Luis joined Master Eziel Martinez and myself to share his story of traveling from Argentina by bicycle for the past year and half to attend the WTSDA World Championships.

My friend Master Temprorario joined me from Mozambique to talk about his history in the martial arts, why Tang Soo Do was the art that he was drawn to and more.

Master Aguillo joined me to talk martial arts, trying to fit in, memories of training in Region 8 and more!

William and I sat down to talk about his start in the martial arts, his favorite parts of it, training with Master Goodwin and more.

Master Patrick West is the owner and instructor of Texas Tang Soo Do, along with being the assistant director of region 4 in the WTSDA. He joined me to discuss getting started in the martial arts, being a charter member of the WTSDA, meeting Grandmaster Shin in person for the first time, and more in this great interview. I hope you enjoy it!

Master Schwalbach joined me to talk about his start in the martial arts, training in Mozambique, moving to Cape Town, being the WTSDA Region 14 Director and more.

Grandmaster Strong joined me to talk about navigating COVID, his promotion to ninth degree black belt, 2022 World Championships, writing his second book about Founding Grandmaster Shin and more.

Jared joined me to talk about growing up training martial arts, how to stay motivated, memories of Grandmaster Shin and region 8 and his 10th anniversary of Arteca's Karate.

Master Wolverton joined me to talk about her martial arts journey, being a regional director for WTSDA, training with her daughters, assisting candidates at the master's clinic and more.

David Paprocki of Fighting Hawk Tang Soo Do joined me to talk about his martial arts journey, which includes receiving his master belt in 2022, training with the Inoshita's, writing for his website, the Urban Martial Artist and opening his own WTSDA club at 18.

Kelly Goodwin joined me to talk about her martial arts history, starting in Taekwondo and Aikido, finding her way to WTSDA, her experience working on editing the WTSDA Books and more.

I am back for an interview with Master Arteca! We talked about competing as a colored belt at the first WTSDA World Championships, starting his own dojang, the moment when Jeanette joined the rest of the family in training and more!

Master DiMarco joined me to talk about starting Tang Soo Do with his friends, the WTSDA convention, learning the nunchaku and more.

Master Marcko joined me from Sweden to talk about starting martial arts in the US, bringing Tang Soo Do to Sweden and more.

Master Farrelly joined me for the first episode of Meet The Masters on April 21st, 2020 to talk memories of Grandmaster Beaudioin, quitting as a kid and returning, breaking stuff and more.

WTSDA Region 21 Director Master Hutchinson joined me May 6, 2020 to talk about his martial arts history, traveling to Peru, his awesome region and more.

Master Treacy joined us on May 5, 2020 to talk about starting the martial arts, teaching during the pandemic and more.

Master Jorgensen joined me to talk about starting martial arts as a kid, teaching, training with Master Vaughn, meet the master interviews and more.

Master Perry joined me to talk about training with Master Porco, region 9, getting the opportunity to teach for Master Valentin, watersports and more.

Master Acri joined me to talk about his start with the Conrad's, opening his own dojang, his epic beard and more.

Master Weinberg joined me on November 16th, 2021 to talk about starting martial arts at an older age, being a bad student in Tang Soo Do class, writing a book with Grandmaster Strong, his work on the Region 8 scholarship fund committee and more!

Master Becky Wolverton joined me on December 2nd, 2021 to talk about starting martial arts with her kids, training with Master DeBaca, being the director of Region 1 in WTSDA and more.

Jenn Luneau from Vaughn's Dojang joined me on Dec. 28th, 2021 to talk about starting the martial arts with her family as a kid, growing up in the association, becoming a teacher and more.

Master Mukherjee from Austin Karate Academy joined me on April 2nd, 2021 to talk about growing up in India, getting his start in martial arts, finding his way to WTSDA and all of the friends he has met along the way.

Master Rob Kloss of Cornerstone Martial Arts joined me January 11th, 2021 to talk about Grandmaster Shin and seeing him at the European Championships, to delivering rugs to his house, how martial arts shaped him as a person and more!

Master Roman from Romans Shin Karate joined me in February 11th, 2021 in a bit of a lost episode. This was the only interview I have streamed via YouTube thanks to a Facebook snafu. We talked about being a charter member of WTSDA as a kid, growing up with the association, having instructors like Master Chambliss and Master Godwin as role models and more!

Master Jim Debaca from California joined me January 23, 2021 to talk about starting the martial arts, his years of competing and traveling for kickboxing, the start of the WTSDA, his many training partners throughout the years and more!

Master Vance Britt joined me on October 19th, 2021 to talk about his martial arts journey. From training Tang Soo Do in Korea, his time at Grandmaster Shins Burlington school, the charter convention, his love for the sword and much more is talked about in our conversation.

Master Drew Hobbs from Robinson's Martial Arts Institute joined me on September 29th, 2021 to talk about his journey in martial arts, from starting as a child, returning after 20 years, training then and now with Master Robinson and more.

Masters Kristie and John Gebhardt joined me on September 24th, 2021 from Alaska to talk about being students of Master Wick, training as a family, creativity demos and more.

Master Soon joined me on August 20th, 2021 about his journey to WTSDA, moving around, training with Master Khan, starting to teach in Virginia and more!

Master Fredricks joined me on September 7th, 2021 as we talked about growing up in a Tang Soo Do family, having Master Wick as an instructor and kind of an uncle, handstands, HDL and more!

My good friend Master Mo joined me on August 11th, 2021 to talk about early training memories, words of advice from Grandmaster Shin, what training for 30 years means to to him and more.

Master Stine, one of the highest ranking masters in WTSDA joined me on July 16th, 2021 to talk about his martial arts history, traveling, training partners and more.

Master Ben Harper from Great Britain Tang Soo Do joined me on August 3rd, 2021 to talk about wanting to be a ninja turtle, what it feels like to have been train TSD for almost 30 years, being a detective and more!

"Master E" joined me on July 15th, 2021 to talk about moving from the city to the country as a kid with his grandmother, finding confidence in the martial arts, being too loud for some (haha) and more in this great talk.

Master Auer joined me on July 6th, 2021 as we talked about starting the martial arts, testing in front of Chuck Norris as a kid, training with Master Stine and eventually taking over his dojang and more.

Master Lappin joined me on October 7th, 2020 to talk about her start in martial arts with Master DeBaca, building leaders inside her studio, getting to work with her daughters and more.

Dan and Anthony joined me on December 14th, 2020 to talk about the project to raise money to reopen Beaudoin Academy of Karate.

Master Godwin joined me on March 16th, 2021 for (what I thought was at the time) episode 50 of Meet The Masters. We talked about his martial arts journey that has spanned 40 plus years.

Master Ohlson joined me on June 3rd, 2021 to talk about starting judo as a kid and finding her way back to the martial arts as an adult, teaching ki gong online, her love for region 9 and 1 in WTSDA and more!

Master Melchiorre joined me on June 23rd, 2021 to talk about getting his start in Shotokan, joining WTSDA, giving back to the association and community and more.

Master Mimidis joined me on September 29th, 2020 to share stories about Master Beam, starting his own martial arts studio, finding balance between work and family and more.

Master Watson joined me on May 13th, 2020 to talk about getting her start during college, training at Shin Karate and more.

Master Purnell joined me on June 19th, 2021 to talk about getting his start in the martial arts, trips to Mexico, spending time with Grandmaster Shin and more.

Miguel Soto joined us on November 25th, 2020 to talk about growing up in the WTSDA, doing anything to be able to compete, where he got his work ethic and more.

Master John Gallagher joined me on January 7th, 2021 to turn the tables and ask me the questions for once!

Master Angel Celona joined me on July 2nd, 2020 to talk about teaching martial arts in a pandemic, meeting her husband through training, staying motivated and more!

Grandmaster Bill Strong joined Erin and I on April 28th, 2020 to talk about how things were going during the pandemic, his martial arts journey and more on this great episode of meet the masters.

Master Wheeler joined me on September 9th, 2020 to talk about public service, giving back, his history in the martial arts, helping to build the next generation up and more on this great episode.