Episode 418 - Professor Chris Pizzo

Professor Chris Pizzo is a martial arts practitioner and instructor at the Way of the Warrior. He is a returning guest from Episode 401.

When you get past a certain point of your own ego, is that you realize that the joy is actually in the journey. Not in the accomplishment of getting a black belt or becoming a Master...

Professor Chris Pizzo - Episode 418

Having the interview on his birthday, Professor Chris Pizzo did not think twice about sharing his journey to the martial arts. Professor Pizzo, aka Captain Chris and Lieutenant X, started training at age 5 like most of us and started training at Brazilian Jiujitsu when the UFC had just started. One of his work on the Way of the Warrior is to help the deserving martial artist to be capable to teach and earn a decent amount for a living. Listen to learn more about Professor Chris Pizzo!

Show Notes

You can listen to Professor Chris Pizzo on Episode 401 here.

On this episode, we mentioned Jigoro Kano, Jimmy Pedro, Steven Seagal, Jean Claude Van Damme, and the Ninja Turtles.

 

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Episode 417 - Teaching Blended Martial Arts

In this episode, Jeremy talks with Sensei Nate Church and Sensei Eric Romo all about teaching blended martial arts.

Teaching Blended Martial Arts - Episode 417

Teaching multiple martial arts styles is difficult especially when there's a very thin, blurred line that separates these styles from one another. Sensei Nate Church and Sensei Eric Romo have the knowledge and experience just to do that. Senseis Church and Romo are instructors at the On Track Wellness in San Diego California where they are teaching blended martial arts styles. Listen to find out more!

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Show Notes

You may reach and know more about Sensei Nate Church and Sensei Eric Romo on their website: www.ontrackwellness.com, Instagram, and Facebook 

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Episode 416 - Kru Christopher Ballard

Kru Christopher Ballard is a martial art practitioner and instructor at the United Fighting Arts Institute in Vermont.

I think there was enough good stuff both mentally, phisically, and spiritually that I gained from doing traditional martial arts that helped me go into kickboxing.

Kru Christopher Ballard - Episode 416

Most of the time, we would ask our parents if we can get into a martial arts class but when parents ask us to go, we go. Kru Christopher Ballard began his martial arts training in Taekwondo at the age of 11. His passion for martial arts deepens upon discovering a more intense and full-contact sport in kickboxing and Muay Thai that he literally went to great distances just to train during his youth and even up to this day. Kru Ballard credits his martial arts training in bringing him to different roads in his life, both planned and unplanned, which only made his story all the more fascinating. Listen to learn more about Kru Christopher Ballard.

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Episode 415 - Martial Arts and Your Career

On today's episode, Jeremy answers the question about balancing Martial Arts and your career and he's joined by the sender, Mr. Raymond Auty.

Martial Arts and Your Career - Episode 415

On this episode, Jeremy tries a new question and answer format where he's joined by the actual sender, Mr. Raymond Auty. Mr. Auty's question is how do you reconcile martial arts and your career? To further break it down, the ways on how to advance your martial arts development and grow your career to be financially stable. Listen to find out more!

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Episode 414 - Shihan Chris Santillo & Renshi Holly Santillo

Shihan Chris Santillo & Renshi Holly Santillo are instructors at Potomac Kempo and authors of the book Resilience Parenting.

We thought what if we could bring the knowledge that we gained from teaching and from interacting with parents and kids to a greater audience and help folks out with lessons we have from martial arts...

Shihan Chris Santillo & Renshi Holly Santillo - Episode 414

The tandem of husband and wife, Shihan Chris and Renshi Holly Santillo are on a mission to teach parents to be better at raising their children. They are the authors of Resilience Parenting and Shihan Chris is the founder and president of Potomac Kempo while Renshi Holly is a senior instructor in the same school. They have a lot of amazing stories both from their own martial arts stories and their work as a couple. Listen to learn more!

Show Notes

You may connect with Shihan Chris Santillo & Renshi Holly Santillo through the links below:

Book website:
https://ResilienceParenting.info/

Studio website:
https://PotomacKempo.com/

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/SenseiSantillo
https://www.facebook.com/Holly.Santillo
https://www.facebook.com/ResilienceParenting/
https://www.facebook.com/PotomacKempo

Twitter
https://twitter.com/SenseiSantillo
https://twitter.com/RParentingBook
https://twitter.com/PotomacKempo

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ChrisSantillo/

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Episode 413 - Gracie Jiujitsu

In today's episode, Jeremy talks about the world-renowned martial arts family, the Gracies, and their art the Gracie Jiujitsu.

Gracie Jiujitsu - Episode 413

If you want to learn about the popular martial arts that is generally referred to as Brazilian Jiujitsu, you have to learn about the family that popularized it, the Gracies. In this episode, Jeremy talks about how the Gracies came up with the Gracie Jiujitsu or Brazilian Jiujitsu and the legacy that the family left in the world of martial arts. Listen to learn more!

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Episode 412 - Shifu Chris Goedecke

Shifu Chris Goedecke, aka Hayashi Tomio, is a martial arts practitioner and instructor. Shifu Goedecke is the headmaster of the Isshin Kempo Wind School in New Jersey.

If you've been doing martial arts for a very long time, it's impossible not to cross into the mental side of it. You can be in the mental side right in the beginning, but I mean really sink in in the mental side of it.

Shifu Chris Goedecke - Episode 412

During his childhood, he heard about karate on a tv show and he immediately went to the bookstore and got some books about martial arts. Shifu Chris Goedecke started his journey to the martial arts when karate was just beginning to spread in the United States. He trained under the founder of Isshin Kempo, W. S. Russel. Shifu Goedecke also has a deep connection with Buddhism being an ordained Buddhist and he has written a couple of books about karate. Shifu Chris Goedecke told a lot of his lifelong experiences so listen to learn more!

Show Notes

You can find out more about Shifu Chris Goedecke's school here.

In this episode, we mentioned Mr. Iain Abernathy.

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Episode 411 - Q&A #8

On today's episode, Jeremy answers all your questions for the eighth edition of whistlekick Martial Arts Radio's Question and Answer.

Q&A #8 - Episode 411

The questions for today are:

• Any thoughts on how to better introduce the spirit
• Any thoughts on the void or Tao
• How to start weapons training
• What do I eat before and after training

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Episode 410 - Sensei Lee Taylor

Sensei Lee Taylor is a martial arts practitioner and teacher at different clubs in the United Kingdom. He trained under Iain Abernathy and the host of 10 Minute Dojo Podcast.

I opened up a club in my hometown, which is quite ironic because that's where I started with my uncles previously. From then on, it got ti a point where I thought, this is what I want to do as a profession. I quit my job and become a full time instructor.

Sensei Lee Taylor - Episode 410

Who would've thought that seeing people training in martial arts across the street would make an impression to a 5-year-old? It stayed on Sensei Lee Taylor's mind until he finds out later on that his uncle participates in karate tournaments and everything was history after that. Sensei Taylor made martial arts his full-time career by starting his own gym. However, his training and teaching came to a halt when he suffered a car crash with his son. Listen to know more about Sensei Lee Taylor's life-changing event!

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Show Notes

You can find Sensei Lee Taylor's Podcast here.

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