Meet the Master Interviews

23/01/2025

Quite few years ago, Master DiMarco sent me a dvd that had footage from training at a convention in the 80's. Thanks to help from Sah Bum Nim Barbara Bellini, I was able to get some of the videos uploaded. Thank you ma'am!

Footage from an early WTSDA convention in the 1980's

18/07/2024

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!

14/05/2024

Good morning! Today I am going to share a special episode called "Meet the Martial Artist". Over the weekend, I had the chance to meet Luis Ferreyra and hear about his journey that has taken him from Argentina to Florida by bicycle! Luis is a sam dan in WTSDA with Kick-Fire Studio in Argetina. He spoke about getting to train in Brazil, competing in Costa Rica, making it to the US and much more. His current goal is to get to the 2024 WTSDA World Championships. You can support him here:

https://gofund.me/2e72a48e

06/03/2024

Good morning! Recently, I had the chance to talk to Master Claudio Temporario of Temporário's Tang Soo Do about his history in the martial arts. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Tang Soo!

18/02/2024

New interview! Master Aguillo from Summit Mist Martial Arts joined me to talk about his martial arts journey. Thanks for the time sir, Tang Soo!

01/02/2024

Happy February everyone! I hope you had a great January. Who wants to see a live interview this month? I need some help getting to 1,000 followers (at 963), if you could do me a favor and share your favorite interview and encourage a friend to follow, I would appreciate it. I'm going to do one either way, but would love to hit the 1,000 mark 😀😀

01/09/2023

Good morning! I hope everyone has had a great summer. Ours was action packed and lots of fun.
Here is an interview I did a few months back with Sah Bum Nim William Glenn. If you have ever had a chance to train with or take a class from him, you'll know how enthusiastic he is is when it comes to martial arts. We discussed how he got his start in training, cross training, combos, traveling and more.

19/06/2023

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!

15/06/2023

For throwback Thursday I wanted to share a conversation I had with Master Clare Marsch in August of 2020. Did you know she will be the first female master promoted to sixth degree black belt in the World Tang Soo Do Association? You can be there at US Nationals July 27-29 in Chicago!

05/06/2023

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.

04/06/2023

Happy birthday to David C Paprocki! Here is the interview I did with him at the end of last year. Also, be on the lookout tomorrow as my new interview with Master Evandro Schwalbach debuts tomorrow!

22/05/2023

Just a Monday reminder to check out the talk I had recently with Bill Strong. It was great to catch up with him. Tang soo!

21/05/2023

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.

08/05/2023

Master Arteca from WTSDA Region 9 joined me to talk about starting the martial arts with his dad, memories of Grandmaster Shin, celebrating his 10th Anniversary of his own dojang and more.

04/05/2023

Starting Monday May 8th @ 7 am, I will share a video every two weeks. We are starting with Master Jared Arteca from Arteca's Karate !

30/12/2022

Good morning! I hope everyone is well, I have a New Years surprise for everyone. This week I had the privilege to talk to Master David Paprocki from Fighting Hawk Tang Soo Do. It was great to connect with him as we talked about getting his start at a young age, meeting Grandmaster Shin, starting his own club at 18 and more. You can find the video on YouTube and the audio version on Spotify or where ever you listen to podcasts.

https://youtu.be/55VK2gPUJ28

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/KzDQbJbxbwb

14/09/2022

Happy Wednesday! Last week I had an awesome time talking to Master Goodwin. We talked about her recent trip to the European Masters Clinic, her editing work on volume 6 (and more) of Grandmaster Shin's book and more! Watch it here:
https://youtu.be/EsN8V1PZZzg