Shame, it’s a powerful emotion, and if given the steering wheel, can take us to all sorts of places and conclusions about ourselves. Often in the arts we spend a great deal of time building skill sets thin layer upon thin layer, fundamental upon fundamental, each a story in itself. What happens when some of those seemingly basic skills become less and less “basic?” is it time to hang up the Gi, shrug our shoulders, and just walk away? No, it’s bloody well not! Thanks due to DH for the inspiratio...
Jun 25, 2025•13 min
“Clone Wars” Les Bubka part: 2 in this episode Bubka Sensei gives his thoughts on the sometimes toxic nature of the Martial Art’s community, his continuing journey towards self expression and why being a real version of oneself is preferable to being a pale comparison of someone else. For more great content from Bubka Sensei: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmYjmCEnMf5ULYwhD47BrMHzuib0u_Kxm&si=D1dWIwPCMhLh7LDR And please checkout: https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices...
Jun 01, 2025•22 min
Kia Ora my Friends, I hope this finds you well, I am going to ask for your time and indulgence, no tricks no editing, just pushed the record button and spoke from my heart, have a listen and let me know your thoughts, please share and I hope you will support my next steps, either way thank you for listening. This is the video i spoke of, one of my first, a phone duct tapped to the wall, no tripod or fancy editing, I am ready for the next step. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQWBHk9by4I For cont...
May 28, 2025•22 min
Les Bubka Sensei, is a UK-based karate instructor, author, and mental health advocate originally from Poland. He is known for his inclusive, learner-centered approach to teaching karate and is the founder of the organization “Karate for Mental Health,” which promotes the benefits of martial arts for mental well-being and supports disadvantaged students. Bubka has written books such as Anxious Black Belt and The Dark Side of Karate, focusing on the intersection of karate and mental health. He is ...
May 26, 2025•23 min
Who is this Ninja/Special forces/movie Psycho/immortal/ killing machine opponent who lurks in the shadows waiting for me to drop my guard so they can destroy, not just me, but everything I stand in?? What happens when that opponent changes shape, and transforms over the years and starts to look almost familiar? Thanks for listening, please leave a like or a review if possible on the platform you are hearing this on and please check out our other INVISEN content on this link: https://linktr.ee/In...
May 24, 2025•25 min
Here is a link to a clip of my morning session, as I work through Sciatica and pulled muscles, not going to set the world alight but none the less my own training. How do we create our own approach to our own training? Video link: https://youtu.be/Si__fz_DZS0?si=F0DU4PTMPKhCWntm And to see other INVISEN content: https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 15, 2025•19 min
Ulf Karlson Sensei of Kishiomoto Di, a pragmatic proponent of Bunkai and the merits of diving deep into your chosen art. He travels to Okinawa regularly, speaks Japanese and teaches and trains whilst on Island. He hesitates to describe himself as a researcher but he has a deep hard won knowledge of the arts and an appreciation for the history and culture of the art. In Part 2 of 2 we continue our conversation with Ulf Sensei, we start with Josh giving some reflections of Ulf Sensei's unique appr...
Apr 28, 2025•33 min
Ulf Karlson Sensei of Kishiomoto Di, a pragmatic proponent of Bunkai and the merits of diving deep into your chosen art. He travels to Okinawa regularly, speaks Japanese and teaches and trains whilst on Island. He hesitates to describe himself as a researcher but he has a deep hard won knowledge of the arts and an appreciation for the history and culture of the art. In this discussion the Kata Naihanchi is a springboard into a deeper discussion on the arts. We are joined by Josh Simmers Sensei o...
Apr 22, 2025•35 min
The inkblot test, overlaying your own perception onto a given form, some call it paradolia, our host apparently calls it Bunkai! We look at differing attitudes and approaches to Bunkai and the idea of doing away with certain "Golden Idol" ideas, and a shout out to fellow traveller on the path Les Bubka Sensei. The importance of pedigree of experience and how lineage can be weaponised to exclude any ideas that do not support the "dear leader" mentality! Thanks for checking out this new episode, w...
Apr 17, 2025•17 min
We talk the illusions of invincibility that those without training can assume about those that do, we also delve into the different cliques both within and without the Dojo and especially behind keyboards. And we discuss what Author Dave Lowry describes in his excellent books as the "30% Rule" Thanks for checking out this new episode, we hope you will take time to checkout our over 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the li...
Apr 10, 2025•18 min
Politics in the Martial arts is a given, but why does it feel like an ugly divorce when "Mummy" and "Daddy" decide to call it quits? Why do words like honour and respect feature so highly in those glossy brochures? When in fact these paragons of Martial virtue act like anything but? Thanks for checking out this new episode, we hope you will take time to checkout our over 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided...
Mar 24, 2025•17 min
Kristian Mahinay is one of those Martial Artist's who approaches his study from the perspective of a lifestyle, he has some excellent and motivational content on his Instagram channel, and see's himself as very much a student. His studies of Both Uechi Ryu & Kobudo have created a desire to encourage others to find their path. He studies and teaches at shokenkarate.com in Alberta Canada. In the 3rd and final part of this conversation Kristian Senpai relates why he has whiped the "board clean"...
Mar 14, 2025•21 min
Kristian Mahinay is one of those Martial Artist's who approaches his study from the perspective of a lifestyle, he has some excellent and motivational content on his Instagram channel, and see's himself as very much a student. His studies of Both Uechi Ryu & Kobudo have created a desire to encourage others to find their path. He studies and teaches at shokenkarate.com in Alberta Canada. In part 2 of our conversation he talks about his personal research into the origins of the art, and reflec...
Mar 08, 2025•19 min
Kristian Mahinay is one of those Martial Artist's who approaches his study from the perspective of a lifestyle, he has some excellent and motivational content on his Instagram channel, and see's himself as very much a student. His studies of Both Uechi Ryu & Kobudo have created a desire to encourage others to find their path. He studies and teaches at shokenkarate.com in Alberta Canada. Our conversation talks about his formative years, his love of basketball and his journey in Budo. He also ...
Mar 02, 2025•21 min
What do drawings of WW2 aircraft, a dinner with a Friend, and childhood rivalries have to do with Martial Arts intellectual property, and the cult mentality? Even I'm not sure, and I recorded it. Let's take the ride, and see if I can sew this stuff together and end up making some sense! At the very least you can watch my ADHD take the wheel for almost 20 minutes! All that aside please take time to share and review and for other content click the link: https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about y...
Feb 20, 2025•22 min
Shihan Yoko Okamoto, was interviewed some years ago on the Aikido Brasil YouTube page the link to which is below: https://youtu.be/urt2JYHArmc?si=txjdPB0gs3Fy-a_c I have never had the honour of training with this great Sensei, and in fact we have never interacted in any way shape or form. However I find myself revisiting this particular interview on a regular basis and it forms part of a motivational playlist that I have collected over the years privately. It’s important to find ways to maintain...
Jan 18, 2025•22 min
This episode is based 100% based on an excellent discussion on Sensei LesBubka’s “Anxious Blackbelt” podcast, the link of which is below. Their discussion asked the question “How many Kata is to many Kata?” Les Bubka & Dr John Tichens https://open.spotify.com/episode/5i5UuC1SBhpqdPug4UX23p?si=e016abe26daf4dbc In this episode our host asks, the same question with a couple of extra (and hopefully relevant) tangents. You be the judge 🙂↕️🥋🙏🏽🤙🏾🥋😁 Thanks for checking out our podcast, we h...
Jan 11, 2025•24 min
Happy New Year! 2025! Silverfox remedies, a reflection on the age old flaming foot gout technique, and why its ok to start again! Thanks for checking out this new episode, we hope you will take time to checkout our almost 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which include online training sessions, seminars and much more! Also please feel free to contact us with any feedback e...
Jan 08, 2025•19 min
For some having a Dojo and students is the literal and most worthy goal. So in this one we will talk about why closing my Dojo was both a difficult thing, and a much needed step into the next stage of training. The value of lessons learnt on the way with all those who came through the doors can't be put into words. And how its the start of a new chapter or the resumption of an old one. Have a listen and you decide. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
Dec 16, 2024•22 min
How do we live up to long dead masters? How do we seperate Myth from reality, how accurate can we be? Is it even worth trying? Maybe not all Sensei are in the Dojo, maybe the Ghosts we know are all we will ever need. Thanks for checking out this new episode, we hope you will take time to checkout our almost 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which include online training se...
Nov 27, 2024•21 min
How does studying an art from another culture impact upon my ability to live my own? Why do i do it? Should I do it at all? Am i a culture vulture? Or, is there something in it for all of us? Thanks for checking out this new episode, we hope you will take time to checkout our almost 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which include online training sessions, seminars and much...
Nov 19, 2024•21 min
The unicorn, the loch ness monster, a politician who cares, are all mythical creatures. Our version of this is finding the perfect student an illusive creature at best. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 22, 2024•22 min
Their are many special moments in Martial Arts and almost none of them have anything to do with the colour of your belt or the attainment of trophies or certificates. https://linktr.ee/Invisen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2024•12 min
We often focus on the idea that we must pass on a legacy and int that vein try to find the student/s who will receive all the teachings we may have spent a lifetime accruing. But want if our "legacy" is not even close to what we thought it was? hanks for checking out our podcast, we hope you will take time to checkout our almost 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which incl...
Sep 16, 2024•13 min•Season 3Ep. 291
Angry Nuns, death touch, Karate and so much more in this episode! Listen to it and your life will be better! Thanks for checking out our podcast, we hope you will take time to checkout our almost 300 other podcast episodes, which include interviews with some amazing practitioners of the arts! Please use the link provided to check out our other content, which include online training sessions, seminars and much more! Also please feel free to contact us with any feedback etc by following this link!...
Sep 11, 2024•14 min•Season 3Ep. 290
In part 3 of 3, Hanshi McCarthy gives his toughts on the intersection of academia and research, his experiences at Shaolin, competitive & combative Karate, those who created and help shape the tradition, some of his favourite books, Olympic Taekwondo, HEMA and so much more, a deeply insightful and reflective conversation with someone who refused to drink the “coolade” and has at times kicked over the metaphorical tables of those who continue to sell it. Deep thanks to Hanshi Pattrick McCarth...
Sep 02, 2024•53 min
Cover Photo of McCarthy Hanshi used by kind permission of Mr.Chris Wilson. To watch: https://youtu.be/C1Uyey_tY7U Part 2 of 3: We continue our conversation with Hashi McCarthy as he gives his thoughts on Kata and the demystification of old and very long held meme’s that seem to exist in Dojo the world over. He speaks about his formative influences and reflects on those people, places and experiences that inspired his own journey. He also talks about what world shaping events lead him back to the...
Aug 27, 2024•59 min
To watch this interview: https://youtu.be/H53ex2WW7jo?si=h4OHk9xey5i6850i Hanshi Patrick McCarthy? Where to begin? This is part 1 of an incredible journey that continues to this day. I had an incredible conversation over a period of hours, he pulls no punches and he is passionately frank in his personal observations. But then, who could say he hasn't earned the right to articulate it? Pre-Internet, AI, Social Media meant getting bruised ribs and bloody knuckles, travelling in search of a persona...
Aug 24, 2024•55 min
People sight Bruce Lee as there introduction to martial arts, not everyone but quite a few. I would have put myself in that category as well, but then I realised there was always a foundational memory that started it all. The one Sensei I would give anything for one more conversation with. My dear old Dad. Dedicated with love to Harry James Dawson RIP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 07, 2024•14 min
To learn more about our podcast: https://linktr.ee/Invisen Shai Hai Sensei has had the kind of Karate journey that would make an incredible movie. From growing up in survival mode and making life and death choices at an age when most were busy being care free children. To finding Martial Arts and following that path to a completely different country and culture to pursue his love of Karate, then travelling to Okinawa to seek permission to train with one of the most famous Karate Sensei in the wo...
Jul 26, 2024•44 min
