Apart from The Applied Karate Show podcast, there are a number of other martial arts related podcasts available on the web. Most of them don’t appeal to me, but there are one or 2 others I like.

The best, to me, is the Martial Secrets Podcast, hosted by Sensei Kris Wilder of West Seattle Karate. Kris is also the co-author (with Lawrence Kane) of the excellent book The Way of Kata, which I believe is a must-read for all serious practitioners of arts with kata in them.

Martial Secrets is a podcast where we seek out some of the most interesting martial artists. We ask the questions and you get the benefit of their philosophy, training tips and experience.

Kris has had the ability to get a great range of guests for Martial Secrets, including Iain Abernethy, Loren Christensen (author of many great books) and others. He also interviewed Sensei Hiroo Ito, a direct student of Kaiso Kori Hisataka. I recommend people download those interviews, as well as an excellent one with Steve Barnes.

Apart from Martial Secrets, the only other one I listen to is Karate Cafe. Hosted by three practitioners of Kobayashi Shorin Ryu in the US, they have a weekly (mostly) show in which they talk about a number of topics pertinent to the karateka training after injuries, the value of free-sparring vs. drills, preparing for tests and so forth. I will say that I don’t always agree with some of the comments, but thats a healthy thing. These guys are provoking people to think about these topics, and giving their own perspectives.

Let me know if you find other good podcasts to listen to.

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