Show Notes
On January 2, 2019, fresh on the heels of the KNX18 in none other than Okinawa Japan, I had the opportunity to sit down for my second interview with The Karate Nerd, Jesse Enkamp. It was Jesse Sensei's last day on Okinawa before heading back home to Sweden. I cannot thank him enough for taking some time to sit down with me for this interview. I must admit though that my brain was a little fried after just completing a six hour seminar on Naihanchi kata just before the interview (yes, you should study kata so in-depth that your mental state melts as much as your physical state) and I was not as prepared with questions as I hoped. Means there must be a round three in the future.
An enormous thank you to my friend and Senpai, James Pankiewicz, Kaicho of the Asato Dojo in Naha for allowing me the opportunity to conduct the interview at his dojo.
http://asatodojo.okinawa/en/about/
Please visit and Subscribe to Jesse Enkamp's YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/c/jesseenkamp
KNX18 info can be found here: http://www.karatebyjesse.com/knx18-ok...
And of course I suggest you refer back to the first interview which can be found here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/o... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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