MMA-Martial Art or Blood Sport?

Miles Kessler-Aikido at the Leading Edge

In this AikiCast interview series, Blaine talks with martial arts and meditation thought leader, Miles Kessler, founder and Dojo Cho of the Integral Dojo in Tel Aviv, Israel. Miles has created a 10 day telesummit called ‘Aikido at the Leading Edge’ with over 40 martial artists, thought leaders, meditation teachers, authors, and skilled trainers from a variety of disciplines. You can participate in the Aikido at the Leading Edge but YOU MUST REGISTER so that you can get a link to all of the activities. The great thing about the telesummit is that its completely free for the 10 days of the summit and for about 1 week afterwards. Use the link below to register for the summit: Aikido at the Leading Edge Telesummit Link Don’t miss this one!! Here’s the link to Miles Kessler’s story about Spiritual Protection discussed in the podcast: http://theintegraldojo.com/spiritual-protection/

Aikido, CrossFit, and the Hidden Market

In this episode, Blaine talks about some of the problems of running a martial arts business, explains what market myopia is, he discusses some of the opportunities that have been created by the CrossFit craze and expounds on creating so much value for the students that a ‘hidden’ market of potential new students opens up.

A Confession

The ‘welcome back’ episode of 2016 wherein I explain where the podcast disappeared to but, more importantly, where its going from here forward. Cant wait to have you back on board! Join us on Facebook at: AikiCast Facebook Page Join us on Instagram at: AikiCast Instagram Page

Chef Boyardee as a Sensei and the McDojo Dilemma

Blaine tackles the topic of McDojos in this episode of AikiCast. If you dont know what a McDojo is then you owe it to yourself to listen to this one! There are lots of lessons to be learned from McDojos and Blaine helps put it into proper perspective. There’s also a little history lesson about the real Chef Boyardee (think Spaghetti-Os, Beefaroni, and Ravioli) and how his vision helped him develop his own ‘McDojo’ type of business that eventually made him and his family fabulously wealthy. Link to original blog post: http://www.karatebyjesse.com/93-signs-of-a-mcdojo/

MMA-Martial Art or Blood Sport?

In this episode Blaine discusses the rise of MMA (mixed martial arts) as a distinct and well known sporting style of martial arts training and competititon. He also tackles the tough question of whether or not MMA can be considered a separate and distinct martial art by itself or is it merely just a violent blood sport? Listen in as Blaine answers some of the questions he gets quite often from the AikiCast Nation regarding MMA and its current place in the martial arts world.