Episode 12: Shihan Koen Spitaels

04/30/20 • 71 min

Shihan Koen Spitaels is an international legend, one of the leading Kyokushin / Shinkyokushin Karateka in the World and well known tournament fighter. One of the pioneers in Europe who is striving to make different organizations work together. The founder & and chief instructor Niji Yama Dojo.
It was an honour to speak to Shihan Koen, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Osu!
https://youtu.be/5Gy9VeIrdpg
Niji Yama Dojo: https://www.nijiyama.be/Shihan Koen FB: https://www.facebook.com/koen.spitaelsShihan Koen IG: https://www.instagram.com/koenspitaels/

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Episode 11: Sensei Kiley Baker

Sensei Kiley Baker has been training in Martial Arts since 1995 and teaching since 1998. She obtained her San Dan (Third Dan) in 2013 and also her black singlet in Titans Kickboxing.
Sensei Kiley has been teaching and competing in Martial Arts, including Kyokushin for many years. She is a five-time Victorian Kyokushin Full Contact Champion and a two time World Ring Karate Australia (WRKA) Champion. During her fighting career Sensei Kiley has competed and won in many tournaments in Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
Sensei Kiley has also travelled to Thailand on several occasions to attend training camps in Muay Thai Kickboxing.
Sensei Kiley is also the author of Mother Lover Woman Warrior, a book to help women discover and regain their power, and show them how to take back control of their destiny.
As she says, to “embrace perfect imperfection, and discover a better way to be you”.
It was an honour to talk to Sensei Kiley Baker, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! OSU!
Book: https://motherloverwomanwarrior.comEltham Martial Arts Academy: https://elthammartialarts.comEMAA on FB: https://www.facebook.com/elthammartialartsSensei Kiley FB: https://www.facebook.com/kiley.baker.71

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Episode 13: Senpai Kimm Carriere

Senpai Kimm Carriere started her Karate career at the age of seven and began competing when she was nine. She competed in her first international tournament in the 2014 Diamond Cup in Belgium. She has become a fixture at Canadian full-contact/knockdown competitions and went on to compete at many international tournaments, representing Shinkyokushinkai Canada. She is the Canadian lightweight champ for the past eight years and has had several podium finishes at international tournaments. Some of the highlights of her tournaments in recent years include:
Diamond Cup (3x)
British Open (3x)
Dageki World Karate Championships (3x)
Shinkyokushin World Cup (2017)
11th and 12th World Karate Championship (2015, 2019)
1st International Full Contact Karate Championships
Carpathia Cup
International Fujiwara Cup
The 1st Americas Full-contact Karate Championship (selection tournament for WFKO World Championship Japan)
On top of all of this, she is a psychologist and a student who is finishing up her PhD.
This is an amazing conversation with an amazing martial artist and person. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Osu!
Senpai Kimm Carriere's Dojo, West Island Karate / Karaté de L'Île www.westislandkarate.com, under Shihan John Kalaidopoulos