Today on the podcast we have someone who has been incredibly instrumental to my martial arts and life in and out of the dojo - Sensei Bob Beal.

Mr. Beal began his Uechi-Ryu Karate practice in 1975 under Richard Pinkham. Since 1989 he has been a student of Buzz Durkin. He is an eighth degree black belt and has been teaching at Mr. Durkin's school since 1993.

I have always been profoundly impressed by the attention Sensei Beal gives to each student in class, his work effort, and his consistency of character. In our interview we discuss he journey in the martial arts, its relation to calligraphy, music, poetry, and philosophy - all of which is a student of, and how his karate training has guided him both in and out of the dojo.

I have known Mr. Beal for well over twenty years, but even I learned some knew things about him and the martial arts during our talk. I hope you do too. Please enjoy, Sensei Bob Beal.