Episode 53. AAU Karate, Social Media & the Olympic Push
The conversation
About Austin Galeski.
Austin Galeski sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 53, “AAU Karate, Social Media & the Olympic Push”.
Austin is a karate athlete in the AAU National Karate Program who has been a front-runner on the major circuit in recent years.
He started karate in middle school at 13 or 14 years old, training under Sensei Moose, who had been a middle and high school teacher before running the dojo full time.
Austin shares insights on the mindset of a champion, staying sharp under pressure, the good and bad of social media in martial arts, and how to stop comparing your journey to someone's highlight reel.
“I was in middle school when I started I was 13, 14 years old”
From the episode
- Social media shows a six-second highlight, not the whole story.
- Comparison can fuel you or break you.
- Every family, including the AAU family, comes with the good and the bad.
- Discipline
- Karate
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