Episode 23. Team USA Karate Coach & the Pittsburgh Elite Camps
The conversation
About Dustin Baldis.
Dustin Baldis sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 23, “Team USA Karate Coach & the Pittsburgh Elite Camps”.
Dustin is a Team USA karate coach based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He got into martial arts after a friend said, come to my dojo, and the rest is history.
As a competitor, it took him a year and a half before he even placed, but the losses never stopped him. Nick first worked with him around 2010 and 2011, when Nick was on the AAU junior national team.
Dustin talks about lessons from the Olympic Training Center, the growth of USA Karate, and why making his athletes better forced him to get better too.
“I had a friend that said, come to my dojo and the rest is history”
From the episode
- Losing over and over doesn't have to stop you.
- Simplify. Helping an athlete improve can be more rewarding than winning.
- Write down your notes and put them in your own words.
- Discipline
- Karate
- Location
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Rank
- Team USA coach
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