Episode 93. "You Just Beat A Grand Champion"
The conversation
About Fred George.
Fred George sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 93, “"You Just Beat A Grand Champion"”.
Fred is an Isshinryu karateka who competed alongside Nick at the 2026 Isshinryu Hall of Fame in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, his fourth Hall of Fame.
He started karate in 2008, when he was four years old, because of his father, who has trained with his own instructor for 30 to 40 years and always said his kids would train too.
Fred talks about measuring his progress from one Hall of Fame to the next, and a school culture where everyone trains no matter what degree black belt they are.
“I started in 2008. I was 4 years old”
From the episode
- Measure your progress against your last self.
- No matter your rank, keep training.
- Family traditions can start a lifelong journey.
- Discipline
- Isshinryu Karate
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