Episode 19. Karate, A PhD & The Maccabiah Games
The conversation
About Kathryn Altman.
Kathryn Altman sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 19, “Karate, A PhD & The Maccabiah Games”.
Kathryn grew up training under Hanshi Carmona in New Jersey, assisting in the classes taught by Kim Platt, who she says shaped who she became as a martial artist.
She balances her pursuit of a Ph.D. in clinical psychology with teaching and competing, and she talks about preparing for the Maccabiah Games, one of the largest athletic events in the world.
Kathryn shares how she stays grounded through mental training and focus, why she is a really good loser, and how she is now paying mentorship forward to her own students.
“I'm like a really good loser”
From the episode
- Learning how to lose is part of learning how to win.
- Peaking for a big event takes sacrifice, but it's worth it.
- Pay it forward. Be to someone else what your mentor was to you.
- Discipline
- Karate
- Location
- New Jersey
- Rank
- Black belt
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