Episode 63. National Team Karate & Surgical Residency
The conversation
About Luke Sartino.
Luke Sartino sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 63, “National Team Karate & Surgical Residency”.
Luke is a karate athlete Nick has known since 2010. He trains at Adamson's Karate, where he has many training partners who have been on the national team and won Nationals.
He graduated from medical school in 2024 and is in a seven-year general surgery residency. He chose surgery because he likes working with his hands and helping people right away. Even while competing at a high level, he still applied to med school instead of putting his whole life on hold.
Luke is married with a young son and a second baby boy on the way, and he calls fatherhood the best thing he has ever been able to do.
“I graduated med school back in 2024”
“Fatherhood is amazing”
From the episode
- Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
- After every tournament, ask what you did well, what you could do better and what inspired you.
- Win or lose, have a good time and learn something.
- Discipline
- Karate
- Gym or dojo
- Adamson's Karate
- Rank
- National team
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