Episode 51. 45 Years in Isshinryu & Building Martial Arts Schools
The conversation
About Matt Dorsey.
Matt Dorsey sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 51, “45 Years in Isshinryu & Building Martial Arts Schools”.
Sensei Matt is a martial artist with more than 45 years of experience and a student of the great Master Joe Jennings. He started with old-school training in the 1970s.
He went on to build and run multiple martial arts schools and mentor other instructors. When the episode was recorded, he had recently retired from owning a business, though not from training.
Matt talks about the students whose lives changed, learning not to take it personally when a student leaves, and understanding the real value of what a school gives families.
“I look back on 45 years and boy, it feels like it went by in a flash”
From the episode
- Give every student an experience, even if they're only with you for a short time.
- A school is a place where people's lives change.
- The repetition is what makes you stronger, like a sword being forged.
- Discipline
- Isshinryu Karate
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