In the midst of doing the best we can, often times a different perspective can help guide us on a path that will help us be even better than our best. Listen to today's Great Journey Podcast as Sensei Callahan tells us a "cautionary tale" that may help prevent us from the same fate of those in the story.

Today, on Tiger's Great Journey, Tiger encounters some questionable characters in the desolate desert.  He'll be faced with a choice to make. Will he make the right one? Let's listen to find out.

Welcome to The Great Journey Podcast. In Sensei Callahan's typical, lighthearted fashion, he discusses the fear of death and ways to live our life to fullest each day as we get closer to our "expiration date".

Johan Wolfgang von Goethe definitely had his fair share of stormy billows. Listen to The Great Journey Podcast today, as Sensei Callahan talks about how martial arts training can help your child prepare for the rough waters of life!

This week in Tiger's Great Journey, Tiger and Blake embark upon a mountain ridge that will teach them both a lesson. Will Tiger be brave enough to speak up? Will Blake be humble enough to accept correction? Let's read and find out! Marty Callahan has spent his life understanding and improving the lives of students both young and old. His passion led to the founding of Shotokan Karate Leadership School in Santa Rosa, CA in 1981 with a dream to awaken the extraordinary leader in his students. Having inspired, taught, coached, supported, and trained over 15,000 students in 40,000 classes in Santa Rosa, Marty has become Sonoma County's preeminent martial arts leadership instructor. His students, hundreds of whom have gone on to become leaders in their chosen fields, appreciate his engaging, student centered approach to teaching and they believe you will, too.

Today, on The Great Journey Podcast, we explore "offense" and "defense", dabble a bit in how the military perceives it, and explain how we benefit from it on the training floor!

Today on the Great Journey Podcast we speak with Sensei Marty Callahan about where to keep your gaze in a podcast we've titled, "Never Look Up, Never Look Down". We hope you enjoy!

Join us today on The Great Journey Podcast as we read part one of Chapter Two of Tiger's Great Journey, written by our Chief Instructor, Sensei Callahan. Tiger and Blake are faced with a bit of peril on their journey - let's see what Tiger has learned from his karate training and see if it gets him and Blake out of some hot water.

C.S. Lewis stated, "Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching." Integrity is a word that holds a breadth of meaning. Unfortunately, it also seems to be slowly slipping by the wayside as some, if not much, of our culture hustles and bustles to get ahead leaving decorum in the past. Today, on The Great Journey Podcast, Sensei Marty Callahan discusses integrity and the importance of building it up in your child at home and how we practice It on the training floor at Shotokan Karate Leadership School.

Have you ever made the connection that courtesy should be the first line of self defense when trouble is brewing? Well, today on The Great Journey Podcast, Sensei Marty Callahan will explain just how courtesy can actually help keep you out of and prevent a lot of trouble.