Ep 83a | Grand Master Ray Wizard,

Part 1:

The Black Karate Federation Grand Master Ray Wizard, newly appointed President of the Black Karate Federation (BKF), joins The Mind Sensei Podcast for the first of three parts.

We go back to the roots: the BKF's formation in 1969 to support Black karate schools that faced unfair treatment at tournaments, the meaning behind the BKF crest

(designed by Jerry Smith, completed 1970), and his training under Sijo Steve Sanders, later Steve Muhammad, in a lineage that traces back to Ed Parker.

We also look at Ken Wing Tai Ba, Steve Muhammad's blend of Kenpo, Wing Chun, Tai Chi and boxing, and the BKF katas "Strike of the Serpent" and "TT2" (dedicated to Ted Taylor).

Part 2: The California Blitz & UFC 2. Part 3: Impose Your Will: A Life in Personal Protection.

Trained in the BKF under Sijo Steve Sanders (later Steve Muhammad), a lineage that traces back to Ed Parker

1993 Overall Men's Point Fighting World Champion, NBL Super Grands, New Orleans

Fought at UFC 2: No Way Out (1994)

30+ years in personal protection

2026 International Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee

website: https://www.blackkaratefederation.world/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackKarateFederation/

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Datu Tim Hartman Part 3 | Teaching, Kenpo Connections & Martial Arts Legacy

A martial artist’s influence continues through the people they teach.

In the final part of this three-part series, Mr. Peter Tas welcomes listeners back to The Mind Sensei Podcast’s conversation with Datu Tim Hartman.

The closing focus is teaching and continuity: the responsibility of passing on an art, supporting future instructors and maintaining an honest connection to its history.

Datu Hartman’s background brings together leadership in Filipino martial arts and connections with the wider martial arts community, including practitioners of American Kenpo.

Guest background and teaching interests:

• President of the World Modern Arnis Alliance.

• Founder of Horizon Martial Arts.

• International seminar instructor and host of FMA Talk.

• Advocates studying Modern Arnis as a complete martial art.

• Emphasises sustained mentorship and accurate acknowledgement of teachers.

• Has credited Lee Wedlake, Bob White and Ed Parker Jr. with helpful guidance on teaching language and leadership.

His Kenpo connections are relationships and influences, separate from his documented Filipino martial arts lineage.

For instructors, students and martial arts historians, this final instalment offers a useful starting point for reflecting on what we pass on through our own practice.

If you enjoyed the series, share it with your instructor or training partners and follow The Mind Sensei Podcast.

Guest websites:https://datuhartman.com/

https://wmarnis.com/

https://horizonma.com/

Host Website: https://mindsensei.au

Keywords: Tim Hartman, martial arts teaching, Modern Arnis instructors, American Kenpo connections, Lee Wedlake, Bob White, Ed Parker Jr, martial arts mentorship, World Modern Arnis Alliance

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Datu Tim Hartman Part 2 | Remy Presas, Kombatan & Balintawak Lineage

Understanding a martial artist’s lineage means looking closely at the teachers, training relationships and responsibilities behind it.

In Part 2 of our three-part series, Mr. Peter Tas continues with Datu Tim Hartman, whose background connects Modern Arnis, Kombatan and the Bacon-Buot branch of Balintawak.

This episode’s focus is the influence of teachers and the importance of preserving an accurate account of how martial knowledge passes between people.

Lineage and rank background:

• Modern Arnis: direct instruction under Professor Remy A. Presas

.• Kombatan: direct instruction under Grandmaster Ernesto A. Presas.

• Balintawak: instruction under Ted Buot in the lineage of Anciong Bacon.

• Professor Remy Presas awarded him sixth degree, Lakan Anim, and the Datu title in 2000.

• Later WMAA board promotions are separate from his Presas-awarded Modern Arnis rank.

• Published biographies record ninth degree and the Grandmaster title in Kombatan under Ernesto Presas in 2007.

For practitioners and instructors, these distinctions help make lineage useful, specific and understandable.

Listen to Part 1 for the opening conversation, and follow the podcast for Part 3.

Guest websites:

https://datuhartman.com/

https://wmarnis.com/

https://horizonma.com/

Host Website: https://mindsensei.au

Tim Hartman lineage, Remy Presas, Ernesto Presas, Ted Buot, Anciong Bacon, Modern Arnis, Kombatan, Balintawak, Datu title, martial arts instructors

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Alan McLuckie — Part 1: The Journey

More than five decades of martial arts. Filipino fighting systems. Serrada Eskrima. Systema. Weapons. Body mechanics. And a lifetime spent looking beyond the boundaries of individual styles.

In Part 1 of this special two-part episode of The Mind Sensei Podcast, I sit down with Mr. Alan “Al” McLuckie from Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Mr. McLuckie attained the level of Advanced Instructor in Serrada Eskrima under Grandmaster Angel Cabales and spent nine years as Head Eskrima Instructor at the renowned Degerberg Academy.

His martial journey has also brought him into contact with influential practitioners including Mike Inay, Dan Inosanto, Vladimir Vasiliev, Martin Wheeler and my own instructor, Mr. Lee Wedlake.

In Part 1, we explore the early years, the teachers, the experiences and the influences that helped shape his approach to the martial arts.

This is more than a story about styles. It is a story about exploration, adaptation and a lifetime dedicated to understanding how martial arts really work.

Listen now to Part 1 of my conversation with Mr. Alan McLuckie.

Website: http://almcluckie.com/

Facebook: Alan McLuckie

Books:

Jesse glover - Bruce Lee between Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do

Peter Ralston - Zen Body Being

Dan Millman - Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Keywords: Alan McLuckie, Al McLuckie, Serrada Eskrima, Angel Cabales, Filipino Martial Arts, FMA, Mike Inay, Dan Inosanto, Lee Wedlake, American Kenpo, Degerberg Academy, Systema, martial arts history, martial arts podcast

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SPECIAL DEEP DIVE TEAM EPISODE

LENGTHEN YOUR LINE

Celebrating Joe Hyams, author of Zen in the Martial Arts

In this special episode of The Mind Sensei Podcast, the Deep Dive Team explores the remarkable life and martial arts journey of Joe Hyams.

Hyams was more than the author of one of martial arts’ most influential philosophical books.

He was an early student and black belt of American Kenpo founder Ed Parker, a Hollywood journalist, a private student of Bruce Lee, and a man who helped preserve the deeper lessons behind martial arts training.

At the centre of this episode is one of Ed Parker’s most enduring lessons, preserved by Hyams in Zen in the Martial Arts:

“Lengthen your line.”

Rather than trying to shorten someone else’s line, improve your own.

We explore Hyams’ journey from Hollywood journalist to martial artist, his relationship with Ed Parker, his encounter with Bruce Lee at Parker’s 1964 Long Beach tournament, his subsequent training with Lee, and how these experiences shaped Zen in the Martial Arts.

This is not simply a biography.

It is a discussion about ego, comparison, restraint, growth and what it really means to progress in the martial arts.

Join the Deep Dive Team as we celebrate Joe Hyams and examine why “Lengthen Your Line” remains as relevant to martial artists today as when Ed Parker first shared the lesson.

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Until next time, stay mindful, stay curious and keep cultivating the art of self-discovery.

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🥋 J.R. Diaz – Double Dragon Kenpo | Part 3

In the concluding episode of our three-part conversation, Mr. J.R. Diaz reflects on a martial arts journey spanning more than four decades.

From beginning American Kenpo in 1979, earning his Black Belt and opening his first school in 1988, through his advanced study with Senior Master Richard “Huk” Planas, Mr. Diaz has devoted much of his life to teaching and passing Kenpo to future generations.

Part 3 explores the responsibility that comes with senior rank, the evolution of American Kenpo, preserving knowledge without allowing it to become stagnant, and what decades on the mat can teach us about being both a martial artist and an instructor.

We also look toward the future — and what Mr. Diaz hopes the next generation will carry forward.

🎧 PART 3 — LEGACY & THE FUTURE OF KENPO

Keywords: J.R. Diaz, JR Diaz Kenpo, Double Dragon Kenpo Karate, Huk Planas, Ed Parker, American Kenpo, Kenpo legacy, Kenpo history, Kenpo lineage, Kenpo instructors, traditional Kenpo, American Kenpo Karate, martial arts philosophy, martial arts history, Mind Sensei Podcast

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