Classical Japanese martial arts expert Ellis Amdur returns to the show to discuss his new book, Roots Still Cracking Rock, and to offer some controversial takes on the history of ancient Japanese fighting arts as well as aikido and BJJ.

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In this episode of the Martial Podcast, host Mark Jacobs talks to Professor Rey Gonzales, one of the world's leading historians of Filipino martial arts, who explains how everything you think you know about FMA history is probably wrong.

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In this episode of The Martial Podcast, host Mark Jacobs examines why you may not want to mix your karate kata with handguns (unless you really don't like all the people standing around you in the dojo).

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