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Social Gelo with Angelo Podcast
#102 What is Kajukenbo? (Social Gelo with Angelo Podcast)
Join Kajukenbo Black Belts John Hackleman (UFC Coach), Ron Esteller, Rob Rowland, and Angelo Ferrer (host). As they share a multi-generational perspective of what the martial art of Kajukenbo is for them.
#101 Patrick Griffith (Social Gelo with Angelo)
Patrick Grifith is a Kajukenbo Black Belt and shares his martial arts journey. He also talks about how he helps disabled senior citizens by teaching them "Chair Tai Chi" a type of martial art that can be done by anyone at any level of expertise.
Social Gelo with Angelo Podcast 100th Episode Celebration
Join Kajukenbo Instructors Angelo Ferrer, Rob Rowland, John Hojlo, Anthony Miele and Renato Benardino as they celebrate the 100th episode of the Social Gelo with Angelo Podcast. They talk about nothing and everything while unsuccessfully avoiding the dreaded question of "What is Kajukenbo? Check out Rob Rowlands Channel https://youtu.be/WkSBjxh7vz8 John Hojlo's Channel https://youtube.com/channel/UC7Asjb9n_pZavq2vgkQpzIg Renato Benardino's Channel https://youtu.be/oLWbScfFxLo
#99 Mark Stewart (Social Gelo with Angelo Podcast)
Mark Stewart is a JKD instructor that has traveled the world teaching martial arts. In this episode, he shares his martial arts journey including how he got into writing articles for Inside Kung Fu magazine.
#98 Michelle Manu (Social Gelo with Angelo Podcast)
Michelle is a 10th Degree Black Belt and teacher (Kumu) of the rarely seen ancient Hawaiian Combat Art, Lua. She is the only woman accepted as a disciple and earn the title of teacher (Kumu) under Grand Master (‘Olohe) Solomon Kaihewalu in over 40 years. She is also an advocate for women's empowerment through martial arts. She shares her martial arts journey and talks about her experiences as well as being your authentic self.
#97 Philip Gelinas (Social Gelo with Angelo Podcast) (Kajukenbo Series)
Philip Gelinas is the curator of the Kajukenbo tree (Mixed Martial Art founded in Hawaii) a name database of Kajukenbo black belts around the world throughout the founding of Kajukenbo until now. He talks about his own martial arts journey and how he started his project of tracing the history of Kajukenbo. His journey includes big names such as UFC Champion George St Pierre, Bruce Lee's official instructor Guru Dan Inasanto and the FMA Dog Brothers. A must see for any martial arts enthusiasts .
#96 Was Bruce Lee all that and a bag of Fritos?(Social Gelo with Angelo Podcast)
What impact if any did Bruce Lee really have on modern martial arts and MMA? To answer this question Kajukenbo instructor and MMA Coach Angelo Ferrer sat down with Historian Danielle Bolleli and UFC coach John Hackleman to analyze what exactly did Bruce Lee do for martial arts.

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