It's been a while but we are back with BIG news.Mick's Martial Arts is changing, it will soon become the World Of Martial Arts podcast.We have a new team and are joining a new sports network which will allow us to provide you with even more gre

Joe Long: UFC Gym UK

Apr 9th, 2019 1h 3m

Sat amongst builders and the bare bones of a brand new gym in Nottingham, Mick catches up with Joe Long and looks back on a career that has taken him from fighting, to fight promotion and now launching UFC Gym UK. -------------- Mick's Mart

Adam Taggart: JKD Phd

Sep 25th, 2018 46m 37s

Adam Tags Taggart is a man on a mission, and he has just relocated to Illinois as he pursues a Phd studying the effects of martial arts on the brain. A personal fitness and martial arts instructor, Adam takes Mick through his discovery of cogni

How to become a stunt performer: Marc Rodrigues-Bernet

Sep 11th, 2018 44m 17s

Marc Rodrigues-Bernet is an upcoming actor, serving soldier, and martial artist. He is currently working towards making his way on to the British Equity Stunt Register which will give him an industry recognised competency process and the opport

Keith Priestly: Kyokushin Kyorkshireman

Aug 29th, 2018 1h

Our 80th episode features a man who pulls no punches, physically and verbally. Keith Priestly is somebody Mick grew up reading about - a fearsome Kyokushin Fighter, an old school hardcore trainer, and an eternal student. He discusses his career

Robbie Hirst: Breaking Through Pain

Aug 14th, 2018 20m 22s

We're back after a little hiatus and what a way to jump back in! Recorded earlier this year at the Warriors Assemble awards, Mick sits down to talk with a young man who has overcome more than his fair share of obstacles on his way to his black

Andy Margrett: What Would Andy Do?

Apr 3rd, 2018 1h 47m

Where it all began... This episodes guest is my first and only Sensei in Karate. The man who put me on the path and following his example has kept me on that path. There’s not enough time to go into how much I love this man, and how even now hi

Shae XS: Bare Knuckle Boxer

Mar 20th, 2018 1h 2m

This episodes guest is a man that many people think they know, but very few actually know. A guy who’s lived a life that has seen both ends of the spectrum in regard to what most people would consider ‘normal’. We cover everything from his time

Steve Mosley: History & Tradition

Mar 6th, 2018 23m 19s

I’d heard about this guys years before and he was more of an urban myth, one of the original guys to regularly visit LA and train at the world famous Inosanto academy, he then disappears for a number of years.. then reappears when he’s literall

Replay: Scott Caldwell

Feb 20th, 2018 32m 8s

Legends aren't all invincible and it's with regret that we announce Scott Caldwell has passed recently. In tribute, we thought it'd be fitting to replay the interview Mick had the pleasure of conducting with him last year. After 36 years in tra

David Hearst: Comic Books

Feb 13th, 2018 1h 9m

This shows guest is one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met.. he can break bodies and fix them! Yep, it’s the crippling chiropractor himself Guro David Hearst. I first met David years ago at the legendary Lake Owen martial arts camp and we immedi

Sean Robert-Harvey - Developing Yourself pt2

Jan 30th, 2018 45m 27s

So, what happens when two of the most exuberant and adroit men on the planet meet up for a quick chat? An epic discourse that lasts that long it has to be split into 2 shows! I’m very lucky in the course of doing these that I can exercise more

Sean Robert-Harvey - Developing Yourself pt1

Jan 16th, 2018 45m 24s

Highlights from 2017

Jan 2nd, 2018 43m 5s

Looking for highlights from Mick's Martial Arts in 2017? We've got them, would you like them scrambled or poached? Clips from: - Marcus Charles: http://micksmartialarts.libsyn.com/mma-54-marcus-charles-guru-sifu-coach - Tony Pillage: http://m

Jackie Rayner - Intellect

Dec 19th, 2017 31m 43s

This episodes guest brings more than a touch of the commonwealth with her, a Bermudan national who sounds like a Canadian and punches like she’s from St.Hitts.... oops, I mean St. Kitts! Apologies on the awful pun and link from me, but I assur

Brian Collier - Mental Health

Dec 5th, 2017 55m 4s

Well, where do I start with this episodes guest? How about we start with the fact this gent is legitimately one of the toughest men I’ve ever encountered, a true student of the sweet science and someone who worked for years as a door man and wa

Chris Harley: Shifted Skills

Nov 21st, 2017 37m 39s

Sometimes it’s good to let a guest speak for themselves on the show, if they can get a word in edgeways, but for the first time ever I’m going to let the guest own words be the intro.. we don’t even talk about sports really in this, but a recen

John Bernard Will: Road Trip (Part 2)

Nov 7th, 2017 50m 45s

This is the second part of an interview with JBW. Well, what can I say about this episodes guest? If I said he’s a legit legend in martial arts you could argue, “but mick, you interview legends all the time”. So if I said, this weeks guest is

John Bernard Will: Road Trip (Part 1)

Oct 24th, 2017 30m 49s

Well, what can I say about this episodes guest? If I said he’s a legit legend in martial arts you could argue, “but mick, you interview legends all the time”. So if I said, this weeks guest is a modern day Jim Harrison (google him!).. an advent

Diana Rathborne: Short but Sweet!

Oct 10th, 2017 12m 25s

This episodes intro is like this shows guest.. short but sweet! It's a long overdue catch up and update with one of my original guests ever on Mick's martial arts.. and one of both my favourite teachers and people.. a person who's been instrum

Dan Holloway - Defence Lab

Sep 26th, 2017 31m 10s

I first met this young man a few years ago whilst teaching a seminar and was immediately struck by how enthusiastic and driven he was. Over time our friendship led to me having the tables turned on me as he and former guest Lucci Del Gaudio in

Andy Gibney - Evolution

Sep 13th, 2017 45m 46s

This shows star is a bit of an enigma, he's an accomplished writer, raconteur, martial artist, motivational speaker, NLP expert and generally awesome individual.. but enough about me, let's talk about who I'm chatting too.. LOL as they say in c

Jon Bouley - Law Enforcement

Aug 29th, 2017 25m 41s

The star of this show is my dear friend, and along with past guest Ryan Reynolds(no, not that one!) one of my landlords when I'm in Minneapolis..Mr Jon Bouley! But that's not the reason he's the guest on this episodes show, it's the fact he's a

Tony Pillage - The Farewell Tour

Aug 15th, 2017 33m 14s

The picture sums up just what a scoundrel this shows guest is... Tony Pillage is actually the only person to warrant a 2nd show in the history of the micks martial arts podcast. In this episode we sit down and basically try to figure out how su

Kevin Mills - Hard of Smart?

Aug 1st, 2017 1h 5m

Now this guy's a real piece of work, a truly legit pioneer of not just kempo karate, but one of the really few legit 'old school' guys left! Kempo Kevin Mills. A direct lineage to Grandmaster Ed Parker himself, an unsurpassed understanding of b