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Soke Joe Droual\xa0is a long-time martial arts instructor from New York. His background includes karate, jiu-jitsu, Kobudo and kung fu.

The master teacher is the master student, and we're always learning. And I think that that ties in with the martial\xa0arts community realizing\xa0that their whole lifetime is\xa0learning something that is very old, the traditions are showing respect and kindness\xa0to everybody and to themselves. Self-development\xa0and that is actually, that grounding and that respect, I think, is at the heart of all martial arts.

Soke Joe Droual comes to us from Long Island, New York. A long-time practitioner and instructor, Soke Joe has dedicated his life to martial arts - and you can hear it in his words. On today's episode, we hear why Soke Joe Droual continues to train after so many years, why martial arts is like music and his views on the personal development side of martial arts.

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