{"id":582,"date":"2025-08-15T22:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T03:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/?p=582"},"modified":"2025-09-30T22:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:11:52","slug":"episode-72-gary-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/?p=582","title":{"rendered":"Episode 72 &#8211; Gary Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this episode of &#8220;My Empty Hands,&#8221; host Reggie Darden interviews Gary Wilson. The conversation covers Mr. Wilson&#8217;s journey in martial arts, from his early days in Michigan to discovering Kempo in California. They also discuss the challenges and growth of his martial arts school and the development of his own Kempo system, &#8220;Original Kempo Karate 4.46.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9jOWlmKd8I&amp;t=3992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">01:06:32<\/a>]<\/strong> A &#8220;lightning round&#8221; where Mr. Wilson shares his favorite technique, form, and martial artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9jOWlmKd8I&amp;t=39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">00:39<\/a>]<\/strong> The host, Reggie Darden, introduces his guest, Mr. Gary Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9jOWlmKd8I&amp;t=134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">02:14<\/a>]<\/strong> Mr. Wilson discusses his introduction to martial arts and his move from Michigan to California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9jOWlmKd8I&amp;t=383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">06:23<\/a>]<\/strong> His journey through the ranks of Kempo under various instructors, including Mr. Daryl Darby and Grandmaster Dave Hebler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9jOWlmKd8I&amp;t=887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14:47<\/a>]<\/strong> Discussion about the evolution of his martial arts school, including challenges he faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9jOWlmKd8I&amp;t=1609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">26:49<\/a>]<\/strong> The development of his own Kempo system, &#8220;Original Kempo Karate 4.46,&#8221; which focuses on quality over quantity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9jOWlmKd8I&amp;t=2062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">34:22<\/a>]<\/strong> His personal philosophy on training, teaching, and the importance of basics, realism, and cross-training.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6578\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-582-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/podcast\/GaryWilson.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/podcast\/GaryWilson.mp3\">https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/podcast\/GaryWilson.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/podcast\/GaryWilson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/?powerpress_pinw=582-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/podcast\/GaryWilson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"GaryWilson.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/?page_id=96\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of &#8220;My Empty Hands,&#8221; host Reggie Darden interviews Gary Wilson. The conversation covers Mr. Wilson&#8217;s journey in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions\/616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myemptyhands.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}