Memoirs of a Karate Fighter: Recent Episodes
Ralph Robb
In a coming of age story Ralph Robb tells how it was growing up in an English town where casual racism was all too prevalent and his time at one of Britain's toughest and most successful karate clubs.
In the last of the series, Steve Byfield, Ralph Robb and Don Blaney discuss the various situations in which the need to use their karate skills was required.
With host Steve Byfield, author Ralph Robb discusses his experience of competition karate, the issue of national emblems and of his growing disillusionment with both.
While discussing competition karate in the 1970s, author Ralph Robb asks the question, which karate ka would you want covering your back in a street situation.
Hosted by Steve Byfield, Ralph Robb and Don Blaney talk of their early training at the Wolverhampton YMCA and their experiences of competition karate in the 1970s.
Steve Byfield hosts a conversation with Ralph Robb, author of Memoirs of a Karate Fighter, and Don Blaney. They talk of violence experienced as children, a toxic political atmosphere, kung fu movies and their early days in a karate dojo.