As a full-time shotokan karate school owner he speaks openly about the joy he takes in sharing his knowledge. An accomplished martial arts competitor, Shihan Andy Campbell continues to compete alongside his friends, family and students.

Jeremy Lesniak:

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 9 of whistlekickMartialArtsRadio. My name is Jeremy Lesniak your host and the founder of whistlekick where we make the world’s best sparring gear. If you’re new to the show you can learn more about whistlekick at whistlekick.com and you can learn more about this show at whistlekickmartialartsradio.com. We try to keep it simple. On today’s show, we have Shihan Andy Campbell, a karate school owner from Maine. I’ve only gotten to know Shihan Andy recently from the tournaments we attend. And it’s funny that we’ve never crossed paths while I was growing up, because he lived and trained just an hour away from my home. But we made up for lost time during this interview, I really enjoyed learning more about what makes this man so truly dynamic. I had fun talking to him and I hope you enjoy listening. Shihan Andy welcome to whistlekickMartialArtsRadio.

Andy Campbell:

Thank you, Jeremy, glad to be here.

Jeremy Lesniak:

It’s great to have you, I’m looking forward to this. I don’t know a whole lot about you so, I’ll get to learn about what makes you tick right along with me.

Andy Campbell:

Well that’s kind of a scary proposition but, let’s see what we can do.

Jeremy Lesniak:

We’ll find out. So why don’t you start telling us a bit about you and your martial arts background, and how you got started and all that.