Masters Alliance Uncut
Honest Conversations with Masters of their craft about life and Olympic Sport Issues
Episodes
26 episodes
Mount Olympus Is Not A Highlight Reel
A viral “Mount Olympus of Taekwondo” post sparks a bigger argument: who actually earns greatness in a sport built on results, not hype. We draw a hard line between highlight culture and championship culture, then start naming the legends people...
Why Brazil Dominated The Pan American Taekwondo Championships
Brazil didn’t just win the Pan American Taekwondo Championships, they sent a message: culture plus coaching equals medals. We’re recording with boots on the ground in Brazil, reacting to what we saw at Pan Ams, what the brackets reveal, and why...
Green Stamps For Kicks And Double Secret Probation
The sport isn’t just fought on the mat anymore, it’s fought in rankings, calendars, email lists, and who gets invited to the table. Tonight at Warehouse 15, we talk candidly about the points culture spreading through Taekwondo and why “more tou...
Olympic Hopefuls And The Chancleta Awards
Eight years of flat results is not a slump, it’s a signal. We start with the adrenaline of a collegiate taekwondo tournament and quickly get to the bigger question: what are we building in the U.S. right now, and why doesn’t it reliably transla...
Stop Selling Auditions And Start Coaching
The Junior World Championships didn’t just showcase great taekwondo, it exposed which countries are building real systems and which ones are hoping talent can cover the cracks. We walk through what we saw up close: young athletes who look comfo...
When The Scoring Gear Fails And Someone Gets Slept
A training camp that starts with “easy practice” and immediately turns into full-contact sparring tells you everything you need to know about why Uzbekistan keeps producing world-level taekwondo. We’re calling in from the ground to break down w...
Chuck Norris, Internet Freezes, And AAU Chaos
500 followers doesn’t sound wild until you picture 500 people packed into a room, listening, reacting, and carrying the conversation into their gyms. That’s where we start: gratitude, a little swagger, and a real talk check on what community me...
Sven Lorrimer On Fighting For Guyana And Speaking His Mind
Taekwondo has never had a shortage of talent. The real question is whether the system still rewards the people who can build champions, fund development, and keep the sport honest when nobody is watching.We sit down with Sven Tatafason,...
Inside The Pan American Taekwondo Union Awards And What The Results Missed
A regional award is supposed to be the easy part: look at the year, look at the results, pick the best. So why do some Pan American Taekwondo Union honors feel crystal clear while others feel like they were negotiated in the hallway? We jump ba...
How A Leaked AAU Call Sparked A Showdown Over Power, Money, And Coaching
What happens when a leaked phone call pulls back the curtain on how qualifiers, elections, and influence really work? We press play on an AAU conversation that sketches a second North Carolina district event, a quiet plan to unseat a director, ...
We Got A Ferrari Name And A Kia Budget
Headlines don’t win medals. We dig into USA Taekwondo’s splashy six-year hire of a legendary former champion and ask whether a star résumé can fix a program that still can’t fund its juniors. We’re candid about what’s admirable—class, results, ...
Why A Star Coach Won’t Fix A Broken System
Start with the snow and poutine if you want, but the real storm hit when we dug into how taekwondo is being run. After a sharp recap of the Canada Open—clean logistics, solid holding areas, and a venue that actually worked—we ask a harder quest...
Please Hold While We Mismanage Your National Team
They say there’s a pipeline. We ask: for whom? We sit down with a veteran coach and military program alum to unpack how American taekwondo’s governance, funding, and selection choices determine which athletes thrive—and which never get a fair s...
Are We Wasting A Generation Of Fighters?
A medal in the sock drawer, a curling dust-up, and a confession about a replica gone missing—our opening laughs quickly sharpen into a serious question: what should competition actually improve? We trace a line from winter sport spectacle to ta...
Inside The Taekwondo Power Struggle
The jokes land early, but the mood shifts fast. We go from new students and Olympic nostalgia to a frank examination of how Taekwondo is being shaped—by scoring systems that reward ghost touches, by officials letting clinch head kicks pile up, ...
Inside The Collusion: AAU, USAT, And A Gag Order Exposed
A phone call shouldn’t decide who gets to coach, speak, or make a living—but that’s exactly what the leaked audio reveals. We lay out a clear, unvarnished look at how a new MOU between major amateur Taekwondo bodies can operate as a de facto ga...
Inside The AAU–USAT Power Play And Its Fallout
The sparks fly early as we call out suspensions without hearings and pull back the curtain on the AAU–USAT MOU that’s chilling coach speech and athlete advocacy. We’re not interested in drama for clicks—we’re interested in standards. When leade...
Sorry Not Sorry: We Brought Receipts And Kimchi
Rumors are loud. Results are louder. We open the door on taekwondo’s toughest questions—who controls the sport, who actually gets supported, and how a system built on optics quietly drains the people doing the work. No jargon, no corporate glos...
Inside The “Sorry, Not Sorry” 2025 Awards: Wins, Woes, And What Must Change
We host the unapologetic 2025 awards, celebrate the year’s most dominant athletes and coaches, and call out leadership choices that hold the sport back. A candid debate on speech, selection, and why adaptability beats excuses shapes a roadmap f...
When Loyalty Becomes Subservience: What Are We Teaching Athletes?
Start with the truth: predictable brackets and politicized access are draining the joy out of elite Taekwondo. We gather as coaches and former athletes to unpack why the Grand Prix Challenge felt like an expensive detour, why the World Champion...
How Can Team USA Compete When The Deck Is Stacked Against Development?
A holiday show with zero sugarcoating: we dig into how Team USA slipped from 12th to 20th at senior worlds while rivals like Brazil blasted ahead, and why our selection rules often reward the already-secure instead of building the bench. With a...
From Peru to Podcasting: Catching Up with Taekwondo's Finest
Just when you thought they might have disappeared into the Peruvian mountains forever, the Warehouse 15 crew has resurfaced with fresh perspectives and a wealth of insights from their global adventures. After sampling pisco sours a...
Grandmaster Leon Preston Makes the Call
Olympic Referee and Educators answers the Call to educate the Modern Masters.
Juan Moreno: The Mastery of Taekwondo Evolution and Excellence
Stepping onto the mat with Olympic coach and champion Juan Moreno, I, Herb Perez, Olympic gold medalist, bring to light the fascinating world of Taekwondo. In an inspiring conversation, Juan unravels his athletic saga, the kind that sparks fire...
