When you see a lot of fighters, you think that I don't want my kid to become like them, but seeing this man makes me want to let my kid go on the martial arts journey
@@KARATEbyJesse He is the right side of karate personified. His observations, adaptations and being more concerned with results than tradition are what made him great. As he pointed out in summary Karate has been negatively impacted by the politics and evolution into a point based contact sport. That's the problem with competition in general. Politics and the severe dilution of original purpose and effectiveness.
I live in Pará, which is where their academy is based on. Most people here (and beyond other regions) see karate as a sport meant for kids. I remember quite well when I was a kid and Lyoto was having a great time in MMA. All my family (mainly my grandma) gathered in front of the TV to watch his fights and cheer for him. That's one of my motives to feel interested in karate, which I started training some years later. It's very powerful to see a countryman going so far. Grande Lyoto.
Sou de Belém, Pará também. Inclusive treinei Judô em 1989, quando tinha 10 anos de idade, no 2º andar da APAM, em cima de onde eles treinavam com o pai. Lembro que a mãe deles que ficava na secretaria da academia, fazia nossas carteirinhas e carimbava todo mês quando pagávamos a mensalidade. Não lembro do Kenzô, que hoje é jornalista e o caçula da família, mas os três mais velhos talvez o Lyoto com 11 anos, já exibia uma faixa roxa na cintura e acho que o Takê ou o chinzô já eram marrom, mas eram muito esforçados e o pai não pegava leve com eles, pelo contrário, treinava todos os filhos para darem o exemplo aos demais. Ainda lembro uma vez que alguém, havia caído de mal jeito, treinando Judô, e machucou o joelho, O sensei Machida ficou sabendo, deixou o Karatê lá no térreo e veio às pressas correndo pro andar de cima pra prestar ajuda ao aluno que estava machucado, fez umas massagens lá na perna do garoto, naquele estilo do Sr. Miyagi, juro pra vcs, e o garoto, se acalmou levantou devagar e ficou descansando no banco até o final do treino. Pensamos que ele havia rompido o ligamento, mas graças a Deus foi só um estiramento muscular. Muitas histórias lendárias o Sensei.
@@KARATEbyJesse Hapkido is Korean karate and it has hundreds of grappling moves which includes ground moves it has the unarmed moves of Karate,Judo,Aikido,Jujitsu and the moves of Kendo so does the Korean arts Hwardo,Kuk Sool Won and Hwa Rang Do which is what all of these arts are made from.
I love how karate fighters are the most humble and respectful of mma. It really says a lot about the values it taughts. And i say this as someone who knows nothing from karate but it makes me appreciate it.
I have never followed Lyoto Machida's career as a mixed martial artist, but he is a wonderfully humble, down-to-earth, natural gentleman who tells it like it is. Fascinating interview, brother.
Lyoto Machida is an unbelievable fighter in no small part because of his wisdom and adaptability. The way he talks about martial arts is inspiring and beautiful to hear; people seem to forget that art is personal and you are allowed to decide how to bring it into the world. As someone who grew up doing taekwondo and had to reckon with the fact that many of the techniques learned in the dojang would be impractical in a real fight, it is truly awesome to see someone overcome the limitations of tradition in order to use their art as a practical strategy against the best opponents in the world. Favorite fighter hands-down.
For me Lyoto is greatest fighter that ever competed in UFC. Fight record does not mean anything, but his skills, humbleness and attitude towards his opponents. That makes him a warrior
Machida Sensei is correct in explaining the totality of old school Karate as opposed to today's watered down sport Karate. Remember - the first place Funikoshi Shihan taught when he came to Japan was at the Kodokan Judo Institute. There, with Judo and Karate training together there was a lot of technique bleed over. For example the Atemi Waza of Judo is for all practical purposes Shotokan Karate minus it's katas. Remember all the old movies where Shuto Uchi was called a "Judo Chop"? Old school Karate contained strikes, kicks, throws, arm locks, leg locks, neck locks, and chokes most of which are forbidden in tournament play today. I'm happy to see one of my heroes, Oliver Encamp, proficient in the grappling aspect of the art.
Lyoto has always been one of my personal favorite martial artists, because he proved that conventional styles like Karate or in my case, Tang Soo Do are functional if you use them correctly. Eventually I started training Muay Thai and BJJ to become a more complete fighter, but one thing I feel I gained from Tang Soo Do was that notion of respecting your opponent, amazing interview Jesse
That was so good, especially his closing thoughts on how karate needs to keep evolving to stay current, and how the training practices and mentality are often insufficient in these days.
I remember a quote from a friend and fellow karatekai "There's a lot of martial artist but only a handful of fighters" and now that I'm older I understand and agree completely.
The problem with karate is it "devolved" into an olympic-style sport. Just watch the difference between olympic boxing and professional boxing, olympic boxing looks lame.
Very good interview with Sensei Machida. I watched that fight when he won the championship. He brings new respect for karate. Very respectful martial artists.
Lyoto Machida: "I met Mr. Seagal the week of the fight and asked him what he thought of that technique." Mr Seagal: "We've been training this technique with Lyoto for a long, long time."
@@joelrobertgaul1128 It wasn't meant to be the same kick what Machida used. It was "run towards the opponent and kick right away" -kick. If I remember right Machida practiced it, but never used it in real match.
Back in the early days of getting in the ring and fighting “full contact” you guickly learned that the kicks you land in point fighting don’t land near as much when trying to make contact. It became a matter of setting up the kick. And the distance of the attacks was very different. This guy is amazing in his Karate. He makes it work!
I miss watching him. He did well because he was hard to hit with his superb movement. He also had many very power techniques that most MMA fighters don't fight or practice against. He was pretty much unpredictable. But later in his career, his opponents studied him well learned how to prepare against him.
Yoooooo, I've been waiting for something like this! Lyoto was the entire reason I got into mma back in 2008 and also the reason I started training in karate. I moved to Brazil as a teengaer in 2009 and was looking for somewhere to train, and when I walked into this small karate school I mentioned Machida and the sensei walked over to the wall and took a framed picture down with a few articles and photos. He was on the karate team with Lyoto's dad back in the day. Turned out I had just walked into a small, humble dojo that had produced so much talent and hard work, and I even became friends with some of the people from the family. I didn't get to train for too too long before leaving, but it's honestly one of those things I can't even talk about without being pummeled with the fondest nostalgia. It helped me adapt to life in Brazil and for the first time made me feel like a martial artist (especially when I realized I'd been in a "self-defense" mcdojo back home lol). Yea, I could talk for days about even this limited experience. I can't imagine being Jesse and ever talking about anything else! haha
Bitter truth has to be accepted. Great interview Jesse. He spoke reality about Karate politics and applicability of Karate in MMA and even street fighting. God bless you
This whole interview makes me happy as somebody who's practiced karate for going on 23 years. Thank you for the opportunity to watch the interview, and for the solid questions that don't hit just the superficial stuff.
His remarks about admiring too much are maybe the most valuable thing in the entire interview. It's ALL good, but that specific line of conversation is very important.
Big fan of Lyoto, dude is the real life Ryu. Dude is a monster fighting, we all know that, but there aren’t many other MMA fighters with their head in right place like him. Mad respect.
This video is excellent, every time I listen to Lyoto I learn a lot. I would love a complete podcast episode with him talking about his experiencie, he has very interesting thoughts and doesn't fear being controversial. Also, he's a beast! He knew how to take the best of karate and adapt it to his MMA game
You can find a podcast with him in Portuguese. I don't know if you can enable English subs on that, but def worth it giving a try. Search for "Lyoto inteligência Ltda" and you might find it
He's undoubtedly my favorite fighter of all time. He might not be undefeated but I think being so dedicated and so willing to express himself he could have beaten just about anyone on the right night. All the positive things you can think about what being a martial artist means he completely embodies. If you could I would love to see you do things with him and Chinzo, or that young guy in Bellator who trains at their academy. Maybe you can even convince them to train you for a fight and document that, would be fascinating.
It hits close to home for so many of us karateka who was made fun of for having chosen this path. Sensei Lyoto proved time and again that Karate isn't just a sport, but a martial art that deserves respect. He is the pride of Shotokan.
So there is one outlier (who also learnt other - more effective - styles) which supposedly proves that karate is effective. If karate was so great in a real fight, karatekas would swarm UFC.
@@MrSaiyan333 He explains it in the video. With time karate got watered down and started focusing on being an olympic sport, so it removed the full contact fighting aspect in favor of point sparring and kata. Very few dojos nowadays still teach the style in an old school way with takedowns, full contact sparring, and all that. Machida's is one of them. That's why we don't see a lot of karate guys in the UFC. If someone wants to become an MMA fighter, it's a lot easier to just find a muay thai or some other style of kickboxing school and learn that instead of going on almost a wild goose chase for one of the rare old school karate dojos still around.
This is the best of the interviews. A very centered man with terrific focus and understanding of "what to do today." He is in touch with "nowness." That is key to developing one's self as well as one's martial art. Stagnant water kills; a stagnant martial art "gets you killed." Great work!
This is like a dream video. So grateful to get to know Lyoto Machida a little more, especially in this perfect setting, with Jesse Enkamp on top of it! Man I just wish this was an hour long! Immense respect for M. Machida, a true martial artist in the real sense of the word! 🙏
Thank you so much for taking my request. Great interview once again and great analysis from Lyoto. Never saw so many elite mma fighters frustrated as badly as when they faced Lyoto back in the day. His Karate was unbelievable. There's so much young fighters could learn from him
What a great man. I admire Lyoto Machida for his intelligence and good heart. It's been years since I've practiced anything close to Karate or other Martial Arts...I used to practice a lot back when I was a teenager, and guys like him always have been my inspiration. Respect, controled force, clear mindedness, zen...To me these are the most important aspects of Karate. Osu.
Honestly the respect you show To Machida and any other fighter and your love for martial arts and karate in general is honestly what makes me love MMA and doing MMA even more, So many toxic people in the sport where im from, Love your videos Jesse
Awesome video! Thank you so much! To me, Lyoto will always be the greatest mma fighter. A true martial artist. I loved to watch his fights and the commentators would struggle to describe his techniques . They always spoke about him in disbelief of his karate style. Having come from a some what more traditional style myself, I understood what he was doing. Lyoto always exemplified the true samurai spirit. I was able to attend 2 of his fights and actually met him in Las Vegas after a UFC. Truly a humble man. The Dragon 🐲
Yes sir, the English was Flow. Great really because I just came from the Sensei Seth video with Machida Bros, and the huge difference is that Seth was asking more specific questions and Lyoto had trouble phrasing his answers sometimes but Jesse let him talk more comfortably and he got much more in-depth. Great video.
Excelent video! Lyoto is the real deal karate artist. I think you could interview your brother Oliver or some hard karate styles like Uechi-Ryu or goju-ryu (Giga Chikadze-ufc). Hai 👊🏻
Lyoto is an absolute legend, my favourite fighter in the MMA. We need more men like this in the sport guiding the younger generation on how to be not only a true martial artist, but also a decent human being.
super inspiring content from someone who has nothing to prove anymore, Lyoto brought grace of movement and respect into this sport, it's a higher level
When he bowed after knocking him out with a head kick.. that was one of the most bad ass things I've ever seen in fighting. Straight out of the movies.. that. was. Legendary. for real! Humility, honour, and respect.
The beautyof martial arts, al those differences. I am an mma guy, but always watch with pleasure your vids about karate. Beautyfull sport nonetheless. Keep on the good work.
Amazing interview!! I’m even more of a fan of Lyoto Machida now than I was before watching! Not only an amazing fighter who came from a karate background, super knowledgeable, but also humble and respectful. I learned so much from watching this. Thank you for posting Jesse-san!! 🙇♀️
Modern Karate Was so Washed out that Kicking and punching and simple takedowns were the only arsenal of techniques that gets to be frequently used, But now The Karate i used to love now became a game of tag, I get it that it's really competitive but dang it the restrictions were way to much, I hope if Kyokushin karate Made it into the Olympics, It wouldn't end up like the shotokan, Goju ryu karate do, became a Game of tag
The Olympics is the death of the martial part in a martial art, case in point what happened to the Korean Shotokan/Tae Kwon Do which got even more diluted and Judo.
The wisdom, the grace, the balance and humility that's what makes Machida a true Karateka. In essence... Most strive to become a master, Machida said it best... 'it must work'. Wow, depth!
This video actually made me happy about my own karate training never having been aimed towards competitions. I did participate in 2 competitions and won them but to me it was never about that at all. Much more important were the times when I had to defend myself when getting attacked for real, and how it worked then! Then in the heat of the moment when your adrenaline is high and time appears to go in slow motion suddenly the techniques and stances come out in the most unexpected ways.
Jesse this has got to be one of my favorite episodes. Lyoto Machida is so honest in everything he is saying. Maybe you can interview his brother Chinzo as well. Thank you!
With him being as close to a real life Ryu as possible I'd love to see Lyoto break down the Karate fighters of Street Fighter, Tekken, Ein from D.O.A etc. I've seen Ryu's sweep used in a couple of UFC fights for sure. Be fun to see him talk about the inspiration and practicality of some of these characters moves, and get his reaction to how ridiculous some of them are. I'm sure he's heard the Ryu comparison many times before.
His japanese name is actually RYUTA. I'm not joking, he said in a podcast but had to change when he came to brazil. and became Lyoto or Ryoto. They put The "L" And "O" To sound brazilian and masculine here in brazil. and that is why he is called "The dragon".
@@rinseco That's about the most interesting reply I've had to a RU-vid comment. That's for the info that's genuinely quite interesting. It did always strike me that his name wasn't Japanese but sounded like it was influenced by Japanese rather than a straight Brazilian name.
Lyoto has such an excellent attitude! What a great example he sets… stay humble, be respectful, and be kind. These are great attributes that all good leaders should aspire to.
The english was perfect. And thank you so much for this video. Mr Machida is a great fighter, and probably one of the only reasons I still take Karate seriously, after many years of disappointment.
wow! This reminds me of my childhood when I paid so much attention to the respect and wisdom that martial arts bring to us, this is a real fighter. Great interview, great video, great guest, Thank you!!!
Great video Jesse! Love how you're able to get these interviews with all these amazing people. Lyoto Machida is a great martial artist and anyone who says that Karate is crap you can tell them about him and also Chuck Norris.
What i love of this interview Jesse is how realistic and straight to the point is Lyoto, he answer and explains a lot enigmaitcs questions about Karate-MMA also the touch you give going straight to those question we all have make this interview an S Tier one, thanks Jesse
