Why Traditional Karate Doesn't Work 

George St Pierre sensei Jesse

Stephen 'wonderboy' Thompson!

@@tomas-tl1jf that would be cool 😎

GSP, and anderson silva

Conor MC Gregor 😁

It's like a certificate haha

I was so honored!! 🙏

@@darkmegaman44 it's like getting a black belt. 😉

It's honorable in every imaginable way. I even feel honored to have been able to wach this interview. Thanks a lot to you two! Keep up!

More than what RU-vid can award you :)

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it!

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Dude, that profile picture.

A young Chinese actor once said: "Be water, my friend."

Spiderman's dad said "With great power come freedom from responsibility"

WHAT??

I won’t call him a sumo wrestler, he might have trained it but did he compete as a sumo wrestler ?

@@Alfie_7 Yes he apparently not only competed but won several sumo tournaments at the amateur level.

Hahah yeah. Didn't he also practice some judo? His takedowns and sweeps were amazing.

Lyoto, jesse, and ramsey three of the nicest guys in mma. Would love to see a collab

the answer is simply a lot of kumite what Lyoto Machida said and use whatever is practical for this.

The problem with karate tournaments these days is its watered down so much its laughable. it really has stopped the power and beauty of karate

@@tonynomikos3702 it became sportier in a sense

@@genghiskhan6485 yeah, it's like foil fencing. I understand that fencing needs to be points-based sports because you can't be killing/maiming your opponent on every match, but i think karate is not as deadly as sword fighting and shouldn't be restricted as much. Karate competitions can benefit from boxing/mma style rules just like in K1.

@@sepg5084 but Machida also says karate isn’t just punching and kicking. Translation: that just would be kickboxing. K1 rules IS for kickboxing. Machida was a point-fighter. You train fighting IQ and uses more than just kicking and punching in a point-fighting competition. He uses his point point-fighting style in MMA. Because strength and body conditioning can be trained intensively later if you want to fight full contact, which was what he did. Any competition that bans groin attacks isn’t real.

It was an absolute honor!! 🙏

I think it can be indirectly helpful for fighting and conditioning to an extent, but definitely not a requirement.

@@BatkoBrat For conditioning you can also do bagwork, push ups, jogging.

@@lucascastro2802 Missing the point here lads, sport fighting is something different, because there is a referee. No ref in the street, no rules.never let them hit you first, and having a defence that is ingrained will take over when your frightened & hurt and some one attacks you.

@@timbutton4990 What you learned in sparring is more likely to take over in a street fight than what you learned in kata or kihon.

Kata is important too.

Thank you!!

Dont hit the water drink the water." -- Bruce lee

"Why so many Bruce Lee quotes". -- ME

"Bruce Lee was no fighter" - Ranch Life

@@ranchlife8128 he was

@@ranchlife8128 no

Wasn't there a specific name for the application of the technique inside Katas?

Great point! So much to learn 💪

@@JosephFlores-yn4yi yeah. Kata needs the bunkai phase to produce specific technique.

I have always viewed techniques and kata as boxes of LEGOS. When we first start learning Karate we get a little set of LEGOS and sensei gives us that little instruction pamphlet with the LEGOS that shows us how to build something. Then we learn kata and that is like getting a bigger box of LEGOS and with it, again we get this pamphlet of how everything fits together. Then we get shown Bunkai, and that is taking that pieces out of those set of LEGOS and showing us that hey you can also build this, this and this. What gets lost is the encouragement to take those LEGO bricks and add to them by learning other martial arts and by practicing kata and taking it apart and mixing and matching. I believe especially in terms of bunkai, that often it was meant to be an example to get your thinking and seeing that -hey here is one application of things you learned in the kata- there are more, but I'm going to show you a few to get you started. Here are your LEGOs(kata), here is what I built with those LEGOS(bunkai), your welcome to copy what I built, but you should also try to build something on your own.

Well, there are some tactics in kata, like getting angles, for example, certain combinations, etc. But, just from repeating them kata after kata, again and again, they won't work, not in sparring, kumite, or real self defense situations. You have to take those ideas that exist in kata, and practice them under pressure in sparring or self defense like scenarios, modifiy them as required and practicing again under pressure, until you get the desired result. I thnik that's what Lyoto Machida did. From the other side, practicing kumite and bunkai will certainly improve your performance in competitive kata, as Rika Usami said she did! Even Gichin Funakoshi said that practicing kata is one thing, real fighting is another issue!

I was wondering that myself. Jesse is a BOSS!

What can I say… I’m a Karate Nerd! 😁🥋🙏

Not only a fight, a former champ

Truth! The only thing constant in life is change... 🐉

Você disse Brasil?

@@KARATEbyJesse and tax and death. 😣

@@Kzany42, não, ele disse Brazil 😎👍🏻

@@Kzany42 Vai dizer que tu não sabia que ele era brasileiro?

Yes!!! 🌟🌟🌟

Definitely. He is 1 of my favorite MMA fighters of all time.

Dude I might of screamed like a little school girl. Not out loud but internally for certain.

I appreciate that 🌟

@@KARATEbyJesse And I appreciate your videos, sincerely. :)

@@misterRDF brock lesnar

Almost as difficult as his English xD I jk, I jk

yeap and you can almost see Jesse having a small tear building up as it drops inward into the eye

@@shapshooter7769 Nah, his English is suave and tactic, it's his voice which sounds like he has scrambled eggs with bacon for Bkfst every morning, and no coffee but a double expresso shot of Jack Daniel's on the side, to chase them down and smooth his throat to round the Guido accent? All being very polite and trying not to offend those into The Art, root of all, but they should understand he is not into Art but what effective in Sports and prize fights. 2 completely different worlds with different goals

Breathing is essential!!

It’s on my list! 😄

@@KARATEbyJesse and GSP too would be nice!

Oss! I love your fights! ❤️

Osu!

Sagat?

A really well trained(in karate) individual that knows what he's doing is going to be hard if not impossible to defeat, this vid ain't gonna help you though since he didn't explain any moves.

@@user-eq6oy1uq2c Nobody is impossible to beat simply based on their fighting style except on the elite level and even then stand up fighting styles leave much to chance vs grappling styles. Anyone can get knocked out, Lyoto and Wonderboy have been finished and they're world class karate technicians

@@333rdAlchemist I didn't said impossible, also it depends what kind of fighting style and the nature and skill of the fighter, modern karate is only punches and kicks but a good thing if executed properly are blocks, the original one had so much more, grappling styles are just outright overrated if that a bjj dude is going for a takedown I'll just kick him in the head simple, and I didn't said anyone was knockout resistant

@@user-eq6oy1uq2c whelp that's one way to say you have zero experience in violent encounters or even combat sports. Of world class fighters Nd martial artists can't pull it off what makes you think you can? Yes you did say impossible, and no being great at kata doesn't make you great at fighting be any means it only makes you great at kata.

Temos o o One Punch Man, que foi o Francisco Filho.

And reading dis, I gots mad respect 4 ur father!

More martial artists should adopt your approach in their training.

I think a part of the problem for a lot of learners is, well how much time do you have? can you afford multiple gyms? are there multiple good ones in the area with different styles? More than just tradition is that unless martial arts is your life (and job description) then learning multiple disciplines may just not be feasable unless you find a place that teaches more than one.

@@TGPDrunknHick you make some very good points. Karate was never originally developed to work or be taught in isolation from other martial arts. The gaps in karate are obvious and it's partly the reason why there are so many different versions - people have tried to fill in the gaps whilst keeping it karate. If people can cross-train, judo/Japanese ju jitsu/aikido/etc would all be good accompaniments that retain that traditional-ness.

Thank you!

@@KARATEbyJesse I just love this guy, Sensei! LIke you said in China Journey, he learns other martial arts to improve his karate. In this case, he made karate super practical in combat sport and MMA. But the way he moves in the ring, his stances, you still could see and feel his Karate in every moves he made. Big fans of you and him! Great job!

kata can still be used for training and is useful tool for soft training that will lower injuries but also allow the body to be able to perform movement. It can also help people drill for movement.

Yeah! Sometimes I think that should be the default, as if the kata was the book with the theories, not the book with the exercises.

100% agree

Perfect

You do not have a real understanding of kata, or karate. They are one and the same. There is no karate without kata. The kata is the blueprint. All the techniques are within the kata and they have to be taken apart and deciphered. At this point is where the techniques are applied in a classroom setting. Many of the techniques cannot be used in MMA, as they involve striking nerves and cavity of the body. Footwork, body shifting, and movements that are equivocally called "blocks" and "stances" are to be used in the same manner BJJ techniques are done. Problem is that most Dojo do not have this type of training. But some of us have been trained this way. The fact that you have not seen this type of Karate, does not negate its existence. There are other aspects of martial application that kata training develop, but will not be obvious to those without. But the one thing I want to make clear is that we practitioners of the Classical Okinawan Karate are always dissecting and extracting technique, to practice with our dojo family. Really - kata is the real sensei. It has all the arsenal you can ever need. But it is a Life Protection - Life Preservation Art. MMA cannot take advantage all that karate has to offer. MMA's ultimate application and goal is the win. Karate's goal is to preserve life.. to live.

@@Koryuhoka don't hit the water drink the water."-- Bruce Lee

Haha thank you!!

That makes 2 of us 😄

What a fun analogy!

He was!

Thank you!

Actually, how old Lyoto is ? 🤔

Is karate worth it

Um... The Kumite he is talking about is not the Bloodsport movie nonsense. That was all made up. Kumite is the Japanese term for sparring match. It means: Exchanging Hands. Its not a secret bloodfest held in some dirty pit fighting ring. Thats hollywood. Kumite is part of karate training.

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