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One of the major misconceptions I had about MMA was that people aren't humble. I was surprised to see people in the gym I joined to be so kind and thoughtful when it came to practice. It made me feel happy to be amongst people who like martial arts and want to become better fighters. The second misconception is that MMA people hate traditional martial arts. Based on my experience I've found that if it works, then they'll use it. I've received a lot of praise for using unorthodox karate techniques while grappling or free sparring.

@unmessable12

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of these misconceptions comes from the attitude of MMA fans online rather than actual MMA practitioners imo

Sprinting is the best martial art for self defence.

@beefanly4315

4 жыл бұрын

And boxing footwork

@marcusgingell3585

4 жыл бұрын

Tongue fu, is pretty good too

@TheMdub27

4 жыл бұрын

Parkour😎

@mhhndeable

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say rugby

@jakeforrest

4 жыл бұрын

I stick to sprinting. That has saved me several times !

When I worked in my first hotel, we used to have UFC fighters staying with us. The part said about most of the fighters being humble is absolutely true. There with these badass looking guys, tattoos, scars, cauliflower ears yada yada walking around and they were some of the nicest, coolest, most grounded folks you could speak to. Hell, I did room service for Chuck Liddel and he joked about throwing the "cheeky room service guy" over the balcony. I replied with "That's cool, you'll be coming with me, sir!" He laughed, shook my hand and said "I like you man, thanks for breakfast, have a great day!"

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear!!

@isaacyeon6334

3 жыл бұрын

Yo that’s pretty cool

@alexanderdelarosahidalgo3092

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what i like about mma and they don't go around like alot of cocky martial artist from other styles braging about their fighting expirience. I have ha friend whos a king fu master and hes always talking about how his style is better than mma and i always tell him how little he knows nothing about what a Real fighter is

Really, really open my mind. I used to think bad about MMA, but with Oliver I stop this kind of thinking. Thank you so much.

Oliver: Hi my name is Oliver Enkamp... Announcer: oliver INCOOMEEE

Agreed, MMA is not the "end all" when self-defense is concerned. The ultimate reality is there is no martial art on earth that has the full answer on self-defense.

@Ejohrik

4 жыл бұрын

Except for Ameridote. Ameridote is the answer.

@wisewigga7129

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ejohrik hope ur joking

Wait, this ain't Pewdiepie... Oh, well, this guy seems better.

Hi guys, would love to see a video on how to adapt Karate for MMA such as Oliver and others like Wonderboy and Machida have done. Keep up the good work!

@victorl.4795

4 жыл бұрын

Me too man, it'd be really cool, maybe even a collab with wonderboy!

@ChrystianSereia

4 жыл бұрын

While they don't do it, whatching the video "What EVERY Karate Practitioner Should Know About MMA" from 2017 can be a good start.

your brother is so cool he didn't even come and attack you at the end of the video LOL good list I think those muscular guys gas on the way to the ring

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Didn’t you see the kick?! 😂👊👍

I used to find MMA quite brutal but it's evolved very quickly. I think it's a natural progression in an era of relative peace and stability through most of Europe , the Americas and beyond that has allowed this idea to grow. Because you reach this point where fighters look to properly test themselves under pressure to the most realistic standard that they can even though there is no real reason to fight as such. So you have to do this in the context of a sport. I do still find some MMA guys to have very distasteful conduct but they are in the minority and it is a business as well as you say. Without the business side it's very difficult to put the best fighters in each division together in the cage.

@mikkenieminen9603

4 жыл бұрын

Europe is invaded thanks to the cuckolds of the master race

Excellent job breaking those down. I have had a lot of the questions in my head and never had answers. Thanks!

Thanks for the great video, Oliver! I'm glad that you mentioned Krav Magá and said that it's good for self defense. Most MMA and BJJ fighters that I've met they speak ill of Krav Magá or Kombato or other self defense methods, saying that they're not realistic. They even don't value traditional martial arts. But I've met some people who train seriously in systems like Krav Magá and they could literally kill another person with their thumbs if they needed to. They even study the psychological aspect of an armed attack (an attack by someone using firearms) to know if it is possible to react and when it would be the best moment to react.

Very insightful! I particularly enjoyed the statements about self-defense and realistic situational training. Good job oliver

This video is brilliant! Really good explanations.

Have you seen the MMA where they fight on an obstacle type of course or the 5 on 5 stuff they have in Russia I think. They are both freaking crazy!

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

That’s insane! 😳

@daltonsasse5754

4 жыл бұрын

Fight commentary breakdowns has some of those 5 on 5 fights on their channel

@momoswandelndesschloss4047

4 жыл бұрын

Team fighting championship. Tfc. You can find it on youtube. But its not from russia, they do it in poland i think...

@rdgnr8

4 жыл бұрын

URCC has also 3 on 3 fight

@kylemacarthur9863

4 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the team full contact full armor medieval stuff? Literally they smash each other with giant steel bars. Nuts but the tactics very interesting.

I think the way the sport MMA is promoted, especially in the US, that it may create misconceptions very easily, many viewers aren't able to either fully understand or are fully informed about the rules, the different fighting style's, the biomechanics behind for instance a ground punch, etc. They watch it just for pure entertainment and are exposed to all the pre fight rumble, and they take it as the truth. Many of the pre fight meetings and weigh in of the heavy hitters both in boxing and MMA are scripted, in UFC, thanks to Dana White, an expert in pre fight marketing to generate more income for both UFC and the best MMA fighters. So my point is, one thing is to watch MMA as a sport and another thing is to watch it as pure entertainment as many people all around the world. Nothing wrong with either of them, but it is easier for misconceptions to surface when you watch something you don't understand but you like it as entertainment. Please let me know if I am totally lost and on the wrong track.

@gbormann71

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I wonder how long it will take to see MMA McDojo vids and comments on KZread.

@frace3824

4 жыл бұрын

Can you give me an example of a scripted event

Mycket bra förklarat 👌👍

Thanks Oliver for sharing the information.

Thank you this clears a lot of questions that I have.

Oliver you inspire me to pursue a career in UFC MMA! thank you so much!

Great video, thanks Oliver!

I have a great deal of respect for this family. You all communicate your enthusiasm very effectively.

Great video and both brothers in the same channel is amazing. Oliver Ive been looking at your fights as well. TY for bringing Karate into cage fightering. Jesse thank you for teaching so much about karate as well..not just the moves but the history of it.

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

unitech23 Thanks for your kind words 🙏

Oliver, words cannot begin to describe how necessary this video really is. MMA is often underestimated and overestimated at the same time. Therefore, it is enlightening to listen to a combatant of your calibre clarify those misconceptions, and I am utterly grateful.

I guess another misconception is: when you train MMA, you can learn fighting quickly and you don't have to put in years like e.g. in Karate. I haven't trained MMA yet, but I'm sure it takes a lot more than a few weeks to master it.

@avationmusic

4 жыл бұрын

this is true though. I've been doing karate for a decade now. I'm quite decent but nowhere even close to "mastering" it. I've been doing MMA on the side for 2 years and it made be an exponentially better fighter. How I like to see it is in the long run, Karate is better but has a really slow start. MMA can be learned quickly but won't let you achieve the level of skill a Karate practitioner could - obviously depending on the style and person. It's exponential vs linear growth.

@mustafakhalid9348

4 жыл бұрын

@@avationmusic what do you mean exactly by skills? Fighting wise?

@mustafakhalid9348

4 жыл бұрын

@@avationmusic by the way, it's not like you "mastered" mma, infact mma is way harder to master than karate, because you basically can't master mma, if you want to master mma you have to master karate and another different combat sports, if mma made you a better fighter in real life that basically mean it can develop you faster and with shortcuts, doesn't mean that's as much potential it can get.

@avationmusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@mustafakhalid9348 I agree with you in saying I haven't mastered it and it's really difficult to master, however, I disagree when you say you'd have to master other martial arts to master mma. Although mma stands for mixed martial arts, it's become its own martial art. With bjj, Thai boxing and mauy Thai as a grounding - it's created its own techniques to fill in the gaps, like Oliver said. My goal tho is to learn as many martial arts as possible but karate is my foundation for everything.

@mustafakhalid9348

4 жыл бұрын

@@avationmusic btw muay thai means thai boxing, and mma isn't just a mix about those 2 things, for me it is, i choose muay thai and BJJ, but look at khabib and Daniel Cormier, they don't kick legs at all, they wrestle, and connor himself just do some weird taekwando kickboxing mix, and gsp, is the karate lord of mma, in conclusion mma isn't just what you trained, different people have different paths.

Wax on, wax off. BOOM! Complete fighting system hehe ^-^ Thanks for your video Oliver'san

in the way that mma is comprised of, but also separate from other styles; that is why I typically differentiate between "martial arts" (a system of techniques, possibly with a rank system) and a "combat sport" (a physical contest under a set of rules) and there is some overlap...

Wise words, more Oliver please 😊

Very well said

Excellent video!

Awesome man 👏

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

A quite good point on a self-defense part...

some of this misconceptions remember me the ones for the now almost extinted full-contact karate.

@robertopietrantoni3180

4 жыл бұрын

It's not extinted actually exist karate combat, check it

@Annokh

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertopietrantoni3180 I guess karate getting into Olympics actually made full-contact karate competitions less noticeable, drowning it out somewhat. This is why some people aren't fans of ideas to promote their MAs to try and get that Olympic spot.

Oliver is badass, good luck on Saturday!

Man watching this is relay making me pump up for the beginer class on monday in hudiksvall where i live :)

very good!!

Lots of respect to you brother 🙏

Could you make a video on karate combos to strike continuously?

Very interesting observations and tips! Thanks for sharing! About a misconception on how to recognize a good MMA fighter in the crowd... I would say: don't look at the big muscles but pay attention to his 👂 ... 😆

Oss sensei. Really knew so much about mma. Thanks sensei for making this video 😀

That was a great video

Nice video! 👍

Nice...nice....i love your high...kicks...face-kicks...thanks....best wishes....

You have the same sense of humour of your brother. Superb video.

Great video

This is amazing! These are some great ways to explain how MMA works! While MMA is not meant to be an self defense based art, there are some great moves! It is better then nothing!

@waaagh3203

3 жыл бұрын

Tactical pistol and knife combat are probably the absolute best self defense based arts. That's just our modern reality.

@alexanderdelarosahidalgo3092

3 жыл бұрын

@@waaagh3203 And you probably dont have any of those 🤓

@alexanderdelarosahidalgo3092

3 жыл бұрын

Mma fighters are not super heroes and in a self defense situation anything can happen but they are people trained to fight other trained fighters and must people even the ones you see fighting in the streets alot dont know how to fight so if there is a style that can work in real life situation without weapons, I think that an mma is the best option. if it didnt work they wouldnt teach it to the Navy seals and the Green Berets

Very informative. 👍😀

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

As for number 2 I agree with you,I know Jesse isn't a mma fighter(as far as I know) but you are both extremely humble fighters/teachers and probably the coolest pair of brothers around.

Can you do a vid on the hand techniques in karate and where should they be used to aim for to be most effective?

Regarding self defense, I've seen people claiming grappling, BJJ or ground fighting is the best option. Considering "on the street" you don't actually know if the attacker has hidden weapons or if he has more buddies hiding around, taking someone to the floor seems like the worst option to me.

@momoswandelndesschloss4047

4 жыл бұрын

James Esquilo naaa on the ground its harder to pull and use a wapon...

@mategov

4 жыл бұрын

@@momoswandelndesschloss4047 Depends on the position you're in. Still, it doesn't help to deal with other possible threats. If you're immobilizing someone you're immobilizing yourself.

@BWater-yq3jx

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah you don't really wanna be scrabbling around on the ground in a streetfight. Self-defence oriented BJJ schools actually will say it's not the go-to option like it is in a match.

@momoswandelndesschloss4047

4 жыл бұрын

You Are right, but like you said it depends...there is no right opinion when it comes to self devense, just chance

@mategov

4 жыл бұрын

@@momoswandelndesschloss4047 I wouldn't say so. If you're standing, you can evaluate the situation in case you want to try to escape. If you're on the floor with someone else, it gets quite harder. It's already difficult enough to deal with a second attacker while standing; the floor never seems like a good option. Unless of course if you know the other guy is alone for sure.

...always practiced standing up like karate , full contact. kickboxing, muay thai...it is better for running away...thanks Oliver...i never stop learning...and am 62...

Great video! How about Naihanchi Nidan bunkai videos :)?

I agree with pretty much everything you said I think it's a great way to be in shape I think MMA could be a good way to defend yourself cuz you never know and it's a good way to I don't know bring people together family friends all practicing together

Great job Oliver

thanks oliver san. i request jessy to share me knowledge about gensairyu's sansai kata because i want to know about it.

Bravo Oliver 👍🏾 When is your next fight?

Definitely a big one on making sure you adapt what you do for self defense. You aren't going to be in shorts, with hand protection, barefoot

I am thinking of switching from karate to MMA do you have any tips on how to get used to the style quickly.

nice one Oliver , good luck in your next fight :)

So, MMA is for everyone. That's great!

Awesome video!!!! Can u and oliver do some kumite plz😊

Question about safety in ground and pound: what about the possibility of the fighter on top falling on the other guy's head elbow first or hitting the guy so his head bounces against the floor? I understand that boxers can also technically bang their head even worse than knocked out but to my limited knowledge this does not happen in the ring (obviously people die this way on the street every day). You made a good point about often having poor leverage for strikes on the ground but if your hands and upper body are free for a moment what happens then? It seems that in breaking demonstrations the athletes are usually striking from up down to break the objects they are trying to break, which would seem to indicate that you are at your strongest when hitting downwards as could happen in the cage.

10 misconceptions about karate next 😉

I live in Arlington, TX and MMA taken a lot of folks away from karate, Kung Fu, Boxing which is good for MMA but bad in that art piece or mystical part is lost. Wing Chun has helped me spiritually and mentally.

very very interesting :O

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

I love these videos done by Oliver, does he have his own KZread channel?

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

He uses my channel from time to time 😀

Nice

@omarbeyeyoutubeur3639

4 жыл бұрын

T'a vue mes vidéos

Number 10 also applies to traditional martial arts too. I’ve seen so many martial artists over the last thirty years that absolutely perfect technique but have no interest whatsoever ever getting into a fight.

I thought you just did karate. So when these videos came up on my feed I usually disregarded them. Good video though

Smart guy !

Ground and pounds in other arts it's just been popularized in MMA Actually M1 uses weapons check it out its pretty lit actually really enjoyed the video btw

I didn't know the back of the head and the spine, wow, those two places would be hard to avoid as a fighter. The strangling also surprised @.@

I thought you were Stephen wonderboy Thompson in the thumbnail

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

They look alike!

So what would be the best reason to practice karate according your opinion? What is karate biggest quality?

@KARATEbyJesse

Жыл бұрын

Because you love it :)

My conception was MMA was a very rough and brutal sport to TRAIN. But really, its often very soft and technical, and its all about knowledge and wisdom, more than toughness, power and aggression. I still find myself surprised about how much striking training reminds me of a "dancing lesson", believe it or not. Its all about skill, footwork and stuff like that.

What i wsnt to know, is when jesse and oliver were growing up, how many fights did you get into against eachother. And who usually won

I fully agree with point 7, many people think MMA is good for self-defense but street defense is totally different from cage fight. For point 1, I like to ask why those MMA gyms segregate MMA training into specific training like Muay Thai, Boxing or BJJ if MMA has it's own complete fighting system? Hence you would find yourself wearing Muay Thai or BJJ attire. Give an example, I have a friend who learned MMA for more than a year but spent most of the time doing Muay Thai.

@M3Lucky

4 жыл бұрын

Need to learn fundamentals of those styles before you meld them together in an MMA class

Lets say I'm a muscular guy with natural power... Should I work more on my weakness, like endurance and volume, or should I just focus more on my strenght and just go all in on being an explosive power-fighter?

@KARATEbyJesse

2 жыл бұрын

Both

With no MMA experience, have a Shotokan base, and 40yrs old, with these things in mind is it too late to think about cage fighting?

The thickness of the helmets acts as a longer lever arm allowing a strike to generate more rotational force, which causes the real damage that we worry about. Football helmets do the same thing. Helmets reduce straight-line impact injury and superficial injuries, but those aren't the brain injuries that are killing contact-sport retirees. See the book _Fight Like a Physicist_ for a better explanation.

When you use ground punch , we use gravity like a spring and remember they is no protection in street floor.

Good point about gnp, but The kicking to a grounded opponent that Where seen in pride and rizin? That is a bit barabaric i must say.

The first misconception of MMA everybody can say is based on perspective, and even then it is still a mixture of different arts. You have to practice striking, grappling, etc separately in different classes, and then learn how to mix them.

I traind karate 2 years ninjutsu 2 years and judo 4 mounts (i stoped becous i destroid my hand after an kong jump so my grip i way weaker so i stoped. I can hit with that hand but i cant keep a thigt grip) And my question is can i start kick boxing and be able to a chalange to dome guys ho are training kick boxing a long time. Im stil gona do it if you say i cant. The question is for more that i can know if im gona be able from day one to keep up

I find most people have no idea what it takes to train and they have no idea of what a trained person is capable of.

Do more karate for MMA Videos, and put oliver on hard training for it :D

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Good idea! He needs more kata 😆🥋👊

the problem with ground and pound is sometime the oponent is already knocked out so he can not defend them self

What is oliver's weight category

I wanna do MMA...but people always tell me that doing MMA will make a bad person and that i will bully other people...how should i respond??

Why not give belt rankings in mma?

#2 is True.

Agree with all of them EXCEPT the first one. MMA classes are still broken down by Arts in most gyms. You have your BJJ, Muay Thai, Boxing classes still taught separately, from what I have seen in many gyms. You do put them together when you train for an MMA fight but still most places teach them separately enough that you can just do BJJ or Muay Thai there at the gym without doing the rest of the classes. If MMA was just one thing on its own, you can't choose to train like that. That's like doing Muay Thai and only wanting to learn the leg work (kicks, knees) without the hand work (punches, elbows) at all, which would never happen. But that's just my observation and experience. Feel free to disagree. Great channel btw... Train smart and safe.

What's a good total body karate workout bodywieght only (sets/reps) or time HIIT style...??🤔

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Kata 😎

@goatninja5303

4 жыл бұрын

@@KARATEbyJesse 30sets 3000 reps got it!!

Who is your favorite fighter?? Question to both Enkamp brothers 😎

Who do you guys think will win, Poirier or Khabib?

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

I’m not qualified to make a pick 😜 Gotta watch some more of Poirier especially

Where are the Subtitles?

you are as good as your brother

i like his shirt lion dogs kick ass

Correction - nowadays amateur boxers wear the same equipment as professionals. Helmets were forbidden because of the reasons you've mentioned.