Question: What do you think is the MOST EFFECTIVE Karate technique (and why)? 👊💥🤔

@stefythomas5052

4 жыл бұрын

Knife Hand Strike which can be transformed as a lethal neck cut as well as a defensive weapon depends on the situation.

@venkat1845

4 жыл бұрын

seiken tzuki

@LearnWithEthos

4 жыл бұрын

Seiza is the most important 'move' in Karate ...

@neiltaylor1765

4 жыл бұрын

Shuto-uke, very versatile and adaptable for various attacks and defensive options with one technique

@julyandri3603

4 жыл бұрын

Run is the best technique. i don't need to explain this . . .

Apparently Conor Mcgregor followed the long standing karate tradition of attacking vehicles by fighting a bus

@kuuryotwo5153

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, but unlike the old Master McGregor used a steel barrier to fight the bus rather than his fists. It seems like McGregor still requires more training.

@rynopot

3 жыл бұрын

@@kuuryotwo5153 Especially in the Self-Control part - the last of the 5 principles of karate (1. Character, 2. Etiquette, 3. I forgot and if my sensei sees this, I'll be doing sit-ups for a month, 4. Effort, 5. Self Control - ok, 3. is SINCERITY)

@waaagh3203

2 жыл бұрын

@@kuuryotwo5153 He's still got work to do to reach the level of Ken and Ryu. I'd also recommend he start with a 4 door sedan like they did.

@KevinJ0hnson

Жыл бұрын

I just love that guy 😂😂😂🤣

@Kwisatz-Chaderach

10 ай бұрын

​@@KevinJ0hnson"why tap? Go sleep" 😆

“So unless you want to spend years hardening you’re finger tips...” Me: time to buy a bucket of sand and get started.

@neleabels

3 жыл бұрын

But why?

@derekjohnson4109

3 жыл бұрын

Nele Abels so my finger tips can become a deadly weapon.

@akarus451

3 жыл бұрын

@@derekjohnson4109 but then when is became hard, you can't fold your fingers to hold anything anymore

@sunilproductions4678

3 жыл бұрын

My master had told us you can't hold a pen when you harden your fingers that way.

@derekjohnson4109

3 жыл бұрын

Sunil Productions idk then sign my name with my fists?

7:44 this man doesn't stub his toe on the corner of a table. The table stubs itself on his toe

@MrSupergrez

3 жыл бұрын

My big toe is well conditioned but I always hit the little one...

My cousin went into the US Marines in the late 1980s. His goal was to be stationed in Okinawa, which he was and learn karate. He ended up as a black belt in Uechi Ryu karate. He would actually do a toe kick roundhouse where he would aim for your ribs. It would feel like you just got speared in the side. The way he conditioned his toes was by kicking the treads of a car tire hanging from a rope. Oh yeah, he also ended up marrying his instructor's daughter.

@ubcroel4022

11 ай бұрын

Pretty based.

Legend says he still is attacking that train

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 Choo-chooo

@insalubriousdithyramb1742

4 жыл бұрын

Train lives matter.

@sleepy_Dragon

4 жыл бұрын

Train hard!

@Hessam101

4 жыл бұрын

Punishment for Japanese trains when they run 10 seconds late :)

@theroguegeneralhunter2206

4 жыл бұрын

Today that train is now pile of scrap metal.

It makes a big difference whether you practice karate in the West or in Asia. In Asia, you do at least one hour of toughness training a day. Hardening of the body, hands combined with breathing techniques. I asked my teacher if toughening is necessary. He asked me. "Do you want to be a karateka or just look like one?" The priorities of the west and east are different. It just has to look good in the West. In the East you embody what you are in all aspects of your being.

@Parents_of_Twins

4 ай бұрын

I'm not a martial artist however broad statements about west versus east are dangerous and unnecessary. It creates a you versus them attitude and makes you seem arrogant. Perhaps the better way to say it is "In my dojo" or "in my experience" because unless you have trained at every dojo in the "East" and "West" you don't know that what you are saying is true and you make yourself look like you feel you are superior which I doubt your teacher would approve.

My sensei used to say that the two most important techniques were "running away" and "pipe wrapped in newspaper".

@tegli4

3 жыл бұрын

@Redgren Grumbholdt I'll stick with the pipe. If for example it is raining, running away could be risky as you might slip and fall. Also, the rain will make the paper too soft.

@sopwithcamelus

3 жыл бұрын

@Redgren Grumbholdt The Millwall brick...

@stephenshw2262

3 жыл бұрын

What about a 911 .45?

When I was taking Karate, my master mentioned the Ippon Ken and Nakadaka Ken that they are used in a very close combat, as in, during a clinch where you cannot do a power punch. For instance, when someone has you on a clinch, you can have the Nakadaka Ken fist pressed on the solar plexus, breast bone, or under their chin -- then all you have to do is straighten your arm to a push to apply pressure, almost like a one-inch-punch. It's one way to simultaneously protect your face from a knee and deal a counter attack. And yeah, you'll break your fingers if you punch with it.

@dotdotdot1985

3 жыл бұрын

Me, a 5 ft 3 woman, has used this to get out of a close range situation with a guy. I mean if you want to test it, try punching short range at the soft tissue on your forearm - doesn't do much unless you've perfected the 1 inch punch! But jab with the knuckle, it hurts, from a short distance and with little force. Also, I don't get how his knuckle ends up pointing down with straight wrist 🤔 are his fingers different shape to mine?

@artofninelimbs5930

3 жыл бұрын

My master told us that ippon ken is for hitting ur opponents eyeballs

@dotdotdot1985

3 жыл бұрын

@@artofninelimbs5930 that would work 😊

@EnzoVinZ

3 жыл бұрын

@@artofninelimbs5930 I was taught to use my thumbs for that purpose. It's more effective than using the Ippon Ken -- accurate too.

@EnzoVinZ

3 жыл бұрын

@@dotdotdot1985 Find a kid smaller than you and have them use either Ippon Ken or Nakadaka Ken on your breast bone or side rib. It doesn't take a lot of force to deliver a lot of pain. When we we're training for this technique, we have to do push ups on these knuckles. It was one of the requirements to get a belt promotion. I can still do that push up 'till this day, although not as many.

I have recently become a huge fan of yours and come across this video. Let me say first that I have loved martial arts since I was 9 years old and I am now 60. 2 of the techniques in your video unfortunately are crucial to the first style I ever practiced and that's Uechi Ryu. I recall at a very young age asking my instructor how it is possible to use those strikes because it seemed to me even at a young age that you needed special hands. He explained hand conditioning to me and the risk involved and that it was not a requirement in modern Uechi but he practiced it (he learned from Kanai Uechi) as many in Okinawa do. He said forcing this on western students could lead to insurance problems for dojo's and maybe lawsuits so he runs his business as prescribed by Kanai Uechi's organization at the time. He did give me a routine when I was about 15 and said it's my choice to do what I wanted but not in the dojo. He knew I was serious about learning and training everything at the time. Well, I still practice strike conditioning and understand the risks. I feel lucky because I have been able to perform delicate tasks with my hands for other things throughout my life. But my old school thinking says it is not worth the art if it's made a shortcut. It can evolve, they all do, but to skip strike conditioning when what you are learning is to strike just doesn't seem logical. I don't think I'd teach someone striking without conditioning. They just go together.kzread.info/dash/bejne/iGuYwZh_gNuWf7Q.html

I've been doing Uechi-Ryu Karate for over 11 years and couldn't agree more. There are times and places for everything, but knowing the limits is wise. Luckily, my sensei has been straight up about the practicality of these strikes. She explained that her teachers said this intense conditioning to the hands was different when people only lived to be in their 50s, but now that people are living much longer...it's simply not worth it to beat your hands so much that they are useless in old age! Good video, can't wait to watch more!

@jlogan2228

10 ай бұрын

Not to mention the quality of life has drastically improved to where you don't have to worry Abt criminals as much and there's more time to do things other than manual labor so you will benefit from not having crippled yourself

Basic boxing techniques, combined with front, round, and side kicks, something like kickboxing or Muay Thai combination. These exercises are battle tested. I do appreciate Jesse's dedication to Karate. All styles are dependent on the practitioner.

The eye poke is actually underrated af just ask Jon Jones

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Him and Bruce! 😂

@edrichlouw1790

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@wils8886

3 жыл бұрын

🤔daniel comier mastered the eye poke and used it many times to win illegally against Stipe Miochi in their first fight !

@iamabean

3 жыл бұрын

Plot twist : Jones came across this video and spend years to master the tiger tooth technique . Then his eyes pokes will be invincible .

@Funkensteinlives

3 жыл бұрын

I agree that for the average modern karate adept, these techniques aren't practical. But I disagree that you have to be a master with years of conditioning in order to use them. 6 months or even less of regular makiwara training will make any of these techniques very useable. The nukite we see in kata today is not executed for combat use...as we see it in the kata. But I personally know people who hit a makiwara full power with finger strikes, ippon Ken and nakadaka Ken. And they haven't spent decades training for these techniques. 6 months will bring good results. A few years will make these techniques deadly. But as I said....the average modern karateka won't put in the effort to make them useable.

The Karate Masters may be in their graves clenching their fists in a phoenix's punch over this .... ;-)

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Hahah their ghosts will definitely haunt me for this 😅😅😅

@Octopussyist

4 жыл бұрын

@@KARATEbyJesse But you are still able to write on a keyboard and use your phone with your hands - which they might have had problems doing after treating their hands like that.

@navigatingel6104

3 жыл бұрын

@@Octopussyist Pretty much false

@dannodillon1222

3 жыл бұрын

Navigating El no, he’s got a point. Cause damage to your own hands to the point that damage doesn’t bother you anymore and you’ll see just how much that training effects the fine muscle control within them. Plus, he never said it would be impossible, just difficult

@Octopussyist

3 жыл бұрын

@@dannodillon1222 Exactly. As a graphic designer, I couldn't afford that.

3 Useless Karate techiniques No.1 : Nukite *Kuroki Gensai would like to know your location*

@assasin616

4 жыл бұрын

BRU YEAAAAAA I LOVE THAT FREAKING SERIES

@kaiba3612

4 жыл бұрын

Eyyyyy. A fellow Kengan fan

@vistrate90

4 жыл бұрын

A nukite in the throat or in the eye can be really efficient.

@shazamsakazaki

4 жыл бұрын

Nukite isn't meant to use for attacking parts that are protected with bones and muscles. But getting hit by a nukite to soft parts, like the throat, eyes or the solar plexis is not a comfortable experience

@nigilan7098

4 жыл бұрын

Number 2 when you want to do seishu akoja s punch but you try a different way

In my Shaolin Temple, we utilize "Ippon Ken" as a "Phoenix Eye" seen in Crane and Bird forms; it is NOT intended as a "hard strike", but using it for pressure points, and soft spots is a good deterrent for an opponent who may initiate combat. Also, "Nakadaka Ken" as we call "Tiger Knuckle" is used very similarly and is quite effective as a Vertical Punch while minimizing surface area. "Nukite" ("Spear Hand") I think any martial artist can agree would be BETTER utilized as a finger jab, Bear Claw, or Dragon's Talon. I will also agree, the need for "Iron Bone" training to create efficacy defeats the purpose of good/useful techniques.

I was waiting for the toe kick. Agree on all points. Took the words out of my mouth. Thank you for all your videos. Open hand heel palm strike is the best for hard areas on the body. Hard vs soft, soft vs hard.

The "useless" techniques always tend to be the most fun

@TNTTestificate

3 жыл бұрын

@Godman1102 fun

ippon ken great for jabbing ribs during grappling with short shots when you can't get a full range of motion punch happening. can cause someone to release you from a hold they have you in.

@randoshus3762

3 жыл бұрын

Use it between the ribs to make them let go.

What about Crane Technique? I've heard a Sensei say "if do right, no can defense" 🤷‍♂️

@oscarclaudio2848

3 жыл бұрын

Machida Kick

Most effective karate technique: I can't decide between "wax on, wax off" or banzai! (Have fun!) Taught by Mr. Miyagi!

Sorry Jessie San, I have to disagree with you on this. My sensei has taught us theses techniques for years and there effectiveness is in there location. The tiger's tooth we call the Phoenix eye, it and the dragon's head are used to attack soft tissue areas and pressure points and being on the receiving end of those demonstrations, they are very effective. But as for the spear hand, I do agree that you must condition it to be effective, but that goes for every part of your body. Thanks for the video and for showing me to share my point of view.

@patrickreynolds5463

4 жыл бұрын

I think the key part of what you said is "being on the receiving end of... demonstrations" they are effective. One of Jesse's point is that in actual combat, picking a move that requires such precision is not a good idea because there's a resisting opponent and, if they shift position and you hit bone instead of the soft tissue you were aiming, you might break your finger. Using a less delicate body part to hit someone is generally a good idea in a real situation because the control you have in a demonstration is non-existent in a real fight.

@Roodneyfb

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't see the disagreement in your argument. You literally repeated everything Jesse said + your own experience...

@shorinryu00

3 жыл бұрын

I stand bu what I've said, the usefulness si iin the application. I've read the comments about the dangers of an opponent shifting and what of you miss, we'll the same can be said for a number of techniques. It's effectiveness is on its execution which I believe is the reason we train.

@theohitman7

3 жыл бұрын

👍 I agree.

I love your honesty, Jesse. Great videos. In my style of Goju-Ryu, the spear-hand technique appears in several kata, but when you perform the bunkai, we always use panther strike, fingers folded in a kind of half-fist, or full fist, in replace of the spear-hand. You are absolutely, right. A lot of the hardening training done years ago is almost non-existent.

No wonder I like your videos. You are one of the few that is aware of the difficulties of a classical martial art. There are many considerations before to rule out a martial art as useless and / or become really effective with a given set of techniques. Great video, thanks for sharing!

Every day I feel more and more welcomed with your channel. Although I'm still saddened by you ending the legend of Okinawa's rebel peasants. I have always found it difficult to use these attacks for the same reasons.

Hey Jesse, one point about the spear-hand technique... I'm guessing you already know this, but have you considered that the target isn't the body at all, but rather between the arm and torso? This would then get your hand behind the opponent. The technique we do starts with an open hand "block" that sweeps down until the arm is parallel to the ground at about your midsection then the spear-hand thrusts out just above this "block". An application might be your opponent throws a straight right, you use the blocking motion (right hand) to avoid the attack redirecting the punch slightly downward while your other hand (left hand) executes the spear-hand attack between the striking arm and the torso. Your spear-hand is now behind the opponent, if you then execute the same technique described above you'll then position your opponent to where he's bent over, slightly off center and off balance exposing vital points on the inside of the knee, back of the jaw/head, and side of the body. Feel free to change the last spear-hand strike to whatever you want (punch, spear-hand, palm strike, etc depending on which target you choose to strike). 🙂

@blackbird-25

4 жыл бұрын

very interesting, in our GoJu Ryu kata I could see this in sisochin or seisan

@kermistilburg

4 жыл бұрын

We use nukite "spear" mostly as a defense to divert an incoming punch and then perform a grab. The middle knuckle to strike between the chest muscles above the heart. But we practise this only on makiwara because it can cause serious harm. ^Timo

@TheRastacabbage

4 жыл бұрын

Tai otoshi is what spear hand is setting up in my opinion

@danielordonez412

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with jesse, just try to break trough a cactus leaf... you,ll see how vulnerable you get

@andykunz7687

3 жыл бұрын

Thats often the way we used it in Shorin Ryu.

Jesse Enkamp is like the Steve Irwin of Karate 💚

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

RIP the man, the myth, the legend! 🙏

@safdarkh786

4 жыл бұрын

God i miss him. He was such a legend.

@Roodneyfb

4 жыл бұрын

Let's just hope Jesse never sets out to fight a stingray, so that the comparison stops in the way they sound and act.

Hello, Jesse. Glad to see good contents from you again. As for me, seiken tsuki is the most "useful" thing, not in the term of practical use, but in the term of enhancing one's understanding towards machanism of muscle moves in one's body while do punching. Although I have just learned boxing recently, I could understand the difference between karate and boxing in muscle machanism.

I like the strength that you get from learning kata and staying in the different stances. It gives you a sense of balance that allows you to harness more power when you learn other arts like boxing, Muay Thai or even wrestling.

Breathing is the most effective technique for me. :D it is life and power all in itself. Love your new video Jesse san!

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

It’s certain to kill you in its absence! 🤪

@markericsonsalvador9988

4 жыл бұрын

@@KARATEbyJesse hahaha 🤫 🤣

@k.k.9111

3 жыл бұрын

I see you are a hamon user of culture aswell

Jesse I,ve studied both Karate and Kung Fu and find your videos informative,so I wanted to say thank you. I find the palm strike as most useful as it gives you more options and allows you to strike a harder surface than the fist. Would like you to do a video on the palm strike. Thank you again.

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent choice!! 👌

Excellent episode; so very true , that we need to stick with getting the most effect with a basic set of high %age techniques. And, “the best way to not lose a fight is to not get in one.”

I'm a shotokan student am also an aikido student 3 years and two belts into shotokan. Find these videos really helpful. Always hungry for knowledge. You seem like an awesome guy. Will keep tuning in oss

The conditioning mentioned in the video sounds like a great way to get arthritis by your mid 40s

@clFer777

4 жыл бұрын

I see masters training like that at 80ies.. read somewhere the price it's that you can't stop training, ever.. in that case, in one or two weeks you will not move your fingers anymore.. well I am not expert, just reporting what I saw and read

@rocco3377

4 жыл бұрын

I respectfully disagree, you must start with what you can do, and slowly work in it. Patience is key as with a great many things. And listening to your body, taking time to heal/strengthen when appropriate. :)

@leojzueg

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. During the colder months ( seriously). It take about 5 to 10 minutes for me to fully open my hands. I have conditioned my knuckles and my right hand middle finger for a one knuckle punch. Also both my big toes. I have been practicing Shorin ryu since 85. I have used toe kicks and 1 knuckle punches in real fights.

@8unlucky8

4 жыл бұрын

@@leojzueg just out of curiosity do u think this cpuld be offset by joint mobility/and flexibility training like if your had worked it more as a younger man

@imranhanafi9716

4 жыл бұрын

Just do some rock climbing training. I see most rock climbers have the toughest conditioned fingers I ever see compared to most other athletes of other sports.

most effective are quick legs, all you have to do is turn around, and run as fas as you can. WIth friends we are joking that is should be called runaway-do :D

@clFer777

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, the best way to avoid a punch.. it's not being there (heard it somewhere, guess was Miyagi)

@creightonfreeman8059

4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of an exchange between my former Kenpo Sensei and one of his junior instructors: Junior: (teasing) You want to fight? Sensei: OK. Junior: You gonna run? Sensei: I never run. Junior: Then how are you going to catch me? Your "runaway-do" is even funnier in Chinese characters. 跑步道 (Paobu Dao) - The Way of Running (away).

@saulmartin4252

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah because no technique exists to deal with someone running, like a simple trip, now your on the ground face down what a awesome idea

@yoenjoel9372

4 жыл бұрын

What if you can't run? You are in the tight situation which needs you to fight first then escape.

@stefanmadun6881

4 жыл бұрын

@@yoenjoel9372 solution is simple, when i'm forced to fight, i'll defend myself with all means i can use to achive solution I need to get out from danger

I think a lot of these techniques can easily be explained if you imagine your opponent wearing armor. Now you are targeting gaps in the armor where pressure points are all that's available to you. That would have been a very real problem being addressed when the martial arts we see today were originally formed. I haven't practiced Karate in a long time (moved on to different arts), but I'm loving your channel!

Jesse-San, the techniques you mentioned are very important in Uechi-Ryu karate. Many teachers don't spend time teaching conditioning of these weapons and so they can't be used practically. However, if you invest the time and energy to develop them, they are formidable weapons. I train them daily and wouldn't hesitate to use them. It takes years, but that's the beauty of it...training is a way of life for the serious karateka. PS, love your videos!!

The classical Indian “tight slap”. Always connects! And not a single soul I know has ducked or blocked one!

@andilehlubi8017

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the deadliest move to ever exist.

@iforgottbh4488

4 жыл бұрын

Teach me the ways of the tight slap, it sounds like a useful tool

@vinaykumar488

4 жыл бұрын

Indian teachers are masters in this technique

@macdaddy5574

3 жыл бұрын

@@iforgottbh4488 the "swats" is a good one too

@The_Ballo

3 жыл бұрын

HOW CAN SHE SLAP?!

If you can hit someone with only the tips of your fingers or toes, the reduced ares of contact would means the pressure and the pemetrating power of the strike would be much higher, thereby reducing the need for strength and focusing more on precision and timing for hitting vital points. I think conditioning their fingers and toes was very important to them because weapons were not allowed and any advantage you can get over your opponent in terms of destructive ability would go a long way in a fight.

Just saw this video. The karateka at the beginning (hitting the train) is Sadaharu Fujimoto of Shobukai Karate in Shinagawa, Tokyo. He passed away several months ago. Very nice man, I trained with him back in '92. When you shook his hand his conditioning was evident. It was a great experience.

@petersbirakos3108

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to add that when I visited his dojo all those years ago, one memory stands vivid: he would execute repetitions of shuto onto a heavy weighted tin can about head height. On the rebound he would hit it again full solid hits. When I inspected the can it was filled with cement and a chain embedded in it that he could hang. Pretty cool.

The cut when you said "which was kinda nasty" is golden hahaha

Pushing front kick for me. :) Oh, and btw, love your program. ^^

It has to be the yoko geri, it's versatile and relatively harder to catch or block.

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Sidekicks are awesome! 🔥

@Wessex90

4 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of fun with those 😀.

@eamonob84

4 жыл бұрын

Great kick. I like the combination of ashi barai to yoko geri for MMA sparring when the sweep doesn't take them down but just off balances them. It's very unexpected by people who don't have a karate background.

Awesome content, Sensei. Congrats and thanks for sharing it

Great video...as always 👊 thank You Jesse💪

The "tiger tooth" is known to the Chinese as the "phoenix eye" (fist). Just thought I'd mention that. Thanks for this cool video.

I didn't know the "tiger tooth" was a karate thing. I just gradually hit my heavy bag harder and harder with it for several years, using any boxing style punch I thought worked well with it and now I can break cinder blocks with it, just like the edge of my palm. I'm a mixed martial artist, so of course I love to explore new techniques, and fortunately it is legal in cage fights, but you can't exactly do this when the gloves go past your fore knuckle. I've heard a lot of people discourage using fore knuckles in MMA because they say you will break your fingers, but that's like saying you will always break your knuckles when you punch someone without a glove. That's one thing people in combat sports don't understand is conditioning your bare hands and wrists to where you could recklessly strike any part of the human body without hurting yourself. The purpose of gloves is so both fighters will be more reckless and put on a better show because the punches are less painful and the hands are protected, but the larger surface area can cause a higher risk of concussions and brain damage, so it isn't to make the fight any safer. There aren't a lot of cage fighters who use a makiwara or iron body conditioning for anything other than their shins, knees and elbows, so when it comes to their hands, they always have to wrap them and glove them because they are taught that using any amount of force on their fists will break everything the wrist and above. Truth be told, if you want to become a true weapon, just join any world super power military elite. They WILL make you a killing machine with or without a weapon, and most of all, they make you so comfortable with killing that you wouldn't think twice if someone threatened you in civilian life. Iron body conditioning is great for self-defense and combat, but it gives you mad arthritis, so it will take it's toll, especially if you suddenly stop doing it when you're older.

As a Uechi Ryu practitioner, I literally hit my Nukite against dry wall at home to condition my fingers, against my hands, and against the Makiwara at the dojo. Been doing it for a few months and I can throw a Sanchin strike at the Makiwara with a decent amount of force and it doesn’t really hurt my fingers. Definitely one of my favorite techniques. Hell I condition my shoken zuki on the Makiwara, against dry wall, and against my hands as well just because it’s just another move I love doing.

Thank you Sensei! I love the way you break things down, thanks for sharing!

I've always loved the ridge-hand strike.

Hi Jesse, street experience has taught me that with three hand techniques and two leg techniques it is enough to defend yourself and a couple of techniques to fight on the ground, but what you want in a fight is not to get to the fight on the ground, So the fight must end standing if we want to survive. Many practitioners and also black belts are only know how to fight in the classroom or competitions are the best to look, but on the street they are blocked, they do not know what to do. That is why it is better to practice three techniques 1000 times, than to practice 1000 techniques and at the moment of truth you cannot apply them. Regards.

@Bravo-Too-Much

Жыл бұрын

I bet you have a street fight record of 450-0.

The most smart advices that I've heard in my life, thanks!!!

Real great videos man thanks

Nailed it Jesse. I remember learning these for advanced techniques for the road to Black Belt. Only for Kata, not necessarily for application... I don't know if you've done it before but can you bust or prove a myth about the straight punch itself? My question; is a straight punch more powerful with your wrist and knuckles angled at 45 degrees to the floor thus making the ulna and radius not overlapping twisted? Or the wrist and knuckles horizontal/parallel to the floor and thus having the ulna and radius bones overlapping. Or lastly the wrist vertical and 90 degrees to the floor? I've always learnt in Karate to punch with the wrist/hand at 45 degrees to the floor, not 90 degrees. Bruce lee experimented with all the three I believe? I've also always been taught to punch with only the first two knuckles. So either of the three still allows this, but I would of thought the 45 is still the strongest technique. This is what I was taught anyway.

0:14 Sensei's engineering career ended in quite the frusturation

Thanks. I know some of those too and you confirm my idea.

Great video! I’m glad I stumbled upon this channel. Most effective technique: I would vote for yoko geri. It allows for defending long-range from a side attack without wasting time to face the opponent. I practiced karate and jujitsu in the past, afterwards switching to Krav Maga. My secret dream of seeing karate returning to real world applications remains, and this is only possible thanks to people like Master Enkamp.

A younger me was fascinated with these very techniques, especially the nukite. But after a year of trying to condition my hand for this I gave it up. Takes too much time and hurts too.

Sensei Jesse, Some us did spend years conditioning our toes 😅 I use Sokusen in my MMA fights, it’s pretty painful and I’m happy I know it. For the other techniques I definitely would have been better off learning different things in that time haha

@KARATEbyJesse

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, I would love to see you knock someone out with your thumb! I guess we should find what works best for us :)

You are the best Jesse! Älskar dina videos. Så upplysande. Stort tack 👍🏻

Jesse,you are the man.👍🥋🤛🤜💪🏋👊✋

You had me cracking up at "I'm a wuss and I like to be comfy!"😂

@mythplatypuspwned

3 жыл бұрын

Haha. Comfy!

I mean personally I reckon the most effective technique I was taught was "don't get hit" :P Also I wonder if people who do pointe work would have some kind of advantage with the kick, because obviously you need strong toes for that? (Useless for me now regardless because I am Very out of practice for both karate and ballet, but alas)

Many traditional moves are based on fighting an opponent with armour so they conditioned the smaller bones of the hands to get into where a full fist cannot . The nerve strikes, and hits to vital points were very much part of the basics taught in chinese styles attacking the meridians to weaken organs and shut down muscles etc. they can be used to cause shock or temporary numbness of the limbs so you can create a gap to follow up with standard strikes to finish them off . Thanks for all your informative videos!

I love your videos man

Fun fact: seiken also needs conditioning to be used effectively

I have practiced Uechi for 50+ years. I think Jesse has misunderstood the uses and effectiveness of both the shoken and the nukite. While in my early years, the first twenty or so, I did practice extreme body hardening which I no longer recommend , even without body hardening both have their place in practice and practical use. Just a couple of examples, there are many more. The shoken is an extremely devastating strike to the attackers eye or neck. You need not bang your knuckle into a makiwara in order to gain rigidity. And if you miss your target the knuckle simply collapses into a standard fist. Rather than leaving your opponent with a black eye you leave him with no eye. This is obviously only used in life or death situations. It is in fact the symbol of Uechi Ryu in acknowledgement of its effectiveness. The nukite is also designed for soft targets. The eyes, the throat, the armpits, the groin, etc. It also requires rigidity but I have found most people with a little practice can form the hand position with the required strength. The nukite is the primary strike in Sanchin kata, the first, most basic and most important kata in Uechi. One learns the hand position, strengthens the fingers and the wrists, learns proper body position , breathing and explosiveness of strikes using the nukite in the kata. When using the nukite in Sanchin the student learns to let the hand pull the arm, not to push the strike. Like firing a bullet the nukite explodes covering distance rapidly and the student learns to bring his internal energy, chi, up from the ground and release it through his finger tips. This also strengthens the body and the fingers especially. Keep in mind that many strikes are position dependent. Much of Uechi is based upon delivering strikes when your body has different angular positions than head on against your opponent. Sidestep and strike is more common, and more realistic, than toe to toe defense. The third strike discussed I can offer no opinion on. I have never practiced it. I have posted on Jesse's videos before. I always find them interesting and well done. A better training partner would be hard to find.

Awesome video and great presentation. Thank you ❤👍

I really like your videos. Grat sense of humor. Congrats. 👊👊👊

Ippon ken is a very effective technic. The old masters had young child, who did not want to clean his room. The wise masters developed the ippon ken to tickle the children between they ribs. Trust me, it is working! :-)

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

Probably the best application for our modern age!! 😜

@TheAnsonysc

3 жыл бұрын

"Water Chestnut" ! What we call it in Chineae is “菱角”. So each time we want to take this action to the children, we would say : 「Give you one water chesnut」. Unfortunately, they strike on the head instead of tickle the ribs. So it's effective.

I practiced Shotokan in my youth and this guy was harassing me and my friend one evening in this bar Victoria, British Columbia , Canada 🇨🇦 he wanted to fight first my friend who refused , when me in which l refused also . Well this fool taking my kindness as weakness he wouldn’t let up , l refused his challenge several times . I was sitting slightly side ways on my chair and he come up to me and put his hand on my shoulder “ he was standing but couching over him slightly again l refuse his challenge . When out of the corner of my eye l see his right hand move , he was going to sucker punch me !! Honestly without even a thought of having an exchange with this fellow ... l launched a back fist purely out of instinct and years of training his blow never even connected and the blow sent him over the adjacent table where people were sitting , knocking the table over spilling all the drinks etc . He laid completely unconscious on his back .well nobody was more surprised than me . Needless to say we booked it out of that bar to avoid any further trouble . I returned there about three hours later , just to scope it out you know , and the bartender come up to me and shook my hand and said he had never seen anything like it . And my friend that was with me at the time has told me on more than one occasion that for example when he is sitting around the campfire with friends just bullshitting . He tells that story of the time in that bar when l laid that guy out . The funny thing was that right up to the moment l saw his right hand move l had no intension of fighting . It was the most natural thing l could have ever done . The years of training as a child was blueprinted into me .Long story short ..... what’s my favourite karate technique? I am going with the backfist Jesse .

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

WHOAH!! 🤩 That’s an epic story, backfists rock 👏👏👏

@blaircarnegie2738

3 жыл бұрын

MyKarateJournal sorry l missed your comment , actually l was in a seated position on a chair and he leaned over me he put his left hand on my right shoulder and his right hand was palm down on the on table and leaned in to challenge me l was looking up at him and out of the corner of my eye l saw his right hand move like he was going to slap me or something .... both my hands were on my lap .... and like a stick of dynamite l exploded my right fist shot up and struck him on the right side of his jaw ... as l followed through with the backfist l stood up ..... almost like a Olympic sprinter coming off the blocks at the starting gun ,, you know . As l shot up from the chair , the chair itself shot about 6 feet back ,,,, honestly it was that explosive!!! As l followed through with the punch , it sent him recoiling upwards and backwards and rolled him to his left .... it launched him in a manner of speaking and it sent him right over the next table which was behind him “ the table he and his 3 other friend were sitting at ,,, the table toppled over spilling all their drinks and he laid motionless on his back out cold .

@blaircarnegie2738

3 жыл бұрын

MyKarateJournal if you have ever in your heard of a pure adrenaline story for example ,,, someone does something almost super human it was like that ... That’s guy had been billing my friend in that bar and he started picking on me to trying to get a rise out of us . I really kept my cool but that adrenaline was flowing on a subliminal level “ that fight or flight response “ unfortunately for him he got the fight portion ! It was a once in a lifetime shot ,,,, true story ! You take care of yourself !

Nice video sir, very informative. I have been a martial arts instructor for about 16 years and have cross trained alot butthe first style I did was kenpo and I learned the middle knuckle fist but it was rarely used. They would strike the solar plexus and arm pit. Later I took up BJJ and found out I could use it to break holds, not striking but digging it into ribs, just below the ear, and the inner side of the knee. My opponent would then start thrashing about usualy and let go. Or in short I would place it on a nerve cluster and drive it forward and sometimes grind it in as well.

Sir, I respect your honesty. Most of us are not as patient as the old masters. Thank you.

Gedan yoko geri . Because it is hard to defend and damaging for opponent

@galenacreekranch

4 жыл бұрын

Actually this is the correct target for yoko geri. It is for attracting the inside of the knees to displace stances.

Having used all 3 of those techniques in real life situations, I would have to say if you don't have the "time or patience" to learn how to execute these techniques properly - you're wasting your time learning Karate. If you don't like hard work - take up something else.

Very nice, I was just thinking about making the same video about Taiji.

Hi Jesse, thanks for the video. In my experience the nukite is not for punching with your fingers but with the palm/hand itself. the fingers can be used to stroke the area before striking witch confuses the body and can make the technique more effective. The same principle can be applied to all the other handpostures.

That guy in the second clip misunderstood "training"

I know the best technique in a real street fight: Run away

@willfoster2635

3 жыл бұрын

Too true.

hi jesse your show is very informative and interesting .

In bunkai at our school we adjust nukite and use it as either a bicep bump or a cross face. You are going to get a lot of pushback for this video sir! Lol. I love everything you put out. Thank you for all the information you share.

I would say these weird techniques would most likely break your own bones than to hurt your opponent.

@officialdropfactory7048

3 жыл бұрын

They would. That's why MMA fighters don't do these techniques

@officialdropfactory7048

3 жыл бұрын

@Bill Randall I guess every person in the whole world is dumb then because there isn't a single video of anyone successfully doing these techniques in a real situation.

On number 2, there was a guy in my High school who lost his index finger above the first joint and he would jab you with that little stub so hard it felt like a knife slicing into you.

Interesting presentations. I've heard most of these concepts, but never so organized, researchable and more concisely put together.. Thanks

Not gonna lie, this video made me subscribe. Icy Mike does a hilarious impression of you 😆

When you're early but no one cares

@shinji_ikari

4 жыл бұрын

I do

@KARATEbyJesse

4 жыл бұрын

I do! 😁

@samuraiisalmighty4917

4 жыл бұрын

I dont haahahahahahahahahahahahahah

@TheSpider42b

4 жыл бұрын

I do

I studied Tang Soo Do. From that style of karate the best 2 techniques were the defense side kick and the spinning back kick. I know those aren't necessarily Okinawa karate staples as much as sport karate, but those are two techniques you can throw to 1) stop an attacker from coming forward and make them think twice about a straight on assault, and with a little practice a spin kick can trick anyone when timed right. And a spin kick hits hard all by itself too because in that split second you are switching from front facing to back facing you loose control of your body and just have to trust that moment and your proper technique going into the kick will have you looking at your target when your head is spun all the way around, and that your legs are ready to fire at/ crash into it.

Very insightful video with very catchy title! Well explained and very true. What works for masters with years of conditioning in physically demanding environments won't work as well in the US suburbs where we have cars and sit around most of the day for work and leisure.

Very ammusing and honest video. Lllikeeee!!👍👍👍

In Hong Kong sifu had us training Phoenix Fist ( NAKADAKA KEN ) on small circles of wood hung by rope with a bullseye in the center for us to use as targets. This takes many years as you said in your video to condition. Mostly used in vertical punches aimed at pressure points or where we would have a direct line to attack from 2nd bridge ( elbow joint height ). Sometimes used as a follow up if we deflected a punch or a kick then followed in with the elbow directly soon after. I enjoy your channel very much its very detailed and clear with explanation on each video. Thank you for making these awesome videos 🙌

Nadaka ken is actually the main fist technique adopted in shotokai style and is true that doesn't have much functionality in a street fight, but it has functionality for shotokai style itself, because it improves the release on the shoulders and arms muscles compared to a regular fist... In shotokai vision of fight, you should attack just in case of self defence from an unavoidable danger and in that case you should attack in those vital points... but of course shotokan is different and requires different qualities and abilities... thanks for this video by the way 😊

Don't know if somebody already pointed that out, but anyway I think that if you try nakadaka ken keeping a hand position similar to tate tsuki instead of regular tsuki, you don't have to modify wrist position too much. Also, main problems with the techniques you've pointed out is that muscles involved are so tiny that are almost impossible to train indeed! That said, I'm just a blue belt right now, so I'm so much grateful for your videos Jesse! Thank u so much!! :)

Simply great, down to earth and to the point.

In hema ,special shoes were used while preforming toe kicks , they also used snap and thrust kicks with the ball or heel of the foot as well . Plus fiore dei liberi demonstrates the sidekick as well as a few other masters , and the oblique kick is seen a smallsword treaty somewhere . The shoes they were vicious to .

Very informative jesse

Omg This wasVery Informative At The Same Time Funny ,No wonder You're A Black Belt Master!. Thank you. New Subscriber Here !.

I absolutely love your videos!!! Your opinions & knowledge is great, and you had me chuckling this time though. "I'm a wuss"🤣🤣.

Loved it. My thoughts exactly

learning english and karate the lovest thing to me thank you so much

My Sensei recommends punches, palms, elbows and forearm strikes over some of the more exotic moves in our style (I do Uechi Ryu) and for good reason.