Well, good. You should also check out our Facebook group, whistlekick Martial Arts Radio Behind the Scenes. Jesse Enkamp obiediently offers slow motion punches to Steven Seagal so he can demonstrate his mystical Aikido applications saying things like "in real Karate, it would be like this." . Great article Jesse-San! I'm keeping an eye out for the opportunity, and I'd suggest you do the same, even if Karate is not your chosen art. I imploded. Your shins will thank you, and I thank you, too. And me confirming it was ok. You should have seen the glow in their eyes. Why? Thank you to the returning listeners, and hello and welcome to those of you trying us on. You know what? . That whole experience of living there on my own, trying to survive because nobody spoke English, it was like a test for me to see if this was really what I wanted to do, and the answer was yes. Sensei Jesse Enkamp is the host of Karate by Jesse and a self-proclaimed Karate nerd. Why So Curious About How Long It Takes to Get a Black Belt? - Way Of Ninja It takes the average student years to achieve each of the Degrees of Black Belt. Dear Chantal, It stops loading when I click a couple of times. You had my nodding along here. Yes, 15! I was fortunate enough to get a [board 36:17] smashed through my face. Belt width 4,5 cm (1.77 inches) provides maximum waist support. In the experts mind, its full of absolutesolutions and definitive answers. Yeah, so my main website is KaratebyJesse.com, and the reason its called Karate by Jesse is because it is based on my experience and filtered through my brain, so its not thetruthaboutkarate.com or anything like that. Generally we call this traditional Karate and sport Karate, but to me, you should have both. As long as it takes. I don't think so, and that's why these things had to be removed. Or.. Or Was that a little smile on your face??? But, they're less sweaty than others and they actually stay in place. Oss! I even went back to his dojo in . The self-proclaimed karate nerd talks about his past, his goals in the martial arts and why he cares so much about what he's doing. I flew him out to Europe, and none of the participants knew that he was the Secret Sensei, and then he came in there and just told us all how this whole seminar was ***** with the pink belts and everything, and then he started to teach us the truth of his gospel, right, the Ameri-Do-Te. About Jesse. That's a slick answer to a changenlilg question. Whenever I teach a technique, or an exercise, or a drill, I will see 50 different ways of doing it, and that is how it should be. Tell us about your thoughts on competition, why you compete, and maybe some of your history with competing. About Jesse - KARATE by Jesse After talking with Sensei Enkamp, I had two, overwhelming I guess, thoughts. How did you get started as a martial artist. Great article Jesse-san, thank you, it's what I needed to hear today. Something completely different to what you are already familiar. Sensei means teacher, but in martial arts, reaching that title is more than knowing how to hurt people. Simple The best English equivalent is ignorance is bliss. My favorite version of The Bubishi is the translation by Sensei Patrick McCarthy, who is also a good friend and mentor of mine. My mind is clear after reading your article. I had the opportunity to travel to Okinawa when I was very young, because my parent went there for training, and I've been there now over a dozen times even though I'm still young. Because I grew up in the dojo, my parents operated a martial arts center here in Sweden where I grew up, and from day one me and my younger brother would spend our days in the dojo, practicing, playing around with each other, wrestling, looking at the other people practicing different martial arts. A lot of people from different countries around the world decided to help me make this seminar a reality, and in return they would get videos, because I had a professional guy record this whole seminar. I love this! If this is your first visit, read my Free 7-Day Karate Nerd Guide. Yeah, and these guys, they were from separate parts of the world, and the fact that I just stood there and I thought to myself, Man, I did this. At events, Ill demo our shin guards by putting them on and shin kicking door frames as hard as I can. Its about unbecoming everything that isnt you. That was good stuff. Each Degree is represented by an embroidered stripe on one tail of the holder's belt. KISS We had Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Tae Boxing, all of these different martial arts that gave me a pretty wide base and perspective on martial arts as a whole. Another fantastic article, Jesse-San! If you don't like competing, I think that it would give you even more, because there's probably a reason you don't like it, and facing stuff we don't like usually turns out well, because that teaches you something about yourself. Its midday here, and evening there, and I appreciate you giving up some of your personal time after work to talk to me. Its not just a sport, or a hobby, or a business, but it is truly my way of life, which means that I have the privilege of, for example, going to Japan, or Okinawa, thebirthplace of Karate, to do my own research and to be the Karate Nerd that I love to be. I get a cut right above my eye. You were fortunate enough to get to shoot with him, to do an episode, I guess we can call it? Yeah, because like I told you earlier, I had this Like the first story I told you about the Karate Nerd Experience. Why do we do this instead of that? I had a guest instructor from Italy, another one from Israel. That was over 8 years ago and what a blessing in disguise that was! Actually, I like the early Kung Fu movies that came out of Hong Kong, I think most of them at least. Quick-Rip Tag makes it easy to manually remove the size tag. That moment told me that what I'm doing is bigger than myself, and it was such a cool memory for me, or moment, that throughout the whole experience from that seminar, that's the one thing that I remember most. So many people are looking at you in admiration! We were talking before we started recording a little bit about competition. I'm a beginner as well and I don't really like it that much. You're entering the competition season in Europe right now. love it. I loved putting on the white obi and being awkward as I learned the throws. For that reason, I started to compete, even though the way I started to practice Karate from the beginning was strictly fighting. If you've ever wondered what makes this guy tick, you're about to find out. Like they say in Japan: shiranu ga hotoke. I like to start in the most basic, fundamental way possible. I like that, the way you put that. The very next day I felt awfulI felt like I didn't know a thing about being a Black Belt and wanted to just hide.my belt and myself. I just hit his leg and nothing happens. At first I was assigned the students and was really hesitant. This is a tradition passed by Taishihan Hiramatsu through our Renshi, and it is to get again a grasp of that same feeling: to remember how it was to not know it all. Anyway, so I'm there. I mean, you've probably read dozens in the last few months. The color Black represents Unification and Darkness or Night. To teach a beginner is to think like a beginner. Can't wait to see you in Canada in May :), That pain of knowing "too much"! . Teaching and coaching pulls me out of my head and my own hangups about my performance and helps me focus on helping other people. That's why I started Karate, and I liked the whole aspect of having weapons as well, because I love fighting with weapons, too. Arigatou gozaimashita! To me, competing is just a vehicle, or a tool, something I use for a different purpose than just the trophy at the end, because a lot of times, the biggest lessons come from when you don't even get that trophy, when you fail or lose, and you have to look yourself in the mirror and think, Hey, why didn't that go as planned? That teaches you a lot. If we start from the beginning, one name that pops into my head is Sensei Hokama Tetsuhiro from Okinawa. You simply cannot use an average measure and expect yourself to fall within that range. For most people its a little bit easier. Sensei Jesse Enkamp is the host of Karate by Jesse and a self-proclaimed Karate nerd. You can download the transcript below or download here. so once you get your "black belt" all it means is that you now have enough of a foundation to actually start learning your art. I also believe this and regularly become the student again by allowing my students to teach me. Hi Jesse, you know what,you can easily become white belt again, just not many people swallow the pride and ego to swap their black belt for a white one and stand up somewhere in an unknown dojo for a month training, where you will be corrected from people with red, purple or green Belts, and kids with 2dan black belt ;) Would you do it? Training a few more times with the painful realisation I truly DID suck and was nowhere near where I pictured myself, I went back to that discussion and realized a few words of a famous physician: I like to keep an open mind but not open enough for my brain to fall out. Is there one book in particular? I'm sure a lot of our listeners out there will recognize your name. Two young fighters demonstr. Keep studying and practicing until a punch becomes just a punch again. Before he could do anything else, I just tapped out, and I said, Dude, Im bleeding, because I didnt want to get blood on the mats, because of course, me and my parents, we own our own dojo, and I know how hard it is to get that blood out of the mats. You have a great way with words Enkamp-san: succinct, coherent and to-the-point. whistlekickMartialArtsRadio.com, if you're new. We always try and keep this mindset in our dojo! So true! Maybe that reinforces some of the things that you've done, but when you lose, there is a whole bunch more that you can pull out of that. Well, this has been a lot of fun. As is often the case, the lessons learned from martial arts ring true through life. We at my dojo have something like this: we use white belts as a tradition every 1st week of class in the year, every year. Were going to send you one, two, maybe three newsletters a month. Br, Senthil. He loves to teach Karate, Kobudo . My story starts in the dojo. Be a SMARTial artist. When did you first realize that you could be completely, not just satisfied, but enjoy your life if it was end-to-end Karate? Im very grateful with the all experience but I admit that, like you write in this article, some days I miss that feeling of simplicity of my first days in the karate world.Thankfully, when I return to train with my Sensei, I feel a bit more calm, as when I started practicing and my Sensei used to tell me "Dont talk, just do; then Youll understand". Sat. As featured in this Youtube vlog by Jesse Enkamp (11:45 mark) 1 . I think that's not as old as Drunken Master, but still really cool. Episode 174 - Sensei Jesse Enkamp - whistlekick Martial Arts Radio As the Karate Nerd, I expect that you've seen quite a few martial arts movies. Great insight. Inspiring Biography of Jesse Enkamp (Wiki) - Youth Motivator The simple solutions are often the best ones IMO. Excellente article. I have a blog based on the same subjects you discuss and would really like to have you share some stories/information. 10th degree black belt in Okinawa. And I have to say, I did! I felt empty, like I'd won a cheap $.25 prize at a carnival. Do you hate clashing shins when you're sparring? I got my first degree black belt in taekwondo last year, and it's only heightened my desire to learn and teach. I don't know what to expect or what to do, and I just throw a low roundhouse kick - a gedan mawashi geri in Japanese - and he doesn't even flinch. So I learn what works and what doesn't work, and I also learn that sometimes it doesn't matter what you do, they'll still disappear next payment cycle :-), Excellent article Jesse-san, one of the "mantra" in our dojo is Shoshin-beginners mind. This really resonates with me. Of course, I jumped to it -- but not without thinking to myself why had my senior instructor called ME out to help? In other words, he looked great executing the techniques on his willing partners. Glows with a silver hue. I know that this I know that a lot of people have difficulties with me because I don't have these plans. A punch is just a punch. Do take heart and keep training. Okay. One side hates competition. Yes, even a part time involvement in karate just did not fit into my life. I'm actually used to this because I communicate with people from all over the world all the time, so crossing time zones, using the online digital medium is part of my daily routine these days. Steven Seagal Appears on Jesse Enkamp Youtube Channel Why when I click on "articles" It doesn't load all articles, so I never saw list of all articles that you wrote. Jesse Enkamp ("The Karate Nerd") explains the Karate black belt meaning, grading systems and Japanese terminology Sensei Seth is a Karate teacher and ki. That is why Im a karate nerd, because it never gets boring. Being a nobody white belt again was truly great. The Black Belt Myth - YouTube I laughed out loud when he took you out. Its hard for me to say, but I guess when Like most young men, when you finish high school, around that age, where people want you to decide what to do with your life, that's when I decided to go to Okinawa, the birthplace of Karate. Jesse Enkamp is a popular YouTuber and karate athlete. Were not going to sell your address. Amazing and beautiful article. Thats why every black belt should teach beginners and kids. An Evaluation of Cobra Kai by a Third Degree Black Belt Sure there are different levels of understanding this but sometimes you just need to let go. I'm not really into Karate movies. I made this whole thing, we had pink belts instead of black belts or whatever belt you had because you had to wear the same belt as everyone else. There's a few of you joining each and every week, and we appreciate that. Check out our shin guards, whistlekick.com. I did not start karate until I was 51.
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