Hopefully that's okay. I am glad to have earned a Black Belt, and wouldn't have wanted to miss the experience and challenge of those years. The simple solutions are often the best ones IMO. I like to keep it simple, and fun, and informative, educational, but entertaining as well. Over, done . I never fail to be amazed at his ability to gauge my character and training requirements. Can't wait to see you in Canada in May :), That pain of knowing "too much"! To pass my blue belt, I needed a tori to attack me but no blue or higher belt was available, I asked an orange belt to be my tori. Oss! Wonderful Jesse-san! . A few things that have always helped me keep this perspective, is teaching kids and beginners a lot, but also remembering that cho dan means beginning level. I appreciate you taking some time out of your day and spending it here with me. Thanks for the heartfelt article! You put in words what I feel this time of the year. Hi Jesse, I'm like, Oh my God. If youre even remotely interested, feel free to send me an email. . Its midday here, and evening there, and I appreciate you giving up some of your personal time after work to talk to me. Good read. They would say, Hey, I've done what I came here to do. But you're still going strong, so I'm guessing there are other things you're hoping to accomplish. I found out that when they notice that you train with your heart and soul, they will help you along the journey since they are as passionate about karate as you. I still train happily enough (I am now 64)and have managed to get to 2nd Dan. Is there one book in particular? Each individual belt is called a 'Degree' of Black Belt (1st Degree being the lowest). Like they say in Japan: shiranu ga hotoke. What is tradition? He loves to teach Karate, Kobudo . Well, why not talk about my black belt test, because to me, that was a real test of my spirit, because the whole thing about my black belt test was that there was this Russian MMA fighter invited to our dojo, and I don't know why, but I was so scared of him because he didn't say anything. It takes the average student years to achieve each of the Degrees of Black Belt. I usually have this metaphor that Karate is like a mountain, but to see your own mountain better, you have to climb the mountains around it, right? thank you for your kind words. Nice article Jesse Sensei. I just hit his leg and nothing happens. Highest quality premium cotton covered by white silk. You wont find that content anywhere else, and its yours free, just for saying, Hey, I want to know what's going on with you guys. Were not going to spam you. Why? I am also a beginner at Karate, I hope I stay like that my entire journey. Hat's off to Sensei Seagal for showing . The journey of Karate isnt so much about becoming anything. You simply cannot use an average measure and expect yourself to fall within that range. I would have to go with Itosu Anko. Were not going to sell your address. Keep on training, never give up :-). Wow. In a lot of schools, its designed to be that way, and I'm proud that I have that to reflect on. Yes, I learn even if I'm teaching unenthusiastic kids whose parents just dumped them into Karate for whatever reason (usually because the kids outgrew the child care room). Learn why participants at KNX: The Karate Nerd Experience always wear pink belts and how McDojos watered down the traditional meaning of belts and titles. Not because youreforced by your sensei. 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". I mean, you've traveled the world. Every black belt should teach beginners and kids. Until our next episode, train hard, smile, and have a great day. This is especially true ifitfeels like you know it all andarentmotivated or challenged by your regular training anymore. I'm imsdspeer. 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? The kids remind us of the "Student's mind", once we loose that, there's no reason for us to continue. Welcome to whistlekick Martial Arts Radio episode 174, and thanks for being here. 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. If you had it to do over again, how would you handle that match, that fight, with what you know now? We like to make sure that what you get out of our newsletters has value, so were going to do everything we can to make sure that they're worth your time. I learned all the requirements of Isshin Ryu Karate, and passed each one. Now, if you've selected him, I'm guessing you've read a fair amount about him, as much as is out there. And so it goes. I know that this I know that a lot of people have difficulties with me because I don't have these plans. I had this guy from Brazil, who was like 20-something, and then this other participant from, I think it was from South Africa, and they had never met before. . 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. Well, we tell you what's going on at our company, we tell you about guests that are coming up on the show, we remind you about some of the episodes that we have, we throw in discounts for our products, and sometimes we put in some kind of original content, you know? 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. If you haven't shared an episode of the show with your martial arts friends, this would be a great one to share. Imagine being acomplete beginner again; uninfluenced bypolitics, competition, styles bullshit, organizations and dojo dogma. If we start from the beginning, one name that pops into my head is Sensei Hokama Tetsuhiro from Okinawa. That's why I call myself a karate nerd. He is an agonist, a sportive karateka - among other things, has a fifth position at the absolute European kata, in 2011 in Zurich - and an instructor. In the beginners mind, Karate is full ofamazing opportunities and unique questions. I don't think so, and that's why these things had to be removed. That is why I like the tradition, but I'm not stuck in it. SiFu (Chinese) - Teacher - usually 2nd-degree black belt or senior. Thank you, Jesse-san, it is exactly my thoughts. it. Yes. Were going to send you one, two, maybe three newsletters a month. . The other side loves competition. For whatever those thoughts are worth Maybe just walking over to another school for a while does the trick? I have, because Karate is my life. If you experienced ballet, then the movements in karate should also suit you. It's about Jesse Enkamp: Swedish, 27 years old, 4th Dan black belt. Needed to be challenged by words like these! I'm a passionate "Karate Nerd", who loves helping people improve their Karate. Usually, when I have projects or things that I want to do, its not something I've been thinking about for a long time. Of course, I jumped to it -- but not without thinking to myself why had my senior instructor called ME out to help? Of course, if you send your kids to you school, do you want them to learn how to kick each other in the nuts and poke in the eyes? You know, as you get more advanced, as you progress, as you get more experienced, you start softening up, and you realize that you don't always have to go 110%. Thatjourney he made really resonates with me, even though I blog instead, but I guess he would do the same if we had blogs back then. Alright, and what if people want to read your blog posts, and things of that nature? I do a lot of stuff these days, and I don't really stop to think about the stories that I go through, but if you ask me to reflect on a story, there are so many because I not only travel to do research and stuff, but I also compete, and I do seminars, and there are stories from all of these different areas of my Karate life. I had to be in full control. :). Jesse-Sensei, couldn't agree with you more about teaching kids & beginners! I also believe this and regularly become the student again by allowing my students to teach me. If you do, you should check out our shin guards. Every real black belt should try that challenge as this is the ego test,please share your experience afterwards,it would be interesting maybe as another article? Teaching karate is like learning all over again. The best English equivalent is ignorance is bliss. 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. I will teach only punching to beginners until I feel the magic again :(, Absolutely correct. Your black belt (brown belt, blue belt, green belt) is just as dynamic as Usain Bolt's three Olympic gold medals, which are probably stuffed away in a locker under a pair of dirty socks somewhere in Jamaica. 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. I mean, you've probably read dozens in the last few months. Not because you're forced by your sensei. Yes, even the art of the empty hand has its sparkling star of the web. Consult a health professional before engaging in any exercise or martial arts program. When you think of all of the people that you've trained with, and I want to take out whoever you consider to be your immediate instructors - I think that's your parents from the way you've talked about it - who has been the most influential person? Some schools stipulate a minimum of four to five years of training before a student can earn a black belt, while others do not. I admit that, since then, It helped me a lot to open my mind to the different points of view and interpretation you could do about a same technique and that help me to open my eyes to what Karate really mean, that it s not a straight and simple path you walk, It has its detours you can transit and all can take you to the same destination. This is our everlasting journey. I felt like I was right there with you. Yeah, because like I told you earlier, I had this Like the first story I told you about the Karate Nerd Experience. They teach us more that we could ever imagine, the purity, the innocence, non-judgement, and so much more. But sometimes it makes me sad to see all thoses "master" having answer to everything and only thinking one way, like a block its only a block. 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. It was all or nothing, and that's why, of course, the stronger man won, because I didn't have that physical capacity that was needed to go all-in against this particular opponent. For most people its a little bit easier. Teaching and coaching pulls me out of my head and my own hangups about my performance and helps me focus on helping other people. @SenseiSeth Learn more about Karate: http://www.karatebyjesse.com Visit Sensei Seths Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXYOXWWqgtSrk27402V_JMw BIO: Jesse Enkamp a.k.a The Karate Nerd is a #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author, National Team Athlete, Keynote Speaker, Entrepreneur, Carrot Cake Lover \u0026 Founder of Seishin International - The Worlds Leading Karate Lifestyle Brand. 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Excellent article sensei Jessethis is the real Karate do mentality.. "Sho Shin" : Our Club motto: Translates as "Beginner's Mind", 2022 Jesse Enkamp. My story starts in the dojo. It stops loading when I click a couple of times. 1/4-turn, 1/2-turn, 3/4-turn? It was not about building strong kids in schools. You certainly do a lot of reading. Of course I do, but I enjoy Karate even more. Every. It's a beautiful feeling and a great approach to beginners to see us all the same. Keep up the good work :). Again, I am very happy having the courage to start with something totally new. They don't improve for 10, 20, 30 years. I stopped wearing a belt in 2006, haven't looked back since And it only improved my art by removing it and its implications, weight and chains. At first I was assigned the students and was really hesitant. Have you ever thought about writing an ebook or guest authoring on other blogs? Couple that with my sensei(s) repeatedly telling me I need to stretch more and improve in areas I am already aware of week after week , it feels like a battle that has already been lost. First, I wanted to bow to him, shake his hand, thank him for caring so much about this crazy martial arts thing that so many of us do. Great. I wish I could go back to the days where I didn't have so much pressure to improve and to be able to start again and learn things in a better way but alas, what do we do when we fall off the horse? honeywell federal manufacturing & technologies, albuquerque, rivers avocados dominican republic, jetconnect cabin crew,