What's your favorite mindset? 🧠

This is not only applicable to Karate but to all aspects of life, that's the beauty of martial arts, the lessons you learn many times Transcends disciplines

Recently tried another karate dojo for fun. I remembered you said 'always wear a white belt when visiting another dojo' so I did! Tack Jesse

My Sensei emphasis mushin at our dojo. The way he explains it is if you have to think about a kata or a technique in order to do it, you have not practiced it enough. It should come naturally/second nature “no mind”. Practice Practice Practice until you no longer need to think and your body takes over. Oss 🥋

I think most of the West didn't really understand the concept of belts when it came into contact with martial arts over the years - in the East there's a predominant philosophy of constant movement and evolution, from the Samsara being represented through the bhāvacakra found in Buddhism and Hinduism to how people in Feudal Japan changed names according to their age and rise in social status (or even something seemingly meaningless and related to pop culture, arguably, roleplaying games have great success in Japan because of that constant growth and change that is key to many East Asian cultures). Many people in the West, in my opinion, see the black belt as the goal, when it's just another step of the journey.

I love how this lesson feels applicable to more than just karate, whether it’d be other martial arts or just life in general.

For me it is Shoshin. Even after 40 years there is much to learn. Sometimes the Sensei, always the student. Much respect ✊ 🥋

Good advice once again. I got my brown belt today and had to do my Kata again to get it right, as my nerves got the better of me. So I just focused my mind, remembered what my Sensei taught me, and it fell into place.

I struggle with Mushin and Fudoshin more than I care to admit

Favorite mindset: Fodoshin. I made up my mind to master the flying sidekick & improve my kumite in the next 6 months. Never giving up, and enjoying the journey of learning! Always appreciate how far you’ve come. Always Working on it ! 🥋

“Your mind is like a parachute it doesn’t work if it’s closed” love it!

Awesome video Jesse!!! Well said and perfect! I love viewing knowledge thru your eyes. Thank you so much!😊

Thank you Jesse, really needed this today.

Jess I'm such a fan of your channel, philosophic concepts mixed with Jackie memes and carrot eating.. perfect !

Excellent work!! Beyond just the meaning of the sayings, actual usable examples people can apply to their training today. Thanks for the video Jesse-san!

Awesome video Jessie! You are one of the Most amazing Karate practitioners you are so humble keep up the awesome stuff you are awesome the world needs more people like you 😁

I really love this video. I think when you have something so physically impressive like a sport and martial arts, so much devotion can go into training just the body, but for optimal performance you have to have a strong mindset. I personally struggle the most with mushin. I can be performing a kata or new kick I learned, but get very distracted by others' movements in my class. While you covered these four mindsets very well, I would also mention that the way you talk about yourself directly affects your mind. I've only been practicing karate for seven months now and have really noticed how my thoughts affect my performance. Anytime you start something new, you are not going to be good at it and comparing yourself to masters is not fair to you. It's important to practice regularly and you will eventually see results. Just knowing that it takes time to improve and actually acknowledging when you are getting better is huge. And as a side note, I have been following along with some of your exercises and tips that you make on your channel and find them extremely helpful. I appreciate your content! Thank you!!

Awesome break down there so many different versions of this but I understand your more. Thank

as usual, great video! Concepts that are important both within the dojo and without.

Thanks Jesse! For a couple of years I wanted to get back into martial arts but couldn't decide on which one to chose. Just recently, I started with Karate and I'm happy with it. :) Thanks a lot!

I love watching these videos, like karate tune ups 👍

Very Appealing presentation! 😮 My mindset is to keep watching Jesse's teachings on Karate. 🙏 😊

Thank you for this video, Jesse Sensei. My goodness, I think I could spend years of training only to refocus on these 4 mindsets, along with the physical training, of course. I have seen some sport animes describing the feeling of Mushin as "entering the zone", when you are so totally focused on what you're doing that you barely see anything else. Thank you again.

We have 4 signs at our dojo that reads - effort, patience, moderation, respect. Renbukan Karate Brisbane Queensland Australia.

I love your videos. I never fail to learn something new! 🙂

Please teach us karate. For beginners 🥺. Many of us live in area where karate is not popular and we do not have proper dojo nor a proper class for karate. Please teach us online.❤️❤️❤️

There's a gym nearby where I live that I want to go to someday that teaches no gi jiu-jitsu, and then I found out that they also teach Okinawan karate with kickboxing, so watching your videos is giving me a better understanding of karate, although I prefer jiu-jitsu I like being open minded, looking forward to train in the future. Thank you for sharing ☺️.

My favourite mindset is Mushin because when somebody is in this state or with this mindset it feels if they are doing something then it's like they are in their own world and because of this nobody can stop them to complete their work properly. When I perform kata then I feel like that nobody is around me and it boosts my focus and helps me to finish my kata with a perfection. Again a great and informative video sensei ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thanks again Youngster 👍🏿👍🏿

Very good analysis. 👏🏼

Excellent lesson!

I was waiting your video. A hug from the other part of the earth.

thank you sensei for this wonderful video

Cool mindsets Jesse! 👍

Thank you sensei. This can be applied not only to karate but also to so many things in life! Arigatou.

Wow very good video ...🙏 Martial arts in the winter is very hard to conquer. 💪👺👍

YES YES YES SENSEI JESSE I love these videos

Excellent material be ready at all time be focused understand you are it in competitions where it matters read engage The enemy have the right counters and the right offensive strategy prepared and in street fighting just tear your enemy apart it's just that easy to understand strike from all positions all besides and be ready for anything you are it keep fighting strong keep going strong stay healthy and be well fight on 👊👍

This is what I've been waiting for!!🥋🥊

Wow! Wisdom here. Smart video.

Hi Jesse San. Sorry, this might sound a bit out of place here but after "lingering" for years over these 4 mindsets I have realized that because of you, in a good sense, I have silently cultivated this idea of "my karate". Briefly. I used to think that karate is karate no matter which or how many styles you may practice and learn from someone else. But lately I realize that my karate is only mine, it's something I can't teach anybody because is the result of my learning experiences. Let's say as an instructor I could teach the basics but then is up to my student to choose their path, the way they want to learn and why, as I did. And for all of this I just wanted to say thank you, Jesse Sensei.

loooove this video!

I think that Taekwondo ITF and Karate had very competitive fights since Oyama himself knew General Choi would be interesting to invite someone from the TKD ITF

great video. I only wished i had had your videos when i used to train.

I like that you don't restrict your examples for each mindset to Karate sources. These principles are at the core of karate, but they can be found elsewhere too.

Thank you.

Brilliant as usual Jesse 👏

Hello Jesse. I know that you are very busy, but can you possibly make a playlist of kata? It would be great motivation and a good way to practice at home. Thank you for your time and what you do.

Thanks for your video

Great.. Oss!! 🙏🔆

I wrote an essay about these for my Kenshusei courses in the International Karate Daigaku. Nice video.

My favorite is mushin because I feel accomplishment when I have put together all the pieces of a new kata. Fudoshin is still something I am working on to get through strenuous exercise. Shoshin is easier for me because I am much older than most of the other students and less proud. My primary joy in karate is learning.

The mind is the master of our body.

Awesome!

Your "To Do" list at 2:54 seems like something that Jonny Lawrence, in Cobra Kai, would write. Thanks for your very good videos. As someone who has practiced karate, ju jitsu (Japanese, not BJJ), Wing Chun, Eskrima/Kali and boxing (I'm not a black belt in any of them) I find your videos very interesting, especially for understanding the history and philosophy behind the martial arts in general. I will hopefully be going to restart karate (Shotokan - it's the nearest school to me), more for health reasons, and maybe to one day encourage my daughter to give it a try. The mindsets you describe in this video are very similar to those described by Dave Alred in his book "The Pressure Principle". This author has apparently helped athletes, like Jonny Wilkinson (rugby) and others deal with pressure. But the book is geared for anyone who wants to apply the principles to their daily lives. Thus it's interesting how the lessons of karate could be applied to dealing with general life, depending on how you look at things. Thanks again for the really interesting videos. Best wishes.

amazing.

"It's OK to lose to an opponent. Must NOT lose to fear!" -Mr. Miyagi (The Karate Kid pt. 3)

Zen/Chan meeting the samurai mind gave birth to those concepts, it's good that you're talking about them, they're mostly ignored in gendai budo practice, i know of them because of Kendo.

This easily became one of my favourite videos. Gotta work on my applications of these principles though 😬😅

I love your videos

👍 excellent

Awesome ❤

1:59....Beautiful to see your brother in a Dogi....does he perform a variation of Chinto here?

Pretty cool to see Oliver in a Gi & working a kata!

The citation by Shunryu Suzuki resonates so true ! 💓

If I could hit the like button 100 times I would because this is pure God! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. 🙏

Shoshin, because you can aply it to other parte of your life, for example at work. It helps also to keep you humble, thank for your videos

I will be going train karate this Saturday i will be keeping these mindsets when i will train

"It ain't over 'til it's over!" Yogi Berra- NY Yankees- MLB Hall of Fame

I am boxer and this helped me alot. I wasn't fan of karate and called it useless but if you actually study the art it's fun and great :D

Thank you very much for the content, Jesse San. However, would you have some words (and nice examples too) for the concept of "everyday mind" (平常心)? Professor Scott Wilson used it to emphasize the features of the fencing of Kamiizumi Hidetsuna, samurai of sixteenth century, instructor of the famous Yagyu clan at that time. I am asking you because your sharp insights are really useful to me and I am not sure if I grasped the real meaning of "everyday mind", onegaishimasu.

wow Jesse sensei just wow

Please make a chapter for each mindset

Super relevant these days

When in the zone with training it's the best feeling in the world.

I made it to yellow belt with my only competitive tournament coming out 2nd in the tournament and the offside competition I got 1st in strongest kick and punch. I never had much focus so could be why I never continued and when I entered wrestling my freshman year in high school I only stayed for 1 season as well since I was a multi sport athlete until my junior and senior year where my buddy got me into tennis where I was able to channel all my at home anger towards my mom’s ex at the time to the hardest ball I can hit every time at practice to calm my nerves down since I always held in my emotions and tennis I was able to serve it as hard as I could and see great results quickly making sure my strong serves were in play. Think I only broke 1 racket and since I didn’t have a backup mid match had to finish the matches with a crooked racket but went 2-1 and out of school I gained all this weight and trying to lose it. Hard in so cal if you don’t pay attention, nothings fresh in the US. My brother’s friend talk to him about a vitamin/workout powder he has that pretty much has all these nutrients in it that your body needs and he’s allergic to gluten and just mixes this drink and goes on with his day

My favorite mindsets of karate is Mushin, Fudoshin, and Zanshin. All of those karate mindsets apply to me I even imply those to real life

I'll try to keep that in mind when I get back into karate or studying taekwondo I just wish I should have stayed in my original karate class so I can be more alert karate can be powerful when you use it the right way I just wish I could have learned so much more and got into it more often and so much more to be seen and become stronger is something much much better in martial arts especially karate 🥋☯️🙏😌🙏☯️🥋

Well, I think it depends on the moment. They are all useful. When I'm training I like to be between Mushin and Fudoshin, but as I said. They are all useful.

Karate something I m gonna start studying soon I've.been studying wing Chun kung Fu for 3 years

WOW... LOVE IT! Osu 🙏🙏🙏

Sensei🙏

Xanshin is my favorite. In western culture the Boy Scouts say it best, "Be prepared!" I explain it as situational awareness to the next level. Or "Stay prepared."

Finally after getting to Brown belt I feel like I'm at the base of the karate mountain only just getting the basic skills. My journey only just beginning.

Mind over matter!

Sir I gojushiho dai kata tutorial plz make it sir ☺️. Oss

Can you do a video of Tomari te styles of Karate? We do know Shuri has Shorin ryu and Shotokan as it's descendant and Naha te has Goju Ryu. But there is barely any information of Tomari te and it's surviving arts.

3:10 So many people do not practice number 4, Zanshin when doing forms. They finish up their form and just walk away like they never did it. There is a reason why you compose yourself for a couple of seconds after the end of a form before walking away., but most people just wrap it up like "I'm done, what's next!". When you do that, you just wasted your time because your mental focus is gone.

Could you elaborate on this topic please? I am very interested in knowing this topic

Sensei.❤️

@jesse enkamp - would you say there is a particular style of karate that emphasises mental training more so than another or does it depend on the club/sensei? Thanks!

what do you think about andy hug's karate style.

What I used to struggle is with Zanshin and mushin because I couldn’t even relax myself when I was doing kata and what’s worse was kumite I wasn’t fighting with a clear mind instead I was using anger

imma be honest i'm a purple belt but i didn't know about these 4 things,thankyouu

There is also what I call Yokushin which means desireless mind in comparison to what you are saying which comparatively is the cousin of Mushin.

I have a national test to take this Tuesday… I will try to implement these thoughts… or should I say “ I will “

S/o Sensei Claycomb for sending me this way OSS!

(Mushin/Mind of no mind) sounds like (Migatte no Gokui) or in English (Ultra Instinct), from Dragon Ball Super.😳😯👍

For me, the naturally occurring varieties of the "legally prescribed" CPlant are the greatest teacher. At least for me. It allows me to solve problems by breaking everything down into units of existence so that I have context. I could never sustain any schooling for more than a year, due to having ADHD, but I have rare genetics as one of my parent's blood line is full of people that see the future. And so I was always really good at defense in basketball because I could see where the opponent was going to bounce the ball, before they bounced it. I did win a lot in blackJack and I tested it on lottery where I guessed about 90% of the correct numbers which resulted in prizes like 20k when I just finished highSchool and it did work so I gave all the winnings to charity because I did not want to become addicted by thinking it is a normal part of life. It's like as if you have anticipation skills that nobody else can comprehend. When I say I have ADHD, it is not the textbook version of ADHD as in my case it is similar symptoms but my brain performance is significantly higher than someone that has the textbook ADHD. You can get ADHD from having too much sugar due to how the body stops converting L-Dopa into dopamine if you have high sugar levels. And also Dopamine can no longer pass through the blood-brain-barrier. But my ADHD is different as it seems my short term memory capacity is limited, but my long-term-memory capacity is ridiculously modified. Because of my brain going on tangents so much, I have studied all kinds of fields of knowledge and as a result I see life from a scattered cloud of perspectives instead of a more central, spherical/contracted/contained group of perspectives. And so I'm like MacGuyver if he was a walking encyclopedia, except I go on tangents about the future which of course makes it hard to have friends - but such is life. Due to the Aspergers, I speak in monologues and due to the ADHD I forget to check for the facial cues of my audience that would actually help me make friends. But I am very nice and so people that are forced to be with me due to attending classes or being a neighbor, know that I am good - but then I see the future and so It's like being right all the time, but also being the crazy guy that I should have listened to - but he seemed so crazy that I didn't. Like, I told everyone about the banking systems enforcing a chip, in 1996 - I gave a speech at school and told my class what was going to happen - everyone thought I was crazy and now it seems that it will be implemented next year after February 13th when the banks meet annually. And I remember one of my classmates had a parent that passed away but because I see fragments of other frequencies of energy I could see in my mind that her mother was right next to her and wanted her to know that she would meet her mother again. I felt an energy that prompted me to tell her that. If I could speak to her today, I would say that you have not lost her because you cannot lose anyone or anything when you are connected to everyone and everything. Loss is a sensation that we feel during this experience because this experience is the result of the collision between void and awareness, but these temporary particles return to where they came from, however the place where we position ourselves between void and awareness, will change based on how selfish or selfless we are. We resonate with the frequency that we choose to resonate with. But we are all cells of the body of existence, we were awakened by a part of awareness that awoke long before ourselves, and in that sense they are our parent, as they awoke us. The life we are now experiencing is the womb of our character's identity. The decisions we make in life are how people will see our character. If you imagine a timeline and you are energy that changes along that timeline. There is another axis to this, in the form of selfishness and selflessness. And so when we look at each other as cells of the body of existence, we can see every single thought, every detail of every memory that we experienced, and we can see the same for every other cell of existence, and we learn whatever we want from that database of awareness, and then we return to the character which we have created in this womb called life, and we apply what we learned from that network of connectivity that connects everything and everyone and I call this database/userInterface of existence: the greater awareness.

I, too, love carrot cake. king of cakes. You have good taste.