Thanks for everyone's insightful comments! :-) I appreciate your support. You're welcome to visit my website if you want to learn more about Karate: www.karatebyjesse.com

But don’t bounce during judo or you’ll get sweeped

My dad was a boxer so as a result, I was raised boxing before entering Taekwondo. One of the mistakes he told me to avoid is bouncing too high. I see a lot of kids bouncing-especially when switching stances- without regard to the fact that they have to come down before striking or avoiding an attack. Thats part of what causes the delays (stopping) prior to striking. I have always had success with the scraping the mat with the balls of my feet when changing steps or sliding in for attacks...in this way your always closer to terraferma. I think the “dropping” technique is a great approach to teaching kids this concept and will incorporate it in my training. Thank you for sharing.

Dope! Never thought of bouncing as dropping. Great explanation

Even as a student of 10+ years, I still take lessons from your videos. Some excellent points and a fantastic communication style. Thank you

3:03 "When you appreciate the power of nature, knowing the rhythm of any situation, you will be able to hit the enemy naturally and strike naturally." Miyamoto Musashi....

I get where you are coming from Jesse. For me, when I started in Okinawan Karate I bounced in sparring. And got taken down with leg sweeps time after time. I developed ways to deal with that. But the best way I found (personally) was to stop bouncing. My sensei said - snakes don't bounce and yet they strike fast. Be smooth, coil your springs, strike like a snake but stay connected to the ground. I have practiced that way ever since.

Jesse, i just want to thank you for giving me the will to come back in a dojo after 10 years off. Its good to see someone with a more "real" karate approach. Respect from Belgium 💪😉

Three years later, I'm actually seriously trying this after years of self-doubt, anxiety, OCD and overthinking caused me to lose all my old skill. I have to say, I'm finding it more efficient for my particular, personal style; since I prefer to create angles and close large distances quickly to utilize a strong offense, this is incredibly helpful to me. Additionally, since I'm doing this outside of attack range, I don't need to worry about being more susceptible to strikes due to not being grounded.

awesome guy, nice to watch, very funny and very educating. and i like he doesn't discriminate any martial arts, like most smart asses do.

My Karate family, 5 strong, three kids, and two dedicated parents wish to thank you for taking the time to make these videos. We find them very informative, and value your opinions in our goal to make us continually more well rounded. Reaching out to say thanks from Northern New York.

Despite not having any martial arts training, I still enjoy watching these these videos to learn something interesting if I ever get into a fight. Never got into one (and I plan to avoid it ) but ya never know.

Wooo I'm glad about this video, because last week I was helping a student who asked me how to move better in a fight and I talked about these 3 points. Thanks for the extra exercise, I used to traind just with one line, oss!

I love the part about coming down, finding that moment of least resistance. Also at 3:44 how Sensei Jesse includes exploring the different options. I love to change from narrow-wide stances and even regular to get a feel for the fight. Or even switching from righty to lefty stances. It seems unorthodox, but if you have fights or spar it is a very useful tactic.

Brilliant video! I see one of my sensais do the drop perfectly when sparring. She then comes at me like a Japanese bullet train. I tend to jump too high and get tired. I'm going to put these into practice and get myself some jump rope. Thanks Sensai Jesse!

I learned so much from this video! Thank you, Jesse! I used to jump instead of dropping down. Jumping exerted so much energy that I wouldn't have any left to actually fight and as a consequence, I would get over-exhausted during my training. I started practicing while watching this video and wow! it's bizarre how much something as simple as dropping instead of jumping can improve my performance. Will definitely be exploring more of your content! Cheers brother!

I've been struggling with how to be mobile with my boxing, I can't express how much this clears everything up

i saw that the last mistake during bouncing, is very common in national tournament of karate.a lot of dojo didn't teach well the bouncing and studied it! this is a very good video ! oss!

It's always very pedagogical lessons from you Jesse! Thank you for sharing your tips!

Will definitely be using this exercise at my dojo. My students will love this, thanks Jesse!

Honestly I thought you were going bonkers when I saw the video title, but when you started explaining I completely got it. Thank you for making me see bouncing in a new light.

Thanks, sensei Jesse. I am brazilian, a Shotokan practioner and use to find the correct boucing very difficult. I will try to improve that. Your video helped me so much. OSS!

Brilliant video , more footwork videos please , thanks Jesse 🥋

I literally just learned the concept of downward bouncing at the Dojo, and now I have an awesome exercise to practice it! Thanks so much Jesse!

I was just thinking about this lately, perfect timing!

Being a taekwondo fighter it helped me too thanx sir 🙏

Hi Jesse, congratulations for your videos, they are amazing! About the bouncing, usually, I bounce in and out of the opponent's attack range to always keep him busy trying to learn when I'm going to attack. I have a stronger attack when I have a good base (of course) and I can leverage my body weight into the attack so I usually attack when getting the opponent inside my attack range or just after reaching it. Keep on doing those amazing videos!

The bouncing as dropping is a fantastic description, and only something that was actually taught to me once I was learning Taijutsu. I had done seven years of Tae Kwon Do before, now maybe because I was very young, but I had never actually been taught any good strategies for bouncing and never quite understood the how, why, when or where of it. I have actually incorperated this training method for both Taijutsu as unarmed and using weapons as well as when training in Kendo. I set up Two "X's" and with the partners facing each other they move with timing as well as control. EG one is offensive the other defensive in movement. Always facing each other, this way both get a feel for how to bounce defensively and offensively and make best use of the space, time and distance it can create.

Another useful video to focus on, these videos help so much with my karate!!

Thank you sir, this is very insightful! You are very light on your feet!

Dude you are truly amazing, i think a lot more coaches/sensei's should follow youre approach

a very detailed instruction about drops movement and errors. thankyou very much sensei for sharing us your ideas.

Thanks for the ideas, used the rope exercise with the junior sparring class I've started assisting with...it was a night of footwork...

Jesse, many thanks for this video. Your channel is the best 👍🏻😁

Thanks Jesse Sensei...you are an awesome teacher!

In my system of kung fu we do not bounce. Mainly because northern Shaolin practitioners tend to use a lot of sweeps. But instead we do what is called stance stepping. That's when we take all the stances, stepping, turning, and shifting and let it flow into one continuous movement. We move and change the hands as we're stepping to block, cover, and then strike when necessary.

Superb sir.... A big bow to you. Very very informative, very useful and practical

Thanks Jesse, great video as usual! Love the tips and rope exercise, I'll use that one for sure👍

Hallo everyone,I was a karate practitioner and in the last 11 years a switched to Capoeira.That exercise with X on the ground is great and it resume one of my hardest challenges when I moved from kumite to the capoeira jogo (that's our way to cal the free fight).I can say that diagonal way to enter a fighter guard are insanely great,in karate is call Tai sabaki.But is every time about risk a strike . Any way we use all the X spaces including the "red parts" during our "bouncing motion" that we call Jinga. Many compliments jesse sensei , your channel is very inspirational for me and my path on martial arts

Your defination helped me to achieve success. I am very grateful to you jesse

Thanks for this video. This answers a question that I have had for awhile now.

Thanks for the advice. I’ll be sure to try it out.

Love it! Can't wait to give this a try.

Than you for making this fun, while giving away so much knowledge even if it might not seem like much.. it really is so much more

Very useful tips. Arigato Gozaimasu!

Thanks sensei, i am very glad to know the techniques now i can make my karate style even better

Excellent video sensei Jesse! Very clear explanation and also a very simple but really effective exercise🥋👌👍

One of the best video i ever see...thank you Jessi sensei

You have a knack for teaching, sir. Funny, intriguing, and informative. I like it. Great video, it made me subscribe. This is essential knowledge for any martial artist. Thank you and I can’t wait to watch more!

Thank you so much! I love that you are giving besides the tips also exercises to do :)

I'm going to try the rope exercise. Thank you for this video. Tang Soo!!

Thanks a lot. Awesome Video!

Great video, please keep doing this kind of videos!

Very useful advice, thank you.

Sir I am preparing my son for kumite . This video will help me alot after I see your karate foot work video. Much thanks sir . Thanks again.

I am sure your dojo is a good place to be!!! Thank you for another great video!

I like that "Ten push up" 😂😂

Jesse's teachings are the best!! OSS!

awesome tips, thanks. I have this movement problem, that makes me rather slow. I'll try it at home.

This is gold, thank you

I was looking for tips like this!! Thanks again sensei jesse💞👊

I'll try tomorrow, thank you so much !

Thank you for tips Sensei Jesse

Thanks for your helpful video 💪❤

Excellent video, I am definitly incorporating this in my training today, Oss

Thank you very much for this free but valuable information!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent video explanation and exercise thank you as always

Thank you so much for the helpful video.

We are of Kindred Spirit my Brother. Through the years I’ve learned by doing and searching for practical solutions for the imperfections in the traditional Chung Do Kwan style, that was pretty much monkey see monkey do. I’m one of these people who always wanted to break it down to the physics of it all at a young age. The bunny hop I never did care for because of the reasons you pointed out and always found it easy to defeat that method. Mine was to glide & mix movements and create openings invite an attack and move in with a hard block to overwhelm opponents. My style gone from mostly legs in the 80’s to mostly hands now, economy of movement has been a rule for me for energy management as well as strategy. Not a whole lot of practitioners put much emphasis on stances and mobility as myself, instead they liked to concentrate on fancy kicks the Superfoot Wallace kicks and such. I do notice that you settle into your stance then move without a bounce, but yes using gravity to burst forward with a lunge is a great demonstration of how things work scientifically in the realm of physics.

Thanks Jessi ! Nice to see your videos, Excellent. I really like to observing your Tricks & Awesome.

Awesome lesson, thanks Jesse.

Very good tips and excellent pronunciation buddy. Thanks a lot

Great advice. Thanks again.

Thanks Jesse, amazing job and gorgeous comunication (and karate ;P ) skills! thanks again!

Love your explanations and videos

Thanks Jesse. Love your vids!

This is the type of video I was looking for Thanks. Great work 💪❤

very helpful video... thanks for sharing... waiting for next video..

I understand the whole video. I do karate and I have quick speed of my fist and kicks . Plus I watch boxing for beginners I learned the basic of shadow boxing and footwork.

Great video as always 👊 thank You Jesse 🥋

Excellent excercise and simple easy to follow explanation. Oos.

Thanks for great explanations!

Wow excellent coaching! Well done 👏🏾!

Fantastic, Simple Wisdom. This is a great help to my sparring in TKD!! Thank my Friend.

Thank you! I didn’t realise how much I needed this video. I’ve never even thought about this. Smarttt

Awesome video! Added this to my karate game

This is great! Excellent videos, thanks!

Excellent tutorial. Thank you.

Wow thanks Jesse! And very useful exercise, I think I gonna show this ti my dojo mates. Thank You!!

Brilliant. Tks Jesse

Really good good info on d difference of jumping and sinking

I love your videos. Very informative and practical

New subscriber! Thank you so much for sharing sooo many helpful tips Sensei Jesse! Ossu!

Very very helpful video..bravo Jesse 👏

I absolutely love your channel. After not doing karate now for almost 10 years, and having had a 18 year break before that one year come back, you have revamped my interest. On bouncing... I used to not bounce. I wanted to keep at least one foot on the floor to be able to move at any split second if I need to. I also used an opponent's bouncing against him in a national tournament here in South Africa. I timed my attack to perfection by attacking as he landed - and scored two points like that which ended up in a medal at the championship. After comparing your video, I think his mistake was that he bounced too high. (by the way - South Africa bought their fighter jets from Sweden - if you have a look at my channel you'll see how many videos I've taken over the years of the Gripen)

Thankyou master this video really helped me so much ❤

thanks sensei.. ☺ it helps me a lot..in shotokan style .. I'm your fan..

Good info. Your tips totally changed my style

loved it. just loved it

Thank you. I like the drill at the end and will try it today. Our sensei encourages us to change direction using a rear leg swing which would the rear foot in a different quadrant in your cross very briefly but, I will try some combination of the two. Similar to your crossed lines, there is also the Ingle Gym (Naseem Hamed etc) " (parallel) lines" where they bounce along from orthodox to southpaw, forward and backwards, but I have yet to figure out what they are doing. I will post a link.