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"I don't really fight people because I'm a wuss." That's not just an honest statement, that's a very humble statement. Thanks! I practice Kung Fu, but I learned so much from your videos and I enjoy them so much.

When you realize Oliver only said one word in the whole video

1:16 You may call yourself a " wuss", but you're a very knowledgeable and dangerous wuss😎. Thanks again.

Those lines at 01:55 look like lightsaber to me for some weird reason

When in doubt RUN

Got my first tournament in 10 years this weekend, this video couldnt be more perfectly timed! Definitely going to be trying to fight smart like this. Thanks Jesse!

You are a true gift to the martial arts community. The humility and absence of ego you possess is much appreciated!

Thank you thank you so much for helping us short karate nerds out! #5foot2status

After a long time . Sensei Jesse is back . With Another awesome lesson . Thanks Alot for sharing 💪💪👍👍❤❤..

Glad to have another of your great videos! Interesting as usual. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing, I'll be sure to use that in my classes!

Thank you for the tips Sensei Jesse! You're my favourite Sensei❤

Thanks for the video!!! Very useful!!

Fantastic video, so happy to see the karate nerd back

Very functional and effective...... Nice video

Great Video Sensei Jesse! A great exercise to try in class with the rope.

IM very happy for this tip!

Thanks Jesse this completely answers my question from before!

Awesome special effects!

Love the knowledge from your video(s) especially being a smaller fighter in my gym, this knowledge is different to the rest of the channels on youtube showing the basic bobbing and weaving technique etc

The element of surprise can be crucial when fighting someone who's bigger (and hopefully not stronger). They'd think they can play their own game with long punches and jabs, until suddenly you jump forward to land a knockout punch.

Yesss a new video!

Jessesan, you should come to Seattle for a seminar some day! I would love to attend one of these, and I really value what you have to offer. Just keep it in the back of your mind next time you’re thinking of a destination😉

I'm 6'8" (just over 2m) and have an occupation in which physical engagements are the norm. I don't know if this video was for sporting reasons or non sport reasons. At least in the non sport context, this is a great video to teach distance but not a great video to teach how to fight. I 100% agree that if someone has both the speed and fight IQ over my power than I am definitely at a disadvantage - I have lot plenty and know my size alone will not win any fight. As much as you are right that being smaller usually means your faster, I think you overlooked how much better being bigger makes you at grappling. This means that while stepping inside of a taller opponents strike zone significantly reduces the power they can generate on a forward strike it also increases the danger of a grab or hold. Also remember the shorter opponent has shorter limbs, something not simulated simply by crouching down. Your video suggests crossing in and out of the strike zone should be frequent. I would argue it should be minimized. Each pass through there could be a game ending punch. In a non sport context I would say the shorter opponent should- 1) Only step inside the opponents reach if absolutely neccesary. Look to not engage at all if possible 2) If you do have to get inside, do it fast. Everything needs to be shock and awe. A jab isn't worth giving up your advantage. If you're coming inside you need to explode and stun. 3) Create as much pain as possible and get out of reach - see 1 - before they can recover

great video! definitely want to try out this drill!

Thanks... it helps me a lot

Impressive video, sparring has always been one of my weak areas, will try to use this concept to improve in my training

Sente 先手 and Maai 間合い are the key point. Nice video Jesse San.... I strongly recommend all to read the book, The Inner Art of Karate. Cultivating the Budo Spirit in Your Practice by Kenji Tokitsu to know more about maai. Peace and harmony, Sensei Maharaj

Excelent video, sensei!!! Thanks for teaching us! Oss!

Great exercise of keeping distance! 👍

Thank you for the video. I am a fan from Brazil. Oss

Thanks Jesse , nice and funny looks how you and your brother are good friends. Sweet

Oliver has bulked up a little bit! Definitely bigger! Great lesson as always fellas.

Thanks! That´s exactly what I needed... I´m constantly having difficulties against taller oponents

Thanks so much for sharing this stuff.

I learned a lot. Thank you.

Awesome tip, sparring is where I suck the most. Once you know you are safe, all tactics come forth.Thanks a lot, Sensei.

Love it! ♥️

Should I keep this distance when fighting a smaller opponent as well? If not what should I do?

Love your teachings🙏🏻

I love your content keep it up and thank you for the tips

Since ive been compared with the main character from shadow of the colosus because ive always got in fights with guys waaaaaay bigger than me(not always won tho) in my experience, what works for me is goong under their punches to get close and then try to circle arround them and chamge directions when he tries to follow me, and also, try to attack the weak points... The liver, the nuts, etc... Kidneys are a favorite for me... Also, if you manage to do a throw, since they are big, it hurts them more than any strike you could do...

I am 6'-3" tall and 240 Pounds Full Contact Kyokushin Karate-ka as a teenager I was same height and weighed a whopping 135 pounds. Super skinny and always stayed on the outside. One of my Senpai's tied our belts together and forced me to learn how to fight on the inside. it was terrifying and first. However one of the best lessons I could have learned as a young martial artist. True principals hold true through time. Awesome VID Jesse! Thanks

Thank you...

Wonderful video, well done Jesse, thank you 🙏

Awesome video

Thank you

Buen vídeo jesse ahora entiendo mucho mejor con subtítulos thank ✌

A video in a long time! HYPE!

Really helpful sensi oss

Thanks for start the vids. again 👍👍✌✌ (with all my respects to you ,I am still waiting for the explanation between SHOTOKAN AND SHUDOKAN if you don't mind). Thank you.

awsome video sensie

Good video like always

I'm short and most of my sparring partner for Judo are about 173 cm to 182 cm tall and they weight twice as much as me. I use tactics as well like you mention on your video. The go to move that I use on bigger guys are ouchi gari, kouchi gari and ashi harai which pretty much help me when I spar. Tai sabaki and Kuzushi played an important role in my training.

Osss sensei Jesse..... This are really good techniques and exercises.... It will really help us in kumite or in combat......specially it helps me very much 😅...because I am not so tall....... Thank you sensei.... And love from India... Osss

very good and educational video,i should use this exercise btw your gloves are so beautiful Jesse

Guys you both rule !!! Jesse I ENJOY SO MUCH WATCHING ALL YOUR VIDEOS !! KEEP DOING ALL YOU DO ´CAUSE YOU MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY WITH ALL YOUR CONTENT GREETINGS FROM ECUADOR

I loved the video keep up the good work

Awesome drill! Also the jumping and punching reminded me of Motobu Choki haha

Ossu!!!! Great videos... greetings from my homeland, Colombia...👍👍👍🤓🤓🇨🇴

Great video sir😀😀

Cool video.👍 thanks for your video.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🥋🥋🥋🥋

Thank you for these teachings. Your movements resemble a lot like Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do, he was a master of ma ai. Love the Seishin gloves by the way!

Please make videos on karate white belt classes It will be a great series.

A nice concept to use everywhere, the disadvantaged attacks second. If you feel like you are overmatched, reacting to an attack and counterattacking is a good choice. Not only in a fight, but games too. Chess is a good example to try that in. Set up a good counterattack from the start, and you can possibly get back some advantage.

BEST SENSEI EVER oof how did i only found this channel today your Teqhniques are Awesome!

I'm gonna have to use this string drill thank you

Excellent...

thanks Jesse. This is a great tool that i will use in my classes if that is ok with you

More people should watch you man, you're too underrated ❤

You are my big karate hero

This is a perfect video for me!(always trying to fight my older brother)🤪

It's going to help me a lot! Thanks Jesse-san! If you remember correctly the concept of ma ai came from kendo and allowed fighters to better their methods of fighting. Not that old school karate didn't have it, Motobu Choki gave a huge discourse on this topic long before. Can you also make a video on fighting stances? For an Indian, I'm pretty tall and well built and I've a tendency to lean towards goju-ryu techniques, but I know shotokan as well. What do you suggest?

I am 6'5 462 lbs! I like it if they don't want to fight and I don't want fight. But if they do my Shudokan will come in GREAT. Be safe fight only if you have.

We've done this exercise with the rope too in my dojo

Really cool channel!

+100 for the best thumbnail for a KZfaq video ever!!!

Great video! I'm not sure that the rope is necessary, but learning the right distance to be from your opponent certainly is. The taller person never likes to be closed down as they know they can be at a disadvantage then. The other thing that is difficult to cope with as a taller fighter is a short and very flexible adversary. It is difficult to see kicks coming in from very short range as they are outside the normal range of vision.

Ahhhh brotherly love awesomeness totally

Love the music

Nice video bro

Hi! Awesome videos! I can't wait to get your Gi and I'm a white belt. Soon to be a gold belt....

As the bigger opponent, thanks jesse! I shall now keep these techniques in mind and cause more hell for the shorter guys! Oss!

Mahalo Nui Jesse Enkamp!

I practice Kyoukushin karate and I’m the smallest of my friends, thank you for the advice. Can i have a heart senpai? :)

The crazy thing I did lately was block my friend for sometime because he was continously texting me when I was watching senseis video. I loved this video a lot sensei. Thank you sensei for teaching us 😊

Thank you a lot for the concept, Jesse-san! I'm surprised our sensei did not teach us ma-ai already. Also, I have a question. Is there a way to perform an ashi barai against a opponent when the distance would be a very critical factor? But thanks for the video anyway! (Hope Oliver didn't kill you, or did he?)

are there another exercises to practice on MA AI ?? .... i saw something like this in the movie of Jackie Chan "The Karate Kid" when he was training Jaden Smith on Kung Fu but with staffs ... thanks for helping

I hadn't seen this one before. The idea was exactly correct for me, the smaller guy. I thought of it as 'stop hit'. The first, inching forward until your opponent feels compelled to attack-- stop hit (forward). The second, retreat, but still drawing an attack, but only just far enough to counter (forward). Both require greater speed. The second requires excellent 'blocking'. Move back too far and you're just back to square one with the big guy.

That's pretty interesting sensei. As a small guy (5'4) it is a good activity to master for me.

Mr.Jesse is Yuishinkai Karate have a Soft Technique like Aikido or Traditional Japanese Jujutsu to take down opponent?

Nice video! its been a long minute! Loved that at 3:30 thats a McGregor classic! I personally always try to take the center ASAP and make the pace mine work my opponents legs and use my speed and mobility and use my long reach for my body type to my advantage.

Cool idea ! Maybe sometime you can share a couple of good sparring moves for us if you haven’t already. Since I’m still new to your channel I’ll have to look through your vids. Have you already made any for sparring besides this ?

i am star starting training karate next year because of your videos and mma fighters like the machidas any advice ?

I learnt this in kickboxing you block the punch with your outside hand which is the left hand and immediately move in a half circle towards his left side which is your right side as soon as your back foot touches the ground throw a punch straight across his face it’ll go though his guard and if caught unaware it’s a knockout punch

Very beautiful channel 👍👍👌👌👊👊🥊🥊🙏🙏🥋🥋

Can u make about diffrent karate styles like Ashihara, Kyokushin etc.

This is so helpful cause i'm the smallest of my karate class!!!

This guy is a legendary nerd.🙂