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So basically we are all some type of R->R function. > "So what type of fighter are you?" >"I'm a f(x)=x^2 type of fighter, you?" >"I´m more of a f(x)=e^x kind of guy myself"

I pay more attention to this than I do in science class 😂

Maybe a follow up video suggesting what techniques to train for each type? Would be very helpful!

Depends on the day ;)

Your muscles do one of the following (based mostly in DNA): A -- warm up quickly (good early, but you are burning more energy) B -- warm up slowly (bad early, but you are conserving energy) Your muscles also do one of the following: C -- get tired quickly (from lack of conditioning, but also due to DNA) D -- get tired slowly (from good conditioning, but also due to DNA) Rocket = BD (MISSING) = BC/BD Time Bomb = BC Half Pipe = AC (extremely poor DNA and conditioning) Ski Slope = AC/AD (hybrid of Half Pipe and Grinder) Grinder = AD (extremely good DNA and conditioning) The missing 6th slope looks like the left half of the Time Bomb; a curve that starts low, slowly plateauing out into a sustained strong performance that stops improving much about halfway through the fight. These curves do not directly translate into 6 distinct fighting styles; rather, they limit your options as to what fighting styles will work for you in a fight. The BD fighter can choose to fight like a BC or BC/BD fighter by pushing themselves hard once their body warms up. The BC fighter can choose to fight like a BC/BD or BD fighter by training for endurance and conserving energy rather than going all out as soon as their adrenaline kicks in. The AC fighter can stay calm and conserve energy to fight more like an AC/AD or AD fighter. The AD fighter can be very aggressive to fight more like an AC or AC/AD fighter. Mentally, it's about preference. A fighter who hates feeling fatigued will be either an AD or BD style fighter; they will prefer to conserve energy rather than do more offensively, all fight long. A fighter who hates being outfought in the moment will be either an AC or BC style fighter; they will burn extra energy to make sure they hold their own at all times. You can't do too much about whether you are an A or B fighter. If the fight is organized, you can warm up prior to actually fighting... but this wouldn't help you in a self defense scenario, and is only so effective since your adrenaline spike much higher under duress than from just exercise. The one thing you can do as a B fighter is to stay relaxed and flexible, so that your technique is smooth; proper technique using skeletal mechanics and can help offset cold muscles. You can partially control whether you are a C or D fighter, but better is to say that regardless of which you are that conditioning for endurance will always help you. If you are naturally a C, this helps you perform at your best for longer. If you are a D, this allows you to push yourself harder without overdoing it. There is no fighter that does not benefit tremendously from endurance training. If you are an A vs a B, you will always win initially. If you are a B vs an A, you are just looking to survive until the A gets tired. If the A has trained for endurance, the B needs to have done the same. AC vs BD tends to be a quick fight in which the AC fighter outclassed the BD fighter too much in performance level to end things decisively; if you are naturally a BD fighter it becomes especially important because of this matchup to warm up pre-fight and to focus more on reflex mechanics than endurance when training. Something to consider also is the impact of feeling pain on your energy level; everything done to you that hurts will pump more adrenaline into your bloodstream, which has the effect of burning through your energy faster. If you are a B type, this can actually help; some fighters will tell you that the first punch "wakes them up". If you are a C type and especially if your conditioning isn't fantastic, it's very important not to trade blows and burn through your already short energy supply.

White belts have to learn patience while cleaning permanent marker off the dojo floor......

Damn, you sound so angry speaking in Swedish lol.

Not gonna lie I got nervous when the blonde haired, blue eyed, Northern European man started talking about genetics...

Maybe you should add a sixth type, a "wavy". You've certainly seen people like this. It's someone who goes through a couple cycles in the same bout, like Sugar Ray Leonard, who usually had two or three performance surges every fight. It's easier to see in boxing, with lengthy matches, but you get the idea. Just a thought.

barbarian, palidin, etc.

What you say makes sense, in *competition* fighting especially. However, I always thought that we are to, yes, capitalize on our specific advantages, but for the purposes of live-or-die *combat* , the end-goal of training is to *optimize* ALL of our capacities and make us stronger _overall,_ as well as more *adaptable,* in general. This mindset would thus make us better able to deal with a wider range of possible threats. I'm a big guy with a long reach with a background mostly in striking arts... but that _doesn't mean_ that i _shouldn't_ have SOME skills in grappling, or train outside _kumite_ to go longer, or train slow twitch muscles to fight quicker opponents with more stamina, or that traditional and modern weapons training should be ignored. Personally I think it's sensible to highlight our unique advantages, especially considering a given art [most Wing Tsun fighters will have impressive hand speed, to a degree, but the art itself is notorious for lacking in kicks, for example]. So yes, master the particularities of your style and your body dynamics, but its still more _prudent_ to aim to become as *complete* a fighter as possible. This way we'll be better prepared for Whatever the world throws at us.

I'm agree with you. I'm karate student and biochemical researcher. I work in a doping control laboratory and I'm studying about genes and sport performance. Very interesting video. Oss!

I hope he picked up all those markers and their lids.

I'd say I'm a grinder that tails off towards the end, approaching 50, arthritis in both knees, I generally wait your the younger fighters to expend all their energy, then attack

Degrades is the word your were looking for.

Oh, by the way, you had me laughing hard at how you changed markers. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry if this seems presunptuous, but only partially agreed. Because how you manage your energy will be as important as it naturally works. The same way a Rocket could delay his peak keeping an average pace, a Sky-Slope could also pace himself to be a halfpipe against a Grinder lets say capitalizing in blitz strategies.... How you manage your energy depends more than just recovery, it also relies on accuracy, strenght, space coordination and how big is your repertoir so you can adapt or force the enemy to addapt while you dribble the hurdles to apply your fight strategie properly... As someone who doesn't know a lot my doubts can seem petty, but its honest confusion...

Well Jesse i have to thank you. Thanks to your videos i kicked my ass yesterday the first time to Karate training. So i am a total beginner but the community in the dojo and the sport itself catched me immediatly :) I think you have born a new Karate Nerd :D Thank you very much :)

This is what I've been searching for! I officially love you Jesse. You helped me actually come to a new realizations about myself, that are key to my next life goal. Also didn't know about these archtypes or thought of the time concept being added.. you're a GENIUS Thank you, bless you!

These video kind of remind me the types of styles of boxing (one of my favourite fighting style alongside karate), there's the out-boxer who fight by keeping his distance from his opponent and hit with fast punches, the swarmer who fight by continuously punching his opponent in an aggressive way applying constant pressure on him, the slugger who fight by using more brute strenght than techniques and the boxer-puncher whos' quite a mix between a swarmer and an outboxer.

This does make sense... a lot of sense. I would add that your body type and length (reach if you like) plays a factor as well when determining personal style. I'm a shorter - short-limbed person. I learned karate from a long-limbed person and a lot of techniques (particularly long-range techniques) I learned that worked for him, did not work as well for me when I was sparring longer people. I did after a time realize that I was a lot more effective in the punching and grappling zones. We did not practice grappling so I had to learn the basics somewhere else. For long-range fighting, my goal was to adapt timing, learn to feint, and learn to close distance rather than try to exist and compete on the outside. That said, what you have said here lays a great foundation that perhaps should be worked on from white belt level.

Maybe Type 5 should be called "The Action Movie" where the plot starts out ok or higher, then falls in the second act, and finally the injured Jean-Claude/Daniel-san overcomes everything in a glorious finish :)

I absolutely love this guy and his brother, you don't get more cutting edge than this type of advice, respect 👊🇮🇪🍀

I love your videos, Jesse. Really well done and a great way of considering different aspects of training whilst keeping the mind on Karate whilst not in the dojo. Thanks!

I have noticed this in many people including myself but never this much in depth. This is an incredible help THANK YOU! I love all of your videos they are extremely helpful. You give so much to think about.

My personal fighting style is a gun...

Its weird but I vary depending on different activities. Running I'm the rocket, fighting I'm the green one, sports (football) I'm definitely the halfpipe. Still very useful information , thanks

max Holloway is either a Rocket but starts to perform at a high level or a Grinder (steady) but the horizontal line is already at a high performance level

Very insightful - I can imagine applying that at work, as well. Everyone in a team have their specific strengths, it doesn't make sense to expect grinder behavior from a rocket, but a rocket can be effective in situations requiring bursts of output.

When you shout in Swedish you remind me my Sensei when he’s angry😂

I'm the graph

I like the point. Julia Henriques had a nice addition (the waver). For the purpose of the right training, yes it makes sense to know our own style. For a fight, it is also important to know the fighting style of the opponent, so we are a step ahead in the tactics, because we can design a game plan which is suitable to overwin his style. So, I think it is also important to be able to perform every style according to the need/situation. But of course, like Mike Tyson put it: "Everbody has a plan - untill he gets hit".

Insightful! Thanks 😉 If someone at the dojo is fighting you a lot and knows how you fight you can always switch your style to catch them off their guard..

Thanks again Sensei Jesse, in the yesterday training I was fighting with my mate and I did realize that I couldn't keep my stamina like he does, I was really concerned about it, but now your lesson bring me some understanding and I can work to improve myself. Oss.

Yes I think this is a phenomenon that we can observe in competition fighting as well as team and individual sports. I noticed in my own training back in the day that I'm more of the grinder, don't want to tire myself out too quickly, also don't want to leave myself wide open for those more energetic beginners.

Awesome video Brother and thanks for sharing your time and videos and thoughts on Karate. Please keep on posting your vlogs cause I really appreciate your time on showing us your videos of Karate knowledge Sir!!!

This was a cool video! As a musical performer playing a very physically demanding instrument that requires a lot of endurance, it’s interesting and thought provoking to see the similarities here between music abilities and fighting styles. Finding those parallels is always interesting to me, as a former student of one and a current student of the other.

Teaching in a system trains the individual to then find their style with what works with his or her body. Excellent video!!

What do you think Bruce Lee's style was? getting better over time Is my pick.

Last one: high output in the beginning going for KO/Points, take a breath defending, get second wind and finish strong!

We always divided people's styles up according to the five elements of Buddhism (Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Void). I was always referred to as "VERY Earth", which is similar to your notion of the grinder. I think dividing it up is a really good approach no matter how you do it.

Sadly I'm a bit late to see this but it's really interesting noticing that those archetypes are indeed related to the five elements (wich actually translate literally as"five movements")and i find it very interesting to see somebody who could reach that point without necessarily exploring those Chinese knowledge. Personally i think the same about not fighting the same way as your master because in that case you'd fall into a stile more that into martial arts, I also think that when you get to know how to understand the way you fight it opens your mindset but also you need to be flexible enough to fight in a style that's not naturally yours in the case that your opponent's natural style counters yours

Yes, I definitely agree because different people fight in different ways and another thing I usually ask my prospective students if they want to learn sport or self defense, this also needs to be looked at when you are helping someone to decide which style they should go to for best learning.

Just my personal experience I find that your max speed is limited by genetics, but I would say anyone can actually move fairly fast. Some of it has to do with mindset, some of it has to do with understanding the body and physics. Using circles to accelerate the hand, proper relaxation, amount of telegraph, chaining energy up. Even if at full proper relaxation your hand were for some reason slow, you can compensate with full body motions. Everything moving slow together passing their speed off to the next motion for a final fast motion. Similar to when people get tired doing a bicep curl and start rocking their body to pass the energy up to make it easier. On a side note, when you're saying people train the same, I agree. To me that's the difference between a style and a concept based system. All arts should be treated like a concept in my opinion, everyone should have a different flavor.

The blue one. Definetly. Starting extremly powerfull but after a few minutes my tank is empty and my performance goes down and down and down. Unfortunately this isn't a good strategy for exams :')

Thank you for one taking this! Yes, now that I think about it that's how I usually choose my training buddy. I sometimes practice with different people depending on what segment of my slope I need to work on

I like your theory. From a physiological perspective it makes sense. My teacher Guro Tony of the Miami Arnis Group uses a strategic or tactical approach. He's identified several arch types as well. The bracers, which tense up and fight tight. The swingers, which fight very loose and over commit. The in fighters who stay close. The snipers, who are tecnical and like to hit and run. We like to do whats worse for them rather than simply whats best for us. Thanks for sharing.

I'm probably a time bomb now that I think of it but I'm really not sure because I don't get the opportunity to spar alot these days. Great video!

1 Max Holloway for sure 2 Connor Mcgregor 3 Brian Ortega 4 Yoel Romero (round 3 beast) 5 Bisping is a good example What do you guys think?

Yes! I have a great start, then finish as a sweaty punching bag if I don't win fairly quickly. Great description!

Thank you Jesse for this video! Your explanations of each type really helped! I'm definitely the type that stays evenly paced.

You seem like a cool guy, Jesse. Great video!

Hi Jesse sensei! I have sparring for my 6th kyu belt test in shitoryu, and I was wondering if you had any tips on how to fight better in general? My sensei and I agree that atm, my kicks are abit slow, so I'll be focusing on punches. Are there any drills you have to increase punching speed and power? And do you think range or retreat is more important in sparring? This is cause my sensei advises me to go down low when I throw a gyakuzuki in a zenkutsudachi, to furthur my reach, but personally, I take a step forward and snap my waist and backleg for gyakuzukis, resulting in less range, but faster pull back, as I'm still in motodachi. Thanks alot for your advise!

Thank you for your guidance in this regard, Sensei Jesse! God bless!

Well done. I hadn't thought of it this way. Thanks for the thought provoking video!

That's a great way of assessing different fighters - I agree :-) An interesting analogy : I assess a fighter in terms of the canine world .... the Bulldog, the Terrier, the Rotweiler etc. - you get the picture ...

3:10 What does this type called? 'cause it looks like my output.

A very novel object lesson. I won't be surprised if I start to see others repeating it. Thanks from Texas. Thank you for sharing.

I very much agree with your theory. It would be cool if you could make another video giving examples fighters that fall into each archetype to give us an idea of what our personal style would look like

it's dangerous for others to know you have one predominant performance time-line. Better to develop another one.

1st type- max holloway, donald cerrone 2nd type- conor mcgregor 3rd type- kamaru usman, colby covington 4th type- jose aldo(not too sure maybe there's a better example) 5th type- bisping, (i also wanna say whittaker cuz of the 2nd romero fight but not too sure)

I'm a time bomb like you. Your video has taught me a lot about myself and potentially other fighters I will face. Great theory, Jesse! :)

This is very good and insightful. I'm more of a half grinder half rocket myself. In the first round I'm only throwing jabs and circling around with the occasional body shot when my opponent starts getting close, but as the rounds increase I start landing my right hand and leading with my left hook a few times.

The Diaz brothers are perfect Grinders

Yes. Btw, I loved the moment you shouted swedish 10:11 😁

I am currently looking into martial arts schools in my area and ofc I come here for some preliminary advice! Thanks Jesse!

Very awesome. Makes perfect sense. I'm going to try to follow this example in my training. I do believe I'm definitely the ski slope. Thank you!

I agree, Diaz bros= rocket, Khabib= grinder, McGregor= ski slope, Michael Bisping = half pipe, Yoel Romero= time bomb

3:10 Martial Charts

Individualization within styles is exactly what I feel elevates the art so yes,I agree!

Wow! This is fascinating! I really struggle with "fighting", probably psychologically, so I'm not really sure which type I am.

I love this guy! Number 6 is Batman style. He always wins. But it's hard to be like him. Just ask Robin.

Brother....you just blew my mind. Everything you said makes sense, and it's a wonder this point/theory has never been brought up (at least not that I've heard)! I sadly would categorize myself as "ski-sloper", now that being said, what kind of drills do you suggest I should practice to either A.) Capitalize on this, or B.) Make it better. I personally practice Seireikai Karate-do, which is a version of Kyokushin (the Padron Dojo here in Columbus, Ohio). I would have loved it if you had shared this theory last year before I fought in the Arnold, it could have possibly saved me from enduring a GNARLY liver punch by a WONDERFUL Canadian semi pro fighter 🤣🤣🤣! I also finally wanna say that I just love your stuff, please let Columbus Ohio know if you're ever in our neck of the woods, I would DIE to attend one of your seminars. Cheers, brother! Thank you for your time, insight, and just being you. *internet bow* Osu!!!!!

Yes. This was great. I'm definitely the Half Pipe. I go hard at first for a short while and then die down a while, but the more I keep pushing, I get that second wind and feel like I can go on forever

makes perfect sense. I am a "Ski slope" type, apparently ... I was always aware of it in an intuitive level. I had no idea that I can match my training to my abilities in this sense. thanks!

This guy’s talking pattern is so awesome for a non native English speaker like me lol

What if I can do any of those? Is that called super saiyan?

That is actually a very interesting concept, I think it can really help us to analyze and understand fighters and found out who we are and how to improve

From South Africa. I find some of your videos really helpful in opening up to new ideas or ways of thinking and I just wanted to say thank you. I have also been trying to get my hands on one of your Shoshin belts, but they always seem to be sold out in the size i need/want. I think I'm going to use this information in the dojo tomorrow. Thank you and Stay awesome.

Im a time bomb is that good

Awesome video!!😀😀. Btw...the antonym of improve is worsen 😅.

That was fantastic really enjoyed it, thank you jesse , and yes it made sense to me, a kickboxer and thai boxer

I'm the half pipe. I can start quite strong, but then after a certain while I feel tired and have to et over that phase to find a second energy boost. I'll try to use this for my training and also know I have to attack fast and then be patient. I adore your videos and so does my sensei. Great fan.

if this is true conor mcgregor would be a ski slope,right? me to

Nah that last one shouldve been called the character from any action show movie or anime

I agree! Thanks again for the fantastic knowledge you have and shared with us. Continue the great Sensei you are

This makes perfect sense to me. Thank you for sharing this with us.

1: son goku (vs frieza)

5:01 deteriorate

Wow, this actually helped me to realize a tendency I have during sparring. I’m a rocket. I’ll be doing worse than most of my partners in the beginning, but as time goes on I start doing better and better.

This is one of your best videos. I'm the time bomb type. But early in my career, I was the rocket type. Your biology changes as you age

im the rocket in trianing The time bomb in a competition Oof

Westerner: "Hey, let's get naked and grapple to protect our village" Mongolian: "Hi, eat some arrow from horse" Chinese: "Let's kick them from horse" End of martial art history...

My way was learning a few basics from Karate and Wing Chun (basic blocking and striking techniques) and applying them to my own street fighting style (my purest most natural fighting style) whenever I have had to fight on the street (maybe 10 times in my whole life, I am 36, and no I never look for a fight, never initiated one, always reacting in self defence) So to me it was very important not to get bogged down by any one teachers rigid fighting style and find my own 👍🏻

Yes! You're absolutely right Jesse... That's the thing, most of practitioners mimic the Martials Arts they have learned but it's not supposed like that..... Martials Arts teach you to defend and fight. The style (own style) comes after you learned to adopt in actual combat or fight. Individual has his/her own way of defending and fighting during actual combat. The technique guides us not the form (stances to deliver) , yes the form is important but the understanding when and how to do it in right timing is the key... Thanks Jesse.... For many years, Now I'm certainly right about it. That's exactly what I thought after my injuries in my left arm. I start to adapt many things and reject what is not need, and collect what is useful in corporate to my own style👍👍👍

Iam a gummy bear

Yes I agree, you are very correct on how instructors try to make everyone the same when everyone has certain natural abilities that makes them who they are

I think you are right. Thanks for the video. I never thought about this.

Very good discriptive way of identifying your fighting style. I identified myself as the "Grinder". I start semi fast and hard and maintain throughout fight. Although when my opponent gives all his best I will pull it back just a bit so that he will think he has won, then I kick it back up to my pace and that usually demoralizes my opponent. I fight nighter to win nor lose... I fight to fight.