I'd have asked him about Steven Seagal's strong support of Russia's invasion of the Ukraine and then about his very close friendship to Russia's fascist dictator, Vladimir Putin.

Would Jesse consider going to one of Steven Seagals seminars? I'd also be interested if you would too Rokas?

My question would be: How much he was paid for his Russian propaganda support?

If he thinks that Seagal could actually defend himself against a trained fighter - to me it seems all nice and smooth, when there’s no resistance, but most of the techniques would be hard to pull off in sparring/fight

How much did Seagal pay you for talking nice?

Jesse's is a true student of martial arts who does not let other people's opinions about a person keep him from learning something new.

And maybe sensei seagal needed some youtube time and chose mr enkamp for this particular reason, but what i know that as a yiutuber myself i enjoyed jesse's episode with master seagal plus also enjoyed this video made by rockas aswell, keep up the great work guys, osu

Nah...Stevie watches youTube and thought this guy would give him some clicks.

Steven seagal has really been misinterpreted on a lot of things. Love me some seagal.

@@charlesghannoumlb2959 Just a friendly FYI: In Japanese, the title goes second, after an individual’s surname, so it would be “Seagal Sensei” just like “Daniel San” is Mr. Daniel.

I love how Jesse focuses on the positives! That's very inspiring for me, especially as a person who spent a part of his life criticizing things... 😊

@@MartialArtsJourney Important question though: up to what point is that responsible? No one is perfect, and that applies to being perfectly bad. Meaning that even the most heinous person you can think of probably has a positive side to them.

@@Fernando-ek8jp So true. I once knew a young couple that raped and tortured their own 8 month old baby, ending up in jail. Yet, they could also be friendly, funny and generous, too, so I realized I shouldn't judge them and accept them as they are. After all, I'M not perfect, either.

@@varanid9 The only thing that tells me is that even those capable of incredibly monstruos acts are still people, but I don't think that just abstaining from judgment is the right thing either. Specially in a situation like the one you described, that's absolutely harrowing.

Segal is spends his time and influence legitimizing Dictators. He also has a reputation of molesting and raping his female coworkers and hiting stuntmen even though his contract says not to. I find it pretty hard to look past that... especially when he's known in the industry to be a total asshole.

Thank you so much Jesse! You always inspire me!

Thank you very much for telling us good thing about him. By the way, you pronounced "Samurai" sa MYU rai but real Japanese pronunciation would be close to "Sum rye".

You and Rokas are indelible within the Martial Arts community. I feel it goes beyond that. I respect people who are genuine, humble, truly compassionate and empathetic. You and Rokas have that. As human beings we judge, that's what people do. You first do it as a subconcious safety mechanism, more primal. Then you have those who do it to feel more content. Whatever that may be for them, go with the crowd or a self-esteem thing. You and Rokus both give an unbiased view and that goes back to being genuine people. I have seen all types of men and all types of things happen. Fought in Iraq and Afghanistan to another extreme of dealing with addiction and what that brings about. I am in recovery now and living a good life. I have always had martial arts in my life and can accredited my values and moral code to that, even before joining the military. My father was a great teacher and is back at it, which is awesome. If either of you happen to be in the NYC area, both of you are more than welcome to come train with us, teach a class and I would love to show you around up here in North New Jersey. It would be an honor. I will reach out to both of you. In case you see this and would like to take me up on the offer if you find yourself in the states, I live in the northern most part of New Jersey, an hour away from NYC. PeaCe, Love & Afro-Grease!!!🙏🔥

Thanks , Jesse ! I like the way you are talking behind someone whom you met, i.e. Steven Seagal. One should not blame the other whom we have met and experienced the courtesy discussion, especially in the public. I give you my heart. You are the realest martial artist ever. - I have seen a lot but never talked with commentators being the keyboard fighters who have never ever proven their own skills. I do not know if Seagal is a real martial man in the arena; but I believe he is a tough guy in a street fight because of his size and weight. I myself have experienced some accidental street fights. They are much different from a fight on rules, including MMA/UFC having very less rules. For instance, one will never know the poor floor condition (slope with some natural obstacles) can be the unexpected weapon, when fighting. An experienced Muay Thai fighter can be the loser in their street fight.

Jesse, again you are pure awesomeness! A true martial arts master.

I take levo and lio in mid doses, I get it brother. I am not big but I get tired. I can only imagine your struggle. God bless 🙏

Dude the guy isn't training. If he was, he wouldn't look like a hippo. Period.

Mr Jones in these replies has never seen a sumo wrestler in his life. Nor heard of Mark Hunt. Nor Tai Tuivasa and Derrick Lewis. Nor Daniel Cormier. Seagal is visibly taller than both Jesse and Oliver in those videos, who aren’t short either! The big guy definitely has muscle mass.

Does a thyroid disorder make you commit sexual assault? Bigamy? Does it cause you to pretend to be a Navy Seal or claim to have been in the CIA? 😐

@@fabiosplendido9536 It did for me, I did all those things within 6 months of symptoms. I was fatigued but I was still able to become a CIA assasin.

He was invited to watch his lifestyle like a movie or play. Steven showed him what he wanted to show him and nothing more. This fresh perspective is just the same old Steven trying to manipulate others into thinking hes an amazing person who definitely didn't sexually abuse women or seriously hurt stuntmen during film takes

@@BaronRodney I know he isn't amazing. I also believe few people are completely evil. That said, Seagal doesn't even make my top 10 list of favourite actors so I do not give him much though. I never heard of him sexually abusing women as I have not looked into his life off of cam. I did hear about him injuring stuntmen.

@@BenWork-nf5jh And to be fair he hasn't been charged with anything but only because he left the country before he could stand trial. I don't think there are many truly evil people either but when it comes to seagal, he's just not a good dude

@mikegriz Unless ofcourse he had a good reason to lie.

@mikegriz did you even read what I wrote?

Agreed.

Laundering the reputation of someone like Steven Seagal is not a "class act" thing to do.

Just another negative person in the world 😊

I love how Jesse looks beyond his arts.

Thanks!!

One word. Space Ice.

@@Sammasambuddhathat’s two words. And I’ll give you another two: Sensei Seagal.

@@joesamson26 AH HAAAA HAAAAW! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 GOOD ONE!

Like, 30 years between those interviews?

@@ksotar So now he's a POS that's old. Goldenbell's video 'Sketchy Things About Steven Seagal That We All Ignored' He's a lifelong scam artist.

He's been gaining weight since Marked for death.

Dimwitted and gullible, not humble.

Wrong, Seagal has Karate, Kungfu and Judo experience as well. Also, Kelly LeBrock made it very clear in her autobiography that Seagal NEVER physically hurt her.

@@AztecUnshaven hear that guys? Sexual harassment is okay as long as you don’t physically hurt them

@@AztecUnshaven might also wanna check out what his first wife said about him and his background, the Japanese aikido dojo owner one that he parasited off and then left alone with their kids without warning to hook up with Kelly LeBrock for the networking benefits among other things.

@@siddified Lol, because testimony from a bitter ex wife is always reliable right? Seagal earned his head instructor position because his skill was outstanding. Miyako's dad was struggling to keep students, they almost closed down before Seagal stepped in. Seagal turned that Dojo around and saved it. People like Larry Reynosa and Michael Ovitz were there and saw firsthand how Tenshin Dojo was top level with Seagal as head instructor.

​@@AztecUnshaven You forgot to mention that during the test for his black belt, the instructor fell asleep during Seagull's demonstration and gave him the belt out of embarrassment. Seagal is nothing more than a fraud in a world filled with them.

Don't be decieved.. steve is the best at akido, but, he is a narcissist.. and asshole who thinks he whips anyone in the UFC.. in all honesty those boys would hurt him, even in his prime.. akido only works if the opponent doesn't fight back.. now yes i give steven segal all the credit for being an akido master.. because he truly is the best on this planet in that martial art..

Mike Tyson, and Ali could pull their punches (as seen on TV interviews). "I'm too powerful to pull my punches" is bullshit.

Not only that but there's the allegation that Seagal assaulted John Leguizamo on set. So it really comes off as hes just being a bully.

@@lao-grotten1101 yeah there's tons of accounts by different people that he pulls this crap. One video of him being gracious for a day to someone he invited to film him doesn't negate all the crap he's pulled for decades

This was obviously a very calculated move to revive his image and unfortunately at least for Jesse it appears to have worked

@@lao-grotten1101 Don't forget the multiple allegations of sexual assault, including some involving underage girls. Or the allegations of taking part in sex trafficking...

they split aikijujutsu into 3 styles which are aikido judo and jiujitsu

I also studied god and lived by anime. My kai aura has done wonders for my career. senzu AH!

Israeli, plus silat plus Krav, bad ass!!!!

Way you explain it seems like he was just bad at his job (being an actor not a Aikido full speed demonstrator) and that the studio found more value in their high paid star then the regular people who are the stuntmen (the actual real Heroes) so they had to deal with it and say nothing.... Seems more like the studio is the one encouraging the bullying at this point. He was just ignorant of how to do his job.

Segal is a horrible person and this is just scratching the surface. He broke Sean Conerys wrist.

@@Zerja He broke Connery's wrist because Connery was trying to "tough it out", with certain techniques, even after Seagal warned him that those moves are dangerous.

@@AztecUnshaven Breaking someones wrist because they wont listen to you is beyond negligent. Any trained practitioner can tell when someone new is resisting in a dangerous way, and the correct thing to do is back off and not train that technique until they understand the danger. The wrong thing to do is to hurt/break the person as 'punishment' for not listening.

@@Zerja You're not understanding. Seagal did not do it intentionally. Connery himself said it was his own fault for trying to force through it. There are certain joint locks that cause debilitating pain immediately, there is no time to "back out" of them. If you try to force through them at full speed, it's gonna cause damage.

I agree. I normally don't care about one's personal life but his is rife with some serious issues that are hard to ignore.

About the bjj part I believe his criticism is about pulling guard strategies being a thing instead of "oh shit I have to guard against the top opponent". Even so, my master (he trains people for both pure BJJ and for MMA) would answer that you need to train bjj guard, especially half-guard, if you want to be able to knockout people efficiently when they are guarding against you.

What you also have to be careful with is assuming that whatever a woman says happened must be true. Seagal has never been proven of doing anything that anybody knows of. And there's 2 very recent examples of what happens when the believe women thing goes a bit too far. You have people like Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson suffering because of accusers who can't keep stories straight and are lying all the time.

Agreed. I don't know a lot about Segal so I wouldn't make a judgment on him publicly, but his reputation really precedes him in reliable sources and very consistently. "We are all not perfect" is powerful phrase that teaches a great lesson of humanity, but it's very reckless to throw it around with people you, admittedly, don't know much about outside of your project with him.

Given his experience, I think Jesse is more than qualified to judge whether someone is legit or not, and whether you like it or not, he's come to the opinion that Segal is pretty legit, at least when it comes to techniques etc.

That is because your experience, is within the Lower Levels of Expression. When you learn and master higher level "Internal" arts methods... its very easy to accidentally injure an OP. I was doing a demo with an MMA fighter. My one arm, against his two (bare fisted). We agreed on Medium levels of power, to keep things relatively "Safe". After a few min. of not being able to land anything on me... he got Embarrassed and Angered... and amped up to full speed, full power, with true intent to harm. Problem is... you cant "SEE" power. Power is only "Felt"... and so by that time... its way too late. He tried a high hook to low gut-punch combination. I easily swatted the hook away, then stepped back while dropping my arm into the path of his full force strike. I had chose to only use about a 10% level arm Deflection tech. That would not have caused much more than a mild bruise, as medium levels.. at best. However, because he used his full potentials... it nearly shattered his wristbone. The injury swelled up nearly double in size, and he was in great pains for many days to follow. That said, he was seriously impressed, after I showed his how and what went down. I had to explain it to him... because he was standing there wondering how the heck that I was not curled up on the ground, in tears. You see, the arm deflection is not just performed with the arm. Its actually a whole body-mass tech. So, It was essentially like trying to strike a falling 180 lbs metal bar, with all of your might. As for your decision to Cancel someone, based on accusations... Look no further than Johnny Depp Vs Amber Heard. She manipulated him from the start... trashed his reputation, and tried to Ruin him with false allegations. She was such a bad Liar, that the Jury (and everyone else) were easily able to see through her BS... but... many other females are far more cunning, and thus... far more destructive. Weather or not Seagal is an actual abuser... I could not tell you (he might very well be). But Im not going to believe anyones words on the matter, without actual concrete evidence. Our country was founding on "Innocent, before being proven Guilty", and for good reasons. As for Politics, there are many sides that are hidden from the general Lemmings... and a corrupted Mass Media machine... that has been PROVEN to spout Propaganda and LIES, for many many decades, spanning many many historical events. Including so called: "Weapons of Mass Destruction", that never existed.

@@johndough8115 wow that was a hefty load of bs.

@@siddified I dont waste time, spouting BS.

@@johndough8115 You're full of sh-it. Sit down.

@@johndough8115 do you call that bs an effective use of time then?

Don't you know Steven Seagal basically invented karate and most other martial arts? According to himself of course.

The fuckers who did this video didn't ask Seagal a single hard hitting question.

Lyoto admitted himself that he practiced the kick with SS

@@uprollsariotvan he also said that he has been doing that kick all his life. Machida thought it would be a funny joke to let Seagal meddle a bit, not knowing Seagal is a delusional narcissist that would immediately try to use it for personal gain and glory.

@@uprollsariotvan he didn't admit that at all there's literally an interview with Enkamp where he interviews Lioto and Lioto says he showed it to SS who promptly gave his "expert advice". Followed by a clip of Steven Seagal spewing his usual bull this time claiming that they worked very hard on it together for a long time. You paedophile/sexual abuser/slaver apologists are ridiculous

Yeah, and it’s not like they’re calling it “super traditional Japanese jiu jitsu”.

you talk about bruce lee as if he's the authority on martial arts. good he may be but, his word is not law. I'm not defending Seagal but, he's speaking from a traditional perspective that basically amounts to shame that martial arts have devolved into sports and it is a shame. his point about BJJ is also pretty fair. it's a self defense tool that is only effective if there is only one attacker. it would be useless as an actual warefare applied tool. that being said japanese martial arts are a lot more modern than most people suspect so it's not too egregrious but, I still see his point.

You're right about Seagal and wrong about Lee.

@@TGPDrunknHick BJJ useless as an effective warfare tool, that's why both the US Army and the US Navy (not to mention other best trained armies) teach it in their close combat programs.

​@@siddified how many modern wars devolve into one on one fist fights though? they don't. the vast majority of soldiers these days will never been a situation where BJJ is a better solution over whatever other weapons they have.

Or watch his Lawman-show...

I mean Jesse intentionally only focused on what Seagal had to say about martial arts, not his reputation on "many other things" like his friendly met up with the Belarus dictator.

As Jesse said you can be an accomplished and respectful martial artist and a huge douchebag at the same time. Steven Seagal the human is a giant nightmare but I actually respect his martial art skills a lot more.

@@jeyajaya6110 If 5 people are calling you an asshole, it's a good chance they're mistaken. If 5 million are, maybe it's YOU.

@@jeyajaya6110 Not if you look at other factors too, like his supposed genius at blues music or his claim of teaching Anderson Silva the kick that won him so many matches, yknow, just as a start.

Ok got to the 4min mark and really? He's humble because he invites you to fancy dinners and nice stuff and private lessons? That's not being humble that's literally just showing off.

I wanted to say something like this, guy has multiple sexual abuse allegations and assault allegations from stunt men in movies. Dude is a fucking monster and shouldn't be defended.

Sex trafficking is a serious crime. Shouldn't he be, like in jail for that if it's true?

@@zemocon2868 yeah, if the justice system actually worked. Bill Cosby and Andrew Tate just out and about right now.

@@baywest Well, I read about the case and it doesn't really sound as serious as I thought. Seagal had 2 russian women he had sex with?

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He beats the crap out of stunt men on film sets.

What are you talking about lol, His skills were highly sought after in Japan in the 70s and 80s. He completely revamped Tenshin Dojo and many world class black belts studied with him. Haruo Matsuoka and Larry Reynosa are both world class students of his. Too many Aikido elitists didn't even know how to apply it in real combat, yet all of Seagal's black belts were always well versed in practical application.

@@AztecUnshaven stop shilling your fake martial art and your rapist criminal obsessive liar mob lover narcissistic boyfriend already. You are guilty by association.

Someone you know was also present at the hospital in the room where seagal was born too?

@@CptLJS oh I forgot you’re Jesus Christ right?? Hey slowpoke(cuz you’re slow) I’m going to let you in on a little secret: EVERYONE IS EVIL. The WHOLE world is disgusting. Got men dressing like women and being applauded for it. But nobody ever mentions that right? The world is filthy man.

You are right about one thing: narcisists are able to stay in character for more than a couple of hour. I would say they can do it for more than a couple of months.

Probably because they talked exclusively martial arts and because Jesse is maybe a little too pure-hearted for his own good at times.

It's because Seagal invited him for a healthy dinner. "Oh, Steven is such a good person."...

What's wrong with Putin?

I’ve got no problem with Putin, but all the assault allegations on the other hand…

Full European mediaeval plate armour was around 10lbs lighter than a full set of yoroi. The latter could be around 65lbs.

@@BigStibYoroi was more of a ceremonial armour . Not for practical fighting . And Full set Plate armour was much heavier .

Assume you have a heated argument with someone... and his decision is to go outside and punch each other in the face; would that be the preferred and civilised way to conclude a dispute or argument? Do we solve our arguments only by fighting? Or would people admire you to avoid the fight?

​@joeridestrijcker445 Seagull was saying he could kick JCVD a$$. JCVD asked him politely to prove it. Nothing wrong with that.

plenty of real fighters have vouched for Seagal being the real deal.

@@AztecUnshaven Name them.

@@Fastwinstondoom Gladly... 1.) Lyoto Machida and his brother Chinzo (check their youtube channel they talk of this in detail). 2.) "Razor" Rey Garcia. Veteran cop/bodyguard, black belt in Karate, Judo and Renzo Gracie BJJ, golden gloves boxing winner. Stated Seagal "threw him like a rag doll". 3.) Ron Smoorenburg. Dutch kickboxer, veteran stuntman. Stated Seagal had one of the hardest strikes he'd ever seen/felt. 4.) Ricco Rodriguez. Former UFC heavyweight champ. Hall of famer. Trained with Seagal in 2010-2011, stated Seagal "moved like a cat" and that Seagal threw him "around like a little leaf." 5.) Ron Balicki. Veteran stuntman, pioneer NHB MMA fighter, student of Dan Inosanto JKD, and instructor to youtuber Ed from Metrolina Martial Arts. Balicki called Seagal a "true master" of martial arts.

@@AztecUnshaven Well, I watched the Machida video. Reminded me alot of Jesse's video. Lots of demonstration, no sparring or pressure testing.

@@AztecUnshaven a lot of people think Bruce Lee was a 'real fighter' too. People are stupid.

I was thinking the same thing

Of course he can't.

@@chintoki Dont rule out anything before you've seen it. We havent seen Steven Seagall spar - that does not mean he dosent.

He probably could, but Seagal lives in the desert and is 70 years old this year. Sparring hard the way a 20-year-old competitor would want to isn’t gonna be on his list of options.

@@garethharker3813 Sparring light is always an option.