– They say that there are
three ways to avoid criticism; say nothing, do nothing and be nothing. Well, I'm really bad at all three. See, I received criticism
online on a daily basis from anonymous critics. Some critics actually have the
courage to show their faces, while others prefer to smash
boards through my face. But I usually don't argue because everyone is right
to their own opinion. In fact, I even welcome
constructive criticism. But some people cross the line. Like this one guy who made a video called, "Why karate sucks" where he criticizes my appearance, makes fun of my accent
and just mocks my work and drags my name through the mud. So I decided to call him up. – Nice to meet you. Then I did what I do best. – Right. – See that way, right? – Yeah. – This kind of circular motion. I taught my biggest hater,
a free karate lesson Sweep and chop. Exactly, dude, we're
almost at the end now. – I'm excited, this is fun! (laughs) – Because actions
speak louder than words. Check it out. – So tell me again what we're doing.
– All right, we're gonna
practice Gekisai kata. And there are two of these Gekisai. We're gonna do the first one. – Help me, "Gekisai? – G-E-K-I S-A-I Gekisai, right? – "Sai" like the weapon? – Right, and it was created by
a master named Miyagi Chojun, because the Governor of Okinawa,
the birthplace of karate. – The birthplace of karate. – The birthplace of Karate, asked Miyagi to create a
kata that could be practiced by people of all styles of all ages to unite karate on the island of Okinawa.
And it still exists to this day. So it's like a beginner's kata. It's not too difficult and it's quite short. So I'm pretty sure that
we can manage to do it. Even if you don't have a
lot of experience in karate, you should be able to pick it up. – So even I can do it. – (laughs) That's
what I'm trying to say. Let's start with a bow. Perfect, hands in front
of your belly button. Yeah, and then we're
gonna start like this. – And move feet. – Yeah, so I'll use– exactly. So this is like the starting position. Meaning you're ready, we
call it "yoi" in Japanese.
– It makes sense standing
square with my hands by my side. It makes sense, it seems like I'm ready. – Right, (laughs) okay. Now I want you to take your right leg, step to the front and turn to
the left with a high block. – Oh my God, all right. So step to the front. – Left-arm, turn to your left. You got it. (applauding) One move
down and it's perfect. – But I don't make all the cool "swish" sounds. I wish I had a karate gi, so I could make the cool whoosh noises.
– Perfect, now take a
step and do a high punch with the other hand. Exactly, and I want you to
keep your stance quite narrow. Imagine a boxer who's in the pocket going for the body, right? Yeah, exactly, so keep it tight. And now I want you to take a big step back in a sumo stance and do a low
block with your left hand. – This left or right legs? – Step back with your right leg and block. Yeah, you got it. – Okay. – These are the first three moves that you're then gonna repeat
on the other side, all right? – All right. – Let's try. So bow, hands and ready position. – Wait, I need to learn that cool…
(laughs loudly) I need to learn that. – Yeah, okay, so from here, heels out and then toes out. That's it, super simple. – All right. – So one, two, three, other side, one. – Oh wait, wait, wait, this leg? – Yeah. – And then the high block here? – Yeah, step, and back. Yeah, (applauding) great job. – Well, I did some forms in Kuk Sool Won, like I do have some experience. So I always think it's funny
when people criticize me for criticizing you, saying, "You don't know what
you're talking about." I'm like, "Ah, I had an experienced it might've been a bad experience or an atypical experience." – Right. – But I had a bad experience
around, we called them hyung but forms, kata, our version of that. But that's all we did. – And that's a Korean style, right? It's not super popular. It's not like Taekwondo
that's bigger, right? – No, it's basically like
watered-down Taekwondo mixed with water down Hapkido. – (laughs loudly) Oh my God. – We literally did everything. And when you do everything,
you end up doing nothing.
– Right. – Joint locks, kicks, spin
kicks, board breaking, Judo throws, Hapkido throws, you know, and we just did so much
stuff, and never sparred. – Jack of all trades, all right, I get it. Okay, let's see if we can
do a couple more moves. – Yes. – And hands, good. One, two, three. The other side, one, two, three. Let's continue, now left
leg goes to the front. Left-hand blocks. Mid-level block. Yup, again, right-hand blocks. – Does it come in front or back? – Right, exactly, so you
just do two of these blocks. Mid-level blocks. Exactly, okay? And now comes a kick from here. Step, step. – I got hold. I got my– – Left leg, left hand, that's right. Right side, kick and elbow. – I messed up. So come here. – Left leg step, yeah. One, two, kick, elbow, back fist low block. Move your front leg to open
up your hips and punch.
And now comes the sweep with a judo chop. Yeah, okay. Now you're on the right track. Yeah, exactly. Okay, we've done almost
halfway, I would say. Yeah, basically halfway. That advanced as you can tell. – No, it makes sense. Like it seems like a progression. – Right, okay, let's try one more time. I'm just going to have a look. – Okay. – On your own. – (laughs loudly) All right, so I step. – Yeah, perfect, good, good, yes, you got it now left leg. One, two kick, elbow strike, back fist, low block. Ah, you forgot one
thing I didn't tell you. I wanted to see if you remembered it. So yeah, you got it. That's it. And that's, yeah, that's it. So that goes straight to the back.
Yeah, just making sure
you've got the right angle. Okay, just relax for a
little bit and have a look. I'm just going to show you that part. Then we continue. – Yes, sir. – Bow, right? That's like regular speed. – Yeah, it looks like
cooler when you do it. – So you've got the rhythm
and the timing kind of. – Yeah, so is it your hands
are moving a little faster than your feet. Is it kind of fast,
hands, steady feet, or? – In general, you want these
techniques to be more circular in nature and not straight.
So when I do the first step, I generate power using my legs and hips. – Right. – See that way, right? This kind of circular motion. – Right. – Have you seen The Karate Kid movies, you know that the drum idea, that's it. Yeah, so you want to have
these kinds of stable positions even though they're quite narrow. – right. – Yeah. – That comes to being
relaxed, relaxed, relaxed, tight at the right time. Relaxed, relaxed, tight at the right time. – Just snap it out at the end. – Yes. – Okay, we're almost, I think
maybe this is 60% of the Kata. – Okay. – So 40% left. You're ready to go? – I'm ready. – Okay, now what happens
now is you're gonna do a couple of moves to the back, so you're gonna be watching my back.
– Okay. – Let me just show what
it looks like from here. You step and you do a block,
a mid-level block again, and now comes the kick thing. The whole sequence that you just did. – Elbow, back fist. – Does that make sense? – It's the same thing, yes, sir. – Yeah, all you did it right? So you just do one block and
then you do that same sequence that you just did on the other side. – Just one block? – Exactly.
– Okay. – Yup try it out. I'll have a look. – We go from here. – Yup. – Go from here, so? – You step yup. – It's like goes forward. – Yup. – What. – And now kick. – Kick so now we're
kicking with the other leg that we kicked from before. – Exactly you got it. – Kick. – Elbow. – Elbow. – Back fist, low block. Yep, sweep, and chop exactly. Dude, we're almost at the end now. – I'm excited this is fun. (laughs softly).
– You're a quick learner. – Thank you, sir. – Okay, so let me just show
you what the end looks like. – Okay. – So now you're here. Step back, block, and double punch. And then switch other side block, double punch, and then finish. And that's it. – So one more time please sir. – Yeah, of course. So after the second chop. – All right. – You step back. Why not do it together with me, all right? – Okay. – They're standing in this way. – All right. – Step back, mid-level block
with your right hand, yup? And now pull it back and
do a double punch, yup. Now, step forward bring
your hands back parallel. And then step back with your right leg. Block with your left hand
and do the same thing. Yup, and then finish. – One more time. – This way look, palms. That's a classical way to finish a kata. Hands this way first, right? And then you fold them that way. So from here, bring them
down right on top, yup. And finish, hands and bow. So let me show you that from the side. From here, I stepped back one block and then double punch.
(laughs loudly) Want to get that hip motion going. – I don't have it. When you move and you move your hips, it's so precise and practice. And that's like the different
levels to everything. – Right. – The whipping of it twice. Like I know how to turn my hip to– – Right. – hit something hard, smash it bad. – Yup. – But that whip motion, that's
something that's not found in what people call modern, you know– – Yeah. – Martial arts. – Yup. – But the reason is, imagine
you can have a towel, right? And you might have heard
me say this, right? – I might have heard you say that. – Look it's soft. – Right. – It's not hard. How can it hurt somebody
when it's so soft? Because you snap it.
Yeah, exactly so the shaft
of the whip is your center. So the shaft needs to be
a rock-solid and stable. And then you generate power from, imagine having a bullwhip, right? You crack it at the speed of sound pow. – Right. – And it all has to start
from core to sleeve, yup. – I think having the gi
make noise helps too. It makes it seem much more aggressive. – It helps of course especially
my own brand Seishin, right? (laughs) – But the key is relaxation because a stiff whip doesn't work. – It's the same. It's supposed to be similar to boxing. You're supposed to be relaxed. – Yup. – Until the moment of impact. – Right. – That whip is so precise. So I'm impressed. Now I'm kind of obsessed. (laughs) You know how even though we
come from like different worlds. Basically, you know how guys like us are, when we find out new things
like this, we become obsessed.
– Right. – Like six months from now
I'm gonna be I'll like, Jesse, look, look, listen. – That's awesome man. I would love to see if you
can apply the whip concept to your techniques later maybe. – Yeah, I'm gonna try
to find a place for it. You know I use the double punch. I've been using the double
punch in sparring lately. – Awesome. – I do it differently,
mine looks like this. – Yeah exactly. – But the MMA gym bros hate
when you do this stuff to them. – Right. – They hate it 'cause they
feel like that's not real. It shouldn't work. – Yeah. – And neither punches
the most powerful thing. But one of them's gonna touch something. – Exactly, and that
sets up the next thing. – And then the next thing. Another karate technique I always use is like a reverse punch. Like a reverse punch. – Yeah. – But I'm ready. – Okay, you know… – I'm going to start taking. – Look, we've done the whole thing. You got the whole sequence.
Now it's just a matter of memorizing it. – Right. – Okay, let's try one
more the whole thing. One more time. Everything from the start together. – Yes, sir. – Okay. – Okay, bow hands and feet. Right leg, left hand, punch, and block. Other side block, punch, and block. Left leg, left hand. One more, front kick, elbow strikes, back fist, low block, and punch.
And now we sweep and chop. Step, one block, kick, elbow, back fist, low block, punch, sweep, and chop. Step back, a full step, and double punch. Step to the front parallel and switch other side. Block front hand blocks
yeah, double strike. Yup and then hands together and bow. (Jesse applauds) Awesome, you know (noise drowns speaker). – Say what?. – Usually, it will take like six months for a beginner to learn this. – Yeah, so I'm basically a karate master is what you're saying? (laughs) – That's right. However, the final test remains. – I'm ready. – You have to show the full thing without me saying anything. – Okay, I'll try, I'll do my best. – Okay. – All the karate guys
that watch your channel are just laughing. They're like, "This coward." That's what you get for
talking all that crap. (laughs softly) – Bravo. – Thank you, sir. – You know what, I was
afraid you were gonna make it but you did it. – Thank you, sir.
– You got all the steps
in the right order, you got the right hand on top. You know, all of that is
actually tricky at the end and we only did it like one or two times, so I am impressed honestly. – Thank you, sir. – Yup. – Well, I was obsessed. I was watching, okay? The hand that's with the rear
leg is the one that's on top. – Yup. – I was trying to make sense out of it. And when you do the double punch. – Yeah. – I noticed the rear hand
is the one that goes on top. – Yeah. – It's the more powerful
punch in that moment. – Exactly. – So that's the one that should go. – Yup. – Here.
– Yeah. – It sort made sense. – I love that you connected
to its application and thereby making sense
of how it should look. – Right. – Because if you just
learn it as a solo routine, then it might be difficult to
understand what goes where. But when you understand how
you might be able to apply it in a fight, it all
starts making more sense and therefore it's easier to learn. And I think that's why
you picked it up so fast because above all you
like the fighting part or the applications of this stuff.
– Right. – Yeah. – Right and truth be told, and anyone that looks at my
content, even though it's– I'm a clown. You know what I mean? I know that. But if you look at, if you dive
deep enough into our content and you see a sparring. You see that we do a lot of
things that are just aesthetic or just artistic and just expressions. We do that stuff too. So I do get it. I just like to play
devil's advocate almost. – Yup. – You know, and challenge
people that maybe are approaching their
kata just as a dance.
– Yep. – You know, they're just dancing and they don't know why they're
doing things they're doing and telling themselves, "Oh,
this means I can fight." – To me, critical thinking is
like the most important thing in all martial arts, not just karate. A healthy dose of skepticism is something I think more people should start adopting. – Yeah, totally. – All right. – I always wonder how people
can just accept one thing. So what like if, and the reverse is true. If one of my tattooed up Mohawk followers. – Yeah. – Would come over to watch
your channel and just say, "Oh, this guy doesn't know
what he's talking about 'cause he's not that guy." You know It's like how do you know that? I know what I'm saying.
Like how did you decide that you know, without going and finding
out different things? – Right, all right, well that's a job well done. – Thank you, sir. That was fun. I'm gonna watch this over and over again. – It was my absolute pleasure actually. And it was super fun and
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