#120

[@larslange4078]

Absolutely agree. 60 year old Black Belt and instructor. Whole life of training , marching and running with heavy backpackages , parachooting, obstacle courses and so on. Now of course osteoarthritis in the knees, herniated discs. Still trainig kickboxing and strength training, cardio on the water rower. But everything less, slower, less effort, longer recovery. No more jogging, walking with the dog. High kicks are gone, punching works still best in sparring. And some kicks to the body. Some days no sparring possible because the pain level in the knees is to high. But as you say, be thankfull for what you have. Never give up but training more wisely.

[@AndoMierzwa]

Thank you for sharing your story, Sensei! Keep that fire burning! 🔥👊🏼

[@timmyboy2001]

Sensai Ando Happy 10th Aniversary! I hope I will still be around for your 20th! Thank you for another insightful episode. Great reminder to keep going, review progress, and recognize the inevitable entropic changes. Glad to hear that even you have some of the same challenges as the rest of us mortals. Have a great day and enjoy a piece of pie, but only after working on that spring in your step!

[@AndoMierzwa]

Yes, my friend! Let’s meet back up in 10 years… if not sooner. 😁 And rest assured, we all face challenges of one kind or another. That’s why seeing anyone fighting to keep what they’ve got (on any level) is inspirational. So, let’s keep fighting! 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@AndoMierzwa]

Oh-and thank you for your generous donation to the pie fund. 😁🥧🙏🏻

[@sifuclarenceanwar6162]

😎Thankyou very much for your my friend and brother in the Arts!🍃🍎🍃🥭🍃🧄🍃💧

[@AndoMierzwa]

I don’t know what recipe has apple and garlic and mango, but I’m interested! 😁👍🏼

[@sifuclarenceanwar6162]

😎Excellent lecture on martialarts arts body and mind preservation! I strongly agree with alot of the points your. At 49 I have rough days where I can relate to your old man Shuffle example when I am running to catch a train! Ha!Ha! Thank you my brother in the Arts for sharing! I hope you stay motivated in your training and continue to love sharing your knowledge! May God protect your health and grant you more greatness!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🍃🍵🍃

[@AndoMierzwa]

Keep shuffling, Sifu! Slow and steady wins the race. 😁 Blessings to you as well! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@bobbader4789]

❤ “mobility is King”. ~Sifu, that’s my last skill I want to have

[@AndoMierzwa]

So let it be written, so let it be done! 🙏🏻💙

[@bobbader4789]

@@AndoMierzwa 😂

[@sifuclarenceanwar6162]

😎Thankyou for your encouragement!I try advise myself with the words I advise others!Man Thabata Nabata Consistancy brings forth fruits!I intend to keep fighting the good fight!Thank you Ando my brother in the Arts!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🍃🍵🍃

[@AndoMierzwa]

Yes! We teach what we need to learn. 😄 Thank you again! 🙏🏻

[@makenjikarate]

This one actually hit me hard. As I'm heading into my later 20s and with my 30s coming in a few years makes me remember I'm not a teenager beginner anymore. I'm very much going into my prime(ish) years for training, although some injuries are starting to show. A couple of months ago, I was at a seminar with Peter Consterdine in the UK, he's in his 70s and punches 10x harder than I can now and kicks above his head still at full force. Now that's a goal to strive to 👊

[@AndoMierzwa]

It’s very cool that you’re already thinking like an “old man”… the sooner the better, I say! 😁 It’s also cool that you have one (or more) role models to inspire you to keep going. Happy training!👍🏼

[@SenseiAnthonyTupper]

Perfect message! I let my arrogance get the best of me and didn’t prioritize my own training after I reached the highest rank my instructor gave. Instead, I focused on building my business and growing classes. Well, skills regressed and now I’m needing to essentially reteach myself. It’s been 4 years since I realized this and some skills still haven’t returned. Fellow martial artists: he’s serious! If you don’t use it, you lose it!

[@AndoMierzwa]

It’s definitely not easy to balance teaching and our own training. But good job getting back on track! Happy training, sir!👍🏼

[@sifuclarenceanwar6162]

😎You are very welcome! Thankyou for your great appreciation of the garlic tea recipe!Hope you have a great day my brother in the Arts!🍃🍵🍃🌅

[@AndoMierzwa]

Blessings upon you, sir!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@sifuclarenceanwar6162]

Thank you Ando!So very very precious is this life which passes so swiftly,every blessed breath bringing us closer to our departure! A pleasure to meet and befriend you during this journey!May God grant us and our dear ones the great departure my brother in the Arts!🍃 🍵 🍃

[@AndoMierzwa]

A worthy wish, sir. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ingridbashor9975]

"Martial Arts Over 50" courses are for those who seek to learn and to earn the best ways to improve their lives and to protect it! Count me in! Thank you, Sensei Ando, for your all your videos, podcasts, classes and courses that we can find on your outstanding website.

[@AndoMierzwa]

Thank you for the kind words, Ingrid! Keep fighting! 🙏🏻

[@sifuclarenceanwar6162]

😎You are very welcome Ando my energetic brother in the Arts! Great personality! Have a great day!🍃🍵🍃🌅

[@AndoMierzwa]

Have a great life, sir! 😄🙏🏻

[@highfive6553]

Thank you

[@AndoMierzwa]

Thank you for watching!

[@andythousand345]

Great video. Love how you address important stuff besides just the physical.

[@AndoMierzwa]

Thank you very much! I’d say the physical follows the psychological and philosophical, so there should at least be equal time! 😁

[@andythousand345]

@@AndoMierzwa your wisdom shines through.

[@AndoMierzwa]

@@andythousand345🙏🏻

[@anftrew3775]

Perfect timing for me. I've been largely inactive for nearly a year due to a health crisis. And having had a massive wake up call I've been reassessing my priorities. I'm about ready to get back into it, and I can honestly say, right now, as a martial artist, I'm completely rubbish. But I'll get it back, once I decide which bits I want back the most.

[@AndoMierzwa]

I’m happy to hear you’re getting back on track. There’s no hurry-build up a new routine piece by piece. With your new wisdom, you may end up better than ever! 🙏🏻

[@annaromanova1233]

Thank you for another thoughtful video, Ando sensei. That was really deep. As for me, number one priority is being self-sufficient till my last day. I want to be able to walk, see, hear, understand other people, even when I get old. And the second thing I want really bad, is staying a fencer as long as I can. Sometimes I imagine entering my training hall as a 90 yo lady and doing some freeplay with younger partners. That could be awesome, so this dream motivates me a lot

[@AndoMierzwa]

That’s a beautiful dream, my friend… I share it! 😄 Keep the fires burning! 👊🏼🔥🤺

[@avilego4038]

I'm going to see this video many times. Thank you.

[@AndoMierzwa]

That makes my day.😁

[@sifuclarenceanwar6162]

😎Thankyou very much Ando my brother in the Arts!May God with more health,martial arts wisdom and more greatness that I desire for you to achieve!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🍃🍵🍃

[@AndoMierzwa]

Keep fighting the good fight, my friend! 🌈👊🏼

[@ckhorwias4149]

Thank you, Ando. I needed to hear that.

[@AndoMierzwa]

My pleasure! Thank you for the comment!

[@calvinwallis2634]

Thank you Sensai! You really put things into perspective. I’ll need to put some thought into my list and evaluate which are the lost important skills for me so I can keep training till the day I die!

[@AndoMierzwa]

That’s the spirit! Short list and long life to you. 😁

[@blockmasterscott]

I thought about this a lot before answering. Something’s I’m worse at because I don’t do anymore, like fighting. I fought full contact no protection for ten years and stopped in my mid thirties. That’s almost 25 years ago and I don’t have the distant and timing anymore. But I’m a lot better teacher than I was 25 or 30 years ago. I’m better at demonstrating the techniques and explaining how they work. Tai Chi and hard style Chinese forms. Due to hip arthritis I can’t kick anymore, but my hand techniques are faster and more fluid than before. So it’s a mixed bag on what I’ve lost and gained.

[@AndoMierzwa]

A mixed bag, indeed! 😁 I love how you paired each loss with a gain. That’s the only way to stay sane as we get older. Thank you for the thoughtful comment! 🙏🏻

[@eriklindkvist7247]

Great video!I did chuckle a few times since I recognised myself in your message. Glad you’re back!

[@AndoMierzwa]

You’re definitely not alone!

[@Zenki-Dom]

Again wonderful topic worked out the Ando-Do. 🎉happy 'anniversary' first of all. The sound of your voice is one of the tiny details, that make a world, keep it up! So, my experiences: during the dojo free time, I did a lot of 'home-dojo' and in fact, I was more focussed on karate then ever before, I read, wrote, learned a lot. So, when we went back to the dojo, the intensity of training increased a lot and I had to learn, I can only do two intensive trainings per week and need a lot of recreation time. And the this year the flu hit me, then I got an inflammation in the hip joints, then I caught a cold, then summer pause, then vacancy, another flu - no corona by now, but there are enough illnesses out there, to keep you outof training. Sometimes, I wish the good old 'lockdown' (we didn't really have one in Germany) back. Lost focus, lost condition, lost ist all... but next year's gonna be my karate year! 2024 keep you guard up, I'm hitting you hard😊

[@AndoMierzwa]

Thank for sharing such an honest account of your recent journey, my friend. I have no doubt you’ll be back on track and pushing your limits shortly! Happy training!👍🏼

[@samkeen98]

Thank you, well said man.

[@AndoMierzwa]

Thank you for watching!

[@CJ-uf6xl]

Good to see you 👍

[@AndoMierzwa]

I appreciate that. Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@ceofame]

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉

[@AndoMierzwa]

Much appreciated! 🙏🏻

[@williamkarlsson785]

the skill to breath, move and the skill to play guitar. probably

[@AndoMierzwa]

Good list! 🎸

[@avilego4038]

¡Gracias!

[@AndoMierzwa]

I am truly honored by your support. Thank you!🙏🏻

[@Superman-x6c]

Haven’t seen you around for a while, hi Sifu!

[@AndoMierzwa]

I’m around now! Thanks for noticing! 😁

[@azariahthealkhemist2665]

Gotta catch up on these. Just recently got me green belt in karate

[@AndoMierzwa]

Congratulations! Green = keep growing! So, happy training! 👊🏼

[@-an-183]

Hey Ando! I've been watching you for about 2 years now! And I really enjoyed every video on your KZbin channel, and I love listening to your podcasts. But I have a question. I've been wanting to start martial arts but at the end of the day I can't figure out what I want to do whether it be judo or kickboxing or any other martial arts, I've been going to the gym but I feel like I need more, I'm kinda short and not that strong and I always wanted to be able to defend myself and just work on myself and my body but I've been having trouble figuring out what martial arts to do, please let me know what you think. Thank you.

[@AndoMierzwa]

Hi! I’d say you will never know what you really like until you try it. So, just sign up anyplace and see how it goes. Focus on finding a trustworthy teacher with a group of students who support each other. As you get stronger and more coordinated, you’ll figure out if the style is meeting your needs or not. Just get started! 👍🏼

[@-an-183]

@@AndoMierzwa thanks! I'll try that 😄

[@melisslacour15]

Happy 10th anniversary!!🎉🎉

[@AndoMierzwa]

Thank you, Melissa! 🙏🏻💙

[@huseyinhuseyin8042]

Bedankt

[@AndoMierzwa]

Wow! Thank you very much for your kindness, sir! 🙏🏻

[@wolfemperor_n112]

I used to to train in martial arts and one question I have is how do you anticipate your opponent’s attack for a perfect block? Do you try to focus on there breath or try to read muscle movements. I only ask to know how to build a solid defense when needed

[@AndoMierzwa]

I don’t focus on blocking. I focus on making the bad guy block! 😁

[@shobikhan9613]

Plz answer this ,, Can we stretch daily after workout ( for cool down , to prevent injuries) . How many times to stretch in a week ?? And U said in stretching video, that you dont stretch , could u plz eloborate why ???

[@AndoMierzwa]

I’m not a doctor, but I can’t think of any reason why stretching after a workout would ever be a problem… even if it’s every day. As for me, I’m not against stretching, but I focus more on moving and drilling. Mobility over flexibility. But it’s all good! Happy training!👍🏼

[@idontknowname-rl8yb]

You do have beautiful voice

[@AndoMierzwa]

Thank you for the kind words. 🙏🏻

[@SecretPersonComment]

Mister Mierzwa sir, do you think I should practice martial arts before I enlist in the Marine Corps?

[@AndoMierzwa]

I think everyone should practice martial arts at all times, so yes! 😁 Stay safe!

[@SecretPersonComment]

@@AndoMierzwa thanks sir! I am a big fan!

[@AndoMierzwa]

@@SecretPersonComment I am honored!

[@bogse]

11:00 This doesnt sound normal since you are fit capable guy. My dad is 75 and he can spurt if he needs to, he can play tennis and move faster than many teens and he doesnt even train much.

[@AndoMierzwa]

Good for your dad! 👍🏼 Sure, I’m relatively fit and capable… but I still noticed a decrease in my capability. It’s all relative. Thank you for the comment!

[@bogse]

Maybe it was just temporal, or maybe I misunderstood something. I understood something like this: if a bear would come attacking you and you could escape if you could run/spurt 5-10sec for your life (speed maybe 70-90% of your best running speed ever) but now you cant do that but you would walk or "oldman run" away and die. Have a good day sir! @@AndoMierzwa

[@AndoMierzwa]

@@bogse I can definitely still run for my life... but not sure if I'll be outrunning a bear! :D

[@idontknowname-rl8yb]

Love every thing except the "human animal " sorry. We are powerful beings made in the image of God we just need Consistently chose to be.. Everything you said was gold . Israel gov said Palestinians are human animal than u said it it Hurst. I will delete this after 7 hrs or so. Overthinking in my part 🙃

[@AndoMierzwa]

No offense intended. I’m just glad we agree on the main point. 🙏🏻