I Regret Training Muay Thai In Thailand

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Should I try other martial arts? 👊

[@notevenalex]

Sure go for it ✊

[@nexeir6503]

Systema

[@jamesclark7948]

After this definitely sliat

[@sujitk3687]

You should try Taifudo

[@TheOrthodoxMoor]

@Jesse Enkamp Yes, absolutely. Do Savate, & San Shou next. Your girlfriend looks likes a Dutch Muay Thai fighter 100%. She made that look easy. Your elbow strikes looked real crisp.

[@johnnyboy6429]

"In 1 hr we learned more practical fighting than the average karate practitioner in 6 months" 'preciate the honesty bruv. Love the channel

[@rumblebird9888]

Ouch 😢 😭

[@tatoalegre6809]

i'm sticking with this 3:12 "If karate was practiced in this way i think it would be way more effective"

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Don’t be average! 😉

[@BeatsBitsNBites]

Muay Thai is a fighting art, so you get into the fighting tips, tricks and techniques, Karate goals are beyond fighting, also remember Shoshin..

[@Tenchigumi]

Thinking back to super traditional karate schools back in the day, I remember doing something like three to six months of kihon, then months of kata, and then MAAAAAYBE ippon or sanbon kumite, and then years of more advanced yakusoku kumite; we wouldn't even DARE think of jiyu kumite until we were black belts. So yeah, I'd say about six months before you even start making contact with another human, and you would have at least three or four years under you before you'd even spar.

[@potatophil8432]

Your no-ego, open, and not-too-serious approach and storytelling make this so enjoyable! Awesome! =)

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Glad to hear! Thanks for watching 😄

[@Todo_fighting]

@@KARATEbyJesse try judo since karate has throws.

[@Marc-fr6ls]

Completly agree

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

I'm the 365th like to this comment which I totally agree.

[@dacenmarus1618]

Potato, you made me realize one of the aspects of Jesse's videos that make them so good: his narration is excellent.

[@wazzupper15]

Louise looks a natural in Thai Boxing. This was especially noticeable in her last training session. Jesse seems to have a bit harder time with learning Muay Thai. I think it’s because he’s so engrained into Karate, it’s difficult to get used to a totally new striking style

[@rw8147]

That was my thought too. She really took to the body mechanics of Muay Thai very naturally.

[@adventurefamily3220]

She looked amazing to be honest. Her form as a complete beginner was very, very good.

[@idunn0739]

@@rw8147 yeah after I saw the first kick she threw. She turned the hip over and went through. Crazy

[@christowers7307]

It's a really common concept in music when learning an instrument actually!! It's hundreds of times harder to break a bad habit and relearn something, compared to starting with a good technique to begin with. Unlearning things is just not natural

[@anthonybeckman]

She Nak Muay

[@knightofjustice5475]

"If Karate was practiced in this way it would be way more effective" - I have a background in TKD and I've been saying this for years. It's the more "alive" training and serious approach to conditioning that sets it apart. And if more school of traditional martial arts took a page from this, their effectiveness would skyrocket. Traditional martial arts may actually earn the reputation it once had in the 90s, instead of quickly unraveling as a series of McDojos where they teach you how to break a wrist lock for 1 hour.

[@Maxetkd]

What pissed me off the most in TKD was the punch limitations. Only jabs are allowed and they are quite pathetic.

[@sounghungi]

@@Maxetkd Maybe look at Kukkiwon TKD. Kwonkicker talks about the differences like how it has elbows and punches.

[@outhousephilosophies3992]

TKD is a great base to build on , but it’s not complete , beautiful as if you can master it

[@gowiththeflow363]

@@outhousephilosophies3992 Like all other MA it's ritualized heavily. TKD is fast. I honestly think with no rules or maybe in an MMA ruleset a pure TKD could take a pure Boxer, but not a Kickboxer, or GJJ, things of the like.

[@seofilipino]

We have a karate here in PH, a kind that is lethal and allow a full contact on spar. We call it JECAMA Karate(80's-90's), actually dying practice as no one followed our Sensie after he died(we're quite few - 160+ and most of the members went to MMA training). On belting day(graduation or leveling up), all blackbelt attendees lined up on both ends form like a passage and as you crossover that passage, the guys will beat you up as you move towards end(the candle). You are not allowed to hit back but to dodge an attack. If you reached the end, you punch 3 lighted candles with 10 inches distance, you're going to punch it and hopefully you'll blow off the candle by the wind being produced by your punch. If not, you'll take another chance next year. Its not like in other MA practice, they'll almost like jus giving away belts like a handouts.

[@Azlak-hj9yi]

I love that you’re not scared to show you getting beaten or being thrown about. There’s a lot of ego in martial arts so to see a very experienced practitioner who isn’t afraid to put themselves out there… it’s refreshing.

[@joeysingingchannel]

"You will not rise to the occasion, you will fall to your level of training." It was great to see you unleash your karate in the final round. You clearly have much expertise in karate and were right to use it against a Muay Thai champion..

[@hard2hurt]

Louise giggling behind the camera when he swept you was my favorite part.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Haha she said it was her favorite part too 😂👊

[@andersjohansson6458]

Interesting how you two, of all in the Furious Five, almost seem to have the best personal chemistry... esp interesting given how you started out! :)

[@MJRLHobbyStuff]

Icy Mike in the comment section is the best part

[@orangefield2308]

@@KARATEbyJesse does your girlfriend Louise take Ballet, dance, yoga, or other Martial Arts? her kick rotation is pretty good, just wondering if other sports are transferring over, good job to both of you

[@olimpicus]

I'm not surprised haha

[@hgv85]

“I’m here as an undercover karate nerd” while wearing a karate nerd shirt! 💀💀💀 Gotta love Jesse! 🥋 🤓

[@mistycrom]

But it was the perfect disguise! Would an actual Karate Nerd be foolish enough to wear a Karate Nerd t-shirt? Surely not. Therefore this clearly cannot be a karate nerd. They clearly didn't know Jesse yet!

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Just waiting for somebody to make this a meme 🙃

[@kingreardon8014]

Have you tried this with boxing? You've completely changed my perspective on karate and it's fascinating to see someone with such skill so open to other martial arts etc, and remaining so humble, you sir are fantastic and its a pleasure to see you work, 👊

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Yes I have!!

[@01MeuCanal]

You hit the right spot Jesse. "The way you train makes the difference". Each way of training develops different skills and you fight the way you practice but one has to develop a combat strategy guideline too.

[@rexn1ne442]

I’ve been doing taekwondo for almost 5 years and have achieved my green belt. I recently got into Muay thai kickboxing. I thought it would be easy for me to get used to it, thinking it was almost the same just with takedowns and boxing, but no. I always forgot to go back to my kickboxing stance, my coach always notices and goes for a takedown. It’s been half a year of Muay Thai and I still sometimes have that problem. Luckily I’m getting used to being in my kickboxing stance. Seeing people with different martial arts backgrounds try Muay Thai is really entertaining lol.

[@JoshuaMonjin]

Love the chemistry between you and Louise. She brings a great perspective to what is happening. This should become a series with the two of you traveling around the world and trying different martial arts/ combat sports.

[@christinamarie9213]

I couldn't agree with you more! I absolutely loved this video❤️‍🔥💯 and learned so much from each of them! Yes, more traveling, teaching and training vids together!! 🙏🏻💞

[@human.7247]

Is she his wife?

[@taechatat]

As a Thai, I really love your videos! Great storytelling man. It must have been confusing for you trying to adjust from karate to Muay Thai’s rhythm but you did great. That seems like a super fun week for you both. After all, I like your super respectful mindset. Although the story telling begun by mood of competing against your opponent, when the day came it turned out as a friendly sparring where u both exchanged techniques unlike some fighters we see they go hard on their partners which is not the objective of sparring. Great content krub. Please come back soon!

[@jasonlorphotofilms]

Jesse. I find you to be more and more like Ryu from Street Fighter. Traveling the world and exploring all the other martial arts out there. I'm happy to see you learning different arts out there. Believe me it's going to payoff using all that you've learned.

[@jessecerasus9621]

The Tempered Soul of Ryu with the Golden Hair of Ken, he is modern day Scythian. He is, in a few words, the perfect warrior. 🤣

[@Trumpdobealoser]

He needs to learn grappling

[@sayomngamcharoen536]

Hadoken

[@Pisces8Gemini]

Once you decided that you were going to use karate again, you actually did instill a couple of Thai techniques without realizing it and integrated it into your own karate style effortlessly. I have a feeling you evolved your fighting style for the better. Your kicks were sharper more fluid and you're keeping your balance a lot better after kicking, i would say you learned alot.

[@tphelps86]

It's interesting to me how martials arts kind of overlap. I did Tae Kwon Do for years growing up, haven't done it for a while, but still remember a lot. I'm working out/training with a friend that does Muy Tai and he'll relate things to me sometimes by saying "do a TKD side kick, but you want to turn your hips a little bit more" and it makes it a lot easier to apply the technique for me after that.

[@CoachCoebryCombat]

@@tphelps86 I used to cross train in kenpo and muay thai in high school and I learned some good stuff from them both in college I joined the grappling club and we learned a mix of wrestling and judo with a smidge of aikido it wasn't until a few months ago in I joined a krav maga gym where I learned how it all can blend together and by focusing on sparring and resistance training I learned there really is alot of cross over in martial arts it was actually humbling

[@thor498]

@@tphelps86 in the end there's only so many ways to move effectively. That's why a lot of MMA looks quite similar no matter the background martial art. All the ways to get to mastery are different but in the end it's very similar

[@drake1896]

@@CoachCoebryCombat is krav maga very similar to MMA?

[@backwardscapguy1476]

As a karate practitioner who moved into Muay Thai, the struggle was real. It was so familiar yet so different all at the same time. And clinching can be a separate style on its own. Some of the gyms I've been to actually have clinching only classes because of how intricate it is. Good job though! It would be fun to see more videos like this.

[@thunderkatz4219]

I do Okinawa’s Karate and it’s Insane

[@humam_nazar]

Is the muay thai smiliar to the kickboxing? pls answer

[@backwardscapguy1476]

​@@humam_nazar similar, yes, but they are also different styles. Muay Thai has all the things that kickboxing has but also leg kicks, knees, elbows, and an established clinch game.

[@chaosapiant]

I grew up with Shotokan Karate and Taekwondo, and then later on went to study Muay Thai, and it took me quite a while just to learn how to through a proper roundhouse kick, since most of my kicking experience was with quick snappy movements and "chambering" my leg when done with a particular kick. Good times!

[@Drigger95]

Dang Jesse, you started improving in just the second day. I guess this is what a high level martial artist looks like. They make a few mistakes and boom, they start improving and learning right away.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

I had great teachers 😄

[@sawtee9855]

​@@KARATEbyJessebro come to myanmar theres martial arts😊

[@CoachDale_TopNotchMuayThai]

I came from a Karate background as well. Training Karate as a kid and after high school I started Muay Thai. That was back in 2005 and ever since then I haven’t looked back. I love Muay Thai so much, it just such a true and honest Art. Very direct and devastating. Love it :)

[@yelawolf116]

รักคุณมากๆจากไทย

[@vggm5750]

That is why i like your videos. You don't say bad about other martial arts. We one art more than another, that is why there is so much to learn.

[@Lanedar68]

We always fall back to what we excel in. Doesn’t mean we can’t continue to learn new things and add them to our tool kit but to rely on 7 days of training vs years of training it’s hard not to revert. Awesome video Jesse!

[@TROGLOdeet]

Karate blackbelt training muay thai, that combo would create incredibly intersting striking style. Hope you will keep training mt 👍💪

[@ultimatetruth5254]

It exist, it is called Kyokushinkai 😂

[@moisessantos1770]

I know I did taekwondo and kickboxing so good combination

[@mynni0845]

Kickboxing

[@FaithRox]

Sensei Seth has been doing it for a while.

[@moisessantos1770]

@@mynni0845 Yeah it’s like a nicer version of Muay Thai

[@BahamaShotokan]

"See the thing is when you look good, you feel good. And when you feel good, you do good." I will take this phrase with me into my life. Thank you for that! 😂😂

[@KARATEbyJesse]

You know it!! 😎

[@Pak0rntt]

I'm from Thailand and I like this video so much. I used to learn Muay Thai in some Thai gym in neighbourhood in Bangkok only 2 hrs a day, and I know how damn hard and tired it is! But after seeing this video, I want to try it again and this video remind me how beautiful my country nature and culture are.

[@James-xr2uz]

I come from Kyokushin Karate background, 6 months of Goju Ryu and I can relate to this. In Muay Thai, you literally strike with full force, which is pretty accurate in street fight as who strikes harder, win. That's why it's call a "hard" martial arts, you strike with intent to break/shatter bones. Kudos to you sensei

[@Bene_Singularis]

The most renowned training methods are forms, drills, and sparring. I think the best schools use each one as much as the other two. One can have so many reasons for wanting to learn martial arts. Your training method should always go accordingly to your own goals. My fencing master was an ex-olympian. We never did anything but sparring from day one, even if I didn't know anything at all and felt so lost. He told me: what makes you win is not physical or technical skills. It's tactic. You have no tactical skills without technique. You have no technique without physical capability. Learning tactic makes you understand the "how and why" for seeking better technique. Practicing for real make the body work out to optimise for the real thing. I understood how phychological a fight was when I got into competition. I never thought about anything but playing with my opponents' mind. I got destroyed in semifinals by one who did the same to me, and I really felt it. When I fought, I knew what I wanted to do, so I just did it, and the body followed. My Kung Fu master once told me: energy follows the movement, the breath and the thought. I feel like the Thai are similar. They do the real thing right from the begining, with a playful mind. It's a game. Fighting is their game. But it can go real at anytime if they wanted to.

[@brianoliveira8585]

So glad you did this! I've been cross-training in Muay Thai for 9 months or so, and I totally agree that if the training methodology applied to Muay Thai would be applied to Karate, it would be super effective. I also agree about how challenging it is to adjust when you have a Karate background (it really is a hindrance, especially in the beginning, but that fades over time). I think the teaching methodology used in Karate is frankly to make the art easier to teach for the instructor (easier to watch lots of students at the same time if they are doing the same thing at the same time like synchronizes swimmers). I think Karate as a practical fighting art would benefit from taking some pages out of Muay Thai's training methods, and the practitioners would also benefit from the conditioning and threat modulation. Karate can be a complete art, but the training methodology needs to change to achieve that. Would love to see you try other martial arts to see what other training methodologies could be applied to Karate to advance the art.

[@thor498]

Absolutely modern karate teaching styles come frome the world war where they tried to teach hundreds of people simultaneously. Jesse already broke away from that because he does very old style karate. But I think he will embrace more free flow and sparring jn his teaching from now one.

[@tphelps86]

This was probably one of my favorite videos of yours that I've seen. I've been training in Muy Thai with a friend who teaches that and Tae Kwon Do. We will go over and over the basics for a long time and then he'll just come at me with something I wasn't expecting or haven't seen before and I'll feel myself freeze up not knowing what to do. I haven't heard the "paralysis by analysis" phrase before, but as soon as you said it, I knew EXACTLY what you were talking about. I really appreciate what you do trying out different styles of martial arts, and my friend is a fan as well, so we've gotten to talk about your videos and methods while we work out, and even incorporate some stuff I've seen you do! Keep it up man!

[@theovela6655]

Honestly I felt the same way in the beginning when I was learning Wing Chun, and having done about 7 years in Shotokan Karate, it was a little tough for me to learn to use the stances, but at the same time it was easier for me to learn many of the forms and techniques

[@manoynoy3928]

I can really relate with you Jesse had the same problem when I first tried muay thai since I also came from a karate background I always had problems with my stances since my since was too wide and whenever I threw a kick I wasn't on my toes

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Old habits die hard 🙃

[@blazefire7073]

Exactly the same as you. Started Muay Thai a few months ago. Did karate for 9 years prior and its so strange with rhe stance. Ive already gotten used to it but i do feel my stance is too wide at times

[@eclipsis1999]

@@KARATEbyJesse Muay Boran / Muay Chaiya

[@AveSicarius]

@@blazefire7073 If you are good at moving in and out, and at checking from a wider stance, you can definitely use it, though it might be harder in Muay Thai style rules, where most of the fighting is around the clinch, than in MMA rules. In fact if you train some MMA, you will find the wider stance is pretty useful, because it allows you to better resist takedowns (a good sprawl can be done pretty easily from a wider stance), and you generally see wider more solid stances in MMA striking because of this. Not like you see in WKF competition, but less upright and deeper than you commonly see in Muay Thai, where the stance is usually very upright with the weight shifted more to the back foot so you can check more easily. You really need to just experiment with it and find a width you find comfortable after you have a solid basis in checks, sweeps, and clinching. I personally don't really like the classic Muay Thai stance, and prefer a more side on stance, not quite bladed, but in between the two. If you are good at distance management you can make it work even in Muay Thai sparring, though when you are clinching or grappling, swap to a more orthodox stance.

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

It's similar with me having only grappled before muay thai

[@LSXiong]

Huge respect to you Jesse. You've always displayed so much wisdom and humility in your content such as this. Entertaining definitely but highly educational and philsophical. You're a true martial arts practitioner 🙏

[@tgtAltero]

Thank you for this video! Really enjoyed it! Nice journey, beautiful north of Thailand. I guess that training week was exhausting, as the final fight was lacking power and speed (sorry if I'm wrong). I used to go through almost the same experience when I started practicing Muay Thai in Phuket with my background in Shotokan Karate. I went farther than that and signed up for a fight at the stadium and had only 2 weeks to train. Everyone thought I was crazy, but I did it! Had 2 fights at the Thai boxing stadium. The first fight I won, the second one I lost. It happened like 15 years ago and this video brought my memories back about those crazy times. Thanks again!

[@vadymzhyrov]

This is awesome, and Louise is a natural. I grew up practicing Goju Ryu and found transitioning into Dutch-style kickboxing rather easy. The old-school Muay Thai is drastically different when it comes to fundamentals though. More travel videos, please.

[@stryderblaze80]

You spent your whole training karate and made it yours, your mind hadn't been able to make Muay Thai yours due to the short time training with it. Mad respect to only wanting to use Muay Thai in the main round. I hope you're able to perfect your own Muay Thai Kata and infuse it into your own form of martial arts.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Thanks!

[@cahallo5964]

@@KARATEbyJesse I'd love to learn that thai kata if you ever make it a formal thing

[@gregparrott]

Kudos for both exposing yourself to so many and varied martial arts, as well as documenting them. That offers a rare breadth of understanding.

[@carlcouture1023]

I always love to see when martial artists who've been training a lifetime train together because you always see a friendliness. They're happy to be showing their art to each other. They understand and respect each other in a way you'd never expect from going online and seeing loads of toxic comments. Even when your coach gets more serious and intense with your training I still see smiles and cooperation. The respect you and others are fostering here on youtube is so important.

[@scottessery100]

Louise needs to be in more videos Jesse. She’s awesome 😊👍🏽

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Yeah but it takes a lot of convincing 😂

[@davidkailer5522]

I agree! I think her perspective was very relatable and helped frame the “story” of the video in a really cool way. Great job to you both!

[@alexfpower]

Respect to you Jesse for putting yourself out there and trying all kinds of martial arts, you're videos are great!

[@KARATEbyJesse]

I appreciate that!

[@okinawakaratepodcast]

Great to see Louise out from behind the camera and to see how much more relaxed she was compared to you. About half way through watching this video I literally felt myself tensing up as you were trying to learn new techniques because some of their movements are so foreign to a traditional karate-ka. I was fighting the changes while watching the video. Thanks for stepping outside your comfort zone and sharing it with us.

[@supakrithpunyaratabandhu2895]

I'm glad to see someone who approaches other martial arts with an open mind and with the intent to learn. I hope you enjoyed your trip to Thailand!

[@josephjenkins7360]

What a great teacher. Gets so excited whenever you or Louise did a move correctly

[@reieli87]

Love the ending quote "if your pointing at the moon dont focus on the finger or else you will miss all the heavenly glory". That was very humbling, i really enjoyed your journey. Your girlfriend really kicked ass, does she plan to continue when you go back to Sweden? As always great content, the editing and story telling was 5 stars documentry 😊

[@Keelsman]

0:47 "I am here as an undercover karate nerd" (wearing t-shirt that reads KARATE NERD in large type 🤣) You will always be my champion Jesse 🥰

[@noahblevins9569]

I really appreciate how you treat each art with respect, and your attempt to really take in in seems truly genuine. Hope you are well.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Thank you very much!

[@FedericoMalagutti]

This video is beautiful! I actually started practicing Muay Thai in my local gym 5 months ago and I found it extremely satisfying to practice. I loved to see you and Louise exploring this different martial art coming from your karate background! Hope to see you two together in another video ;-)

[@manhhungvu4630]

Kudos for coming out your comfort zone Jesse! This also proves that MMA fighters have to work super hard to reach high level as learning and mastering 1 martial art are already hard but learning and mastering then blending them all are much much harder

[@N182-k3f]

I love muay thai started when i was 4 years old now im nearly 18 but haven’t trained for like 2 years now but definitely want to get back into it. Anyone thinking about starting muay thai definitely give it a try👍🏼

[@alekzuh]

im as old as you and im looking forward to learn and do muay thai, you think it's not too late to do some things?

[@RamseyDewey]

They have those Chinese lion statues in Okinawa too? Interesting.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Everywhere! They love Chinese culture

[@chaychay249]

สวัสดีผมเป็นคนไทยขอตอบว่า เป็นวัฒณธรรมร่วมของชาวเอเชียแผ่นดินใหญ่เช่น จีน,ญีปุ่น,เกาหลีและเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้เช่น ไทย,อินโด,เวียดนาม เป็นต้น เป็นความเชื่อทางศาสนา สิงห์พวกนี้อาจเหมือนกันแต่รูปร่างหน้าตาอาจจะแตกต่างกันไปตามแต่ละท้องที่เป็นเอกลักษณ์ตามภูมิภาคนั้นๆ ถ้าสนใจลองค้นหาดูจะเห็นว่าแต่ละที่ไม่เหมือนกันแต่คล้ายกัน แต่ชาวเอเชียเฉียงใต้เรียกว่าสิงห์,คชสีห์ และอื่นๆไม่ได้หมายถึงสิงโตนะ😂

[@วีรพงศ์คูหาสุวรรณกิจ]

To protect evil !!!

[@bobelle3745]

Jesse thank you for this video. I started to do muay Thai with my karate background and I can rely to so many things you said. It’s great that you observed similar things. I think you did great in your fight, to be overwhelmed by all the cool new techniques was something I experienced too. Really, thank you. Keep thinking out of the box.

[@Mega12s]

Hey there, Jesse. Good to see you again. As you know from the previous video I commented on, my base is in Okinawan Karate, specifically Shorin Ryu and Naha Te. I just tried Muay Thai for the first time last night and it was definitely an adjustment. Learning the stance and how different everything is from Karate can be tough lol. You are braver than me to do it for a week and then have a fight. Great video. I’m trying BJJ for the first time tonight, so here’s hoping it goes well lol.

[@jesusismylordiloveyougodamen]

Yoooo sensei, I just got done training and decided to relax a bit and look at some of your videos. I was literally watching your sparring session with the world muay thai champion and now you dropping this?! 😭😭 love your vids, keep up the great work, much love to you. Can't wait to watch that video, cuz I did some muay thai myself and still do some muay thai drills as soon as I wake up.

[@niyyuex7745]

he just wants to learn new things, he is not bored but wants to try to get new experiences about martial arts

[@fabrizioesposito3606]

Awesome video, I think this is the first time you go full on on a different martial art and the results are brilliant! Also it seems Louise is winning her camera shyness and I hope to see more of her martial arts journey as well!

[@rikudo282]

I appreciate you and your journey Mr. Enkamp. You're truly an inspiration 🙏🏿

[@KARATEbyJesse]

I appreciate that

[@network323]

This episode was so awesome! Those of us that just practice one martial art this was very educational because it shows we should go outside our circle of comfort and learn new things that we aren't used to.

[@soundoffreedomspeech8848]

me encanto este video! me siento muy identificado con esto! hace 15 años que practico karate goju y shorin, por circunstancias ajenas tuve que abandonar mis entrenamientos en mi dojo, pero un día conocí a mi sabonin de tae kwon do y volví a los entrenamientos, volví a re aprender todo mi camino desde el principio, me frustraba muchísimo no saber los tuls, las nuevas patadas, técnicas y etc. pero ahora estoy circulando un nuevo camino (do) otra vez y pero esta vez lo recorro con todo mi karate a mis espaldas y es algo único que no puedo describirlo. saludos y nunca dejes de aprender.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Muchas gracias 👍

[@JoeyLeeGibson]

A life time Karate practitioner going to Thailand, doing Muay Thai lessons from the ground up and then admitting "If karate was practiced in this way, it would be more effective". True unbiased learning and growing. More martial artists need to be like you man.

[@benhagon5564]

Having switched from Goju Ryu to BJJ about 4 years ago due to wanting more "realistic" application/training, it's wonderful to see a karateka mixing it up. Makes me miss my karate!

[@mitchjames9350]

Should of trained in both.

[@deefranklinsanchez6485]

I love it! This made me have a better understanding about the beauty of Muay Thai from non-Muay Thai perspective. Experience is actually the best teacher. I am JKD student under an instructor based in the US and I still have much to learn. Thank you for sharing this Jesse especially imparting your thoughts on Bruce Lee's words about the finger pointing away to the moon. I always love your videos.

[@chvhndrtntlr3482]

Love your channel very much, you explore, explain, analysis, get fun, telling the philosophy behind martial arts, and the most important thing is you present it in straight forward fashion with humbleness and honesty Because for me you're the only martial arts channel like this. the other is like use this platform to show off, and telling how great they are, even selling their own method of training

[@KARATEbyJesse]

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[@rpd7573]

What i love most about this video is you and your partner doing something you both love learning and growing together. Relationship goals right there!!! 💕

[@plexq]

This might be one of my favourite martial arts video on KZbin of all time. Really beautiful. So brave and humble to go to the source of Muay Thai and learn with them, and really embrace it this way, and to do it with your partner too - major kudos to both of you! The honesty of showing just how hard Muay Thai training is, and how even a practiced fighter is totally spent every day. You're a total bad-ass Jesse! I'm inspired to visit Thailand and train there for a few weeks one day myself. I can see just how deep and fast they go. So much more intense than any regular training. Really cool.

[@kouryuken]

Your videos and after thoughts gave so much insights into a fighter’s mind. Thank you Jesse, keep making these great wonderful videos!

[@zyadnouh2647]

U did so much better using karate, aside from the sweeps, the striking was pretty even. Good job.

[@Iamverybald]

Adapting to a new martial art is scary, but also refreshing. I recently started attending a Karate Dojo and I've had to "unlearn" my jeet kune do in order to better execute the proper forms in kata as well as punching/kicking. I don't know if there's an actual "best" martial art, and I don't care. Learning is always an awesome experience.

[@SchwinnRichard]

Another great video! Thanks for representing karate so well around the world.

[@ronin_9]

Really enjoyed the video mate! Loved your honesty and open attitude towards learning a new skill. Thank you for this video

[@Jamoni1]

I love the joy and respect. There's nothing more fun than sharing something you love with people who appreciate it.

[@fourscorpio]

Great episode, esse-San! Louise is definitely a natural with Muay Thai! Your experience shows that the best martial art is the one that you incorporate into yourself. Using Thai training methods with karate really makes it more effective. And techniques like mawashi ushiro geri and yoko geri work great when sparring against Thai fighters too.

[@marakalos3838]

I have to say how incredible this is! It's great to see such a display, like a student ready to learn! The only problems I saw were structural and stance related, but those were being addressed. I'm no pro but you both sure performed like pros!

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Sometimes a teacher, always a student! 😄

[@DonMcGuire4502]

Awesome video man. I practice American Kenpo Karate and Mui Thai. They are both awesome. I love your videos. You are awesome bro.

[@kdfr1483]

I'm touched by the fact when he use some karate in final sparring, he move & attack better. It became clear at that moment no matter how many martial arts u learn, your body perform best at your core martial art which most likely the 1st u learnt or trained most.

[@lennartholeck2527]

Hey Sensei, greetings from Germany ✌ Been following your videos for a while now and loving all of them 🤩 Do You still remember the Muay Thai Kata you were doing in the beach on day 5? Could you do a Video on that, teaching that? Like you did with the MMA-Kata? That would be really dope I think 😅

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Yeah, sure! Danke 😄

[@theoschreuder8628]

@@KARATEbyJesse I would also love this. Can you also do a video or explain in the same video the approach/mindset you use to create your own katas?

[@esthetics4512]

His your actual sensei?

[@lennartholeck2527]

@@esthetics4512 Depends on what you mean by "actual Sensei" 😉 If you mean that I learn from him, both as a Martial Artist and a Human being (as much as one can from watching and re-watching his Videos and reading and re-reading his blog) than Yes, I'd say so... if you want to know, if I am a student at his family's Dojo and practice Karate and/or Kobudo under his live tutelage, than - regrettably - No 🙈

[@Pierre-Olivier_Ferry]

"...to see what I can learn about Muay Thai to improve my karate and not the other way around" -> wise ! "Kata is not just a silly dance, but originally it was a way of reinforcing the neurological pathways associated with important techniques..." -> ... thank you! "It's a classic case of paralysis by analysis" -> omg I experienced it too often ! 17'18'': the way the Muay thai champion manages your sweeping low kick by pivoting through several turns and hanging ! Beautiful, fun and uplifting video. Many thanks for sharing your passion and your lively way of searching... and discovering

[@denismorgan9742]

Making a Thai style kata, interesting concept. Also a workable concept. Savate style kicks are used in Thai boxing so using your Karate form is within the rules and regularly used. Many martial arts does work within the rules of Thai boxing and take part in contest.

[@Dxmxge4evr]

Question. When using the Muay Thai stance you stand taller vs your Karate stance. Do you find yourself having better reach standing taller? Also. Do you feel it would be easier to implement Karate techniques with a Muay Thai like stance or implement Muay Thai techniques with a Karate stance?

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Great questions! I will have to think about it 🤔

[@cahallo5964]

@@KARATEbyJesse I have not as much as experience as you have, but I'd advise making your stance taller and narrower the closer you are to your opponent, like it happens in some traditional styles (choki's stances for example, they aren't as narrow as yours and he seem to have loved close quarters fighting)

[@theimpaler5034]

Depends theres no genral rule you natrual stance is?always best ,ive know boxers who went to muay thia and they will use there boxing stance muay thia is all about beign relaxed when training and fighting not like karate where theres a lot of tension so natrual stance and relax i went from karate to mma to muay thia

[@MrKyletheawesome]

@@KARATEbyJesse have you seen Grant Steven's yt channel? IMO he does an amazing job of combining stances and techniques from the styles he practices. (Boxing, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Jeet kune do from what I can tell). What I find interesting is his ability to "flow" between different stances while chaining various techniques and still maintain a very strong "grounded" stance which is very karate to me. It's beautiful to watch. He gives good insight into the biomechanics of his style and martial arts movements in general which you may find interesting.

[@theimpaler5034]

@@MrKyletheawesome day one he learnt muay thia stance but like i said ive seen boxers using boxers stance winning is all that maters in the end western muay thia has its own style compared to muay thia in thialand its a religion in thia land and they start at 4years of age western muay thia has a lot of cross overs becuase a lot of martial artists end up training muay thia old habits die hard

[@tensazangetsu6155]

This was an interesting video. You mentioned your Karate being more of a hinderance than help when learning Thai Boxing. I'm having a very similar experience. I only took 6 months of Shotokan before I switched over to Muay Thai/Kickboxing and my instructor is getting on to me constantly about doing things "the Karate way". The differences are subtle but breaking muscle memory is very difficult. Kudos to you for being open to it, man. Loving your style of videos.

[@whatnew1331]

Karate is a very rigid but great art; Each style has it's own strengths and weaknesses, but a lot of the training has been done away with because of liability concerns and keeping businesses open. Overall, glad you got out there and tried something new! :)

[@jellybean3057]

I currently got back to muay thai since it got closed due to pandemic. Tried to mix it up with my pandemic weightlifting routine (5 times a day) but changed it to only 3 times a day cause the pad sessions and body conditioning was killing me.

[@TobaccoPancake]

16:24 I love your honesty in every video. I'm binge watching them all!! Such a great discovery your channel 😁

[@bigsmillVEVO]

Man I can already tell this video is gonna be awesome, I loved your other Muay Thai video this is great.

[@KARATEbyJesse]

Thanks a lot! 🙌

[@EvolveNowYoga]

It's really nice to see both of you improving in such short time!! Maybe try BJJ in the next video?

[@hoodlum4511]

Or judo

[@EvolveNowYoga]

@@hoodlum4511 Judo would be cool too!

[@troublingleaf]

The elbow to the head is awesome, a move straight out of the movies, the first ong bak I if I remember right.

[@martinrakic2404]

I discovered Muay Thai recently and I really like this martial art, I would love to start training!

[@fisioxande]

Amazing video! Thank you very much Sensei for taking this journey and sharing it with us! Best regards!

[@Therealstazza]

I've just started maui thai with a karate background. It is so difficult to change it up because its so engrained into us. But once I start getting into the session and breaking those habits it feels so much better.

[@marcorances956]

As someone who practiced Muay Thai before, I'm totally jealous. I wanna do this too. And that includes the cooking lesson!!!

[@TheOctabreaker]

I definitely agree with you about going outside your own martial art. I did Tang Soo Do when I was young, for a little over 7 years, and am back at it now, 22 years later. I tried choy li fut kung fu when I got out of the military since I couldn't find a TSD school near me. I always thought of kung fu as a flowy, showy martial art, but learning some of the practical applications was interesting. I haven't searched through your videos, but wanted to ask, have you tried any kung fu?

[@joakimdahlstrom2532]

Once you go muay thai, in thailand, you... really never go back. The playfulness companioned with "actually" care for each other is on a new level. Love this video

[@odojodecriatividade]

Bruce Lee dizia algo nessa linha, sobre estilos. O quanto um estilo pode te limitar quando vc não consegue sair dele quando necessário. Agora tudo faz sentido

[@RobsonOReformadinho]

Então mano, é que uma diferença dos Objetivos do Karatê para o MT: karatê é mais filosófico, mas tem a parte prática de combate, e a luta esportiva que é semi contato, e da fato nos limita muito, mas vai muito do professor abordar técnicas diferentes . Já o MT é mais combate esportivo, pros ringue mesmo, por isso há essa diferença

[@oimctv3642]

O que é foda nisso tudo, é que os karatekas de antigamente, lutavam com outros estilos e iam adaptando e descobrindo. Na minha visão, o Karate sempre foi um mma dos japoneses na época, tanto é que gerou o kickboxing e outras artes marciais.

[@TheAStein]

Hey Jesse, it was fun to see how you worked on getting into the secrets of Muay Thai, one of the most effective martial arts when it comes to fights. Even if one learns only the basic techniques its an enrichment ... next step would be to integrate some of these techniques into Karate, but I guess then it would come to arguments purity of Karate and so on ... and if we take from every martial arts the best we would do, what Bruce Lee was doing .. taking the best of other Martial Arts right?! Anyhow great Vid, thx for it as it was fun to watch it and now you have new friends in Thailand :-)

[@mbudimaloba6436]

I love your videos! Keep up the amazing journey!

[@Jo-id9zm]

Love this type of content. Excellent video, thanks Jesse!

[@KARATEbyJesse]

My absolute pleasure! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@Jo-id9zm]

@@KARATEbyJesse Any (and every) time. Much love from South Africa!

[@rorro23tk]

That was a good intense week experience to learn the basic of Muay Thai, and the sparring put on test everything and the bravery too. As far as I know for Karate, I would have used a more traditional Karate style and use some of those ancient, simple, yet very efficient techniques. For example, the panther stance brings a lot of stability, similar like a steel tower and a giant tree, the foot stay tight to the ground like a metallic object to a magnet, then hit with a seiken or push him hardly enough everytime he tries to clinch or kick you on a middle distance, of course. As for punches, I'm pretty sure that Muay Thai fighters are weaker against agressive Boxin fighters, best example could be something like Mike Tyson raw power from his peek-a-boo style which is hard to counter and Muhammad Ali perfect footwork and his sharp jab and cross which are hard to defend. I watched a video where Buakaw fought Andre Dida, even if this great boxing style wasn't enough to defeat Buakaw on his prime, he managed to knockdown Buakaw with fast combinations to the body and head, that's why I believe Boxing is a good sport combat to counter Muay Thai's overall performance, or at least a bit. If you combine Boxing with Karate, I'm sure almost any Muay Thai fighter would have some problems here and there because they can't defend a lot of punches and a lot of low kicks all the time, I would use the punches to hurt little by little and hit the legs if possible so a Muay Thai fighter would lose lower body strenght on a 8-12 round fight. This is a sparring, though, so I know there's no need to go full contact on the other, but Boxing has a lot to offer against a Muay Thai fighter. I loved this sparring and Thailand's food looks pretty delicious too! If I'll ever have the money to go to Thailand, I would do it

[@mikecasket5835]

Great episode. I really enjoyed it. Well done! Much gratitude. ❤

[@danidsds]

Awesome video! The part about Kata being an amalgamation or a grouping of a style's best techniques hit home. I think this is how it was in the beginning, but after being modified over countless generations and styles, that's not as obvious anymore. But, the essence is still there and it makes me wonder what would happen if someone took that essence and updated it with modern stances and techniques.

[@SenseiEli]

What I really like about Muay Thai guys that they easily spare with much bigger guys... Like it was just a game... I did a lot of sparring sparring with someone 20 kg heavier is not a game!!! It is hard ... It is worse if it is BJJ but striking with heavy & taller partner is not easy! (There are also famous fights vs much heavier guys ).

[@Rikalonius]

Big props to you for doing this. I've been doing Muay Thai for many years now. I'm thinking about going to my schools home academy, Sityodtong , in Pattaya Beach this winter. The person who owns the school here in the US is a high-level black belt in Karate as well, and Karate is part of the school curriculum, which also includes jiujitsu. Anyway, I'm sure, even though I train in Muay Thai, I'm in for a shock when I start training with guys who do it as an occupation.

[@Haotheman]

11:15 No mate, the Shiisaa is derived from the Chinese guardian lions because Okinawa/Ryuku Kingdom was a chinese vassal state in the old dynasty eras.

[@Turtles158]

Hey Jesse I don’t know if you remember me but about a year ago I started Muay Thai because of you and this video and I just wanted to tell you how grateful I am of you have a good one 🙏🏼