Zen In Martial Arts: SHOSHIN | ART OF ONE DOJO

[@Vincentorix]

I earned a black belt in Taekwondo when I was living in a large community. I was big into Taekwondo and read everything about the art I could get my hands on and believed I found the perfect art for me. I ended up moving to a small town for personal reasons and discovered that the only martial art available to learn was Shotokan Karate. After a couple of years procrastinating on joining this club I decided to go for it mainly because I was missing martual arts. I decided to take on a beginner's mind to learn Karate. Couple of year's later I'm a greenbelt and enjoying my Karate classes immensely. I am also enjoying learning everything I can about Karate. I believe beginners mind can open doors.

[@thebackpackengineer]

This type of mindset hit me recently when re-examining all of the katas I learned for my style of karate as a shodan blackbelt. I began to look at the movements I learned from a perspective of timing and distance and not just being able to perform the blocks or techniques. It totally changed the way I practice the kata

[@michaeldasalyaget7828]

Agreed to a point, a very small degree of me wants to say don't be so open that you take in junk, but as you said about mistakes, the training ground is the place to make them, and expose the weaknesses, not in real application. I say this to my students all the time

[@bw5020]

Sheesh, this was a personal video. So I had been out of the martial art game for years in my mid 20s, due to life just being a whole tossed tumble. When my finances and life started to even out a little, I went and checked around for schools. I had a background in Tang Soo Do and have fought a good amount of my life. So starting over and being OPEN to learning was unbelievably tough. I find a Kung Fu school and was eager to attend, but I was not only out of shape, but self conscious and proud of prior experience. So I was hard taught. I was over critical and just upset that it didn't feel like I was progressing at the speed I wanted. When I did promote, I thought he was insincerely leveling me up. Eventually I had to crawl out of my own rectum and humble myself. Now I'm one sash under advanced and I'm eager to learn and show new folks their strengths. As you said, returning to the mindset of a student allows you to assimilate and learn to a greater degree. When you're soooo sure you know some ish, you'll never grow with new material. You can't discern when you are just that self assured. Loved this video. I think a lot of people can either relate to this or learn to do better. Arrogance doesn't make for good fertilizer

[@ultimatekenpowarriors434]

You should read "Learning to Think Like a Martial Arts Grand Master". Definitely some great wisdom there. Thanks again for the amazing videos.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

I did pick this up in digital format! I saw you make a post about it and then i purchased a copy. I just haven't read it yet but I'm looking forward to doing so!

[@ultimatekenpowarriors434]

@@ArtofOneDojo let me know what you think, you won't be disappointed.

[@OIFJESSE]

Great video sir. I always check my ego at the door no matter how basic something may appear and keep an open mind

[@Sincityboyj]

Great video!!! I love learning new styles because you learn different ways of doing things.

[@dfernandez3482]

What i learned from my TKD days is that even if I'm a 2nd degree black belt I'm always gonna be a white belt not only in martial arts but in life, I'll always be learning 👍

[@NYKgjl10]

Shoshin is taught 24/7 in my Kyokushin Karate dojo by my sensei and its very true that as we climb up that ladder, we see things that we haven' seen in our respective arts. Its a never ending story as we move forward in life not just in the dojo, but outside the dojo.

[@Soldier-of-God.]

Excellent philosophical topic Sensei Dan, coincidentally Shihan Judd Reid also mentioned pretty much everything that you have chronicled here in this video. In his video podcast with Sensei Patrick Pinto, also from Melbourne, Australia on his KZbin channel 'The Kyokushin Shuffle ' Shihan Judd Reid said that while one might become proficient with a black belt around their waist, they should always remain humble, open minded and eager to continue to learn, as a wait belt in their heart. Osu!🇲🇽🇦🇺🥋😊✌🤟👍👊

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Well he's accomplished enough to be wise in learning and teaching the arts!

[@Soldier-of-God.]

@@ArtofOneDojo absolutely agree with you on that Sensei Dan, Osu!👍✌🇲🇽🇦🇺

[@roninnotasheeplikeyou.2631]

I started training in martial arts back in 72/73 when I was a kid. Even after all these years & countless black belts I still have a beginner's mind. Always willing to step out of my comfort zone. I am now a white belt in Danzen Ryu Jujutsu & I'm really enjoying the training. Once a student. Always a student.

[@deceptivepanther]

Cool video. It was the responsibility of having my own school that forced me, reluctantly and over time, to change almost every aspect of my own training and beliefs. Some people talk the talk, but they don't walk the walk.

[@tonyforte6053]

I'd love to see a video on savate

[@makingthematrix]

Last year I started kickboxing after years of aikido. I think I was prepared well and the difference between the two martial arts is sooo big that there was no question that I have to come to the training with open mind. One thing was very new to me though: On the very first training I was paired with an advanced partner for sparring and immediately got knocked down :) Getting hit in the head in a split-second is very illuminating when it comes to one's ideas about their own experience in martial arts :)

[@dianecenteno5275]

Great lesson and a good reminder to those who have been training or working at any skill for an extended period of time! Always keep an open, beginners mind and you will be surprised at what you will learn. Often people will quit at the beginning stages because of preconceived notions of what they are starting. Experts will forget that there is always something new. I have been training since the mid 80's and several of my senior students already had experience / BB's in other arts when they started with me. Its fun to teach them a techinique and see how many new ways they interpret and execute it with their own flavor. It forces me to constantly evaluate what I do and what I can learn from it. Then we apply that to life 😁. You made a point of having a broad base which I I completly agree with. Find what works for you, then add to it to make it complete. When I was coming up through the first set of Kyu ranks, I enjoyed Karate but found it to be incomplete. I was fortunate to be able to switch to Jujitsu and embraced that as my initial base. But as I trained Jujitsu, I also started training in Judo, Kenpo and Boxing over the course of several years eventually earning BB's. The braodbase concept will greatly improve you as a complete martial artist and will give you more in life. Train hard and be safe😎

[@christophervelez1561]

That is a really cool idea. Build wide.

[@MountainAdventures1]

I appreciate this detailed explanation of Shoshin. As you were explaining, my mind began filling with all kinds of applicable training incidents. Within 45 minutes of home, there are 5 schools in our association who all teach the same program, so I travel around to them sometimes, and get to experience different students and each instructor's unique perspective. A couple years ago, I was working with a lady who was several belt ranks above me, and she was trying to learn one of our Sai forms. I had already learned it and had even won a weapons tournament with it, so I was trying to work with her, but she was having no part of learning something from a lower rank, you know she had THAT attitude. The instructor didn't even know this form, so she chose not to learn it that day. She ended up quitting a couple months after that, so I guess it didn't make much difference. Occasionally I'll encounter a new student that has some unique skills that are outside the range of our school's instructors. For instance we have a yellow belt that has previous experience with advanced kicks and is really good at them. This lesson is a reminder to allow their voice to be heard. There is a dark side to this which I think you briefly mentioned. There have been several students which come into the school and constantly want to interrupt the instructor to explain how they think something should be done. Or when we're doing drills, they won't follow the instructions and instead do it they way they think it should be done. Their explanation is always something along the lines of "this is how they teach it on the youtube channel I watch, or this is how I've seen it in the UFC". Being open-minded to new ideas is one thing, but unfortunately there are those students who want to completely rewrite the book starting from their first class. I suppose that this is a failure to achieve the proper state of Shoshin, and instead having those preconceived notions that you mentioned. I've seen it both in children and adults. The children will simply act out something they've seen in cartoons rather than follow instructions.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

The woman with the sai form just doesn't understand what learning the arts is about. If she has that kind of attitude then i doubt she'll ever be happy wherever she lands. I was training once in the JuJustu school we have now and one of his senior students who was gone for a while came back briefly, and is a black belt in JuJutsu. He knows the art far better than I do and welcomed any tips he offered. One day he was trying to give me tips on how to strike and generate more power (but it was very inefficient and involved wind up and taking extra steps, stand up striking wasn't his specialty and he was breaking a lot of principles in his explanation). I just smiled, nodded and went on with the training. I was technically the under belt in the class but he was teaching outside his scope.

[@albertortega7160]

I can honestly do it. I have had a lot of Buddhist and Martial Arts training. In reality people can't. I shy away from people who don't have a beginner's mind.

[@joebradford7308]

Sounds like addiction. Once an addict. Always an addict.. once a student. Always a student. Always room for growth and improvement. Not just in technique. But how one teaches that technique. How one views their students or instructors. Your right. A beginner mindset is a good thing to have. But of course. Everything in moderation! 😎

[@JohnathanSuperMachine92Mcbride]

FANTASTIC

[@Noirzucar]

Well said 👍

[@kirsinaldini2004]

Personally, I've started Karate (shotokan) when I was about 5-6 years old did it for 1-2 months and got distracted and quit. I didn't know where it would take me. Following with my high school days, I rejoined the art under a new sensei and ranked up into 6th kyu in shotokan (green belt). After I had to rejoin a new dojo. and start all over and this time is it's more promising with my training.

[@sliderx1897]

The strawberry part reminds me of the movie peaceful warrior. Check it out if u havent seen it

[@williamw1332]

Awesome 👍 love this video. It reminds me of my time training, and thinking how can I be open to new knowledge if my education is nearing it's end? Many say becoming an Instructor is the "other" part of ones training. I agree with this, but not entirely. I have found that a world of "other" knowledge exists in almost every other art. I often wonder what other arts people additionally train in so as to "complete" themselves in MA training. I began in Judo, then expanded to Japanese Ju Jutsu, and nowadays, I have been training in a multitude of different arts. In doing so, this has placed me back into the mindset of the beginner. Now, I can experience the joy I had when I began my MA training in the first place, and don't have the mind set for of thinking I now "know everything". This video reminds me to keep an "open" mindset, which is essential to being a superior student. Thank you Dan Sensei! 😊👍

[@ArtofOneDojo]

I like how you put "complete" in quotation marks...it never feels complete. Every time I learn something new about a different art it opens a door in front of me that I'm excited to walk through. So much diversity and good information out there, it's impossible to not want to experiment and play around with it to see how it fits into your own paradigm.

[@gingercore69]

Had the same experience whenni went to bjj, but the fact that most of the jointlocks thst i learnt in whitebelt of striking srts were not even allowed until bluebelt, and the fact that in that gym in particular you were not even taught how to deal with strikes until purple belt made me notice that it was not what i was looking for... Started looking arround and found 2 arts that conolement each other pretty well, and practicing both id cheaper than doing either bjj or mma... Those arts are SIPALKI (a korean martial art that mixed up hand to hand and weapons, and puts heavy focus on sparring woth rules that allow any jointlockor throw, including many that are not allowed in judo, bjj or mma... Allows many strikes too at least more than most other martial srts tournaments arround here... Has both continuous light contact and full contact competitions... And the other id bujinkan... Wich might not have tournaments or be well known for its sparring practices, but the training camps they do are awesome, and most of their techniwues are allowed in sipalki... Because of that i could actually spar with them every week, so... It will not be problematic for me in that sense... Ive already used a tevhniwue they use, ive learnt it in soo bahk do, but in bujinkan its called onikudaki and ive used it many timed in sparring

[@tokenstandpoint93]

The final level is a return to the beginning. One a cycle is complete and a new cycle is begins. ---The Last Dragon

[@bobafatt2155]

Sho nuff

[@dannin1278]

Great content as usual. Also 7:35 it's been a while since I've seen a good mullet.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

LOL yes...but is it s GOOD mullet? LOL

[@Brianpaterson2023]

I'm thinking of doing this I am 30 years old and wen people hit me with a punch I run away

[@mrbuttion]

What do you think are the best katas in karate?

[@ArtofOneDojo]

The one that get you thinking about how your system is constructed and has you asking questions and exploring deeper :D

[@1888swordsman]

unlearn what you have learned or empty the cup

[@itsallaroundyou7085]

to be fair miyagi s told Daniel a brown belt not a black belt, and he only did that for the tournament. he voiced early on that the belt means nothing. true mastery comes from true understanding of your art. on a side note shoshin is the reason a good sensei will give you a white belt along with your black belt when you do receive it.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Miyagi made Daniel a black belt for the tournament. The division was for brown belts and up but Miyagi said "Boy black belt". But yes, you are correct, actual belts don't mean anything.

[@itsallaroundyou7085]

@@ArtofOneDojo man really?! It's been a while. I've been needing an excuse to rip a karate kid marathon anyway lol. Be a good way to introduce my 3 year old to them. I've been teaching her zenkutsu-dachi and harai-te so I can start running her through taikyoku shodan. Love your channel man. Thanks for the effort.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

@@itsallaroundyou7085 I put those movies on probably close to once a month lol. I can't get enough of them! :D

[@itsallaroundyou7085]

@@ArtofOneDojo yeah people make fun of them but they really are the embodiment of true martial arts spirit and philosophy and on top of that they are pretty much the sole inspiration for at least one entire generation of kareteka and an inspiration for all the right reasons. Except for those few getting into it to be like Johnny lol.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

@@itsallaroundyou7085 Have you watched Cobra Kai yet? I LOVE That show! It's just as good as the movies.

[@wip1664]

250 is not up to you anymore Don't take my comments too seriously. Exploitation is always futile.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

250 is not up to me anymore? I don't understand this comment.

[@wip1664]

@@ArtofOneDojo sorry...wrong board

[@tommartin1223]

FAIL. First Attempt In Learning