I used to do the "look away and hook" thing all the time. After a wrestler friend took advantage of it to get my back I started to fix it. I didnt even realize I was doing it before. Thats also why I emphasize cross training with my students and have a free sparring night/class open to all styles and systems (pre covid obviously)
When I first started sparring I'd do the kicking from a mile away thing lol, thanks always for the great content! While on the topic of diversifying your Karate... Would you consider doing a video on alternating/flowing between the point Karate/Taekwondo stance and the more squared up Muay Thai/Kyokushin stance? I train Kyokushin and I find that depending on the distance its very useful to know how to use both stances during sparring. Thanks again!
I've definitely made the mistake of not sitting on the front leg sparring Muay Thai guys. Learned the hard way that it was a mistake to just have it hanging out there though haha.
That would be awesome. Karate nerd vs karate nerd. Make it a whole event. 2 karate TH-camrs sparring event for charity. Me and a friend almost did a similar thing 2 yrs ago.
I'm a Karate sensei and have done Karate for 28 years. 12 years ago I made the transition to Muay-thai, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling and mma. In the beginning I made all those classic mistakes 🤣 Now I still teach Karate, but it's all hands on with drilling and freestyle sparring. No more point sparring. All of my students love the muay-thai striking with clinching, throws, takedowns and jiu-jitsu. It's more practical and realistic.
@@SenseiSeth Hey Seth I wanted to know if you could make a video about the top 10 or 15 or however many traditional martials that works for real life and that at the very least is able allow a person to defend themselves against not only the average person but also someone who just knows how to box.
@@aramboyd3906 Not exactly the same, but Seth has a catalogue ranking tier lists from almost all the intricacies of fighting from weapons, to martial arts, to even specifics of the most "efficient" (extreme emphasis on the quotations) karate styles under a playlist named "Ranking martial arts with sensei seth". Hope this helped mate👍
Full contact sparring vs point sparring adjustment wise can be a pain in the butt. I’m good at FCS not so much at point. Point sparring creates bad habits for punching IMO
@@jameskillen4369 I’ve sparred plenty of point specialist in FCS. They don’t like getting Full contact hit, Most of them don’t. I’m more of a full contact karateka, so I take hits to give hits. Way more fun then pausing for point tabulation lol
This series here is *exactly* what I've been hoping for, especially the next segment. What should I keep from my Karate training and how much should I train that stuff in addition to my current muay thai/mma striking? So far, I've liked my side kicks because they annoy the hell out of people and I've found that the Karate head kicks really catch people off guard (hook and round kicks especially). I am so guilty of the last one though and it drives me absolutely crazy. I've been able to break out of this but it takes a serious prior commitment at the beginning of a sparring session and a sort of verbal agreement with my partner. One question I have is: how far should we carry on that continuous sparring? Generally speaking, it makes sense not to pause after every hit but what about 3,10,30? Thank you for putting up such great content, I'm looking forward to the pandemic to be over so I can start implementing some of the strategies I've learned from you in quarantine :-)
Most karate kicks can be used effectively in Muay Thai and MMA, but you have to practice them in that context. You can get some advice from other people, but experiment to see which kicks will work at which times and against which targets for you. And ask yourself if there is something more effective you could do there. Personally, I see little value for forms, one steps, or line work if your goal is only to get better at fighting. There are simply far more effective uses for your time. Basically, what I have kept in my routine from my previous Taekwondo training is practicing the various kicks from it that I find useful when I fight, and that's about it. And I simply incorporate them into my shadowboxing and heavy bag work alongside everything else.
Just had a series of sparring matches with a muay thai fighter who's had amature fights and is an assistant coach at a local gym. He said two things: "Damn. That karate stuff is weird." And "You're very Wonderboy-esque." I found this very encouraging, especially considering that I haven't sparred in about 5 years, and I can confirm that #sidekicksworklikemagic I definitely learned a few things I need to work on for next time :-)
Watching this makes me realize how little Karate I use in sparring despite having trained in it for like 8 years haha. I will say though knowing when to have a bladed or square stance is essential
Clinching techniques is the most I use about karate (Clinching as in standing wrestling). Which I think is really weird cuz no one pays attention to that haha
isshinryu-karateka and former less-than-legal employee; the "pop and stop" or "pressing pause," is the BIGGEST offender. If sparring, your "win" is when you feel you've overwhelmed your opponent beyond their capacity to defend. Keep going until you feel you're just "overloaded" and your defenses are just straight up broken. That's when you need to pause with your partner and figure out why that happened.
"every karate is affraid of sparring" Kyokushin enters chat. :P As for squaring up - checkout Marvin Cook videos about "true boxers' stance". That stuff trips people out.
@@SenseiSeth I know, I'm playing ;) TBH funniest "karate" mistake I've seen personally was when person kept in low stance and weird low guard... SOOO many leg kicks and head kicks/punches :D
8:47 whenever I see someone standing like that while sparring: Let's cure this lost soul of that bad habit through the use of low kicks. I'm only trying to help.
Barring the learn to sprawl one, I haven't seen a lot of these in Kyokushin. We have some unique problematic ones - standing too close/wrong fighting range, holding hands too low/exposed face, and always pushing forward jump out at me.
Talking about sprawling. learn to wrestle defensively for mma. this way you will keep the fight standing. For any kind of fight,a technique must have a path to "victory"
also look for this in your Kata, much application repeats in various Kata, for example Nidan (Yondan) and Jion , all have a basic "anti takedown" application, this is getting one underhook (under the armpit) with the other hand on the back of the head (middle of the head) push the head down and circle (for a takedown or just to disengage) or push it down and knee the head , just one example
I really like this guy. I'm a karateka. I trained in Japanese Goju-ryu. Contradictory to popular opinion, Karate is valuable as a self defense art. However, there are major gaps in it that traditionalists fail to recognize. Not only that, it's taboo or dishonorable to even mention its flaws according to traditionalists! BUT learning these flaws and fixing them FOR karate is the duty of a real martial artist. This guy is doing just that, yet he IS a real karateka himself. Each martial arts style is a small piece to a giant puzzle... And it's the SAME puzzle we're all trying to solve. Knowing strengths and weakness of different styles just gives you better resolution of the full picture.
Great video as usual. Sparring is the most important part of martial arts/combat training in my opinion, a man with a years worth of only sparring will beat somebody with only a years worth of only padwork. The biggest thing people need to overcome is the fear of being punched in the face. I remember back when I first started training boxing/kickboxing, after a few years I was still finding myself on the losing end of full contact sparring against totally new members. It was simply that they were hard bastards from tough backgrounds that weren't scared of being hit and came in brawling. There comes a time where you gotta let go of the "tactical" mindset of trying to "outbox" and instead tune into the "fighter mindset" where you're not being scared of being hit and rather than fighting on the outside all the time you realize that you need to be coming forward and be aggressive. I'm nothing special but after all these years of hard sparring I'm not afraid to be hit anymore. I'd rather take one to answer back with two. That is my humble opinion😅
Karate in itself has its strong and weak points. And thats cool. Thats what makes it Karate. Not every martial art can be every other martial art. All you can do is incorporate certain skills from other martial arts to add to your arsenal.
It's really nice knowing that Seth-sensei has never seen me spar, and thus I cannot be the source of inspiration for this video. This way I can laugh about "those other people" being silly despite doing some of this myself!😂 Please don't remind me, though!
Good advice we’ll thought out, I was a high school wrestler, did not take up competitive TKD till my twenties. The controversy in friendly discussion Karate/ TKD does not work in a streetlight, I never had a problem it always worked for me, took me years to realize my wrestling background serves me very well in a critical situation the sprawl is the key for a standing fighter.
Most of issues pointed out is simply put bad karate, like kicking (or any other attack, really) out of distance our defense reaching. For those the best advice is "get good" not only for MMA transitioning, but as a Karateka as well. Now there are really concern mistakes that even high level karatekas does for sparring and one this video is missing is the "hikite", an misunderstood part of karate mechanics (it originally meant to grab someones wrists and pull wile punching or as a simple exercise to help new comers to create good hip rotation) that is incorporated and is mandatory in tournaments to score points. That, in combination of the point sparring system that's stop a fight once a "point" is scored creates a fatal vulnerability in the karate's mechanics that is easy explorable by other strikers. You basically expose your face when attacking (hikite) wile stop on the spot soon as you are touched or touch someone (point sparring). Wile transitioning to full contact sparring there is the first "sin" of point sparring tournaments that's needs to be corrected. Very good video btw.
Have to say ring management is a big thing especially how you step. A lot of people step a left or right with the front foot first crossing themselves up. Makes harder to counter
Number 10 is so true, it's difficult to switch from the point thinking to full contact thinking :D and another mistake, keep your fist up when they get close you will eat so many punches when you are in the kumite stance and more important kumite hand position, you are not Wonderboy, yet
so once again I'm going to comment on this as I watch,,, I'm sure you know this and you might even mention it when I hit play again, but looking away leaves you open to get clocked big time. Don't like getting hit, looking away only makes it worse. Things like sprawling is why I added Judo to my Kempo. Reaching also leaves you off balance. Stances make such a difference when defending against a grappler, sweeps and leg and ankle pics, solids stances beg time. All in all great vid. Keep them coming
What the french toast. You talked about pausing after getting tagged, but you didn't speak about how karate guys will only throw one technique at a time. They don't do combos very well until the instructor yells at them. They also have the tendency to head hunt and forget about the rest of the body. Maybe in a follow up video.
My teacher always told me, if you got hit first thing to do... sidestep slightly backwards and in lateral... does not matter in what direction, just switch the angle. 50-50 chance of dodge the follow up. 50 is good.. with time and training it will get better, but baseline 50 is good :D
Something I recently learned from my karate class last week is that the more you try to just attack your opponent in sparring the more energy you lose. It’s important to slow down and analyze your defense technique as well as a counter attack.
A lot of good points in here.I went through many of these issues when I transitioned fromTKD to Muay Thai. I don't know about that low kick check though. You're not really checking , you 're just letting them kick you. While it is better than taking it in the hamstring , which can not only cause a lot of damage but also turn your back to your opponent, but if take a few powerful low kicks to your thigh yo be you're going to be seriously compromised in your kicking ability. Kyokushin fighters sometimes check like you showed but they take years to condition themselves to take that kind of punishment and they don't kick with the same power as MT fighters. You either have to learn to check with your shin or use linear movement to get in and out of range quickly. Something that point fighters are usually very good at.
One more: not doing combinations When I moved from shotokan to boxing I often moved in for one punch and then moved out again. Now sometimes that's fine, but you really need to get used to doing combinations when you get a good opening.
Yep. everyone does these, don't think it is Karate-centric even. Dr. Zues's advice is the best if you can get people you like, trust, and respect. Sparring is hard on the psyche No one likes getting Hit and fewer people than you think actually truly like hitting other people. Some do watch out for them, they love to hit you.
My people with tradisional martial arts background thinking that fight in Kickboxing or mma is the same "System" whit their tradisional martial arts System. Then they will come to the conclusion that martial art is useless or this martial art is useless. If U wanna fight in Kickboxing or mma U should make some adjustment because it's totally different System (sports). 😂😂😂
There are some more. Fighting with hands down and chin up - you can do so but better have superhuman reflexes. If a spinning hammerfist catches you, it's over. Chambering the fist - a very common mistake typical to karate leaving you open. One punch, one kill - when you go full contact you'll learn that your techniques are not so deadly. You can rarely land flush and some people have an iron chin and can't take many hits to go down. Better prepare for combos and learn how to set up strikes.
When people first start sparring they're often either focusing on hitting the other guy a bunch or not getting hit a bunch. As you develop, you realize it's actually about connecting at a higher percentage than your opponent. That means being confident when defending and letting that confidence flow into your attacks and counters.
I don't think so . It's about counting how many potential knock outs you created . How many big straight rights and lead hooks did you have to pull so as not to sleep them .
One of my favorite things to do while teaching children who kick like mad from way to far away is to just stare them down. They usually get the message.
Kyokushin for 13 years. Went Muay Thai and got picked apart for weeks until I ironed these mistakes. Now I often pic them off with karate kicks they ain’t used to…
Some dudes in the 1970"s actually created removable wings for a Ford Pinto (I know, right?). Anyway, they crashed an burned, but it did work somewhat. It was a good idea, fly to work, take the wings off, drive around all day, then fly home. But a Ford Pinto? Those were death traps just on the ground.
I think it's really disrespectful to have JKA's Osaka & Kawazoe fighting in you thumbnail along side the title "10 Mistakes ...". These guys are legends in modern karate. And are extremely strong fighters, real or sport! In their prime, they were both world class fighters ... and these JKA fighters are both hard hitters (for real), and can take hard punches (for real). It may be classified as semi-contact/no contact fighting, but JKA fighters do hit, and they hit hard when they fight in competition!
All straw man. If that's how you were after learning karate... that's on you, or the club... whoever. But it's not Karate's fault. 1.8k likes to 51 dislikes. Jesus christ. Most of this is reasonable advice. FA to do with Karate though, where you'll also learn not to do this stuff.
Seriously man the karate guys are damn good and awesome, fast, explosive, fierce, but they gotta stop the strike and pause thing ... Strike and keep striking and the one who gets hit too keeps striking so that the attacker cant strike again ... Thats what we were taught in jiyu kumite , dojo sparrings and belt test sparring ... 2 mins jiyu kumite means you fight and it doesn't stop before 2 minutes... You get sweeped, tripped, ground punched, you kick him back you get up, you continue fighting ... Thats kumite ... Belts awarded not by points but by overall skills like striking, dodging, endurance, footwork, takedowns, intensity, competetive aggression but also control ...
my opinion (based on experience) is a bit different, Seth. The biggest mistake is to put you self in to they (muy thai, kickboxing, etc) influence or rytm! They simply walks, put hands with huge gloves on they face, then comes in the close distance and want to hit you! In mma fight they would be taked down and it is unusseles. So, karate way of fighting (with upgrading technik) becomes more realistic approach when you learn how to be untouchable. Please take look Cinzo Machida fight! Muy Thai, kickboxing fighters, simply, have not any chance against him, because of karate way of fighting. So, if anyone wants to spar with thai or kick boxers on they rules, using they gloves, he should train thai or kick boxing, there is not sense to incorporate karate in it. oss
I guess all fighters have done these mistakes, but now, as a 2. dan Kyokushin, I do not recognize myself in this. Maybe that "keeping the head to high" thing. What I often see in sparring is that people are to tensed. They sparr like it is a competition, and that is wrong. The purpose of sparring is that both shall be better fighters, they shall learn from each other, and they shall have fun. So if you have a partner you trust, and both of you have the same mindset, sparring is as fun as anything else. And Seth, I do like your channel. Did you know that Dutch Kickboxing and French Savate was started by Kyokushin Karatekas? They were not into kata, they just wanted to fight.
Yeah spar with guys you know like and or trust Very important I also add be careful with people At Your level Or slightly better I found the most accidental face Shots happen with this pairing
I think i did... All of them or nearly all of them when i started kickboxing and mma comming from karate. And still doing some (like turning my head when punshing or getting punched) and certanly some others...
Don't know you have seen almost every karate practitioner because there are many of them. Your knowledge of karate and how we train in the dojo where free style are two different things, variation of kicks, punches, defense etc is lacking. ...also iro the differences in Okinawa and Japan karate. I assume from the watch you wear during the presentation and perhaps training your martial art is probably American or even worse Canadian Kenpo.
I believe that the karatekas on your poster are Yahara sensei and Osaka sensei in their youth. They are both true masters of Shotokan karate. Please don’t use them in your “karate mistakes”- video. Not only is it inappropriate it’s rude and they shouldn’t in any way be associated with the message you are trying to deliver. If you’re interested in how traditional Japanese karatekas are sparring, please invite someone from JKA Honbu dojo for a lesson. Osu!
Personally I never liked sparring … it’s like training to not hit and pull your technique. Probably why I got banned from sparring 35 years ago. Body conditioning drills forming part of a simulated sparring is a more effective training, while one student is training to not fear getting hit the other is getting a real understanding of how to strike and what damage a strike can potentially do. Understanding the power of a technique is an important thing to learn because some techniques are dangerous is a street fight if you do not understand the potential damage the technique can do and use use maximum power In our style we use to get all new black belts to work bouncing on weekends…more realistic training.
I duck m face when I hit the punch bag, somehow I feel my pucnh gets stronger that way, just like jousting. I will take notice of this the next time I train, and see if it makes any difference in punching power.
This is literally why karate is bad (sure there are some types of karate who are ok I guess). There are few people who only practice and have practiced karate who actually can fight.
@Sensei Seth Actually attacking the attacking hand is a very valid tehnique (just not extend your arm that much. If you extend, it is a counter punch, so you better treat it as a counter punch, not a block, commitment level)
Most than "karate mistakes" the video should be call "rookie mistakes" i sincerily do a lot of this things in my first sparring (i start with kung fu) and i see people who never fight before do the same, so, what i learn from this video is that karate schools in your country dont spar so often xD
You must be watching alot of karate combat lately They do this alot in the show However i do like watching it I know 2 to 3 years there striking skills will get better
Sensei Seth you pointed out several of the bad habits that karate creates in you when you train it. Isn't it better not to develop these bad habits in the first place? Also i forgot to mention that when i started karate waaay back, when i was a white belt noob, the black belts always complained because i always always blocked their mawashies with elbows haha 🤣 And they couldn't kick me and also got hurt haha. Eeeh to be honest these were my natural instincts, which karate almost destroyed. What is the point to train it when it ruins you as a fighter. Before training it i could safely defend against kick, shortly after i stopped i was struggling to stand on my feet in a fight. Good thing i unlearned all that useless baggage.
How many of these mistakes have you made? I’ve done 7
I used to do the "look away and hook" thing all the time. After a wrestler friend took advantage of it to get my back I started to fix it. I didnt even realize I was doing it before. Thats also why I emphasize cross training with my students and have a free sparring night/class open to all styles and systems (pre covid obviously)
At least your honest rock on brother!
When I first started sparring I'd do the kicking from a mile away thing lol, thanks always for the great content! While on the topic of diversifying your Karate... Would you consider doing a video on alternating/flowing between the point Karate/Taekwondo stance and the more squared up Muay Thai/Kyokushin stance? I train Kyokushin and I find that depending on the distance its very useful to know how to use both stances during sparring. Thanks again!
I've definitely made the mistake of not sitting on the front leg sparring Muay Thai guys. Learned the hard way that it was a mistake to just have it hanging out there though haha.
8. The only ones here I haven't had to unlearn at some point are closing off my back hand from blocking and adjusting for leg damage
We need a sparring match between sensei seth and jesse enkamp .
That would be awesome. Karate nerd vs karate nerd. Make it a whole event. 2 karate TH-camrs sparring event for charity.
Me and a friend almost did a similar thing 2 yrs ago.
I don't think that's would be good.....
@@josecosta2484,
It should be good.
@@lionsden4563 why?
@@josecosta2484,
So we can know that if either of them can really fight or not.
Thanks sensei! This really helped out with how I do my muay thai!!
great video ! 👍
Thanks a ton!
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I’ve made like ten thousand
3:48 "Those hips are gonna get taken."
Not a sentence anyone wants to hear in prison.
Hahahah
@@SenseiSeth hopefully whoever hears that in prison subscribes to this channel so they can defend themselves
beware of the back mount
I’m my mother’s preferred child. Not sure if it’s the same as favorite.
Hahahah
I'm a Karate sensei and have done Karate for 28 years. 12 years ago I made the transition to Muay-thai, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling and mma. In the beginning I made all those classic mistakes 🤣
Now I still teach Karate, but it's all hands on with drilling and freestyle sparring. No more point sparring. All of my students love the muay-thai striking with clinching, throws, takedowns and jiu-jitsu. It's more practical and realistic.
Nice!
we need more teachers like you man, not a huge fan of point sparring.
If you have a serious Karate Sensei they should be teaching Sprawls
Plenty don’t
@@SenseiSeth Hey Seth I wanted to know if you could make a video about the top 10 or 15 or however many traditional martials that works for real life and that at the very least is able allow a person to defend themselves against not only the average person but also someone who just knows how to box.
@@aramboyd3906 Not exactly the same, but Seth has a catalogue ranking tier lists from almost all the intricacies of fighting from weapons, to martial arts, to even specifics of the most "efficient" (extreme emphasis on the quotations) karate styles under a playlist named "Ranking martial arts with sensei seth". Hope this helped mate👍
I’m sureq
That's another reason why I think Karate Combat is the future of karate.
Full contact sparring vs point sparring adjustment wise can be a pain in the butt.
I’m good at FCS not so much at point. Point sparring creates bad habits for punching IMO
Makes sense! I would agree
I have more DQs in point then points.... Tournament point is very theatric
Hahahaha
@@jameskillen4369 I’ve sparred plenty of point specialist in FCS. They don’t like getting Full contact hit, Most of them don’t. I’m more of a full contact karateka, so I take hits to give hits. Way more fun then pausing for point tabulation lol
"Not talking about you"
Cool, guess I'll stop watching then
Seth did it. He ruined the "LEHG MOHSULES!" meme for me.
Good riddance then lol
6:43, ahh yes, the famous warm up kicks to the kick
Right? 😂😂
This series here is *exactly* what I've been hoping for, especially the next segment. What should I keep from my Karate training and how much should I train that stuff in addition to my current muay thai/mma striking? So far, I've liked my side kicks because they annoy the hell out of people and I've found that the Karate head kicks really catch people off guard (hook and round kicks especially).
I am so guilty of the last one though and it drives me absolutely crazy. I've been able to break out of this but it takes a serious prior commitment at the beginning of a sparring session and a sort of verbal agreement with my partner. One question I have is: how far should we carry on that continuous sparring? Generally speaking, it makes sense not to pause after every hit but what about 3,10,30?
Thank you for putting up such great content, I'm looking forward to the pandemic to be over so I can start implementing some of the strategies I've learned from you in quarantine :-)
Yea, the last ones a tough one!! Happy to put it all out there my man. Thanks sir!
Most karate kicks can be used effectively in Muay Thai and MMA, but you have to practice them in that context. You can get some advice from other people, but experiment to see which kicks will work at which times and against which targets for you. And ask yourself if there is something more effective you could do there.
Personally, I see little value for forms, one steps, or line work if your goal is only to get better at fighting. There are simply far more effective uses for your time.
Basically, what I have kept in my routine from my previous Taekwondo training is practicing the various kicks from it that I find useful when I fight, and that's about it. And I simply incorporate them into my shadowboxing and heavy bag work alongside everything else.
Just had a series of sparring matches with a muay thai fighter who's had amature fights and is an assistant coach at a local gym. He said two things: "Damn. That karate stuff is weird." And "You're very Wonderboy-esque."
I found this very encouraging, especially considering that I haven't sparred in about 5 years, and I can confirm that #sidekicksworklikemagic
I definitely learned a few things I need to work on for next time :-)
Watching this makes me realize how little Karate I use in sparring despite having trained in it for like 8 years haha. I will say though knowing when to have a bladed or square stance is essential
Clinching techniques is the most I use about karate (Clinching as in standing wrestling).
Which I think is really weird cuz no one pays attention to that haha
isshinryu-karateka and former less-than-legal employee; the "pop and stop" or "pressing pause," is the BIGGEST offender. If sparring, your "win" is when you feel you've overwhelmed your opponent beyond their capacity to defend. Keep going until you feel you're just "overloaded" and your defenses are just straight up broken. That's when you need to pause with your partner and figure out why that happened.
"every karate is affraid of sparring"
Kyokushin enters chat. :P
As for squaring up - checkout Marvin Cook videos about "true boxers' stance". That stuff trips people out.
I definitely didn’t say that lil
@@SenseiSeth I know, I'm playing ;) TBH funniest "karate" mistake I've seen personally was when person kept in low stance and weird low guard... SOOO many leg kicks and head kicks/punches :D
Marvin Cooks channel is a goldmine. His videos on footwork really upped my sparring game. Can't recommend his channel enough.
In any sparring session, never turn your gaze away when striking. It’s always taught, so I agree with this.
Awesome video Sensei Seth, as an amateur MMA fighter I couldn't agree more with everything you said much love from the UK
Ayee, thanks Ryan!
@@SenseiSeth you know I'm a super fan, love your videos 💪 ps I'm down from 280 to 200lbs
8:47 whenever I see someone standing like that while sparring: Let's cure this lost soul of that bad habit through the use of low kicks. I'm only trying to help.
Damn even while explaining that gi is snappy!
Truuuuth
Yeah I got some serious gi envy here.
Barring the learn to sprawl one, I haven't seen a lot of these in Kyokushin. We have some unique problematic ones - standing too close/wrong fighting range, holding hands too low/exposed face, and always pushing forward jump out at me.
love your new gi, Seth, looking sharp! you could easily wear it at a wedding. believe me, everyone would love it
Talking about sprawling. learn to wrestle defensively for mma. this way you will keep the fight standing.
For any kind of fight,a technique must have a path to "victory"
Truth 👍👍
Robert "MMA" Whittaker does anti Wrestling better than anyone
also look for this in your Kata, much application repeats in various Kata, for example Nidan (Yondan) and Jion , all have a basic "anti takedown" application, this is getting one underhook (under the armpit) with the other hand on the back of the head (middle of the head) push the head down and circle (for a takedown or just to disengage) or push it down and knee the head , just one example
@@nicholasnj3778,
Sprawl. Learn that.
@@lionsden4563 yes agree, as a last line of defense
I made all 10. I won't lie. I mess up and am willing too learn thank you for the free lessons. ROCK ON BROTHER!
LOVE IT!! Good stuff Ben
He’s referring to Wonderboy at the beginning, or else he’ll unleash the NMF.
Haha 😂 nice! Gave me a good chuckle 👍🏻
I transitioned many years ago and committed every single one of these. Thems the breaks. Adjustment take attention and time.
I really like this guy. I'm a karateka. I trained in Japanese Goju-ryu. Contradictory to popular opinion, Karate is valuable as a self defense art. However, there are major gaps in it that traditionalists fail to recognize. Not only that, it's taboo or dishonorable to even mention its flaws according to traditionalists! BUT learning these flaws and fixing them FOR karate is the duty of a real martial artist. This guy is doing just that, yet he IS a real karateka himself. Each martial arts style is a small piece to a giant puzzle...
And it's the SAME puzzle we're all trying to solve. Knowing strengths and weakness of different styles just gives you better resolution of the full picture.
Thanks for the love 🙏
Where’s your gym. I’m in New Orleans. Would you be open to privates?
Raleigh, NC!
@@SenseiSeth is there a way we can actually make that happen? Just curious. But serious...
I do video chats, if that’s an option for you! But I do teach privates here, dm me on insta!
Great video as usual. Sparring is the most important part of martial arts/combat training in my opinion, a man with a years worth of only sparring will beat somebody with only a years worth of only padwork. The biggest thing people need to overcome is the fear of being punched in the face.
I remember back when I first started training boxing/kickboxing, after a few years I was still finding myself on the losing end of full contact sparring against totally new members. It was simply that they were hard bastards from tough backgrounds that weren't scared of being hit and came in brawling.
There comes a time where you gotta let go of the "tactical" mindset of trying to "outbox" and instead tune into the "fighter mindset" where you're not being scared of being hit and rather than fighting on the outside all the time you realize that you need to be coming forward and be aggressive.
I'm nothing special but after all these years of hard sparring I'm not afraid to be hit anymore. I'd rather take one to answer back with two. That is my humble opinion😅
"if you wanna know how to protect yourself in the woods, you gotta know how the woods fight"
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Karate in itself has its strong and weak points. And thats cool. Thats what makes it Karate. Not every martial art can be every other martial art. All you can do is incorporate certain skills from other martial arts to add to your arsenal.
It's really nice knowing that Seth-sensei has never seen me spar, and thus I cannot be the source of inspiration for this video.
This way I can laugh about "those other people" being silly despite doing some of this myself!😂 Please don't remind me, though!
Happy Thanksgiving you lot from the UK
And great video
Thank you my friend!
Good advice we’ll thought out, I was a high school wrestler, did not take up competitive TKD till my twenties. The controversy in friendly discussion Karate/ TKD does not work in a streetlight, I never had a problem it always worked for me, took me years to realize my wrestling background serves me very well in a critical situation the sprawl is the key for a standing fighter.
Most of issues pointed out is simply put bad karate, like kicking (or any other attack, really) out of distance our defense reaching. For those the best advice is "get good" not only for MMA transitioning, but as a Karateka as well.
Now there are really concern mistakes that even high level karatekas does for sparring and one this video is missing is the "hikite", an misunderstood part of karate mechanics (it originally meant to grab someones wrists and pull wile punching or as a simple exercise to help new comers to create good hip rotation) that is incorporated and is mandatory in tournaments to score points. That, in combination of the point sparring system that's stop a fight once a "point" is scored creates a fatal vulnerability in the karate's mechanics that is easy explorable by other strikers. You basically expose your face when attacking (hikite) wile stop on the spot soon as you are touched or touch someone (point sparring).
Wile transitioning to full contact sparring there is the first "sin" of point sparring tournaments that's needs to be corrected.
Very good video btw.
Have to say ring management is a big thing especially how you step. A lot of people step a left or right with the front foot first crossing themselves up. Makes harder to counter
Number 10 is so true, it's difficult to switch from the point thinking to full contact thinking :D and another mistake, keep your fist up when they get close you will eat so many punches when you are in the kumite stance and more important kumite hand position, you are not Wonderboy, yet
The good thing I’ve learned from boxing Is keeping your guard up and my sensei agrees with this every time I spar my fighting stance is more boxing
Point sparring has killed the reputation of karate, especially after the Olympics. It is pointless, pardon the pun
so once again I'm going to comment on this as I watch,,, I'm sure you know this and you might even mention it when I hit play again, but looking away leaves you open to get clocked big time. Don't like getting hit, looking away only makes it worse. Things like sprawling is why I added Judo to my Kempo. Reaching also leaves you off balance. Stances make such a difference when defending against a grappler, sweeps and leg and ankle pics, solids stances beg time. All in all great vid. Keep them coming
Thank you sparky 🙏
What the french toast. You talked about pausing after getting tagged, but you didn't speak about how karate guys will only throw one technique at a time. They don't do combos very well until the instructor yells at them. They also have the tendency to head hunt and forget about the rest of the body. Maybe in a follow up video.
Great point
Just got my Green Belt in Tang Soo Do! I'm loving karate! Just looking to learn as much as I can!
One of your most informative videos ever
Happy to hear it 🙏🙏
My teacher always told me, if you got hit first thing to do... sidestep slightly backwards and in lateral... does not matter in what direction, just switch the angle. 50-50 chance of dodge the follow up. 50 is good.. with time and training it will get better, but baseline 50 is good :D
Sounds solid!
I am going to try and find my taekwondo belts and uniform and I will start practicing again!
Go for it Xavier!
Something I recently learned from my karate class last week is that the more you try to just attack your opponent in sparring the more energy you lose. It’s important to slow down and analyze your defense technique as well as a counter attack.
A lot of good points in here.I went through many of these issues when I transitioned fromTKD to Muay Thai. I don't know about that low kick check though. You're not really checking , you 're just letting them kick you. While it is better than taking it in the hamstring , which can not only cause a lot of damage but also turn your back to your opponent, but if take a few powerful low kicks to your thigh yo be you're going to be seriously compromised in your kicking ability. Kyokushin fighters sometimes check like you showed but they take years to condition themselves to take that kind of punishment and they don't kick with the same power as MT fighters. You either have to learn to check with your shin or use linear movement to get in and out of range quickly. Something that point fighters are usually very good at.
My current thought at 7:54
"This video is well made so far"
Haha thanks!
One more: not doing combinations
When I moved from shotokan to boxing I often moved in for one punch and then moved out again. Now sometimes that's fine, but you really need to get used to doing combinations when you get a good opening.
"Woods-people". Heathens. Careful, or out there in the woods of the world the heathens might get you, grasshopper.
Never has a true-er statement been spoken
Why am I commenting at 2 AM?
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Love your teaching style. The humor is great and at the same time serious so you get your point across.
Where was this video a 18 months ago? I had to learn all these things the hard way
Hey, that’s probably more helpful than simply watching a video on it though!!
Yep. everyone does these, don't think it is Karate-centric even. Dr. Zues's advice is the best if you can get people you like, trust, and respect. Sparring is hard on the psyche No one likes getting Hit and fewer people than you think actually truly like hitting other people. Some do watch out for them, they love to hit you.
Great video. I would add another similar one: stopping when you hit somebody, rather than keeping on hitting them.
Please take off the watch (quitate el reloj) wen you wear a karate gi
No
My people with tradisional martial arts background thinking that fight in Kickboxing or mma is the same "System" whit their tradisional martial arts System. Then they will come to the conclusion that martial art is useless or this martial art is useless. If U wanna fight in Kickboxing or mma U should make some adjustment because it's totally different System (sports). 😂😂😂
There are some more. Fighting with hands down and chin up - you can do so but better have superhuman reflexes. If a spinning hammerfist catches you, it's over.
Chambering the fist - a very common mistake typical to karate leaving you open.
One punch, one kill - when you go full contact you'll learn that your techniques are not so deadly. You can rarely land flush and some people have an iron chin and can't take many hits to go down. Better prepare for combos and learn how to set up strikes.
Yes I hate when people chase the attack with there hands to block
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Good video I also found it useful to vary in FooteWork styles. I watched videos of Mohammad Al Lee with that really rapid foot work etc
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When people first start sparring they're often either focusing on hitting the other guy a bunch or not getting hit a bunch. As you develop, you realize it's actually about connecting at a higher percentage than your opponent. That means being confident when defending and letting that confidence flow into your attacks and counters.
I don't think so . It's about counting how many potential knock outs you created . How many big straight rights and lead hooks did you have to pull so as not to sleep them .
New to this channel but I’m grateful I found it, Oss Sensei! MMA student here but have taken a couple other sets through my 30 years 🙏🏼
Sorry I’m late commenting was watching mikes stream!
All good my friend!!
One of my favorite things to do while teaching children who kick like mad from way to far away is to just stare them down. They usually get the message.
Not trying to seem mean but this sounds like beginer mistakes. Apologies for my bad grammar.
6:00 if you train with a gi over reaching is not that bad cuz you can just grab their clothing xd
but yeah, I am working on that cuz I do it a lot
Ehhh shorta
Mans really changed the profile pic again
It is what it is lol
Kyokushin for 13 years. Went Muay Thai and got picked apart for weeks until I ironed these mistakes. Now I often pic them off with karate kicks they ain’t used to…
2:29 You can actually turn this into a Good habit not by looking away but by rolling with the punch mimizing the shot
Right on point. As always great video. I dont know why you dont have more subs, this is great content!
Some dudes in the 1970"s actually created removable wings for a Ford Pinto (I know, right?). Anyway, they crashed an burned, but it did work somewhat. It was a good idea, fly to work, take the wings off, drive around all day, then fly home. But a Ford Pinto? Those were death traps just on the ground.
Do you ever get hate from karate purest.?
Sometimes
I think it's really disrespectful to have JKA's Osaka & Kawazoe fighting in you thumbnail along side the title "10 Mistakes ...". These guys are legends in modern karate. And are extremely strong fighters, real or sport! In their prime, they were both world class fighters ... and these JKA fighters are both hard hitters (for real), and can take hard punches (for real). It may be classified as semi-contact/no contact fighting, but JKA fighters do hit, and they hit hard when they fight in competition!
The biggest mistake, is getting in, landing your strike, then stopping (like it's point) GOTA HAVE AN EXIT PLAN
All straw man. If that's how you were after learning karate... that's on you, or the club... whoever. But it's not Karate's fault.
1.8k likes to 51 dislikes. Jesus christ.
Most of this is reasonable advice. FA to do with Karate though, where you'll also learn not to do this stuff.
Seriously man the karate guys are damn good and awesome, fast, explosive, fierce, but they gotta stop the strike and pause thing ... Strike and keep striking and the one who gets hit too keeps striking so that the attacker cant strike again ... Thats what we were taught in jiyu kumite , dojo sparrings and belt test sparring ... 2 mins jiyu kumite means you fight and it doesn't stop before 2 minutes... You get sweeped, tripped, ground punched, you kick him back you get up, you continue fighting ... Thats kumite ... Belts awarded not by points but by overall skills like striking, dodging, endurance, footwork, takedowns, intensity, competetive aggression but also control ...
my opinion (based on experience) is a bit different, Seth. The biggest mistake is to put you self in to they (muy thai, kickboxing, etc) influence or rytm! They simply walks, put hands with huge gloves on they face, then comes in the close distance and want to hit you! In mma fight they would be taked down and it is unusseles. So, karate way of fighting (with upgrading technik) becomes more realistic approach when you learn how to be untouchable. Please take look Cinzo Machida fight! Muy Thai, kickboxing fighters, simply, have not any chance against him, because of karate way of fighting. So, if anyone wants to spar with thai or kick boxers on they rules, using they gloves, he should train thai or kick boxing, there is not sense to incorporate karate in it.
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You need to correct the title: "10 mistakes SHITTY Karateka make Sparring"
I guess all fighters have done these mistakes, but now, as a 2. dan Kyokushin, I do not recognize myself in this. Maybe that "keeping the head to high" thing. What I often see in sparring is that people are to tensed. They sparr like it is a competition, and that is wrong. The purpose of sparring is that both shall be better fighters, they shall learn from each other, and they shall have fun. So if you have a partner you trust, and both of you have the same mindset, sparring is as fun as anything else.
And Seth, I do like your channel. Did you know that Dutch Kickboxing and French Savate was started by Kyokushin Karatekas? They were not into kata, they just wanted to fight.
Yeah spar with guys you know like and or trust
Very important
I also add be careful with people
At
Your level
Or slightly better I found the most accidental face
Shots happen with this pairing
As a former Taekwondo practitioner, useless kicking is a plague. And yes, I got my black belt at 14 :/
I think i did... All of them or nearly all of them when i started kickboxing and mma comming from karate. And still doing some (like turning my head when punshing or getting punched) and certanly some others...
Don't know you have seen almost every karate practitioner because there are many of them. Your knowledge of karate and how we train in the dojo where free style are two different things, variation of kicks, punches, defense etc is lacking. ...also iro the differences in Okinawa and Japan karate. I assume from the watch you wear during the presentation and perhaps training your martial art is probably American or even worse Canadian Kenpo.
Сними часы, когда одел кимоно.....!
I believe that the karatekas on your poster are Yahara sensei and Osaka sensei in their youth.
They are both true masters of Shotokan karate.
Please don’t use them in your “karate mistakes”- video. Not only is it inappropriate it’s rude and they shouldn’t in any way be associated with the message you are trying to deliver.
If you’re interested in how traditional Japanese karatekas are sparring, please invite someone from JKA Honbu dojo for a lesson. Osu!
I knew I was perfect, thank you? I am only watching this video for a friend....
Very good. Did I miss it, or did you not mention bringing that goodle pulling-hand back to the waist or some equally useless place? Thank you.
Personally I never liked sparring … it’s like training to not hit and pull your technique.
Probably why I got banned from sparring 35 years ago.
Body conditioning drills forming part of a simulated sparring is a more effective training, while one student is training to not fear getting hit the other is getting a real understanding of how to strike and what damage a strike can potentially do.
Understanding the power of a technique is an important thing to learn because some techniques are dangerous is a street fight if you do not understand the potential damage the technique can do and use use maximum power
In our style we use to get all new black belts to work bouncing on weekends…more realistic training.
I duck m face when I hit the punch bag, somehow I feel my pucnh gets stronger that way, just like jousting.
I will take notice of this the next time I train, and see if it makes any difference in punching power.
Nice jab 👍🏾
This is literally why karate is bad (sure there are some types of karate who are ok I guess). There are few people who only practice and have practiced karate who actually can fight.
@Sensei Seth Actually attacking the attacking hand is a very valid tehnique (just not extend your arm that much. If you extend, it is a counter punch, so you better treat it as a counter punch, not a block, commitment level)
From time to time, yes! As the only defense.. no
Man, I wish kung fu looked itself like this and trained right. I mean there's san da but it's not even close to traditional kung fu.
Most than "karate mistakes" the video should be call "rookie mistakes" i sincerily do a lot of this things in my first sparring (i start with kung fu) and i see people who never fight before do the same, so, what i learn from this video is that karate schools in your country dont spar so often xD
You must be watching alot of karate combat lately
They do this alot in the show
However i do like watching it
I know 2 to 3 years there striking skills will get better
I use far away kicks more as a watch the legs don't be afraid of the hsnds those are just knock out capable, these legs break 2×4s
So, how about a link to that "how Karate is awesome" video?
Will be coming soon
Sensei Seth you pointed out several of the bad habits that karate creates in you when you train it. Isn't it better not to develop these bad habits in the first place? Also i forgot to mention that when i started karate waaay back, when i was a white belt noob, the black belts always complained because i always always blocked their mawashies with elbows haha 🤣 And they couldn't kick me and also got hurt haha. Eeeh to be honest these were my natural instincts, which karate almost destroyed. What is the point to train it when it ruins you as a fighter. Before training it i could safely defend against kick, shortly after i stopped i was struggling to stand on my feet in a fight. Good thing i unlearned all that useless baggage.