Can we all just take a minute to appreciate the fact that Jesse takes the time to like practically every comment his videos get? Even when they're posted months later. It's clear that you genuinely appreciate your fans, which makes you even more likable (if that's even possible).
Yeah, he did really good for his first time, especially when fighting a guy who had like 13 fights. That's not the caliber of opponent the vast majority of first timers would take on. My first mma fight was against a guy with 2 amateur fights. Props to Jesse for going big right out the gate. I wouldn't have taken a fight against someone that much more experienced than I. Jesse doesn't lack courage, I can say that. I hope he fights again. Maybe he can come train with you, Ramsey.
I'm just a huge fan of Jesse's humble and positive outlook on everything. He comes into every video smiling and learning and growing. He's respectful of others and never talking down and it's just an uplifting and encouraging thing to watch in a sea of extreme hype and negativity elsewhere.
Congrats on doing this. I've trained my whole life in martial arts but would really need to go next level to step into that cage. Mad respect also for not having a weak opponent.
To me, as a father, the most enjoyable thing to see was the warmth and camaraderie of the two brothers working together. Of course, the martial side of the video pleased me too much but the real stuff was in human interaction. Congrats for the great job!
I like how this guy just seems to appreciate all the different aspects from different martial arts that might seem or feel foreign to karate and instead of just making an excuse or something he truly seems intrigued and fascinated about the art/science behind them and wants to understand them as best as he can. RESPECT.
Despite being an absolute Karate masterclass, this guy's still humble enough to accept his lackings, willing to learn and admire his opponents. True class.
"Completely my fault", Nah Jesse, no fault of your own! You got in there and did your best, you did your thing!!! Not many people would hop in the octagon and you pushed and challenged yourself! Hold your head high brother! You may have lost but you have inspired many! That's a win in itself Jesse!
Absolutely, it takes a lot of courage to go into a MMA real fight. Your opponnet did not punch you too much, but it could perfectly have been the scenario, and if he was very experienced in that it could have been very painful. This is so brave. Also your opponent looked super muscled up, very strong.
Absolutely amazing performance Jessie, I can’t explain how much respect I have for you and your family for everything you give in such a positive way to the martial arts community as a whole.!
I was honestly quite impressed with Jesse's performance. He was very humble throughout the whole experience and did everything possible to learn techniques in such a short period of time. Big congarts to Jesse and thank you for being so inspirational🙏🏻
It'd be cool to see you compete in Karate Combat as well Jesse but all in all this was awesome and I'm glad that you challenge yourself regularly unlike most people who just make claims but never put their money where their mouth is
That’s an interesting thought though, Karate combat is much like mma in some ways but has indeed a ton more connection to the traditional arts than ufc/bellatore/pride do.. Of course that’s always the matter of an individual, but just curious to see how would the techniques of an experienced Karateka shine there.. p.s. Oss ! Thanks for your work, dedication and just for the exciting content!
Mad respect for Jesse to come out of his comfort zone and take on this challenge. You may have lost this match but you won some many personal battles. Top job!
I know, right. The other guy had more cage experience, was a pretty good pressure fighter and clearly knew who Jesse was and didn't wanna take a high profile L to a YT creator with an audience. Considering that, I think Jesse performed amazingly. His composure and recovery were great, I literally cheered at some of those get-ups.
I had absolutely zero interest in martial arts, I primarily started following your channel out of curiosity regarding history and original Okinawan karate. Now it looks like there's no way out of this rabbit hole haha. Who knows, maybe one day I'll take up some sort of MA 'cause you are absolutely inspiring Jesse!
Don't even think twice about it, and do it! I started Karate about 1 year ago mainly because of Jesse Enkamp, Sensei Seth, Sensei Yusuke (Karate Dojo Waku), My MA Journey, and Ramsey Dewey. Now, I am healthier, more energetic, lost at least 30 pounds of weight, my flexibility is much better, and my overall fitness is way overall better! Plus I have gained some real technique - open hand and with Kobudo weapons.
It was so great to see Jesse use MMA and wrestling techniques effectively after just 30 days. Your brother is a great teacher! I love seeing journeys like these
Great courage for getting in the cage Jesse. I also appreciate Oliver’s time and effort into your videos with you. It’s a great way to mix Karate with MMA in a progression. It’s the Enkamp format. Love it. From Australia. Oss !
Absolutely excellent. You and Oliver are a fantastic team. I admire you for stepping into the ring with the small amount of training involved. That speaks volumes for your karate training. Cheers all!
Not only it was very brave of you, but the comments you two made are very interesting. It shows the intelligence in figthing and learning. I like the "focus on the process goals, not on the result goals". And the fact that you are such a gentleman is very inspiring for me.
You're such a humble dude. In my years of BJJ I met some of the least egotistical people I've ever met in my life. When it comes to fighting one would assume it is the opposite, and sure you have your outliers, but it is such an amazing community overall. Everything about this video proves that.
@@KARATEbyJesse Your videos are always exciting, I always wait for my YT notification bell to go off and to see your latest. In this match, it seems that you relied mainly on kicks to hit your opponent, but he kept dodging or stepping away from them, or taking you to the ground. I'm sure if you incorporated more punches, you'd have inflicted more damage to him. Just my observations. We can't wait for your 2nd match!
Hey Jesse! Congratulations on everything you’ve done in your life. Truly one of the best Karate practitioners. Also, congrats to your brother for his latest MMA victory at Bellator 281. I was actually there at the OVO Arena in Wembley and it put a smile on my face when you celebrated with your bro. Great finish, congrats to your bro and keep your head up. Hope to see you in MMA more. You did great for a first timer after only 30 days!
10:48 That is a terrific mount escape ! The bridging is remarkable and destabilizing of your opponent, excellent ! I honestly thought the fight would end there with ground-and-pound but wow, a terrific defense there. That is far from easy
Oliver seems like a great coach, since his experience in the field helped you a lot, and it was amazing you performed as well as you did, you should do more like these cause I can tell youre really improving drastically, just be careful of injuries tho
Love the Enkamp brothers. So wise, knowledgeable, respectful, kind, humble, and honorable…yet real warriors deep down. True fighting spirits! Learn something new about myself every time I come your channel. Thank you!
When I found this channel I though this guy was just a Karate Nerd. Now looking deeper into his content my levels of respect for him just keeps going up. Very brave of him to fight in the octagon like that and he fought it out like a champ.
Congratulations, Jesse. The courage you showed by entering the MMA arena with so little training shows that you were one of those whom U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt spoke long ago on April 23, 1910 in a speech at the Sorbonne in Paris popularly known as "The Man In The Arena". It goes like this and in my opinion it describes Jesse Encamp: THE MAN IN THE ARENA "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done it better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid should who neither know victory or defeat."
That's a great quote. Teddy Roosevelt was awesome. He also boxed and sparred almost every week in the White House itself, and indeed he practiced Ju Jitsu, Judo and other martial arts, which he very much enjoyed. He spoke and wrote about the character-developing utilities of martial arts and of physical combat, as well as the exertion involved therein.
Maximum respect for putting yourself through this Jesse. I love your respect for others, your work ethic and your willingness to try & learn new things. All martial artists should expand their skills in pressure tests like this. It should be a requirement for, say, 4th Dan of any style that you have to go and do something like this. Win, lose or draw the learning, experience and genuine effort is the important thing.
I remember my first "full contact" fight after years of Kung Fu. I got taken down so much and burnt out my cardio fighting to stay on my feet. Great experience points. Good job man!
Damn Jesse! This video is probably your best one! I always appreciate seeing you challenging yourself in this ways. Looking forward to see more in the future!
@@KARATEbyJesse we can categorize them. This one has a lot of “soul” while others such as Karate Nerd in Okinawa series have so much research value in them, everyone is also entertaining but in different ways. But this one wins because of the fighting spirit and the courage in searching for personal development in such a challenging environment!
This is the 2nd time I am watching this video, what a pleasure still! I really like how curious Jesse is to learn new things in a humble way. The videos are hugely informative, what a great job of highlighting all the steps in everything he does. Cant get enough of it.
Super impressive Jesse. I know you had an earlier MMA experience but it's fun having this one on video. Honestly I think your Karate skills were tested and they held up as being legit. As you talked about grappling is just such a different world, different strategy, different conditioning, different movements. So it's a lot to try to counter grappling which isn't the primary focus of Karate. Just getting in there takes a ton of cajones.
Hey Jesse. This was incredibly enlightening for me. I'm going to be fighting my first MMA fight June 20th. Fortunately I have had a lot more than 30 days to prepare myself for the grappling and even found a renewed sense of wonder and discovery through the exploration of it. As another karate practitioner looking to test my skills against other types of fighters this gave me much food for thought. Update: It looks like I'm not going to be able to fight June 20th after all. I got to go to court to settle a property dispute that may well end up with my family and I getting evicted. I did sustain a minor rib injury as well but nothing I couldn't push through if that was the only thing going on in my life. And it wasn't looking too promising because Petey Vital, my coach was still waiting to hear from the promotion if they even found a suitable opponent. I'm pretty bummed out but I've been a lifelong martial artist so I am used to life changing my path and I keep walking it, to whatever end. I am obviously disappointed though.
Hey Jesse, great respect to you for showing your fans this. Many others would not show a loss because their ego could not take it. But you , by showing this, to me demonstrates a great spirit and strength of character. And you did incredibly well getting into the ring with a professional MMA fighter after only 30 days of training. Legend !
Mad respect going out to Jesse, he is the most humble, and talented, and knowledgeable karate practitioner around....i love that you are experimenting with mma. There is always somthing new to learn. I'm a big fan Jesse, and I appreciate the fact that u interact with your fans. But hay, u earned em, and we got your back brother. Let this journey take you wherever it needs to. U got this.
Jesse, I have so much respect for you right now. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. I am no MMA fighter but wanted to make a comment maybe you and Oliver talked about. One of the key take aways from this match in my opinion is the natural intensity of techniques when transitioning to point fighting into contact fighting. It teaches very different body mechanics. When watching your techniques, to me it’s obvious that out of respect, you wanted to “tag” your opponent but not hurt them. Your kicks seemed more for precision rather than for injuring your opponent, which is exactly to kind of thing we train normally on dojo so we can all go home and return the next day, right? I’d say, and this may sound super weird, but do an experiment with yourself on heavy bag next time and allow yourself to have a controlled “anger” about your techniques and work on delivering some kicks with both power And point sparring precision. I’m my experience, it is a total different mindset that I feel a lot of us daily karateka practioners lack because we practice self control and not to injure our sparring partners intentionally.
I can agree to this mind set too. If you train in muay thai, they literary teach you to kick and punch through the bag/opponent which is something I never learnt in Karate
This is very obvious, indeed, when looking at the video. It's the "not training for actually doing damage" thing. It's something which is clearly visible in the very first fight of the guys that did just light sparring all their training. And it goes away with experience and doing more hard sparring here and there. Dutch style training (not sparring, as that can be really damaging) could help as well.
Exactly my point of view - Jesse you are so incredibly brave. Never turn away, always go ahead, don't be afraid. But your techniques could have more determination to really want to hit the opponent. The heart of the warrior is missing a bit. You are too nice! My sensei is very nice: in private - only in kumite, he flips a switch and wants to defeat me! I've never been able to do that and always wanted to be a nice playmate... you are to friendly in the Ring !!! But you are fantastic !
@@KARATEbyJesse Tell Oliver he is the brother everybody needs. Great video. Great analysis I think this kind of experience is extremely helpful in understanding martial arts.
This is super interesting to watch. And also so impressive. As I am just starting with Karate I only can imagine how tough it must be to learn all this takedown stuff and how to defend those takedowns in just 30 days. Big respect for taking this challenge!
Nice job man! You did a lot better than I was expecting out of your first fight. You had good scrambles and better submission threats than I thought a karate guy was gonna have. For your first fight it was really impressive, and if you keep training I can see you doing really well!
Im really impressed with this. Imagine if you had more time for your takedown defense training, you would've been able to use ur karate much more. Also considering the fact that your opponent was much more experienced and more aggressive (due to the fact that he is trying to make a career out of mma) yet u were able to still perform that well is blowing my mind. This video greatly visualizes how the studying of your takedown defense as well as little bit of grappling can help you transition and use Karate in MMA. Really impressed. I just imagine what would happen if you had more time training the defense and more experience.
Don't think i've every really appreciated how good of physical shape you keep in. It shows here. 2 minutes of being in a real grapple is enough to make a common person hyperventilate. You did amazing Jesse!
Wow Jesse your brave!! 30 days of training for this MMA fight. The grappling aspect alone, like your brother knows is a whole different set of tools and ability, that takes time. I think you did well and will take away a perspective and understanding that can improve your art overall, sometimes the real win is what you gain from an experience. Hope your healing up well.
It was really good experience. It proves that karate it´s very effective when you focus your training for fight. Remember, Jesse trained for only 4 weeks before the real fight and he keep up during 3 rounds, it´s really impressive!
I went to a Shidokan grading as an outside opponent. It was interesting to fight out of my comfort zone, but a cage fight is a whole different level. Great respect to you. Well done
They let people from outside their system participate in sparring at gradings? How do they keep "Charlie Zellenoff" out? Or is that part of it? We're usually worn out before the sparring starts and fighting fresh opponents.
@@theflamingone8729 A friend of mine Sensei Steve Fenwick is a Shidokan instructor, he trained in our little club for several years when living in our town. He invited me down to London as a sparring partner for the graders. Strong fighters, although only one direction - forward. Which gave me an advantage as I was happy to fight on the retreat, which confused them as all the fighters seemed to push forward.
Well done Jesse!! This was awesome to watch, you held your own extremely well for a first fight imo. If your next camp has a focus on boxing and set-ups I'd put money on you. Very impressed with the wrestling defense you developed, and if that was your personal goal for this fight, I'd call that a victory! You and Oliver are inspirational.
You did awesome, you inspired me to take up the challenge and fight in a mma match this coming June. I’m also a karate practitioner that trains in the art of Shudokan. It’s so cool to see other traditional martial artist fight in this crazy sport. So thank you for your inspiration 😁
I love your videos, especially the ones with your brother. The relationship you guys have is a joy to behold You have reignited a passion for the martial arts in me that I haven't had in years. Unfortunately I am older now with physical limitations following injuries so I don't know that I can pursue anything. The happiness you take in spreading the thing you love to the world is truly inspirational. Thank you.
If you read this, I am so proud of you! You are a specialist and seeing you bring all of your knowledge and experience to mma can help everyone learn. I want to see more karate in mma because it has so much to offer.
Mad respect Jesse! Love this! Absolutely awesome to see you explore all aspects of Martial Arts by getting your hands dirty and getting that experience in. Love your work man!
You still did good , you showed confidence , athletic abilities , keep training hard with your brother and sparring different people in mma will only make you better use more strikes to set up your kicks and take down and keep working your ground game , you learn fast and you only going to get better , great job you look good for your first fight .
If that was your 1st attempt at MMA, then I'm honored. You did really well. Like a whole lot better than people who practice martial arts for competition.
What you did here is so courageous I don't even have words for it. MAD respect Jesse. Should you fight again? If it were up to me I would quite selfishly say yes, because I enjoyed this whole experience. It seems like you did as well, and I think that's what is most important. If you had fun doing it, then I say YES! Fight again! You literally fought a guy who had 13 fights and held your own bro. If you DO fight again, hopefully you end up fighting with a guy who wants to stand a little more, it's hard for you to show case your skills against a wrestler. I will say that your ability to get up and back to your feet during your scrambles is extremely surprising, you don't usually see that with people who don't fight so that's VERY impressive. I think what people can take away from this experience is that all too often we are focused on the outcome, rather than the experience. It never mattered if you won this fight, or if you lost it Jesse, what matters is you took yourself out of your comfort zone, and stepped up. =)
Props to you for challenging yourself at a new discipline. You did remarkably well for being new and having such a limited time to train. But most of all I respect your humble attitude toward the whole experience and being able to learn from and cherish the ride.
I think that's what makes MMA special. It's that it's not so much really taking every style and incorporating it into a mixed martial arts style. But rather in all reality you're basically taking every style that you learned in your arsenal and creating your own style centered around mixing the martial arts into your personal style. And the style on how you specifically fight.
Like with me the martial arts that I really want to do is of course basic American kickboxing. But I've always wanted to learn Muay Thai and create my own mixed martial art centered around that. So the idea is Muay Thai, judo taekwondo, kyokushin, taido, jujutsu, and classic wrestling
I’d love to see you take on a more striking-oriented mma fighter, while you build a stronger ground game/takedown defense. I’m a lifelong shotokan practitioner, and have been doing American kickboxing since the age of 16 (I’m 29 now) I train with a couple of wrestlers and BJJ guys, mostly to learn their grappling and to teach them some of my striking, and together, we make each other more complete fighters. Still, though, I will rarely go for a takedown or a submission when we spar, since it isn’t as natural of a feeling for me as striking, but the defense and reflexes I’ve developed help me to stay up and defend many more takedown attempts, allowing me to set up my strikes after scrambles
I can't say enough good things about Jesse's humility, positive mental attitude, growth mindset - just his life long student mentality. His physical discipline is something to admire as well, but above that, his ability to learn a lesson and find joy in his experiences is something truly special. Glad we have voices and personalities like his in the martial arts and fighting spheres.
Love it! You’re so brave to get in the cage just to show us how it feels to be in there, ‘cause most of the time we just watch people during their fight and throw them our opinions with out considerations. RESPECT to you Jesse.
Im glad that you finally tried a real fight. It gives you perspective that cannot be replaced by anything else. We have distorted image about what is possible in a real fight. Its always hard to explain to other martial artist that have never experienced that. Thank you for sharing your journey through martial arts so openly.
Muy buen video pues aplicaste los conocimientos impartidos por tu hermano. No obstante, me parece que tus patadas eran como si estuvieras aún haciendo sparring.
@@marianohernangutierrez2525 De acuerdo, y el problema es que el contrincante sí quiere pegarle con fuerza. Quizás pateó así porque en Karate se compite por puntos y así se acostumbró.
También influye que perdió fuerza en los brazos y como bien dice su hermano necesita los brazos para fintear y lanzar las patadas , sin los brazos las patadas son telegráfiadas . Otro tema es el grappling , que es sumamente desgastante si no estás acostumbrado a la contracción simétrica continua , ello te drena toda la energía y se dificulta sacar golpes a velocidad .
Good sir you just earned a subscription! The amount of bravery to not only train for a month straight, but also take on an experienced fighter… kudos to you
Thanks for sharing, learned a lot from the commentary you both provided. Not just a typical play by play, but actually going through what was going through your mind as you were figuring out the fight.
I'm wondering if Oliver will ever make the full time jump to being a coach....I think he'd be successful training fighters. His IQ and patience seem exemplary for the role as well as gameplans for upcoming fights or even breakdowns for future growth. The work he's done with Rokas made a noticable improvement with the way he fights... Like everything he already made large improvements on, went thru even more fine tuning. It's hard to explain but there's a noticable difference in his MMA ability from before working with him to after, and it didn't seem like it was a lot, but I couldn't say for sure there
You are worthy of so much respect. It takes real humility to step in a cage and risk embarrassment when you already have a huge karate following. Really a nice dude, really like him!
Man I trained karate in my younger years and got into BJJ and MMA training in my 30’s, it’s hard to compare the two. You have MAJOR balls for stepping into the ring with so little preparation for an MMA fight. #Respect
You guys have the best english I have ever heard. Even with english not being my first language I could understand absolutely everything with zero efforts.
Should I fight again? 👊
I say YES!
I love you❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes King 🥇
Why not since it is a good way to get fightexperience.
Yes
Can we all just take a minute to appreciate the fact that Jesse takes the time to like practically every comment his videos get? Even when they're posted months later. It's clear that you genuinely appreciate your fans, which makes you even more likable (if that's even possible).
That’s only because I care 🙏
@@KARATEbyJesse you truly are an idol. On a side note, planks are a great way to help condition yourself for grappling.
Completely agree with this. Jesse's one of the rare martial arts youtube people who actually tries to engage with his fans!
Jessy = best bro on YT
He even likes the comment that says that he likes every comment.
It was so epic to fight together with you on the same night Jesse! Your fight was awesome to watch and very competitive.
Likewise!! 🙌
You've come a long way yourself, sir., I still think you were robbed in your first fight.
@@KARATEbyJesse Försök en till MMA fight... men va inte så snäll nästa gång haha... tror ditt "problem" är att du är för snäll 🥺 in och djura ba
Please please a fight between rokas and jessie as the grand finale for the journey of you both
It's gonna be awesome! 👌😄
Have you sparred each other?
Total respect for going out of your comfort zone and challenging yourself like this. Major props, that took a lot of courage.
Thank you!
@@KARATEbyJesse Você foi incrível! Eu me senti motivado a treinar MMA.
@@KARATEbyJesse jesse please do a video on how to defence the takedowns and how to do reversals as a karateka !!!!
Cool man! You got out there and trained and did the thing! Really nice work on the get ups.
Much appreciated my friend
Legends recognize legends. 🤘🏻
Yeah, he did really good for his first time, especially when fighting a guy who had like 13 fights.
That's not the caliber of opponent the vast majority of first timers would take on. My first mma fight was against a guy with 2 amateur fights. Props to Jesse for going big right out the gate. I wouldn't have taken a fight against someone that much more experienced than I. Jesse doesn't lack courage, I can say that.
I hope he fights again. Maybe he can come train with you, Ramsey.
@@KARATEbyJesse @KARATEbyJesse jesse please do a video on how to defence the takedowns and how to do reversals as a karateka !!!!
I'm just a huge fan of Jesse's humble and positive outlook on everything. He comes into every video smiling and learning and growing. He's respectful of others and never talking down and it's just an uplifting and encouraging thing to watch in a sea of extreme hype and negativity elsewhere.
Big set of swedish meatballs on you, sensei. You looked jacked too bro. Very inspiring video.
"Too bad I didn't kick his face". I'd buy that T-shirt!
Utmost respect Jesse for the way you stood your ground against a takedown-oriented fighter.
Haha glad to hear!
I'd buy that t-shirt!
I'd buy one too!
@@gronkgrunkhope u like it
I’d buy it three!
Congrats on doing this. I've trained my whole life in martial arts but would really need to go next level to step into that cage. Mad respect also for not having a weak opponent.
Thank you very much! 😇
Bruh you've done everything, your guitar playing is gnarly
@@KARATEbyJesse @KARATEbyJesse jesse please do a video on how to defence the takedowns and how to do reversals as a karateka !!!!
@@slingshotshooter7536 learn grappling, there is no other way
@@slingshotshooter7536 learn grappling, there is no other way
Dude that's so impressive. To compete against a trained MMA fighter but only having 30 days to prepare is insane. You did every well, congrats 💪🏼💪🏼🥋
To me, as a father, the most enjoyable thing to see was the warmth and camaraderie of the two brothers working together. Of course, the martial side of the video pleased me too much but the real stuff was in human interaction. Congrats for the great job!
Makes me happy to hear 🙌
Its really great to see.
Very true!
you have a good point here, theses two brothers are a really good team !!
@@KARATEbyJesse Agreed, I wish I had a brother like Oliver!
I like how this guy just seems to appreciate all the different aspects from different martial arts that might seem or feel foreign to karate and instead of just making an excuse or something he truly seems intrigued and fascinated about the art/science behind them and wants to understand them as best as he can.
RESPECT.
A coward dies thousand deaths ... But a warrior dies one ...
Way before his time strategic aggression makes way more sense
So a coward also lives a thousand lives?
@@nomoresunforever3695
No...
I didint get this one, can someone explain? thanks :)
On the other hand... A smart fighter chooses their battles!🤔
Congratulations, Jesse Sensei! 👊🏼🙏🏻
Deep bow Ando Sensei! 🙏
I really like your content
@@Blue_helmet1 I hope you’re talking to both of us! 😁🙏🏻
MAN YOU A GOAT FOR THIS ONE. I YOU LITERALLY JUMPED INTO FIRE AND FOUGHT EXTREMELY WELL AS A FIRST TIMER. All respect brother from the Philippines 🇵🇭
Despite being an absolute Karate masterclass, this guy's still humble enough to accept his lackings, willing to learn and admire his opponents. True class.
"Completely my fault",
Nah Jesse, no fault of your own! You got in there and did your best, you did your thing!!! Not many people would hop in the octagon and you pushed and challenged yourself! Hold your head high brother! You may have lost but you have inspired many! That's a win in itself Jesse!
joseph is my favorite joestar
Absolutely, it takes a lot of courage to go into a MMA real fight. Your opponnet did not punch you too much, but it could perfectly have been the scenario, and if he was very experienced in that it could have been very painful. This is so brave. Also your opponent looked super muscled up, very strong.
Absolutely amazing performance Jessie, I can’t explain how much respect I have for you and your family for everything you give in such a positive way to the martial arts community as a whole.!
I was honestly quite impressed with Jesse's performance. He was very humble throughout the whole experience and did everything possible to learn techniques in such a short period of time. Big congarts to Jesse and thank you for being so inspirational🙏🏻
Thanks for your kind words 🤗
@@KARATEbyJesse In my humble opnion, when Jesse kicks , looks like he is just showing the kick, is not like he want to knock the oponnet down.
@@scluciano I got the same impression. Seemed like just a way to show off the mma-specific stuff like grappling and whatever.
It'd be cool to see you compete in Karate Combat as well Jesse but all in all this was awesome and I'm glad that you challenge yourself regularly unlike most people who just make claims but never put their money where their mouth is
Oooh, that's a great idea...
That’s an interesting thought though, Karate combat is much like mma in some ways but has indeed a ton more connection to the traditional arts than ufc/bellatore/pride do.. Of course that’s always the matter of an individual, but just curious to see how would the techniques of an experienced Karateka shine there.. p.s. Oss ! Thanks for your work, dedication and just for the exciting content!
Mad respect for Jesse to come out of his comfort zone and take on this challenge. You may have lost this match but you won some many personal battles. Top job!
This was a shockingly balanced fight. Very impressed with how well Jesse held up
I know, right. The other guy had more cage experience, was a pretty good pressure fighter and clearly knew who Jesse was and didn't wanna take a high profile L to a YT creator with an audience. Considering that, I think Jesse performed amazingly. His composure and recovery were great, I literally cheered at some of those get-ups.
👍
I had absolutely zero interest in martial arts, I primarily started following your channel out of curiosity regarding history and original Okinawan karate. Now it looks like there's no way out of this rabbit hole haha. Who knows, maybe one day I'll take up some sort of MA 'cause you are absolutely inspiring Jesse!
Go for it!! 🔥
Do it martial arts are the best type of workouts
Send it!
Don't even think twice about it, and do it!
I started Karate about 1 year ago mainly because of Jesse Enkamp, Sensei Seth, Sensei Yusuke (Karate Dojo Waku), My MA Journey, and Ramsey Dewey. Now, I am healthier, more energetic, lost at least 30 pounds of weight, my flexibility is much better, and my overall fitness is way overall better! Plus I have gained some real technique - open hand and with Kobudo weapons.
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Huge respect for stepping up to this challenge. I feel there is a lot to gain from watching you.
I love how you stayed humble throughout the whole thing
Sometimes a teacher, always a student 👍
It was so great to see Jesse use MMA and wrestling techniques effectively after just 30 days. Your brother is a great teacher! I love seeing journeys like these
Great courage for getting in the cage Jesse. I also appreciate Oliver’s time and effort into your videos with you. It’s a great way to mix Karate with MMA in a progression. It’s the Enkamp format. Love it. From Australia. Oss !
Awesome! Thank you Rob
Absolutely excellent. You and Oliver are a fantastic team. I admire you for stepping into the ring with the small amount of training involved. That speaks volumes for your karate training. Cheers all!
Brothers who kick together stick together! 😁
This guy is so genuinely interested in learning from his brother, it’s truly inspiring to see.
Not only it was very brave of you, but the comments you two made are very interesting.
It shows the intelligence in figthing and learning.
I like the "focus on the process goals, not on the result goals".
And the fact that you are such a gentleman is very inspiring for me.
You're such a humble dude. In my years of BJJ I met some of the least egotistical people I've ever met in my life. When it comes to fighting one would assume it is the opposite, and sure you have your outliers, but it is such an amazing community overall. Everything about this video proves that.
All my respect for standing in there and challenging yourself. I wish you a better result for the next one, if you decide so.
The comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there 👌
@@KARATEbyJesse wow thats actually inspiring
@@KARATEbyJesse Your videos are always exciting, I always wait for my YT notification bell to go off and to see your latest. In this match, it seems that you relied mainly on kicks to hit your opponent, but he kept dodging or stepping away from them, or taking you to the ground. I'm sure if you incorporated more punches, you'd have inflicted more damage to him. Just my observations. We can't wait for your 2nd match!
Hey Jesse! Congratulations on everything you’ve done in your life. Truly one of the best Karate practitioners. Also, congrats to your brother for his latest MMA victory at Bellator 281. I was actually there at the OVO Arena in Wembley and it put a smile on my face when you celebrated with your bro. Great finish, congrats to your bro and keep your head up. Hope to see you in MMA more. You did great for a first timer after only 30 days!
10:48 That is a terrific mount escape ! The bridging is remarkable and destabilizing of your opponent, excellent ! I honestly thought the fight would end there with ground-and-pound but wow, a terrific defense there. That is far from easy
He gave up his back though. I was amazed his opponent wasn't able to transition to back mount.
Oliver seems like a great coach, since his experience in the field helped you a lot, and it was amazing you performed as well as you did, you should do more like these cause I can tell youre really improving drastically, just be careful of injuries tho
I used to train at his gym, he was very helpful and firm. Really enjoyed my time there, moved away so couldn't train anymore. But my MMA- rolemodel.
The respect that you guys have for each other is so genuine. Jesse you looked good out there. Great video guys.
Great learning experience! Impressed for a first mma fight. That dude was fierce. You held your own though, Jesse! Super awesome. Keep it up!
I really appreciate that Marky! 🙏
Love the Enkamp brothers. So wise, knowledgeable, respectful, kind, humble, and honorable…yet real warriors deep down. True fighting spirits! Learn something new about myself every time I come your channel. Thank you!
When I found this channel I though this guy was just a Karate Nerd. Now looking deeper into his content my levels of respect for him just keeps going up. Very brave of him to fight in the octagon like that and he fought it out like a champ.
You’re too kind Diego! 🙏
Congratulations, Jesse. The courage you showed by entering the MMA arena with so little training shows that you were one of those whom U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt spoke long ago on April 23, 1910 in a speech at the Sorbonne in Paris popularly known as "The Man In The Arena". It goes like this and in my opinion it describes Jesse Encamp: THE MAN IN THE ARENA "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done it better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid should who neither know victory or defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt was a great Judoka and practiced on the mat in the White House.
That's a great quote. Teddy Roosevelt was awesome. He also boxed and sparred almost every week in the White House itself, and indeed he practiced Ju Jitsu, Judo and other martial arts, which he very much enjoyed. He spoke and wrote about the character-developing utilities of martial arts and of physical combat, as well as the exertion involved therein.
"You win some, you learn some." Perfect ending quote to a super-inspiring video, guys. Congrats!
Maximum respect for putting yourself through this Jesse. I love your respect for others, your work ethic and your willingness to try & learn new things. All martial artists should expand their skills in pressure tests like this. It should be a requirement for, say, 4th Dan of any style that you have to go and do something like this. Win, lose or draw the learning, experience and genuine effort is the important thing.
I remember my first "full contact" fight after years of Kung Fu. I got taken down so much and burnt out my cardio fighting to stay on my feet. Great experience points. Good job man!
Damn Jesse! This video is probably your best one! I always appreciate seeing you challenging yourself in this ways. Looking forward to see more in the future!
Really? Thank you Federico-san! 🙏
@@KARATEbyJesse we can categorize them. This one has a lot of “soul” while others such as Karate Nerd in Okinawa series have so much research value in them, everyone is also entertaining but in different ways. But this one wins because of the fighting spirit and the courage in searching for personal development in such a challenging environment!
Seeing a swordsman praising a Karate fighter really made my day.
Agree!
This is the 2nd time I am watching this video, what a pleasure still! I really like how curious Jesse is to learn new things in a humble way. The videos are hugely informative, what a great job of highlighting all the steps in everything he does. Cant get enough of it.
Thank you so much Chris! 🙌
Super impressive Jesse. I know you had an earlier MMA experience but it's fun having this one on video. Honestly I think your Karate skills were tested and they held up as being legit. As you talked about grappling is just such a different world, different strategy, different conditioning, different movements. So it's a lot to try to counter grappling which isn't the primary focus of Karate.
Just getting in there takes a ton of cajones.
Thanks a ton!
Hey Jesse. This was incredibly enlightening for me. I'm going to be fighting my first MMA fight June 20th. Fortunately I have had a lot more than 30 days to prepare myself for the grappling and even found a renewed sense of wonder and discovery through the exploration of it. As another karate practitioner looking to test my skills against other types of fighters this gave me much food for thought.
Update: It looks like I'm not going to be able to fight June 20th after all. I got to go to court to settle a property dispute that may well end up with my family and I getting evicted. I did sustain a minor rib injury as well but nothing I couldn't push through if that was the only thing going on in my life. And it wasn't looking too promising because Petey Vital, my coach was still waiting to hear from the promotion if they even found a suitable opponent. I'm pretty bummed out but I've been a lifelong martial artist so I am used to life changing my path and I keep walking it, to whatever end. I am obviously disappointed though.
Good luck! It's far from being at the same level but I'm having my first official karate combat this Sunday the 8th of May 😁
Bro i would suggest you watch angelito manguray's mma fight. He also used karate/kali.
Lets go!! Update us how it goes
@@thebestnoraa It's looking like I'm not fighting at this point unfortunately. I updated my main comment as to why. Super disappointed.
Hey Jesse, great respect to you for showing your fans this. Many others would not show a loss because their ego could not take it. But you , by showing this, to me demonstrates a great spirit and strength of character. And you did incredibly well getting into the ring with a professional MMA fighter after only 30 days of training. Legend !
Mad respect going out to Jesse, he is the most humble, and talented, and knowledgeable karate practitioner around....i love that you are experimenting with mma. There is always somthing new to learn.
I'm a big fan Jesse, and I appreciate the fact that u interact with your fans. But hay, u earned em, and we got your back brother. Let this journey take you wherever it needs to. U got this.
I really admire your courage for doing this. After just 30 days of (I guess quite intense) training, this looks really good!
Going from one martial art into MMA in 30 days is insane. Much respect to you for doing it and sharing that experience.
Jesse, I have so much respect for you right now. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. I am no MMA fighter but wanted to make a comment maybe you and Oliver talked about. One of the key take aways from this match in my opinion is the natural intensity of techniques when transitioning to point fighting into contact fighting. It teaches very different body mechanics. When watching your techniques, to me it’s obvious that out of respect, you wanted to “tag” your opponent but not hurt them. Your kicks seemed more for precision rather than for injuring your opponent, which is exactly to kind of thing we train normally on dojo so we can all go home and return the next day, right? I’d say, and this may sound super weird, but do an experiment with yourself on heavy bag next time and allow yourself to have a controlled “anger” about your techniques and work on delivering some kicks with both power And point sparring precision. I’m my experience, it is a total different mindset that I feel a lot of us daily karateka practioners lack because we practice self control and not to injure our sparring partners intentionally.
I can agree to this mind set too. If you train in muay thai, they literary teach you to kick and punch through the bag/opponent which is something I never learnt in Karate
I felt at the time of watching that those kicks look too much like sparring kicks.
To me I thought the kicks were just tailing off because he could see mid strike the opponent backing off.
This is very obvious, indeed, when looking at the video. It's the "not training for actually doing damage" thing. It's something which is clearly visible in the very first fight of the guys that did just light sparring all their training. And it goes away with experience and doing more hard sparring here and there.
Dutch style training (not sparring, as that can be really damaging) could help as well.
Exactly my point of view - Jesse you are so incredibly brave. Never turn away, always go ahead, don't be afraid. But your techniques could have more determination to really want to hit the opponent. The heart of the warrior is missing a bit. You are too nice! My sensei is very nice: in private - only in kumite, he flips a switch and wants to defeat me! I've never been able to do that and always wanted to be a nice playmate... you are to friendly in the Ring !!! But you are fantastic !
Loving the analysis, insight and spirit. Thank you for a glimpse of this experience with you and your team
My pleasure!! 🌟
@@KARATEbyJesse Tell Oliver he is the brother everybody needs.
Great video. Great analysis I think this kind of experience is extremely helpful in understanding martial arts.
This is super interesting to watch. And also so impressive.
As I am just starting with Karate I only can imagine how tough it must be to learn all this takedown stuff and how to defend those takedowns in just 30 days.
Big respect for taking this challenge!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was a great deal of skill on your part Jesse shows how with the foundation of karate it can take you very far even with only 30 days of training
"You win some, you learn some." That's an amazing twist on the classic. Great job on this journey!
Forget everything else. Just the brotherhood alone is already inspiring af. Big respect.
Nice job man! You did a lot better than I was expecting out of your first fight. You had good scrambles and better submission threats than I thought a karate guy was gonna have. For your first fight it was really impressive, and if you keep training I can see you doing really well!
Im really impressed with this. Imagine if you had more time for your takedown defense training, you would've been able to use ur karate much more. Also considering the fact that your opponent was much more experienced and more aggressive (due to the fact that he is trying to make a career out of mma) yet u were able to still perform that well is blowing my mind. This video greatly visualizes how the studying of your takedown defense as well as little bit of grappling can help you transition and use Karate in MMA. Really impressed. I just imagine what would happen if you had more time training the defense and more experience.
Don't think i've every really appreciated how good of physical shape you keep in. It shows here. 2 minutes of being in a real grapple is enough to make a common person hyperventilate. You did amazing Jesse!
Wow Jesse your brave!! 30 days of training for this MMA fight. The grappling aspect alone, like your brother knows is a whole different set of tools and ability, that takes time. I think you did well and will take away a perspective and understanding that can improve your art overall, sometimes the real win is what you gain from an experience. Hope your healing up well.
It was really good experience. It proves that karate it´s very effective when you focus your training for fight. Remember, Jesse trained for only 4 weeks before the real fight and he keep up during 3 rounds, it´s really impressive!
I went to a Shidokan grading as an outside opponent. It was interesting to fight out of my comfort zone, but a cage fight is a whole different level. Great respect to you. Well done
They let people from outside their system participate in sparring at gradings? How do they keep "Charlie Zellenoff" out? Or is that part of it? We're usually worn out before the sparring starts and fighting fresh opponents.
@@theflamingone8729 A friend of mine Sensei Steve Fenwick is a Shidokan instructor, he trained in our little club for several years when living in our town. He invited me down to London as a sparring partner for the graders. Strong fighters, although only one direction - forward. Which gave me an advantage as I was happy to fight on the retreat, which confused them as all the fighters seemed to push forward.
Well done Jesse!! This was awesome to watch, you held your own extremely well for a first fight imo. If your next camp has a focus on boxing and set-ups I'd put money on you. Very impressed with the wrestling defense you developed, and if that was your personal goal for this fight, I'd call that a victory! You and Oliver are inspirational.
This guy takes time from his life to entertain his audience but also educate himself of every martial art, bravo, truly amazing 👏👏👏
You did awesome, you inspired me to take up the challenge and fight in a mma match this coming June. I’m also a karate practitioner that trains in the art of Shudokan. It’s so cool to see other traditional martial artist fight in this crazy sport. So thank you for your inspiration 😁
I love your videos, especially the ones with your brother. The relationship you guys have is a joy to behold You have reignited a passion for the martial arts in me that I haven't had in years. Unfortunately I am older now with physical limitations following injuries so I don't know that I can pursue anything. The happiness you take in spreading the thing you love to the world is truly inspirational. Thank you.
If you read this, I am so proud of you! You are a specialist and seeing you bring all of your knowledge and experience to mma can help everyone learn. I want to see more karate in mma because it has so much to offer.
Mad respect Jesse! Love this! Absolutely awesome to see you explore all aspects of Martial Arts by getting your hands dirty and getting that experience in. Love your work man!
You still did good , you showed confidence , athletic abilities , keep training hard with your brother and sparring different people in mma will only make you better use more strikes to set up your kicks and take down and keep working your ground game , you learn fast and you only going to get better , great job you look good for your first fight .
If that was your 1st attempt at MMA, then I'm honored. You did really well. Like a whole lot better than people who practice martial arts for competition.
What you did here is so courageous I don't even have words for it. MAD respect Jesse. Should you fight again? If it were up to me I would quite selfishly say yes, because I enjoyed this whole experience. It seems like you did as well, and I think that's what is most important. If you had fun doing it, then I say YES! Fight again! You literally fought a guy who had 13 fights and held your own bro. If you DO fight again, hopefully you end up fighting with a guy who wants to stand a little more, it's hard for you to show case your skills against a wrestler. I will say that your ability to get up and back to your feet during your scrambles is extremely surprising, you don't usually see that with people who don't fight so that's VERY impressive. I think what people can take away from this experience is that all too often we are focused on the outcome, rather than the experience. It never mattered if you won this fight, or if you lost it Jesse, what matters is you took yourself out of your comfort zone, and stepped up. =)
Props to you for challenging yourself at a new discipline. You did remarkably well for being new and having such a limited time to train. But most of all I respect your humble attitude toward the whole experience and being able to learn from and cherish the ride.
Thank you so much!
I think that's what makes MMA special. It's that it's not so much really taking every style and incorporating it into a mixed martial arts style. But rather in all reality you're basically taking every style that you learned in your arsenal and creating your own style centered around mixing the martial arts into your personal style. And the style on how you specifically fight.
Like with me the martial arts that I really want to do is of course basic American kickboxing. But I've always wanted to learn Muay Thai and create my own mixed martial art centered around that. So the idea is Muay Thai, judo taekwondo, kyokushin, taido, jujutsu, and classic wrestling
I’d love to see you take on a more striking-oriented mma fighter, while you build a stronger ground game/takedown defense. I’m a lifelong shotokan practitioner, and have been doing American kickboxing since the age of 16 (I’m 29 now) I train with a couple of wrestlers and BJJ guys, mostly to learn their grappling and to teach them some of my striking, and together, we make each other more complete fighters. Still, though, I will rarely go for a takedown or a submission when we spar, since it isn’t as natural of a feeling for me as striking, but the defense and reflexes I’ve developed help me to stay up and defend many more takedown attempts, allowing me to set up my strikes after scrambles
I really enjoy all your hard work, training, and videos brother 👊 💪
I can't say enough good things about Jesse's humility, positive mental attitude, growth mindset - just his life long student mentality. His physical discipline is something to admire as well, but above that, his ability to learn a lesson and find joy in his experiences is something truly special. Glad we have voices and personalities like his in the martial arts and fighting spheres.
Love it! You’re so brave to get in the cage just to show us how it feels to be in there, ‘cause most of the time we just watch people during their fight and throw them our opinions with out considerations. RESPECT to you Jesse.
That was impressive. You performed extremely well, especially considering how different that was from your core training.
Going out of your comfort zone and learn more to better yourself is how it should be. This is the true definition of a martial artist
just saw the title and im already hooked! great job keep up the great work!! :D have a great day!
Awesome!! You too 😁
@@KARATEbyJesse Thanks!!
Great job Jesse! Takes balls to do that, much respect!
You are the most gracious and humble fighter I've seen. Even GSP could learn from your stellar attitude.
Im glad that you finally tried a real fight. It gives you perspective that cannot be replaced by anything else.
We have distorted image about what is possible in a real fight.
Its always hard to explain to other martial artist that have never experienced that.
Thank you for sharing your journey through martial arts so openly.
Muy buen video pues aplicaste los conocimientos impartidos por tu hermano. No obstante, me parece que tus patadas eran como si estuvieras aún haciendo sparring.
Si, me pareció lo mismo. En inglés dirían "commit more with your kicks, dont hesitate"
@@marianohernangutierrez2525 De acuerdo, y el problema es que el contrincante sí quiere pegarle con fuerza. Quizás pateó así porque en Karate se compite por puntos y así se acostumbró.
También influye que perdió fuerza en los brazos y como bien dice su hermano necesita los brazos para fintear y lanzar las patadas , sin los brazos las patadas son telegráfiadas .
Otro tema es el grappling , que es sumamente desgastante si no estás acostumbrado a la contracción simétrica continua , ello te drena toda la energía y se dificulta sacar golpes a velocidad .
Jessy dice que al final el contrincante le dijo que pateaba muy fuerte porque le dolían los codos al recibir ahí por cubrirse de las patadas.
Good sir you just earned a subscription! The amount of bravery to not only train for a month straight, but also take on an experienced fighter… kudos to you
"You win some, you learn some" is a great quote!
This is gonna be good, i can tell.
Enjoy! 😇
Preferring the other guy to win, is proof that U are a true martial artist!! The Force is Strong with U my friend, stay strong.
Thanks for sharing, learned a lot from the commentary you both provided. Not just a typical play by play, but actually going through what was going through your mind as you were figuring out the fight.
Next time just travel for 30 days to Dagestan for that Ground game and Takedown defence.
Jesse was pretty darn good... he is a fast learner. This shows how good he is as a fighter.
Du stod upp riktigt bra! Grymt jobbat!👍
Domo arigato 🌟
I'm wondering if Oliver will ever make the full time jump to being a coach....I think he'd be successful training fighters. His IQ and patience seem exemplary for the role as well as gameplans for upcoming fights or even breakdowns for future growth. The work he's done with Rokas made a noticable improvement with the way he fights... Like everything he already made large improvements on, went thru even more fine tuning. It's hard to explain but there's a noticable difference in his MMA ability from before working with him to after, and it didn't seem like it was a lot, but I couldn't say for sure there
Based off of your fight as well as how you spoke on it after i can tell if you pushed yourself you'd be a beast in mma
Thank you for making such a good videos
Thank YOU for watching! 🙏
Amazing job brother. You’ve earned my respect and a new subscriber
Thanks and welcome!!
You are worthy of so much respect. It takes real humility to step in a cage and risk embarrassment when you already have a huge karate following.
Really a nice dude, really like him!
Man I trained karate in my younger years and got into BJJ and MMA training in my 30’s, it’s hard to compare the two.
You have MAJOR balls for stepping into the ring with so little preparation for an MMA fight.
#Respect
You guys have the best english I have ever heard. Even with english not being my first language I could understand absolutely everything with zero efforts.
Thank you!!