An Honest Conversation With Jesse Enkamp
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Jesse Enkamp - Karate Nerd is often heard speaking about Karate. This time I decided to ask questions about himself.
00:00 Intro
01:21 What advice would you give to your younger self
02:45 Your wish to your future self
03:38 What drives Jesse Enkamp
04:25 Why Jesse hates being called a "CZcamsr"
07:00 How do you feel about your old videos
08:00 Where do you draw inspiration from
09:01 What does bringing value to others mean to you
11:09 Is there anyone you look up to
14:19 Looking for answers inside your own self
16:33 What frustrates you the most in martial arts
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Welcome to the Martial Arts Journey CZcams channel!
My name is Rokas. I'm a Lithuanian guy who trained Aikido for 14 years, 7 of them running a professional Aikido Dojo until eventually, I realized that Aikido does not live up to what it promises.
Lead by this realization I decided to make a daring step to close my Aikido Dojo and move to Portland, Oregon for six months to start training MMA at the famous Straight Blast Gym Headquarters under head coach Matt Thornton.
After six months intensive training I had my first amateur MMA fight after which I moved back to Lithuania. During all of this time I am documenting my experience through my CZcams channel called "Martial Arts Journey".
Now I am slowly setting up plans to continue training MMA under quality guidance and getting ready for my next MMA fight as I further document and share my journey and discoveries.
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Top 5 quotes from Jesse in this video:
1. Its better to be kind than right.
2. Only compare yourself to yourself.
3. Be comfortable to be uncomfortable.
4. Believe in yourself that you can do something even if you dont believe you can do it.
5. Your only limit is you.
And bonus: You masterpiece will come when you master peace. 🙂
Jesse just seems like a really great guy. Inspiring.
@@uglystupidloser I agree but I would add he seems just a bit gay....
Really love to see this community that has emerged around honest discourse on martial arts bringing together different schools of thought. Between you two, Sensei Seth, Ramsey Dewey (and yes, even Icy Mike) and so many others, it seems like a great dialogue on what works, what is important, and what people study martial arts for. Look forward to seeing more like this!
Thanks Ken
Get wonderboy on that list😂
Totally agree.
"Its better to be kind than right." jesse enkamp 2021. This resonated with me
Me too. Like Jesse, I value knowledge and all that good stuff. However if I'm a jerk, my knowledge doesn't really help people. On top of that, I can be right and still be toxic. That's actually really easy to do.
On a macro level, I've learned a lot these last 5-6 years. Looking at the political divide during the Trump presidency, it is clear to me that both sides are toxic when they attack each other. I have opinions but, I'd rather avoid discussing them if it leads to arguing and talking shit.
At this point in my life, I just want to be nice.
Depends what you mean by kind, tough love is necessary sometimes
@@sparkyy2890 tough love has it's place but, I think the key word is love.
At the moment, there isn't anyone in my life that I should give tough love to. I love people but, I just don't have a relationship with anyone where it would be appropriate. Maybe if I have kids or i mentor someone one day I will apply tough love.
@@sparkyy2890 I'd say it's about letting go of prestige.
@@TomTom-sm7il Thats awesome ur in that place ur relationships dude! Although id counter with you being able to love people dearly and still need to use tough love to do something thats best for them even tho they dont approve, i.e. a parent of a drug addict putting them into rehab, or as you said parents with kids making them go to school
The third date is always the important one 😉
Haha
I don't practice martial arts, I watch these videos for the philosophy and inspiration of the host and the people he interacts with. These are positive messages anyone can benefit from.
It's very interesting to me the way that already, Jesse easily plays the role of the wise sensei: He freely offers advice, teaches lessons through telling stories, and has a number of sayings that teach lessons without sounding like lessons
Jesse doesn't like to be called a influencer, but he influences all of us to be our best
Jesse is such an inspiration, not just from a martial arts perspective, but from a way of life as well.
What Jesse said is a good rule to try and follow - compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
I very much appreciated this conversation, also Jesse looks like a really good person to me, other than good instructor.
I'm surprised I saw you here good sir
I watched the entire video.
Only few people will watch the whole video, but the ones who did will gain enough wisdom to be a better person than they were yesterday.
It's a discussion between two very wise dudes. I wish you all the best.
both my inspirations in the same video 🤩
👊
Me too
Jesse Enkamp is one of my favourite youtubers ;)
I just recently found your channel and I find it very inspiring. I recently started martial arts (MMA) myself to hopefully find peace with my depression, anxiety’s, and insecurities. And hearing ppl as open and authentic as you guys is awesome
Thanks for sharing that King Karrot. Getting to know that my content inspires someone means a lot to me. Speaking of depression my friend who is a UFC fighter has fought depression too. We spoke about it on record if you are interested: czcams.com/video/KcJFuIXAKC4/video.html
Man the more i know about jesse the more i get invested into him. His moralities his personality his motivation even his goals matches perfectly with me. I also wanted since my childhood to perfect karate and discover as much of it as possible and when i found jesse it is like i saw a future version of me. And than i found your channel which introduced me to another great man who also shares my Passion to discover the truth behind Martial arts and perfect his own craft. I wish there will come a day where i can meet you both and be another contributeur to our community and learn more from you. Until than keep up your life journeys
Seriously, massive respect
So many good things to think about. I honestly learned about Jeese from his blog, then CZcams, then strength training... Man hes been everywhere.
Two very interesting personalities, really enjoyed the discussion. And yes, nothing like finding those missing bits and going hands on deck :)
Your masterpiece will come when you master peace - Jesse Enkamp
Wowwwwwww !!!!!!!!!!!. I loved that .
I think inspired by the void is one of the coolest thing I've ever heard.
Really like both of you although I'm not a martial artist.
Thanks. I'm always very happy when people who are not doing martial arts are also watching in my content 🙏
Feraldy Naufal, it is never too late to start studying martial arts. I started around 35 with karate and I'm still enjoying it after several years of training.
Gentlemen - a good discussion and we all climb the mountain together and all from different directions. Rojas San I’m glad to see more nuanced and experienced opinions in your comparisons. I’m an old kick boxer and soldier who found Aikido later … in reverse order - walk the path my friend. Walk the path - both of you are wonderful martial artists. Osu!!
Very inspiring conversation, much respect to you both.
And the winds of the martial arts Gods will strike down the audio of yet another interview with Jesse Enkamp.
Haha. Sorry Sean. It's my bad. I had only one wind shield at the time
Hi Rokas, i really liked the Interview. I was actually surprised about the things you mentioned at the end. This feeling of watching you becoming more selfcentered and selfabsorbed in your Journey did drive me off at some Point. Your recent videos peeked my interest again to follow your Journey. Keep it Up. Never stop developing yourself. That's the meaning of Budo for me personally.
I enjoy watching you battling your doubts since it is the same for every true practitioner of martial arts.
Great talk!
Thanks Pablo
This was one of my fav vid of your as I also follow Jesse, and this interview, how you managed it, your way to interact with each other lights up a lot of both of you
Rokas, you have such a beautiful personality!
I feel happy for you, seeing you own your journey!
Take care!
What amazing human beings and martial artists you both are!
Great stuff!
Dude your journey is so much better now. I must admit, I wasn’t Diging the anime costume. This new Rokas is an improvement.
Thanks Jorge. I had to try the out anime costume to realize it's not gonna work out, but I am now glad as well to be back in the martial arts journey and I'll keep going with it :)
These are always super insightful
Two great role models . Enjoy following both or your channels.
I like these interview style videos.
Be kind AND right. Short changing a person on truth doesn’t help them. That being said these two are fun to watch together given that their energies are so different.
Enjoyed this. Cheers!
Jessie's karate looks really good from my yellow belt perspective, I think once the quarantines over, that it's not just about yourself in developing better skills though, it can definitely help learning karate in Palmdale and gaining new perspectives over time, after quarantines are over and all that of course, with sensei Pepe Melan, taught by number 10 on karate's top 20 greatest masters, Hidetaka Nishiyama out of LA, who was taught in part by Gichin Funakoshi.
Hey guys, I really love these videos. Our exploration of martial arts, passion and nerdery for it are highly in alignment!
You're inspiring me to get better at video making and have more confidence in my ability to speak passionately about this stuff, hopefully without sounding like a completely crazy person who is merely obsessed and can't shut up! 😅
To see fellow mad scientists of martial arts in open friendly exchange is exactly what I love and want to be a part of too! 😊
Thanks so much for your honesty and sharing your experiences with the world.
I really do hope we will meet someday! It would be a real joy to share in these kind of discussions and practical explorations with you. 🙏
thats was a cool talk, I do like Jesse's Zen mindset and what drive's it, comes of somewhat Bushido of all things so nice. seen your comment about doing a week with Chadi for some Judo, So thank you for informing me by confirming it and glad to hear it I hope you enjoy your time doing it with him as that will be your biggest motivator moving forward to try some more out. saying that Chadi is pretty philosophically driven and appears very much to be a student of knowledge as he is well read and consults with others in the field going by some the talks iv seen on his channel and the source material he puts up, that should give some fertile ground to tread for a few talks too. look for forward to part 2 of this one in the meanwhile with Jesse who has become my new favorite Mr. Miyagi.
Great conversation - really interesting insights. Just wondering if there was ever a part 2 to this?
I love this duo !!
I really want to meet Aikido in the future and try to find a way to use their techniques ..some of them maybe under pressure .As a WingTsun and Escrima practisioner i like the idea of going to a more peachfull system than the aggresive fighting styles i am doing right now .I love Wing Tsun and Kali Escrima and Ninjutsu and MMA and Bjj.
But when i heard that Aikido is about peace and harmony i wanted to meet that harmony and peace .Hope that we will find it !.
Yourself 2 Yourself- XLNT Jesse: so right!
I would love that Jesse would elaborate more the part where he said he is mostly creative, how can that match with the search of tradicionalitsm and what is already taught!
Loved your interview, you are both great
You guys are awesome 👍
Desde Uruguay Montevideo Sud América, felicitaciones exelente !!!!
That was great! When will part 2 be out?
Great talk! I'm from Poland and didn't even know about that japanese village near Warsaw...
Omg, 6 minute sofar and Jesse already seems so wise in a good sense :-)
Super nice!
Honest talk between Karate and Aikido .Mmmm interesting .I like Karate ,Aikido and MMA all the same 😁.
Placing value on cold, hard facts does not make one arrogant, or cold-hearted. On the contrary, it shows, reflects that we are not in possession of all the truth or the knowledge and we therefore place value in learning as much as in teaching, if not more. It shows more humility than arrogance and one should never be ashamed or regretful for valuing facts and truth, objective truth, over the emotions.
"i don't like label in general" yeah... i feel you man. me too
"What inspires me is the void" - okay, that's some profound sh*t here. Cool.
Haha. Jesse could easily be a wise master in a kung fu movie
@@MartialArtsJourney agreed
hey where is part 2?? It was starting to get good
Better to be kind than right (ide say humble to or humble enough to see when your wrong) being kind isn't enough still tinged with pride at times.
I found it cute that you let the mom part in
You should do a video with Art of One Dojo
May I enquire when the second part will be posted?
nice to see some one try different arts, and admit that some of there technics dont work, and look to different martial arts to find the answers, some people will defend there own martial art even tho it does not work,
respect people, treat as tho you would wish to be treated, people disrespect you, after you been polite, then disrespect them right back, works both ways, never ever be bullied by any one people,
It would be interesting to hear your impressions of an older martial art I think it’s from the 80’s, it’s Budojujitsu an American System from Al Thomas, it might be difficult cause I have only found a few vhs of it on sale online, I did see a few clips of it on CZcams, I think some Kajukenbo practitioners know about it, I don’t think anyone is studying this style anymore, in the opening scene it has Judo Jean LaBelle, the intro is done by Chuck Norris, the narrator is Jon Saxson and one of the practitioners is Benny the Jet Urquidez
The Nerds✌️♥️
Amazing. Ends too soon?
Just saying we're all martial artists and understand structures the dao references of emptiness are a structure that means something void or empty which is what Jessie was explaining like empty hand. Karate. Thats his way he was hoping for an explanation from the bjj side as he exemplified his art. It's great seeing you two guys having an interview.
So great to see both of you in your spiritual journey! As Jessy said: If you do not find your own community just found it. And this is how you change your internal world and the external world. I merged my business self with my spiritual shamanic self. Maybe I find a way to also integrate Martial Arts. I really like the way you see things both of you! Thank you very much for that!
Why is no one talking about the fact that there's a random Japanese village in Poland somewhere?
Haha. Some people discussed it in previous episodes
And the "void" could represent the things that you don't know that you don't know. Either way, you are probably going to learn.
Life is a “ learning process”
Jesse dropping the Miyomoto Musashi quotes at 15:00
I will miss our conversations. - Nathan Algren and Katsumoto.
One cannot encapsulate truth.
One seeks truth, develops their understanding of truth and tests that understanding, whether against the observations of others or against their circumstances or by the struggle to achieve one's goals.
None of these things are a destination. They are not truth. Truth is the journey and the journey has not ended.
So if you find yourself lost or struggling to find the will to continue forward? Examine what you know and ask yourself whether there is more to know and whether, when you learn that new thing, will it confirm your perceptions or deny them.
The wise man understands that neither possibility will occur. The only certainty in life by any measure, whether one's charity or frugality or preparation or temperament,or physical conditioning or any other measure in which we can evaluate our selves, their is no certainty.
Circumstances will change. We will too.
Here is a video idea for you Rokas san. How about a video where you go down a list of martial arts styles such as on Wikipedia, and comment on which styles that you had never heard of before that you would like to give a try?
Good Interview but the microphones pick up too much noise from wind
The way to Brokeback Mountain....
Haha
Rokas is now the Lithuanian Larry King of Budo….
😄
Shibukawa Goki & Orochi Doppi have a chat
Where is this place. Im from Poland, is this Stara Wieś Limanowo?
Yes indeed
@@MartialArtsJourney Wow beautiful place. Im training Karate Shotokan in Kraków beautiful place too.
Them: Cringing about their old videos from many years ago.
Me: Cringing about the video I just uploaded!
Haha. The cringe is inevitable 😅
Why dont you fight xu xiadong...
Either of you...
Never write "honest talk", or "I'll be honest", ...
That means that sometimes, you are not honest.
On the next episode:
A dishonest conversation with Jesse Enkamp
😄
I am starting too get scared for Jesse's hairline. I am 40 plus too so we have too be careful.
I had that hairline when I was 28. You guys are lucky. haha
Jesse is good looking atleast even if his hairline retreats he will look okay. You guys heard of Finasteride and minoxidil, you could also fly to Turkey and get a hair transplant
I think I'm in the same club as well
Damn your old bro
When I look at my younger self I’m full of pride due to the fact that I fought in OEF and served in the Military as an Infantrymen. Accomplished something that 99.9% of men who are too weak or cowardly to achieve
Most people get an education and live comfortable lives. U in the military are pretty much societies failures competing against each other
99% of men are going to avoid you if you gloat like that. Not trying to diminish your accomplishment; just the way you are communicating it is obnoxious.
No Instructors, Jesse?!
Jesse: Speaking Swedish with my mom
What I heard: We are in an interview
I guess both are Germanic languages so short sentences sounded similar enough?
I expected you Kiss each other.Nice discussione
I would suggest the Kuro-Obi series, for example czcams.com/video/T9ezzLhIl_U/video.html
yo Rokas please make a video about boxing it will be absolutely hilarious to watch you get wrecked
I'm planning to do some boxing soon and will film the experience. I'm not sure if your assessment is correct though.
@@MartialArtsJourney naw thats definitely why i watch your channel. Try boxing you'll see why you cant fight.
Fyi, if you want to talk about the current pandemic, referring to "IT" as the current public health crisis, or or use the full proper term of "the Corona virus pandemic."
Uncomfortable ☯️Comfortableness, kind of like something Bruce said in that interview.
Sad that the”tribalism “ replaced mutual respect and learning from everyone as the old masters did.
Jesse qurwa u are I my country.. WTQurwaF?
generic comment to stimulate the algorithm due to the hack
Wouldn’t necessarily call American Journey honest! He spent his entire time telling people that soft arts don’t work to promote MMA! He had no interest in the truth like Jessy did. And He did have many opportunities and invites to learn the truth. I know because I was one of them!
Soft arts are total trash in real situations.
@@TheInfantry98 you’ve never seen anyone who knows REAL soft arts but I can show you one who would destroy you on CZcams Dan The Woldfman!
Disappointed that Jesse used the Lord's name in vain.