KARATE BLOCKS MYTH | The Real Meaning of Karate Blocks - Jesse Enkamp
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Jesse Enkamp (The Karate Nerd) explains the purpose of "blocks" (uke waza) in traditional Karate for practical self-defense. Visit www.karatebyjes... to learn more!
Can you please do a video where you demonstrate “receiving” attacks in motion and what that would look like? I’d love to see it - great videos!
Jesse, exactly. That's how we do our uke in Yuishinkai Karate (specifically with Uke Nana Ho) that you're probably aware of. Thanks for another great video.
I learned a block is a strike just like a lot of people here but they naturally turn into these recieving movements when sparring, at least they did for the people at my school. It's an excellent way to counter. I always had a choice between the two. Recieving strikes was a lot of fun, it was my preference, but if someone was being an asshole, then it was more fun to stike with my block. They're great, practical techniques and they'll even work in the grappling arts, both ground and standing.
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Awsome! The more I watch your videos, the more I like your teaching sir!
i think in most karate classes this info is overlooked. I would love to see a demonstration of this receiving technique (If u can spare the time)
Thank-you for making this video!!! I trained at a gym with both traditional guys and modern MMA guys and they always laughed at the traditional guys and I'd always have to stand up to the purely MMA guys for them... They laugh at Kata's and stuff but of course did not realize I did MMA too;) always fun when sparring with em
Well they wouldnt be laughing if you used a soto uke to arm bar them
Or and age uke as an attack under their chin , both very unpleasant.
If the mma guys take the pass out of people doing kata , just ask the. If they practice on the speed ball for boxing training or shadow boxing, both look just as weird to an outsider, and you never fight in the same manner as you practice on a speed ball
I thought I was fairly well read on Karate before finding the " Karate Nerd , yet with every vedio with Jesse Sense I understand more every day . I have never tried learning any karate on line . But I am willing to give Jesse Sense a chance .
I like this guy! Intelligent and has a sense of humor 😃
I always saw ukes( blocks) as keys , or gates that open a way into your attacker. One must "receive an action" or an invitation to enter. So karate is very polite like that.😊
Hello from France senseï. Thanks for your easy english!
It Would Be Fantastic if you would please make a video on how to increase speed in blocking
Great explanation. I practice Wado Kai and we try and teach tai sabaki rather than "blocking" an attack.
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Better use "parry"- to deflect or fend something incoming to go a different direction. In this manner you are "receiving" as you did not stop or block the incoming. When you parry with the radial bone of your forearm and twist it against an incoming forearm, the radial bone will cause a "bite" on the other forearm. The parry in essece is also a counter attack.
Very good explanation
I always wondered why the twist was in there
"Don't be a Martial Artist - Be a SMARTial Artist" ....
*facepalm* haha
The Evil of a Tribulatuon is what makes you Laugh - Proverb
Outstanding explanation!
Twisting the arm does more than just help you roll with the punches though - it can also act as strike, allowing you to stun your opponent as you parry his attack.
Hello Jesse. Looking at the comments below, there's been dozens of requests to show the application of teaching. Is there a video link to show what you mean by receiving? The low blocks and inside forearm blocks I can see real world application such as and arm lock or passing a punch, but I've always been curious about the high block? Thank you!
"smartial artist" - man this one was smooth xD
nice video!
I'll keep that in mind if I don't get myself if I don't get messed up first I really wish I could have been learning these type of techniques could have helped I'll try to receive if I don't get myself beat up I'm trying to receive and send the energy back to my opponent with much force is possible still wish I could have these type of techniques it could have worked out fine if I had stayed in 2011 in my karate class he could have made everything better and everything much much greater it all depends on how you do well in martial arts 🥋☯️🙏😌🙏☯️🥋
You know what works better then those blocks, head movemnet, bobbing and weaving, good footwork, cutting angles and parry
Many aspects or opinions need to be incorporated into TKD. As a TKD practitioner, I see where "Korean Karate" is lacking from styles like Wado Ryu and Shotokan. Just look at full contact TKD and see how messy it looks compared to Okinawan style. I can see that the best experts in TKD are familiar with Japanese style.
Completely agree ‼️
Since in Greek there is a word to accurately translate uke we don't have to call it block but some white belts do it 😂. Anyway you are right, greetings from Greece
When I took karate I was told that the blocks were strikes as well.
Ha, you are pretty darn smart about martial arts. Good work!
Good video!
This is truth when attending a seminar from a high ranking shotokhan Japanese sensei a teacher of my friend .I train in Okinawa karate. We ask which is the best block he said .
Best block Bill san you no be there then you strike him .
It appears that these finer points (bunkai and oyo) are not taught or explained in Japanese karate. Could it be the Okinawans did not want the Japanese to have full understanding of karate?
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How to use karate blocks fast in street fght
The devil is in the details.
trustobey1016 YES🤔but the Details that fit with Precision, makes for a better Machine😃
But Karate traditional blocks are working in fight? I dont think so, do you have videos of real fights to show us?
Depends on you ,these techniques are all there to be mastered ,they are not just blocks ,they are also strikes ,each have their part to play in a certain situation , all depends on the individual and how well and how FAST he can execute them at the right moment in time ,the way they are in their basic format are just a blue print to enable students to correctly teach their limbs how to perform them ,once they are mastered and performed in free flow they look no different to any free flow fighting ,punches .kicks and elbow strikes and uke techniques , the ultimate aim of karate is there is no kamae or guard ,you flow freely soft as a water flow in the river and strike as hard as a rock for an instant before becoming soft as water again ... this video is quite good showing how an attack is received and using the attackers momentum and diverting his attack and unbalance him with body evasion and timing of course.
+nikolai OK So do you have any video clips of somebody doing a half movement in a real fight?
In order to do this properly you have to have insane speed and timing. I doubt anyone with the exception of karate Masters, and I do stress Masters, could demonstrate this. You have telegraph you opponents attack and know exactly where is going to land and meet the strongest point of the attack with you own focused force. Considering that you have to be at least twice as fast as you opponents attack to do that, this is not very practical, but if you can pull this off you're pretty damn insane.
+Brian Do you have any clip of, if not a real fight, then somebody doing that ? Perhaps it could work across weight categories where you have a very fast lightweight that is twice as fast as a heavyweight. But then boxing has ways to avoid a punch if you're quick.. floyd mayweather can get out of the way of punches pretty damn well and against people that are perhaps as fast as himself. Ah I see you commented somewherea on this video saying "This move is competently represented in Street Fighter V with Ryu's parry." so a character in a video game is the best example, well, better than nothing I suppose!
Parry?
yes, more of a parry
Beautiful, thanks!
We call them uke!😍
You are correct, but there is more to it if you delve deeper. Twisting on your opponent's nerves as you mash them against the bone.
Is that the Sankukai logo in the background?
No
It is a symbol from Okinawan culture right?
"Each block is a strike" - beginner. "One Hand Lies and the Other Tells the Truth". We use both hands when performing a block because the secondary hand that returns to chamber is the actual blocking hand. The hand that appears to block is actually performing a joint lock or bone break.
That'd be pretty cool, but why isn't it taught that way? I mean, it might be here and there, but the majority of karate dojo do not teach them to be bone breaks or joint locks.
@@waaagh3203 an unfortunate byproduct of the modernization of karate that took place when it was brought to mainland Japan
I don't like Fighting - May God help us
Your point of wiew make me think a lot and you used a nice and clear way to express it . Just I got it. Thank you. Oss!!
@@waaagh3203 Because many dojos train you but for sport, not for defense.
this technique is also very excellent for waxing your car
Chris Pia or painting a fence
Hahahaha
I understood that reference
Love that 😂
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Not merely a Karate master he's a philosopher, too! ^^
I've always refered to a block as a defensive strike, meant to redirect my opponent and draw them off balance, as well as inflict injury to the aatacking limb.
Zen may be stillness. I'm not Japanese (Iraqi Norwegian). If Zen is stillness, so is Defensive Block. Which means; I don't like Fighting. I'd like if God made that Cow accept me a Tiger. God, can you make me a Cow?! I myself urge you to accept Things as they are. Practise acceptance starting young. The perfect flower is a rare thing, you may spend you whole life looking for one, and it would not be a Wasted life.
@@lunarious87 I’m a martial artist but I can tell you one thing, only fools love to fight and martial arts are made for self defence and some are made for health.
draw them of balance, maybe, but try to "inflict injury" on a boxer's uppercut as it's heading for your chin. chances are you'll be out cold doing snorkling sounds on the floor before you know it.
I was taught this from day one in Okinawan Kempo. "blocking" was a Funakoshi thing. The concept was really "strike" as opposed to "block"
Shotokan made so much more sense to me once I asked myself "Maybe Gichin Funakoshi just wasn't very good at karate"?
Okinawan Kempo?
Hohan Soken Sensei in an interview many years ago said that there are no blocks in Karate.
The term Block was named by the Japanese as were all the names for techniques being used today. Okinawans had no names for any technique.
Nice Video, horrible pun! Keep up the good work jesse
I loved everything up until that point. Had a nice cringe-smile going there.
Yea. " Don't do thaaAtt.. :/. " was my reaction.
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I loved the video and the pun! 😃
Arigato, sensei. Much appreciated. It is not easy finding a high quality Karate school. Most schools here in the US are just belt factories.
The reality of Karate "blocks" is that they are actually parries. You are redirecting the energy of the attack away from the target.
I am not a Karate guy, however, I love the Smartial artist line. Great video. Thanks.
Good explanation of uke best practice both! Receive and block! They are two different principles. Receive when wish to draw in your opponent and use their energy and block when you wish to damage your opponents attacking weapon.
Laughing so freaking hard! "Smartial Artist"...
Best way block punch, no be there.
---Mr Miyagi
Excellent Jesse, as usual.
At last someone on UA-cam that actually knows what they are talking about . 🙏🏻
Lots of people know what they are talking about but just cant be bothered trying to correct others simply because they don't or won't listen.
except those moves do not work
i just realized that i DO NOT KNOW ANY BLOCKS its really strange
I sometimes call it redirecting.
Smartial artist.... awesome way of putting it. I now look at blocks in a different way
yeah, blocking is not good cos the stronger person will win.
Rolling with punch is deflection.
You're the athlean -x of karate ,bro
I'm not sure if that's a compliment 😂
Marvellous knowledges again 👏👏🙏
Nice quote by Mr. Funakoshi.
blockmasterscott 🤔? Do you practice Breaking by using Blocks😳 Just figured with a handle like BLOCKMASTERSCOTT🤔it would be MANDATORY🙂
My understanding, from studying bunkai, is the so-called "blocks" are actually strikes, or part of something else. Using "blocks" are far too slow. It's much more efficient, practical, and quicker to simply redirect a punch with your hands than trying to stop it. But that's just my opinion. I've learned that there is far more to martial arts than just what lies on the surface.
They can be all of the above, actually. Depends on the range of the attack. If it's a longe range attack, like a punch or kick, blocks work better with those. In medium range (too close for kicks and punches, but still too far for grappling), a parry or trap will do. Closer still, where an opponent can grab you, this is where it really gets fun. There you can use "blocks" to manipulate limbs and joints, perform chokes, elbow and neck cranks, takedowns, list goes on.
DOn't know if you've heard of Iain Abernethy, but his theories and applications on bunkai are top-notch, even modern martial-artists such MMA proponents love his work. Check him out, if you haven't already.
Agreed. Distance (Mai) plays an integral role in deciphering 'blocks'. These 'blocks' at the right mai can be turned into breaking movements and grappling. I myself eliminate distance from my opponents during kumite sessions, and use blocking movements as grappling.
People say I kumite like a boxer. But it is really how you interpret and adapt with your kata.
That is how I was taught in TKD, blocks can be used to strike or direct an attack away from the target.
Sean Hiatt when the earth was young I studied TKD. I don't recognize in today's classes much of what was drilled into me. If you block, hurt. If you kick use the ball of your foot, your heel or the edge not the top. The master of our set of schools had been Korean military and a presidential guard of some kind. His type of TKD wasn't designed around point fighting. Forgive me. I'm reminiscing.
Put tonfa in the hands and you have the 'something else'
Thank you Jesse for the video. I am just starting karate, and the more I learn the more my assumptions evaporate, the more sophisticated I find it as well. I am 43, I am really sore today. Growing muscle is painful over 40. I think your videos and what you are doing for the karate community at large is great. Even if people are watching and taking it to the local dojo it's great because it is correct! And Okinawan Karate should be talked about, I belong to a Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan school and your knowledge and attitude is great. Thx again!
oss, I'm from Chile, I am in the national team and wow, I really aprecciate these videos, your way to explain is pretty cool and interesting, you have a lot of knowledge , thank you for sharing it with us
you have won a subscriber haha
Oss, greetings from Chile
This move is competently represented in Street Fighter V with Ryu's parry.
There not blocking techniques there deflecting techniques allowing you to gain access to your opponents body and vital parts
u got the point!
jesse, this video is receiving a couple of negative comments, I think you should block them.
Hamburger Manwitch It's okay. I enjoy letting ignoramuses make fools of themselves in public.
Spot on Jesse👊
In my opinion this is not only correct, but also the most natural, and efficient way using «Uke-wasa»
And that`s why I beleive Dento Karate is more than a sport, but a fighting art with scientific principles⛩🇯🇵🙏🏼
I did kenpo for a few years in my teens when we would spar I didn't use these movements once, instead I noticed I would mainly parry the attacks it just felt more natural and comfortable I'm not saying they don't work just not my cup of tea
Sotouke, jodonuke, gaydonbery, I can't spell but, he is 100% correct!! That's what our sensei says everyday.
most of these moves are parries, deflections, not direct blocks. Blocks are likely to result in your being hurt, especially vs a club, or a hard kick. Try to just flee or evade the attacker by putting obtructions in his way, while you search for a weapon. If you cannot, always try to strike first. If you cannot, then dodge the blow. If you cannot, then parry the blow. If you cannot, then block it. If you cannot, move in such a way, exhaling as you do, to minimize the damage that the blow causes, and be certain to hurt him as much as possible with the same move, or 1/10th second after the blow hits you.
I would like to see Jesse in the ring against MMA guy to prove his point. You know exactly what will happen to Jesse.
Do I know? Which MMA guy? Bigger? Smaller? How skilled? What about outside the ring with improvised weapons? Still so sure?
Jesse has had a good few MMA fights they are on UA-cam I believe.
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Why is everyone always talking about this karate guy should fight in MMA,you can say that to a person that does SPORT karate,but an true person that does real karate for example, Okinawan karate,one thing in Okinawan karate the goal is 2 survive, and I'm not trying to make karate sound bigger but karate has a lot of open-handed strikes, so if an MMA fighter is going to fight a true martial artist make sure he takes the gloves off and not protect his pretty little hands🥋🥋☯️
Demo please, the math of "receive" still doesn't make sense:
Punch flying 100 milliseconds
"Receive" 100ms
Head dodging 50ms
Window of opportunity to counter-punch 100ms
That's still a block.
"That's still a block."
Shooting at someone that running toward you armed with a knife is also a block by your definition.
Big Mofo , then nothing is a block by your definition.
"then nothing is a block by your definition."
Block do exist, just not in karate.
more or a parry by his description...be a Smart-tial Artist haha. That line sucked
This is a bit misleading. These movements are blocks in the sense that they prevent a blow from striking a vital area. What Jesse describes is the difference between hard (stopping) and soft (receiving) blocks. That a rising forearm block rolls to dissipate energy adds that element of soft blocking (or redirection) to what appears to be a hard block. Additionally, in my style of Isshinryu, some blocks are considered strikes to the extremities that have their own sets of vulnerable pressure points. Research PC6, HT3, etc.
Good clip, bad pun at the end. Ouch. :)
Hi Jesse sensei, very good explanation of "karate blocks" meaning, purpose, and correct technique. Today I saw the wrists and forearms of a friend in my office, covered with large nasty looking black bruises. She trains Goju Ryu for about a year, she's a yellow or orange belt. She said she got those bruises in a kind of "blocking" training. I know that in Goju they work on forearms conditioning, but I don't think that was the point. Her forearms look quite badly bruised. I sent her the link for this video, I hope it will help. Thank you!
The root of a word or even its literal meaning may be a good argument but it may also be very misleading and simply wrong. 'Ukeru' is a verb which, as you said, means 'receive' (but also has many other meanings). 'Uke' is a noun that means 'receiver of technique/defence'. Therefore 'uchi ude uke' means 'inside arm defence', in other words it merely tells us which part of the arm receives (uses, defends, etc.) the attack. No matter, we need to consider what is actually happening as well as just semantics. We see a punch thrown, and we see it defended, or deflected to be precise. Perhaps 'defence' is better than 'block' or the literal translation 'receiver of technique': 'uchi ude uke' = 'inside arm defence' what say you? Rgds.
That makes a lot of sense. It's the same as the Uke in Aikido, the partner who receives/accepts the technique.
WoW 😮 this just keeps getting better. Never thought of a closed hand block as receiving always Controled Deflection or Hammer 🔨 Time on the opponents limbs😃 Open hands for Tai Sabaki Fence or for Grappling🤔 Hard for hammering Soft like Velcro for grappling🤪at least that’s how I’ve always thought of it🤔 But this Instruction video gives me something to develop further.
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Four young officers on a ‘routine’ call-out?
What are we not being told.
Tragic and dreadful. Condolences to all concerned.
Is this about systemic shortcomings?
Your right Jesse. I like the downward chop or other types of blocks to lung 5. Just after that with the same arm I strike gall blatter 20 an small intestine 18 with the AGE-UKE only it's not a block but a strike.
Practicing this will convince anyone that these blocks are actually strikes.... Owe an Jesse this is a death blow. It will some one. OSS sensei Vince Morris!
Hi Jesse enkamp I training in bujtsu Kai kempo karate
I have. Learn the sambo sticks how to use them against the a some one that is arm I would like to meet you in preson am getting my next belt in karate
i call these types of movemenst sidewards, downwards or upwards movements :P
Well said. I'll add by saying Blocks are attacks and attacks are blocks. I spar with friends. They say my blocks hurt. I always understood that since I was a git.
Wow 1 person on pootube that make sense for once. Nice video
The word for block in Taekwondo is Makki 만니. Could you break up this word also, please ?
Good point brother, we virw block for bkock and other reasons also. In the words of legendary Grandmaster Ernest Hyman " Be a martial scientist". USH.
I know open hand blocks like shuto-uke are meant to transition into grabs and punches, as well as strike the neck. Are uke meant to occupy and displace opponents hands in a offensive manner such as in fancy wing-chun demonstrations? Because in some cases waiting to time an uke seems out of place- that's what counterpunches are for. Uke-to-strike seems more sensible, performing uke near the opponents body for maximum disruption. Uke can disrupt a guard where a strike would fail.
It looks like a concept deliberately nerfed to sell something less brutal. When 'receiving', flowy, slippery moves that allow you to close the distance make more sense, while striking uke seems more offensive.
Yeah, if someone throws a punch, I'm not going to be worried about whether I'm blocking or receiving. My arms will go up, and that punch will not hit me. That's my only objective and it becomes muscle memory.
tell me mr Enkamp, have you ever blocked any real attack in your real life with any of those uke techniques? :) there's just too difficult to apply even for the most experienced martial artists in real fights. Has anybody ever seen any karateka 'receiving' an attack with soto uke or uchi uke in a kumite for instance? :)
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Were you using the set or the actual block in sparring?
Perhaps they're not meant to be blocks, Take a look at Vince Morris, Patrick McCarthy (even better) and Oyata's work. They'll open up another side of Karate to you..
Perhaps these so called blocks are more appropriate to self protection or self defense rather kumite or fighting. The distance (for blocking) in Kata is all wrong for Kumite.
Here's a thought for you, perhaps when the Okinawan's were formulating Kata's they buried weapon movements in the patterns? Take for example the upper block/ stepping punch combo, makes a whole lot more sense if you carrying sai's or tonfa's and you are blocking against a overhead attack from a Bo/ Sword attack.
My opinion anyways.
One thing people tend to forget is you can never use any technique all the time, every time. But there will be a few opportunities in a fight to use it. You're not going to use an uke technique on every punch. That is ridiculous. But when eventually find yourself in a position to do so, you can exploit it.
I'll compare it to a boxing parry. You're not going to parry every jab someone throws at you, but when you do, you're probably going to get a sweet counter punch in.
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I've used these blacks in combat and they're very effective. A well placed block against tender tissue is not a very good feeling to the recipient.
Not withstanding the fact that I have hurt (in the studio I've seen the twin bruises of my double block on the shins of older and higher belted brothers. We always went hard.) with my strikes, er, blocks. I get what you are saying. I've had off and on forays into Isshin-ryu via a dedicated student and bb. He was the first to show me gripping, grabbing, chin na in kata where all I saw was the "recovery" after a punch. How many bob have I seen in a tournament walk or stand with a fist chamber after a point or knock down I can't guess nor do I understand their need to follow kata in that matter. Maybe if they had a teacher like you or like mine... In this video I would have loved to have seen examples of receiving kicks and punches as well as what thee uke sets up but I pray thee sir not in the fashion of your style like the MA, and especially the Kung Fu magazines do, but as one would receive and follow up in a true self defense situation in which the attacker would only throw a haymaker if your back was to him. Please. After that horrible pun you owe it to your viewers. And thank you.
Not sure I agree. My interpretation has always been that "uke" (receiving) means broadly "this is what you do when somebody swings a punch at you". You are on the receiving end in that sense. But the "uke" itself isn't a block - it's a strike. They're blows to hit your opponent's face, arms, body etc. after he's tried to hit you (or as he's trying to hit you). In a real fight you're not going to get somebody punching for your face and you blocking it nicely with an age-uke while stepping backwards (though you can if you want). You're going to step forward and drive your age-uke into his chin as he punches, protecting yourself against his punch and simultaneously doing him damage. Or you're going to step forward and grab his arm with one hand just as he's starting to swing, and then slam your strength-conditioned forearm into his elbow with your soto-uke. They're not blocks in any sense but really just ways to do damage when you're about to be hit. Just my interpretation obviously.
True, that's why there are a lot of front moving blocks in katas e.g Heian (or Pinan) shodan. They aren't technically just blocks but block-punches or any other bunkai that works
No, it's not a block nor a strike, it's a parry.
yes, we too are of the philosophy that the block is not just a block, but a counter strike to the attack. our style is derived from Okinawa Shorin Ryu, we do various arm conditioning drills to desensitize our arms to impacts, so when we block it hurts the person attacking us.
A bit deeper meaning of what looks like a block.........a trapping and or grappling application. Just my .02 cents.
Actually the real meaning of karate blocks and other techniques is that those same techniques should work with weapons, e.g. if someone attacked you with a sword and you had tonfas, you could still defend using those same blocks. This is what the techniques were designed for. Thinking of and practicing karate as solely unarmed martial art is to ignore large parts of it and honestly if you're only interested in unarmed combat, you'd be better off training something like kickboxing or muay thai instead.
When i was a Teen, my Teacher told me that the Reason behind Age Uke and the other "Blocks" is to hurt your Opponent, and maybe, make him consider to end the Fight.
yes, but how about techniques like gedan barai or uchi uke? In these techniques (unlike in soto uke or age uke) the forearm rotates in counter sense of punch direction. So in this case will not be an absorbtion, a receiveng anymore. In my opinion some uke techniques have this purpose, some other not, but all have as purpose to provoque pain/schock to the opponent wrist/forearm. Is like hitting his forearm or shin, not just stopping or deflecting them.
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Calling a block could have something to do with the philosophy of "no first strike". Truth is these moves can be offensive or defensive.
thanks for the good vid