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Just Keep Turning Up

July 22, 2012 By Sensei Matt Klein

Just turning up is half the battle in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or any other martial art.

Just turning up is half the battle in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

As I lay in bed at 8 am on my first week of holiday, a very cold Sunday, I fought a pitched battle in my mind. Do I go to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu this morning or not? I felt tired after a full term of teaching kids karate, and was having a very hard time motivating myself. I was losing this battle as I pushed the snooze alarm.

How many times does this happen? When I asked a wise old sensei years ago how to succeed in martial arts he gave me some very good advice. He said, sagely with a gleam in his eye, “Just keep turning up. When you’re happy, keep turning up. When you’re sad, keep turning up. When you’re tired, keep turning up. When you’re ill, keep turning up. If fact whatever else is going on, make training your one point of calmness. Just keep turning up”.

Only four of us turned up that Sunday, but as I stepped onto the mat, a surge of energy washed over me as I was joined by three of the keenest guys in the club. Three and a half hours later, after many drills and rolling, I walked out of there, soaked in sweat. I felt on top of the world, and made a quantum leap that day in my game. I smiled as I walked down the street, feeling the wisdom of ages the old sensei tried to pass on to me years ago. Just keep turning up.

Filed Under: For the Martial Artist

Be Humble, For There is Always Someone Better

April 28, 2012 By Sensei Matt Klein

 

Be humble for there will always be someone better

Becoming Humble

I like to tell my karate kids on their awards ceremony, be proud inside, but be humble on the outside, for there is always someone better. When they lose in a karate game, I tell them it is always important to be a good loser for the same reason—there will always be someone better. Maybe not right now, but down the line an outstanding player will appear that will be better than you. You may be the gold medalist in the Olympics, but will you always be the best in the world? No, that is life.

A Lesson in Humility

As a recent recipient of the blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, I started feeling pretty sure of myself when able to tap out the white belts. Then along comes a higher-ranked purple belt, substantially smaller than me, who can tap me out at will. I needed it to remind myself there is always someone better, and also to remind myself that there is lots of work ahead. This can be discouraging if you let it, but it also motivates you to train harder.

The Mark of a True Champion–Humility

The most important lesson of humility is empathy. You need to wear a loser’s shoes so you know what it feels like to lose. It will make you a better winner. The purple belt told me I had a strong defence, but just needed to make a few adjustments. I felt much better. And unselfishly, he showed me how to shut down some of his attacks for next time. Now there is a true champion and a master instructor.

What have you learned about being humble in your life?

Filed Under: For the Martial Artist

The Karate Kiai and What it Means

April 6, 2012 By Sensei Matt Klein

Karate kid shouting his kiai

A good loud karate kiai will make you stronger, protect you, and scare your opponent.

There is a science behind using your voice as a weapon, or kiaijutsu, as Japanese masters call it. It is the projection of ki, or internal energy, and manifests itself in the Kiai, or “martial arts shout”. With this energy you penetrate, like an arrow, your opponent’s spirit.

The Kiai Startles Your Opponent

There is great power in sound. It is your best weapon on the street, I always tell my students. As your attacker attempts to grab you, let out a blood-curdling scream in his face. It will startle even the most hardened of criminals, even if only for a second—long enough for you to strike or run. It puts the attacker on the defensive straight away.

The Kiai Makes You Strong

The shout helps with any heavy exertion. This is why you hear power lifters and tennis players do it. It also serves to “amp you up”, or get primed for combat.

The Kiai Protects You

The exhalation of air from the lungs, combined with tensing of the abdominal muscles when shouting, strengthens and protects the torso from strikes or kicks. It also prevents the habit of nervously holding the breath while engaging in combat.

A loud yell will also attract the attention of bystanders, who may be able to come to your assistance, if needed.

The Kiai Must be Practiced

Practice the Kiai in during training as often as possible. It should come from the gut or diaphragm, not the throat, much like breathing in yoga or playing a musical instrument. It is a skill worth mastering. Some say that masters of the art are actually able to freeze multiple opponents, push people backwards, or even knock people over with this skill. What is your experience with the karate kiai?

Filed Under: For the Martial Artist

How To Be a Great Martial Arts Training Partner

March 11, 2012 By Sensei Matt Klein

A black belt helping their martial arts training partner to learn

A good martial arts training partner will help their opponent taste success by letting them perform their escapes.

What Makes a Bad Martial Arts Training Partner?

A bad martial arts training partner is easy to spot:

“The big white belt was completely exhausted by the end of the three minutes of rolling. I held him in mounted position for almost the whole time, stifling his every attempt at escape. Gee, won’t the black belts be impressed.”

“I tapped the dude out seven times in three minutes. Man, I’m awesome. Wait until I tell everyone”.

“The guy did not score a single point on me. Wow, am I getting good! I wonder who was watching. Where is the teacher when you need them?”

Unfortunately, there is one in every academy, dojo, kwoon, or training hall. A big ego has gotten in the way again. One result: many of their martial arts training partners will quit before they have had a chance to develop their skills, out of frustration and a feeling of failure. A crying shame, and not only that, they will tell everyone they know about the “cruddy school where they took martial arts”. Another result: no one will want to spar with “that guy” anymore, and he will not progress.

Saulo Ribeiro, one of the world’s top Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu experts, puts it best in his book, Jiu-Jitsu University; “I cannot have a top student take the Mount and expect a white or blue belt to escape. This is because the school’s blue, purple, and brown belts all know the same techniques. With everyone sharing the same knowledge, the upper belts can stifle the progression of new and white belts! How can a white belt progress? By feeling how a good student can put him in danger and then working the escape. That’s the only way for him to train escapes as a white belt. The upper belt benefits by fine-tuning his timing and sharpening his submissions.”

John Will, one of Australia’s top BJJ coaches, added this; “Great partners are those kinds of people that will work with us to help us solve problems – and we are great partners when we respond in kind. Problem solving is more often than not, a collaboration. Two minds working on a problem are far more likely to come up with a workable solution than is a solitary effort. A great martial arts training partner has us leaving the mat with a smile on our face and looking forward to geting back there as soon as possible – a bad training partner has exactly the opposite effect”.

The moral of the story: put your ego aside and let your training partner taste success, and everyone will benefit. Even you.

Please read my post for more on ego in the martial arts.

Filed Under: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, For the Martial Artist

Never Give Up | Anything can happen in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

September 16, 2011 By Sensei Matt Klein

Never give up

Never give up

In a no gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class a few weeks back a guy was monstering me all over the mat. He passed my guard like a hot knife through butter, got into side-control, and after a few seconds, mounted me. Was able to buck him off but soon ended up in his guillotine choke. Used a classic over-the-shoulder defence to shut it down, but before long he had me in back control, hooks in.

By then I was exhausted, as I struggled to fight off his attempts for a rear naked choke hold. But the battle was tiring him as well and fatigue invites us all to make mistakes. He made one—crossing his feet over my legs. Remembering the defence I learned years ago, I swung my right foot over his ankles and leaned back on him. Felt the tap instantly.

On more than one occasion I have been on the other side of this story. Just when I thought I was getting the better of someone on the mat, they turned the tide, and tapped me out. That is the nature of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

The moral of the story—never give up, even against a superior grappler. It ain’t over till it’s over. As long as you are fighting, you are still in the game.

“Never, never, never give up!”
~ Winston Churchill

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. ”
~ Unknown

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
~ Albert Einstein

Filed Under: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, For the Martial Artist

A Shortcut on the Road to Mastery

August 26, 2011 By Sensei Matt Klein

Karate master

To become a karate master takes time--and especially, passion.

We all like shortcuts. Saves energy, saves time. Delayed gratification? Life is short. You need to get your 10,000 hours in. There is no shortcut for that. Or is there?

Let me share with you a simple secret to achieving mastery sooner rather than later. Choose your profession wisely. Make your passion your profession. Why?

By making your passion your profession, you will be spending at least 40 hours a week doing it. Do the math. Those 10,000 hours will take a lot less time than someone who does it as a hobby. A bonus—you are getting paid to become a master.

For example, I have been teaching martial arts professionally full-time since 1994. At five days a week it has been a much quicker learning curve than someone who dabbled in it, maybe training once or twice a week. For most of those years I trained outside of class in other martial arts or doing private training. I have never looked at this as work, to me it was great fun.

How do you discover your passion? For me it was simple. I went back to high school, even grade school and tried to remember when I was happiest. It sprung out at me without a great deal of thought—the athletics field. Physical education, recess, lunch hour, after-school sports. I spent every second chasing after balls or people, never sitting still for a minute. I still remember Mom reading the report cards from school, always a variation of the same theme, “Matt has a hard time being still and concentrating”. I still find it difficult to stand still. Why fight it? I now move for a living. A master? Maybe, but there is always something new to master.

A Shortcut on the Road to Mastery is an original post by Sensei Matt Klein.

 

Filed Under: For the Martial Artist

Take a Chance

June 18, 2011 By Sensei Matt Klein

Asparagus is now my favorite vegetable.

Asparagus is now my favorite vegetable. I would never have known if I hadn't tried it. You must take a chance in life.

When I was a kid I hated asparagus. Why? I thought the name sounded awful. What a dumb reason!I tried it as an adult and it is now my favorite vegetable. I eat it three or four days a week. Same with baby spinach. I tried canned spinach as a child and hated it. Fresh spinach is worlds away from the canned variety. I just assumed that all spinach tasted the same. Big mistake.

The fact is, every thing you now enjoy was once a new experience. You now eat chocolate because you gave it a try years ago. You train in martial arts because you had the courage to try something new, even though at the back of your mind you thought, “maybe I’ll get hurt or look like a fool”. See my recent post, Martial Arts | Ego is Not Your Friend.

I never tried to draw anything for most of my 52 years of life. Why? Because someone at some stage of my early school years told me I was a “rubbish artist”. I believed it. Recently I tried Chinese Calligraphy and taught myself to draw using a tracing method. I’m not going to be another Picasso, but I’m not bad, and I’ve discovered calligraphy and drawing are very useful skills. And like the martial arts, these activities are very Zen in that you are “in the moment” when doing them. They are extremely relaxing activities.

I am now learning and teaching MMA. It has been especially rewarding as I can see how it ties everything together in the martial arts. It has given me new focus and enthusiasm for the martial arts and for learning. I’ve had parents tell me their children are really jazzed about MMA. A bonus—it gets you fit big time.

A wise teacher once said to me as a kid, “don’t waste your precious time watching other people live their lives on TV. Get out there and live your own! Take a chance and try something new. The world is a big place and there are many places to see and things to do. Your life will be better for it.

Filed Under: For the Martial Artist

Happy Birthday to Kids Karate Sensei | Who Inspires Me?

May 8, 2011 By Sensei Matt Klein

Kids karate sensei

The kids karate sensei is still a white belt in blogging, but learning a lot.

Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday……well, you get the picture. Today our blog is one year old.  When I wrote the first post on the 8th of May, 2010 entitled Kids Karate Sensei Becomes White Belt Again, I had no idea what I was doing. Still don’t. But I know more about blogging than when I started. That was 52 blog posts ago. Still heaps to learn.

This blog has been a great experience for me. I have learned much about blogging, but more important, have strengthened my background in my speciality, martial arts for children, in a big way. I have become a better writer. Blogging forces you to make your point quickly, or you will lose your audience. As a bonus, I have made many friends all over the world online through my Kids Karate Sensei blog.

Blogging is demanding. Each week for the last 52 weeks I have had to come up with a topic, research it, and write about it–whether I felt like it or not. And believe me, there were days when I did not feel like it. But I made it. I had two secrets—passion and inspiration.

Passion and Inspiration are the Keys

Let’s talk about passion first. Passion is what drives us in our careers and our hobbies. Luckily for me, I chose a profession and blog niche that just happens to be my passion. I get paid for “playing martial arts” as a kids karate sensei. I could literally train in it, talk about it, and write about it all day long. That gives me an unfair advantage. I’ll take it.

Inspiration—it is everywhere. It is what motivates us to be our best. Here are some martial artists that inspire me.

Who Inspires the Kids Karate Sensei?

Muhammad Ali. Ali spoke up for what he believed in. He even went to jail for it. His views were unpopular at the time, but nevertheless, he was brave enough to stand up for them. As the son of a hard-nosed US Marine, I would have gone to battle in Viet Nam had I been a few years older. But Ali made a lot of people question this war. History ended up being on Ali’s side.

Ali talked trash, but not in a devious way. He made it more friendly, and it was obvious he was not serious, just drumming up his fights. He was a master at this. And most of all, he could back it up. When he said, “I am the greatest!”, you laughed, but at the same time believed it. You could feel his confidence.

I was able to meet him years ago. Last September, I wrote The Night I Met Muhammad Ali: Getting What You Want Out of Life.

Georges St-Pierre in action

Georges St-Pierre is inspiring with his sheer athleticism and warrior's attitude.

Georges St-Pierre. His work ethic. His warrior attitude. His respect. His sheer athleticism. What is there not to admire? What I would to to train with him.

UFC President Dana White said, “He’s got a ton of charisma, he is probably the most athletic guy in MMA, every time he fights he gets better and better, and realistically, I’d have him up there at the top of the list with one or two of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world”.

John Will. I have a pretty high energy level and work rate, but keeping up with this guy is like a weekend jogger trying to match it with Olympic distance runners in the New York Marathon. Check out his blog posts at Brazilian Jujitsu Australasia and you will see what I mean. He writes something (and something very meaningful) almost every day. This from a guy who constantly travels around the world imparting his vast knowledge of Brazilian Jujitsu to his far-ranging students, writing countless books, producing outstanding videos, and running his own very successful school in Geelong, Australia. John is the highest ranking BJJ expert in Australia. John, you make me tired thinking about it, but you inspire me greatly at the same time.

Bruce Lee. Every time I watch a Bruce Lee film I am inspired for days. What he could do with his body was amazing. His speed, strength, flexibility, and timing were legendary. But what really inspired me about Bruce Lee was his passion, willingness to try new things, and incredible thirst for knowledge of martial arts. He lived and breathed martial arts.

How did Bruce Lee find the time and energy to read thousands of books, write his own, act in movies, teach others, and train like he did?

Cristiane Cyborg Santos. Santos is currently the #1-ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world. She is a human wrecking ball. Her biggest problem; getting people to fight her. This is a shame. After I watched her in action for the first time, I was hooked. Santos holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is also a member of the Chute Boxe Academy, which is the proving ground for one of Brazil’s largest sports, Vale Tudo.

photo of Cristiane Cyborg Santos

Cristiane Cyborg Santos is a "human wrecking ball". Her biggest problem is finding opponents that are willing to fight her.

Our Kenpo tribe. Our girls and boys, men and women, who have put themselves on the line in tournaments. Our kids patiently learning new techniques. Our great instructors, who are able to impart their knowledge in a friendly, non-intimidating atmosphere. Our supportive parents, who are there for the children every week. They all inspire me.

And a non-martial artist who has inspired me.

Jessica Watson. For someone to sail around the world solo, it is an amazing feat. But Jessica was sixteen years old when she did it. The achievement speaks for itself. Read about it here on my blog post, entitled Karate Kids and the Jessica Watson Story.

Who inspires you?

 

Happy Birthday to Kids Karate Sensei | Who Inspires Me? is an original blog post by Sensei Matt Klein.

Filed Under: For the Martial Artist, For the Martial Arts Instructor

Learn the Winning Secrets of Georges St-Pierre

April 30, 2011 By Sensei Matt Klein

Georges St. Pierre secrets

Georges St. Pierre showed us what it takes to be a champion


Tomorrow Georges St-Pierre (GSP) defends his UFC Welterweight Championship for the sixth time. Regardless of the outcome GSP is and will continue to be known as one of the best pound-for-pound mixed martial artists on the planet. What can he teach us that can help us be our best? Here are some of his top secrets. Learn them and you may someday follow in his footsteps.

Focus—GSP is a master of Zen-like focus

When asked about fighting UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, St-Pierre said “I don’t even think about this right now,” at a press conference before his fight with Jake Shields on the 30th of April. “I never thought about it. I always live in the present moment, and my biggest problem is Jake Shields”. It is a characteristic of all great champions to focus on the task at hand, and never overlook the current challenge.

Fear—GSP lets fear drive him to victory

“I’m always scared,” said St-Pierre. “I’m scared to lose. I’m scared to let my training partners down by losing”. I’m scared that I’ll make a mistake and I’ll lose”, he said recently in an interview with UFC Australia Magazine. This fear drives him to bring his best to the cage. It also illustrates that it is natural to be afraid.

Work ethic is the key

GSP has one of the toughest work ethics in the business. He is known as the world’s hardest working fighter for a reason. Having grown up on a farm outside Quebec, Canada, GSP knows hard work. His father set an example as a very hard worker that GSP was determined to follow. GSP wants success bad enough to put in hours upon hours of work in the gym.

Thirst for knowledge

GSP stops at nothing to learn what it takes to stay on top. He has trained with the best including boxing trainer Freddie Roach, MMA legend Greg Jackson, trainer Firas Zahabi, New Zealand grappling expert John Danaher, Muay Thai trainer Phil Nurse, and BJJ expert Renzo Gracie. St-Pierre has black belts in BJJ, Kyokushin karate, and Jackson’s Gaidojutsu. He has even trained with the Canadian Olympic Wrestling Team.

“I always train with better wrestlers than me, better boxers than me, better jujitsu guys than me,” Georges St-Pierre says. “When you train with people who are better than you, it keeps challenging you”. This thirst for knowledge has taken GSP all over the world in an effort to train with the best.

Respect for his teachers

GSP shows the utmost respect for his coaches, according to sources close to him. He listens intently to what he is taught, absorbs it, then drills it over and over until he is ready to use it. The mark of a great champion is this ability to respect the judgement and experience of the teacher and take on their advice. This respect carries over to his opponents, as we saw above.

“There isn’t a better style — that’s a lie. There is better person but not a better style,” said GSP. This shows his respect for all martial arts.

Rituals are important

GSP is known to post photos of himself on the wall of his dressing room before fights. He wrote on the photo before the last fight, “On the 27th of March in New Jersey, I will beat Dan Hardy and remain the champion”. He has done this before every fight.

Visualization works

Fans saw how important visualization was during the 29-year-old’s tenure as coach on “The Ultimate Fighter 12”. Many thought it was an act when he made his understudies role play the next day’s fight activities, even going as far as arranging an entrance walk while team-mates cheered. GSP did the exact same thing just hours before the biggest fight of his career.

Goal is to reach the top

Underlying each of the secrets listed here is his desire to be the best. It drives him in every way, from his work ethics, respect, focus, and fear. What does it take to be a UFC Champion? “A desire to turn your name into a legacy,” says George St. Pierre

GSP is up-front about his goal; to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He is nearly there.

Filed Under: For the Martial Artist, MMA

Martial Arts Training: How Much Do You Remember?

February 20, 2011 By Sensei Matt Klein

kids performing kicks in a martial arts class

Years of training in martial arts make the student unlikely to forget his or her techniques in an emergency.

Do you ever forget your martial arts training?

Last month I ran into a father of one of my ex-students, who I have seen socially over the years. His daughter Jessie, was about eight years old when she started with us, and continued on until about eleven, when she dropped out as a green belt. High school became more demanding, and she was a very busy girl. I remember her as a conscientious, hard-working student with an excellent attitude, one who probably would have obtained her black belt if she had remained with us.

Jessie remembered her martial arts training

As we got to talking, the father said martial arts was the best thing for Jessie as it increased her self-confidence in a big way. He then told me a story about something that happened to Jessie, now 20, recently. At a nightclub, another girl started a fight with Jessie. Although Jessie did everything she could to avoid the confrontation, the girl took a swing at her. She responded by dropping the attacker with a front snap kick, knocking the wind out of her. She did not seriously hurt her, but after the kick, the girl wanted no part of Jessie.

This happened nine years after Jessie dropped out of karate. She remembered what we had taught her when it really mattered. The many hundreds of snap kicks Jessie performed in her classes years ago were part of her muscle memory. I was not surprised by this as I’ve had many students return to us after several years off, and they pick up where they left off amazingly fast.

Do you have any similar stories about remembering (or forgetting) martial arts training after several years? In an emergency, does it come back quickly for everyone or do most forget it? I would like to hear from you.

Filed Under: For the Martial Artist

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The confidence karate has given Tyvian is amazing. He is takes pride in himself and he has matured. The focus, confidence and discipline he has gained through karate has transferred to other areas of his life such as educational tasks, looking after younger children both in and out of his family and demonstrating empathy for others.Robert-Macfarlane
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