1 00:00:11,042 --> 00:00:27,117 2 00:00:27,167 --> 00:00:28,784 This is not a "Rocky" story. 3 00:00:28,834 --> 00:00:30,784 I'm too old to be a champion. 4 00:00:30,834 --> 00:00:33,241 It's not about winning the girl, I'm happily married. 5 00:00:33,291 --> 00:00:36,950 And it's not about payback for the wrongful death of my father. 6 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,076 My father died of natural causes. 7 00:00:40,126 --> 00:00:41,033 My name is David Liban. 8 00:00:41,083 --> 00:00:44,867 I'm a full-time professor at the University of Colorado Denver, 9 00:00:44,917 --> 00:00:50,075 where I teach film and television production. 10 00:00:50,125 --> 00:00:55,492 I'm a husband and a father of two young boys. 11 00:00:55,542 --> 00:00:59,241 This film is about my personal journey to achieve my black belt 12 00:00:59,291 --> 00:01:02,450 in Shotokan Karate before I turn 50. 13 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:04,825 I was 46 when I began as a white belt 14 00:01:04,875 --> 00:01:09,450 and 47 when I began work on this film. 15 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:13,617 I will be testing for my brown belt in January of 2012. 16 00:01:13,667 --> 00:01:17,700 There are three degrees of brown so my journey to black belt 17 00:01:17,750 --> 00:01:21,742 is still a ways away. 18 00:01:21,792 --> 00:01:25,617 After the birth of our second son, I was 46. 19 00:01:25,667 --> 00:01:29,158 I was experiencing mild depression despite my career, 20 00:01:29,208 --> 00:01:32,200 happy marriage, and my lovely family. 21 00:01:32,250 --> 00:01:34,991 Where are your pants? 22 00:01:35,041 --> 00:01:35,784 Oh, here they are. 23 00:01:35,834 --> 00:01:38,367 I knew I should be enjoying life but I was feeling like 24 00:01:38,417 --> 00:01:40,700 the world was closing in on me. 25 00:01:40,750 --> 00:01:43,450 I gained 30 pounds since my college days 26 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:46,283 and really feeling my age. 27 00:01:46,333 --> 00:01:52,533 I needed a change and for me, that change was karate. 28 00:01:52,583 --> 00:01:54,825 Because it's going to be a push to reach this goal before 29 00:01:54,875 --> 00:01:58,241 I'm 50, I sought out advice from high ranking black belts 30 00:01:58,291 --> 00:02:02,909 from varying styles to see if they had any advice for me. 31 00:02:02,959 --> 00:02:04,117 Well, there, you said it right there. 32 00:02:04,167 --> 00:02:08,117 You said, do you have any advice for me in my pursuit 33 00:02:08,167 --> 00:02:09,075 of learning martial arts? 34 00:02:09,125 --> 00:02:11,909 Because if you said getting my black belt, I would have said, 35 00:02:11,959 --> 00:02:16,034 go learn martial arts, so you've already got that right. 36 00:02:16,084 --> 00:02:20,117 If you want to be a young athletic competitor, 37 00:02:20,167 --> 00:02:22,075 then it's probably best to start younger. 38 00:02:22,125 --> 00:02:23,617 I have a student who's 80. 39 00:02:23,667 --> 00:02:28,075 I have known other students who were approaching 90 40 00:02:28,125 --> 00:02:31,158 so there really isn't any top end at all. 41 00:02:31,208 --> 00:02:34,825 Maybe become younger because karate is like 42 00:02:34,875 --> 00:02:40,700 using all your body muscles, from feet way up to the face, 43 00:02:40,750 --> 00:02:43,700 100 percent using all different muscles. 44 00:02:43,750 --> 00:02:46,617 MAN: Sensei Swain said that it's going to be minimum 45 00:02:46,667 --> 00:02:49,075 four to five years to get a black belt. 46 00:02:49,125 --> 00:02:50,951 He hasn't been training that long 47 00:02:51,001 --> 00:02:54,116 so it kind of makes me wonder, can he do it? 48 00:02:54,166 --> 00:02:56,533 SENSEI SWAIN: Sometimes it's that person who puts one foot 49 00:02:56,583 --> 00:03:00,116 in front of the other every day and keeps coming and coming 50 00:03:00,166 --> 00:03:07,367 and coming and coming and making that little improvement. 51 00:03:07,417 --> 00:03:10,450 DAVID: These pebbles represent my karate training. 52 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:14,659 For each hour of karate training I give myself one pebble, 53 00:03:14,709 --> 00:03:22,325 one hour equals one pebble. 54 00:03:22,375 --> 00:03:26,033 How many pebbles and jars will I need in order to 55 00:03:26,083 --> 00:03:28,116 get my back belt? 56 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:33,076 We shall see. 57 00:03:33,126 --> 00:03:35,950 I've always been impressed with the notion of the black belt. 58 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,991 It seemed like something that was unreachable, 59 00:03:38,041 --> 00:03:43,951 something you see in movies, not something real or tangible. 60 00:03:44,001 --> 00:03:47,241 A black belt carries with it the aura of secret skill 61 00:03:47,291 --> 00:03:50,700 imbued with hidden powers and mystical abilities. 62 00:03:50,750 --> 00:03:53,076 Someone who can kill you with their bare hands 63 00:03:53,126 --> 00:03:55,991 faster than you can reach for the remote. 64 00:03:56,041 --> 00:03:57,200 (screaming) 65 00:03:57,250 --> 00:04:01,659 I'd like to know what that power feels like, oh, but wait... 66 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:04,159 That's probably a lot of work and a lot of time 67 00:04:04,209 --> 00:04:07,492 and I'd get all sweaty and maybe even hurt myself. 68 00:04:07,542 --> 00:04:09,575 All the reasons why I could not do it always seemed 69 00:04:09,625 --> 00:04:13,700 more powerful than my desire to actually just go for it. 70 00:04:13,750 --> 00:04:16,825 All these perceptions that I've attached to the black belt 71 00:04:16,875 --> 00:04:19,700 was based on a childish view of the martial arts 72 00:04:19,750 --> 00:04:24,742 perpetuated by the media. 73 00:04:24,792 --> 00:04:26,283 Who are you, huh? 74 00:04:26,333 --> 00:04:28,241 Take off your mask. 75 00:04:28,291 --> 00:04:29,992 Remember what Miyagi said... 76 00:04:30,042 --> 00:04:32,825 MR. MIYAGI: Karate come from heart. 77 00:04:32,875 --> 00:04:33,659 (kids cheering) 78 00:04:33,709 --> 00:04:36,700 I will show no mercy. 79 00:04:36,750 --> 00:04:38,951 TV: Discover the secrets of karate with 80 00:04:39,001 --> 00:04:40,991 "Karate Kid" Action Figure. 81 00:04:41,041 --> 00:04:42,659 MR. MIYAGI: Concentrate Daniel-san. 82 00:04:42,709 --> 00:04:45,492 MAN: Media drives everything is the truth, like the martial arts 83 00:04:45,542 --> 00:04:47,909 were nothing until the "Karate Kid." 84 00:04:47,959 --> 00:04:48,909 Once the "Karate Kid" came out, 85 00:04:48,959 --> 00:04:51,700 every kid wanted to study karate. 86 00:04:51,750 --> 00:04:53,659 DAVID: I loved Mr. Miyagi. 87 00:04:53,709 --> 00:04:56,117 He's one of those iconic Hollywood characters 88 00:04:56,167 --> 00:04:58,450 that we all know and love. 89 00:04:58,500 --> 00:05:01,034 Wax on, wax off. 90 00:05:01,084 --> 00:05:03,991 He was this cute, funny, and kind man 91 00:05:04,041 --> 00:05:06,617 with a hidden talent to kick ass. 92 00:05:06,667 --> 00:05:08,659 (fly buzzing) 93 00:05:08,709 --> 00:05:12,117 He's the ultimate father figure in the 1984 film 94 00:05:12,167 --> 00:05:13,825 "The Karate Kid." 95 00:05:13,875 --> 00:05:15,533 The character of Daniel didn't have a father 96 00:05:15,583 --> 00:05:19,159 and he meets Mr. Miyagi who ends up filling those shoes. 97 00:05:19,209 --> 00:05:24,200 As a result, he gets a car, the girl, karate expertise, 98 00:05:24,250 --> 00:05:25,825 and a big trophy. 99 00:05:25,875 --> 00:05:28,367 Not too bad for waxing the car. 100 00:05:28,417 --> 00:05:31,033 I think students coming to an actual dojo want to learn 101 00:05:31,083 --> 00:05:35,617 martial arts and not be waxing cars or painting fences. 102 00:05:35,667 --> 00:05:38,159 I've had a little bit of Mr. Miyagi in that person, 103 00:05:38,209 --> 00:05:42,117 a little bit in that person, but I don't have one Mr. Miyagi type 104 00:05:42,167 --> 00:05:46,492 person, but I would sure love to have a Mr. Miyagi. 105 00:05:46,542 --> 00:05:50,867 One time when I was a little kid this bully was picking on me. 106 00:05:50,917 --> 00:05:52,116 The kid's name was Neil. 107 00:05:52,166 --> 00:05:53,450 How old were you? 108 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:54,241 I was probably 10 or 11. 109 00:05:54,291 --> 00:05:57,200 I used to live right near a park and so we'd go to the park and 110 00:05:57,250 --> 00:06:01,492 play and Neil was there one day and I said something to him 111 00:06:01,542 --> 00:06:02,033 that insulted him. 112 00:06:02,083 --> 00:06:03,033 He told me he was going to kill me. 113 00:06:03,083 --> 00:06:05,450 I didn't think that meant he was going to punch me. 114 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:07,158 I thought he was going to kill me. 115 00:06:07,208 --> 00:06:09,408 He wanted to try to kill you? 116 00:06:09,458 --> 00:06:10,909 He wanted to beat me up. 117 00:06:10,959 --> 00:06:12,034 Neil was hunting the neighborhood. 118 00:06:12,084 --> 00:06:13,950 He was riding his bike around the neighborhood 119 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,158 trying to find me and I was hiding from him. 120 00:06:17,208 --> 00:06:19,034 I was really afraid to go out. 121 00:06:19,084 --> 00:06:20,991 I didn't have any kind of fighting skills 122 00:06:21,041 --> 00:06:23,117 and he was a bigger kid than I was, 123 00:06:23,167 --> 00:06:27,117 so I thought maybe my dad would protect me. 124 00:06:27,167 --> 00:06:28,076 My dad was a math professor. 125 00:06:28,126 --> 00:06:31,825 He wasn't a fighting guy at all so I went to the park with him 126 00:06:31,875 --> 00:06:34,991 and I thought I would just sic my dad on him and he said, 127 00:06:35,041 --> 00:06:38,117 "Oh, you brought your dad with you, I see." 128 00:06:38,167 --> 00:06:39,867 And my dad didn't do anything. 129 00:06:39,917 --> 00:06:40,617 He just watched me. 130 00:06:40,667 --> 00:06:41,992 He didn't know why he was even there. 131 00:06:42,042 --> 00:06:44,991 In hindsight, I should have just faced him even if he punched me. 132 00:06:45,041 --> 00:06:48,241 You thought that your dad was going to get Neil. 133 00:06:48,291 --> 00:06:52,159 I shouldn't have tried to have my dad protect me. 134 00:06:52,209 --> 00:06:53,950 How would Miyagi have handled it? 135 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,575 Maybe just as my father did. 136 00:06:55,625 --> 00:06:58,116 Ultimately, my father let me face the kid 137 00:06:58,166 --> 00:06:59,241 just by being there. 138 00:06:59,291 --> 00:07:01,950 His presence gave me a false sense of security so that 139 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,742 I was able to stop hiding and come face to face with Neil. 140 00:07:05,792 --> 00:07:17,700 Maybe my father had some Miyagi in him after all. 141 00:07:17,750 --> 00:07:20,116 Sensei is the Japanese word for teacher 142 00:07:20,166 --> 00:07:22,992 and my teacher is Sensei Gary Swain. 143 00:07:23,042 --> 00:07:26,076 He's been training and teaching in Shotokan Karate for over 144 00:07:26,126 --> 00:07:36,867 40 years and he holds a seventh degree black belt. 145 00:07:36,917 --> 00:07:38,700 SENSEI SWAIN: Basically, the instructor or the Sensei 146 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:44,200 in a dojo is the father figure to the dojo. 147 00:07:44,250 --> 00:07:47,117 I'm not looking for him to be my spiritual guide. 148 00:07:47,167 --> 00:07:49,325 I'm not looking for him to be my father. 149 00:07:49,375 --> 00:07:52,533 I purely want him to be my karate teacher and he is 150 00:07:52,583 --> 00:07:55,241 probably one of the best ones I've ever encountered. 151 00:07:55,291 --> 00:07:56,992 Structure is always the same. 152 00:07:57,042 --> 00:07:57,241 Ok. 153 00:07:57,291 --> 00:07:59,867 How long the stance is, how wide it is -- 154 00:07:59,917 --> 00:08:03,951 If I thought all I was doing was teaching people how to kick 155 00:08:04,001 --> 00:08:06,951 and punch and block, I'd quit tomorrow. 156 00:08:07,001 --> 00:08:08,742 That's teaching violence. 157 00:08:08,792 --> 00:08:10,283 I don't want to teach violence. 158 00:08:10,333 --> 00:08:15,033 Karate is a method of honing the body and the mind 159 00:08:15,083 --> 00:08:21,867 so that you can use it to protect yourself. 160 00:08:21,917 --> 00:08:24,450 DAVID: Just like the second grader is no less significant 161 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:27,158 than the college student, the white belt student 162 00:08:27,208 --> 00:08:30,825 is no less significant than the black belt student. 163 00:08:30,875 --> 00:08:33,200 They are just at different stages of their education. 164 00:08:33,250 --> 00:08:35,617 WOMAN: Stepping into the dojo for the first time and watching 165 00:08:35,667 --> 00:08:39,200 a class or going on the floor can be quite intimidating and 166 00:08:39,250 --> 00:08:42,617 I would always encourage anybody to watch a class first so you 167 00:08:42,667 --> 00:08:46,117 can see what it is so the fears that you have, which might be 168 00:08:46,167 --> 00:08:48,033 that people are breaking boards or hitting each other 169 00:08:48,083 --> 00:08:50,867 and there's blood everywhere, that you'll see that 170 00:08:50,917 --> 00:08:53,325 that's not what that is. 171 00:08:53,375 --> 00:08:55,742 There are many styles of martial arts. 172 00:08:55,792 --> 00:08:58,951 The organization I belong to is the ISKF. 173 00:08:59,001 --> 00:09:02,659 That's the International Shotokan Karate Federation. 174 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:06,283 When I first started doing karate, I was really into it. 175 00:09:06,333 --> 00:09:07,159 I was so excited. 176 00:09:07,209 --> 00:09:08,825 I started working out right away 177 00:09:08,875 --> 00:09:11,159 and I immediately pulled my hamstring. 178 00:09:11,209 --> 00:09:15,158 I watch a student start, adult or child, doesn't matter, 179 00:09:15,208 --> 00:09:17,825 and you'd swear they are so uncoordinated they can't 180 00:09:17,875 --> 00:09:21,825 walk and chew gum at the same time, impossible. 181 00:09:21,875 --> 00:09:25,617 And six months, 12 months, 24 months later, you look at 182 00:09:25,667 --> 00:09:31,784 the same student and they are an entirely different person. 183 00:09:31,834 --> 00:09:34,575 A dojo and the people in it, the students in it, 184 00:09:34,625 --> 00:09:36,867 basically make up a family. 185 00:09:36,917 --> 00:09:39,742 The need to have a community is a very human thing. 186 00:09:39,792 --> 00:09:42,533 Everybody needs their social life and I wasn't really aware 187 00:09:42,583 --> 00:09:45,950 I was missing this and I found that when I went to karate, 188 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,200 I immediately had a community of people. 189 00:09:49,250 --> 00:09:53,492 SENSEI WILDER: I've got people that I trained with 30 years ago 190 00:09:53,542 --> 00:09:55,408 pick up the phone, how are you? 191 00:09:55,458 --> 00:09:56,659 Don't have to reintroduce. 192 00:09:56,709 --> 00:09:58,659 This is a significant part of the martial art. 193 00:09:58,709 --> 00:10:01,159 You will know if they are a bully, you'll know if they're 194 00:10:01,209 --> 00:10:04,033 a cheater, you'll know if they cut corners, 195 00:10:04,083 --> 00:10:13,034 you will know who they are. 196 00:10:13,084 --> 00:10:22,325 One, two, three. 197 00:10:22,375 --> 00:10:28,408 Thank you, Ethan. 198 00:10:28,458 --> 00:10:31,951 At this point, I'd been doing karate for two years 199 00:10:32,001 --> 00:10:35,159 and my depression was largely gone from my life. 200 00:10:35,209 --> 00:10:38,408 My karate was showing signs of improvement, but I was still 201 00:10:38,458 --> 00:10:42,700 out of shape and had poor endurance during training. 202 00:10:42,750 --> 00:10:45,117 I stopped doing other forms of exercise 203 00:10:45,167 --> 00:10:49,951 and was only doing karate -- maybe that was a mistake. 204 00:10:50,001 --> 00:10:52,659 I decided to look for someone who might be able to help me 205 00:10:52,709 --> 00:10:55,200 improve my performance and my health. 206 00:10:55,250 --> 00:10:58,033 At the University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Health 207 00:10:58,083 --> 00:11:02,825 and Wellness Center, I found Dr. Inigo San Millan. 208 00:11:02,875 --> 00:11:05,158 He's an applied physiologist who specializes 209 00:11:05,208 --> 00:11:07,492 in improving athletic performance. 210 00:11:07,542 --> 00:11:11,992 He agreed to asses my situation and see where I was physically. 211 00:11:12,042 --> 00:11:14,117 I've been, for the last 15 years, working with the leading 212 00:11:14,167 --> 00:11:16,742 professional athletes so now here in the laboratory, 213 00:11:16,792 --> 00:11:20,617 what I'm trying to do is apply the same methodology, 214 00:11:20,667 --> 00:11:23,117 I want to apply it to everybody else out there. 215 00:11:23,167 --> 00:11:26,241 We can optimize both performance, fitness, and even 216 00:11:26,291 --> 00:11:30,825 health better by measuring things in a better way. 217 00:11:30,875 --> 00:11:34,951 Optimally, he should lose about 25 pounds 218 00:11:35,001 --> 00:11:36,825 by the end of this process. 219 00:11:36,875 --> 00:11:40,867 We want to work with his nutrition very closely as well, 220 00:11:40,917 --> 00:11:43,950 and with his weight, he has to have a schedule 221 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,076 of losing about three pounds per month. 222 00:11:47,126 --> 00:11:49,951 Your body fat percent here is 26.7. 223 00:11:50,001 --> 00:11:53,659 An ideal would be about 15 percent, but don't try 224 00:11:53,709 --> 00:11:57,116 to lose rapidly, like ten pounds at a time 225 00:11:57,166 --> 00:11:58,575 because that's not going to be successful. 226 00:11:58,625 --> 00:12:03,450 What is happening in karate is high intensity causes fatigue 227 00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:07,033 and people start losing focus and attention because they're 228 00:12:07,083 --> 00:12:10,076 too fatigued, so that's something that we can help 229 00:12:10,126 --> 00:12:11,075 with specific training. 230 00:12:11,125 --> 00:12:12,951 So the test is going to be an incremental test. 231 00:12:13,001 --> 00:12:18,034 You're first going to be doing a good warm-up like 10, 15 minutes 232 00:12:18,084 --> 00:12:20,575 and at the end of the warm-up we'll start the next percent, 233 00:12:20,625 --> 00:12:23,700 and then every five minutes, I'm going to crank you up, 234 00:12:23,750 --> 00:12:26,367 the intensity on the treadmill and the velocity 235 00:12:26,417 --> 00:12:29,784 so you're going to be going half a mile per hour faster. 236 00:12:29,834 --> 00:12:32,991 Then every five minutes, I'm going to poke your finger 237 00:12:33,041 --> 00:12:37,076 to get a drop of blood to analyze it for lactate 238 00:12:37,126 --> 00:12:40,909 or lactic acid, and we can create an exercise training 239 00:12:40,959 --> 00:12:46,575 program specifically and individually for you. 240 00:12:46,625 --> 00:12:51,950 Heart rate -- 134, 25.2. 241 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:59,533 Good job, David. 242 00:12:59,583 --> 00:13:00,533 The blood pressure was good. 243 00:13:00,583 --> 00:13:03,408 It was 145/75, which is very good. 244 00:13:03,458 --> 00:13:06,950 However, what happened is that at the metabolic level, 245 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,909 you're not very metabolically flexible and that's something 246 00:13:10,959 --> 00:13:12,076 that we have to work on. 247 00:13:12,126 --> 00:13:15,033 You don't have much endurance and that's where 248 00:13:15,083 --> 00:13:15,867 you have to develop. 249 00:13:15,917 --> 00:13:18,075 He's definitely below what he should be and that's something 250 00:13:18,125 --> 00:13:22,575 that eventually it's going to impact his performance 251 00:13:22,625 --> 00:13:24,784 and eventually it's going to impact his health. 252 00:13:24,834 --> 00:13:29,241 Walking, you should be at a resting rate, like watching TV. 253 00:13:29,291 --> 00:13:31,700 Whereas, when you're walking at this intensity, 254 00:13:31,750 --> 00:13:33,992 it starts to be metabolically taxing. 255 00:13:34,042 --> 00:13:37,492 That means you're not very well adapted and developed there. 256 00:13:37,542 --> 00:13:41,742 In the first intensity running, which is 4.8 miles per hour, 257 00:13:41,792 --> 00:13:45,742 you're at four and a half already, which is very high. 258 00:13:45,792 --> 00:13:46,367 Ok? Alright? 259 00:13:46,417 --> 00:13:49,367 That shows that definitely you need to improve. 260 00:13:49,417 --> 00:13:51,617 You just have to walk because you're not ready to run, 261 00:13:51,667 --> 00:13:53,992 believe me, which is a typical mistake many people do, 262 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:57,076 "oh, I have to lose some weight, I'll just start running." 263 00:13:57,126 --> 00:13:59,991 And it's counterintuitive, like, how in the world do I want to 264 00:14:00,041 --> 00:14:04,159 go faster in my karate by going slower in my training, but 265 00:14:04,209 --> 00:14:07,076 that's what you want to do in the metabolic part of it. 266 00:14:07,126 --> 00:14:09,867 DAVID: He basically said to me that you need to change the way 267 00:14:09,917 --> 00:14:12,116 you are exercising and the way you're eating. 268 00:14:12,166 --> 00:14:14,283 If you do this over a period of time, you're going to see 269 00:14:14,333 --> 00:14:18,158 significant changes, and so it was very exciting 270 00:14:18,208 --> 00:14:19,159 and scary at the same time. 271 00:14:19,209 --> 00:14:21,033 It was exciting because I wanted to get better and I wanted to be 272 00:14:21,083 --> 00:14:23,116 more healthy, but it was scary because he was telling me if 273 00:14:23,166 --> 00:14:32,283 I didn't change what I was doing I could get type 2 diabetes. 274 00:14:32,333 --> 00:14:36,200 So I'm going into the Anschutz Wellness Center to meet with 275 00:14:36,250 --> 00:14:40,200 Nick Edwards, who is one of the physical trainers here 276 00:14:40,250 --> 00:14:46,117 and he's going to help me with specific training 277 00:14:46,167 --> 00:14:47,200 geared towards martial arts. 278 00:14:47,250 --> 00:14:51,991 He himself is an MMA fighter and a black belt in Judo 279 00:14:52,041 --> 00:14:52,909 and something else. 280 00:14:52,959 --> 00:14:55,367 With Inigo, it gave me a very big perspective on where 281 00:14:55,417 --> 00:14:57,575 you're at from the cardiovascular side of it. 282 00:14:57,625 --> 00:15:01,659 Obviously from there, he was able to show me a linear path of 283 00:15:01,709 --> 00:15:03,909 where we need to go as far as your weight, where you need to 284 00:15:03,959 --> 00:15:07,075 be for the fight weight, if you will, also to get you into 285 00:15:07,125 --> 00:15:09,617 healthier shape, give you more cardiovascular endurance. 286 00:15:09,667 --> 00:15:11,283 Basically, he did a normal strength conditioning 287 00:15:11,333 --> 00:15:15,325 full assessment, basically to number one, see where David's 288 00:15:15,375 --> 00:15:19,158 power was at, also quick versus speed, also be able to see 289 00:15:19,208 --> 00:15:21,909 how he can move linearly, front to back and kind of 290 00:15:21,959 --> 00:15:22,991 output power through his legs. 291 00:15:23,041 --> 00:15:27,367 With that assessment, we did a one-rep max bench. 292 00:15:27,417 --> 00:15:30,825 Push...Good. 293 00:15:30,875 --> 00:15:33,533 We also did a one-rep max squat. 294 00:15:33,583 --> 00:15:35,992 And up, drive, drive. 295 00:15:36,042 --> 00:15:41,159 A pro shuttle, also did a long jump as well. 296 00:15:41,209 --> 00:15:42,659 Good. 297 00:15:42,709 --> 00:15:44,241 Four foot nine. 298 00:15:44,291 --> 00:15:47,784 It's going to be an uphill battle. 299 00:15:47,834 --> 00:15:49,617 You know, a big thing is just progression. 300 00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:51,617 We're going to have to start at the bottom, 301 00:15:51,667 --> 00:15:52,367 kind of move up through it. 302 00:15:52,417 --> 00:15:55,116 Looking at just from the test, he actually bench pressed 303 00:15:55,166 --> 00:15:58,784 more than he squatted, which should never happen 304 00:15:58,834 --> 00:16:00,034 to any athlete, period. 305 00:16:00,084 --> 00:16:00,951 We absolutely need to get that up. 306 00:16:01,001 --> 00:16:03,158 That's going to night and day turn him around so he can, 307 00:16:03,208 --> 00:16:06,408 in the martial arts world, move and move forward on an 308 00:16:06,458 --> 00:16:08,825 opponent, be able to circle out, be able to move linearly 309 00:16:08,875 --> 00:16:12,909 to change what he's doing, but also, from the strength aspect, 310 00:16:12,959 --> 00:16:15,159 he's going to get physically stronger 311 00:16:15,209 --> 00:16:15,867 if his legs are stronger. 312 00:16:15,917 --> 00:16:18,283 He's going to be able to lose weight faster, involve his legs, 313 00:16:18,333 --> 00:16:19,617 do more with his body. 314 00:16:19,667 --> 00:16:23,450 Now peddle backwards, good. 315 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:26,784 Two more, two more. 316 00:16:26,834 --> 00:16:30,367 DR. MILLAN: Now that you're doing the walk, one hour a day. 317 00:16:30,417 --> 00:16:31,158 Then you're doing the karate. 318 00:16:31,208 --> 00:16:33,784 Now with Nick, you're going to do a lot of high intensity 319 00:16:33,834 --> 00:16:35,117 and resistance training. 320 00:16:35,167 --> 00:16:37,117 Definitely have to, you're going to utilize 321 00:16:37,167 --> 00:16:38,076 a lot of carbohydrates. 322 00:16:38,126 --> 00:16:40,450 You don't have a very high carbohydrate diet, which, 323 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,951 if you don't exercise, yeah, you should not have 324 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:44,617 a high carbohydrate diet at all. 325 00:16:44,667 --> 00:16:48,116 If you exercise, you need carbohydrates without a doubt 326 00:16:48,166 --> 00:16:50,992 and that's something we're seeing a lot of people crashing 327 00:16:51,042 --> 00:16:55,408 really bad, overtraining, fatigue, people depressed, 328 00:16:55,458 --> 00:17:00,867 big problems because they're having the same dietary approach 329 00:17:00,917 --> 00:17:04,909 as someone who's 400 pounds and needs to lose 200 pounds. 330 00:17:04,959 --> 00:17:07,116 Someone who's going to be exercising vigorously, you need 331 00:17:07,166 --> 00:17:09,200 to increase it because otherwise you're going to get more 332 00:17:09,250 --> 00:17:12,200 fatigued and more tired and that's going to have an impact. 333 00:17:12,250 --> 00:17:16,158 So for breakfast, you can have your old meal plus, I would have 334 00:17:16,208 --> 00:17:22,408 one or two toasts or one bagel with low fat cream cheese. 335 00:17:22,458 --> 00:17:23,951 I was always told to cut carbohydrates. 336 00:17:24,001 --> 00:17:28,076 You can't eat breads, you can't eat rice, you can't eat pasta 337 00:17:28,126 --> 00:17:31,159 because that's going to make you fat. 338 00:17:31,209 --> 00:17:40,075 339 00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:42,784 We really don't need these patches on our uniforms, 340 00:17:42,834 --> 00:17:46,408 but it shows a degree of pride in our organization. 341 00:17:46,458 --> 00:17:50,116 Here I am, sewing on a patch because I didn't want to impose 342 00:17:50,166 --> 00:17:54,325 further on my wife Angela. 343 00:17:54,375 --> 00:17:58,200 Ow, son of a bitch, so that's what thimbles are for. 344 00:17:58,250 --> 00:18:00,909 Ow, motherfucker. 345 00:18:00,959 --> 00:18:11,909 Sadly, I put it on sideways so I had to bother her after all. 346 00:18:11,959 --> 00:18:14,742 I spoke to Sensei Swain to find out the proper 347 00:18:14,792 --> 00:18:16,450 etiquette for testing. 348 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,283 Do you ask for permission to test 349 00:18:18,333 --> 00:18:19,909 or does he tell you when you're ready? 350 00:18:19,959 --> 00:18:23,158 In the old days, the Sensei was the one that always said, 351 00:18:23,208 --> 00:18:25,034 "Ok, you're ready to test." 352 00:18:25,084 --> 00:18:26,241 My next step would be a brown belt. 353 00:18:26,291 --> 00:18:27,367 Is that something that you'll say to me, 354 00:18:27,417 --> 00:18:29,283 "I think you're ready to test," or should I -- 355 00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:32,116 As far as I'm concerned, you're testing next week anyway. 356 00:18:32,166 --> 00:18:35,700 Ok, can you guys make it here next week? 357 00:18:35,750 --> 00:18:38,325 Which would be a good idea because then we could all 358 00:18:38,375 --> 00:18:42,617 laugh at the same tape. 359 00:18:42,667 --> 00:18:44,533 I always felt that brown belt was a fairly significant 360 00:18:44,583 --> 00:18:46,867 milestone, but now that I've been doing karate for a little 361 00:18:46,917 --> 00:18:55,784 while, I realize that it's just another pebble in the jar. 362 00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:56,909 I'm going now. 363 00:18:56,959 --> 00:18:57,825 Wish me luck. 364 00:18:57,875 --> 00:18:58,951 Good luck. 365 00:18:59,001 --> 00:19:00,158 Thank you. 366 00:19:00,208 --> 00:19:04,241 So I am a little bit nervous about this whole ordeal here 367 00:19:04,291 --> 00:19:06,158 because it's a pretty nerve-wracking thing 368 00:19:06,208 --> 00:19:08,034 to be evaluated there. 369 00:19:08,084 --> 00:19:09,076 He sits there at a table. 370 00:19:09,126 --> 00:19:11,075 He's got his pen and he's checking you off. 371 00:19:11,125 --> 00:19:13,951 I'm worried that I'm going to be thinking, "oh, I'm on camera 372 00:19:14,001 --> 00:19:15,742 so I've got to make sure I'm extra good." 373 00:19:15,792 --> 00:19:18,951 The couple of times I've brought a camera to the gym when I was 374 00:19:19,001 --> 00:19:22,116 training, I put the camera up there and pretty much ignored it 375 00:19:22,166 --> 00:19:26,076 but just it being there, I saw my performance 376 00:19:26,126 --> 00:19:28,076 change a little bit. 377 00:19:28,126 --> 00:19:28,991 There's really nothing at stake. 378 00:19:29,041 --> 00:19:37,492 If I don't pass the test, I still am going to do karate. 379 00:19:37,542 --> 00:19:46,159 My heart rate is already increasing. 380 00:19:46,209 --> 00:19:48,991 So what happens is I do a kata and I will do a series 381 00:19:49,041 --> 00:19:51,951 of combinations which is a series of moves. 382 00:19:52,001 --> 00:19:55,367 He'll say, do this kind of kick and that kind of strike 383 00:19:55,417 --> 00:19:57,076 from this sort of stance. 384 00:19:57,126 --> 00:20:00,950 You're supposed to show that you have spirit, so every technique 385 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,700 is supposed to end with a "kiya." 386 00:20:03,750 --> 00:20:09,034 You're supposed to yell. 387 00:20:09,084 --> 00:20:11,408 And after that, there'll be some sparring 388 00:20:11,458 --> 00:20:13,033 and it's not going to be free sparring. 389 00:20:13,083 --> 00:20:15,784 Usually they put you up against a person and they'll say, ok, 390 00:20:15,834 --> 00:20:18,075 this guy is going to punch to your face and so you have to 391 00:20:18,125 --> 00:20:23,075 show you can block the punch and so that'll be that 392 00:20:23,125 --> 00:20:24,034 and that's pretty much it. 393 00:20:24,084 --> 00:20:27,159 The whole test probably won't take more than five 394 00:20:27,209 --> 00:20:28,492 or ten minutes. 395 00:20:28,542 --> 00:20:30,533 I have to say the tests seem like they last 396 00:20:30,583 --> 00:20:33,075 a whole lot longer. 397 00:20:33,125 --> 00:20:46,700 SENSEI: Bow...face this way... Bow...Thank you very much. 398 00:20:46,750 --> 00:20:49,158 Thank you very much. 399 00:20:49,208 --> 00:20:50,033 Everybody. 400 00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:55,951 (applause) 401 00:20:56,001 --> 00:21:00,575 402 00:21:00,625 --> 00:21:02,033 It's all stiff. 403 00:21:02,083 --> 00:21:13,700 404 00:21:13,750 --> 00:21:19,408 It's somewhere here. 405 00:21:19,458 --> 00:21:23,992 So I got this when I went to college in Oneonta. 406 00:21:24,042 --> 00:21:26,116 The style that I did at the time was Shito-Ryu. 407 00:21:26,166 --> 00:21:29,159 There are similarities, but it's a little bit different 408 00:21:29,209 --> 00:21:33,659 so it wasn't completely strange to me when I started in Shotokan 409 00:21:33,709 --> 00:21:39,200 and I have the certificate that one gets when you get promoted. 410 00:21:39,250 --> 00:21:42,325 February 1st, 1985. 411 00:21:42,375 --> 00:21:46,492 It's been a long time coming back to karate, but the reason 412 00:21:46,542 --> 00:21:50,117 I didn't stick with it was because I had broken my leg 413 00:21:50,167 --> 00:21:52,408 in my senior year of college. 414 00:21:52,458 --> 00:21:54,950 Actually, the way I broke my leg, I was going to go to 415 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,200 Florida with my girlfriend at the time and my mother 416 00:21:58,250 --> 00:22:00,742 guilted me into actually going to visit my sister 417 00:22:00,792 --> 00:22:04,241 and her family in Maryland where they lived then, and I went 418 00:22:04,291 --> 00:22:07,909 one day and played basketball with my brother-in-law 419 00:22:07,959 --> 00:22:09,116 and I broke my ankle. 420 00:22:09,166 --> 00:22:13,742 It's been a long road back to my studying of karate, but I blame 421 00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:17,991 it all on that one decision not to go to Florida and instead 422 00:22:18,041 --> 00:22:23,492 went to Maryland, so that is the history of my karate days 423 00:22:23,542 --> 00:22:31,075 from 1985, 27 years later. 424 00:22:31,125 --> 00:22:32,784 David Liban is my teacher 425 00:22:32,834 --> 00:22:35,575 and we've been shooting this documentary with him. 426 00:22:35,625 --> 00:22:36,575 What it's called? 427 00:22:36,625 --> 00:22:39,116 "Waiting For Mr. Miyagi." 428 00:22:39,166 --> 00:22:40,200 Waiting, searching. 429 00:22:40,250 --> 00:22:41,909 "Looking For Mr. Miyagi." 430 00:22:41,959 --> 00:22:47,408 It's a working title. 431 00:22:47,458 --> 00:22:51,033 What's weird is watching David Liban get kicked in the leg and 432 00:22:51,083 --> 00:22:54,951 he gets hurt and we did that interview with that guy, 433 00:22:55,001 --> 00:23:01,533 Kris Wilder, and he was really tough and he was telling you 434 00:23:01,583 --> 00:23:06,367 to punch him as hard as you can and it was crazy to see you, 435 00:23:06,417 --> 00:23:09,575 "I'm going to try to punch this guy," 436 00:23:09,625 --> 00:23:13,951 and he's just going to take it and also, hurt you. 437 00:23:14,001 --> 00:23:15,533 Hit me hard. 438 00:23:15,583 --> 00:23:18,116 I'm watching David Liban get hurt, you know? 439 00:23:18,166 --> 00:23:20,034 It was interesting. 440 00:23:20,084 --> 00:23:21,784 See that? 441 00:23:21,834 --> 00:23:26,408 When you make a strike at me, there's my technique right here, 442 00:23:26,458 --> 00:23:29,117 but I'm not done. 443 00:23:29,167 --> 00:23:31,117 You see this hand is going to come. 444 00:23:31,167 --> 00:23:31,408 Yeah. 445 00:23:31,458 --> 00:23:35,076 So you make that punch, and boom, I'm turning. 446 00:23:35,126 --> 00:23:35,867 Yeah. 447 00:23:35,917 --> 00:23:37,116 I'm blocking that. 448 00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:38,575 I'm here, right? 449 00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:40,991 Next technique... 450 00:23:41,041 --> 00:23:42,159 Lethal. 451 00:23:42,209 --> 00:23:42,450 Yeah. 452 00:23:42,500 --> 00:23:45,742 But it's also made me go like, I should probably do some 453 00:23:45,792 --> 00:23:47,909 exercise or I'm going to die. 454 00:23:47,959 --> 00:23:55,408 (laughing) 455 00:23:55,458 --> 00:23:58,867 DAVID: At one time after class, Sensei asked me why I was doing 456 00:23:58,917 --> 00:24:02,492 karate, I was hemming and hawing and saying how I loved it 457 00:24:02,542 --> 00:24:06,575 when I was in college, how it made me feel, blah, blah, blah. 458 00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:13,367 He interrupted me and said, ah, you need your own space. 459 00:24:13,417 --> 00:24:16,076 We try not to get involved too much in family lives 460 00:24:16,126 --> 00:24:17,742 or any of that type of thing because 461 00:24:17,792 --> 00:24:20,909 it's not really our area of expertise. 462 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:24,825 I wanted to ask you your perceptions 463 00:24:24,875 --> 00:24:27,742 about me taking karate. 464 00:24:27,792 --> 00:24:29,742 Ethan was what, six months old, 465 00:24:29,792 --> 00:24:30,742 and not sleeping through the night. 466 00:24:30,792 --> 00:24:36,867 I was like, another three nights with no other help. 467 00:24:36,917 --> 00:24:37,283 Two nights. 468 00:24:37,333 --> 00:24:40,533 Two nights, well Saturday, that makes three, you know. 469 00:24:40,583 --> 00:24:41,283 Yeah. 470 00:24:41,333 --> 00:24:44,200 It was like, "oh, this is going to be a burden to me," 471 00:24:44,250 --> 00:24:46,492 not, "this is going to be a good thing for David." 472 00:24:46,542 --> 00:24:48,950 I thought he was being selfish at a time when everything has 473 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:53,991 just exploded into huge chaos, but then I realized it was 474 00:24:54,041 --> 00:24:57,241 kind of a beneficial thing for everybody. 475 00:24:57,291 --> 00:24:59,450 But I don't know, do you feel like I'm supportive? 476 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:00,659 I think you're so supportive. 477 00:25:00,709 --> 00:25:02,991 There's only been one time when you've asked me 478 00:25:03,041 --> 00:25:03,991 not to go to karate. 479 00:25:04,041 --> 00:25:06,492 I'm conscious of the fact that when I leave, 480 00:25:06,542 --> 00:25:08,991 sometimes the kids are screaming. 481 00:25:09,041 --> 00:25:14,700 (kids screaming) 482 00:25:14,750 --> 00:25:21,283 Have fun with the little ones. 483 00:25:21,333 --> 00:25:57,367 484 00:25:57,417 --> 00:25:59,950 CAMERAMAN: Is this how it is every time? 485 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,159 Pretty much, yeah. 486 00:26:01,209 --> 00:26:05,034 When I leave, there is a little mixture of joy 487 00:26:05,084 --> 00:26:08,367 and relief, as well as guilt. 488 00:26:08,417 --> 00:26:11,325 I'm not resentful per se. 489 00:26:11,375 --> 00:26:12,991 Some nights I'm like, really tonight? 490 00:26:13,041 --> 00:26:15,075 Can you not see that this is a good night to stay home? 491 00:26:15,125 --> 00:26:17,533 There's no way to mince your words about it. 492 00:26:17,583 --> 00:26:21,784 It can be a contentious situation at times, yet, I think 493 00:26:21,834 --> 00:26:24,283 that most people also recognize that you wouldn't be doing 494 00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:27,991 something like that with the conviction that you have 495 00:26:28,041 --> 00:26:31,117 unless it was something that you really and truly loved 496 00:26:31,167 --> 00:26:33,825 and that you knew was good for you somehow. 497 00:26:33,875 --> 00:26:37,450 The question from friends and family often is, 498 00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:39,116 why do you do this? 499 00:26:39,166 --> 00:26:42,659 And how do you answer that? 500 00:26:42,709 --> 00:26:44,659 Why do you do anything? 501 00:26:44,709 --> 00:26:46,950 Why do you build model airplanes? 502 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:47,825 Why do you chop wood? 503 00:26:47,875 --> 00:26:50,909 I've had experiences with other family members earlier in 504 00:26:50,959 --> 00:26:54,325 my life that didn't get it, didn't understand why I was 505 00:26:54,375 --> 00:26:57,617 doing it and I made first degree black belt and they said, 506 00:26:57,667 --> 00:26:59,033 "Well, you're done, I'm glad! 507 00:26:59,083 --> 00:26:59,950 You can go to something else." 508 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,909 And didn't understand when I said, "no, I'm just starting." 509 00:27:04,959 --> 00:27:06,158 DAVID: What will my family think about it? 510 00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:08,951 I think they'll be pleased for me, but I don't think 511 00:27:09,001 --> 00:27:10,867 they're really going to care. 512 00:27:10,917 --> 00:27:11,992 I mean, what can someone really say? 513 00:27:12,042 --> 00:27:14,784 What are you going to think when I get my black belt? 514 00:27:14,834 --> 00:27:16,951 What does anybody think when someone else 515 00:27:17,001 --> 00:27:17,867 gets the black belt? 516 00:27:17,917 --> 00:27:20,492 Oh, awesome, anyway. 517 00:27:20,542 --> 00:27:36,076 518 00:27:36,126 --> 00:27:40,742 Why are you spending all the time sweating and kicking 519 00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:45,450 and punching and reading about martial arts? 520 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:47,076 It's personal development. 521 00:27:47,126 --> 00:27:50,241 It is a path of self-discovery and I know that sounds horribly 522 00:27:50,291 --> 00:27:53,784 highfalutin and everybody talks about that, but the reason 523 00:27:53,834 --> 00:27:55,825 they talk about it is because it's true. 524 00:27:55,875 --> 00:27:59,450 It does kind of spill out into other areas of your life. 525 00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:01,659 So it's not just, look at me, I'm strong and fit. 526 00:28:01,709 --> 00:28:05,951 It's more like, I'm strong and fit so now I can function better 527 00:28:06,001 --> 00:28:07,742 in every aspect of your life. 528 00:28:07,792 --> 00:28:10,450 Sometimes I can relate more clearly and come to an 529 00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:14,117 understanding talking about this with somebody who has the same 530 00:28:14,167 --> 00:28:18,158 dedication, the same commitment to another discipline, such as 531 00:28:18,208 --> 00:28:23,700 a professional musician, let's say, who really takes it beyond 532 00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:32,117 just making money, but is trying to master his or her art. 533 00:28:32,167 --> 00:28:33,950 So I am early on in the edit here. 534 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,450 I have not yet completed shooting everything I need to, 535 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:40,659 but I'm starting to edit as I go along and while I'm editing 536 00:28:40,709 --> 00:28:45,076 here, I am kind of coming to terms with the idea that what 537 00:28:45,126 --> 00:28:49,492 used to be a very internal private thing -- karate -- 538 00:28:49,542 --> 00:28:52,158 has now become a little bit more like work. 539 00:28:52,208 --> 00:28:56,408 It's a little disenchanting in some ways because now I have to 540 00:28:56,458 --> 00:29:00,158 worry about telling a story and bringing cameras and piecing it 541 00:29:00,208 --> 00:29:02,742 all together and I have to look at myself on the camera 542 00:29:02,792 --> 00:29:05,075 and decide what works and what doesn't and then when the film 543 00:29:05,125 --> 00:29:08,033 is over, I will be able to do karate without worrying 544 00:29:08,083 --> 00:29:13,825 about cameras and stuff so there you have it. 545 00:29:13,875 --> 00:29:18,951 There are many artists who have studied martial arts and there 546 00:29:19,001 --> 00:29:23,784 are many warriors throughout history who have been artists. 547 00:29:23,834 --> 00:29:27,117 The samurai who had trained in martial arts all their lives 548 00:29:27,167 --> 00:29:30,159 had not fought wars for a couple of hundred years in Japan 549 00:29:30,209 --> 00:29:33,076 either, but they still thought of themselves as warriors. 550 00:29:33,126 --> 00:29:40,117 You take a mother at a grocery store and somebody tries to hurt 551 00:29:40,167 --> 00:29:45,159 her three-year-old child, she's going to turn into a warrior. 552 00:29:45,209 --> 00:29:48,034 I'm not big on the warrior term. 553 00:29:48,084 --> 00:29:50,992 I think it is reserved for other people. 554 00:29:51,042 --> 00:29:54,533 Strictly speaking, a warrior professionally is someone who 555 00:29:54,583 --> 00:29:58,700 serves and defends his social group, his society, whether it 556 00:29:58,750 --> 00:30:02,283 be his nation, his community, but being a warrior 557 00:30:02,333 --> 00:30:05,951 more broadly in lifestyle means the dedication 558 00:30:06,001 --> 00:30:07,116 to the pursuit of excellence. 559 00:30:07,166 --> 00:30:09,992 SENSEI SWAIN: A warrior would be someone who believes in 560 00:30:10,042 --> 00:30:13,533 doing things well, who believes in honor. 561 00:30:13,583 --> 00:30:15,116 SENSEI WILDER: A warrior understands that there's 562 00:30:15,166 --> 00:30:18,283 work-arounds, that there's reasons for fighting 563 00:30:18,333 --> 00:30:22,325 and that is the very last thing that needs to occur because 564 00:30:22,375 --> 00:30:30,408 it is the most expensive for everybody involved. 565 00:30:30,458 --> 00:30:33,367 There's a lot in martial arts training about combat 566 00:30:33,417 --> 00:30:39,076 that is applicable to human relations and interactions. 567 00:30:39,126 --> 00:30:42,200 During some practices when you're doing sparring exercises, 568 00:30:42,250 --> 00:30:44,991 it becomes quite threatening and you need to be able to deal 569 00:30:45,041 --> 00:30:47,158 with that, you need to be able to focus upon that, 570 00:30:47,208 --> 00:30:50,200 and that translates to your ability to be able to 571 00:30:50,250 --> 00:30:51,991 deal with situations in everyday life. 572 00:30:52,041 --> 00:30:56,033 You can utilize your karate skills to stay away from 573 00:30:56,083 --> 00:30:59,367 a situation because you pick up that it's unsafe there. 574 00:30:59,417 --> 00:31:02,450 Sometimes someone's breathing heavily down your neck 575 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:03,659 to get results. 576 00:31:03,709 --> 00:31:07,950 Or to stop verbal fighting or to not engage in verbal fighting. 577 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,159 I mean, all those kind of scenarios that I believe you 578 00:31:10,209 --> 00:31:12,909 experience in the dojo environment and you've acted 579 00:31:12,959 --> 00:31:17,117 them out and you've got a physical and mental response 580 00:31:17,167 --> 00:31:20,241 to those kinds of situations. 581 00:31:20,291 --> 00:31:22,867 Remember I went to see that therapist that time? 582 00:31:22,917 --> 00:31:23,158 Yeah. 583 00:31:23,208 --> 00:31:25,283 And she's asking me these questions like, so when was 584 00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:28,825 the last time you felt content and I just thought about 585 00:31:28,875 --> 00:31:30,825 college when I did karate. 586 00:31:30,875 --> 00:31:32,659 She said, are you doing karate now? 587 00:31:32,709 --> 00:31:33,784 I said, no. 588 00:31:33,834 --> 00:31:34,909 "Why not?" 589 00:31:34,959 --> 00:31:37,367 "I don't know." 590 00:31:37,417 --> 00:31:37,991 And that was that. 591 00:31:38,041 --> 00:31:39,617 I went home and I looked up karate 592 00:31:39,667 --> 00:31:40,408 and never went back to her. 593 00:31:40,458 --> 00:31:43,325 She served her purpose and I was done with it. 594 00:31:43,375 --> 00:31:49,033 The way I can best explain it would be not being able 595 00:31:49,083 --> 00:31:50,951 to be comfortable at any point. 596 00:31:51,001 --> 00:31:54,159 I couldn't find a place to sit down where I felt at ease. 597 00:31:54,209 --> 00:31:57,533 I never felt like I was calm or at peace. 598 00:31:57,583 --> 00:32:01,951 It was just crazy chaotic and it started to really wear on me. 599 00:32:02,001 --> 00:32:04,492 I didn't know how to find relief to that. 600 00:32:04,542 --> 00:32:09,492 I don't know if I would have recognized it as depression... 601 00:32:09,542 --> 00:32:11,617 I do remember you saying whatever you have to do, 602 00:32:11,667 --> 00:32:13,116 take care of it. 603 00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:15,950 We had some bad days. 604 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:16,492 Yeah. 605 00:32:16,542 --> 00:32:20,950 I think it went hand in hand with being kind of new parents 606 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:21,659 all over again. 607 00:32:21,709 --> 00:32:23,241 It had been five years since we had a child 608 00:32:23,291 --> 00:32:27,158 and Ethan wasn't sleeping so we weren't sleeping. 609 00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:32,159 We just quadrupled our workload and expenses. 610 00:32:32,209 --> 00:32:38,117 That can all be a little bit depressing. 611 00:32:38,167 --> 00:32:42,116 DR. MILLAN: This is the... it's lower than before 612 00:32:42,166 --> 00:32:52,575 and he's been pretty good. 613 00:32:52,625 --> 00:32:53,158 Pretty encouraging. 614 00:32:53,208 --> 00:32:55,367 In two months, you've done good improvement. 615 00:32:55,417 --> 00:32:56,700 That's good. 616 00:32:56,750 --> 00:32:59,825 Doesn't feel good. 617 00:32:59,875 --> 00:33:01,117 That's 188, right? 618 00:33:01,167 --> 00:33:05,117 So the weight went from 193.5 to 188, right? 619 00:33:05,167 --> 00:33:08,992 It's right on schedule with three pounds a month. 620 00:33:09,042 --> 00:33:11,951 The five percent before according to this formula, 621 00:33:12,001 --> 00:33:16,076 it was 26.5 and now is 22.4. 622 00:33:16,126 --> 00:33:16,367 Good. 623 00:33:16,417 --> 00:33:17,909 That's good, we're shooting for 15 percent 624 00:33:17,959 --> 00:33:18,825 so you're getting better. 625 00:33:18,875 --> 00:33:19,575 You're not that far away. 626 00:33:19,625 --> 00:33:22,241 So as you see, you're eating more carbohydrates, and yet, 627 00:33:22,291 --> 00:33:24,867 you're losing weight, you're getting there little by little, 628 00:33:24,917 --> 00:33:27,659 and again, you have plenty of time to get there. 629 00:33:27,709 --> 00:33:30,408 Every step you have taken is small but solid 630 00:33:30,458 --> 00:33:31,991 and it's still attainable. 631 00:33:32,041 --> 00:33:33,033 That's what you want. 632 00:33:33,083 --> 00:33:36,575 Today we're going to repeat basically our first testing days 633 00:33:36,625 --> 00:33:39,951 so we're going to do a shuttle time, long jump, bench squat, 634 00:33:40,001 --> 00:33:40,742 and the sit-up test. 635 00:33:40,792 --> 00:33:43,034 I want you to go all-out maximum effort 636 00:33:43,084 --> 00:33:45,909 and we're going to see where you went. 637 00:33:45,959 --> 00:33:46,617 Fast, fast, fast. 638 00:33:46,667 --> 00:33:47,450 Drive up this one. 639 00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:50,076 Go, go, go, go. 640 00:33:50,126 --> 00:33:52,283 Nice. 641 00:33:52,333 --> 00:33:54,075 Any improvement? 642 00:33:54,125 --> 00:33:55,867 Almost a whole second. 643 00:33:55,917 --> 00:33:58,950 Yeah, not bad at all. 644 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:05,075 Best of three. 645 00:34:05,125 --> 00:34:08,200 Better! 646 00:34:08,250 --> 00:34:09,950 Both the long jump and the shuttle time are the two that 647 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,076 I really did not think that we'd see a huge improvement on, 648 00:34:13,126 --> 00:34:16,075 but two that we saw probably a drastic change on 649 00:34:16,125 --> 00:34:20,867 compared to before, so very, very good. 650 00:34:20,917 --> 00:34:22,909 Squats, that's our big success story for the day. 651 00:34:22,959 --> 00:34:26,951 That one we went from 165 to 180. 652 00:34:27,001 --> 00:34:28,700 Push, push, push. 653 00:34:28,750 --> 00:34:29,325 I'm not going to help. 654 00:34:29,375 --> 00:34:31,784 You've got to get it up. 655 00:34:31,834 --> 00:34:32,951 Nice! 656 00:34:33,001 --> 00:34:39,117 Bench, we took from 175 to 185 which is a great difference. 657 00:34:39,167 --> 00:34:40,867 We have to keep working on your lower body. 658 00:34:40,917 --> 00:34:45,159 Your max in your lower body should be way, way more 659 00:34:45,209 --> 00:34:46,200 than your upper body. 660 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:49,117 And then the last one we did, the sit-up one minute max, 661 00:34:49,167 --> 00:34:51,700 and with that the first time, we were at 18, 662 00:34:51,750 --> 00:34:57,076 and now we're at 25, so again, another really good jump. 663 00:34:57,126 --> 00:34:58,283 Nice work. 664 00:34:58,333 --> 00:34:59,492 Doesn't suck as much. 665 00:34:59,542 --> 00:35:00,867 (laughing) 666 00:35:00,917 --> 00:35:03,034 It's better. 667 00:35:03,084 --> 00:35:04,450 You have a lot more power through your legs. 668 00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:07,825 You have a lot more strength, you have a lot more stability 669 00:35:07,875 --> 00:35:10,533 to really impact what you're doing in the dojo 670 00:35:10,583 --> 00:35:13,117 and really improve that and it should. 671 00:35:13,167 --> 00:35:15,200 If it's not, then there's something else 672 00:35:15,250 --> 00:35:17,784 you're doing wrong for sure. 673 00:35:17,834 --> 00:35:22,076 I'm testing for my second Kyu brown belt tonight, 674 00:35:22,126 --> 00:35:24,575 and once again, I've gotten sick. 675 00:35:24,625 --> 00:35:26,991 (sneezing) 676 00:35:27,041 --> 00:35:59,075 677 00:35:59,125 --> 00:36:10,367 (yelling) 678 00:36:10,417 --> 00:36:13,950 Stepping backwards, back stance, open hand block. 679 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:20,951 Front leg...coming down in the front stance... 680 00:36:21,001 --> 00:36:24,992 Nope, nope, nope, going this way. 681 00:36:25,042 --> 00:36:26,241 Step back. 682 00:36:26,291 --> 00:36:30,700 No, now step back, open hand block. 683 00:36:30,750 --> 00:36:31,825 Yes. 684 00:36:31,875 --> 00:36:39,200 (yelling) 685 00:36:39,250 --> 00:36:41,116 One count, two kicks, a kick, then step forward, 686 00:36:41,166 --> 00:36:43,408 give it again, right leg, then left leg. 687 00:36:43,458 --> 00:36:45,034 First kick, Judon level. 688 00:36:45,084 --> 00:36:47,742 Second kick, your highest. 689 00:36:47,792 --> 00:37:00,867 (yelling) 690 00:37:00,917 --> 00:37:23,158 Yeah. 691 00:37:23,208 --> 00:37:25,991 SENSEI: Feet together, bow. 692 00:37:26,041 --> 00:37:28,575 Face this way, bow. 693 00:37:28,625 --> 00:37:37,283 Thank you, step back. 694 00:37:37,333 --> 00:37:39,325 FORREST: One of the problems with so many martial arts 695 00:37:39,375 --> 00:37:41,700 systems is that we have the belt rank system 696 00:37:41,750 --> 00:37:44,283 and that's a system of external rewards. 697 00:37:44,333 --> 00:37:47,241 I think the belt system is important, but I think 698 00:37:47,291 --> 00:37:50,033 it gets overemphasized to a large degree. 699 00:37:50,083 --> 00:37:52,241 That's what motivates most martial art students. 700 00:37:52,291 --> 00:37:55,034 They want to get that next belt, they want to wear that color, 701 00:37:55,084 --> 00:37:57,909 they want to get that trophy at the tournament, 702 00:37:57,959 --> 00:37:59,116 and those are all external rewards. 703 00:37:59,166 --> 00:38:02,033 Originally, there was only two colors, white and black, 704 00:38:02,083 --> 00:38:04,575 and you train as a white belt for a number of years 705 00:38:04,625 --> 00:38:08,034 and eventually the instructor or the Sensei felt you've reached 706 00:38:08,084 --> 00:38:10,950 a basic level of competence and he would award a black belt. 707 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,034 In the modern world, students need positive reinforcement 708 00:38:14,084 --> 00:38:17,033 so they divided it first into white, brown, and black and then 709 00:38:17,083 --> 00:38:20,117 it was white, green, brown and black, and now we have a rainbow 710 00:38:20,167 --> 00:38:22,951 of colors because students need to be promoted on a regular 711 00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:25,867 basis and feel like they're advancing in stuff. 712 00:38:25,917 --> 00:38:30,159 What the belt does is it gives you a goal you can strive for 713 00:38:30,209 --> 00:38:39,200 and that's very helpful for me. 714 00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:41,117 In our dojo, we don't break boards. 715 00:38:41,167 --> 00:38:44,325 However, this has become one of those things associated with 716 00:38:44,375 --> 00:38:55,116 karate, so I wanted to see if I could break a board. 717 00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:56,492 Motherfucker. 718 00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:57,950 Clearly, I'm not there yet. 719 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,991 So Sensei, this is the wood that you told me to get and the other 720 00:39:02,041 --> 00:39:06,742 day, I tried to break it and I was unsuccessful in breaking it 721 00:39:06,792 --> 00:39:10,117 so I wanted to know, do you think that's the right wood? 722 00:39:10,167 --> 00:39:12,033 Yeah, yeah, that's kilned right. 723 00:39:12,083 --> 00:39:16,533 You don't want grain, but that's fine. 724 00:39:16,583 --> 00:39:17,951 How many times did you hit it? 725 00:39:18,001 --> 00:39:18,575 It's not even dented. 726 00:39:18,625 --> 00:39:22,241 I hit it twice and that was enough for me. 727 00:39:22,291 --> 00:39:25,325 That's not even dented. 728 00:39:25,375 --> 00:39:29,951 It's got a little dent in there somewhere. 729 00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:33,742 You just didn't think through the board. 730 00:39:33,792 --> 00:39:37,575 Alright, so I got a little training to do, I see. 731 00:39:37,625 --> 00:39:39,992 And lumber, and now you have firewood. 732 00:39:40,042 --> 00:39:43,200 You don't think about hitting this side of the board. 733 00:39:43,250 --> 00:39:46,325 You think about this side of the board. 734 00:39:46,375 --> 00:39:47,408 This far, that's all. 735 00:39:47,458 --> 00:39:51,991 I was thinking about how hard it looked. 736 00:39:52,041 --> 00:39:52,492 See? 737 00:39:52,542 --> 00:39:56,075 You were saying, I don't know if I can do this. 738 00:39:56,125 --> 00:39:56,909 I was thinking that. 739 00:39:56,959 --> 00:39:59,950 And what you want to say is, of course I can do this. 740 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,367 Next time I will. 741 00:40:01,417 --> 00:40:04,033 (laughter) 742 00:40:04,083 --> 00:40:23,076 743 00:40:23,126 --> 00:40:25,867 SENSEI WILDER: Martial arts studios, dojos, clubs, 744 00:40:25,917 --> 00:40:29,450 organizations are designed to teach effectively 745 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:32,158 how to hurt people. 746 00:40:32,208 --> 00:40:33,659 I know that sounds really strange, 747 00:40:33,709 --> 00:40:35,076 but that's what's going on. 748 00:40:35,126 --> 00:40:39,283 A lot of people do it for the form. 749 00:40:39,333 --> 00:40:42,283 They go from here -- one, two. 750 00:40:42,333 --> 00:40:44,909 It might look good, but there's nothing there. 751 00:40:44,959 --> 00:40:47,034 There's no heart, there's no spirit. 752 00:40:47,084 --> 00:40:51,159 From here, why am I going this way? 753 00:40:51,209 --> 00:40:53,076 Because somebody's attacking me. 754 00:40:53,126 --> 00:40:54,950 That's the only reason to do it, and then 755 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,408 I've got to, from here, not out like this. 756 00:40:59,458 --> 00:41:01,575 You will eventually end up hurting your shoulder 757 00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:04,909 if you do circular motions. 758 00:41:04,959 --> 00:41:07,367 From here, straight in. 759 00:41:07,417 --> 00:41:09,241 The circular motion in Shotokan Karate 760 00:41:09,291 --> 00:41:13,159 comes from the twist, twist. 761 00:41:13,209 --> 00:41:17,034 You've got to be focusing on what you're doing in order to 762 00:41:17,084 --> 00:41:17,992 do it correctly. 763 00:41:18,042 --> 00:41:21,283 That kind of focus raises a person's awareness. 764 00:41:21,333 --> 00:41:23,450 You're not thinking about tomorrow, you're not thinking 765 00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:25,909 about yesterday, you're thinking about right now. 766 00:41:25,959 --> 00:41:30,450 Because when you have somebody trying to punch your head off 767 00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:32,617 or trying to kick a hole through your gut, 768 00:41:32,667 --> 00:41:35,825 that brings great clarity to the situation. 769 00:41:35,875 --> 00:41:38,367 The majority of people go through their lives 770 00:41:38,417 --> 00:41:40,575 without really paying attention. 771 00:41:40,625 --> 00:41:43,283 Their brain is actually running the show. 772 00:41:43,333 --> 00:41:44,283 They know where their toothbrush is, 773 00:41:44,333 --> 00:41:47,659 they know where the ignition key is, they know everything 774 00:41:47,709 --> 00:41:49,784 and they don't have to think about these things. 775 00:41:49,834 --> 00:41:53,158 The only time they have to think is when something comes 776 00:41:53,208 --> 00:41:54,742 out of the ordinary. 777 00:41:54,792 --> 00:41:57,159 It's not until later, until you've had quite a few years 778 00:41:57,209 --> 00:42:00,283 of training, that it begins to settle in and lock in 779 00:42:00,333 --> 00:42:02,033 whenever you sense a threat situation. 780 00:42:02,083 --> 00:42:04,450 SENSEI WILDER: The conscious mind is very slow, 781 00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:09,076 the amygdala is very fast, it makes very fast decisions, 782 00:42:09,126 --> 00:42:11,241 not always good ones, but it makes them. 783 00:42:11,291 --> 00:42:15,116 If you've been bitten by a snake, say a rattlesnake, 784 00:42:15,166 --> 00:42:17,992 the next snake you see, you're not going to go, 785 00:42:18,042 --> 00:42:19,367 "Oh, wait a minute, what kind is it? 786 00:42:19,417 --> 00:42:21,659 Let me see first before I react." 787 00:42:21,709 --> 00:42:23,034 No, you react. 788 00:42:23,084 --> 00:42:29,533 It's a very natural thing. 789 00:42:29,583 --> 00:42:35,617 And you're starting to begin to build a pathway to the amygdala 790 00:42:35,667 --> 00:42:39,075 that says, I've been here before, I know what this is. 791 00:42:39,125 --> 00:42:41,742 I'm upside down and this guy has my arm. 792 00:42:41,792 --> 00:42:45,200 I know what to do now because I've been here. 793 00:42:45,250 --> 00:42:49,117 I have some familiarity. 794 00:42:49,167 --> 00:43:01,241 795 00:43:01,291 --> 00:43:03,034 DAVID: In the past, when I learned someone possessed 796 00:43:03,084 --> 00:43:07,325 a black belt, my perception of him immediately changed. 797 00:43:07,375 --> 00:43:09,992 A part of me is in awe of this ability that 798 00:43:10,042 --> 00:43:11,784 I've imagined him to have. 799 00:43:11,834 --> 00:43:16,076 A black belt is perceived as some sort of fighting machine. 800 00:43:16,126 --> 00:43:19,867 SENSEI SWAIN: That seems to be the criteria that the public has 801 00:43:19,917 --> 00:43:22,158 of being absolutely the best there is. 802 00:43:22,208 --> 00:43:26,159 Well, if that were the case, there wouldn't be ten degrees 803 00:43:26,209 --> 00:43:26,659 of black belt. 804 00:43:26,709 --> 00:43:30,492 The first degree means first step, and so, at that stage 805 00:43:30,542 --> 00:43:34,367 of your practice, you've been exposed to most of the basics, 806 00:43:34,417 --> 00:43:37,367 most of the principles, and you should be able to perform them 807 00:43:37,417 --> 00:43:39,492 reasonably well and effectively, 808 00:43:39,542 --> 00:43:41,742 but that's really when the learning starts. 809 00:43:41,792 --> 00:43:44,909 If I give my student a belt, I haven't given them anything. 810 00:43:44,959 --> 00:43:47,825 They have to earn it, they have to build it from the inside out, 811 00:43:47,875 --> 00:43:51,367 so the belt is a way to keep your Gi shut and to bring 812 00:43:51,417 --> 00:43:53,991 structure and order to the class so we all know how to line up 813 00:43:54,041 --> 00:43:58,617 and the Sensei can look at somebody and have a pretty good 814 00:43:58,667 --> 00:44:01,533 idea about what kind of material they're responsible for. 815 00:44:01,583 --> 00:44:05,075 The myth that a black belt is a master, is an expert, 816 00:44:05,125 --> 00:44:07,367 I think, has been debunked. 817 00:44:07,417 --> 00:44:09,241 I mean, if you want one, I can get you one. 818 00:44:09,291 --> 00:44:13,951 It'll cost you five bucks. 819 00:44:14,001 --> 00:44:15,492 SENSEI SWAIN: Once you achieve first degree black, 820 00:44:15,542 --> 00:44:19,450 that basically indicates that you're a master of basics. 821 00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:25,200 The black belt still represents a very, very significant goal. 822 00:44:25,250 --> 00:44:27,951 Maybe one out of 50 make it to brown belt. 823 00:44:28,001 --> 00:44:31,408 Maybe roughly one out of 100 make it to black belt. 824 00:44:31,458 --> 00:44:33,784 Because it takes a great deal of work. 825 00:44:33,834 --> 00:44:36,867 It takes a great deal of practice and there is no way 826 00:44:36,917 --> 00:44:38,533 to get this by reading books. 827 00:44:38,583 --> 00:44:41,991 It has to be done through sweat and just plain practice 828 00:44:42,041 --> 00:44:43,408 over and over and over. 829 00:44:43,458 --> 00:44:49,992 I've seen the extremes where you can go to a school and lay down 830 00:44:50,042 --> 00:44:53,492 your money for a two-year contract and they guarantee 831 00:44:53,542 --> 00:44:56,951 you'll get a black belt in two years or even less. 832 00:44:57,001 --> 00:44:59,575 On the other extreme, I've heard instructors say, "Well, 833 00:44:59,625 --> 00:45:02,867 you know, a real black belt, you can't get a real black belt 834 00:45:02,917 --> 00:45:05,325 'til you've had ten or more years of training," 835 00:45:05,375 --> 00:45:09,450 and they set a standard that's so high that's not realistic. 836 00:45:09,500 --> 00:45:12,700 I award rank to the students that are coming up 837 00:45:12,750 --> 00:45:15,033 based on how well they perform. 838 00:45:15,083 --> 00:45:18,992 Not if they've been there a certain amount of time. 839 00:45:19,042 --> 00:45:20,159 SENSEI JONES: They leave the intermediate classes 840 00:45:20,209 --> 00:45:22,825 and come to the black belt classes, the advanced classes, 841 00:45:22,875 --> 00:45:26,784 and I hear it all the time, they say that they feel like 842 00:45:26,834 --> 00:45:28,784 a beginner all over again. 843 00:45:28,834 --> 00:45:31,159 All of a sudden, there's other black belts going, 844 00:45:31,209 --> 00:45:33,742 "Welcome to the club, you better move fast. 845 00:45:33,792 --> 00:45:36,951 You better get that block because I'm not going to beat 846 00:45:37,001 --> 00:45:42,825 you down, but I'm not going to give you any quarter." 847 00:45:42,875 --> 00:45:45,742 Anything worth having is worth working for 848 00:45:45,792 --> 00:45:55,325 and anything that is of value takes work, period. 849 00:45:55,375 --> 00:46:00,408 Today I am testing for my first Kyu brown belt test, so this 850 00:46:00,458 --> 00:46:18,408 is the last test prior to taking the black belt test. 851 00:46:18,458 --> 00:46:24,992 SENSEI: Jab first, then triple punch. 852 00:46:25,042 --> 00:46:57,742 Recover, automatically come out. 853 00:46:57,792 --> 00:47:01,742 Feet together, bow, face this way, bow. 854 00:47:01,792 --> 00:47:04,617 Thank you, step back. 855 00:47:04,667 --> 00:47:07,408 Everyone out please. 856 00:47:07,458 --> 00:47:17,659 857 00:47:17,709 --> 00:47:20,158 Would I be able to use the karate to protect myself? 858 00:47:20,208 --> 00:47:24,075 I'd like to believe yes, but you know, it's hard to know. 859 00:47:24,125 --> 00:47:27,283 I think I have a leg up from where I was prior 860 00:47:27,333 --> 00:47:29,033 to doing karate, put it that way. 861 00:47:29,083 --> 00:47:33,159 If you do it correctly, the person you do it to 862 00:47:33,209 --> 00:47:36,700 should not understand what's happened to them and anybody who 863 00:47:36,750 --> 00:47:41,159 is watching should not be able to understand it either. 864 00:47:41,209 --> 00:47:42,951 They didn't see what happened. 865 00:47:43,001 --> 00:47:43,659 It didn't make sense. 866 00:47:43,709 --> 00:47:46,117 Now this person might have been fighting all their life and 867 00:47:46,167 --> 00:47:48,617 they're used to getting hit and they're used to being in fights. 868 00:47:48,667 --> 00:47:51,575 That person might be a much better fighter than I am 869 00:47:51,625 --> 00:47:53,408 despite what I'm doing in the dojo. 870 00:47:53,458 --> 00:47:57,867 All they want is your money, give them your money. 871 00:47:57,917 --> 00:47:59,742 Money is not that important. 872 00:47:59,792 --> 00:48:01,075 It's not worth dying over. 873 00:48:01,125 --> 00:48:03,784 I've got no desire to roll around on the floor 874 00:48:03,834 --> 00:48:07,325 with some drunken buffoon who thinks he's tough. 875 00:48:07,375 --> 00:48:09,867 There's no pride, no elegance in that. 876 00:48:09,917 --> 00:48:13,241 The people with the greatest potential for violence 877 00:48:13,291 --> 00:48:17,200 have a very nice demeanor about them 878 00:48:17,250 --> 00:48:19,909 because they don't have anything to prove. 879 00:48:19,959 --> 00:48:20,784 It's very simple. 880 00:48:20,834 --> 00:48:23,492 It's please and thank you's and smiles and good day 881 00:48:23,542 --> 00:48:26,325 and that's wonderful and all of those kinds of things. 882 00:48:26,375 --> 00:48:30,992 It's the bully, it's the fearful individual that has not explored 883 00:48:31,042 --> 00:48:35,075 themselves, that has to puff up and be a silverback gorilla 884 00:48:35,125 --> 00:48:41,492 and has to do a dance and has to wear the appropriate clothing 885 00:48:41,542 --> 00:48:44,200 to demonstrate who they are within the tribe. 886 00:48:44,250 --> 00:48:47,158 If there is anyway to get out of it, I'm gone. 887 00:48:47,208 --> 00:48:50,617 I just say to whoever they are, "you guys win. 888 00:48:50,667 --> 00:48:53,241 I'm a senior citizen, you don't want to beat me up. 889 00:48:53,291 --> 00:48:55,575 I'm a waste of time." 890 00:48:55,625 --> 00:49:00,909 And then if I had to, I'd run, and if somebody catches me, 891 00:49:00,959 --> 00:49:02,450 that's their problem. 892 00:49:02,500 --> 00:49:06,241 Real martial arts has to do with life and death and self-defense, 893 00:49:06,291 --> 00:49:10,951 and self-defense is inherently a violent interpersonal exchange 894 00:49:11,001 --> 00:49:14,159 and that, in and of itself, is pretty profound. 895 00:49:14,209 --> 00:49:16,450 Most people think that they understand violence, 896 00:49:16,500 --> 00:49:17,951 they don't have a clue. 897 00:49:18,001 --> 00:49:19,200 That's all there is to it. 898 00:49:19,250 --> 00:49:21,991 You have to understand how bodies clash together. 899 00:49:22,041 --> 00:49:23,241 You have to make a study of this. 900 00:49:23,291 --> 00:49:26,950 You can't just go, well, when they do that, I will do this. 901 00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,200 No, you're hurt, you're done. 902 00:49:29,250 --> 00:49:31,992 It doesn't work that way. 903 00:49:32,042 --> 00:49:35,075 DAVID: In the summer of 2011, my wife and I went to Seattle 904 00:49:35,125 --> 00:49:38,116 to celebrate our 10th anniversary. 905 00:49:38,166 --> 00:49:40,700 Our first night there we went to this great restaurant 906 00:49:40,750 --> 00:49:41,951 called the Pink Door. 907 00:49:42,001 --> 00:49:45,700 It's located in an alleyway near Pikes Market. 908 00:49:45,750 --> 00:49:48,450 As we were taking these pictures, behind us 909 00:49:48,500 --> 00:49:52,325 was a young woman also taking pictures. 910 00:49:52,375 --> 00:49:56,158 Also in the alley was a bar and right at that moment, a very 911 00:49:56,208 --> 00:50:01,117 drunk guy exited the bar and immediately spotted the woman. 912 00:50:01,167 --> 00:50:02,742 It looked like he was hassling her, but I wasn't 913 00:50:02,792 --> 00:50:07,076 sure if they knew each other or not. 914 00:50:07,126 --> 00:50:09,492 I was only a purple belt at the time 915 00:50:09,542 --> 00:50:14,367 so I was hardly a karate expert. 916 00:50:14,417 --> 00:50:17,158 Cheese! 917 00:50:17,208 --> 00:50:19,659 I knew that if I were her, I would have wanted 918 00:50:19,709 --> 00:50:23,951 someone to help me out. 919 00:50:24,001 --> 00:50:24,408 Everything ok? 920 00:50:24,458 --> 00:50:27,117 It wasn't that you were trying to be macho, but you kind of 921 00:50:27,167 --> 00:50:29,909 confronted him and you were like, hey, I think she's not 922 00:50:29,959 --> 00:50:36,533 interested in you and he got really quickly violent. 923 00:50:36,583 --> 00:50:38,700 What are you, the police? 924 00:50:38,750 --> 00:50:39,909 No, I'm just a friend. 925 00:50:39,959 --> 00:50:41,825 I'm just trying to help her out. 926 00:50:41,875 --> 00:50:43,825 DAVID: I handed my umbrella to my wife 927 00:50:43,875 --> 00:50:45,700 so as to free up my hands. 928 00:50:45,750 --> 00:50:47,075 Think you're funny? 929 00:50:47,125 --> 00:50:47,951 No, no. 930 00:50:48,001 --> 00:50:49,076 Is that a joke? 931 00:50:49,126 --> 00:50:49,825 Can you tell me a joke? 932 00:50:49,875 --> 00:50:51,034 You know any jokes? 933 00:50:51,084 --> 00:50:54,158 I could feel the steam coming off of you. 934 00:50:54,208 --> 00:50:56,158 Come on, I want to laugh. 935 00:50:56,208 --> 00:50:57,951 Give me a joke. 936 00:50:58,001 --> 00:51:00,492 DAVID: I was weighing my options, seeing if 937 00:51:00,542 --> 00:51:02,200 he was going to make the first move. 938 00:51:02,250 --> 00:51:04,909 He didn't throw any punches or anything, but it was clear that 939 00:51:04,959 --> 00:51:10,075 he was ready to and you stayed so calm and I'm thinking, 940 00:51:10,125 --> 00:51:12,825 please don't hit him because this is just gonna go downhill 941 00:51:12,875 --> 00:51:16,241 really, really fast and part of me didn't think you would, 942 00:51:16,291 --> 00:51:18,408 but then part of me wasn't sure. 943 00:51:18,458 --> 00:51:21,617 David might hit him, I don't know. 944 00:51:21,667 --> 00:51:24,533 He was getting close enough that anybody would have just 945 00:51:24,583 --> 00:51:28,575 naturally wanted to push him away and that would have been 946 00:51:28,625 --> 00:51:31,367 all the escalation he would have needed. 947 00:51:31,417 --> 00:51:33,075 We're just going to walk now. 948 00:51:33,125 --> 00:51:34,408 You want to go? 949 00:51:34,458 --> 00:51:36,659 DAVID: I sort of wanted to take that shot. 950 00:51:36,709 --> 00:51:39,492 He was asking for it and I was curious to see 951 00:51:39,542 --> 00:51:42,033 if this karate stuff really worked. 952 00:51:42,083 --> 00:51:43,742 Let's not do this, guys. 953 00:51:43,792 --> 00:51:44,617 Let's just go. 954 00:51:44,667 --> 00:51:48,075 DAVID: I also noticed that he was not letting go of his bag 955 00:51:48,125 --> 00:51:50,742 so he was not only drunk, he only had one hand 956 00:51:50,792 --> 00:51:57,033 to strike with, so this could have gone in one of three ways. 957 00:51:57,083 --> 00:52:01,033 Fortunately, it was the third option that actually occurred. 958 00:52:01,083 --> 00:52:04,951 I was able to diffuse the situation and no one got hurt, 959 00:52:05,001 --> 00:52:08,533 but there was that moment where things could have gone bad. 960 00:52:08,583 --> 00:52:09,951 You want to go? Come on! 961 00:52:10,001 --> 00:52:13,951 This woman was being accosted and no one was there with her 962 00:52:14,001 --> 00:52:18,325 to help her, so I sort of felt like it was my responsibility. 963 00:52:18,375 --> 00:52:21,533 There's green belt-itis that people get after they've been 964 00:52:21,583 --> 00:52:24,950 training anywhere from six months to a couple of years 965 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:27,408 and they're beginning to feel the skills and they're beginning 966 00:52:27,458 --> 00:52:32,992 to feel the initial euphoria, so to speak, of their abilities 967 00:52:33,042 --> 00:52:35,283 and their powers and they think they're tough 968 00:52:35,333 --> 00:52:37,076 and they go out and get themselves in trouble. 969 00:52:37,126 --> 00:52:41,450 You can feel awfully confident and be in trouble in no time 970 00:52:41,500 --> 00:52:49,117 when somebody pulls out a blade and knows how to use that blade. 971 00:52:49,167 --> 00:52:51,867 I don't know that they know what it is to be concussed and to see 972 00:52:51,917 --> 00:52:57,700 lights and to be shot at and to be smashed with a rock. 973 00:52:57,750 --> 00:53:01,575 All of these things have happened to me and I can say 974 00:53:01,625 --> 00:53:04,575 to all of those things, don't want to do that again, nor that, 975 00:53:04,625 --> 00:53:07,951 nor that, not on the list anymore, thank you very much. 976 00:53:08,001 --> 00:53:10,951 Just because you have a first degree or a seventh degree 977 00:53:11,001 --> 00:53:14,076 or a fifth degree black belt, 978 00:53:14,126 --> 00:53:16,533 doesn't mean you're indestructible. 979 00:53:16,583 --> 00:53:19,575 SENSEI WILDER: Violence is not pretty, it's really ugly. 980 00:53:19,625 --> 00:53:24,283 It's a dull thud and it's a smack and a thud and a slip 981 00:53:24,333 --> 00:53:29,492 and it's nasty and you cut your knuckles on their teeth 982 00:53:29,542 --> 00:53:33,617 by accident and who knows. 983 00:53:33,667 --> 00:53:35,367 It's terrible, it's not good. 984 00:53:35,417 --> 00:53:37,951 So when you start to understand that what the results of 985 00:53:38,001 --> 00:53:41,867 those actions are, then you start to say, you know, 986 00:53:41,917 --> 00:53:44,158 that's really the last tool I'm going to go to. 987 00:53:44,208 --> 00:53:46,700 To be perfectly honest, I don't practice karate 988 00:53:46,750 --> 00:53:49,117 for self-defense. 989 00:53:49,167 --> 00:53:52,034 I don't like physical confrontation. 990 00:53:52,084 --> 00:53:53,992 I think it's ugly. 991 00:53:54,042 --> 00:53:56,450 It's not something that I would be proud of 992 00:53:56,500 --> 00:53:59,742 or would want to engage in, generally speaking. 993 00:53:59,792 --> 00:54:02,116 However, if it's thrust upon you and there's no escape, then, 994 00:54:02,166 --> 00:54:05,325 of course, you have to be able to deal with that situation. 995 00:54:05,375 --> 00:54:07,784 There's no vengeance, there's no beat down, 996 00:54:07,834 --> 00:54:09,075 there's no lesson to be learned. 997 00:54:09,125 --> 00:54:14,117 As soon as this person is incapable of hurting me anymore, 998 00:54:14,167 --> 00:54:16,742 I've got to make way and get away. 999 00:54:16,792 --> 00:54:20,367 You can't stay there and teach a "Road House" lesson. 1000 00:54:20,417 --> 00:54:24,034 It doesn't work that way. 1001 00:54:24,084 --> 00:54:33,742 1002 00:54:33,792 --> 00:54:36,116 When daddy left one night to karate, 1003 00:54:36,166 --> 00:54:38,116 mommy said she hates karate nights. 1004 00:54:38,166 --> 00:54:39,909 So Caleb squealed on you a little bit. 1005 00:54:39,959 --> 00:54:42,742 He said that you actually hate karate nights. 1006 00:54:42,792 --> 00:54:44,241 Oh, he was having a homework tantrum, 1007 00:54:44,291 --> 00:54:45,991 which, you know what those are like. 1008 00:54:46,041 --> 00:54:47,992 So I took the brunt of the problem 1009 00:54:48,042 --> 00:54:49,325 that you were having with him. 1010 00:54:49,375 --> 00:54:50,492 Somehow this was my fault. 1011 00:54:50,542 --> 00:54:51,951 Yes, because you weren't there. 1012 00:54:52,001 --> 00:54:55,158 Ah, so if I was in the other room but in the house 1013 00:54:55,208 --> 00:54:56,034 it would have been ok,? 1014 00:54:56,084 --> 00:54:59,367 I would've been more mad that you weren't coming to help. 1015 00:54:59,417 --> 00:54:59,909 I see. 1016 00:54:59,959 --> 00:55:02,909 Last time we spoke, it was not as intense. 1017 00:55:02,959 --> 00:55:03,784 What has changed? 1018 00:55:03,834 --> 00:55:05,408 It just depends on the day, depends on if it's 1019 00:55:05,458 --> 00:55:09,367 homework night or bath night, it seems like a really long day. 1020 00:55:09,417 --> 00:55:12,367 You would hate it if it were me gone that much. 1021 00:55:12,417 --> 00:55:16,325 No, because I would respect you so much that I'd be so happy 1022 00:55:16,375 --> 00:55:18,784 that you were growing as a person. 1023 00:55:18,834 --> 00:55:20,575 I do appreciate it and I do feel guilty. 1024 00:55:20,625 --> 00:55:22,991 I'm aware of it if that makes you feel any better. 1025 00:55:23,041 --> 00:55:24,116 That's fine. 1026 00:55:24,166 --> 00:55:24,784 That's fine? 1027 00:55:24,834 --> 00:55:25,700 I don't want you to feel guilty. 1028 00:55:25,750 --> 00:55:27,450 I want you to enjoy it and I want you to 1029 00:55:27,500 --> 00:55:29,991 appreciate that time. 1030 00:55:30,041 --> 00:55:33,533 I'm not resentful at all when you're not around. 1031 00:55:33,583 --> 00:55:34,492 Ok. 1032 00:55:34,542 --> 00:55:39,950 For my next trick, I'm going to reveal some children. 1033 00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:43,867 But I definitely see you have more of an inner calm to you 1034 00:55:43,917 --> 00:55:46,784 than you did before and you don't panic -- not panic, 1035 00:55:46,834 --> 00:55:50,492 but you're not as neurotic as you used to be. 1036 00:55:50,542 --> 00:55:51,867 Neurotic? 1037 00:55:51,917 --> 00:55:52,283 Neurotic. 1038 00:55:52,333 --> 00:55:53,492 How am I neurotic? 1039 00:55:53,542 --> 00:55:54,700 Oh, really? 1040 00:55:54,750 --> 00:55:56,117 How am I neurotic? 1041 00:55:56,167 --> 00:55:57,034 You're neurotic. 1042 00:55:57,084 --> 00:55:57,408 Tell me. 1043 00:55:57,458 --> 00:55:58,909 You obsess about things. 1044 00:55:58,959 --> 00:56:01,200 Yes. 1045 00:56:01,250 --> 00:56:02,325 You know that you obsess about things. 1046 00:56:02,375 --> 00:56:05,367 Maybe from time to time, but you got to plan for these things. 1047 00:56:05,417 --> 00:56:08,617 I know, so plan for it and then move on. 1048 00:56:08,667 --> 00:56:12,367 Well, look at it this way, let's say we're walking to the movies 1049 00:56:12,417 --> 00:56:16,700 together and a guy comes up and says, give me your money! 1050 00:56:16,750 --> 00:56:17,659 Crush his windpipe. 1051 00:56:17,709 --> 00:56:18,617 Yeah, I crush his windpipe. 1052 00:56:18,667 --> 00:56:22,950 Will you not be glad for all the effort you put yourself through? 1053 00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:25,033 So glad. 1054 00:56:25,083 --> 00:56:50,241 1055 00:56:50,291 --> 00:56:52,241 Thank you, E. 1056 00:56:52,291 --> 00:56:57,909 Alright, let's do the last one, OK? 1057 00:56:57,959 --> 00:57:01,951 Alright, perfect. 1058 00:57:02,001 --> 00:57:05,033 You couldn't even get to this level last time, ok? 1059 00:57:05,083 --> 00:57:08,909 So you were exhausted, you were cooked last time here 1060 00:57:08,959 --> 00:57:09,617 and look at you now, eh? 1061 00:57:09,667 --> 00:57:14,116 He is a lot more efficient as an athlete and that's going to have 1062 00:57:14,166 --> 00:57:16,991 again, a big impact on the performance and he is going 1063 00:57:17,041 --> 00:57:20,533 to be also much healthier as an individual because he can 1064 00:57:20,583 --> 00:57:24,033 process fats and he can process carbohydrates much better. 1065 00:57:24,083 --> 00:57:26,408 So he's improved both at the cellular level 1066 00:57:26,458 --> 00:57:28,367 and at the cardio respiratory level. 1067 00:57:28,417 --> 00:57:31,700 As you see the weight tendency definitely is going down. 1068 00:57:31,750 --> 00:57:37,158 You have lost a total weight of 12.5 pounds, but a total fat, 1069 00:57:37,208 --> 00:57:42,533 right, mass of 17 pounds, so the total weight might be deceiving 1070 00:57:42,583 --> 00:57:45,158 but actually, you have lost a very good amount of fat. 1071 00:57:45,208 --> 00:57:48,367 And not only have you lost fat, which is not easy to start with, 1072 00:57:48,417 --> 00:57:52,325 but you have put on muscle mass, which is even more difficult. 1073 00:57:52,375 --> 00:57:53,450 So that's good job. 1074 00:57:53,500 --> 00:57:54,075 Thank you. 1075 00:57:54,125 --> 00:57:57,408 So far that's great. 1076 00:57:57,458 --> 00:58:00,116 All the way through. 1077 00:58:00,166 --> 00:58:03,950 Good, grab a drink. 1078 00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:08,158 Still feel like a fat old man. 1079 00:58:08,208 --> 00:58:13,492 We're working on it. 1080 00:58:13,542 --> 00:58:14,241 Motivation to get far. 1081 00:58:14,291 --> 00:58:16,033 I need at least 68 from you. 1082 00:58:16,083 --> 00:58:17,450 That's your goal. 1083 00:58:17,500 --> 00:58:20,076 Launch yourself. 1084 00:58:20,126 --> 00:58:22,659 Good, there you go, good! 1085 00:58:22,709 --> 00:58:24,784 Looks like we have 68. 1086 00:58:24,834 --> 00:58:26,867 No way! 1087 00:58:26,917 --> 00:58:30,117 So far you're not completely disappointing me. 1088 00:58:30,167 --> 00:58:33,700 Boy, that makes me feel great. 1089 00:58:33,750 --> 00:58:37,241 If you get this, this is what I had projected for you to do 1090 00:58:37,291 --> 00:58:41,283 mid-November, so you're a full half month ahead of schedule. 1091 00:58:41,333 --> 00:58:44,450 Oh, ok, I got this. 1092 00:58:44,500 --> 00:58:45,617 I will tell you to go up. 1093 00:58:45,667 --> 00:58:47,116 Do not go up unless I tell you. 1094 00:58:47,166 --> 00:58:49,992 I'll help you if you get down too far. 1095 00:58:50,042 --> 00:58:51,659 Be confident. 1096 00:58:51,709 --> 00:58:55,158 Down...drive. 1097 00:58:55,208 --> 00:58:59,700 Good! Nice! 1098 00:58:59,750 --> 00:59:02,116 Nice. 1099 00:59:02,166 --> 00:59:04,158 Damn right, 225. 1100 00:59:04,208 --> 00:59:05,033 Nice. 1101 00:59:05,083 --> 00:59:07,241 So this one I'm ecstatic about. 1102 00:59:07,291 --> 00:59:08,533 This one I've got to tell you. 1103 00:59:08,583 --> 00:59:10,825 Last time, we maxed at 180. 1104 00:59:10,875 --> 00:59:14,784 Now you're at 225. 1105 00:59:14,834 --> 00:59:15,992 That's really big. 1106 00:59:16,042 --> 00:59:17,408 That's a huge jump. 1107 00:59:17,458 --> 00:59:20,117 Push, push, push. 1108 00:59:20,167 --> 00:59:20,867 I'm not going to help you. 1109 00:59:20,917 --> 00:59:21,825 You need to push. 1110 00:59:21,875 --> 00:59:25,909 Push all the way up, come on...Good! 1111 00:59:25,959 --> 00:59:27,992 Nice! 1112 00:59:28,042 --> 00:59:30,117 Way to push through. 1113 00:59:30,167 --> 00:59:31,533 Two seconds, go, last one. 1114 00:59:31,583 --> 00:59:32,617 Go, go, go. 1115 00:59:32,667 --> 00:59:34,367 Nice! 1116 00:59:34,417 --> 00:59:35,533 It's better. 1117 00:59:35,583 --> 00:59:36,158 It's definitely better. 1118 00:59:36,208 --> 00:59:39,241 I'd say on a scale of one to ten, the effort level is there, 1119 00:59:39,291 --> 00:59:40,909 I mean, David's pushing. 1120 00:59:40,959 --> 00:59:41,784 His effort level is a nine. 1121 00:59:41,834 --> 00:59:44,158 I'm never going to give anyone a ten because you can always 1122 00:59:44,208 --> 00:59:45,033 push a little better. 1123 00:59:45,083 --> 00:59:46,076 There's no such thing as a ten. 1124 00:59:46,126 --> 00:59:48,575 Today was the first definitive day where I really feel like 1125 00:59:48,625 --> 00:59:49,950 we're seeing that solid progress. 1126 00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:53,200 We're ahead of schedule, things are on pace, and we're getting 1127 00:59:53,250 --> 00:59:56,533 what we need to done to be able to move and to be able to be 1128 00:59:56,583 --> 00:59:58,784 an elite athlete and to get him his black belt, 1129 00:59:58,834 --> 01:00:00,450 at least on this side of it. 1130 01:00:00,500 --> 01:00:03,116 So we're going to shift the style of training so literally, 1131 01:00:03,166 --> 01:00:05,200 ground up from your feet, all the way through your legs, 1132 01:00:05,250 --> 01:00:08,033 all the way through your core, out your entire body. 1133 01:00:08,083 --> 01:00:09,909 Everything needs to be tied together. 1134 01:00:09,959 --> 01:00:12,325 It's that explosive movement from the legs, 1135 01:00:12,375 --> 01:00:13,617 all the way through your entire body. 1136 01:00:13,667 --> 01:00:15,367 It's not just one muscle you're working, 1137 01:00:15,417 --> 01:00:17,033 one piece of your body you're working. 1138 01:00:17,083 --> 01:00:18,659 Everything happens together. 1139 01:00:18,709 --> 01:00:23,117 To be an elite athlete, you need to train like one. 1140 01:00:23,167 --> 01:00:24,950 Yes, there you go! 1141 01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:32,992 You missed that one, but that's ok. 1142 01:00:33,042 --> 01:00:33,700 Good. 1143 01:00:33,750 --> 01:00:35,659 Push through the legs. 1144 01:00:35,709 --> 01:00:37,116 All the way down through the ground. 1145 01:00:37,166 --> 01:00:44,367 Push, push, push. 1146 01:00:44,417 --> 01:00:49,158 Good, good, slam it. 1147 01:00:49,208 --> 01:00:49,992 Yes! 1148 01:00:50,042 --> 01:00:52,325 Done, good. 1149 01:00:52,375 --> 01:00:55,076 Done for the day. 1150 01:00:55,126 --> 01:00:56,117 Acceptable. 1151 01:00:56,167 --> 01:00:57,116 Thank you, man. 1152 01:00:57,166 --> 01:00:58,867 Very, very good today. 1153 01:00:58,917 --> 01:01:00,909 Just for the fun of it, I timed that. 1154 01:01:00,959 --> 01:01:03,034 That was 5 minutes 23 seconds. 1155 01:01:03,084 --> 01:01:03,533 The whole thing? 1156 01:01:03,583 --> 01:01:05,575 From the whole deal or just the -- 1157 01:01:05,625 --> 01:01:05,950 Yep. 1158 01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:07,742 We're going to do an hour of that. 1159 01:01:07,792 --> 01:01:09,075 Fuck me! Really? 1160 01:01:09,125 --> 01:01:12,700 I feel like I'm in for some hard work here. 1161 01:01:12,750 --> 01:01:16,700 I thought, lifting weights to me is something I kind of grasp, 1162 01:01:16,750 --> 01:01:20,159 I can do, I've done it for years, but this thing 1163 01:01:20,209 --> 01:01:29,867 with ropes and running around -- it's going to be hard. 1164 01:01:29,917 --> 01:01:33,117 Because MMA, or Mixed Martial Arts, has become so popular 1165 01:01:33,167 --> 01:01:37,492 today, often people assume that what I am doing is the same 1166 01:01:37,542 --> 01:01:40,659 as what the MMA fighters are doing. 1167 01:01:40,709 --> 01:01:43,034 I guess my response to it initially was that it was 1168 01:01:43,084 --> 01:01:46,659 brutality, modern-day gladiators essentially. 1169 01:01:46,709 --> 01:01:52,575 I post my hand on the hip with my elbow inside, so one to two. 1170 01:01:52,625 --> 01:01:53,200 Does everyone see it? 1171 01:01:53,250 --> 01:01:55,992 All I'm going to do is I'm gonna hop to my feet. 1172 01:01:56,042 --> 01:01:59,033 DAVID: I wanted to see firsthand what the difference was between 1173 01:01:59,083 --> 01:02:02,283 karate and mixed martial arts. 1174 01:02:02,333 --> 01:02:04,158 Sorry, Sensei Swain. 1175 01:02:04,208 --> 01:02:09,659 I'm just trying it, I'm just trying it. 1176 01:02:09,709 --> 01:02:11,116 But he did not inhale. 1177 01:02:11,166 --> 01:02:23,533 (laughter) 1178 01:02:23,583 --> 01:02:26,241 You know, a lot of people, their perception of it is, with 1179 01:02:26,291 --> 01:02:28,034 mixed martial arts especially, is that it's kind of 1180 01:02:28,084 --> 01:02:30,909 a blood sport but in reality, there is so much skill 1181 01:02:30,959 --> 01:02:33,159 and so much thought process that goes behind it. 1182 01:02:33,209 --> 01:02:33,991 You take one or two hits? 1183 01:02:34,041 --> 01:02:37,159 Sure, but you really do not get that much 1184 01:02:37,209 --> 01:02:38,408 physical damage from it. 1185 01:02:38,458 --> 01:02:43,533 (crowd cheering) 1186 01:02:43,583 --> 01:02:46,034 If people come in here because they want to fight, 1187 01:02:46,084 --> 01:02:46,700 it's the wrong reason. 1188 01:02:46,750 --> 01:02:49,992 We don't train hoodlums in our school. 1189 01:02:50,042 --> 01:02:53,283 DAVID: What we do is nothing like what MMA fighters do. 1190 01:02:53,333 --> 01:02:54,533 Their philosophy is for the fight, 1191 01:02:54,583 --> 01:02:57,659 where our philosophy is for not only self-improvement, 1192 01:02:57,709 --> 01:03:01,909 but also for self-protection and only self-protection. 1193 01:03:01,959 --> 01:03:04,283 The truth is we don't do this to fight. 1194 01:03:04,333 --> 01:03:05,950 We do it because we love it. 1195 01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:07,076 We do it because we enjoy it. 1196 01:03:07,126 --> 01:03:09,909 Why does somebody learn to play chess? 1197 01:03:09,959 --> 01:03:10,742 It's fun. 1198 01:03:10,792 --> 01:03:11,784 It stretches your brain. 1199 01:03:11,834 --> 01:03:13,950 They're interested in going in there and winning 1200 01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:15,909 and getting a big payout. 1201 01:03:15,959 --> 01:03:17,200 The purse is what motivates them. 1202 01:03:17,250 --> 01:03:20,033 I definitely disagree with that it's just in it for the money 1203 01:03:20,083 --> 01:03:21,034 or just in it for the purse. 1204 01:03:21,084 --> 01:03:23,951 The truth of the matter is, you really do not see anything 1205 01:03:24,001 --> 01:03:27,158 until you're at an elite level, probably top 100 in the world. 1206 01:03:27,208 --> 01:03:29,950 It's such an up-and-coming sport that that funding 1207 01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:32,617 is not there for it. 1208 01:03:32,667 --> 01:03:34,992 In my opinion, they are no longer martial arts. 1209 01:03:35,042 --> 01:03:37,325 Once they adapt themselves exclusively for 1210 01:03:37,375 --> 01:03:40,408 sport competition, they're not martial arts anymore, 1211 01:03:40,458 --> 01:03:41,950 they're combative sports. 1212 01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:42,784 It is martial arts. 1213 01:03:42,834 --> 01:03:45,159 It's in its purest form, it's martial arts. 1214 01:03:45,209 --> 01:03:46,158 Otherwise, what is it? 1215 01:03:46,208 --> 01:03:47,075 What are you training to do? 1216 01:03:47,125 --> 01:03:49,742 What you get is a lot of charlatans out there talking 1217 01:03:49,792 --> 01:03:52,533 about how deadly their martial arts is, but they never actually 1218 01:03:52,583 --> 01:03:55,659 fight, so they really have no idea how effective 1219 01:03:55,709 --> 01:03:58,117 their martial art is. 1220 01:03:58,167 --> 01:03:59,158 Just because you're an MMA fighter 1221 01:03:59,208 --> 01:04:00,575 doesn't mean you're a martial artist. 1222 01:04:00,625 --> 01:04:04,159 However, any martial artist that wants to try dismiss MMA, 1223 01:04:04,209 --> 01:04:05,158 I definitely take issue with. 1224 01:04:05,208 --> 01:04:08,033 The truth is, if you run your whole life, at some point you 1225 01:04:08,083 --> 01:04:10,659 want to know who's the fastest runner, and the only way to know 1226 01:04:10,709 --> 01:04:12,700 who's the fastest runner is to go out there and run 1227 01:04:12,750 --> 01:04:15,950 so what we happen to do is martial art, war arts, 1228 01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:18,492 so we fight. 1229 01:04:18,542 --> 01:04:20,742 We're not encouraged to hurt someone else, but you need to 1230 01:04:20,792 --> 01:04:23,617 know what you're doing wrong, you need to know how to react, 1231 01:04:23,667 --> 01:04:25,158 so yeah, it's full on. 1232 01:04:25,208 --> 01:04:27,367 I'm going to hit as hard as I can and I'm going to 1233 01:04:27,417 --> 01:04:28,450 try to take your legs out. 1234 01:04:28,500 --> 01:04:30,241 I'm going to hit you right across the face and if you're 1235 01:04:30,291 --> 01:04:37,117 not ready for it, well then, it's not dance class. 1236 01:04:37,167 --> 01:04:39,075 SENSEI SWAIN: I don't need to hit somebody in the mouth to see 1237 01:04:39,125 --> 01:04:42,659 if I can knock them out when I can hit a Makiwara board 1238 01:04:42,709 --> 01:04:46,034 and find out the poundage that I'm hitting with. 1239 01:04:46,084 --> 01:04:50,533 It's not necessary. 1240 01:04:50,583 --> 01:04:53,867 Practicing real karate is difficult because in a class, 1241 01:04:53,917 --> 01:04:58,158 if you did real karate full speed, full power, full contact, 1242 01:04:58,208 --> 01:05:00,492 there wouldn't be a whole lot of students left. 1243 01:05:00,542 --> 01:05:02,991 There'd be way too much violence and way too many injuries, 1244 01:05:03,041 --> 01:05:08,367 so it's been changed and modified enough to make it safe 1245 01:05:08,417 --> 01:05:11,033 to have tournaments, to have students sparring 1246 01:05:11,083 --> 01:05:13,575 with each other, that type of thing. 1247 01:05:13,625 --> 01:05:16,617 AMAL: I believe the evolution that MMA created, it took 1248 01:05:16,667 --> 01:05:20,076 martial arts from the dark ages into the present and that 1249 01:05:20,126 --> 01:05:23,075 was a giant leap within a very short amount of time. 1250 01:05:23,125 --> 01:05:25,909 The old way of thinking was Ikken Hissatsu. 1251 01:05:25,959 --> 01:05:31,700 Ikken Hissatsu means one technique, one opponent. 1252 01:05:31,750 --> 01:05:34,325 One hit, that opponent's finished, 1253 01:05:34,375 --> 01:05:36,325 now we take on the next opponent. 1254 01:05:36,375 --> 01:05:37,992 You know, nothing ever goes as planned 1255 01:05:38,042 --> 01:05:39,575 and you better be ready for a back-up plan, like, 1256 01:05:39,625 --> 01:05:42,075 one technique, you might get lucky every once in a while, 1257 01:05:42,125 --> 01:05:43,367 but the truth is, the guy who thinks that 1258 01:05:43,417 --> 01:05:47,075 that works all the time has never fought, ever. 1259 01:05:47,125 --> 01:05:48,241 I have a different viewpoint. 1260 01:05:48,291 --> 01:05:55,784 I would say, if I get unlucky in a real fight and hit somebody 1261 01:05:55,834 --> 01:05:59,784 with a good technique, I'm going to be sorry. 1262 01:05:59,834 --> 01:06:00,033 Why? 1263 01:06:00,083 --> 01:06:03,325 Because you probably hurt them very badly, unless it's a life 1264 01:06:03,375 --> 01:06:06,076 or death situation where, if the guy gets up, he may 1265 01:06:06,126 --> 01:06:09,950 kill you, then we're talking a whole different scenario. 1266 01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:13,033 Okazaki Sensei, he's the head of the ISKF, said that 1267 01:06:13,083 --> 01:06:16,408 the definition of a good martial artist is someone who trains 1268 01:06:16,458 --> 01:06:20,617 and practices hard for 50 years and never uses it. 1269 01:06:20,667 --> 01:06:25,076 Martial art is completely different than fighting. 1270 01:06:25,126 --> 01:06:29,951 Definition of Karate Bu-do -- "Bu" means stop the fight, 1271 01:06:30,001 --> 01:06:31,033 stop the conflict. 1272 01:06:31,083 --> 01:06:34,325 "Do" -- way of life. 1273 01:06:34,375 --> 01:06:42,991 1274 01:06:43,041 --> 01:06:45,325 DAVID: Me? I'm sticking with karate. 1275 01:06:45,375 --> 01:06:53,034 Let's face it, I'd die in that cage. 1276 01:06:53,084 --> 01:06:53,617 I'm 49 years old. 1277 01:06:53,667 --> 01:06:57,742 I have the black belt test coming in about three weeks 1278 01:06:57,792 --> 01:07:00,033 and I've been upping my training. 1279 01:07:00,083 --> 01:07:01,992 I've been trying to do a lot more exercise. 1280 01:07:02,042 --> 01:07:04,659 I don't know if it's going to make a difference at this point, 1281 01:07:04,709 --> 01:07:06,116 but I'm doing the best I can. 1282 01:07:06,166 --> 01:07:09,367 I'm watching my front leg on that first front stance 1283 01:07:09,417 --> 01:07:12,116 to make sure that my front knee doesn't cave in. 1284 01:07:12,166 --> 01:07:16,283 It might be slightly premature for me to test at this point 1285 01:07:16,333 --> 01:07:19,408 so the way I'm looking at it is that if I don't pass, 1286 01:07:19,458 --> 01:07:20,950 it's a good learning experience. 1287 01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:25,075 I'm doing karate outside of class and I'm really focusing on 1288 01:07:25,125 --> 01:07:28,742 specifically what I think is going to be on the test. 1289 01:07:28,792 --> 01:07:31,325 It's coming up fast, it's coming up really fast. 1290 01:07:31,375 --> 01:07:34,241 DAVID: The test is a pass/fail situation, however, 1291 01:07:34,291 --> 01:07:38,200 if I don't pass, I can be given a three month re-exam, 1292 01:07:38,250 --> 01:07:41,991 a six month re-exam, or a no pass. 1293 01:07:42,041 --> 01:07:45,575 NICK: Whether or not he's going to pass or not, that depends on 1294 01:07:45,625 --> 01:07:47,325 how much work he's going to put into it right now, 1295 01:07:47,375 --> 01:07:50,283 so we're starting to move to more days per week 1296 01:07:50,333 --> 01:07:52,283 that we're actually lifting and doing things. 1297 01:07:52,333 --> 01:07:54,867 We're going to get his weight down even farther. 1298 01:07:54,917 --> 01:07:59,117 He's going to be more efficient in his movements, so from legs 1299 01:07:59,167 --> 01:08:01,492 all the way connecting through the hand, and finally also, 1300 01:08:01,542 --> 01:08:11,034 getting his endurance better so he's not huffing and puffing. 1301 01:08:11,084 --> 01:08:12,784 You know, it's gotten a heck of a lot better. 1302 01:08:12,834 --> 01:08:15,158 The improvements David has made in the weight room are really 1303 01:08:15,208 --> 01:08:19,158 reflecting to what he's doing, not only on the physical weight 1304 01:08:19,208 --> 01:08:20,867 but also when he's doing his forms. 1305 01:08:20,917 --> 01:08:23,367 It looked substantially better. 1306 01:08:23,417 --> 01:08:53,283 It's definitely not awful. 1307 01:08:53,333 --> 01:08:58,034 1308 01:08:58,084 --> 01:09:00,909 I'll see you there hopefully. 1309 01:09:00,959 --> 01:09:02,200 Don't break anything. 1310 01:09:02,250 --> 01:09:04,408 I'll try not to. 1311 01:09:04,458 --> 01:09:05,659 Bye, Caleb. 1312 01:09:05,709 --> 01:09:06,867 I'll be there. 1313 01:09:06,917 --> 01:09:08,700 Ok. 1314 01:09:08,750 --> 01:09:09,951 We're going. 1315 01:09:10,001 --> 01:09:11,367 Alright. 1316 01:09:11,417 --> 01:09:13,283 Somebody texted me. 1317 01:09:13,333 --> 01:09:14,283 Roger that. 1318 01:09:14,333 --> 01:09:17,200 Ok, alright. 1319 01:09:17,250 --> 01:09:17,991 Bye. 1320 01:09:18,041 --> 01:09:20,951 Bye-bye. 1321 01:09:21,001 --> 01:09:50,951 1322 01:09:51,001 --> 01:09:52,076 How you feeling? 1323 01:09:52,126 --> 01:09:52,951 How do I feel? 1324 01:09:53,001 --> 01:09:54,117 I feel nervous. 1325 01:09:54,167 --> 01:09:57,034 I'm sweating and I haven't even done anything. 1326 01:09:57,084 --> 01:09:57,742 It's alright. 1327 01:09:57,792 --> 01:09:59,200 It'll come, it'll be easy. 1328 01:09:59,250 --> 01:09:59,742 Yeah? 1329 01:09:59,792 --> 01:10:01,867 So you'll be done by 10:00 and then you'll wait 'til 6:00 1330 01:10:01,917 --> 01:10:03,283 to hear if you passed. 1331 01:10:03,333 --> 01:10:04,200 That's right. 1332 01:10:04,250 --> 01:10:05,200 Ok, no pressure at all. 1333 01:10:05,250 --> 01:10:06,992 Alright man, thank you for coming. 1334 01:10:07,042 --> 01:10:07,450 I appreciate it. 1335 01:10:07,500 --> 01:10:08,408 Absolutely, it's going to be good. 1336 01:10:08,458 --> 01:10:09,575 I'm excited to watch you. 1337 01:10:09,625 --> 01:10:10,575 Thanks. 1338 01:10:10,625 --> 01:10:32,200 1339 01:10:32,250 --> 01:11:02,033 1340 01:11:02,083 --> 01:11:09,992 (yelling) 1341 01:11:10,042 --> 01:11:46,283 1342 01:11:46,333 --> 01:12:20,700 1343 01:12:20,750 --> 01:13:13,158 1344 01:13:13,208 --> 01:13:14,325 I'm glad it's over. 1345 01:13:14,375 --> 01:13:17,116 I don't know how it went, you know? 1346 01:13:17,166 --> 01:13:27,158 I think it went ok. 1347 01:13:27,208 --> 01:13:56,492 1348 01:13:56,542 --> 01:13:59,450 What are your thoughts on not passing then for me? 1349 01:13:59,500 --> 01:14:03,033 It's another day of training. 1350 01:14:03,083 --> 01:14:07,033 The masters have all said testing or a tournament 1351 01:14:07,083 --> 01:14:12,367 is just another day of training. 1352 01:14:12,417 --> 01:14:15,241 DAVID: Well, I did not reach my goal. 1353 01:14:15,291 --> 01:14:19,075 I'll be 50 by the time I can test again. 1354 01:14:19,125 --> 01:14:22,158 I know there's a lesson learned from failing this first test 1355 01:14:22,208 --> 01:14:26,617 and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. 1356 01:14:26,667 --> 01:14:28,825 Maybe it was premature to test with only three years 1357 01:14:28,875 --> 01:14:31,742 of training under my belt, but I thought if I did a lot 1358 01:14:31,792 --> 01:14:35,325 of additional training and exercise, it might be possible 1359 01:14:35,375 --> 01:14:38,492 to achieve my goal in this span of time. 1360 01:14:38,542 --> 01:14:42,033 And who knows, maybe I'm not that far off, 1361 01:14:42,083 --> 01:14:46,033 but the truth is, it really doesn't matter. 1362 01:14:46,083 --> 01:14:49,367 Thanks to Sensei Swain, Nick, and Inigo, and the work that 1363 01:14:49,417 --> 01:14:54,200 I've done, I've lost 15 pounds so far and I'm stronger now 1364 01:14:54,250 --> 01:14:55,909 than I've been in years. 1365 01:14:55,959 --> 01:15:00,117 As Mr. Miyagi says, balance is the key to a good life 1366 01:15:00,167 --> 01:15:04,117 and I believe that now I have far more balance in my life 1367 01:15:04,167 --> 01:15:08,325 and all that midlife crisis nonsense is behind me 1368 01:15:08,375 --> 01:15:12,076 and it all started with karate. 1369 01:15:12,126 --> 01:15:14,825 I know I'm going to earn my black belt one day, 1370 01:15:14,875 --> 01:15:19,283 but who really cares if I'm 50 or 51? 1371 01:15:19,333 --> 01:15:21,033 Just me, that's who. 1372 01:15:21,083 --> 01:15:24,117 Would you give me a black belt? 1373 01:15:24,167 --> 01:15:25,408 I think you've earned it. 1374 01:15:25,458 --> 01:15:44,742 (laughter) 1375 01:15:44,792 --> 01:15:46,200 I feel better now. 1376 01:15:46,250 --> 01:15:49,408 Now I can finish this movie. 1377 01:15:49,458 --> 01:15:50,617 (laughter) 1378 01:15:50,667 --> 01:15:53,076 That was what you were waiting for. 1379 01:15:53,126 --> 01:15:58,617 That's right. 1380 01:15:58,667 --> 01:16:02,667