"I love [the haka]," said Klopp. "My career started with the haka, when I was a manager at Mainz. I was a player on Sunday and on Monday I became a manager.
"With my team I loved the intensity [of the haka] and everything. It helped us a lot [at Mainz]. When we drove in the bus to the stadium, the last two minutes was always the haka [playing] in the bus.
"When we opened the door and left the bus going into the stadium you could hear the last few seconds of it. So it helped us a lot ... it brought us into a pretty special mood and we used it for two or three years.
"So I am always happy when I can hear it and especially live, it is a very interesting experience and I can only recommend it to everyone. If you have never seen it before, you have to."
Klopp was speaking after watching the Kiwis perform the haka for the Liverpool players and staff on Wednesday, after the New Zealand side trained at Liverpool's Melwood headquarters, then enjoyed lunch with many of their millionaire players.
Klopp joked that the league team particularly enjoyed the bountiful buffet lunch supplied at the Premier League club.
"It's great to have them here," said Klopp. "A real pleasure. And the kitchen enjoys it a lot. At least then they really know why they do it because these boys are good eaters. They can have whatever they want."
Klopp, who has hosted three Kiwis teams at Melwood since his tenure began in 2015, said they always enjoy the exchange of ideas.
"We are a very open minded club," said Klopp. "We are always open to learn from different sports. We are interested in that actually. Obviously the sport is quite different so we cannot use too much tactically but no problem with that, it is still really interesting to talk and have a little chat."
Melwood, which was opened in 1950 and was then transformed by legendary manager Bill Shankly in the 1970s, is typical of the lavish facilities enjoyed throughout the Premier League. There are three full-size fields, one with the same dimensions as Anfield and others wider or narrower, to replicate the different pitches across the league, as well as rehabilitation rooms, a gymnasium, swimming pool, restaurant and recreational facilities.
The Kiwis had a heavy training session on Wednesday, focussed on defence, but Klopp had no concerns about his state of his usually pristine fields, despite seeing the damage done to the Wembley surface following an NFL match last weekend.
"They had a good session I hope," said Klopp. "I spoke already with our groundsman and it's all good with the pitch — I hope. Especially when you saw the game [on Tuesday], when Tottenham played City at Wembley and the day before that [was] the NFL game ... that was crazy. But it's all good, they are all fine."
