Most reputable martial arts are made trying stuff in matches and seeing what sticks, imo that is the historical way not trying the arguably proven worse move because the other wasnt in a book

People who make fun of TKD because of the foot fencing of the Olympics seem to somehow ignore its effectiveness in UFC. The round house and spinning hook kicks KO competitors or otherwise disorient them sufficiently for easy ground and pound (yes, mixing the martial arts, but it is clear that people need long, medium, and clinch, plus ground and choke. I think TKD and Judo are the most efficient combo.) The shock and awe KOs show its effectiveness.

Awesome

I stayed at his house in 93 he ended up selling me £500 of videos that was laid of crap once he had my money he wasn’t interested in me anymore

Im sorry but when you've got people like Dave Faulkner, Shane Rigby, Daren Morris and Jack Mountford RIP would laugh at this vdeo!

You have made HEMA sound like one of the most violent sports in the world. Your description of what a practitioner must be sounds arrogant even if unintentionally. You must be a bad ass like me to do HEMA. Asian martial arts can be dangerous and has some pretty bad ass competitors too.

The Vast majority of people have never heard of HEMA. HEMA needs its own version of Bruce Lee to promote this art.

i trained like you said in the video. my teacher said the best way to learn is through sparring, getting hit and learning how to not get hit. i sparred against him (2nd degree black belt in TKD) and i improved leaps and bounds in that year. not only that but my pain tolerance went through the roof during that year. that was about 30 or so years ago. i do miss those days.

Just watched the Jem Belcher movie! Incredible man! Good video!😊

I disagree because BJJ is not promoted merely as a ground fighting component but rather as a more or less complete self defence art that only needs other stuff added to it for MMA fights where your opponents will also know how to grapple. Against this backdrop, Jesse’s point - that BJJ only works if you are willing to go to the ground and you can get around this by simply standing up - is a good one. I’m not sure the criticism that he beat a novice as if he was “punching down” really washes when you remember that Jesse was new to BJJ himself. Also, while he might have got owned in the BJJ classes, I don’t think he was trying his “just stand up” tactic against them.

Didn't watch it and after that video and the weird Seagal videos I quit watching Jesse. If it was a joke then it probably didn't work because lot of people didn't get it. And entering a competition in novice class and refusing to compete according to rules proves nothing more than said here. You're a dick. You could enter a boxing tournament and do nothing but clinch but that wouldn't prove boxing doesn't work.

The absolute funniest statement he ever made is when he revealed how to counter his tactics. He literally said you have to be a believer for it to work on you or the other was pointing your toes opposite ways.

Cn you do the venetian gondolier?

I think the "better" mindset is toxic. I dont wrestle because its better, i wrestle because i am a wrestler and it allows me to express myself.

So I'm not very deep into hema culture. Is it a problem of trying to keep the historical martial arts.... historically accurate? Not adding or removing anything other than what the manuscripts say? If so, wouldn't true HEMA be a much smaller community? because as fighters you always try to pick up new tricks because let's face it, the only honor exists in victory.

I am a Hama practitioner as well as someone who Okichitaw which is a plains Cree martial art. I grew up in watching catch wrestling because we would all watch it on tv. It is really important to do what you are doing because catch is a great indigenous European system of combat. Keep up the good work.

No one respects HEMA, and no HEMA practitioners respect Buhurt. HEMA can be really good for self defense, just a cool sport, or a cool research project. Buhurt can be a really good for applying HEMA (specifically Ringen or Harnesfechten techniques), or it can be just a cool, brutish sport for fun with axes. It all depends on what you want to do with the martial art or sport you're learning. Awesome Video btw

Hema clubs in the states tend to be super cliquey / culty

Our school did no grappling training but allowed it in sparrin. This only resulted in bigger students dominating the smaller ones. You werent allowed to strike in grappling so it felt arbitrary and annoying,.as i wanted mainly practice sabre Cardio is the heart of all combat,.not wrestling

Humanity has always been fooled by magic. Most of you on here laughing probably still believe there was actually a pandemic in 2020. It’s easy to point the finger at a man who is now 80 and call him a moron, but much more difficult to admit that you are one yourself.

Dont tell thst to the gracie hunter. He was a catch wrestler and he kicked 4 gracies backsides

I wish the internet existed when I was young. I "earned" a black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate. I thought I was a bad ass and signed up for a kick boxing match. I was decimated, and I was upset that I believed I was fighter. I was fooled, and I was robbed out of money and time. The 80's martial arts scene was fill with so much bullshit.

Congratulations, you have achieved enlightenment! Unfortunately going by the comments your real message has not sunk in. Real fighting is real fighting where people punch and kick and grapple and wrestle while breaking noses, loosening teeth, cracking ribs not to mention damaging the family jewels. Taken to the extreme you can be crippled, blinded, brain damaged or even killed. Martial arts are a way to practice your fighting skills safely and thus have already had most of the dangerous techniques removed. The half truth is that the majority of martial arts would be less than useless to you in a real fight, you can't catch or block real punches and kicks. Boxing is valid as is karate kicks and any form of wrestling be it Judo or BJJ is priceless as it builds muscle, strength and endurance. But the main sticking point with martial arts in general is that most of the people involved in them from student all the way up to black belt have never been in a real fight in their entire life and if pressed will admit that they took up martial arts because they were always bullied or always scared and being a black belt now somehow gives them the confidence that they will cope should a real situation arise. They have yet to meet 'Condition Black' a term coined by William Ewart Fairbairn who despite being a senior black belt in everything was almost killed by a Tong gang in Shanghai. To his surprise when faced with the fear of death after being hit by hatchets and stabbed he was unable to access any of his martial arts and being unable to escape resorted to punching, kicking and clawing just like his caveman ancestor. Thankfully this man could fight and survived his near death experience. He went on to invent the fighting system for the Royal Commandos and even their fighting knife and shared his unarmed combat knowledge with his American counterparts. Complicated second nature programs are stored in a part of the brain that shuts down in condition black situations; your martial arts, your ability to drive etc. Your animal brain with it's short term memory is all you have access to. Fight or flight and often even worse freeze! Military and police plus other emergency services are well aware of condition black and it's effects of cognitive tunnelling or tactical fixation. Unfortunately most black belts are not. If people really want to learn to fight then copy the army and navy and do milling, grappling and wrestling and then back this up with some form of martial art that simulates these three. A real fighter should be able to use their chosen martial arts in a real situation. A non fighter is destined to fail!

I have seen some of these examples in the competition area (not read any manual, just use what works in sparring) and the purist that does not want to do anything but recreate the ancient art. But regardless of where you sit on this topic. Once you start "sparring" and there's tournaments, the "techniques" will stop being pure and a mix of all fighting techniques that work will rule the land. (see what has happened to MMA in the last 15 years)

It's a pity that this style is disappearing. I recently got to know it; I knew it existed but didn't know exactly what it was. Now, having a deeper understanding of what it is, I realized how wonderful it is. I believe England made a big mistake in not promoting this type of wrestling around the world; apparently, they don't even promote it within their own territory. I currently practice BJJ and Judo, but I would also love to do Olympic Wrestling and all its variations. Greetings from Argentina

"This is what the dnd kids do when they aren't in their basement"💀💀😭😭😭

why is silat and eskrima not included

It's also damn near useless today for actual combat

There should be a Hollywood film made about him.

You should make a rules video

Climate Change

Just regarding your initial discussion of the "best looking" martial art. It can actually matter if a martial art looks good. It matters in terms of being able to "sell" your martial art to others, thereby getting lots of students and being financially successful. It also matters in terms of the "rhetoric of violence". There are weapons, for example, which are not particularly useful in fights, at least not if you don't train with them a lot, such as butterfly knives and nunchaku. These weapons "look good" and are therefore intimidating, and were therefore frequently used by gangs and criminals until they were outlawed in North America and elsewhere. Basically, being intimidating can actually be useful. So, if your martial system can be both intimidating and useful then that's even better.

You camb ridge chaps read alot of books but what you need to realise the authors are only showing the very basics there not showing all there knowledge of there system s your not seeing all there secrets that went to the grave with them stick to karate my friend

People keep getting knocked out coming into my defence: Jim Driscoll.

I've got many illegal weapons too bad if their illegal!!!

Trust me it won't need in good faith !! I'll say that to the police officer ofcourse just to keep up the pretence !!!

The law is an ass !! And it needs to change so that we can protect ourselves this country is a total joke!!

Once again thank you for bringing a bit of joy to an elderly gentleman who is a recovering heart patients. I enjoyed the banter. And your spot on in regards to training advice. Of course I also appreciate the judicious use humour sprinkle about the narrative. I truly appreciate you sharing your expertise on the subject as well. Please continue producing great video content. God bless you and family!

Boxing is the best martial arts and bare nucker fight is way better than mma Street Boxing is better

Boxing wins

Why do english speakers call it Jiu Jitsu instead of Jujutsu?

Number one dilman is a Wack job number 2. What psychological degree do you have? Sounds like you sure know a lot. You seem a lot like Dillman. You think you know a lot? What makes you the authority on judging him through a video? Everyone knows he is a snake oil salesman but you're not a psychologist

People have lamented the death of boxing for decades. AJ Liebling in his book the Sweet Science, published in the 1950s lamented how television was going to turn boxing into a show and kill the sport. I’ll always bet on boxing surviving.

What about the Martial Art that I have been practicing since I was fifteen? I am now fifty! I never hear anyone talk about the Burmese Fighting system that was developed by Dr. U Maung Gyi, that is known as Bando.

I’ve seen BJJ classes that begin or end with bowing to a picture on the wall. So yeah, it can be a cult.

What makes catch a superior art than bjj?

Any martial art can become watered down. Karate used to be so heavy in stand up grappling (due to it's origins in Tegumi, NOT kung fu) that when the founder of Judo, Jigoro Kano, witnessed a karate demonstration first hand, he told the demonstrator (Kenwa Mabuni) that if he were at the Kodokan, he'd get a 4th Dan in Judo "on the spot". Then karate fully moved into Japan and the Japanese changed it's focus to unattached striking elements (rather than it's clinch fighting origins) because they already had Sumo, Jujitsu and Judo. Then Funakoshi's son et al added the higher kicks from Savate. No one questions Dutch kickboxing, but Dutch kickboxing comes from kickboxing, and kickboxing comes from the aforementioned Japanese version of karate, and the kicks of that type of karate come from Savate, but you don't see many people winning MMA with a Savate background. The question is, how do you train the techniques that your art contains, and do you neglect any of those techniques to focus on some sport version of your art that only competes against itself?

I come looking for some backsword videos and i end up on my channel for catch wrestling

Molyneux got soundly whipped by Tom Cribb, but that was a great virtue signal.

What's the name of the book?