In the 3 real knife fights I've been in they weren't knifes! Box cutter,a long sharp spike and a sharpened peice of plastic . We called them Bangers and your completely bum rushed while your hit dozens of times in your face,chest arms and stomach. It's quick violent and you always get cut and the thing that saved me was don't freeze up,move and eye jab if you can't run while protecting your neck and heart with your stance..I was in better shape used front kicks jabs with my weapon..70 stitches later and 45 years ago I won/survived.

I like you. You're an entertainer like Ed. I once worked at a Waffle House trying to get out of Poverty. Those waitresses there are ex jail Women, ex drug addicts or current ones. Some are strippers. Some have pimps. Some are on a "work release program" from bad circumstances. Most carry knives, razor blades, needles. And, most of all, would adore to have your precious smile. Order grits with cheese, toast with butter on the side. They might not chuckle at you in the back rooms.

FMA drills are meant to get you use to the different movements. It is used more for killing in battle and not for self-defense. People who don't practice this art can say all they want but if you ever went against a trained FMA person in battle excluding firearms then most likely you would be the one dead. This killing art came about before the Spanish because different Filipino tribes would fight against each other & against foreign invaders.

Bjj purple belt and some kick boxing

This is a good video for the internet. A proper open hand strike, not the one you showed, is more effective than a punch at the proper targets. Both the slap and the palm heel strike should be done with your fingers together. That being said, back when I used to teach before you were born the first thing I taught was the Shaolin fist , and the second thing I taught was the Okinawan Rams Head fist . I never taught the bare knuckles boxing fist because it's slightly less effective. The Crane's head strike that you show second is very effective if you do it correctly but like most fists strikes if you do it incorrectly it hurts the tendons on the back of the wrist. The leopard paw fist which you showed is not just for extra reach. Like a proper snake hand fist or spear hand it can penetrate past guarded areas like going under the chin to strike the throat.

Couldn't agree more, chasing/forcing trapping is the worst mistake

Hey Rob, love your channel. I have a couple ideas to consider in defense of Kenpo. First I'll admit I'm as inexperienced as they come. I've been training in Kenpo about 3 or 4 hours now and have watched 3 times that in martial arts videos. But perhaps knowing nothing may provide some fresh eyes on the problem. To me, a 10 hit attack would only work in a street fight and in no other scenerio. This ideal attack would almost work exclusively on the untrained fighter whose concept of fighting is nearly completely limited to punching someone in the face. Consider the simple but effective technique I'm learning called, Lever. The very first move involves breaking someone's elbow, followed by two elbows to the face that would knock someone unconscious. You'll never land 10 perfect blows on a trained fighter, especially in a tournament or sparing setting b/c that would always result in broken bones and concussions. That is the only way to get the body to comply with the next attack. The sequence would end and very possibly the opponents life. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for your input.

I think this is coming from the assumption that you're taking someone who only knows TKD and you're sizing them up to someone who only knows Muay Thai. You can take private classes from TKD instructors and ask them to teach you all about kicking so you can skip the patterns and "self defence" McDojo side of it. (Expensive but worth it) Reality is, TKD kicks are a very unique style and it adds to your weapon arsenal that other fighters will not be expecting.

Palm strikes don't suck, your palm strikes suck! There is a big difference. Put your ass into it man lol

You are trying to get us killed or you just don't know shit

from my experience with tkd, it's useful for fighting but it doesn't teach you how to fight to begin with. It's a great addition if you have solid base in more 'meta' fighting styles.

Couldn't agree more! I like how you break it all down! Practical and tactical!👍👊

I’ve seen a Chinese Kempo fighter beat the shit out of a BJJ fighter. Now granted the BJJ guy pulled off a last minute submission off his back and won but he took the most damage.

No weapon can make you know how to strike with power and control. If you don’t know how to hit something hard and with leverage, a chunk of something in your hand will not make you a competent striker. It’s like swinging a hammer looks so easy, but if someone who has little to no experience pounding in nails tries it, just swinging a hammer at the nail will be wildly ineffective. Before you even think about any self defense weapons, you should get some serious training.

All i can say is: TKD teaches immense hip flexibility (hip generates power in kicks) and is a good EXERCISE for adult people for their Old Age mobility. And a great Cardio (like any other mart.art)

Are you trained in Wing Chun, I am completely confused, also you aren't showing your footwork.

Kenpo is used for pure self defense like all martial arts should be. We were taught these ways to execute fast to get out of there so if the person was to throw a punch we do as much as we can before the next one so all the speed you see them doing in necessary and never for show. You want to get in do what you need to do and get out. So if they throw another push while you are finishing a set you can finish them off

There's a lot of ways to destroy those wrists

Taekwondo kicks weak?? lol

"the whole point of aikido ... " exactly and well put! Thank you.

I'm just enjoying it

Very straightforward and respectful. I'm Filipino and realize the value in this without putting down Filipino martial arts. Great stuff

Rob Rowland "Master of the b i t c h slap".

Be careful with what this guy is telling you. Maybe he don't know how to use a heel palm strike so that's why he don't like it.

Mr. Parker had same disagreement with Bruce Lee, what is the best way to learn self defense, fixed technique or spontaneous training? It’s something I struggle with myself. Believe you have to start somewhere soon as you master base technique you need to leave it and not let it constrain you. It was only a starting idea. Just like beginning dancers start with basic dance steps but later as they advance learn to build and create and express themselves on the dance floor. Believe Mr. Parker was trying to teach kenpo as a language of motion. The techniques are only sample sentences of motion with endless possibilities just like any language. Myself I am a man of few words and like to express myself in short sentences of motion, let others babble on. Great food for thought.

I got an interesting bad ass/ nerdy solution to your dilemma! Ultrasabers lightsaber tonfa! Specifications for maximum damage, ultraedge heavy grade, shoto size, pointed top blade! Get the belt connector pieces (get it on either hip. Ultrasabers have 2inch polycarbonate blades that I practiced on metal flag poles without even leaving a scratch. There was a vid of a dude knocking a dude out in the hood with these. My boy pulled his sabers out when these dudes were coming up behind him on a dark Street in boston, and they ran lol. Cops dont initially think you are up to no good either

Check out Adam Chan’s videos if you’re curious about more Wing Chun applications in modern times. Still, I like what you demonstrate

funny and useful ! I like it !

I find striking with koken very painful. We (kyokushin, I am a black belt) do pushups on koken, and that I also find very painful. For me it is an emergency technique to use if your fingers are broken. Oya Yubi Ken is a strike to use if you are in extreme danger. People have died from it. Performed correctly the thumb will not brake even if hitting the hard part of the skull. All these strike shown here will be in a japanese karate syllabus I guess. At least in mine.

Jira ken/2nd knuckle is in traditional boxing as well called a long-punch though most bareknuckle boxer advocate against it in place of the pinch or press knuckles. 'Pitch knuckles' is done with contact on the interphalangeal of the fore & middle finger. The little finger & ring finger are clenched in the long-punch with the thumb pressing down. It is considered bad sportsmanship to use a 'pinch knuckle' in gloves though only bareknuckle boxers understand it's purpose. Muay thai are of the few I take serious though much of what they do is for cultural reasons & family honour rather then scientific method in pugilism as is the objective in bare-knuckle boxing. Muay thai is permitted in a ring. Fisticuffs=bareknuckle boxing is not permitted in a legal ring though my Great great grand father & grand father taught me young who are both ex forces. Fact you cannot use the hooks, falls, wrench's & other methods in traditional bareknuckle boxing is for a reason. A crossed coupling had 19/20 rate being deceased. Hill fall=41/50 rate in records. Mind both mentioned use the fround as point of contact with all your clenched fist do is roate them on points of pivot into the ground. Even the cross stright done correctly had 7/10 rate but it can be a knock out as the severity depend on the contact to the cranium with the true knuckles. What I know but am not allowed to demonstrate in practice would shock people. My grand father took out soldiers with his bare hand in Korea that were armed with rifles & bayonets once his munitions were spent with his blades lodged the ground with fists was enough. Sports boxing for points is not in the slightest of how boxing is meant to be done. Boxing as it was nulled by Queensbury & later Queens Anne rules just to save people that came into traditional match not knowing what they were getting in for. London physicians ruined all the fun & scientific principal present in the Bare-Knuckle Era.

😂😂😂 Wing Chun is a Chinese martial art, it came from Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do.. ok this guy knows absolutely nothing about Wing Chun 😂😂😂 study guys.. study... It's a shame to the greatest Grand Master Yip Man. Ashame your self sir. You cannot talk about martial arts and knows bullshit about Wing Chun.

5:04 ok nobody’s gonna talk about “Your mom” here 😂

Karate will lose out to muaythai. Japanese have been trying to beat muaythai for ages. So they invented kick boxing. They hired retired Thai fighters to train kick boxers in Japan. Then they changed rules, no clinching etc. If you train martial for self defense purpose, even boxing would make more sense than karate. If you train muaythai at legit camp, you'll be a better fighter in 3 sessions/ week for four months, than a similar person training karate for a year.

I'm an ITF Taekwon-do black belt (3rd dan) from Europe. TKD was originally intended to destroy or break your opponent with a single well placed attack with the right "weapon" on a weak point to your opponent's body. Like a knife hand thrust to the throat or an elbow to the solar plexus. Ice cold showers and conditioning/hardening of your fists, forearms, legs and shins is mandatory if you practice by the book. Original TKD comes from Kyokushin Karate and was thought to the Korean military as a last resort. It was feared by the Vietcong. This all changed when it became a sport. Low kicks were banned from competitions and it became semi contact due to the many injuries in competition. Schools focus mainly on competition sparring and tactics to score points - like skipping around on one leg with the other raised to make quick side kicks. The tappy tap stuff. Many techniques are still there in the Tuls (patterns), but less and less people know the applications for self defense. Original TKD has throws, joint locks, submissions, rolls, ground fighting, elbows, knees, low kicks and even defending yourself while sitting on a chair. WTF TKD is a whole other story though.

You come at the subject from the point of view of a self defense course for women. Women's hands are smaller and likely more fragile (certainly with somewhat older women), so fractures are even more of a concern. What you certainly would NOT want to do, is spent the entire time of the class on teaching the correct form for fist strikes. In real life situations, they would most probably end up injuring themselves more than the opponent... Open hands and knees to the groin are the way to go. Tell the ladies that you are not going to turn them into ninjas, but that you will teach them how to startle an atracker that doesn't expect any resistance, in order to create a window of opportunity to either run away, create distance or call for help. Very first and most important lesson: attract attention to the situation. The most unethical thing you can do, is give them the impression that after one hour they will be able to defeat any man in a street fight ... OH, and high screech screaming straight into an ear is also something that can be effective.

Is watching your video's a waste of time ... not necessarily... people might grow tired listening to bullsh.. ... so if you are having trouble falling asleep I highly recommand listening to these bs video's... it might save them hours of needlessly trying to catch some sleep ... good job bro, you will be the hero insomnia patiënts need ... you'll suck at teaching proper self defence, but who needs a rear naked choke if you can just bore your opposite to death with more bjj and mma and muay thai scams ... keep up the good job mr sandman much obliged 😊

Very helpful and I will definitely be getting a pair

Remember your kiai if you’re going to use open palm strikes, “STOCKTON MOTHER F@&$er!!”

I’m a experienced martial artist

what your saying makes sense, especially when looking a tma through that lense But to answer the question why would you train for the lowest common denominator? Because in reality probably 99% of the douchebags that would assault you physically are Not trained at all

You still have very little understanding of wing Chun. Whatch Emin Boztep vídeos or Victor Gutierrez...they are from Leung Ting lineage...and you can also watch authentic wing Tsung video. You can also watch Wong shun Leung videos. You can also watch Randy Williams for the details of each stryke or movement in the forms.

Bro stop dissing American Kenpo. I started in Kenpo with elements of small circle Ju Jitsu when I was 4 years old. Then added modern Arnis/Kombatan (FMA) in my early teenage years, I’d say around the age of 14. Then finally started doing BJJ, Wrestling, Muay Thai/Dutch/Savate (kickboxing), and Boxing at 17. Im 23 now. I’ve gone full circle back to American Kenpo and Arnis. And of course I still train BJJ, Wrestling, and the kickboxing. I’ve even added Judo and Military Taekwondo/Hapkido 5 weeks ago. I like the the arts you mentioned💯🔥

Your top of wrist punch is totally illogical. Its surface is tender and vulnerable to serious injury. You are not correct.

I have too much to say about what’s said in this video, but it’s literally a videos worth of reply. It includes agree and disagreeing with some points within the video, as well as actual examples of what I want to explain. But sadly, even if I do make such a video, I’m busy as is and it’ll take too long to pump out. I’m a new KZbinr and I’m still figuring out things. Truth be told, it’s to support what’s being said here as well as try, emphasis on try, to show why some ideas here is what as it seems.

What about Krav Maga?

All great points 👌 i typically use rechargeable EBL batteries, but I buy a large amount of alkaline batteries when they go on sale at my local Harbor Freight store to keep on hand for hurricane season in Texas. I love all my Maglites and use my AA maglite daily.

Highest form of striking? My eyes are deceiving me! All I see is turn of fists, as in boxing, and not vertical fists.

Jujitsu, krav maga, kyokushan, kempo, wing chun and mauy Thai boxing have useful parts that combine into MMA... And yes, nobody needs to train, to knock out a random fool on the street!

Ich empfehle dir einen Boxautomaten, dann erkennst du sehr schnell, was die größte Wirkung hat.

How about the elephant claw punch