❤Thanks ! I love to wrestle . I was good at it ! I would join a Wrestling Club perhaps. If, I can find the time and Energy. I have lived in Devon most of my life. I attended. Escrima Kickboxing Club in 1995. Totnes WuShu Club in 1997 , I think it was . And The University of Plymouth. Thai Boxing Club and The Ju Jitsu clubs very briefly. This was in around 2002. In about 2011. I was an Olympic Hopeful , and a friend of mine and my dad encouraged me, to try Boxing. Which, I did at Devonport Police Amateur Boxing Association Club . As a youth. I did Mud Wrestling with my friends. My dad was into Swedish Leg Wrestling ! A goid friend of mine learned to Play Fight very well. Possibly in Borneo, and I used to get angry with him and attack him while he lay on his back on the ground. He would giggle, and use Up Kicks, in a most frustrating way ! I tried to promote myself as a Kickboxer in around 1995 , which did not go very well. As, we were so disorganized ! The Devon Wrestling Alliance , I think still exists. British Wrestling shows were taking place in Plymouth and Torquay. With stars like , The UK Dominator and John Harding . My friend performed a Kickboxing act. He helped establish The Taurus Gym , here in Plymouth along with Seb Remmer . His name was Paul Rimmer. He shares his name, with a Liverpool based Trainer I think. But he is not The Paul Rimmer linked to Paddy The Baddy . A quick Google search of Plymouth in Devon reveals loads of Martial Arts Clubs. Chinese , Japanese. Even Filipino martial arts . Thai Boxing and Brazilian Ju Jitsu are in fashion currently. I did not check out the traditional Devon Wrestling club just yet. But, tried to attend DWA events and one training session. Devonport Amateur Boxing Association Club. I found to be very affordable financially. And, never had to do much proper sparring until I got kicked out for being old, and rather unwilling to Box . I could get into Folk Wrestling actually. Thanks ! In school we only had one Wrestling session. The Teacher thought that loosing at Wrestling completely destroyed kids confidence so. We only had one session. Probably a goid idea. As, I submitted to a kid, who attacked me from behind and punched me in both kidneys, I think !!😂😅 He could have paralysed me, from the waist down if those punches were a little off target ! By striking me, on the spine .😮Santino Marella, not Tito Santana .

Emin Boztepe trained under Keith Kernspecht in Germany, part of the Leung Ting Wing Tsun school. In Germany in the 80’s WT was popular with quite a big following and a number of pretty good fighters, probably the best of them was Christian Feldmeier. Christian used to come to the UK quite often to hold seminars and train/spar with a lot of the top Wing Chun guys in London (Eddie Yeoh, Victor Kan, Derek Jones, Nino Bernando etc.) and had a good grasp of who could fight and who couldn’t. I remember him saying that he bloodied Eddie Yeoh’s nose during sparring, that Derek Jones was average, and out of all the guys he trained with in the UK he said Austin Goh was the best. He also knew Emin and said that he whilst was a tough guy but not a great fighter, despite Boztepe having beaten William Cheung just a few years before. In my opinion Boztepe’s only chance against a Gracie fighter would be to try and catch them shooting for a takedown (Shaun Rawcliffe flattened one of the Gracie’s, I forget which one, with a knee strike to the face when he went to the Gracie Academy). If he couldn’t do that then Emin would get taken down and tapped out since he has no ground game and his defence against grappling is, well, let’s just say it wouldn’t work against a decent BJJ fighter.

hows it going? you fell for one white man's con to make money off of people's fascination for this fantasy. There are no indisputable sources about Yasuke being a samurai. It is based on Thomas Lockley's imagination and business plan. He was also the one editing the wikipedia article and britannica to say Yasuke was a samurai. This was in preparation to sell his book and establish it as a source!

Ju jutsu

Kindness to u as well.....

Good video. As a judo guy and Cornishman I've looked into these folk styles, many of which have their routes in Celtic times. It's interesting to note that Ireland also has a "Collar and Elbow" jacket wrestling form, mostly in the South. Brittany too has a version, "Goren", also a jacket form. My grandfather, before his passing, told me that members of my family wrestled in the early 20th century and tournaments were held in Ireland and Brittany as well as SW England. Makes sense considering the shared Celtic roots of these areas and the shipping routes.

Ueshiba started in other arts, but he switched to Aiki Jujitsu because of its effectiveness. He then trained only in that art and was able to defeat all those who wanted to test him. If co-operative training methods were so bad, his fighting ability would have degenerated, but it didn't.

Rokas sucked at Aikido! Period!

Ip Man son’s aren’t worth a crap in wing chun.They like most Chinese martial artist jump on the wing chun bandwagon when the dumb gweilos found out it was Bruce Lee original Kung fu style at least one of them,he may have learned some taichi before wing chun.Anyways the story goes these guys weren’t worth a crap in wing chun dint per sue it as a profession until day found out they could use their dad name and make a sh*tload of money from the dumb gweilos,and they wont even have to break a sweat or prove they can fight like 99.999 percent of wing chun practitioners and they crown themselves with some ridiculous titles called supreme grandmaster wish nobody ever heard of and the dumb gweilos stood in line with their wallets open believing that they were going to learn some type of superpower secret techniques from these guys and like them,wont have to break a sweat or prove that they can fight.

It would interesting to know why both of Ip Mans sons do the Baat Jam Do differently.

Jason, the 'Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Association' each bout has 3 officials, Referee and 2 judges. Starting instructions at the start of each fall are: Some events are best of one fall in the preliminary rounds and best of 3 falls in the final. While in Scotland, all 'Scottish Wrestling Bond' bouts are best of 5 falls. Each bout has 3 officials, Referee and 2 judges, who indicate the winner of the fall "no conferring" they give it as they see it by the majority of 3 rule. Both wrestlers have 60 second's to take their 1st hold as soon as the referee see's both have a grip he/she shouts "HOLD"! and the fall commences. 30 second's to take hold is allowed for all other falls. If both hit simultaneously dependent on the majority of three rule its a "DOG FALL" and the fall is wrestled again. Under La Fédération des Luttes Internationales Celtiques 'F.I.L.C.' (International Celtic Wrestling Federation) Backhold bouts at the European Celtic Wrestling Championships are best of 5 Falls and from a neutral stance and loose backhold grip the wrestlers are given On Guard, "Wrestle"! Break the grip you loose, If any part of the body other than the soles of the feet touch the ground you loose. If both wrestlers hit the mat simultaneously dependent on the majority of three rule its a "DOG FALL" and the fall is wrestled again. 🤼‍♂🤼‍♀ kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKCUnnqFp6h4jbc

A fantastic video. Thank you.

Ueshiba DID NOT train Judo. Judo and Aikido came about more or less the same time

Let's face it, Rokas is no different from Icy Mike, DanTheWolfman, Ramsey Dewey, EnglishMartialArts and so many others who've basically been turned into a bunch of MMA/BJJ propaganda marionettes ... if there's anything I've learnt AT ALL from these so called KZbin "martial arts experts" is that the bigger your audience, the more popular your channel, the less valuable and the more bullshit you're selling them ... they simply tell people what they want to hear, whichever is more popular (BJJ/MMA/Grappling) ... they don't give a rat's ass about reality, humility, respect, tradition, honor or any other important value that martial arts SHOULD offer you, all they care about is who can beat up whom or who's more deadly on the ground or who can pack a bigger punch, that's all they're after ... Rokas got mugged by 6 people and so he switched from Aikido to bjj ... how exactly is bjj going to protect him any better against 6 people than aikido did ... hell, even mma won't cut it ... but that's all Rokas seems to think about: he's this insecure manchild who's basically a wannabe tough guy ... that doesn't make you a martial artist, AT BEST it makes you a bully who knows how to fight (Joe Rogan, Jocko Willink, Royce Gracie ... PERFECT examples of self-proclaimed "martial artists" who are in reality little more than bullies who have massive fragile egos, a big mouth and who just happen to know how to fight in a physical confrontation, that doesn't make you a martial artist at all, there is zero humility, honor, respect etc. ... only marketing, propaganda, con artistery and it's been going on for 30 years ... if I had a martial arts school and a guy like Conor McGregor would enter my dojo, I would refuse him for life, because he's an arrogant and vile individual who assaults innocent people just to stay relevant outside of the cage when he's not fighting ... same with Ronda Rousey, I would refuse to teach such a nasty specimen of a woman anything that would more than likely end up hurting those who cannot defend themselves and who don't deserve to be hurt by the likes of her ... By ridiculing traditional martial arts such as Kung Fu, Aikido, Taekwondo, Karate, Ninjutsu/Bujinkan/jutaijutsu and such ... Rokas is pretty much spitting on his ancestry ... if Joe Rogan for example wouldn't have "wasted his time training in that TKD stuff that doesn't work" ... he would not have developped the kicking ability that he has, and while his Kickboxing may have "perfected" it somewhat and would have improved his overall kicking power ... there are things in TKD that you just don't learn in Kickboxing ... if it weren't for jutaijutsu, there would be no judo and there sure as hell would be no bjj either ... but these bjj/mma/ufc brickheads simply refuse to learn and see past what they see on the mat, in the ring or or inside the cage ... and even if we would ignore culture, tradition and history altogether, as well as the mental values such as respect, humility and honor... and focuss solely on combat efficiency ... MMA BJJ UFC and whatever Bullshit 3 letter label you wish to hype up at others' expense, they keep conveniently ignoring the hard reality that there are not even weapons allowed in BJJ or MMA or NAGA or whatever ... Rokas makes fun of legit martial artists such as WhatWouldNinjasDo/ who are actually passionnate about ninjutsu ... only difference is that George actually has a blue belt in bjj ... same rank as Rokas has ... and he DOESN'T make a mockery out of bjj ... Rokas however doesn't even bother training in Bujinkan and already has his puny ignorant mind made up ... deeming it useless ... yet, I don't see Rokas or anyone in MMA or BJJ or grappling or whatever do ANYTHING AT ALL against a serious Bujinkan guy who's literally trying to stab, decapitate or disembowel his opponent with razorsharp traditional Japanese weaponry ... they could spend 30 years of their life training that Gracie Jiu Jiitsu stuff and be just as helpless as if they never trained a day in their whole life because what good is top notch groundgrappling skills if you can't even get close enough to use it ...

There is a Uist form of wrestling in Scotland too..Hard to find info though. Donald Dinnie (famous highland games stringman)also promoted a submission style of grappling in his era.Side note-Shouldn't shin kicking be with hobnail boots😬

I've studied Boxing, Tae-Kwon-Do and Japanese Karate in Okinawa Japan. Iv'e also studied Judo and out of them all I got the most discipline and satisfaction of achievement from Judo. I also enjoyed Tae-Kwon-Do as a way of a disciplined form of training.. but judo really seemed to be a great learning Discipline for me. ive always loved the simplicity as well as the complex aspects of the Art it's Martial.. it's Mental, it's physical, its gentle it's strong.. it's also intelligent... it's a perfect art in many ways. Brazilian Jiu-Jit-su is good stuff obviously very very similar and share alot of the same roots but Judo as a Martial Art just tends to be among my favorite Martial disciplines to learn and practice as a way of Life..

This is a great video but some of the information you gave on lancashire catch wrestling is not correct.

Think it’s quite sad that all of these wrestling styles have been majorly forgotten over time. Considering how much other nations have embraced the their national martial arts and wrestling styles. Catch wrestling specifically as it has transitioned well into mma Josh Barnett and Kazushi Sakuraba have both being the prime examples. Brilliant video.

Totally underated movie

Sensei Mehdi was not my teacher, I met him at a Judo Camp, but I learned a lot from him!

My first GI was about 3/8th inch thick and it added a bit of padding when one took a fall and it was very strong. It was a Tiger Brand and it came from Japan. It was very well made. It was unbleached and it was very protective! Sensei Mehdi called it a Kimono, K is used at the beginning of a word and G is used as a secondary word. Koshi Guruma and O Goshi as an example! BJJ is a variation of Judo and I respect it .

The punch is called Chun Kuen in Ip Ching lineage. Or, inch punch. Forget about the punch it is about the connection between your Yiu and your elbow.

SAN SOO and Aikido works together.

Mostly true statements, but some stereotypes... old man O-Sensei was photographed with a closed fist performing atemi/striking... the old-man Aikido didn't change Aikido, he just got much better so his technique was imperceptible to most people and his ki power got so strong he was using more ki than earlier and less muscle... his younge self wasn't as skilled... that's all that happened... what gave aikido a bad name was the split between Tohei (the heir to aikido) when O-Sensei died and the family (who run the Aikikai now)... the family wasn't really interested in aikido and not good at it... and all the black belts who sided with the Aikikai were the 2nd and 3rd rate uchi deshi, students of Tohei and well behind Tohei... so the real aikido went with Tohei, the Aikikai has been doing fake aikido without ki and with different techniques since 1969... this style of aikido simply doesn't work because these people weren't given the full transmission of the martial art, only Tohei got that. I've trained Aikikai extensively so I know this first hand. You can usually tell an Aikikai style by the way they do their iriminage, it looks more violent and rough, but it actually just doesn't work because it's easy to counter, like many Aikikai techniques... few people know this. I studied with the chief aikido historian for 3 years online remotely before his death so I have some inside information. You simply can't do aikido without ki and on top of that many of the Aikikai techniques just don't work. Nobody doubted if aikido worked because Tohei and Shioda allowed people to just come and attack them, unlike modern day aikido "masters" who would usually be taken out by a good blue belt in BJJ.... And I've used aikido and ki in BJJ training and sparing at a good BJJ school, and it works perfectly, BJJ and aikido are essentially the same thing in my opinion... most martial arts are basically the same when you see a high level person doing them. But real aikido is meant to end fighting and wars and to create cooperative and harmonious people... it can do that while also being an effective martial art, but there are HUGE differences among aikido teachers, some are jokes and some are amazing. I can see Rokas needs to improve his BASE as they call it in BJJ, in aikido they call it weight underside... in Chinese martial arts they call it rooting... his center is too high so he falls over easily and has no power. And 3-5 years is too young to be teaching aikido, there are 10,,000+ aikido techniques... I would say minimum 10 years to be a black belt and then you can be a jr. instructor. He's basically new to aikido that's why he struggles with it... but mostly he's trolling the Internet for clicks and money.

ahemmmmm?

All those people criticizing Aikido are training so hard in combative arts to fight who exactly? When? If ever... I would very much prefer training for life, rather than for a hypothetical 2 min fight that might never happen in your life.

This is the difference between Kodokahn and shotokan

Dr Kano "work smarter not harder"

From sashi ashita thank you

Dude you're spot on. I like Rokas but it seems like he never even read the art of peace. Ueshiba wanted aikido to be a safe and non violent way to preserve and experience samurai fighting techniques, a way to get the mental benefits of martial practice without the dangerous part of it. Aikido was always meant to be impractical, but it was probably easier to sell it as a self defence system. I'm saying this as a former karateka and kickboxer who's getting into aikido now. I miss the training, but I'm not willing to put myself through all those full contact strikes again, after a while combat sports don't work for self defence cause they bloody destroy your body, and aikido is relaxing alternative to that

Personally I don't think Yip man made a mistake with the uppercut, he did it both sides.

Damn good question. I've always thought this too, I have been doing Wing Chun since1982 and I've always been taught the way you see Yip man do it in the video clips..I'm glad I had good teachers.

In a real fight Emin would have won. He had stand up and ground game and was 10x faster than any Gracie. Let's face it he respects traditional martial arts and didn't want to be a show pony for UFC circus.

Would love to see a video comparing Catch Wrestling with BJJ in more depth.

Great vid glad I found your channel

Wow, some great stuff!!

To me, aikido is essentially a dance form.

Because their different people simple

You're right and wrong

Lancashire wrestling borrowed armlocks from Judo .

Even traditional aikido training does incorporate resistance when the student is higher level. "Sparring" is not the only form of "pressure testing." Senior students are instructed to provide as much resistance as will help the junior student to understand the appropriate way to move. In many cases the seated kokyu ho exercise ends up being like ne-waza--that is, people try to push each other over for real. During jiyu-waza and randori practice you don't know how your opponents will attack. During partner weapons practice there is a real threat of getting your knuckles or face smashed if your concentration flickers. When OSensei developed the loving interpretation of aikido he did not renounce its need to be martially effective. However, the reason for emphasizing training without full resistance at the beginning (and for a long time), is to develop the unbalancing technique of "aiki" which depends on a kind of relaxation and sensitivity (as well as proper structure and correct movement) that is hard to develop when you're focused on struggling with someone. So the loving philosophical part is really intimately tied up with the martial "technique" or principle of aiki. This is how he can say that aikido is the "principle of nonresistance" while maintaining martial effectiveness; like tai chi uses the principle of "yielding"--in reality these are both far from the cartoon idea of getting out of the way of an overcommitted attack so that your opponent falls down due to "their own force." They instead refer to using a subtle grounded rotation around the point of contact to avoid direct confrontation without giving up space. Regarding the idea that aikido is simple martially ineffective because the full techniques don't apply in MMA, Hein's Approach to Aikido (on KZbin) does a good job of explaining the appropriate context for aikido: when people are armed or potentially armed, and when there are potentially multiple attackers. You hinted at this in your first video when you mentioned the historical context for the wrist grabs, and in the current video in the part about Tomiki-style competition. Moreover, Hein clarifies aikido's goal as surviving and escaping rather than trying to dominate the opponent (as in MMA and other sports contexts). With this context one can make a case for aikido as a completely appropriate and legitimate art for self-defense in the modern world where anyone could have a knife and/or a buddy. The bonus is that the intensity of practice can be dialed back as you get older (but you can continue to develop "aiki"), and you get to practice with all sorts of people. Sorry this comment got a bit long. I wrote it because you seem to sincerely consider your comments!

Just came across this video! I've come to realise since watching Rokas, is I think the founder created Aikido as a way to deal with PTSD. As well as using it as a way to bring peace. I think those of us who haven't done Aikido need to realise what the original purpose was, as well as other martial arts. I will also point out, if your goal in the martial arts is self-defense, you need to learn a lot more than just sparring

I love judo

The armbar appeared in judo first, the double wrist lock was most likely formed independently in both places.

Rokas didn’t even use the basics of aikido when he tried. He abandoned the footwork right off the bat

Would you say Shidosh's Torres Hei-Long System is an extension of Van Clief's form of Karate?

Another well-researched video!

Thank you. It's so ridiculous and irritating when folks just buy into the idea that Ueshiba, a life long martial arts practitioner, simply didn't understand the basic truths of training that they, with their impressive 5 and a half months of boxing at a local fitness gym, already do know. Just use your common sense, people: if he specifically excluded sparring and competition from his system, he obviously did it on purpose! "Effectiveness" at kicking someone's back side was never a priority.

Judo is the most respected Martial Art in Martial art history.