2 tales of polar opposite sparring problems

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Shanghai based MMA Coach and Kunlun Fight Combat League ringside commentator Ramsey Dewey answers questions from the viewers.
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[@juandiablo6667]

Ramsey OMG I'm the guy that couldn't do push ups thanks for your advice, I can finally do some! It's crazy! Thank you very muchhh

[@RamseyDewey]

Outstanding! That’s what happens when you get out there and train!

[@FrodeFalch]

@@RamseyDewey thats amazing. 😱

[@kevingooley9628]

Congrats! 👍

[@angelmirchev8433]

Dude this video makes me sad. I haven't sparred in nearly half a year, because of covid. It's really frustrating, because ever since being back to the gym I've learned so many new things and I'm just aching to try and apply them. It feels unfair.

[@RamseyDewey]

It is unfair.

[@Altitudes]

Same feeling over here. I commented on the video on south paws a while back and haven't been able to test any of that stuff out in sparring.

[@nomad155]

That's life...

[@nomad155]

@@Altitudes wait what video on Southpaws? Coming from a southpaw 👀

[@Altitudes]

@@nomad155 There was one on right handed people who fight southpaw, and it interested me a lot because I'm a left hander who fights orthodox a lot.

[@TradingToolkit]

"I'm not saying to go and beat your students but man...." Honestly after being full lit up in my first 10 boxing spars I've learnt how to slip and the importance on getting the defence on point so I can time my attack. I think defence is much more important than offence as long as you can time the minimal offence you have.

[@minhducnguyen674]

I prefer that approach too becuse I started MMA only at 24. Prior to that I only do weightlifting and some Karate as a kid. Understanding that I havent conditioned much in the way of cardio or bone density, the only advantage I have right now is hard punches and distance control. Its interesting how certain shortcoming forces you or allows you to see new options

[@eldenlean5221]

@@minhducnguyen674 same here, started boxing at 22. Had the horrible habit of droping my hands all the time. It had to he beatennout of me lol, but it taught me just how dificult and important defense is

[@minhducnguyen674]

@@eldenlean5221 Habit training is one thing, endurance is another. I don't usually drop my hands down but if I get tired or took a heavy shot to the body, I usually panic and drop my hands. That's saying, anyone can force you to drop your defense just from bodyshots is gonna win anyway

[@thishandleistaken1011]

@@eldenlean5221 speedbag and light sparring teaches keeping hands up. Getting your brain rattled is only good for brain damage.

[@minhducnguyen674]

@Nikolaij Brouiller Assuming we are all going to a martial art gym, we are planning to go beyond self defense. The guys you are training with aren't some untrained drunktard in the clubs, they more or less at your level, then won't let you land your hits or submission that easy. In fact, while I'm quite competent in my striking game, lost most of my ground fight on rolling days

[@Govanmauler]

That sinking feeling of knowing you hit a good shot..you felt in your hand, in your shoulder, everything. It landed sweet..............and the guys still there..

[@RamseyDewey]

Yep. It’s even more demoralizing than getting hurt yourself!

[@sensam6155]

Happens, man. Some people are built different. Just because they have the ability to take bombs and shirk it off doesn't mean you can't beat 'em. Either by scoring so many points that the judges won't even hesitate to give you the W, or by continuing to add a steady stream of damage. Even the hardest rocks can be eroded by streams of water over a long enough period. My advice is to not over-commit to your shots (so he doesn't get HIS turn to land the bomb he's just waiting for), try to keep your defense tight, and make sure you're not gassing yourself out quickly (expect this one to go the distance).

[@paulpolito2001]

This is theoretical, mostly cause I haven't had a chance to really pressure test it, but my 'back up plan #1' is (as usual) to change the pace significantly. Works with stronger guys, maybe not as well for tougher ones. I mean of relatively equal skills

[@MrHFam-st4ni]

I remember the first time that happened. The next time I landed a good shot I made sure follow up after landing my cross.(I followed with a hook and throw)

[@thatdutchguy420]

Livershot did the trick for me when i was first learning to spar light. I kept hitting to dude to hard and he had to liver me to teach me that i had to measure my shots

[@Saskaruto16]

When I first started Muay Thai I was a young kid and my grandpa would slap me. He wanted to get across that Taekwondo hadn't taught me jack for defense but I wasn't respecting his light jabs or kicks. So rather than punch me with force, he slapped me with a bit of pepper when he got in for a few sessions. No permanent damage but the pain let me know "oh yeah that could seriously hurt if it was a real punch". I do think it takes a lot of us that jolt to realize we aren't indestructible and our defense is garbage, especially for younger people.

[@teeprice7499]

I've been fortunate that my only three students were teen girls. They naturally go with lower-body centre of balance, rather than upper body like most guys new to fighting do, they don't have an ego invested (at least for the first few months) where they "think" they already can "whoop everyone's butt", and they tend not to have other preconceived notions (such as watching kung-fu movies and "thinking" they can do that). Added together, this means they tend to listen, and actually think, more. Granted, they're not as physically strong. But I find that if you teach a girl to be prepared to exact violence in a dangerous situation, most guys will underestimate them, and that's an advantage.

[@vaughnordakowski8774]

During the winter months I get bloody noses every other day because of how dry my nose gets. Simply being outside in the cold for a long time might start it up. Annoying thing, right? Surprisingly really nice for sparring, because if people tapped me on the nose it could start bleeding! I learned real quick how to tighten up my defense and I had a bloody nose to show me when I wasn't doing good enough. Any day when I make it to the end of sparring with a clean face is a sign that I was defensively sound. Nothing like the sight of your own blood to create some urgency to learn fast! Edit: wanted to assure people my sparring partners are wonderful and know how to pull their punches very well, it truly only takes a tiny jab to open up my nose

[@timothyroy6234]

Each partner gets a round at the start where they can’t throw anything and focus only on defending the light strikes. Teaches them to respect every shot even though it’s light, because that’s the focus of the “drill”. Also cuts down on people throwing hard because the inexperienced don’t feel the need to throw hard when there’s nothing coming back, and the round gets them in the habit of throwing this way

[@benjaminvega7186]

Ifs have no place in a fight, sparring or otherwise. "If" I hit as hard as I could, "if" I know the hits won't hurt then I don't need to defend. And apparently even, "if" I'm strong, I should hit as hard as I can, regardless of the circumstances

[@nicholaiscottman8428]

You've got some unique skills on the mat coach.

[@treroney4720]

He is a ballerina so you know he’s flexible and creative🩰

[@brodiebriggs5759]

@@treroney4720 didnt he do taekwondo and capoeira?

[@jhvnhjifgvbv8126]

@@brodiebriggs5759 he did tkd and ballet. Im not sure how much capoeira he did

[@Mhurilo10]

I have these 2 exact friends haha. I had to teach one to go easy and the other one just refused to punch me in the head with any intention afraid of a counter. We'll try to train together today the 3 of us. I'll try to record it bc I think it's gonna be interesting haha

[@a-blivvy-yus]

That first story reminds me of the person who taught me to be more careful about who I trust with wooden training weapons. I usually train with foam padded swords when I'm sparring with someone I don't know, but I used to - if they were convincing about their prior experience and training - be willing to jump straight into training with wooden weapons. I had several experiences prior to the one I'm going to tell you about where everything went fine, and I had no issues with sparring using wooden weapons against competent opponents who knew their limits and how to control their strikes. Even before I had this experience I'm about to explain, I made a point of doing light sparring before moving into full force sparring with someone I don't know well. This time, though, I started training with a guy who had just moved into my city. He'd been in a HEMA club and studied kendo - or so he claimed. He was intelligent about how he spoke about fighting, and seemed very chilled out and friendly. We hadn't sparred, but we went out and he bought a wooden training sword at an event and I said I'd be willing to spar with him using it sometime. He was warned that it was made from pine, which is a soft wood, and the weapon was intended for form work but should be solid enough to handle light sparring. I, thinking he actually knew what he was doing, went out to a local park with this guy, and brought my bokuto (Japanese style wooden sword) made from much stornger oak, and with heavier construction than his own weapon. His strikes were really obviously fast and full powered swings. I deflected the first couple in a way that prevent hard imapcts on either of our weapons, then pointed out that this wasn't really light sparring with how hard he was trying to hit me. He replied "I'm not swinging hard I'm just swinging fast" so I pointed out that what he was doing was going to break his weapon, in addition to being dangerous for both of us when we weren't geared up for full contact fighting with weapons. In spite of this being a point where I was no longer in a guard stance, he took a swing at me mid-sentence, which I barely avoided getting hit by, so I told him I wasn't going to keep sparring after that. He, of course, didn't learn from this experience, and the next day, he started whinging about how his new sword shouldn't have broken in a sparring session with someone else, insisting he was owed a refund. I offered to go with him, which he somehow assumed was because I was going to back him up in spite of what happened the day before. The guy who sold the sword to him looked it over, and refused the refund because it was obviously not caused by a defect in the material or the construction. This resulted in a rant threatening to "sue" (not actually a legal process you can do here) because the sword shouldn't have broken so easily. He looked to me expecting that I'd back him up, so I explained that I warned him about the power he was putting into his strikes, and he claimed he was only going for speed as if speed isn't literally how you add power to a swing. I added that he had put me in danger by attacking without warning during a break in combat, gave the shopkeeper my contact details, and told both of them that if the refund claim went to court, so would an armed assault charge. Since then, I've met someone else from his city who did HEMA, asked if they knew him, and found out he'd been thrown out of at least 2 HEMA clubs when he lived there for refusing to learn basic weapon control. That prompted me to do some research, and I found that the most recent kendo club in his city had closed down before he was born. It's possible he'd learned some terms from a person who actually had been a member of a kendo group at some point, but it was obvious that he'd never been affiliated with any such group himself.

[@IncredibleMD]

If your skull is thick enough that "you need to keep your hands up" can't get through, when it comes time for a real fight, you better hope your skull is thick enough when some of those hands get through.

[@hamzahko909]

Thank you Coach Ramsey .. Your video's are always informative and fun to watch! I'm not exaggerating when i say i think you're the best coach in the world... I whish i could be your student.

[@justinclark3793]

Getting a hit to the nuts weirdly works against me in non serious scenarios, but doesn't work when I'm in serious danger

[@BuddhaVuk]

i think this is one of your best videos; i loved the whole thing!

[@Zapinator321]

Referring to Red Chucks as a wild man is an understatement Coach. Cool video.

[@billmee4628]

Awesome video ! Good content.

[@PowerandControlUFU]

12:20 Daddy playing with his childrens. So cute.

[@scottt7309]

Excellent video. This is a regular problem I find at Karate training. Especially with higher grades. Instructor says light to semi contact and the higher grades think no we'll go harder.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

The 4 on 1 match at background is always great to watch.

[@insidetrip101]

I really like what you said about high variability. Some really interesting points.

[@kootarofuuma9456]

Great advice Coach Ramsey it really helps to my Sparring mate in Kickboxing

[@nedthehead6853]

One person who was new to the gym I go to asked about how sparring worked and asked “is it till someone goes down or taps?” And I’m like, HELL NO, what do u think, everyone just comes in and we all leave with concussions!? I always remind people to not go hard. I love sparring but don’t like getting hurt. I don’t mind if I go up against someone and they’re hitting my legs or body with a little bit of power, but if they go hard at my head that’s when I get mad because there’s just no reason to. You can’t condition the head.

[@TheShadow0212]

Back in my gym I had this dude hit me with full force (with my guard up) "so i get used to it" but I went home dizzy with mild headaches.Yeah what the fuck? I'm still mad over that tbh.

[@jamtime4978]

I respect you as a human being. Take that as you will 🙂

[@Therabithole]

Great video sir, and the background example is excellent. Im gonna turn down the intensity of my sparring even more after this.. Thx

[@mixck]

I love all of your: "Oh I could get all *angry noises*". 😂 Great video 👍🏻

[@stanlim9182]

I usually watch your video twice. The first by watching the background footage, and the second time by listening to you.

[@taekwondobro]

Hey Ramsey, you recommended me that steel cup a long time ago. It's been a great tool, thanks.

[@Ios13056]

Personally I just try to put a little extra sting on strikes when the defense lacks. Try to remind, don't drop your defense, don't circle to my power side when your in my range

[@ts0088]

Red chucks is amazing.

[@somekid3893]

From what little I know of it, your answer to the second question is literally the idea behind pushing hands, though "always keep contact with the opponent" is also part of pushing hands whereas sparring does not contain that requirement

[@mysteryman7645]

Your voice / delivery reminds me of Orson Wells😁 Keep up the excellent work👍

[@billyohara239]

yea been there

[@dylanbyrne4048]

I got sucker punched protecting someone else from getting punched, it was an incoming right hook it sent me 3 metres on my feet but didn't knock me out. Later that night I was very hungry trying to eat a sausage roll with sauce and I couldn't bite down, I had to forfeit the sausage roll😢 I had 3 titanium plates put in my jaw 2 days later. My jaw is stronger than ever now and I think I'm pretty Dam good at blocking incoming right hooks now👍

[@Sigrt]

Not respecting light strikes is a problem at my Dojo. We train Sport Jujutsu, which is only semi contact, so when we spar it's mostly under those rules. And especially new guys will often just rush in because the strikes don't hurt. When this happens I usually upp the power in my strikes to force them to respect it. Not going full power. Just enought that they will stop rushing in.

[@matthijsn559]

@Ramsey Dewey, first I want to say thank you for encouraging a whole new generation to get out and train! Nothing better than to move the body and join the dance of martial arts! Anyway, I'm doing this little research and have a exciting psychological question for you! I was wondering (if you know) in which personality type your fit from the personality test MBTI. (If you don't know you can make a test online, it's quite fascinating, from the test they can make a general indication of your qualities based on your personality type, the test only takes around 12 minutes of your time, just search MBTI test) If anyone else has any suggestions of what personality type Ramsey is, let me know! Or if you do martial arts yourself, let me know what your personality type is, thank you! :)

[@100RAmen]

Hi Ramsey! you have answered my question before in the "there is no tapping out in BJJ" video. if you can recall what happened, I have a follow-up question. So after that incident where they wouldn't let me out after repeated taps in my first roll, I left that gym. I have been training boxing and kickboxing and I really think I can get good enough to compete at some level. I still very much want to do MMA, but following the advice I had to look for another gym, which there aren't many in a small city in Australia. another issue with finding a gym is to do with my skill level, I started boxing just before covid started and ended up spending EVERY DAY during quarantine on training my self in boxing body mechanics and footwork(I have been a long term swordsmanship teacher so this came to me naturally). HERE COMES THE ISSUE: When I enter a new gym I get the sense that some, especially the junior coach feels challenged(which I have never done consciously). here is what I mean: I got told by striking coach in the said MMA gym, "you are not bruce lee, and don't try to balance your self with the hand when kicking, cover your face" and he goes on to roundhouse kick while lowing his hand for balance. and many such insults or put-downs with nothing to show for (to which I didn't say a thing). and when I go to a new boxing gym or new MMA gym everyone who sparred with me seen me move would ask me "where did u box before" to that question if I answer a certain gym, it was no good because right away the junior coach is trying everything to limited my movements and setting up some big guy to hurt me. literally telling me to stand in front a huge dude that just take one to give big one back or such nonsense. And if I answer I mostly train on my own, it pisses people off or made then feel even more insecure? basically ion both cases they would try to "teach me a lesson" to which I'm already here for. I have reflected on my behaviour and I think I have always been respectful in a western setting (short of kissing muay Thai coach in the feet like they do in Thailand) mostly quite for the reasons above. what else can I do to get training without triggering insecurity or get dragged into gym wars? and do you think westerners *(white people) in the west think Asian people with martial arts background a certain way? or Do they expect extra respect because I'm Asian?

[@Bj-yf3im]

Nice butterfly kicks! I love doing those! My Wushu teacher once made me do as many in a row as I could. I managed to do 10 and I was so dizzy afterwards that I crashed into the weight training machines in the corner of the gym! 🤣🤣🤣

[@salamangkali-allmartialart4836]

For Red Chucks: He should try buying some stun guns and then sparring with them. Stings a lot, can even even drop you, (see Stephen Wonderboy Thompson's video on it) but will leave absolutely no damage on someone who doesn't have a heart disease. If a student associates the sensation of being zapped with any strike, it will teach them. If the experience proves too stressful or even traumatic for the students, they can simply by new cheap, very weak stun guns. The real stun guns, they can just keep for self-defense.

[@ri9p3r89]

What's up ramsey I improve in fighting so much more when I watch your vids I'll thank you when I'm the champ

[@henrikg1388]

Nice de-ashi-barai! Always thought it is underdeveloped among thai-boxers and MMA-guys.

[@sabertoothcatbirdsong]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, RAMSEY DEWEY!!! FRANK DUX 17 WAS IN THE HOUSE!!! SEE YA AGAIN VERY VERY SOON, MAN.

[@yarinel3251]

hey Ramsey do you have any tips of how to improve your coaching ability

[@RamseyDewey]

Always look for a better way to do it. Study patterns of success wherever you see them. And understand that it takes a long time to get any good at it.

[@stephanwatson7902]

Ramsey what do you think of Miyamoto Musashi? "Since my youth I have not followed one particular way, having studied many arts and styles" Mixed Martial Arts Samurai lol

[@Mr440c]

Musashi offers a way broader perspective by saying that meaning ALL arts. He was renowned carver, caligraphist and painter. In his book he compares the art of a master architect to a work of a general. It comes from Zen principles of being one with everything. Samurai were taught a lot by buddhist monks. If you read Yagyu Munenori's 'Yagyu Clan's Art of War' and 'The Unfettered Mind' by Takuan Soho (which was basically a letter to Yagyu) you'll notice uncanny resemblance between those books. And Yagyu's book also very similar in substance to Musashi's.

[@douglasmacneil4474]

All samurai were mixed martial artists. It wasn't until the 1850s that it changed

[@minhducnguyen674]

He was always a pragmatic man. Although he said hes talented with the shortsword, he understand that the battlefield belongs to the spears and long sword and set out to master it

[@stephanwatson7902]

Nah, Musashi talked about how even many of the Samurai of his day were stuck with a "my way is better" mentality. Watch Jocko's video where he reads from Musashi's writing, he talks about it

[@stephanwatson7902]

@@minhducnguyen674 yes nearly all ancient battlefields were dominated by spears. I mean his concepts of "normal face" slightly squinting your eyes so as not to blink, training your peripherals, his stance, etc. Things we could gleam for our modern fight training

[@SomeBlackDude26]

My dad started me boxing when I was young. He used to pop me pretty good when we were training. He would gradually increase how hard he hit me for the same mistake in sparring. He never hurt me bad and I got the message. I did get some bloody noses and black eyes though.

[@YuvrajSingh-cd7cu]

I had a habit of keeping my hands too high, exposing my liver, as a result during a sparring session i was hit by a left hook to the body, although i countered it with a left shovel to the temple, it hurt so bad that i did'nt trained in the gym for 3 days. After that i learnt how to keep my gaurd up properly and the funny thing is that no on told me how to do it, i did it on my own as i experienced how painful a liver shot is.

[@Altitudes]

This video made me think of my 5-a-side days (soccer) where I got hit square between the legs by the ball. Did this weird double take where I bent over expecting pain, then was fine, the guy apologised and I said I was fine, then two minutes later I nearly threw up by the side of the pitch as the lightning bolts started shooting through me. At least I can apply what I learned to the reliability of pain response in combat sports, but it would've been nicer if I could've just watched this video instead.

[@perrenchan6600]

Another great and informative video. One of my worse fears is that I can prepare and train as much as I want but as soon as I land a perfect hit, it doesnt phase them, that thought is terrifying. Not an excuse to not train though, dont get me wrong. But is almost fictional you know, when you meet your match or youre trying to fight against superman. On a side note, that little cheeky clip of the 1 vs 4 grappling play around was awesome. Would you say that the 4 people cooperated efficiently to take you down or would there be technical improvements they could make? You know these techniques and drills might be really handy for security and law enforcement

[@RamseyDewey]

Two out of the four had a plan, the other two just grabbed something and held on for dear life.

[@perrenchan6600]

@@RamseyDewey I see I see. Is the old saying of too many cooks spoil the broth applicable in a combat situation?

[@Win94ae]

Weird thing is; my sparring partners were always harder on me, than my opponent was. :/

[@mariusalves7346]

Hi Ramsey, could you please share your thoughts about Fedor Emelianenko and how would he do in the modern day MMA if he was like in his thirties?

[@justinclark3793]

Ah yes, you too have had sense knocked into you

[@kampertum1232]

hey Ramsey how are you today?

[@oszkarvarnagy7896]

Hey Ramsey, here is a question: How do I pull my punches? I mean if I want to, I can hit my opponent but it's way too strong. If do you a light sparring (20% or less) I hit too slow to cleanly hit them. What fo I do? How do I hit fast and connect but stay light and easy?

[@Emily-ew2cu]

Hey Ramsey, I’ve been machine washing my uniform and hand washing my belt for a while now, I have a white uniform and a colored belt. I was wondering if I am able to wash them both with each other or if I should continue to wash them separately, thanks

[@RamseyDewey]

If your uniform isn’t bleeding color out, go ahead. If you have already machine washed it a couple times, you should be fine.

[@harrisfrankou2368]

I sparred a polar opposite and they couldnt 🐻 it

[@seanbarker9272]

I like to bash up new guys a bit as it puts them in their place in the pecking order. Sometimes I can see it's their first time sparing and I can see they're nervous so I offer them a light spar 😂😂

[@TaijDevon]

What is your best advice about developing fascia and proprioception? Sure I would like to be a young Arnold but kinetic energy is one half mass times velocity squared. So if my collagen sheaths can fire faster my striking is more powerful than muscle alone. By an order of magnitude. And fascia almost give you enhanced senses. It's good to be a brute, but better to be a fast brute with great body intelligence.

[@TaijDevon]

I watch Itsuki Hirata a lot because I think she has got that. Tiny girl hits like Mike Tyson. Famed for Judo, but excellent striker.

[@mat34105]

does Ramsey has any videos on wrestling clinching? because when i spar with my friend I try to take control of both arms but end up taking control of one arm and he uses the other to hit my sides with punches until i take him down.

[@nindonighttv155]

Question, which Martial Art has the Most Uses for Elbows that you know of? Im a small 5’11 athletic 145Lb guy that understands my body frame & realize if I want to get the most bang for my buck in the power range I should work on utilizing my elbow & knee strikes I already have a strong taekwondo background, im familiar with muy thai but are there any others that focus more specifically on elbows? Thanks and i’d appreciate the response👍🏾

[@KurtAngle89]

Some sub-styles of Pencak Silat uses elbows in many and original way, either for offensive and defensive purposes, but good luck finding a school of that, even less so those specific styles Karate uses also upwards elbows and "roundhouse" elbows to the body or face, while you're pulling the opponent's face with the other hand, but these are very seldom trained moves, of course depending on school, but seldom trained in general. Wing Chun should have some unique defensive uses of elbows, too. For Chinese martial arts, there might be some that has different uses of elbows, but I'm no expert

[@liamfield658]

anyone know the brand name of the gloves Ramsey is using at 4:07 ? Thanks

[@igorlins8194]

Dear coach I have a question for you. In my karate training I already broke my toe twice (the same one) because I manage to get it stuck in the EVA mat. The mat is too adherent, so this toe of mine sometimes is dragged below my feet after a vigorous stomp or slip. I can't use socks, because no one wants to be kicked by a swety sock (I sweat a lot). What can I do to protect my toes? Thanks in advance.

[@JP-lj2lq]

Thank you coach. What is the minimum amount of rounds you recomend for sparring? For how long each round? to be productive?

[@FrodeFalch]

We do some sort of sparring every single session. If you do thai style light flow sparring, you can do it so often or long as you want. But both guys need to be good "actors" in order to get light sparring to work. You need to respect and react to strikes that would have done damage. Dont just ignore them. On the other side, you need to keep the techniques realistic. And the combinations at normal lenght. No 21 strike combos with a spinning jumping uppercut as finish move.

[@RamseyDewey]

That’s highly variable. It depends on what you want to get out of that particular sparring session. Are you trying to develop a specific skill? Are you assessing your endurance? Are you trying to polish off the ring rust getting ready for a fight? What kind of fight is it? Are you a hobbyist just trying to maintain your skills generally speaking?

[@JP-lj2lq]

@@RamseyDewey Thank you coach. Hobbyist with amateur ambition? ( Ex amateur here but training some friends, want to see your input) Thanks!!

[@HairyBeast297]

Hey coach I got 2 questions. First I started going to a kickboxing gym about 2 weeks ago (twice a week) and we've been doing some light sparring. I'm new so obviously when I get hit in the face I start flinching and look away, but is their anyway to get over this besides just getting hit more and getting used to it? Also in my last sparring session one of the more experienced guys told me to hit him harder and left his guard down for me to try and take a shot to the head, but since it's light sparring I'm not sure how hard I should hit and ended up avoiding the head because I was a bit scared of hitting him too hard. I know this is mostly lack of experience, but any tips?

[@springleaf.5316]

Hey does anyone know a website where I can find kickboxing or karate competitions in England? (if there even is any an the moment)

[@zelenisok]

Random question, IDK if you addressed it, what do you think about BKFC - Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship?

[@tensae4725]

Hey coach Dewey, I have a question. Can bulking up affect your ability to fight in a bad way ?

[@RamseyDewey]

That depends on how you’re bulking up. If you’re eating a bunch of garbage and moving less to put on weight, then sure. But if you’re fueling your body right, and putting in the massive amounts of athletic training required to put on finely tuned muscle without compromising your fight training time, then you’ll be better than fine.

[@tensae4725]

@@RamseyDewey Ok, I’ll keep that in mind. thanks again man.

[@papita69xxx]

11:32 what were you drilling on that clip? Looks fun

[@RamseyDewey]

Angles

[@LuisEduardo-cx3md]

Ramsey, did you remember the name of the salvadorean fighter ?

[@ri9p3r89]

What is the best way to improve the form of punches

[@slipknot666721]

Hey couch, Just wondering if you have done any animal styles of kung fu (Monkey, Tiger, Dragon, ect) and did you find anything useful from them weather that be for sport or self defence?

[@RamseyDewey]

Nope.

[@matthewbailey9405]

Linked to what you have just said do you have any tips for getting over the mental block for hitting someone (though obviously not excessively) in sparring? I can land an ok punch on a pad but the second you put an actual person in front of me I am pulling my punches before I even come within 1 or 2 inches of them. I accidentally caught someone in the nose once and broke it, something which I still feel extremely bad about and I guess I still have a degree of paranoia about a repeat performance of that.

[@RamseyDewey]

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[@matthewbailey9405]

@@RamseyDewey Fantastic thanks!

[@raw5889]

Think the answer to both questions is drop one good or really good shot on your student, it will bring both back to reality.

[@IncredibleMD]

For the second guy, he should just bring some of those concrete blocks in, punch through them, and then say "okay, I'm going to go full power", and then throw wild bombs that are easily avoided but devastating if they hit. Dude will learn to slip a punch pretty quick. WA-POW!!!

[@Xlayerful]

Hey coach i have a question. All i have been able to do lately is shadowbox, and my kick flexibility is at about half capacity. I would imagine because of my age (39) i am finding it difficult to make gains back. Any advice?

[@RamseyDewey]

Yep. Dynamic kicking stretches.

[@o-654]

11:49 imagine being in that situation in a real fight.

[@jasonroets9906]

Can you teach us the submission counter to the guillotine choke?

[@RamseyDewey]

There are many ways to apply a guillotine choke, and just as many ways to attempt to shut it down. How are you getting caught?

[@jasonroets9906]

@@RamseyDewey I'm not really getting caught. I can escape well from all positions. What I was thinking is that there must be a way to choke the guy trying to guillotine me while I'm in the top position. I just cannot think of it. I want to turn it around as they wouldn't expect to be attacked while they are attempting the submission

[@kaiceecrane3884]

@@jasonroets9906 von flu choke

[@a51chronos79]

I am right handed and left footed, should i be Orthodox or Southpaw

[@dreaththekid9263]

Hello coach, how do you teach someone defense when their role models in MMA are people like Conor McGregor who don’t seem to have a traditional defensive stance

[@beyonderaatrox1670]

Ramsey getting mugged by a gang 11:31

[@TalentDanceTV14]

Hi Ramey Do you think you can do a video on social media and smartphone addictions? Recently decided to change my life and practice a bit of digital minimalism, as I realized my smartphone with all these social media apps has become a massive distraction in my life, I can't concentrate properly as my phone demands too much attention. I turned notifications off on a majority of these apps now to save myself some stress and so I don't feel as I have to reply straight away to notifications. Soon going to delete the Facebook app off my phone and just use it on a computer at certain times. Social media essentially uses Casino tactics to keep you hooked. But I think it will be a good topic for you to discuss :)

[@RamseyDewey]

Interesting idea!

[@TalentDanceTV14]

@@RamseyDewey thanks Ramsey ☺️ Think your be the perfect man to discuss this as you talked about other addictions before but I don’t think people realise social media is an addiction too and smart phone

[@Ken-yi1vv]

Ramsey I've been training at my muay thai gym for almost a month now, but I really wanna be creative. I have some moves I wanna try out but I'm afraid I shouldn't do something I haven't learned at the gym because I'll stand out to much. Is it a problem If I do something new while sparring?

[@vaughnordakowski8774]

Creative? Great. Can you keep the move in check? Thats the deciding factor. Spinning back fist are fun in sparring when people look where they are throwing so they can pull back. Some beginners try it and they almost accidently knock someone out

[@Ken-yi1vv]

@@vaughnordakowski8774 I can control the power and technique but utilising it is another story that why I really wanna try these unique moves/movements when sparring, but the feeling of discomfort from using these moves that I haven't learned from the gym keeps me from being creative and expanding on new things.

[@vaughnordakowski8774]

@@Ken-yi1vv well then I think the anxiety you have is unnecessary. If you have a good gym they should encourage creativity whether they taught it to you or not. All my coaches from bjj to muay thai tell me their main goal is to make me better than they are. If I use some creative new move and it works they are happy to see it, and may even throw it into a new lesson for other students. They often teach combos that members of our gym landed alot in their most recent fights. Overall sparring should be an open playground for whatever you want to test out. No better place to learn if it works or if it'll get you lit up when you try it for real

[@ts0088]

I don't think that and man is able to take a relativley hard or even medium punch/kick to the groin because this is an area you can't train.

[@itscaliber1614]

Whats your opinion on training mma while having braces?

[@actuallywetsocks2374]

HEAD MOVEMENT! HEAD MOVEMENT! PLEEEEEAASE!

[@thingstowatch9530]

There are special mouthguards for people with braces, just get one and go train, OSS

[@RamseyDewey]

Wear a mouth guard and you’ll be fine

[@Govanmauler]

buy a belt ?

[@agsiar]

11:31 Real life Dark Souls

[@dickbison]

An anecdote about a kick in the nuts reactions: a friend of mine once got jumped by a bunch of dudes, he was completely sober, received some kicks in the jewels and got so "high" off the adrenaline alone, that only AFTER the fight he noticed his ballsack was full of blood.

[@Al-jj8wz]

Ramsey how do you beat laziness in life

[@Mr440c]

You don't.

[@arandompersonlol1202]

Get out there and train

[@mr.orangeaide5260]

Hey Ramsey I hop you're doing well. Dunno if you remember me but I'm the "BJJ ruined my self esteem" guy from around a year ago. Im doing my second year of Journalism and am doing an article on Khabib's retirement and I was wondering if I could do a short interview with yourself over a voice call of some kind?

[@RamseyDewey]

Hey Man! How have you been? Sure, email me at [e-mail] and we’ll set something up

[@mr.orangeaide5260]

@@RamseyDewey sure dude thanks !

[@mr.orangeaide5260]

@@RamseyDewey I emailed you earlier did you get it?

[@mr.orangeaide5260]

@@RamseyDewey hey again dude did you get my email yesterday?

[@iliasvito7031]

U answered the first question in another video

[@RamseyDewey]

I answer questions like this in a lot of videos.

[@dimith8635]

Hi ramsey. I m 20 and i have my first competition this weekend but i still rise the knee as a reflex when i am in defence ,maybe a slight panic effect, i m not conciusly scared of being hit, i feel more scared of hurting my partners by hitting harder than i should, (i m a bit older and the least expericed in the group started 1 year ago vs 4-12years at the others side). My plan is to go full offence trying to get my mind off anything that would put me in a position to be overwhelmed. Tips on this situation? And for avoiding to get burned out too fast with this whole kick him before he kicks me plan. Have a good day and i really hope you could help me.

[@MattsMCUniverse]

how are you competing if youve been training with 12 year olds? good luck btw

[@RamseyDewey]

First time fights are almost always won by the more aggressive fighter, regardless of technical ability. Just keep breathing and take advantage of the fact that in a sanctioned fight, you have the rare opportunity to get away with things that would otherwise land you in prison. This might be helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYC6fX2kfd55rck

[@dimith8635]

It will be my first fight, the others are more exericed and i said i trained with people who trained for 4-12 years, not that are 4-12 years old ( got an opportunity to.train with the national team) . Thanks for taking the time to respond

[@MattsMCUniverse]

@@dimith8635 ohhh ic my bad lmao, sounds good, is it mma or boxing or ehat?

[@soysaucebananna]

As someone with no experience, if I kicked someone as hard as I could and they didn’t react at all I think I would concede immediately. 😆

[@GuitarsRockForever]

Often that will be too late. Those guys would hit as hard as a car crash. Better get out of there quickly.

[@scottmatthews1509]

With genuine respect, when I had no experience, virtually no one reacted adversely to my hardest kicks. It didn’t mean that throwing the kicks had no value.

[@thishandleistaken1011]

Hi Ramsey, what is your real height? You claimed 6'1 or 6'2 if I recall correctly, but appeared not that much taller than 5'9 Guan Wang! My guess is 6ft flat or 5'11

[@RamseyDewey]

I’m 6’1

[@RamseyDewey]

Wang Guan isn’t 5’9”, man. He’s 180cm tall. That’s closer to 5’11”

[@thishandleistaken1011]

@@RamseyDewey UFC and ESPN lists wang as 5'9.

[@thishandleistaken1011]

@@RamseyDewey What about 5'6 listed Leandro Issa? You only have 4 or 5 inches on him! Is he really 5'9?

[@RamseyDewey]

Those stats are incorrect.

[@sensam6155]

You guys are being soft as jelly. Who gives a F about their ego? And as for your ego, isn't your health more important? People in my sparring class get two warnings, the third time I catch them going too hard I call them out in front of the whole class and tell them to hit the bag SOFT for the rest of the class. Anyone who does one-on-ones with me gets a 10-minute chat the first time we spar on WHY we hit soft, and so far no one has violated it once. But if ever anyone did (and I was sure it wasn't a mistake), I'd fire them as a client on the spot. I've fired dozens of clients throughout my career for less. You can pick who you work with. You don't have to bend over backwards for anyone who's giving you money if they're a nightmare to work with.

[@ratillecebrasquedubitantiu4451]

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