3 Things You Need to Win Fights!

The 3 things that everyone needs in order to learn to fight. And what martial arts need to impart to their students in order to be an effective fighting system.
0:00 Intro
0:43 Skill
1:58 Experience
5:50 Athleticism
8:44 Expanding the Analogy
My Twitter: / armchairviolenc
Thanks to Metrolina Martial Arts for letting me film in their gym! Their channel: / @metrolinamartialarts
(Metrolina MA does not necessarily endorse any views expressed in this video.)

[@TheAirborneKite]

I like the "interconnected web" construction. You cannot learn any skill just by knowing all of the moves. If you want to learn chess, you can't just learn a bunch of good moves - unless you understand the dynamics of the game, your opponent will see what you're trying to do. If you try to learn to paint by memorizing the strokes for a bunch of different shapes, same thing. You can't learn to play football by learning every play, learn a language by memorizing phrases, etc. Even outside of martial arts, "am I learning moves or am I learning a skill" is a very handy BS detector.

[@JadenDaJedi]

'A' skill can be a technique; 'Skill' is a gameplan. Love this idea 😄

[@SaftonYT]

Reminds me of someone comparing what they learned in some modern Hapkido school versus when they later went to BJJ. They said there was a lot of overlap in curriculum in terms of technique training in that the Hapkido school would say "This is an armbar, this is how you do it" and show the position and all... but unlike BJJ they would never ever show how to get to the position to apply an armbar in the first place, defenses against it, options for if your opponent defends, etc. and of course there would rarely be any full-speed rolling or applying the technique under active resistance.

[@folieadeux147]

“You can’t just learn a bunch of good moves if you want to learn chess” London Players: 🤔

[@TheTyroofToriyama]

Vids like these are gret then someone goes and plucks out a story of a bunch of poor villagers finding a way to Luke Skywalker a raging Elephant and then all of a suden you gotta go the long-way round to convince people technique can't overpower everything -_- I remember once... My cousin is so soft I once headlocked him, in a friendly and playful way, cos I was excited to see him and he bumped his rib at like 2mph, then ran in the house, squealing and he wasn't exactly 12 years old. That same cousin would always go round telling people he could beat me if he put his mind to it.... The guy refuses to go to any gym, says he's absolutely against building any muscle whatsoever and -he- just went trans...... Damn bruh, Soceretes was right. It's such a sad thing to go through life not exploring your strengths. It's every guy's duty to try make themselves sturdy and stoic, I ain't trynna hear any of that "I'm a lover, not a fighter" bs, cos when someone starts punking you and you relying on freidnly neighbourhood Spider-Man to help you keep your pride, you're only gunna have yourself to blame for choosing comfort over preparation and people forget we live in a hunter/gather's world so it gets kinda tiring when someone is constantly whining that they don't wanna be fit enough to survive and just hope everyone carries them gently

[@remn8636]

with language thus far in my own attempts to learn another one along with a few relatives of mine who already speak this language memorization of phrases does actually work pretty well because - assuming you learn how they put sentences together which should be one of the first things you work on - you learn what words are what. Granted, some languages dont let you do that, but languages like German do. Also German is really simple god I love it but yeah i get the point, im just a nitpicky sack of ****, ignore me.

[@christophervelez1561]

The 3 things you need to fight are: blacking out when seeing red, having a different mentality, and getting dirty when it comes to it. Duh!

[@benpotvin8490]

😅

[@PanicMachine423]

😂😂😂

[@danielschulter7182]

Yeah, seeing red is very effective, but I find that getting there on a stomach full of alcohol has even better results.

[@ccanterod68]

I don't get the reference :(

[@niscent_]

​@@micker9830 and on top of it those people think adrenaline is correlated to anger. as you get angry, you adrenaline levels slightly rise, as a primer to the potential fight that you might actually get into, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the real adrenaline high, the one where that one guy you heard about has flipped a car and injured his whole body in the process (there's actually such recorded cases). adrenaline high usually happens when your current feeling is that you're about to shit yourself, you feel cold, your belly feels funny, and you're shaking like a twig in the wind. chemically, every movement you do will overload your muscles with the commanding chemicals for contraction, it leads to massive outbursts of strength, but quickly those muscles will stop responding once saturated. and anger is purely a social emotion, it's an evolution of the posturing and intimidation behavior, face goes red, voice gets louder, they are compelled to make wide deliberate movements and take up more space... they are not trying to fight anything, they are trying to intimidate the other guy into walking away, all while asking for others to come stop them before they actually fight. that's the evolutionary psychology behind anger, and that is no matter what the angry guy believe.

[@anon2034]

8:40 "Violence is hard. You have to be harder." - Armchair Violence That's a t-shirt!

[@tomnaughadie]

I also like it including the "Go to the gym."

[@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7]

But being hard is a weakness!

[@anon2034]

@@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7 LOL

[@kmlgraph]

My Kung Fu instructor years ago was a hardened fighter in his youth on the streets of Hong Kong. He always said, if you have to fight, you go and don't stop. Street fighting is not competitive fighting with rules and 3 minute rounds. Speed and non-stop aggression wins fights on the street.

[@nicholasgreen339]

Yes Hence y in chinese martial arts u were taught certain drills etc A lot of the styles in Hong kong r native only to Hong Kong Hong Kong and China r 2 different countrys A lot of tbe styles from china that r popular in Hong Kong . Like wing chun and hung gar R both from the south of china Southern styles were used by civilians Also the south of china people in most cases lived in crowded city's So they had close combat footwork Plus they were generally smaller than those in the north In the north those styles were military styles Had more footwork involved to In the north they fought in open spaces and had to cover more ground Bcause the north has a lot of open terrain spaces Northern styles were generally older than a lot of southern styles.. . What we deem as wushu is northern kung fu But the word kung fu is a new word so is Gong gu The word for martial arts in china was . Wushu..

[@ubcroel4022]

Aggression and athleticism seems to carry a lot of good fighters.

[@timbomb374]

One of the best things about being huge isn't that it's easier to win a fight, but that people are less likley to try to fight you.

[@jasonhake5502]

Just being above average for your age works. I've had friends that were way better than me, that just went into lizard brain defense mode when I ran in for a takedown

[@user-ci2mn1oy3w]

but if they DO, they'll use weapons and/or bring buddies and/or ambush you.

[@phuongvu527]

THAT alone is the best self-defense ever.

[@CaneFu]

When I was in my early twenties, I spent 4 years working as a bouncer in a large rowdy bar. I had no formal training in any type of self defense but simply lifted weights, hit a speed bag & heavy bag, and jumped roped; I was big and strong and throwing punches was all I knew, no defense, no kicks, just keep punching if attacked and it served me well. I remember one night in particular that a patron, who we had told to leave earlier that night for bad behavior, waited for me in the parking lot when I got off work about 1:30 AM. I had already been warned this guy was a black belt in Taekwondo which was the most popular local martial art in my city at that time. When he saw me walking to my car he confronted me and told me he was going to f*ck me up. I was tired and really just wanted to go home but he was insistent we were going to fight and then he slipped off his boots, I assume to make his kicks easier to perform. He stood about 10 feet in front of me, and a few people had gathered around to watch so he was showing off by talking his talk in the open parking lot, and I couldn't see any way to get around him and to my car. After a couple of minutes of listening to his sh*t I had enough and ran straight at him and he seemed surprised by my sudden attack after I had been so pacifist for a couple of minutes. I caught him with a right hand to his nose as I rushed in and then I just started unloading punch after punch into his face. I literally beat him across the parking lot, across the hood of a car, and down to the ground; a witness later told me that I must have hit him at least 30 times. At no point was this martial artist able to deliver even one kick or punch in retaliation, he was simply a human punching bag as I knocked him around the parking lot. I have often thought of this fight over the years and asked myself what was the one difference that allowed me to win over someone who was much more skilled than me in combat techniques and I think he was just surprised by sudden unrestrained aggression.

[@NDOhioan]

Not to mention that taekwondo sparring usually isn't optimal for fighting. Many organizations outright ban head punches in sparring, so the typical practitioner has never actually been punched in the face before. You can have the finest theory in the world, but if you've never had to deal with punches to the face then you're going to lose to someone who has, trained or not.

[@youtube-nutzer2895]

@@NDOhioanagreed. i did a lot of live sparring and competing when i was a kid so when i got into the few fights i did at school the guys trying to hurt me were surprised that they couldn’t really faze me.

[@Cwes71]

Isn't that what martial arts really are at their core? It's just a way of attempting to counter the fact that without a big skill gap the biggest, meanest dog will always win

[@ogi22]

@@NDOhioan It's a beautiful martial arts, but the design makes it not the best for fights. First, it was designed by a military, for the military. And you actually use boots when you kick. So if you want a pissing contest, sorry - this one is "no way Jose". Worst case, if you hit and strike, you can kill. Easiest case - you make a ton of preparations and someone just punch you to the other side of the parking lot, making you a laughing stock of the party. I actually had a bar fight. And even after a couple of cold ones i knew, i can't kick the guy (i had really sturdy boots on that day), so i had to use judo - just put him on the ground so many times, even guys gathered around us said it was boring :P And that's how you resort a bar fight - you make is so unattractive, that even cheerleader boys just go and grab another beer😁

[@jasonlee4307]

Why he lost: "Too much mind..."

[@AgaOdorox]

We all know bleeding a little in sparring saves you bleeding a lot in self defence. Pain is the weakness leaving your body.

[@bawgames4201]

I train in a Wing Chun school that does all of these, we spend 20-30 mins each session working out, and we also do controlled sparring. Thanks to that, i have been able to fight my friends that train boxing and BJJ.

[@romanthegambler6966]

The Scout went on in his life, left being a mercenary behind and started teaching people how to be a force of nature, lovely! Greatly appreciated!

[@theboynurse]

On top of your very excellent points on athleticism, improving your bodies conditioning will protect you from the things most likely to kill and disable- namely cardiovascular disease.

[@matthewdanko4064]

No shit

[@smashonlamez]

Have you ever thought of how fighting games actually help you to better understand real fighting concepts unintentionally? This video made me think of that and by that I mean fighting games won't get you better at fighting in real life, but they'll help you to understand the complex web of martial arts training/experience you would actually need to get decently good at fighting. I was talking to one of my friends who is a bjj hobbyist and he went down the rabbit hole of thinking bjj is the OP number 1 martial art. We messed around I slammed him lightly to ground and made him feel ridiculous because I have no bjj training whatsoever and just instinctively picked him up. Anyhow, we were going back and forth and I couldn't get through to him until we started talking about fighting games. (we talked mvc2, MK11, smash, games we both love). I told him that he was only learning a piece of what an actual fight is, and how it's like opening a new fighting game, finding buttons that work and winning a bit. You might unconsciously learn how to beat the AI or find tricks to defeat low level players, but then you face off against a competent human opponent and get absolutely destroyed. And at the moment you might think to yourself "wait, but why did you do that, how did that work, why cant I land anything." So i told him at that point you don't have the experience to understand the match ups or how to properly defend character specific mix-ups. Then we continued, and in this scenario your next probable step is to go into the lab and start training combos for endless hours. So then you take those combos into matches, but wait, you begin to realize you cant ever seem to get into the position to actually land them, the opportunity just never seems to present itself and when it does you botch the inputs because of the stressful scenario you are now in. So you then look up more things and maybe learn how to counter, what works, what the best set ups are and along the way you gain match up experience and might even begin to pick up on "bad patterns" the pro players dont do, but that always seem to get you out of trouble. Now its coming together, you've put in sweaty countless hours, accumulated numerous losses, but now that you've stuck to it you're starting to see results. You're beginning to win. So then you begin to learn higher level concepts. You learn set ups, wake ups, counters, punishes and now you can land your 100 piece combo or whatever. And then it hits you, you've learned countless numerous strategies that are far superior to attempting to land that 100 piece combo. The journey has made you a much better fighting game player. All is right with the world... And then you go on ranked and get rekt scrub! such is life😂🤷‍♂

[@ArmchairViolence]

I kind of like this analogy, and I can definitely see its use in explaining concepts to less experiences people. I would also take this further and say, "If you memorize the combo X-A-B-B-B-Y-X-X-A-Y-Y-R1-B-L2-L1-L2-Stick forward, are you going to be able to pull that off in your first ever match? Of course not. And that's the difference between 'knowing the moves' and 'having actual experience.'

[@spookyninja4098]

@@ArmchairViolence You forgot " Situational awareness " Our 3 Degree Black Belt was the toughest Mo Fo we had ever seen = he went on a training trip to the US and while at a BBQ party a random mental guy put a kitchen knife thru his heart from behind - Remember Always keep your radar on and your head on a swivel - And a knife can beat the best unarmed martial artist.

[@midorithefestivegardevoir6727]

@@ArmchairViolenceYou can tell a newbie to conserve his stamina instead of gassing out spamming moves, or teach him what happens when he does gas out spamming moves and gets juggled into ragequitting, right?

[@matthewdanko4064]

I think this video is about real life though...

[@mr.sketser1468]

​@@ArmchairViolence its not about simply knowing or remembering, its about understanding. most people are stuck at an elementary level of martial arts, similar to how they are taught math. "1+1=2, 1+2=3, 1+3=4...." they repeat this without ever really understanding the concept of addition, they have you repeat the same "drills" and combos either in the air or with another person, without ever understanding the context and application (similar to school). Never really asking why, when, where but just showing how. they are just moves in a vacuum.

[@anonymousbosch9265]

When I was a kid in the 90’s my dad made my brother and I box and wrestle but the cool kids got to do karate and that’s what we wanted to do and my father forbid it as “it’s all fake” and we knew he was wrong. We knew that karate was not only better but way easier and less painful. In my early 20’s I was training in an mma club and had to spar with a guy with a special type of karate black belt and I was really nervous. It worked out favorably for me

[@ash17937]

W father

[@kiraPh1234k]

Easier? Yes. Better? Absolutely not. Wrestling and boxing prepare you far more for violence and the training is better applied. Many kata in karate don't even get taught in a way the student can actually apply them to technique.

[@anonymousbosch9265]

@@kiraPh1234k I was writing in my mindset at the time

[@kiraPh1234k]

@@anonymousbosch9265 ahhhh, I see. Thanks for clarifying!

[@anonymousbosch9265]

@@kiraPh1234k I’m guessing most kids born in the 80’s had similar misconceptions about traditional martial arts

[@deltabravo1969]

Being in shape is half the battle.

[@VTPSTTU]

I have never had any illusions of being a "great fighter." I am not, never had the potential to be, and will never be a "great fighter." As a young man, I was in churches that taught that martial arts were "of the devil." I was interested in martial arts, but I never tried any. As I was nearing the end of that phase of my life, I tried one or two karate places. They seemed to be interested in trying to teach me to do one or two things perfectly before teaching me to do anything else. My body is not well-suited to doing anything perfectly. I could tell that I wasn't going to progress in those classes because I'm just not good at moving my body perfectly. I became frustrated and gave up. Later in life, I gave Krav Maga a try. I know you and others hate Krav Maga. For me, it was a good choice. The class taught me how to throw punches and kicks more effectively. The class taught me how to put some things together. If nothing else, I felt after taking the class that I could hit my heavy bag properly. I owned a heavy bag because I liked hitting a heavy bag. A friend with a karate background had years ago showed me a little bit about hitting a bag that he owned. After taking some Krav Maga, I at least felt better about the techniques I was using to train on the bag. I never believed that taking Krav Maga would make me a good fighter. When I started taking Krav Maga, I quickly realized that I was right about that. I wasn't a good fighter and was never going to be a good fighter. I'm not a tough guy. I don't go around looking for fights. I don't really go to places where I'm more likely to encounter someone looking to prove himself as a tough guy. However, I realize that we live in a world where any of us could encounter one of those people almost anywhere. I realize that any of us could encounter a true human predator almost anywhere. What I learned in Krav Maga wasn't going to make me a great fighter. What I learned in Krav Maga wasn't going to make me better than most people in my class or most people taking any other kind of martial arts or self-defense class. There are a few secondary reasons that I continued in the class. These included the fact that it was good exercise and I enjoyed the fellowship with the other students. I'm a heavier person, and we had a couple of law enforcement officers and a few women in the class. I was sometimes paired with them, and I felt that I was doing some good for the world when I provided them the best resistance I could within the instructor's rules. I felt that a 120 pound woman would benefit from having to move the bulk of a 280 pound man. All of these are secondary. The primary reason that I stayed in the class was that I could tell that while I was never becoming a great fighter, I was at least a bit better fighter from having taken the class than I was from doing nothing. If I had been attacked by a great street fighter, I would likely lose. I might have a puncher's chance of stopping the attack, but I would likely lose. If I had been attacked by a great martial artist, I would likely lose. Again, maybe I have a little bit of a puncher's chance. On the other hand, if I'm attacked by someone who is more audacity than real skill, my puncher's chance became better. In any case, the "fighter" that I was by trying to learn something was better than the "fighter" that I wasn't if I didn't do anything at all. I lost my job and stopped taking Krav Maga in order to save money. I had to move for another job and started taking Krav Maga from a different gym in my new location. We had a serious incident at that job, and the needs of my work kept me from being able to continue. I was thinking about trying to get back to the classes when my employer needed me to move to a place that didn't have any adult self-defense, martial arts, or other combat sports. I then suffered a complete health failure, so I can't even participate through an entire hour-long class any longer. A few years ago, I looked at the world around me and felt worried again. I'd lost my career and most of my health. I still had a bit of strength, but I couldn't throw four punches in a row. Even grossly overweight, I used to be able to throw the jab/cross combination continuously at a heavy bag for three or four minutes at a time. I started taking walks to try to raise my endurance a little. Besides, my doctors wanted me walking even though they couldn't tell me what was wrong or what might make things better. I eventually tried hitting the bag again. I've worked myself up to where I can throw a jab/cross combination for maybe fifteen seconds at a time. I watch some videos on cane self-defense and how to hit with a cane. If I'm going to use a cane for balance, I might as well have some idea how to use it for self-defense. In a real fight, I hope I'd be using my cane as a weapon, but one never knows. When I've tried to push for twenty seconds of punching, I've occasionally gotten weak or dizzy and had to hug the bag while lowering myself slowly to my knees. There is no "great fighter" in my future. I only consider that the me that can hit the bag for fifteen seconds at a time is better than the me that can only throw three or four punches at the bag. I agree with much of what you say about how to optimize one's self for fighting. I also understand how someone as young as you are doesn't think in terms of never being great at something. For many of us, the point is that we are looking for ways to be a little better than the person we'd be if we did nothing. Maybe we can't find a gym where they allow intelligent sparring. Maybe our jobs keep us from training enough to be as strong as we could be or have the maximum endurance that we could have. I understand that people need to understand not to "drink the Kool-Aid" of some fight world con men, but I don't think all of these teachers are useless just because they don't do everything that one should do to be great.

[@alexkehoepwj]

Every time i click a new video of yours, i emotionally prepare myself to have all of my assumptions destroyed, and accept the harsh realization i suck.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Bro lol

[@kelkelly5516]

Don't we all?

[@kylehowell5610]

Well, if you train right, diet right and exercise right than no. You just enjoy the video under those circumstances 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@kelkelly5516]

@@kylehowell5610 Dude we're joking about ourselves while complimenting armchair violence. Edit: at least I am

[@maxanderson3733]

@@kylehowell5610 I’m pretty sure that isn’t the case with OP

[@danielschulter7182]

Maybe the true "secret technique" is hard work.

[@philsbootleg]

Wrestling imo is the best base style to start from. As a person who knows how to use there leverage, take downs with ground pound is a very effective way to win a fight.

[@DanMackison]

One of my favorite quotes takes those three pillars and flips them: "Too many SD instructors are fit young men and can make bad techniques work. I prefer female, small and even old or crippled instructors because if they can put me down it is skill. 300 pounds of steroidal muscle putting me down means nothing." - Rory Miller

[@user-rc8br5sw6j]

But if they are honest these small old crippled female practitioners it took them a lifetime to learn the ability and there are not short cuts but we all want to believe the power fantasy. The self defence industry makes its money though based on this fallacy?

[@jamesfrancese6091]

A funny anecdote from physics folklore: Theodor Kaluza was a brilliant theoretical physicist in the early 20th century who we now realize was many decades ahead of his time formulating a field theory (Kaluza-Klein theory) currently used in cutting-edge string and M-theory to model phenomena nobody even knew about in his time. Thus in his own time he was seen as quite inspired but eccentric; in middle age he developed an interest in swimming despite never having been in a body of water larger than his own bathtub. So he carefully studied several books on breathing techniques, strokes, and the kinesiology of the sport, never dipping so much as a toe in a pond. The story goes that after months of assiduous research he went down to the gymnasium and jumped right into the deep end, performing a perfect freestyle lap of the pool lol

[@blockmasterscott]

I would say nowadays you also need a 4th attribute, which is knowing the law. You fight without knowing the law can get you into trouble.

[@lessthanpinochet]

If you're worried about the law in a self-defense situation then just walk or run away. Not willing to go all the way with an unknown attacker can get you killed.

[@antonsimmons8519]

"You don't know who you are until you've been punched in the face." FACTS.

[@CARLOSJJAREZ]

You remember me of dimitry of cobra kai, logical, funny, and badass, great job and great content, thank you very much

[@TheDouglasSeth]

You are simultaneously so annoying and so great! Great videos.👍

[@otocan]

Haha that's a great way to describe him. I feel like I should find him super annoying and hate his face... but the guy is spitting straight facts like the wisest sensei.

[@2ndviolin]

Dreams shattered.

[@youonlylikeonce9592]

I would say that the fourth pillar (which you've also talked about before) is confidence, but I have a feeling that if someone takes the time to build up the three you just mentioned, confidence will have a better chance of snapping into place. Nice video.

[@gingercore69]

Also, having confidence without any of the other 3 is much mor dangerous than having any of the other 3 without having the others...

[@ghostrunner2138]

I feel like confidence should come from sparring and competing

[@DanMackison]

I know several stories of under-confident well-trained people being surprised when they win competitions. They were young and athletic and had never sparred against someone who wasn't more skilled and experienced than them. Their lack of confidence was meaningless.

[@Chill_Enigma]

I think Confidence is more a byproduct of the 3 pillars then a pillar itself. If you build the 3 pillars you become more confident.

[@deathdog1392]

Overconfidence is far more dangerous to me than doubt. Doubt is pretty close to fear which is inevitable, there will be a degree of that. But overconfidence implies relaxation which is absolutely the wrong approach to a street fight.

[@connerkubitz7208]

I really like the way you explain these concepts. It's all stuff that people who trian kinda know, but more just by nature of trianing than anyone ever specifically laid it out. And seeing it laid out like this is really helpful in analyzing fights, as well as helps make my time in class more beneficial.

[@Andrew_Sherman]

I find your videos refreshing

[@davidmoiso6573]

Amazingly true and straightforward! Thanks for your videos

[@ZombieHitler]

Just trained with my bro for hours last night. Did some running to test cardio, then some light sparring indoors then outside. What always amazes me is the interconnected nature of true combat. Like, you have to take in to account differences in size, style, environment, all while leveraging your own unique advantages to keep pace and adjust to challenges. Good video, glad I subscribed!

[@StealthScouts]

This is one of my all time fav videos ever AV keep it up

[@skiller242]

Dude what you saying is smart and very precise. It a shame you don't have more followers and views. I suggest your videos to as many as I can beacuse as a mma fighter I truly understand the things you teach.

[@kevinjohnson6531]

Skill, experience and athleticism. True!!! Some luck and seizing initiative with the will and confidence to fight, is also required. There are another 3 also. Surprise, speed and violence of action!

[@kevin9989]

The contents in the videos I watched from this channel are absurdly valuable. All packed in a very easy to digest way, too. Hard to argue against. Good job, bro. You're brawn and brains.

[@Zz7722zZ]

True enough and not really new, but as a hobbyist I prioritize skill as it is what I choose to spend my time and money learning, followed by sparring experience within a limited ruleset to test that those skills are applicable under pressure, and lastly athleticism sufficient for said sparring. I have no delusions about being a fighter or even directly using those skills for self-defense, but I'm satisfied enough if I manage to learn the skills as a hobby.

[@oskardavis7318]

Another great video 👍

[@BeanSoupdaGoat]

Thsnks for the vid, this humbled me a lot, and I realise I have a pretty long way to go, so thanks👍

[@Agiranto]

All you need to be the best: 1 - martial arts youtube channel 2 - arrange a fight in your local street beef analogy 3 - shoutout your favorite martial arts youtube channel before winning for maximum WIN points.

[@demon4874]

😂😂😂😂

[@kellykimberly9785]

Armchair violence is what I play on my headphones and listen to like a podcast when I'm doing chores. You make doing the laundry alot easier for me. WOOO

[@kellykimberly9785]

PLEASE MAKE MORE LONGER VIDEOS JAKE. I LOVE THIS STUFF.

[@makaiev]

Ôh nice to see you here Kimberly, you've got cool Tiktoks 👍🏾

[@kellykimberly9785]

@@makaiev Haha thanks. I've shifted to Instagram reels!

[@makaiev]

@@kellykimberly9785 oh... Makes sense...

[@firesmokesyt]

And thats why im training myself how to box with a little help from my father that has had experience and hes skillful im not yet but im gaining skill and experience and im getting better slowly

[@michaelfrazier3577]

I had this same conversation with my students 2 days ago 👍. Well done

[@kelkelly5516]

Great video, always learning something even when I think I know what you're gonna say.

[@stefankeeney8462]

I think another very logical thing that people need to understand to get better at fighting is that you need a good balance of conscious improvements, AND subconscious improvements. For example, adding more weight to the bar, throwing more punches in a trackable way, recording and critiquing your training and sparring, measuring your bodyfat percentage and strength for a specific weight class are all examples of conscious improvements and initiatives we should take to “force” growth. But on the other hand there’s times where you will survive against people better than you, maybe have a certain handicap but work through it regardless, and just wing it and train hard to make unconscious improvements. I feel you need a balance of both. If you just train hard with no direction you may not be putting enough thought into your own process and usually what gets tracked does actually get done. However if you try to meticulously track every little thing and beat yourself up small improvements will be grueling and you are never allowing that flow of “randomness” to take place on your journey. I think that a good balance of both is goood. Maybe for example work toward your fastest 5K. But other times wing it and run longer runs. Or maybe check your skill against a competitor your weight and skill level, but also do some sparring with people much better or bigger than you and don’t worry so much how you perform just do rounds To completion . It’s good to have that balance of putting thought into your training and not flying by the seat of your pants, but also understanding you have to just trust the process.

[@Born2Losenot2win]

I’m glad you’re giving these useful informations in entertaining way. Even I’m learning some new stuff that I never thought about it! Great stuff man keep it up! Subscribed 👍 Also my feelings might not be worth anything but I’ll be super proud of you if you make a video on how to stay out of trouble. Situational awareness and being cognitively present and staying emotionally cool is something a lot of people lack these days.

[@Born2Losenot2win]

Like you’re doing really good community service with these informative videos, making the world a better place for all of us even if just by a little bit.

[@gingercore69]

I find it amazing that under this analisis, the best gym i went to was a traditional martial arts gym and the worse was another traditional martial arts gym too, all normal combat sports i did are somewhere in the middle

[@gingercore69]

For anyone wanting to know the ranking from best to worse: Sipalki(basically an hybrid style with strikes and grappling... sometimes we fight with weapons too, there are tournaments, we spar every week... And the conditioning is crazy) 2 ninjutsu (conditioning is the most extreme ive ever done, there is grappling, striking, weapons, the only art that literally presure test the "just run" strategy by forcing you to basically play tag with swords while doing parkour... As in, one guy with a sword will chase you, you have to run from them or try and dissarm them... They reslly go for it with the hits... And even tho sparring isnt done often, maybe once a month... Every class we do drills with resistence where someone is just attacking you with freedom of what they do, and you have to aply a specific technique to finish the drill... But there are no tournaments...) 3) a kung fu gym( we did sparring every day, rules were sanda, so, limited grappling and striking... Conditioning was almost as much as ninjutsu but not that crazy... There are tournaments too) 4) its a tie between shotokan karate and soo bahk do...(they are basically the same, limited grappling as in kung fu, much more striking, much more sparring, tournaments are point style but you also practice striking the oponent after hitting them, less time spent in forms and the grappling is much better for strikers... Lots of sweeps and throws that do not require alot of effort instead of the wrestling inspired throws of sanda) 5) boxing gym... (This one was a surprise for me... When i went from karate to boxing i expected it to be much more realistic than karate... The techniques are very limited, 0 grappling, lots of "how to play the rules" little of how to fight... Granted, punches got much better and head movement was something i needed to learn, but footwork in boxing isnt that good at early levels... You need to really focus on it if you want to actuslly do anything with it...) 6) bjj (conditioning was decent, lots of rolling, but very unrealistic combat, even the highest ranks were pulling guard, and i got one of the bluebelts with a footlock from ninjutsu on my first class just for the insteuctor to come running to say whitebelts are not allowed to do that... Wich is funny because i had lesrnt that in my first month of ninjutsu, so... Ninjutsu Whitebelt techniques were not allowed in bjj at whitebelt level... It was however a sport oriented gym, so... I guess a more self defende inclined gym would be better for this kind of thing) 7) a kung fu gym that organizes open style tournaments with people from all styles...(sparring every day, bith striking and weapons but no grappling at all... The lack of grappling is what makes it unrealistic to me... Conditioning was shit... We didnt do a single pushup) 8) aikido class... It was just forms with 0 resistence, 0 conditioning, 0 everything... And even the techniques were not well explained...

[@angerfistzalig]

Man I so love your salty sarcastic style 😂 would love to see more sparring of you though! With icy mike or seth? Grappling/BJJ/kickbox or MMA even? Keep up the good work, always a pleasure watching your videos!

[@diogenes42069]

be physically fit, spar, and a calm mind

[@ant2057]

Your channel is the best 💯💯

[@CaneFu]

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." -- Mike Tyson

[@na-ky8ou]

Tyson never fought any grappler. So yeah, leave that r*pist where he is.

[@LucasAlves-gw3ic]

That's why Bruce Lee said to be like water. Have no plan, just constantly adapt.

[@bengonzalez5215]

I would like to add a 4th pillar. Enthusiasm. Ive seen some guys who you would never expect to win a fight win with a very large dose of foreward momentum and violence of action

[@angrypotato9383]

i will tell you a thing, i trained in the gym for 2 years and had perfect performance for fighting, then aside the gym i started boxing on the bag for 5-6 months, i had the perfect body and skill but when i had gone in a real fight everything crushed, you have to be under pressure to learn to dodge and how to use your skills and body in real time, forget your skill untile you can use them perfectly under pressure

[@wilberforce1826]

6:45 reminds me of what my dad always used to tell me about fighting. "The bigger they are, the harder they hit. Because F=MA." Basic, fundamental physics. If you're in a fight with someone bigger and stronger than you, you better be able to hit them without being hit yourself. Ain't no weight classes in a bar brawl, and you'd do well to always remember that. Floyd Mayweather would kick my ass in a fight. I'm bigger, by a lot, and stronger, by a lot. But I'd never be able to hit him, or stop him from hitting me. If I caught him clean one time, the fight's over. But he's way more skilled, and athletic, to the point where that's just not going to happen. The best way to come out on top in a street fight is to not get in one in the first place. You can't know how much they know, how much they've trained, how skilled they are. I've lost fights to guys against whom I had a 60-70lb advantage. But I couldn't touch them, and just had to weather blows until worn down. And I've won fights against guys much bigger than me, the exact same way. This is the reality. If you have any opportunity to get out of a fight, take it. And anyone who's been in enough street fights already knows this.

[@K4113B4113]

You must be a real giant if you expect that hitting a professional boxer just once with a clean punch will definitely end the fight. What are you like 7 feet, 500 pounds?

[@olavdigre2062]

More things you need: luck, agression, strength, be first, and a good lawyer.

[@alexkehoepwj]

And a mouth guard you carry at all times

[@dacedebeer2697]

Luck helps, but not a pillar on anything, more like the ground the pillars stand on. Agression for sure (probably the most important really in an actual fight not a competition). Being first is not really a pillar, and putting it aside can spare you the need for a good lawyer. Strength is one aspect of athleticism.

[@Jenjak]

You don't need the lawyer if the fight you do is legal.

[@maxanderson3733]

@@dacedebeer2697 agreed, most of the things listed here aren’t really “pillars”

[@3nertia]

@@dacedebeer2697 "You can't count on luck, but luck absolutely counts"

[@thomasgyebi9250]

Cheers man your brutally honest I like it

[@hectorconcepcion2127]

FINALLY THE ANSWER TO ALL MY MARTIAL ARTS QUESTIONS ANSWERED

[@bartangel4867]

well knowing few simple moves will not be enough to beat anyone but you have to start somewhere. and I learned that in fighting drilling smaller amount of moves but with consistence is better than knowing many moves but only trying each once. I'm a good strategist if I could do the moves fluently I would be hard to defeat. but that doesn't matter if you for example can't transfer your momentum into the hit. and often times you can know how to transfer the momentum into the punch (which is actually very hard to know at less somebody shows you the details of what goes into it) and still not be able to do it at less you practice long enough to be able to do it. once you know how to do those simpler moves and did them long enough with someone showing you the detail and be able to use it to transfer momentum and have technique down. that is when you start doing the interconnections that you speak of. as you add more moves into your repertory then you can start thinking about putting them all together.now you are absolutely right about athleticism (unfortunately) but if someone has a proper technique a 150 lbs man can deliver a cross which is stronger that that of 180 lbs man. And not necessarily because he is more athletic but because he has learned how to transfer his weight and momentum better. obviously a 90 year old man will not defeat 20 year old man. but someone who is lean but has some lean musculature and has better technique will be in better fighting shape that someone who is a body builder. even if the bodybuilder can bench press more.

[@patricklinyard1119]

9 minutes in; the ‘expanding the analogy’ part had me thinking. Bull in a china shop= Deontay Wilder, athletic until punched in face = Anthony Joshua (no experience being under such pressure). Both had good pillar/ foundation/ structure until one pillar collapsed and it all went wrong. Tyson Fury had the experience to take a punch and keep going, understood the skills well enough to adapt his game plan and although may not look athletic the man’s movement is ridiculous for a guy of that size. Genuinely not hating on any of the fighters as I find them all impressive in their own right, just an observation which seems to accurately describe the situation.

[@waynejarvis9298]

It's absolutely true. Well said.

[@matcore]

This is so relevant to BJJ. For some reason, strength has historically been minimized as a "skill" when in reality it's the most relevant in many scenarios. The joke we've always said is once the powerlifters learn basic grappling we're all screwed.

[@DennisHeenan]

Thank you for this video. I have amazing skill, good experience, but iffy athleticism; when I get home, I’m running, then I’m running tomorrow, then I’m running again, again, and against, 6 days a week. I have distal bicep tendonitis, so I need to let that heal before lifting again, but that’s okay because I’m currently over weight and need to focus on my diet.

[@chukyuniqul]

I've always been concerned that under pressure I'd get scared. Imagine that, this shaved bear of a man just panicking. This summer I got jumped by two guys. While I sadly had my dog on a leash and it was over before the thought occurred to me that what was stopping me from turning their skull's relationship with their jaw into a long distance one was the poor animal tied to me, so they just kinda broke their fists on my face and head (I could FEEL how shitty they were punching on account of the fact they absolutely LAID into my head but couldn't knock me down despite actively trying to) then ran away, my reaction was to hit back, and I wasn't afraid. I was angry. Furious, actually. Because these assholes were cowards (one of them snuck up behind me and I wasn't even thinking things would go to a fight) and brutes (like I've said, I thought this was gonna be a shouting match not a fucking attack) but STILL couldn't even properly fight (seriously, you look at pictures of me even the day after and you can barely see anything past my lightly bruised eye, and my crooked nose kinda got FIXED by them punching into it). It's pathetic is what it is. I'd be lying if I said the experience wasn't to some degree scary, but it also kinda made me full of myself on account of just how damn tough I was, in the most literal sense of the word. I know my wits stay about me in a fight. And to be honest, I'm glad, in a way. Plus, it's given me some good excuses to save face in regards to some college stuff I've been slacking on so hey I'd say getting punched in the face repeatedly wasn't as bad na experience. Edit: thought occurs that people might be inclined to say these were kids or something, but naw. I know no kid with male pattern baldness.

[@deltabravo1969]

Well said.

[@fredriksjoblom5161]

I like the way you talk! Maybe it's your positive tone when delivering hard truths, maybe it's your confidence. Either way you're a good speaker! I remember getting taught how to box by a friend. I went through the motions. I made them look really good, and i rocked the heavy bag decently for a 135lbs guy. I even started putting motions together into a flow. We did slipping drills that had me feeling like i was mike tyson. Then one day he said - "You know what, we could actually do some light sparring if you'd like". Obviously i jumped at the opportunity, ready to put my newly gained skills to the test, i was going to have the time of my life... So we went about it and i think we kept our session going for about 15-20 seconds before i forward slipped right into a big uppercut because i wasnt able to see anything. He was just jabbing me in the face constantly and i wasn't shying away or flinching, i wasn't afraid to be punched in the face but that didn't help me at all because i just coudn't keep my eyes from blinking constantly. What i learnt that day was that my body had reflexes that simply would not allow me to fight at all. And that my one and only hope of ever stopping my body from working against me was to get punched in the face as much as possible. My friend can still shut me down anytime he wants, but to someone who has never actually been punched in the face i could just as well be mike tyson.

[@KaptainCanuck]

People need to retrain the" puppy mind" so it does not take hold. Yes, getting actual face contact, with headgear on, is one aspect of retraining the "puppy mind".

[@niscent_]

about the self defense myth of ending fights in a few moves. my self defense coach, who was a karate and systema instructor, would say during demos that those sequences are not fighting, it's about taking a shot at finishing before you actually get into a fight, great if it works, but the real goal is to give you some reaction to a situation as you can't yet rely on your fighting skills. an attacker grab and slam your head into your car window, he's not fighting you, he's attacking you, he's not expecting any answer from you, and you're probably not giving much back anyways. fighting starts when both participants expect the other to defend and attack back (even if one of them is not actually ready or able to), and act accordingly. that coach also incited us to just disengage, shove and run away during practice if we messed up something we were trying to do. because the goal was not to get and stay into fights, but mainly to get out of them safely... winning them just one more way to do it.

[@na-ky8ou]

Karate and systema...yeah, you're being scammed.

[@niscent_]

@@na-ky8ou we did regular sparring. that's the only standard you need for self defense. if an instructor downplay the importance of sparring, you know he's a sham. if an instructor tells you sparring is paramount, you know you're at the right place. not all guys who did systema agree with the fat magic touch guru founder. and karate is no more no less than karate, you learn most types of strikes and have sparring and various types competitions too.

[@na-ky8ou]

@@niscent_ if you practice bogus techniques during your sparring, then your sparring isn't worth anything. Look at tomiki aikido, the thing that aikido practitioners often brandish as a proof that aikido works, you'll know exactly what I mean. So not all systema dudes...do systema...OK. Karate is massively watered down in the west.

[@niscent_]

@@na-ky8ou we were doing kickboxing with some grappling when sparring. sometime light, like point sparring, often rougher. what i liked most in systema was that it's normal to hit hard and get hit hard every now and then. i looked up tomiki aikido out of curiosity. it barely qualify as light sparring. their own rules of sparring are an incoherent plate of spaghetti, with a set list of allowed techniques. if your fighting style is defined by what is allowed and not what is forbidden, can we really call that sparring? can it even be done at high intensity? light sparring only has value because it could be done much rougher and violent, and both practitioners keep it in mind. in the west there're many types of karate, but in the end it's all just variants of striking. there's no magic, everyone has 2 arms and 2 legs, and fights people who have 2 arms and 2 legs too, there isn't a thousand way to kick and punch, merely a thousand ways to approach it. karate, boxing, savate, muay thai, and so on all have different flavors, but the same basic punches, straight, cross, hook, uppercut. wow, a couple of back hand and hammer fist techniques here and there in some martial arts. a couple days ago i was looking up some xing yi documentary, and easily 80% of it was a ritualized version of boxing footwork and techniques. nobody is reinventing the wheel, it always comes down to a couple of basics.

[@na-ky8ou]

@@niscent_ There might not be a thousand way to kick or punch, but there are many ways to train. You can throw the worst punch ever while still being competent at knocking people out, as you can throw the most technically perfect punch and absolutely suck at fighting; my point is that being an efficient fighter comes from both learning moves that work, and training in a way that allows you to experiment with those movements, to find which ones are the best for you, in a realistic manner. The problem with karate is that, no matter the style, it very often lacks one of those two components. Shotokan? No real strikes allowed. Kyokushin? No punches to the head. You get my point... As for systema, most people actually refer to sambo when they talk about it, simply because that's how sambo has been called during a part of the soviet era ("systema" simply means "system" in russian, so when sambo became their army's official combat method, they just referred to it at "the system"). It means, you've guessed it, that the whole no touch bullshit is the only original component of that practice. Let me be clear: I don't know how you train, and it may be that your trainer and his lessons are actually legit, bit do you understand why saw red flags when you wrote about karate and systema...? As a side note about tomiki aikido: to aikidokas, this isn't light sparring, this is real fighting. In their minds, this is on the same level as a boxing match. They even bring it up as a proof that aikido works in a real fight.

[@BushCheney04]

So something something be good at 3 things to punch people good. Cool. But can we talk about your best thumbnail yet? It must be the definition of art

[@ArmchairViolence]

Is it better than the other ones? Good. I need to get better at making thumbnails

[@IvaHaze]

Scout is finally teaching us how to fight correctly.

[@corymoore8562]

Curious if you would agree with my logic for learning techniques.. I think there's 4 levels of resistance and you need to go through them in order in order to retain the knowledge of the techniques. 1st is assisted pretty much help them figure out their way through it make it look like an action scene and make sure they get all the details needed, 2nd is no resistance just letting them get some reps and figure out their alignment and all that, 3rd is passive resistance which I describe as doing something like watching TV while also resisting and if you can't focus on the TV you're focusing too much on resisting, and last is active So actively preventing them from doing the technique. And then active goes through the belt ranks for BJJ, So active resistance from a black belt is much Stronger than active resistance from a white belt.

[@corymoore8562]

This also let's you pinpoint where the technique breaks down, and makes it more obvious if you or the technique is flawed...

[@kacperz5683]

6:05 exactly - someone once said: "The most important goal of a martial artist is to keep strength in your muscles". Because even the best, most effective techniques won't work without strength behind them.

[@KaptainCanuck]

Actually, power not strength. Strength is a small variable but it does not make something more powerful. Lee and Inosanot were walking by The Dungeon on Muscle Beach. A huge guy walked out and Inosanto said "Man, that guy is huge!". Lee replied, "Yeah, but is he powerful?".

[@kacperz5683]

@@KaptainCanuck no, these "it's all about power" or "it's all about speed" or anything like that is just showing lack of knowledge on human body strength. But it's ok, I'll do a quick description: There are 3 main types of strength that you can develop in your muscles: 1) strength endurance 2) maximum strength 3) explosiveness Quick overview: 1) Strength endurance is tightening your muscles a little bit over and over again for a long period of time (lots of reps per set). Exercise examples: common unweighted push-ups, squats, long distance runs etc. 2) Maximum strength is tightening your muscles as hard as you can once or several times for a short period of time. Typically you shouldn't be able to do more than 5-6 reps per one set. Exercise examples not needed - just need to adjust the weights to be able to do only 5 reps. Typically used in bench press, deadlift etc. 3) Explosiveness is tightening your muscles as fast as possible as hard as possible with very short time frame for one rep. Exercise examples: jumping squats, clapping push-ups, jumps etc. So, that's just a general depiction of strengths you can develop, of the ways you can develop your muscles. By saying "it's about power" you probably mean explosiveness with a small addition of maximum strength. But you need to understand the concept of "strength" itself in physical fitness - by saying "strength" we shouldn't mean the old, common mythical idea of "big, muscular guy who's got so big muscles that he cannot move fast", because it is not what it means. Absolutely not. When it comes to Bruce Lee, I assure you that he trained for all of the 3 kinds of strength almost equally (although he probably was putting a little bit of emphasis on explosiveness and strength endurance). But I (hope I) don't need to tell you that a hypothetical guy also training all 3 types of strength and fighting, while being 2 times bigger than Bruce Lee at the same time would most probably defeat him. Why? Because bigger muscles can tighten harder than smaller ones [ergo: they can generate more power ;)]. I recommend YT Channel "The Bioneer" for better understanding of types of strength, as well as the books of author Pavel Tsatsouline, especially " *Power* to the people" (😉) where he explains generating power and strength in general in the muscles. Peace, brother.

[@LordShockwave9]

I like this one. We shall keep him.

[@dynamicworlds1]

There is one fairly reliable way to use the power of the mind to overcome a significant physical disadvantage. It's called technology aka _weapons._ (also, avoiding putting yourself in stupid situations in the first place) We can dress up martial arts all we want, but at the end of the day if we're squaring up to solve a dangerous and violent situation with our bare hands, we are falling back on the skill of last resort for when we have failed every test of our intelligence leading up to the situation we find ourselves in. Learning martial arts can still be good, but we shouldn't kid ourselves. If we were smart enough to defeat our opponent with just our mind, then we wouldn't be IN that situation in the first place. The only difference as that point is if we're smart enough to see how we might have avoided that situation in hindsight or too dumb for even that.

[@ogi22]

There is one, very simple "move" to learn and practice. It is the most succesful move to practice for a survival fight. 100m sprint. Maybe combined with some couple km run. Don't skip your leg days ;)

[@ReneADreifuss]

This is just perfect awesome truth

[@maxanderson3733]

*_Fun Facts:_* Sumo Wrestling has an interesting and similar methodology in the form of *SPIRIT!* *TECHNIQUE!* *BODY!* So this video’s message is pretty darn close enough to real life

[@animationdude9]

How the heck is spirit comparable to experience???🤨

[@malkomalkavian]

If you are possessed by a really experienced sumo?

[@maxanderson3733]

@@malkomalkavian pardon?

[@angerfistzalig]

@@malkomalkavian LOL

[@damienfrank3174]

@@animationdude9 there are other people who use the term agression rather then experience. Agression/spirit/experience mean in essence all that the fighter has to be able to do the things he has to do to win. So spirit describes that rather well I think

[@jatbatman]

I argue that there's one thing that, even with all three of those in place, you aren't going to win without. That's the will to win. Without the desire to win, you aren't going to fight hard enough for any of this to matter. Of course you touched on it a little with people quiting when hit in the face, but not much. I do think it's one of a few things that typically drive people to train though.

[@maxanderson3733]

Exactly. A dude can have all of these qualities in spades. However,(just4example)if it’s just some guy trying to do it cuz _his dad’s pressure and desire to live through him_ rather than winning for *himself* he’ll eventually run into someone with way more drive.

[@brauliochavez2231]

ok yeah i agree, just needs to add usually one would tip into one more than another, lets say some use more technique and skills than brawn but do have the strengh to pull it off, some use more brawn than skills or technique but they did master at least the basics and use some tactics. they all matter but one does usually tip to one or the other.

[@m4hunt3r47]

thanks for the reality check bro

[@esgrimaxativa5175]

sport fencing has all of these.

[@ArmchairViolence]

That's true. My girlfriend was a division 1 fencer, and we did some knife training. She stabbed me in the chest like 8 times in a row lol Fencing only teaches you to fight with weapons, but it DOES make you reasonable effective with them.

[@esgrimaxativa5175]

@@ArmchairViolence That's cool! Fencing has its limitations due to its rule set where we do our pressure testing. Within the sport there are few willing to see beyond this. Those that do usually end up doing HEMA but that too has some shortcomings, because many of the lower level practitioners often lack in your 3rd pilar. Ultimately, as a weapons kind of guy, I feel that armed martial arts are superior and the only reason that mma is so popular is due the fact that people are willing to pay to see people hurt other people with their hands and feet in a cage. When fencing, HEMA or any other weapon based combat sport comes up with their version of UFC, with people actually cutting at each other with sharp weapons for large amounts of money, we will easily take over the blood sport market.

[@ArmchairViolence]

@@esgrimaxativa5175 Fencing definitely has its limitations. What I would like to see is HEMA adopt the competition-oriented mindset that fencing has, but with HEMA's much more relaxed rule set. I think that would be the best of both worlds. I honestly want to take a HEMA class, but I know it's just going to be a bunch of out of shape nerds basically larping, and that will make me die inside. At least M-1 Medieval exists! I think HEMA competitions today are where MMA was in the late 80's. There are competitions, but no one has totally decided on what they want the sport to truly look like. However, I don't think it will ever be as big as MMA, because it suffers from the same fundamental problem that fencing has. It's for rich people. The weapons and armor cost a ton of money, so it's difficult to start getting good at it without spending a ton of money and taking it very seriously. However, it might drum up some interest if they start doing the same thing MMA did. Pit different styles against each other to see who wins. Think the katana is the ultimate weapon? Get in there and prove it. Think 14th century knight armor is superior to 19th century samurai armor? Go fight and see how it goes. Pitting the different styles and traditions against each other could get people to watch and root for their "team." Sell it as trying to find the "ultimate warrior." Currently, they just have medieval weapons against other medieval weapons. That's boring. We already know how those match-ups go down, because we can just read a history book. Boring!

[@frithjofgioertz]

I partially agree. I can't speak by much experience myself but I know that Mike Tyson's first fight was against a slightly bigger kid. Mike also got bullied before that so he might have taken some punches before that but he won that fight! It's a great story by the way!

[@BusterReeko]

Oh no where’s your Outro song?!?!

[@miguelalejandrog.datiles9809]

i just realised his shirt had 3 interconnected pillars right before i clicked off full screen at the end

[@tatakea3518]

I love your tone 😂

[@zayswag2672]

Straight facts

[@ibrahimismail5625]

for getting punched in the face the coach once put me against this smaller guy who was A PRO and i was a complete begginer and he actually punched me in the face alot that day i realised that fighting isnt as scary as i had imagined

[@rcarfang2]

I'm a hobbyist. My fighting potential is reduced since heavy bags attached to ceilings make me dizzy. There's not a dedicated kick boxing or Mauy Thai place near me. I'm in sport karate because they have sparing .

[@vitaliyred622]

Why does he look like scout sooo much? This is perfect.

[@jameskillen4369]

I definitely wrap skill & experience together which people definitely seem to disagree with until they think about how closely the 2 are linked, mainly because martial skill doesnt have to be taught in a class, you can be skilled in violence due to exposure... So I offer a alternative 3rd pillar aggression, making the 3 pillars martial skill, intelligent aggression and athleticism

[@christianjaytiempo7390]

It goes to experience the experience you learn at the street will go to the experience category learn how to watch a video so that you will understand what you see

[@jameskillen4369]

@@christianjaytiempo7390 my memory could but I recall him saying the 3 pillars being skill, experience and athleticism.... Skill and experience aren't the same thing but they should be treated as partners much like intelligence and wisdom, skill is specific the ability to draw an A is and example of a skill taking the alphabet and writing a legible sentence is an example of experience using the skill of writing letters, interconnected but not the same thing. Ignoring aggression when talking about fighting isn't doing anyone any favours

[@Arlojmikk]

i love complex and esoteric jiujitsu positions theyre so funny.

[@nikolakhizanishvili1332]

I saw the title and my brain went for "ok you have to aim for the eyes the crotch and the throat"

[@TKDTND]

OK, I clearly misjudged your character in my previous comment on why your punches suck: this was straightforward with no e-drama strawman bullshit and minimal over-exaggerated zoomer mannerisms. Great perspective, everything said start to finish is 100% on point, you've got my respect, maybe my sub. Gonna keep checking out your vids. Do you upload your fights or spars? Does your neck being hunched forward so much impact your balance or fighting ability? What do you bench and how fast is your mile? I like the Venn diagram btw, always wear ppe on your pp.

[@My6119]

For me, it's Discipline, Aggression, and Perseverance.

[@Berengier817]

6:12 Rhonda Rousey has entered the chat When I saw her fight and saw how her fights lasted like 30 seconds I knew she would lose when someone lasted 60 seconds with her. And her endurance burned out I wouldn't wanna fight her though cause I know my skill sucks lol

[@na-ky8ou]

She lost because she tried to box against a boxer, not because she gased out.

[@oskarhalvin7390]

I like the saying: you wont have strength without tactics, but you need strength do to tactics.

[@liamdurham7236]

huh, this reminds me of an old friend of mine. I'll column later, they were really supportive and kept the roof over my head. Sorry for my shit-post, just trying to support the channel and buttress the algorithm, after all.

[@strwman5]

Others have mentioned it and I will as well. Another factor is aggression. Armchair has: skill, experience, athleticism. Dewey Ramsey has: technique, athleticism, aggression. There seems to be some over lap here. Skill / technique could be similar things. Do you truly have skill if you don't have experience? If you have real experience I assume you have the aggression covered. You can have perfect technique and all the athletic ability in the world but if your aggression is like Gandhi on Xanax you will have problems.

[@pallytime2156]

Haven't watched the video yet, just wanted to get my thoughts on the subject here first. What is good in a fight and what is bad often depends on factors such as enemy numbers and weapons. I find Grappling to be most effective in 1v1's where as Striking is probably better to know in a 1vX scenario with multiple, unarmed, attackers. Combine the two = as good to go as it is going to get. However I have been thinking about self-defense more like this in my old age. Why not just have Mace? You can take it just about anywhere, its grate vs 1v1 and 1vX, in the Rock / Paper / Scissors working of weapons... aka Gun / Knife / Fist... where Knife beats Fist but Gun beats Knife and fist... Mace is technically #2 With only Gun beating Mace. You could say "what if you can't get to your mace?" I would say "know how to fight or just have better situational awareness" are you best bets, no guarantees. "What if they have eye protection for anti-mace purposes?" asks no one ever who has been even AROUND mace being using let alone maced. The sheer act of that stuff being around your air intake systems is enough to cause it to start working. Learn to fight = Cool. I hear you. Definitely a good idea. Also have mace. hell even a gun often can't win you a 1vX but mace... stuffs nasty. On a lighter note, I grew up in Alaska, and I find all the "what do you do about bears! WHATS THE BEST GUN!!" to be silly. First off the best bear defense is a dog. 99% of the time you won't ever even SEE a bear with dogs around (I never did), instead they disappear off in the bush and you hear them barking like crazy and they don't come when called but that's it. But if that fails for some reason Dogs stop bears from being able to sneak up on you... and if the bear can't sneak up on you... very simple weapons even our ancestors used start becoming effective. Spears, Swords, or my favorite, semi-auto shotguns with dragons break ammo, cause I don't really care if I start a forest fire, at the moment. 5 rounds of 00buck and if I still don't like what I see, 3 rounds of breath. Dog + Spear = Good Dog + Gun = Good Hunting in Alaska growing up was always a 2 man op with a dog, one with a riffle and one with a shotgun for bears... or a 3 man with no dog. 3 men tend to be hard for bears to sneak up on and they have the combined fire power to take care of such threats rather quickly.

[@666Kaca]

Maces are anti armor weapons and its probably not allowed to carry them around in most countries

[@pallytime2156]

Mace... as in Pepper Spray@@666Kaca

[@666Kaca]

@@pallytime2156 ah thanks for explaining first time i hear that

[@eeurr1306]

Id probably prefer a buckler shield and a one sided Haladie.

[@I_Magni_I]

You can have all of those with no confidence and still never win a fight . It’s a good thing training builds confidence.

[@joebobjenkins7837]

I rolled with a guy who was a foot taller than me and 280lbs of muscle. He knew jack andout fighting. When he tried to wrestle me I threw him around. When he didnt feel like wrestling he literally picked me off of him like I was a little kid. I would get him in holds but coulndnt get in the right position because his limbs were so much longer. Yes, bigger/stronger means can make up for a lot. And you can know all the moves in the world, youll get thrown for a loop when all your poitions are dramatically different just due to the size of your opponent.

[@johna2193]

I really like how you cut through a lot of bullshit out there. Thank you.

[@hard2hurt]

Where does mental state or aggression go in the 3 pillars? Is that sort of in there with skill? Are the cases where someone's mental state trumps the pillars enough of an outlier that they can be ignored? Mental state usually doesn't overcome these three things... but sometimes it does (for better or for worse).

[@ArmchairViolence]

I think it's part of the experience pillar. If you have experience in fighting, then you've already proven that you have a good enough mental state to GET the exerience. Experience with a garbage mentality is impossible. If you don't have enough confidence to throw a punch, how did you get experience? Mentality/confidence with no experience is certainly possible to have, but that's just called 'being delusional.' Obviously, mentality is a sliding scale, but so are all of the other pillars. But having a base level of experience generally means that you have at least a base level mentality. Does that make sense? Is that fair to say?

[@ArmchairViolence]

It's also not its own pillar because gaining JUST experience guarantees you will be better than you were. Same with skill and athleticism. Having more confidence/aggression MIGHT make you a better fighter, but it might also make you worse, if you have nothing to back it up with. Mentality doesn't *necessarily* make you a better fighter.

[@TheQue5tion]

For anyone who thinks they can win a fight or wants to know if they can, I recommend doing a properly regulated charity fighting event. Learn about yourself and your limits in a short time. I'm a hobbyist with skills and very limited experience. My competition experience was Ultra White Collar Boxing, charity event run by Cancer Research UK which has eight weeks of training and sparring culminating in a live fight with other people. The skills I already had in form and positioning really helped, and I learnt that I can tank body shots and how much getting punched in the face hurts. Can I win a fight against some drunk idiot on a night out? Maybe. I have size and strength, and still do some heavy bag work, so I can hit hard and do some grappling (more Silat than BJJ) but I'll have to try and end it quickly. Could I win against an amateur in a competition? Nope. Cardio isn't what it used to be and I don't do enough live sparring. Test yourself. Be honest with yourself. And you'll learn what fights you might be able to win and why avoiding a fight is always the better option.

[@HawkSlam]

I’m someone who only ever did boxing and I also did an Ultra Event… but not boxing! I went for the MMA one and although I did alright in the 2nd round and actually fairly well in the 3rd, the 1st was a HUGE wake-up call. If you want to see the first round, the fight is on my channel (but l’ll save you some time by saying I landed one punch in the first two seconds and after that I got murdered for the whole round).

[@TheQue5tion]

@@HawkSlam yeah those Ultra White Collar events are probably the best safe way to speed run basic self defense training. Spending eight weeks mostly focused on sparring twice a week really drills in form and application, and the match at the end is a great reality check. Had about sixty people turn up to apply for the one I was on, and the instructor made it clear that not only could we die in the ring from being punched in the face, but that he himself could collapse and die from a brain aneurysm at any moment caused from some match he had a decade ago without warning. Only thirty people turned up the next day. Everyone was less cocky from all the sparring by the time we had to fight. No one was cocky afterwards.

[@eeurr1306]

With the right strategy you dont need the best cardiovascular strength, defensive or hard hitting tactics would be good, so either something that lets you waste less energy over all or something that ends the fight quick enough.

[@TheQue5tion]

@@eeurr1306 yeah but in competition fights, endurance is key, and cardio is a big part of that. So in a competition fight I know I would gas out long before any amateur.

[@eeurr1306]

@@TheQue5tion Yeah thats true.