Are there any complete martial arts?

Q&A with the coach. Shanghai based MMA coach and Kunlun Fight ringside commentator Ramsey Dewey answers yet another question about practitioners of single emphasis fighting styles stuck in the sunk cost fallacy and unwilling to cross train in all ranges of combat.
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[@duchi882]

*"Are there any complete Martial Arts?"* *Yujiro Hanma:* None, except for Overwhelming Strength.

[@emmanuelhurd866]

@Abundance Rey Baki!!!!!!!😁

[@user-go8zl4hs3d]

Weeb

[@streetkid7895]

*Spreads arms apart while grinning*

[@harrisfrankou2368]

You can't grapple a Gorilla or a Kodiak Bear!!

[@guywholookspretty]

Harris Frankou You literary can’t fight them.

[@lost_boy]

“Think of your martial arts training as a university experience” I don’t think getting drunk all the time and skipping classes will help, Ramsey....

[@champ1159]

Noice!!!!!!!!

[@Mbq-sh6bj]

"Uh... Sensei / Sifu / Coach... Sandeep and Gillian are streaking across the dojo / campus again. And the entire white belt class stopped passing the bong around and are now fighting (very sleepily) over it".

[@dmanzawsome]

It works for the football players

[@jc-kj8yc]

Now get out there and train! Dude! It's 11 am. Back off!!!

[@Mbq-sh6bj]

@@jc-kj8yc 11am?! Whoa, look who's the keener in this class!

[@sheadoherty7434]

"Should I offend the lower hemisphere" *proceeds to attempts accent anyway*

[@Panagiotis1709]

People forget that a lot of styles were complementary to armed combat. Japanese traditional styles are mainly grappling because they were meant to be a last resort against a fully armoured opponent. No striking was needed because you were supposed to use your weapon and if you lost it punches won't do much against armour.

[@pavolverescak1712]

Same with european medieval styles from the treatises

[@superawesomejeff]

Lol "I hope I don't offend any Australians with my accent" *Proceeds to continue in a New Zealand accent* 😂

[@RamseyDewey]

Hahahahaha!!!

[@GuitarsRockForever]

Not kiwi either.

[@SwampCityRadio1974]

I thought it was cockney.

[@robertredroff2161]

@Wog's Going On? yeah it was excellent it sounds just like when they do an Aussie accent on the simpsons.

[@MrJohneblaze822]

Sounded Irish lol

[@stuflames4769]

To be fair, American Football is completely different from the other sports you mentioned. There, you have to be able to flawlessly fit advertising breaks into every 15 seconds of play time. It's a game changing challenge.

[@js1741]

When Kano Jigoro was alive, the focus of his art was throwing and grappling just as it is now, but if you found yourself in a position where you could knee your opponent in the face, by god, knee him in the face! To this day, striking techniques are part of the syllabus of Judo, but you would be hard pressed to find a Judoka training their striking from within that art. Likewise, before gloves and rule books made it physically and legally impossible, pugilists would often win the way Dewey did in his first MMA fight. Grab the guy with one arm and do organ damage with the other until the opponent's knees give out. Lots of martial arts used to cover their bases better despite having a very clear focus.

[@DispelBreaker]

I like that idea of a university of martial arts! Makes me think of My Hero Academia! 😜 Great video as usual! Keep up the great work!

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Lol. Or any anime where theres a school or university for whatever world their in.

[@DispelBreaker]

@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 you ain't lying. But that one is a rather recent. 😜

[@MrNocvill]

More like The Boys. Not everyone one with the ability to beat people up are good *coughs in Perry and McGregor*

[@dusk6159]

@E-beggar-In-Bangkok 2018 Indeed, just like for all the diverse bullshido courses and kinds, every single one without fail.

[@a.parker915]

My Hero Athletica

[@norightturn7047]

Creating an MMA university would be an awesome idea. You should look into that. As a bonus, none of the students would be stupid enough to mouth off to their professors. It's a win/win.

[@BrightMilo]

Hey Ramsey Dewie over there in Shanghai, China. I’m Milo, over here in North Carolina. I’m a US Marine and in 2018 I was working as a security guard in the American embassy in Beijing . While there, I came in contact with the PLA and thought they were interesting. I would like to hear your thoughts about the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) compared to the PLA’s hand for hand combat training. Thank you for your time!

[@RamseyDewey]

I have not trained with the Chinese army. So I don’t have any first hand information for you there. I fought a Chinese army sanda champion once if that counts.

[@thedarwinist672]

@@RamseyDewey don't give those commies any tips, Supreme Grandmaster Dewey

[@renwitchell6426]

Great Irish accent Ramsey. Lol Love your content, keep it up. Thumbs up from New Zealand. 💪

[@RamseyDewey]

Hahahahaha!!!

[@davidp.7620]

The University of da streetz

[@sharpshooter9407]

The accent caught me waaay off guard.

[@lanesmith1465]

I think Filipino Martial Arts does a good job of that. It has weapon training, striking, and stand up grappling.

[@Jack-kn1mr]

The long and short of it is, Fighting much like "Science" is such a vast and complicated field that you're never going to be able to master it all. So much like we broke down the field of science into Biology and Chemistry and Astronomy... We break fighting up into all the different styles. There's just too much, there's probably more to fighting than someone could learn in 10 lifetimes. So instead of trying to learn it all, we focus on certain elements of fighting to specialize in.

[@perrenchan6600]

From an Australian accent into a cockney accent 😂 Brilliant 😂 I loved the comparison. Its really eye opening. For example I studied illustration and we dabbled in a bit of everything from traditional painting, 3d sculpting, digital animation all to become a more competent illustrator. It's funny, those who focus on the modern and dabble in the traditional (whether it be music, dance art) tend to be the most complete artist. Those who only focus on the traditional and disregard the modern are like elitist and pompous. And those who focus on the modern and disregard the traditional are often naive and arrogant. In order to be complete you do need to learn that which is new and modern but also look to the past and tradition

[@temmy9]

"And I can confirm it to be true, that this art is so vast that there is no one in the world with a memory large enough to be able to retain even a quarter of it".- Fiore Dei Liberi, Flower of Battle.

[@powergaminggg8730]

Can't put enough likes on this video. Context related to the 'invention' of a martial art is interlocked into it's goals and due to that - it's rules, which change it's way of practice and that's how it's history can be observed, read and understood. From there you can see how it evolved over it's history. Nowadays, with 'martial' stuff done with nukes or firearms, unarmed martial arts are moved mainly by profit and thus sports, championship and advertisement is what forces it in it's current direction whatever it is (different for different unarmed martial arts). Basically MMA is the one which try to achieve completeness, while some (especially the traditional ones) are proud of their limitations and don't wish to change.

[@eclipsewrecker]

Power Gaming GG laws and the market demand (from a unwillingness to be uncomfortable and from ignorance) too.

[@pong86r]

that is such a more complete thought process! i love it!

[@WASEE627]

Wise and articulate as always, Mr. Dewey

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

There was a Ancient Greek combat sport called Pankration. It was introduced into the Olympic Games in 648 BC. It was an empty-hand submission sport with scarcely any rules. The athletes used boxing and wrestling as well as kicks and holds, locks and chokes on the ground. Theseus was said to have utilized his extraordinary pankration skills to defeat the dreaded Minotaur. Heracles was said to have subdued the Nemean Lion using Pankration. The name came from a term meaning "total combat". The mainstream academic view has been that pankration developed in the archaic Greek society of the 7th century BC, whereby, as the need for expression in violent sport increased, pankration filled a niche of "total contest" that neither boxing nor wrestling could. The closest sport to it would be modern MMA. In my opinion Pankration was probably the closest thing to a "complete martial art" ever created.

[@Mbq-sh6bj]

That every martial art (including MMA) is incomplete kind of reflects how a human being is always incomplete. But as far as why some styles are so blatantly incomplete, it might have to do with the need to specify. You can't focus on any one thing (and enjoy / understand it in-depth) if you're trying to see everything. "Jack of all trades; master of none".

[@nikolaosmandamandiotis8970]

I see the art of fighting as a bigger whole , there are sections like unarmed combat or armed. There are specialties like striking or grappling for unarmed combat, weapon specialties like melee weapons, or ranged weapons. Then there are more specific specialties like combat with hand strikes or leg strikes for unarmed striking , standing up grappling or ground grappling, sword fighting or axe fighting for melee , rifles, bows or throwing knives for ranged weapon combat. You can see where I am going with this. Then there are patterns of fighting styles, depending on body type, brain function and personal or cultural choices. The fighting art is about being good at fighting so you must know all the parameters of a technique pattern or a single technique to be able to teach it or just make it work for you. A real MMA coach be it unarmed mma like for ufc or armed MMA like HEMA must know all the techniques and all the patterns so he can give a great teaching experience to all kinds of different students. That's the real masters way and it's hard .

[@nikolaosmandamandiotis8970]

@Baba Edexcept Ofc for cultural patterns there are the universal patterns, all civilizations for example used, clubs, pikes, knives, shields and bows of some sort. My personal opinion is to find what works best most of the time and what works for you specifically, learn that and be successful and happy.

[@Liam_Sison]

I agree with you man, the real master is someone who can adapt to each of the sections in the combat system. Traditional martial arts are like a philosophy, and combat sports (mma, boxing) are like the internet where they have all the resources and information. Maybe not all of them which makes both of them so interesting, martial arts are like a philosophy, you ponder each day and see what specifically works in the combat sport.

[@nikolaosmandamandiotis8970]

@@Liam_Sison I agree with you in part, you can find some things in traditional MAs that might work but at the same time there are a lot of crap, if you dedicate your life on those crap you will lose time, resources and energy for no reason. You see all traditional MAs were created from ppl with very specific Talend which might be useless for someone else, then they put inside fake techniques to fool ppl to pay or stay longer time as students. And Ofc some traditional MA teachers could have believed in a philosophy so much that they lost contact with the reality of real combat. I say don't lose so much time in traditional MAs just stick to what works and maybe pressure test some things out of them that your gut says it works if it doesn't dissgard it and move on.

[@mordi2537]

@@nikolaosmandamandiotis8970 Today ? Pepper spray and Gun.

[@nikolaosmandamandiotis8970]

@@mordi2537haha true but will you manage to get it out to use it? Also tbh you can teach a lesson to some ppl, don't need to kill everybody we are not in war zone 😂

[@techasas]

I've recently stumbled on your channel and it's really nice and informative, keep up the good work :) I've noticed that from time to time you mention that you didn't have an opportunity to train in a gym at earlier age and were reading a lot about martial arts, can you name some of the books you'd recommend ?

[@Mishkola]

Very good question, I have wondered myself in the past.

[@kevingray4980]

From a historic prospective, you also have to consider the contribution training each set of skills would have in their real lives compared to the time and energy investment, as well as the context in which the skills would be applied. Just like today, nobody really focuses much on hand to hand systems adapted for opponents wearing armor, melee weapons, riding on horseback, being aboard a swaying ship, etc. Additionally, as today, most professions where martial arts would have been employed required other skills more important for success, such as reconnaissance, logistics, tactics, etc. In such a case, training a 'complete' martial art means you're 'completely' missing the point.

[@nizal9388]

Sambo is a good starting base. Supplement it with whatever is the next coolest thing in UFC.

[@calvinwallis2634]

I always wanted to get a college degree in taekwondo. I was fortunate enough to train in a taekwondo university in Seoul, South Korea. It was a fantastic training experience, I got to train with some of the top taekwondo practitioners at the time.

[@johnmorley2758]

Earned my sub with that Aussie accent. Well done sir.

[@ArthurGoodness]

That australian accent was hilarious! It was pretty good! Took me back to my visit to Australia! Cheers!

[@yetanotheryoutuber4271]

I've started doing some of Mark Hatmaker's training, "Extreme Self Protection" seems pretty complete to me, as far as self-defence/street fight goes.

[@ciscokid1214]

This remembers me of something some told me todas las artes marciales y deportes de combate te enseñan a pelear pero de manera diferente no importa como lo hagas siempre que lo hagas bien i think it was my catch wrestling instructor

[@zion6680]

Duuuude, what the hell, you're looking fresh as fuck in 2020 :D Keep it up.

[@Timonsaylor]

To add to this, there are arts that do cover every aspect of fighting. The issue is that they usually only cover one of those aspects productively

[@Q.Lawrence]

It's an interesting concept and one that I'm currently pursuing. I wanted to create a system that involves the different aspects of martial arts that I've learned over the years. It's a daunting task, but fun nonetheless. My main issue is that I always have to consider what to omit and how not to overwhelm a new student.

[@karthikavasarala7572]

This is soo good

[@cliffordhaufe9123]

It's been 30 seconds

[@zincc9681]

U haven’t even watched the vid yet

[@imawarrior313]

Cody Folks looooooooooool bad guy

[@Daradajee]

Coach, I'm finally gonna start learning kick boxing tomorrow!

[@tjsho417]

Speaking of Australian, fun fact: Steve Irwin knew grappling!

[@KarmasAB123]

Well, you have to if you're gonna wrestle crocodiles.

[@Element69]

Crocodile jiu jitsu?!!!!!!!!!

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

I remember seeing him on Jay Leno's show, one of his knees was wrapped and he was limping. Irwin said it was from MMA.

[@EffectiveMartialArts]

Working on it 👍

[@gummy1188]

Even when you do nothing but sit down and talk for 10 minutes this channel is extremely entertaining

[@SK-bl7uw]

What a great idea!!! University of martial arts- guess 'fight schools' from different coaches are the equivalent

[@hiyawi]

It's for the better though. Different martial arts should focus on different aspects of fighting and grappling because they can go more in depth. It's like having a concentration in a university major. You dont want every MA to be Jack of all trades. What allowed bjj to be advanced as it is today was to separate itself from judo in the sense to really work on the ground game aspect.

[@hothands9668]

Well said

[@jwhippet8313]

Look at Track and Field and Greek Olympic sports, all of which were martial skills. A good Hopolite soldier needed to be able to use all of them. The games highlighted who was the best at each skill. That doesn't mean you weren't supposed to train in all of them, but when studied as games or discipline building exercises, you concentrate on that single one. The martial aspect takes a back seat.

[@bluntbeagle797]

Cheers ramsey

[@EddyWoon]

Many years I took my ex-girlfriend who is a trained dancer to a TaiJi workshop where it was about grappling and leveraging. It was fascinating to see that her level of understanding of body mechanics, following, balance, maintaining freedom of movement, management of space and positioning gave her skills to exceed some martial arts students who had been training for 18 months. The skill set acquired from one art can help leverage the understanding of some other art.

[@pwnmonkeyisreal]

"Are there any martial arts?" Hard work and humility

[@martialautist2654]

I have to admit, the fact you knew it was going scouse makes me just respect you more. True man of culture 😌

[@willspeakman2461]

As some one who's only ever done bjj for a short time. I'd say in theory japanese jiu jitsu seems to cover a lot.

[@Mbq-sh6bj]

9:29 Sounded like your friend was going to say "Welcome to the WORLD of TOMORROW!" a la "Futurama".

[@imawarrior313]

A great video and a great answer as always Ramsey my man. And thats true guys, what we gotta really train for is life where anything goes and the rest u can always use as per need in sports and competition. Alongside this Ramsey i do also have a question that you may not like but I’d really like you to answer this. Im 30 and i have a decent athletic background, is it too late for me to start Martial Arts for life AND to seek to become a professional fighter and make a successful career out of it? Please enlighten me with your wonderful answer. Thank you 🙏🏼❤️

[@powergaminggg8730]

There is already a video of Ramsey answering a similar question. The short answer is "it's never too late", will provide the title of the video - "Am I too old for MMA?". My opinion in a guy in a similar position is - it's not worth it, the chances are low that you make money out of it, high that you have a permanent injury (be it light or heavy) and the commitment at that point is huge. While you are not in the end of your life, you are reaching close to the point of competing with people for a spot in a certain career which will have a good advantage over you. Both in sports and if somehow you fail at it and decide to switch to another one later on. You will have to work not twice, but at least 10 times as much to be able to outperform them and deserve a spot in a decent place in the hierarchy, the question is - can you do that ? If you can - go for it. If you are not sure - better aim for a easier career and do martial arts for fun and as a hobby, going professional is hard and making good money out of MA is even harder.

[@imawarrior313]

Power Gaming GG get your negativity out of my comment and life while ure at it. I asked Ramsey and let the man answer please. If u knew as much as he did I’d look for u and ask you. And thank you anyways

[@varanid9]

Ancient warriors didn't learn a "style" of martial art, they trained in martial systems that were composed of various martial arts.

[@waderutherford9083]

It depends on what encompasses your definition of martial arts. Does the style include weapon use? What weapons if any? What are said weapons starting orientation (e.g. holstered or sheathed/unsheathed)? Is ranged combat included? Are mounts included? What is the ends of your martial art, offense and/or defense? Is there philosophy and ethics behind you martial art? etc. etc.

[@Agilebeast101alf]

That was a great Irish accent Ramsay

[@rickykeim2005]

we would need at least some of those HoloDecks from Star Trek in order to pull something like going to one place to learn the whole of Martial Knowledge.

[@theyoungfool.1895]

CRICKY!! What top job,true blue Aussie accent! not even me and my mates got such a legendary voice truly any Aussie would be bloody happy with that performance! Hope you have a good day Ramsey and anyone who read my comment.

[@RamseyDewey]

Hahahaha! Finally, validation! (Maybe)

[@serenacula3256]

I've long had a theory that martial arts will, in general, tend towards increasing specialisation, to the exclusion of anything outside of that specialisation. Since teachers invariably prefer teaching the stuff they're good at, and that bias gets increasingly concentrated over time, the martial art gradually ends up being about one very specific skill. We see this pattern play out a lot. Boxers focused exclusively on their particular flavour of striking, wing chun people doing nothing but chi sao, tai chi with pushing hands, Taekwondo with kicks, etc... BJJ is probably the most recent example. Most schools I've been to basically never practice anything but groundwork, which they'll usually start already on the ground.

[@89334726]

What do you need to have a "complete martial art"? If one gets striking, grappling, takedowns and some weapon training (knife & club aka short bashing tool, your naming might wary) aimed to self defence and competitions I'm quite happy as far as getting a full plate goes. Minus the wrist locks, I HATE wrist locks and since I hate em no one needs to learn em.😁

[@Pink_Hammer_TV]

Loved the accent. Almost had it! :P

[@simonmorris4226]

The homeland of soccer recognises the word soccer as we have three indigenous games of football. Association (soccer), Rugby Union and Rugby League! Aussies have these plus Australian Rules!

[@maomekat2369]

Yes, the art of the street fu!

[@mmma5261]

I'm sorry when we are going to be able to see part 2, podcast with red chucks

[@RamseyDewey]

Soon!

[@lilalmonds4595]

I come from higashi karate Kai and I was privileged enough to train in the older ways (ie the way they trained before politics and funding caused it to become more sport karate like because my father was an instructor and in with the old guard) and it’s style (was wado ryu but split of into its own style) includes a lot of grappling and although at my time most didn’t fight, we would go to wales and fight with MMA type rules (if you could threaten to do something like eye gouging the other person would often accept loss etc) but I feel like it was a very complete martial art especially since it was a traditional martial art. I say this mainly because one thing I think a lot of people (not necessarily you) forget that every martial arts starts off as a complete martial art, but even with higashi it changes for profit and to pander to those who aren’t willing to put in the work.

[@luisperezpurroy3734]

Kempo does it, we even have cage fights tournaments

[@dmanzawsome]

If a martial arts university was a thing business and engineering and science etc would be like the practical martial arts but like English is wwe, philosophy is aikido etc

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

I wonder what would be the university version of No Touch martial arts.

[@kenichi1132]

I was doing mma at one point as mma specific class. It was ok. But I was mediocre in all areas. I realised that I needed to spend the time devoted to each aspect separately to excel in each areas. Mma as class only works as a bride to help combine them using a few tricks. You can only get so far if you are spending 15 min grappling, 15 min standup, 10 min warm up and cool down and 10 min sparring. It's a waste of time. Learn the core aspects first. Learn to box and learn to grapple standing. Then once you master those and have fights in each, then you can easily add the tricky stuff on top.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

Indeed your Australian accent was not even close. G'day is also a New Zealand greeting, we have many things in common.

[@iskhwa]

Hi Ramsey, I am a big fan. I always put your videos on as I prepare my meals after training. I have a question. I have recently started training MMA after a year of boxing, because I feel like I want to try everything. I think I want to have my first amateur fight sometime next year. How should I structure my training? Like how many days boxing or kickboxing, how many days grappling and how many wrestling? I currently do two days of boxing, two days of muay thai, one day of wrestling and one day of luta livre for grappling, but I think I will transition to 3 days striking 3 days grappling soon. Also How to choose a style to focus on as a beginner? Does it have to do with my body type for example? Looking forward for your answer.

[@RamseyDewey]

How often are you doing MMA sparring and MMA specific technique?

[@iskhwa]

@@RamseyDewey currently once a week with wrestling, as it's more of mma based wrestling, so we do mma sparring on that day.

[@manjoumethunder6282]

Now I want to see Ramsey dance

[@RamseyDewey]

There’s a whole playlist on my channel

[@benjaminvega7186]

I always looked at it like complete means two different things depending on context. A martial art in and of itself is complete the way a tree is complete but then you have a forest which is also complete. But then again, I'm the most amateur of martial arts enthusiast

[@SK-bl7uw]

You should start Dewey Jitsu- a complete martial art

[@salimshady6100]

Im a practitioner in northern dragon style (Lung Jop Pai Kung Fu), we cover a whole lot of different techniques and we have ground fighting, throws, stand up fighting and a lot more, our art is not very well known as opposed to southern dragon kung fu, my point is i wish Ramsey would search our art up maybe do some research because I am very interested in what he would say, I personally strongly feel like it is a complete art but I am interested in other people’s opinions as well

[@UnexpectedWonder]

Pankration is the closest to a Complete Martial Art. Some can be argued as better than others, but True Mastery of any Martial Art prepares you for Fighting any Style. You can add supplementary Techniques for more options, alternatives, and situations, but have a mastered or perfected base is essential. "Iron" Mike Tyson, Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr., and Jon "Bones" Jones for example would beat most people in a Fight because they're that highly Skilled.

[@arnaachalamthiruppathi201]

Can you make one on ido protal and the movement culture

[@johnparinellojr.2035]

So my question is where does combat sombo stack up as far as a complete fighting system? Where do you think it's weakness lies verses other styles? It seems to me to be a complete system, but I'd like to hear your thoughts.

[@ppkrex]

MCMAP taught to the US Marine Corp is complete and the British Royal Marine has been implementing it too though I am not sure at what level and the US Army based their curriculum on it too.

[@seankent3779]

That’s a great John Wayne Parr impression

[@mistermindahenziandalasnus3754]

Your cadence reminds me of The Architect from The Matrix. 😉👍

[@mixck]

I'd like to think that kyokushin karate (with punches to the head) with BJJ would be really good.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

There's something called Kyokushin Budokai. It's like Kyokushin + throws+ ground fighting.

[@user-th9ek3jl7b]

Goju Ryu Karate also features throws and some ground game

[@kumar7586]

No one here mentioned Kajukenbo! I am surprised.

[@Bansheexero]

I think it is more having a group experience as many different forms of attack and threat so that they can construct something with that experience. I feel like the problem is like an ecosphere. Deserts have a different ecology than a forest. Both have dangers, but both are different.

[@harrisfrankou2368]

Months and ask... Sounded Cockney... But some of the words were good!

[@ValleyDragon]

You are a renaissance man. Do you feel dance training enhances you martial arts abilities? I feel much more confident in martial arts but I often have similar difficulties in both: flexibility, remembering movements, being too rigid in motion. Is there Kiai in dance?

[@kamelmeddah9074]

They answered that with MMA

[@johnrambo4259]

Judo has throws trips wrestling type moves striking and newaza judo with the latter being rebranded by the Gracie's as bjj.

[@gusgrau3594]

Off topic question: just figured higher chance at a response of a newer video. Justin Garthje, he came up as a wrestler, but in the UFC he’s been striking. Do you think his wrestling abilities / take down defense. Has decreased, because he’s mainly been striking? We’ve seen his striking & even his mindset drastically grow. But in your opinion, do fighters loose the chance at growth, or keeping there skills up to date, if the stop using them in fights? ( Of course, they’re sparing all the time. And muscle memory lasts for a long time.)

[@damabjjfloramax9498]

You are ab awesome coach thats for sure But Are you a good dancer ? seing you in dancing with the stars on tv soon? or in iF YOU ARE the one with mon fei ?

[@asdgteahry]

I think of it as a jigsaw puzzle. Everyone's got a different piece to the puzzle so no one group can fully solve it; even though they may get close. This is why no one style is fully complete. Different peoples came up with different solutions to the same problem (which is what i find most interesting) took what they found works for them and discard what didn't (look at the development of Jeet Kun Do or BJJ for some great examples). another thing; trying to learn everything all at once makes you into a jack of all trades; master of none. This is why most people who enter MMA competition usually have a base in a single style that they've complimented with other styles and techniques. Rhonda Rousy used judo, JSP uses karate; brock Lesnar used wrestling. you get the idea.

[@eastsidemma4740]

A wise man once said that practicing different styles is like looking at the same image but with different lenses.

[@armeddoomer6709]

I hear Sambo is kinda like MMA. It has throws and strikes and I think even a little bit of wrestling. I don't know though, it's just what I've heard and seen on the internet.

[@BenjiQ575]

Coach Ramsay, what do you think of the song (Everybody Was) Kung Fu Fighting?

[@chrisswanson2378]

Kali stick has 3 radically different styles. 1 in water above your waist all striked are upper. 2 in the jungle canopy all strikes are low. 3 in open ground strikes are high and low. Where do you live?

[@TheJoyofCatholicTradition]

If one were to follow each styles' syllabus of movement, you would see Hapkido is the most "complete" art because it has kicking, punching, throws, joint locks, & submissions.

[@danguillou713]

There’s another way of classifying differences than striking vs grappling. Purpose and context. Do you want to be able to control without serious harm, like if you’re a police officer or if you’re at a wedding and trying to control drunk uncle Albert? Or do you want to learn how to potentially maim and kill with your wrestling? Large overlap, but not the same skillsets. Striking, ok. But are you learning sportsy striking like boxing and muay thai, or are you learning bareknuckle skillsets without rules, rounds and referees? And if the latter, are you training to beat up a bully without sending him to hospital, or are you learning to incapacitate and kill in a military situation? Or perhaps in mutually agreed upon duels. (Yeah, I’m looking at you barfight.) Are you training for esthetics or cultural heritage? Perfectly fine and valid reasons for pursuing martial arts. And again with large overlap, but also big swathes of non-overlapping territory. And then there’s weapons training. Modern or historical? (And which historical period?!) Armored or unarmored? Duelling or military? Now, ask again, is there any complete martial art.

[@anthonyhernandez4266]

This is a great point and Matt Easton would approve.

[@danguillou713]

Anthony Hernandez :-) Yes he would! Another great site that has given me loads of food for thought over the years is Marc ”animal” Macyoungs self defense resource. I’m not sure I should link to it in a youtube thread, but the tagline is no nonsense self defence, so anyone interested in that sort of thing should be able to follow the spiders that’s all I’m saying. He’s the one talked about why you maybe shouldn’t open a gigantic can of ultimate fighting whupass on your drunk uncle Albert on the family wedding.

[@paulhenderson9905]

That accent started going Mancunian there!

[@1Blkkato]

ramsey - i value your opinion on guys can you tell me what your opinion on ali karim - ninjitsu & yossi sheriff akban ninjitsu. people clown ninjitsu but thats because the bujikan is the most popular and a lot of their schools arent that good [mcdojo's] but these 2 guys are in my opinion. thx for your time

[@lulospawn]

I think in the west pop culture, hollywood and such influeced us heavily into thinking of an ultimate fighting system that beat all systems (think Bloodsport). UFC 1 is super cool to watch even today because it's kinda based on that premise (BJJ won yay) but ultimately started us on the path of debunking such myth.

[@Guitarjam07]

Bjj, the old school Gracie kind is pretty complete. Just because kicking and punching is not emphasized, does not make it incomplete as long as it is a system that works.

[@maxwellkafka]

I think Canadians and Australians also say “soccer,” not sure about in New Zealand

[@casvandenberg4250]

Hi ramsey. What do you recommend? If you are going to bjj black belt you have a lot of very complicated techniques like omo plata for example. Do these really work in an mma fight? Or are you better off, only knowing the basics? Cause these techniques are more simple to execute.

[@RamseyDewey]

The omoplata IS one of the basics. In MMA, it’s rare as a submission, but extremely common as a transition from the bottom to the top.