Be a better ape

[@RamseyDewey]

If you have questions for a future episode of Q&A with the coach, leave them here in the comments section.

[@dustencross357]

Could you imagine the horror it would cause if someone teached a chimp karate?

[@dustencross357]

SHOTOKAN KARATE MONKEY!!

[@nickolasdesouza3610]

​@@dustencross357bro. A chimp is doing jumping spin kicks on Instagram. Id imagine you could find it on KZbin too

[@fakename2890]

What form of fighting would have been used during the three kingdoms period of China?

[@ektran4205]

young khabib wrestles a bear cub

[@baronofgreymatter14]

Ive always like the phrase "Be the person your dog thinks you are"

[@gajanattila]

That is deep, really. 💪🥋🤙

[@pangopod2969]

Love your profil picture Baron

[@GuitarsRockForever]

I like this saying.

[@v.nd.tt.s8943]

I thought the title was supposed to be: "Be in better shape".

[@dacedebeer2697]

Lol

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

No it's be a better to have a kinder gentler machine gun hand

[@547YG]

Thank you for all the wisdom you give is for free coach

[@antonioussameh2497]

You should watch that video of the guy that taught a chimpanzee to kick like takewando

[@DesCoutinho]

@@antonioussameh2497 they teach parrots to copy or imitate sounds if a chimpanzee and they have been taught simple signs to communicate with us ever said anything remotely Bruce Lee like about said tkd spin kicks. Chomsky argued it would be more likely to that we could discover a species of flightless birds and then teach them how to fly. But this is Chomsky and not everyone agrees with him. he is the father of linguistics. At least as much as Trump is the father of IVF

[@nickolasdesouza3610]

I saw this, he was doing helicopter kicks better than Van Dam

[@IncredibleMD]

Someone needs to show that to Joe Rogan.

[@Sbv-25]

Charlie the karate chimp!

[@mattlawyer3245]

Ramsey’s face of glee after saying “I’m going to preach to you a little bit” is great!

[@khatack]

That's the flame of faith. There's nothing quite like it ^^

[@peterpancik5176]

Tarzan trained out there like an ape

[@Sbv-25]

He put a rear naked choke on the gorillaz chief in that disney movie!

[@Pro_Edgelord]

I was literally just browsing ur uploads to find something to watch from u

[@HotHeadGio-y5t]

That chimpanzee is staring at you because it's impressed by your quads😎

[@strangletherobot3832]

I would absolutely be interested in your thoughts on the eternal purpose of the human soul! Your theological content is insightful and always leaves me with something to think about.

[@khatack]

"You can live like a chimp, and a lot of guys do" man that's harsh but true xD

[@paulpolito2001]

This is mainly for the algorithm, but I honestly never really thought about God/gods being “extraterrestrial beings terraforming Earth” in any serious sense before. That’s why you’re the Coach. Kudos.

[@valygomu]

Also, that's a topic that I'm really interested in, viewing the bible as Sci-fi or fantasy story. I am not a believer. But people often think I am. The world is so black and white these days, a lot of people think that because they are not christians they can't touch anything related to the amazing stories told in the bible . Like if belief was not something personal but some kind of mind virus. While consuming and loving books and movies and other stories that are almost certainly influenced by the Bible. Stories that are retelling of the bible. Man a good story is a good story,and I love Jesus like I love Gandalf.

[@DesCoutinho]

@@valygomu a bit like wanting to read the Mahabharat here or even learn Sanskrit. Everyone will think you are a right wing religious bigot. Pity eh

[@solarflareg934]

Ive noticed alot of martial artists take martial arts because something happened to them in the past where they got hurt and they kind of get a little obsessed with fighting because of past trauma do you think this is dangerous behavior to be fighting for that reason?

[@DesCoutinho]

@@solarflareg934 doesn't seem to be. It's not why you start stuff that usually matters it's why you keep at it

[@RamseyDewey]

It's a fine reason to get into martial arts when you're a kid. If it's still the reason your doing martial arts decades later, there's a deep problem that needs to be resolved.

[@pangopod2969]

Unrelated sorry but i love your profil picture Solar. Where is that picture from ?

[@eddiehamster7687]

Hey Ramsey. I train kickboxing and currently compete by doing point fighting. I would like to transition to K1. However, my gym is mainly point fighters and there is only 1 K1 fighter - as well as the coach. Because there is only one fighter, I will have to often spar Dave (the coach). Now this wouldn’t be bad except Dave is someone who hits hard in sparring and is roughly double my weight. Dave likes to do things his own way and doesn’t mind making enemies. I understand that I will be hit hard when I am competing but I don’t want to constantly be hit hard to the head during sparring. This is putting me off transitioning to a style that I would prefer. I don’t want to switch gyms because, for one, it is right opposite my house which is really handy, and the second reason is I have settled in there now and made friends. I like everyone else there and the place has a nice vibe. What would you suggest I do to handle this situation.

[@mattlawyer3245]

I’ve often thought about how the stories in the Bible appear to change if you just switch up the language a bit. It’s fun to hear it from you too. Also fun to hear my favorite martial arts KZbinr reference David Chalmers. Yes, interested in more of the theological and philosophical Ramsey. I’m surprised these last two videos haven’t been in your philosophy channel though haha

[@daizomh6590]

I am agnostic but this arguments are the best ones I have ever heard in favour of christianity. Even tho there is no proof of god as different religions show to us, this arguments make you reethink your sources and interpret them from a different prespective. Thanks for that

[@joekchicago]

Ramsey, the chimpanzee at the zoo was staring at you wondering when you'll do a video on what you think of the Nigerian martial art of Dambe. 🙂

[@RamseyDewey]

Undoubtedly!

[@khatack]

The very first line I think is "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth".

[@GuitarsRockForever]

I'd love to sit down with coach discuss bible.

[@alexanderren1097]

Goku: “So do I gotta throw my poo at him…?”

[@MrBeckenhimself]

You might have already answered this one coach. But what is your favorite exercise? I'm going ro guess squats based on your T-rex legs.

[@RamseyDewey]

Deadlifts, actually.

[@GeorgeMoon-p1t]

How different do you think bare knuckle boxing would be without hand wraps ?

[@nickolasdesouza3610]

More metacarpal fractures and shorter career's

[@GeorgeMoon-p1t]

@@nickolasdesouza3610 I meant would you punch harder with hand wraps or does it matter ?

[@Sbv-25]

@@GeorgeMoon-p1tRamsey already made a video about this. Watch the video “gloves are weapons”, for example

[@ramondiaz2851]

Funniest video you made!! RAM!! That is at the beginning of this video!

[@MrJohnaiton]

not quite the RAMBAM but certainly worth listening to

[@chirongodemperorof4127]

In all seriousness, thank you.

[@lemondisaster1476]

That last part is kinda funny to me because I have a similar concept, "the monkey brain". Basically its when get stimulated by something and then simply react to that stimulus with no deeper meaning other than instinct.

[@Danielmach74]

How do you imagine Yahweh is like? I belive we were created as his image, but i have some doubts about it's meaning. I really like when you speak of religion and faith. God bless.

[@UnexpectedWonder]

Very well said. 🙏🙏

[@valygomu]

Alright since we are on board for weird questions... You mentioned Double Dragon for nes many times on this channel,did you beat this game ? I can't beat it this and contra I just can't and i've beaten hard games in the past.

[@RamseyDewey]

Yes, i have finished the NES version of Double Dragon a number of times. It takes a very different strategy than the arcade version due to the extra platforming levels and the RPG-like leveling system. It took patience to figure out how to game the system, but compared to nearly impossible games like Battletoads, Double Dragon was very completable. The NES version of Double Dragon 2 was much, much harder to finish, mostly due to the extra platforming levels and the clunky jumping mechanic. I never made it past the first phase of final boss, and only saw the ending of the game decades later on youtube... and by the way, one of the coolest musical scores in NES history only plays during the second phase of the final boss fight, which most players never even got to hear. The NES version of Double Dragon 3 was the worst- 1 life, no continues, overpowered enemies... and the same kind of clunky platforming with instant death traps as DD2. I made it about halfway through the final level after way too many playthroughs before I quit that game for good.

[@valygomu]

@@RamseyDewey I will upload attempt at beating it, I think I made it to the final boss because once. For a game with 2 Buttons, there is punches, kicks, elbows,headbutts, jump kick, ground and pound,throwing techniques... Truly ahead of it's time

[@MrRourk]

Together Strong

[@An_t-Éireannach]

Hiya Ramsey, i have a question about sin and martial arts. Do you think that training and/or competing in martial arts (specifically striking) is a sin/sinful because of the damage you are inflicting onto another person and yourself. If we are made in gods image, is this defacing it in a way? Would love your opinion on this!

[@DesCoutinho]

@@An_t-Éireannach i recall the film footloose Kevin bacon I think. It suggests that decent true xtians should not dance. And yet coach has trained in both

[@RamseyDewey]

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[@An_t-Éireannach]

@@RamseyDewey thank you for this!

[@An_t-Éireannach]

@@DesCoutinho And David danced before the Lord with all his might

[@DesCoutinho]

@@An_t-Éireannach dude kevin bacon had me sold even if he really didn't know how to dance

[@justinAclark2075]

I like the point that we can't really understand what they're thinking because we're not used to them and how they operate. Not enough people consider that

[@DesCoutinho]

@@justinAclark2075 a point South Indians often make about yous guys

[@justinAclark2075]

@@DesCoutinho you're saying 100% of south Indians look as Americans as monkeys? Or are you saying it's the same phenomenon, even on a cultural level?

[@camiloiribarren1450]

Always good remember that we belong to the animal kingdom. Animals are not that different from us, we spruce ourselves to attract mates by making ourselves look good, we have aggression to protect our loved ones like a lioness or a bear, we communicate with different languages like any communal animals (dolphins, wolves, birds, ants, etc)

[@pavlovsdogman]

Sadly many Christians think animals are beneath us and we are not related to them at all. If you take certain things literally in the Bible you could believe that humans are Gods and animals are just our food and tools that were put here for our use. That belief is incredibly arrogant and also disrespectful to the animal kingdom!

[@ericschaab5135]

In psichology class, our teacher taught us about the case of a feral child that has been living alone in the wood for years. It's fascinating that humans can survive those kind of situations, and how different they are before and after socialization! While looking for the name of that child, I found out that wikipedia is full of cases of feral kids👆Lot of interesting stuff to read!

[@pavlovsdogman]

There's several cases of wolves, dogs and wild dogs raising small kids into adulthood. They were protecting them and feeding them and the kids ran on all fours and barked like dogs! There's a Russian girl who is still around who lives with a pack of dogs that raised her in the forest after her grandma died and left her and the dogs with no food. They left the house and went into a nearby forest and the dogs raised her until she was strong. The authorities found her and put her into treatment and studied her but after a year they realised she wasn't improving and she only wanted to go back to her dogs so they let her!

[@monkpato]

Ramsey, I have to say, your Bible study is much better than Matt Hughes'!

[@Xzontyr]

Never stop with your theological and phylisophical videos. I know someone thats a civil engineer, and though they were primarily athiest at one time, they'v over time slowly become more of a creationist, aswell as many of the people they have met in university. After a while, it just seems like alot is just too in order that science and evolution can't explain. I'v never believed we came from monkeys. As you mentioned, monkeys thrive in their current envirenments. They really are a blessed beast. They are incredibly powerful, they're fairly intelligent compared to other animals in certain areas, and yet most of them are omnivores, with their diets changing with the seasons, much like our own long ago. So they are rarely roaming around starving and constantly on high alert because of predators. Monkeys have it easy and have no reason to change just because they figured out how to hold a stick better. It makes no sense, and this isn't just my theory, but many that have a much high iq than my own. There are so many paths i could go down as to why the others also have their beliefs, but i'll stay on this one for now. So, on the topic of animals adapting to predation and ease of survival...... I also know a biologist. He used to be Darwin yes man aswell. The more he learns, the less it makes sense. Adaptation seems to be a real thing in animals, they have proven that, but to completely change from one things to another through adaptation, really is a theory that was an insult and blessing for alot of creatures if you believe in such a thing. For one, alot more herbavores should have obtained the power of flight, aswell as sharper hearing, rather than having average to medium high levels of sight and smell that can be deceiving, and a decent top speed with some cardio. Antlers are handy, but not when they are facing the other way. I just see a very designed system. Evolutionishsts would than say well than there would be sky battles because something would begin to hunt another, when then maybe thats why they got the antlers sticking upright on theyre heads and evolution totally missed the part about the sky battles, and why they came back down and got antlers and horns. Even though the mooses aren't sharp. He got nerfed badly. Even a moose living in the woods like they do around here. You have a creature, living in the woods, with one of the widest sets of antlers.... walking through a biom that's literally an opstacle course of poles sticking out of the ground. Evolution failed the moose, yet it's one of the largest and most powerful North American herbavores. I'm certain that when it sees a buffalo on a ranch, it gets incredibly envious. Then you have the Rhino...... on the open African plains.... with a pertruding horn. What happened there? Horse rides through the forest make sense, heck even rhino rides in the summer make sense in the forest, but guess what, you don't go on moose rides in the forest, because they take a very long time as it navigates it's path of least resistance, and the poor thing lives there. I'm certain, that moose could be gentle enough creatures, to be ridden into battle, and for leasure, like some elves on lord of the rings, but you don't see it happen because of the antlers. Forests arent like the movies all of the time, no, they are thick and incredibly hard to go through. See, i can see why birds arent so smart i suppose. They mastered evolution, but not evolving at all. Atleast some of them. Even the grand chicken, the actual closest relative of the t rex apparantly, somehow knew that if it went from being the creature that ate the most on land, to being the being thats eaten the most, it's lineage would survive! i'm not joking, the chicken must never forget who it is! It is the descendant of the t rex, just google it. What the heck Darwin, what the heck indeed. He forgot about the chicken. I could go on, but i better take a pill, relax, and do something productive. I honestly see so many branches from each topic i could go down. So about branches and trees. I'll just leave that alone. However, what are the chances of plants being able to synergize so well with human? Yes, we know some monkeys figured out how to open some nuts, but there are some, if offer incredible medicines when processed with water and other plants, that absolutly no animal could ever get lucky of coming across. Yes our lottery winning monkey hands somehow fit the design to process these plants. Alright, better just leave it at that. Yes, sadly there are some that are closer to the animals than they should be, and we should pray for them. It's a mans duty to understand, that the path of least resistance, often is the soft sandy hill down to hell. Though the stairway to heaven is of hard rock and steep, it's but a short and hard journey, but great eternity as some say. The other not so much. I think one of most disturbing trends in our modern day is the influence of Satan on the youth. How it's made to look trendy and normal. How Rappers admit to being satanists and doing what we would call odd things, yet they make these trendy music videos full of colours and bright scenes to attract young audiences. Ofcourse it's primarily abou the money, and many of us know the main standards of the church of Satan are based on freedom of thought and action partially, rather than actual religious demon worship, and proclaim athiesm more than anything. Yet why do they still beleive rituals to be neccesarry in a larping manner where they offer, and speak to make beleive demons? it's an odd thing. The worst part about it is that, these rappers that have the shiny and happy videos, also admit that they have alegience to street gangs. These are the gangs that destroy innocent peoples lives with violence. It's abhorant that civilized society supports them. It's madness. Much like some vile animal, they rob, assault, and worse, yet somehow are praised enough to be infuential in the media. Just thinking about it really summons something inside of me thats not far off from their mentality i suppose. Yes, it's about being better than that, and hoping others will be to.

[@BWater-yq3jx]

It's about time people gave up on Evolution as a viable theory. Darwin himself said that the absence of intermediate life-forms in the fossil record was problematic. They should outnumber the final forms by millions to one, but there are virtually none. Evolutionists try and replace faith in a Creator with faith in Time. Time is their God. With enough Time anything is possible. But no, not really. The chance that a hurricane will blow through a junkyard and assemble a fully functioning fighter jet from scrap... is zero. Repeat that every day for a million years... still zero. At this point, believing in Evolution is just a desperate attempt to eliminate a Higher Intelligence from one's worldview. Not smart. Not 'science'. Just foolishness.

[@MarcoH72]

So much of you said in regards science is absolutely false; including chickens being direct descendants of the T. rex. Please take some time to learn about science including what a scientific theory is.

[@Xzontyr]

@MarcoH72 I don't major in science, or biology, but I know people that do, and as mentioned, doubt alot of it. Every scientist and the companies backing them want their theories out like unfinished video games for quick profit and name. Their left full of evident problems, and the public deserves better, and anyone that thinks it's a gem is a fool.

[@cahallo5964]

​@@MarcoH72 I am close friend with a marine biologist and oh believe OP isn't wrong regarding evolution, taxonomy is proof that it includes a lot of make belief.

[@OldManLogan4534]

Im a great ape like a saiyan

[@johnnyworzel3741]

I’m not short of body hair - it’s a problem :(

[@CLINTMANable]

Read Penrose's studies about human consciousness coming from the quantum world through structures called microtubules. To me this supports creation. It means that AI will never raise conciusness. Blessings.

[@Sbv-25]

Why do LDS and JW missionaries wear the same outfit? (White shirt, black pants, necktie, name tag)

[@RamseyDewey]

All the Jehovah's witnesses I know just wear their Sunday best when visiting people, no name tags, no uniform dress code. Missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wear a suit and tie (except the Sister missionaries who wear skirts or dresses) and a name tag with the name of the church on it. When I was a missionary in Argentina, back in the 90's, I was often mistaken by the locals for a CIA agent. People would sometimes run yelling "It's the CIA! Let's go!!!" So, you might as well ask, why do missionaries dress like CIA agents. Or you could ask why is there only one semi-formal men's outfit in the last 200 years that every man ever is expected to wear in order to look professional and presentable? (ie: The suit and tie)

[@Sbv-25]

@@RamseyDewey Hmm… why is the suit and tie the standard formal dress? Mysteries of the modern world…

[@cahallo5964]

​@@Sbv-25British people were very influential!

[@adamzandarski8933]

Yeah, why that guy make the problem a consciousness so hard I don’t think he was thinking very well when he did that

[@DesCoutinho]

Chomsky disagrees. He argued animals dintbhave language. They have simple calls to express fear or warn of attack. But only humans can use language to give a reasoned kecture as you have done. I was thinking similarly martial arts TMA are only devised by humans. We imitate animal styles in some forms kalari and whatever kung fu should be called. But TMA is a human thing like language. Chimps fight and learn thru playfighting. But martial arts even partial is anothervaspect of the spiritual difference between us and other animals. This is not to disparage other life forms. More is expected of us

[@justinAclark2075]

I think that's mostly correct. But I do feel there must be some exceptions, and even areas where we simply couldn't perceive the phenomenon and therefore can't give the proper credit due. For example, ants used highly advanced strategy when engaged in warfare, which vastly outshines the human capacity for cooperation on such a large scale. This is just an example we CAN perceive. I can only imagine what our senses do not have access to

[@ivanhernandez7888]

Ants don’t have highly advance strategy; what they have is a lack of free will. They do as they are ordered without question; that is why it looks like “cooperation” but it isn’t. Regarding the original comment, yes animals don’t have a language. Let’s remember the very first function of language isn’t communication but thought. We use language to think all day long, we use language to communicate very little if you compare it to the amount of thoughts you have in your head. And most of the time we don’t communicate very well, hence why we have so many misunderstandings. You know all the “what I meant” versus “what you understand”.

[@DesCoutinho]

@@justinAclark2075 one for farther investigation. Chomsky was a giant once he is dead certainly be easier to challenge. The complex movements if army ants though has the alternative explanation of fractals. That simple instructions lead to complex patterns. So encircling flank movements are natural occurrences that happen when the weight of ants make such twist and turns easier. Like the flowing if water. It's certainly something that can and should be studied. The problem with say dolphins or chimps with the latter research participants were accused of wanting to believe that the animal was talking about the future live the possibility of children when all they were really signalling was could I have another banana. And if you are a trekker. Always the possibility we are not gods chosen ones. If whales. Who knows maybe white mice are the only true scientists on the planet

[@nickolasdesouza3610]

I disagree. You don't understand their language, but they obviously found a way to communicate, mate, reproduce, and survive. The ones that didn't are now ( not exclusively) extinct😊

[@ivanhernandez7888]

@@nickolasdesouza3610 One thing is to have a way of communication and a very different thing is to have language.

[@subfreq3339]

I took "without form and void" in the sense of the bbok of five rings, exista t/non existant" so the earth was non existant, a thought form so to speak in the word. Or somethin. Probably! Wan lv

[@DesCoutinho]

@@subfreq3339 the Hebrew words don't occur anywhere else termed hapax legomena. So people guessed the meaning formless and void by context. You guess is as good as mine. They are word jingles like hubble bubble jingle jangle

[@nickolasdesouza3610]

9:21 biblical Ramsey is the Church of Jesus christ of later say saints equivalent to Martin luther king 👑 junior

[@nickolasdesouza3610]

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[@BMO_Creative]

Yo RD, the bible also says we were not made here... it says God made man of the dust of the ground then PUT him into the garden. Great stuff man! We are not apes! We are not even animals... Not really made to be here... just passin through!

[@RamseyDewey]

“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.” - Genesis 2:7-9 (KJV) What do you mean by “not made here”? Where was the dust of ground from which Eden was planted in an eastward direction relative to?

[@BMO_Creative]

Well, if man was made in the garden, there would be no "putting" so we were made outside the garden... maybe even not on this planet... Wherever God decided to do the making. Maybe in his workshop or kitchen... then put in the garden... Glad also it doesn't say "dropped" in the garden, although humans do often act like we were dropped on our heads. Thanks RD!

[@valygomu]

Words ARE magic, abe you ever heard Alan Moore talking about magic ? That's why we cast "Spell" That's why songs are so magical, righting a really funny song to ridicule someone and 300 years later people might still laugh at his expense.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope just redirecting and phonies

[@danr5462]

We are not superior to other animals, and they are not shallow reflections of humans. One problem with the Abrahamic religions is the propagation of the idea of a hierarchy where humans are made in "God's image", have souls and consciousness, while animals are lesser beings that don't have this things. This is just my opinion, but of course, and I say this with all humility, if you don't agree with me you are an ignorant wrong headed individual. Thank you for listening.

[@RamseyDewey]

Why do you wrongfully believe that Abrahamic religions think animals don’t have souls or consciousness?

[@cahallo5964]

​@@RamseyDeweySaint Francis would be very confused at the original comment. Albeit we do believe that animals are subordinate to us, the special thing in Christianity is that just because something or someone is subordinate to us, it doesn't need to be mistreated.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

I think about this concept every so often. Basically, you points are similar to my own theories. Were so similar to other animals, yet our ability to invent tools so far removed from any other animal. Theres a joke in the show American dad, and in one episode, jesus meets roger, the alien in the show, and refers to him as his fathers side project. Lol.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

I hate cats......

[@HappyBuffalo347]

You're probably a shit person who lacks empathy

[@TheFox-d3x]

I pray in apes do not. I would love to see a video on the topic mentioned at the end of this one