Can GSP Really Defend Himself?

[@PinoyAdventurers]

What works in the cage works in the street 98% of the time. GSP also said that when it comes to fighting, he strikes first. Also, military experience does not mean superiority in a hand to hand combat.

[@OGFITNESS]

Very good point, Jocko Willinks told the story of how every morning he would sub 20 Navy seal teammates as a warm up. Even Seal team members don’t stand a chance in hand to hand grappling if they’ve never trained in grappling. Sticking would be the same thing.

[@jad7354]

most "self-Defence" martial arts do not have enough pressure testing and being an mma athlete means you are able to beat most of the normal population unless they have a weapon such as a knife. a professional athletic MMA guy would most probably beat a normal person even drunk. the only scenario where this guy is right is when you get sucker punched or hit from behind however, when adrenaline is high, even if they hit you in the nuts, you wont feel the pain instantly, you'll just have the instinct to fight, you will feel the full pain later after the fight is over, talking from experience. Love your videos bro keep it up.

[@OGFITNESS]

Thanks brother, appreciate the support. GSP said in sefl defence vid actually, its the element of surprise that is the most important in a street altercation. The one who sets up the other and catches him off guard will have a huge advantge, still, you'd have to rock the person hard if their well trained or they might just get angry and now its an all out death match. ahahahah

[@ramondiaz2851]

Never was attack blind sided by a psycho!! In the street!! Nice video!!

[@OGFITNESS]

Thanks you my Ramon, always appreciate you chimming in. Osu! What do you think of my editing? It's all me now, i finally learned how to do it, working hard to make it nice and more entrertaining for y'all. Osu!

[@Pelb21]

Nice video. Some people forgot that GSP started is martial arts journey with a black belt in karate and then learned other arts. He's a true Mixed Martial Artist with 4 black belts in addition to other techniques he learned (wrestling, muay thai, etc.) If he cannot defend himself in whatever situation life brings to him nobody can. To his detractors, I'll use one his famous quotes "Are you insane in thr brain!?" 😂

[@clintwarren7031]

If GSP is not included in the set of all people who can adequately defend themselves then the set of all people that can adequately defend themselves must be vanishingly small. Dude's argument is tantamount to saying four people on the planet can adequately defend themselves.

[@OGFITNESS]

no one is invincible, i think that's what he's trying to communicate kinda, which is true, we're all human and the human body is fragile..ish. Where i think he gets it wrong is thinking all mma athletes aren't martial artist, some aren't, but some are, the one who are also think about self-defence as well. They too are humans who got into martial arts to learn how to defend themselves.

[@rtxk-uf6pb]

my kneecap got dislocated can i still compete in judo

[@OGFITNESS]

Depends, how do it feel now when you drop on your knees? It might be possible with some rehab and a lot of strength and stability work and the use of knee pads.

[@rtxk-uf6pb]

@@OGFITNESS i cant walk without crutches only partial weight bearing until 31st i have been doing judo for 2 years now and i am only 17 :(

[@OGFITNESS]

@@rtxk-uf6pb you’re young so you’ll recover fast, then its all about rehab then getting all the muscles and tendons surrounding that knees super strong and stable. But talk to a sports doctor and see what they tell you. Tons of athletes comes back from knee injuries. If you do the right things you’ll be able to Judo again no problem.

[@axelrocca8280]

Simple answer - there are ONLY two things that can be done while fighting for the most part...its called striking and grappling. So train striking martial arts and grappling martial arts, with that you will be able to defend yourself against 99% of people in the world.

[@OGFITNESS]

Self defence is overblown, if you can strike and grapple, i just have to remind you that you can kick the nuts, poke the eyes, bite, use anything at your disposal as a weapon, keep your head on a swivel so you can look around and not get caught off guard. De-escalating is essentially swallowing your ego and making it clear you dont wanna fight and walk away. Multiple attackers requires some strategy and tactics but really nothing too fancy, do you best to not be surrounded, stick and move, don’t go to the ground, if you do, get up quick, run away to line them up if possible, deck one at a time. If you’re stuck in a closed of space, then go into kill mode , embrace death and go out on your shield and die an honorable death. Osu!

[@Ongyokage6389]

-GSP fights people who also know how to fight on a pro level. Why wouldnt he be able to defend against someone who isnt a top tier athlete and more than likely doesn’t know how to fight? People who actually know how to fight dont just randomly attack people so chances are our “bad guy” isnt a high level fighter, which GSP would have a field day with. 😂😂😂

[@OGFITNESS]

Exactly, anyone who has such low a opinion of mma athletes makes me think it’s stems from insecurity, ego, false bravado or they’re just brainwashed into think that what they are doing is better. 🤷‍♂️😂

[@maths4fun800]

I think he would be fine, but he needs to watch out for dirty moves ect, kicking in the balls.

[@OGFITNESS]

@@maths4fun800 first one to get to the balls then 😂, my money’s on GSP

[@davidtarantino152]

😂

[@Canecorso14]

Am tall 6’3 would I do better with boxing or Muay Thai be better for self defense but isn’t kicking bad what if your wearing not lose pants or kick and lose balance

[@OGFITNESS]

In theory thai boxing is better because you have more tools but they is a caveat, if you’re athletic, MT, if not, boxing. Being tall has many advantages in both sports/martial arts. Will make a vid for ya. Osu!!

[@kavinkumar2206]

​@@OGFITNESSDo make it, tall boys be waiting for it

[@ishwar5936]

Only kicking is bad, I have a background in teakwondo and I feel my red belt with black stripe is useless against a mid judo belt or bjj 2 stripe....just started getting into bjj and it feels like I know nothing about fighting

[@OGFITNESS]

@@kavinkumar2206 haha, alright, i wish i was taller. Osu!

[@OGFITNESS]

@@ishwar5936 i had a similar experience with tkd, after 3 yrs realize i couldn’t fight, got punched in the face by this huge dude in class cause i was scoring on him too much, didn’t know how to react.