Challenge to Rokas from @Martial Arts Journey!!!

[@martialartsaddict9966]

I just wanted to let you all know that Rokas contacted me the other day. He definitely wants to organise meeting up and having a few rounds!!! The problem at the moment is the COVID-19 restrictions on traveling (testing, self-isolating etc). That all adds extra money and takes away time. Neither of us are pro fighters. So, we're gonna have to figure something out. I'm sure that we will though!!! Once I've spoken to Rokas and we've confirmed everything, I'll post a video to let you all know!!! Cheers for all the support guys!!!

[@dreadinside654]

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[@stanclark3992]

Dude... the commitment is to make videos... highlighting Martial Journey's quest to gain social media attention from those seeking entertainment of the lazy mind. Nonetheless, would be quite a show, no doubt,,, if you get what I mean. Cheers.

[@Phantasm57]

i would decide a neutral place outside of your home countries that arent as restricted and meet whatever place you can decide as a middle ground.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

@@andymax1 Yeah, I heard that he said he was coming to the UK after meeting and training with Chadi. I emailed Rokas to see if he still wants to meet up and go a few rounds but he hasn't replied. I guess there wasn't enough interest generated for him to think it worth it.

[@revariox189]

@@martialartsaddict9966 That's unfortunate. I don't think he truly wants to educate and be educated however... He seems more on a quest of didcrediting various martial arts that are not proeminently shown in ufc or mma.

[@bfnew4440]

Good on you for reaching out to Rokas! Big respect. My money is on rokas but happy to be proved wrong

[@sonnygallo5662]

I think you're absolutely right and I support your challenge. OSU 🙏🏼🐅🐉

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Thank you!!! I really appreciate that 🙏🏾

[@migueltkd1021]

I’d like to see him accept this challenge

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Unfortunately, Rokas hasn't accepted the challenge. He was up for it and did email me saying that he was interested. However, his original challenge wasn't for a fight and it also wasn't directed to people who do a lot of sparring by practicing arts like BJJ and MMA. Saying that, Rokas would definitely be up for a few rounds of sparring. Hopefully, we can meet up, once all the issues with COVID-19 are sorted🤞🏾. I'll let everyone know if that happens!!! Thanks for your comment 🙏🏾

[@stanclark3992]

@@martialartsaddict9966 Keeping dreaming.... Cheers.

[@ricksterdrummer2170]

I think you’ve missed the point, mate. He wants you to prove your style works against someone who knows how to fight which Rokas barely does. That’s kind of the point his channel. No hate, just pointing it out!

[@martialartsaddict9966]

I think Rokas knows a thing or two about fighting. He's had a few MMA fights and has trained under some pretty reputable guys. Thanks for your input though!!!

[@ricksterdrummer2170]

@@martialartsaddict9966 I still hope he accepts though! haha

[@martialartsaddict9966]

@@ricksterdrummer2170 Yeah!!! I've got my fingers crossed!!! I'll let you know if it gets confirmed! Thanks for the support!!!

[@stanclark3992]

@@martialartsaddict9966 Dude... the guy was sponsored by SBG in his great 'evolution' from OVER a decade of Aikido "instruction" (failed), to MMA. Look at the Rokas media journey, it's an advertisement for MMA & SBG. P.S. I could only 1 Rokas MMA fight on YT. Are there more? Cheers.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

@@stanclark3992 I've only seen one of his MMA fights. I think he did two fights in total. I could be wrong though.

[@morehfilms3927]

Just few days back , a veteran MMA trainer got his ass whip in the street and landed in ICU after interfering in a street fught. Find out Jose campuzano case.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

I think I've heard something about this. I heard that he was up against quite a lot of opponents. I'll have a look into it. Thanks for the heads up 🙏🏾

[@morehfilms3927]

@@martialartsaddict9966 sure thing man. The bullshido trend was at its hype with guys like Rokos and many others roasting the TMA including krav maga. I didn't like what people said about krav maga because it never was designed for compition but rather to get away from it. People tested krav in mma arena and it doesn't do well and so krav maga was coined bullshido. Now mma guys getting their ass busted, coz they been trained to fight one guy with a ref, under a timer. Now even a trainer didn't do well at all coz he did exactly what he trained for. Not realising the difference between the street no rules and arena rules , u can call anything as bullshit. Anyways appreciate your work

[@OGFITNESS]

It would definitely be interesting to see strictly Wing Chun vs Rokas, Rokas would be doiing his MMA thing i imagine?

[@TjamVideoMan]

When I started Aikido trading with my 2nd dan instructor I told her that I felt the pins were easy to get out of. She did one on me, WITH HER THROAT ON MY NECK(!!), but I was still able to get out of it and throw HER! Maybe I should have quit but I figured there were people who could and people who couldn’t and studied to 1st Kyu. I think the techniques are valid but they are doing FALSE ADVERTISING in how they present its application!

[@lamjay7221]

It's on!!!

[@Simon2k17]

I have very little faith in wing chun in general. However, if the fight does happen, use MMA gloves instead of 16 ounce boxing gloves. The chain punch is very awkward when the gloves are massive. Also, do not walk and chain punch at the same time, you lose so much power in your strikes. Figure out a better footwork system. My 2 cents.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Yeah, 16 ounce gloves would definitely dampen the chain punches. MMA gloves would be the way to go. Thanks for your comment 🙏🏾

[@tonyslondon2135]

Love it my bro.

[@mynomadicnotebook2510]

Hi, let's look at the fighters from the early UFC. I know they are not as technical as the fighters competing now in different MMA arenas, but those fighters from early UFC came from a traditional martial arts background and they fought really tough with a bare fist. Anyway, just sharing my thoughts.

[@anti_Hype_334]

indeed, Joe Rogan for example makes fun of TMA all the damn time ... but what he conveniently seems to ignore is that his kicks are as devastating as they are BECAUSE OF his years and years of former Taekwondo training ... yes, Kickboxing has definitely added striking power and has somewhat "perfected" them ... but some of his moves clearly originated from Taekwondo, he can claim that Kickboxing is superior all he wants but the reality still stands: Joe Rogan is NOT and NEVER AGAIN EVER WILL BE a PURE KICKBOXER when it comes to kicking techniques

[@warrennicholsony.fernando4513]

My criticism of Rokas is that he is quick to judge yet he himself who reached a high level of blackbelt did not really explore the potential of his discipline.

[@anti_Hype_334]

indeed, this guy named WhatWouldNinjasDo is a legit guy who is passionnate about ninja stuff ... but he also has broadened his skillset because he has trained some muay thai and actually holds the same rank as Rokas has in bjj ... and - more importantly - doesn't downplay these styles just because it's not ninjutsu ... Rokas on the other hand, is no better in bjj (rank wise anyway) than George is ... but he never even tried Bujinkan, he simply watched 1 random Bujinkan-related video and called it a day and already made up his puny ignorant mind and ridicules it ... yet somehow Goerge gets made fun of while Rokas keeps getting views, likes, subs etc. ... ironic how the world works, isn't it?

[@TjamVideoMan]

Rojas is skilled AF and I’m sure he is now developing BJJ/fighting skills, but I just don’t think he has a fighter’s MIND!

[@anti_Hype_334]

"skilled AF" ... by MMA standards perhaps ...

[@FranzStFleur]

I was about to comment on the Naga belt but you corrected it.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

😂 Yeah, I didn't win that. Both my kids compete in BJJ and have won NAGA titles. I'd love to win one of those belts!!!

[@joelm959]

What do you think of Izzo Wing Chun?

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Hey Joel, thanks for checking out my video! I haven't seen Izzo's wing Chun in a while now. He's was pretty good at what he does though. Izzo's a pretty big guy, so his style isn't as fluid as what I'm used to. He's not doing Wing Chun wrong, it's just that his approach is better for his build.

[@stanclark3992]

@@martialartsaddict9966 Izzo can't do Wing Chun, bro. He's a boxer in drag.

[@IbrahimKhalil-bt9yh]

So how did he respond? Wing chun works, it's basically closing the distance and pummeling punches till it's over. Do you do ironpalm conditioning?

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Rokas got in touch with me and he's keen for us to meet up. This COVID-19 pandemic is causing the problem. Hopefully, we'll get to meet up later this year and go for it 🤞🏾

[@martialartsaddict9966]

No, I don't do any iron palm training. It wasn't part of the systems of Wing Chun that I learned. I trained for a year in Southern Mantis and we used to have to hammer fist on each others palms. It used to get really painful! However, I never learned about applying the Dit Da (Iron hit) oil, etc.

[@IbrahimKhalil-bt9yh]

@@martialartsaddict9966 that sounds awesome, have you two decided the rules you'll be fighting under? I like Rokas but still he's very misinformed about many martial arts and fighting in general. How long you been doing wing chun?

[@IbrahimKhalil-bt9yh]

@@martialartsaddict9966 are you sure southern mantis doesn't have ironpalm training? You do any knuckle conditioning? Bare knuckle on the heavybag? Iron palm makes pugilism way more effective especially for the bareknuckle fighting. How you heard about Hisham? He's in china and has very good kung fu

[@IbrahimKhalil-bt9yh]

@@martialartsaddict9966 I would recommend you start your 1000 knuckle push ups daily, I believe conditioning is gives more edge than skill in a fight. What's your current physical fight training regiment?

[@WatchMysh]

I'd be very curious to see the results.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Thanks so much for commenting!!! Yeah, it'll be great to see the outcome of this!!!

[@WatchMysh]

@@martialartsaddict9966 did you write a mail directly to Rokas?

[@martialartsaddict9966]

@@WatchMysh Yeah, I did. He's got back to me. He's looking into sorting something out.

[@WatchMysh]

@@martialartsaddict9966 awesome

[@WatchMysh]

@@martialartsaddict9966 I'm not a WT practicioner although I trained a little. Saw some good stuff, saw lots of "bad" stuff sold by a certain big WT organisation. BUT I've met two or three guys over the years I'm sure that they are capable of making it work under competitive or real world conditions. So I'm quite interested in your friendly fight and happy Rokas did get back to you. Sure you both will have a great time!

[@jitsroller]

What size are you what size is Rokas? How about put up a video of you sparring?

[@martialartsaddict9966]

I'm not sure what size Rokas is. I competed in a BJJ tournament in the -75kg category. I think Rokas competed in an -81kg category for either an MMA or BJJ comp. I'm not 100% sure on that though. If we get to spar, I'll definitely post the video!

[@jitsroller]

@@martialartsaddict9966 Post a video of you training and sparring that's what the challenge is. I think he already corrected himself and mentioned some wing Chung guys spar. So if you have a training partner put your video up. How long have you trained? because Rokas is a fairly new Martial artist in anything functional.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

@@jitsroller Yeah, I'll do that. I've been doing Wing Chun since 1992. I've done other martial arts on top of that. Since 2013, I've been training in BJJ. The COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions have limited the training for over a year now. But, I'll definitely post some videos. I made a video about 'Yasuke' on my channel. There's a few clips of me training with my kids - doing Wing Chun, BJJ and MMA. Nothing serious, as it's my kids but all good fun.

[@jitsroller]

@@martialartsaddict9966 like I said he's not including wing Chung he said that on his second video on this topic. You have crossed trained also. He's talking about aikido and other arts that just don't cross over in reality. His point was you can see either real events or live sparring on video documenting a variety of styles. He's asking for real proof and without sparring it's a guess at best whether uts functional. Can you imagine soccer players never really playing soccer just doing walk thru scenarios with no real opponent, being a very good ball team? Cheers!

[@martialartsaddict9966]

@@jitsroller That's very true. He did say that in his second video. However, please watch this space 🙏🏾. Rokas did contact me yesterday but I don't want to say to much for now. I'll keep you posted though. Nice one!

[@te9591]

Did he take the challenge?

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Rokas really wants to meet up and go a few rounds. Only problem is the COVID-19 restrictions at the moment. Once those are lifted, he's gonna get back to me on a date etc. I'll post a video once I get confirmation, to let everyone know. Nice one

[@te9591]

@@martialartsaddict9966 id tune in, when you do.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

@@te9591 Cool!

[@Mrkalm007]

You are wearing a bjj and mma hoodie, do you train in those? If you do you are kind of proving what he is saying. I love taekwon-do. Its pretty much useless on its own because you can not deal with punches. After 3 years of boxing you have a lot more confidence in your kicks because you can deal with the punches. Your wing chun is going to be better if you can fall back on bjj and mma. Mma is basically the majority of what works from many styles anyway.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Yeah, I do train in BJJ and MMA. I've been doing BJJ for 8 years now. If I did get to fight Rokas, I'd limit myself to using Wing Chun techniques only. When I learnt Wing Chun, we didn't do any takedown defence. So, I can't rely on sprawling etc. The idea will be to not rely on BJJ etc. It's basically sticking to the centre-line chain punches, elbows, knees, and mid level kicking. It'll be a really good experiment, from my point of view. I agree with you that boxing definitely will improve Tae Kwon Do skills!!! Thanks for your comment!

[@stanclark3992]

Interesting observation.

[@pausetapemedia7942]

He is not going to do it🤔💯🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Yeah, unfortunately he's not accepting the challenge. To be fair, he said that he wasn't challenging people to a fight, he just wanted video evidence that their martial art works in live sparring. However, I think he's up for meeting up and having a few rounds of sparring, rather than a match. Hopefully, once this COVID-19 thing has been done with, that'll happen 🤞🏾. Thanks for your comment!!!

[@Shinbusan]

@@martialartsaddict9966 yeap, as he is not a warrior type, he does not look for injuries and so on (me too by the way). But I am sure you can find other mma amateur fighter who would gladly fight with you and you can record it and show us. There is at least one good wing chun adept, Qi La La if I write his name correctly, which is heavily praised on Fight Commentary Breakdowns channel. And he is still using some of the original wing chun techniques.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

@@Shinbusan I've seen Qi La La!!! He's an excellent fighter with loads of experience!!! Thanks for the comment!!!

[@pausetapemedia7942]

Okay so why post a point or argument about it and when a challenge come to prove you are wrong you want to back down then you don't need to post anything at all right?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 he need to answer the challenge

[@davidmyhra4931]

You have a bjj, mma shirt on,

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Yeah, I do train in BJJ and have also done some MMA training. In order to make the challenge with Rokas fair, I gotta make sure that I don't use anything from BJJ or MMA. It's pretty much gotta be recognisable techniques from classical or traditional Wing Chun. That's a hard one to pull off but I'd like to give it a go. Thanks for your comment.

[@davidmyhra4931]

I don’t think you’ll be able to. As someone who spent years in karate and a few years in a ninjitsu school (I now hold a black belt in Bjj) I know one thing, a person always falls back on what works. And what works isn’t the traditional martial arts. I respect people who spend time doing these arts, and I don’t believe they are a waste of time, but I would never call them effective.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

@@davidmyhra4931 you're definitely not alone in your opinion but I think it's good that you still respect people who practice traditional martial arts. When Rokas and I manage to meet up, I hope I can prove you wrong. However, I think the odds are more in your favour.

[@samsewall7877]

Martial arts journey is a waste of time man i highly recommend not trying to prove this point. The only thing Rokas can really do is sit around talking about martial arts and tip tapping.... like you say, you're no pro fighters

[@ca177]

This was the aikido that Rokas had. I would not need a session with an MMAer to show aikido this bad IS THIS BAD (even by aikido standards)… m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/aITZpI2Cmbh5gtE So now I wonder how good will Rokas be with his MMA, and why he still wastes time talking about aikido. He should focus on talking about his MMA. (I think he realizes aikido is still good click bait for $)…

[@Shinbusan]

My man, Rokas told about this event. It was NOT aikido but stratching dance and it was not a examination. You spread fake news. I also think Rokas aikido wasn't very best, was slow and too schematic, but still, this is not how his aikido looks. He showed it numerous times on his channel and is easy to find.

[@ca177]

@@Shinbusan why teach a “Martial Art” and then treat it like dance ?? That’s not a Martial Art… LÔL And why dress up in aikido attire complete with aikido ceremonial steps ?? It shows his understanding of aikido is equal to dance… No wonder his aikido sucked. Too focused on dancy aspects, not enough study on martial aspect. Even BJJ can be turned into kinky-sex if you like that stuff. It’s as dumb as ideas like Tae Bo (see fad in 90s Billy Jackson)…

[@stanclark3992]

@@ca177 I'd put it this way. There is NO aikido in Rokas. Pseudo-do might be accurate.

[@jashunthomas9397]

I think wing Chun is shit. Some good defensive blocks though. I will gladly fight you and prove it.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

Unfortunately, I'm nearly 50 years old. I can't go around fighting everyone! So, I've offered Rokas that privilege. If you watch this space, it might just happen🤞🏾. By the way, I don't only train Wing Chun. I've been training in BJJ for 8 years and MMA. I used to compete in kickboxing during the 90s as well. All on top of Wing Chun. This fight with Rokas, if it happens, is more of an experiment for me - I just want to see if I can get Wing Chun to work without relying on what I've learned from BJJ, Kickboxing etc. I do find Chi Sao useful for grappling, so I don't agree that Wing Chun is "shit". I don't think that about any martial art. However, I agree that there are other combat sports that prepare you much better for fighting than Wing Chun. I'll give you that.

[@jashunthomas9397]

I couldn't agree more.

[@martialartsaddict9966]

@@jashunthomas9397 Nice one!

[@theonobody]

@@martialartsaddict9966 Well said!

[@FlipsterFlipinoy]

Wing chun is borderline Bullshido.

[@stanclark3992]

Says the BJJ, Muay Thai 'hoodie?"