design considerations for objective based weapons training

[@ericparker5530]

20 minutes of Mark talking about weapons training, what a treat ⚔!

[@crayzmarc]

Boom!!!

[@crayzmarc]

So bad arse! Coming back to this video after a weekend training with Mark makes a load more sense. Can't imagine what 1-week could do!

[@antonomaseapophasis5142]

"Naming things" as an impediment to reacting spontaneously. There is a universal lesson. How to develop situational reflexes that are not impediments to understanding.

[@utubepunk]

I brought up stick fighting! 😃 A few seconds later: Leaving dejected. 😔 😄

[@MarkWildman]

nothing wrong with stick fighting. just doesn't meet my design needs

[@jerryheath3887]

This is so awesome. At beginner boxing class all my bag work drills fell apart instantly first time coach did VERY light sparring with me. I was shocked how much punches coming at you change everything.

[@troymatthews3287]

I'm back on monster lifts. I do everything with a windmill . For example outside clean turn press windmill ,Inside clean turn, press windmill , crossbody clean turn press windmill or whatever their abbreviation helps me complete the windmill leather crossbody one

[@JSmithFortyfive]

Great to see a shoutout to scholagladiatoria! Seems to be a lot of crossover with Ramsey Dewey's philosophy on martial arts as well.

[@MarkWildman]

That and Quinn’s ideas are my favorite channels

[@MarkWildman]

And bioneer

[@JSmithFortyfive]

@@MarkWildman You and Bioneer are the dynamic duo of physical training. I would love to see y'all collaborate someday!

[@ericparker5530]

@@MarkWildman Speaking of Quinn's Ideas, did you see the Dune movie Mark ? What are your thoughts on it ?

[@MarkWildman]

i think they should have shot part 1 and part 2 at the same time. i think they wasted a lot of time and money doing it how they did it. absolutely loved the design but they underused jason mamoa. that guy is a beast. i think SEE is his finest work

[@dragonhart1342]

Do you have a serious on the history of different martial arts and their purposes? I'd LOVE to see you speak more on it

[@jacobcarrick1182]

Curios visitor is the icing on the weapon cake

[@criticalmass4912]

Awesome Video. I really liked the thing about traditional martial arts that they often offer solutions für problems that no longer exist, like fighting in armor and/or in formations. Plus a lot of martial arts were changed over time because of new technologies or tactics or to reduce the danger in competitions and training, a luxury one could afford if they don't need them to fight for their life on a battlefield or a duel. And a lot of them weren't developed for atheletes doing nothing else, but for commen soldiers that would have to learn them in a limited amout of time. Just like army training today, not every soldier needs to be a navy seal

[@philter105]

I'd like to draw the comparison of what Mark describes as his strategy of forcing people into flow state through getting people to "do the thing" straight away to how BJJ is taught/practiced. Immediately you are taught to do the thing by essentially doing the thing. Albeit at a rudimentary level. Having over a decade of ITF TKD experience (which I love btw) shows the difference. I remember having it explained to me the progression of practicing the moves by yourself then over time getting closer to an opponent until you're essentially free sparring. Granted, striking arts carries a considerable risk when practicing at a high level. To paraphrase a quote from one of my fav Anime (History's Strongest Disciple 😆) if you train striking exclusively through sparring only 3/100 students would survive without being injured. Where in BJJ you can essentially train at 100% multiple times per week and the risk of injury is relatively very low. Tap early, tap often. I see being able to practically practice the skills as being one of the biggest advantages. Especially for getting good relatively quickly.

[@Fwibos]

I wish HEMA focused more on not getting hit. It should be primary importance. If you watch tourneys, people in plastic armor basically ignore the opponent. Bit many of us mimic Blossfechten - no armor. So all that safety equipment resembles Harnischfecten - armored fighting

[@antonomaseapophasis5142]

This video leads me to believe that MW is presenting a series of small elemental videos to develop a truly big idea based on a comprehensive analysis of martial arts.

[@MarkWildman]

we could certainly do that. is that something people want. my engineering redesign of defensive arts?

[@sambsialia]

Im glad you brought up dueling, because combat is not dueling even though dueling can happen in combat. I like Anthony Cummings work on the Japanese combat school the Natori Ryu. Interestingly, samurai fought in three or more person units, like modern infantry, and not normally one on one like in a glorified Hollywood duel. Also, some of the important schooling was not so much the “perfect” cut or blade dance, rather it was often common sense like stab your target three times in the same hole to make sure he bleeds, etc. When I study judo, I find that tournament techniques were designed to allow your opponent to live and not be killed or maimed. In ufc, Rousy can judo “gentle way” slam her opponent on their back. In combat, a shoulder throw you spin in the opposite direction to slam your enemy down on his face and break his neck and arm instead, like Spock does Khan/Cumberbatch in Star Trek.

[@giatonpeonta8071]

great thoughts on training being (almost) engineered to make people quit early. works like a sift. in BJJ they say that most people quit at the blue belt. not true, most people quit when they're still white belts, but the problem is that no-one cares as long as there's enough people to keep the room full, and the people who quit are not those on whom the instructors have invested a lot of time and energy caring about people's health in the long run is also another issue, as you point out.

[@Liam1991]

From my own training with Krav Maga Global, I've found it to fill in the gaps I couldn't get from other martial arts I've done. I've previously trained in Kickboxing, Goju Karate, Taiho Jitsu, and Judo. I enjoyed the training, but I felt they didn't meet my needs for self defense. Those who say MMA is all the need, needs to understand your not going to learn things like, •Multiple attackers •Defending against weapons •If legal in your country, learn how to use weapons •Scenario training •De-escalation skills •Awareness training •The pre and post fight •Have some understanding about your country's self defense law, just incase you have to justify your actions in court We do have people in the KMG community who are training in MMA or BJJ, so they can then reverse engineer the skills into their Krav Maga training. I will say, just like any martial arts, Krav Maga does have bad schools. So, best thing to do is to do some homework on the school you wanna train at.

[@shantanusapru]

Interesting. What's your take on Kali/Eskrima for all these? That is supposedly a 'complete' fighting system incorporating attacks & defence against all these scenarios (but then one can say the same for many others, incl. karate, kung fu etc)...

[@Liam1991]

@@shantanusapru from what I've read, thier unarmed skills are not as good as thier weapon skills. I personally would love to learn Kali, just so I have a good understanding how to use weapons. From what I've seen online, I don't think their way of defending against weapons are practical for real life. I would rely on my Krav Maga skills to defend against weapons, with some adjustments from my previous training.

[@shantanusapru]

@@Liam1991 Ah, okay. So, weapons-wise it is more offence-focused than defence-focused...I understand now. Thanks for responding!

[@kennethapple4858]

I am so jazzed for this. Thank you.

[@Zac_Bracher]

Dope video and a great primer into your thought/design process and consideration 🤘 Worth waiting a day for 20 minutes of content 😎 🤘

[@shantanusapru]

You talked about traditional martial arts, specifically Chinese & Japanese (presumably as they are the commonest). What's your take/opinion on the Korean traditional martial arts, as well as Kalaripayattu? (it's a traditional Indian martial art - more specifically from Kerala - one of the oldest martial arts; there are many other 'traditional Indian martial arts' depending on geographic region & culture)

[@MarkWildman]

Hapkiddo is very well designed, it’s very similar to what I studied in the 90s. I like the Korean sword art (mostly for the great pants) hai dong gum do… I’m definitely misspelling that

[@MarkWildman]

They do weird spinal stuff in Indian martial arts and I’m not sure why??🤷🏻‍♂️

[@shantanusapru]

@@MarkWildman 😂 True! I'm not a martial artist nor a martial arts historian, so I don't know why. Perhaps someone here might know & inform us...? Maybe due to a Yoga influence...?? Just idle speculation on my part...

[@Sparrowhawk187]

Dog at 13:35 in yonder window.

[@patricktoth-meyers5044]

Would really love to see a friendly discussion / exhibition between Mark Wildman and Ramsey Dewey, would be instructive and entertaining to see their different philosophies interact.

[@Fwibos]

This.

[@MarkWildman]

I would do a discussion. I’ll have to look this gentleman up

[@patricktoth-meyers5044]

@@MarkWildman @Mark Wildman he's an interesting guy, runs a fight gym in China, rich buttery voice, has ring experience, very skeptical views on traditional martial arts, krav maga. He's had a long chat with Lebe Stark Re kettlebelling etc, so I'm sure the two of you would be able to find a lot of common ground to your own interests, and those of your respective audiences.

[@patricktoth-meyers5044]

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[@jaycegibson1454]

I’ve seen boxing work against multiple opponents and I’d like your thoughts on that

[@MarkWildman]

Love it. Love it even more if they switch stance

[@Liam1991]

From my training with Krav Maga Global, I would say boxing with front and side kicks is the best way to deal with multiple attackers. You just have to make sure your circle around them, so you only have to deal with 1 at a time

[@jasonacraft]

Training staff arrived last night! What’s next!? 🙌

[@MarkWildman]

Making videos on Monday for it if the schedule stays the same

[@chasmj3268]

This next phase is gonna be fun.

[@haroldpapillon4686]

Bring in them skills. Keep them coming.🤙🏾

[@PatrickCatrick]

Yes!!! Weapon video with less than 1 minute weapon presentation. Cross brain Nerdome!!

[@antonipoblocki]

Muscle imbalances are a real deal. I've been doing sword and shield fighting for ca. 18 years and even 8 years of KB didn't even them out.

[@MarkWildman]

Where do you train? Sword and shield. Back sword and buckler?

[@antonipoblocki]

@@MarkWildman I train with the reanactment group Wataha in Poznań and I did KB in Pretorium Poznań to about 2 years ago (now I train them at home).

[@antonipoblocki]

@@MarkWildman and for the second question. I fight with a long sax knife and a 70cm round shield. Sometimes with a dane axe

[@MarkWildman]

@@antonipoblocki that's awesome.

[@MarkWildman]

@@antonipoblocki are you guys doing hema armor or metal armor. id love to know more about dane axe drills. a fantastic historical weapon.

[@khdur]

Yes.

[@thebigchimpanski4783]

Sounds great. Are you going to do any Wing Chun dummy exercises?

[@MarkWildman]

not unless someone sends me a few wing chun dummies

[@thebigchimpanski4783]

@@MarkWildman Sadly, all I have is an "attach mate" that is a hunk of plastic that attaches to a wavemaster and turns it into a pseudo wing Chun dummy. Hell of a lot cheaper, and not as heavy and bulky as a wooden one.

[@BenSemisch]

I had to go back and check the last video to make sure I wasn't hallucinating that you have tattoos now, then I looked closer and noticed they were probably part of a costume.

[@brockadcock2735]

Are you from Louisville?

[@MarkWildman]

Nope

[@patsprehe4538]

Modern martial arts like Krav Maga and MMA are designed to be taught and be effective in a short amount of time. Traditional martial arts like Karate and Kung Fu are studied for years and become incredibly detail oriented. This is why you can find doddering old men who have studied for 60 years and when you try to punch them they touch you and your arm stops working. It reaches the point of detail where some minute detail, like turning your heel in vs turning your toes (which gives you the same foot position either way) out becomes maniacally important in the correct execution of technique. Not something you can do in combat without years of real fight experience and in-depth study.

[@utubepunk]

So is there a Cold Steel polypropylene machete? 🤔

[@MarkWildman]

Not that I know off…. Seems like an obvious product for them to make though

[@utubepunk]

@@MarkWildman Exactly!

[@adriangburgos8205]

Love the idea about the Brooklyn bat. But, as an European. It's illegal to have things like that on the streets. What would the benefits in your day to day life? Probably feel more secure and react to something dangerous if happens. Also, are you going to talk about how to train in real conditions? Alone just doing drills and hitting stuff?

[@utubepunk]

You can't have a bat? What about a stick? A cane?

[@adriangburgos8205]

@@utubepunk Probably that would be fine. I believe if I go out with a bat, I will get arrested for having a "weapon". I just wondering Mark's opinion about the use of these skills on the day to day (he does crazy things all over the world so, he may need them more often).

[@Rid3thetig3r]

@@utubepunk Nothing longer than a medical crutch (the type with the upper arm brace), but even then if the cops catch you with it and your limp game is weak, you'll be in trouble. Having said that, sports shops are selling lots of baseball bats but relatively few baseballs, so SOMEONE has a bat...

[@MarkWildman]

Unbreakable umbrella… slide under the radar

[@Rid3thetig3r]

Quarterstaff training should be the way forward. The zombies are among us people!

[@Fwibos]

So I always volunteered to fight left handed against our left handers.

[@MarkWildman]

Good plan

[@Fwibos]

You ever look at Destreza? I think you'd get a kick out of its "engineered" nature.

[@MarkWildman]

Do you have a website link?

[@markvick6138]

for hand weapons you need to build powerful grip and forearms - a day without blood is a day with out sun shine

[@MarkWildman]

Conveniently we have hundreds of videos on kettlebells, clubs and maces

[@markvick6138]

@@MarkWildman you need more then them for grip and forearms- arm wrestling training

[@cucciafr68]

@@markvick6138 If you swing around a 25+ lb single club for training your grips and forearms will get very strong. Gi grappling is great for forearms as well (the grip strength goes up too, but it's a different type).

[@markvick6138]

@@cucciafr68 i do that but after 30min of single sword very vigorous sparring my wrist is cooked

[@cucciafr68]

@@markvick6138 I would assume you'd need to find a workout with a very light implement and very long time under tension to build up that wrist endurance. Are there drills with the sword that specifically target wrist durability?

[@MohamedAmine-nq5rj]

woow tattoo is that a real one!

[@MarkWildman]

Left over fakes from Halloween

[@utubepunk]

@@MarkWildman Oh nice! Who or what did you go as?

[@MarkWildman]

Batman captured by Harley Quinn

[@utubepunk]

@@MarkWildman NOICE!

[@shak535]

you have changed the way I'v come to understand you ,got to get used to it i guess .

[@MarkWildman]

How so

[@shak535]

@@MarkWildman I watch your legs and arms very closely when you instruct now I keep trying to read them .. just kidding you're awesome . dig the new tats . dig the channel . thanks for everything !

[@shak535]

ha! they're Halloween stickers ! I'm an idiot