Devon Larratt & Neil Pickup vs Mindaugas Tarasaitis: Part 2

A heated arm wrestling debate between Devon Larratt, Neil Pickup and Minduagas Tarasaitis.
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[@noeldc]

Now, imagine if Engin was in there with them.

[@tautvydas.slevas]

:D

[@Baptiste_L]

OMG non stop yelling and shouting for 2 hours (and a lot of "listen to me...")

[@bradhackett5703]

Omg no one would get a word in ever

[@FutureAbe]

Bloodbath

[@steveballzack1409]

Lol

[@jimmaarseveen100]

The exasperation in Neil's voice "That's exactly what I f*cking said!". This is gold content

[@aldinoindra2742]

@@Brian_Saginashvili_ Bro lowkey made me think that this is staged lol

[@llllKyonllll]

@Sensei Confusius he is stubborn for sure, and probably dead wrong as well.

[@Real_LiamOBryan]

Yeah, bro, this is it. This kind of content is amazing. In analogy, to keep repeating the first part of the top-roll, without exploiting it for greater height, is like keeping on pulling the lever on the slot-machine at a casino, hitting the jackpot, ignoring it, keep pulling the lever until you run out of money, getting up, walking out, leaving all your winnings, and saying you would win if only you had better luck. He could have won, but he doesn't know what a jackpot looks like or how to cash out. He's just making headway and giving it up, without capitalizing on it.

[@troytueller9992]

Haha that’s a funny analogy

[@petrl9838]

This is likely the most in depth arm wrestling talk on KZbin. I love how they are at the point where they won't only discuss armwrestling in practice but also their theoretical models about it😂

[@travisweedon1234]

I would love to see more discussions in armwrestling exactly like this.

[@TimmyTurner421]

Imagine if Engin was there too

[@esestlloco]

And john

[@limo-swine6537]

We need more of this. 😭😭 This video alone is more informative than hundreds of hours of watching arm wrestling theory/matches.

[@duggiestone]

This reminds me of when I was a kid arguing with my Father. I was young and knew it all until I got older and realized I didn’t. Listen to uncle Devon.

[@samjay1256]

I hate to say it that was so true. I was thinking that so times when watching this video.😂

[@rjharrold2907]

Its actually hard to believe Mindaugas is this technically non proficient, he looks at everything as black and white when there is really so much gray area in there in technical movement. I'm really shocked

[@rjharrold2907]

And I mean I've been watching the sport for two years and everything Devon is saying as he explains it better than Neil but Neil is essentially saying the same thing is correct and I can tell its correct with my limited experience in the sport. You're just simply gaining better biomechanical position and angles and just working them better and better and better to keep gaining position. Its crazy how simple Mindaugas was thinking like pressing will just beat his toproll no matter what

[@Alberto-xz7th]

​@@rjharrold2907Mindaugas technically non-proficient? That is insane

[@rjharrold2907]

@@Alberto-xz7th he's better now. He used to have problems working inside and outside together

[@harlequin2280]

You really gotta admire Mindaugas's ability to fight so hard in a losing position.... That will carry over nicely to the arm wrestling table as well.

[@stephenpartridge6021]

This chat is legendary, honestly learnt more watching this than 3 years of watching matches lol 🤣, end of the day there all trying to learn from each other, different perspectives on same moves offers different options

[@karim111]

Exactly!

[@rilynjohnson3297]

Try getting with a club an get on a table if u wanna learn

[@stephenpartridge6021]

Wish they was a club around here in Yorkshire UK , I do training specifics for arm wrestling but honestly never had 1 single match or even practice lol , helps with my weak wrists in all honesty

[@viktor2694]

I completely understood what Devon was saying and I am not even an arm wrestler😅😅

[@gtxthunderstorm6219]

Neil is barker, Mindaugas is a newbie, Devon is legend.

[@jameshulk5900]

We need more content like this, this is pure gold

[@1283907]

That 2nd Round Devon vs Toddzilla in WAL is the best way to show the full range of the triangle mentioned by Devon. One of Devon's best technical match going from Hook to King's move to toproll to press.

[@SDSen]

Thats the worst way to show anything, WAL was a disgrace and Devon back then was disgraceful. Thankfully he's far better and more orthodox now with improved pronation

[@1283907]

@@SDSen wow you are almost as stubborn as Mindy in the video.

[@josephboaza3469]

@@1283907 well said..✊🔥

[@Dmgolfer22]

@@SDSen dude that second round was beautiful arm wrestling.

[@hungandfaded815]

Well actually he went from kingsmove to hook, then press but ya close enough😂

[@BarryLMH]

Daniel said "I am be the center of conversation"

[@hyperarm]

Daniel already calling Engin, Cvetan , Bozhi and making soon answer video 🤣🤣🤣

[@CATOJOPRESENT]

@@hyperarm that's very interesting haha

[@gillesplantin7350]

Always crazy to see a kitchen clerk explaining to star chefs how to cook

[@gripriparmwrestling]

One guys considered one of the Goats, one guys is a great commentator and old school puller, one guys a Coach 😌and one guy can’t beat the top guys in his weight and keeps making the same mistakes. WHO are you going to Listen to??? Just get John Brzenk and Engin there now let them Teach haha

[@Painting_Inspiration]

That was the most technical armwrestling discussion with differing views from world champions based on experience. I think it broke the internet!

[@TheMightySilverback_]

Best high level arm wrestling discussion on the net. If anyone knows of other videos of a similar calibre I would be all ears. That moment where Mindaugas said a defensive hook doesn't exist and Devon / Neil look on in sheer disbelief as to what they've just heard is incredible, Mindaugas, a Zolty Tur L/R hand Winner finds himself getting somewhat humbled on a statement on technique is so rare and resulted in such an insightful conversation.

[@44percentstronger]

It was not a discussion, but rather a seminar that Devon did a couple of weeks ago in Kentucky. It had some quite good parts. The whole video was posted in the Two One Seven KZbin Channel with the title: Devon LARRATT’s FULL SEMINAR ft. Ron BATH, COBRA Rhodes, Artem TARANENKO. It is a quite large video but it is segmented in about 20+ parts so you can skip to the segments you are more interested in. The part I would suggest you to listen to would be "Armwrestling Theory". It's up to you to decide if you want to listen to whole thing or maybe just some parts of it.

[@TheMightySilverback_]

@@44percentstronger Thanks for the suggestion! Ill be sure to check it out, full thing seems like it would suit me to be honest!

[@ToddOleg]

Can you imagine what Daniel must be thinking?? Two videos dedicated to him!!

[@llllKyonllll]

He’s thinking: keep being stubborn Minde, never listen!

[@ericmcatee1231]

I've watched hundreds of hours is armwrestling footage, from interviews to matches and these two videos might have been more informative than all the others combined.

[@harrypotter8115]

Great content. Need more of this with devon. Devon is a technical phenom and spitting gold but that guy just doesn't listen. Imagine having the best people right next to you and wasting such precious time.

[@1283907]

Now we know why he always loses to Daniel. Because he is not willing to listen and change.

[@faith3702]

Exactly

[@bradgrundy512]

If you listened to everything top pullers said you’d be changing your training every week.

[@3enjamin]

On the other note, very few pullers (in his weightclass) actually has chance to beat Daniel in a real match anyway, regardless if they were doing everything perfect on their own part. And that's about his right arm. Let alone beating Daniel on left in same class, uterly difficult.

[@Henrywillsjr24]

I guess he applied everything he learned here, he used it against daniel recently.

[@shubhamjaiswal8590]

This didn't age well at all 😂 , he beat daniel for the title match

[@devonsstemcells1442]

Jerkusoff😂😂😂😂 such a good video. Love the back and forth!

[@J-ake]

17:49 wtf is that!! hahahaha I don't think I should have expected Devon's phone to look any different tbh but damn son!

[@jonathanlthompson6220]

Thanks absolutely loved it its great to see these interactions keep up the great work neil and the team🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👊👍

[@voiceofarmwrestling]

Thanks 👍

[@TheHarmonyHive]

Ray, these two videos are some of the best videos I have watched outside of the matches in years (across all the channels). Behind the scenes debates on arm-wresting technique amongst elite arm-wrestlers could be its own channel. Love Mindaugas, Devon and Neil

[@hyperarm]

TED:ARM content for life! this should be done always after after pulls :D

[@JohanIsraelsson]

The technique Devon mentions with giving up body position rather than pronation… love it and can’t wait to try. ❤

[@patrickgavin2012]

This guy is hilarious standing there with a straight face and telling Devon that he's wrong.... lol

[@Alberto-xz7th]

Hey it's not like mindaugas is less technically skilled than devon. If there is anyone who has the credentials to disagree it's him

[@whodat7060]

​@@Alberto-xz7thAgreed. I figure many don't know who Minda is because he's at a lighter weight etc., but the dude isn't new to this.

[@camdensworld0516]

Haven’t seen Neil put it on in front of the cameras like that. Never met a camera he didn’t like. Excellent content.

[@zGJungle]

This is like a free seminar, as a new fan and one who does not pull this has leveled up my arm chair puller rating massively.

[@claytonbragg]

I wish their was more parts to the Mindaugus saga. Absolute gold! And Devon at the end talking about Jerkasov 😂😂 priceless

[@markusstevensakabiginfinit9523]

Neil is just the best. Super knowledgeable & SOOOO HILARIOUS

[@ApothecaryTerry]

This is some of my favourite arm wrestling (or any) content yet.

[@laytonpeddicord9103]

Devon and Neil are like the Bible of Armwrestling

[@BullsDeepHook]

Mindaugas is so knowledgeable in armwrestling, that he should coach John Brzenk for his upcoming match against Denis.

[@bradhackett5703]

I hate to say it but I think it’s going to be a long day for John. Denis will hold n hold n hold until John gasses but I hope I’m wrong

[@3enjamin]

John knows more and apply more moves in real matches than Minda ever has. Minda is a prominant toproller, he has no inside game compare to his elite outside level. But it's not what they discussed there. They were on about how/what Minda should do against Daniel Procopciuc for him to win next time (or what training he should focus on to move toward that goal in future), because apparently Minda can't win once Daniel set his move.

[@BullsDeepHook]

@@3enjamin , my comment was sarcastic. Obviously mindaugas doesn't know half of what John knows.

[@Johnwilkinsonofficial]

absolutely amazing content. cant say enough about how great this is.

[@voiceofarmwrestling]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@plotrecapped6819]

Loving this new Mindaugas Edit: His Genius is sometimes almost frightening

[@dann1825]

No editing required, why did it take 3+ weeks to release this amazing footage?

[@robinkhoury5579]

Thanks Ray for filming Gold content

[@True1001]

Devon’s phone is Incredible

[@rileyneufeld7001]

"Hook is losing against toproll" *Rustam babeyev, sasho Andreev, and zoloev have entered the chat*

[@free2rhyme14]

imagine telling legends of the sport they're wrong.. these legends have been armwrestling before he was even born lol

[@travis3168]

Neil is priceless hahaha. What knowledge in this video!! Awesome content guys

[@tomhaslimitshall2375]

Unbelievable content! I think Devon's phone did a few tours with him. Tarasaitis is very stubborn.

[@thegame9808]

Add Engin to this and we have the greatest armwrestling video of all time haha

[@killjoy7346]

He must make reaction video on this

[@CragCatDad]

We need a podcast where you guys rate your losses and what you could’ve done. Or whoever is the guest interviewee

[@jevgenijsalunin9820]

I thought that HOOK is when you are trying to apply all the force through wrist (below hand) and the TOP ROLL is when you are aiming to apply force maximally high on hand

[@madzanta]

Awesome, thank you Ray!

[@sandeepdeepu5302]

Let devon speak 🤦

[@fede1932]

If these high level arm wrestlers can't agree in what a hook is, we are all doomed... I think we need to normalize all the terms to understand each other... By the way, the talk is gold.

[@LeahRobb]

What a lot of passion/talking over each other, but interesting to hear the disagreements.

[@msdweldingfabrication7051]

Welp we gave his opponent enough insight to beat him even worst next time

[@msdweldingfabrication7051]

That "Jerkusoff" sounds like hes good at what he does lol

[@TheAwakez]

somebody show this video to Jerry, maybe one day he'll finally come to the conclusion that armwrestling very much is not what he thinks armwrestling is

[@simonf45]

You just needed Travis and Engin in the same room, you'd have a blast

[@thepunisher1951]

Best vid on your channel, love these debates

[@AlexKingOTD]

I WANT MORE OF THIS!!!! New Content series - "Table Talk With Pros."

[@martinbaca18]

This content is amazing. Especially for me because I don’t have anyone to practice with. I do a lot of mental reps throughout the day.

[@thepunisher1951]

lmao whose phone is that XD, 3 big mens rewatching some dope match on a broken phone, absolute gold.

[@szelitzkyerick7456]

Guess

[@tomasemilio]

We should have more of this type of talk. Lovely.

[@OldManArmStrength]

I like the way Devon smirks at Mindaugas when they're talking about the hook, and he smirks right back, and they both look at Neil because they know he's getting ready to go off. lmao!

[@jameswebb3410]

As Devon also said, anything wins against anything if the strength is there. I really didn't understand what Mindaugas was saying about the hook losing necessarily against the toproll and the press winning against the toproll.

[@spirecat652]

THESE VIDEOS ARE THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR

[@straightvaping4190]

Way better then any 2hr class

[@psychecloud733]

Armwrestling nerdiness at its finest. Simply great

[@azonnoza]

This the best content. Like another comment mentioned, they just need engin there but that would probably make devon joke around more....also. devon and the "jerk us off" bit at the end had me dying lol

[@kensworld81]

one can pour tea,however it will only overflow if the cup is already full.

[@calvinjonesyoutube]

Its difficult to know to what degree they actually disagree on the sport and how much of it is just terminology. I see a disucssion like this and i just want to see 3 short essays exchanged, concepts clarified and an attempt at synthesis.

[@buckenfuzz]

Armwrestling theory. Devon should probably write a book covering the mechanics. If anyone understands the vector physics at play it's him.

[@realdeal1862]

My gosh I love content like this….I could watch it all day.

[@provingastrology4471]

Ray, edit in the video😂! Best content ever💪

[@zeinysai1228]

I would love to see similar content from you and Janis

[@mimisky18]

The AW knowledge in this video is absolute golden ... Wow great content Coach Ray thanks for the BTS best AW video ever...

[@petewest3122]

This is becoming the best arm wrestling series since Delusional Ryan Bowen

[@Average1212]

LMAO absolute chaos. No wonder the youtube viewers don't have a clue what they are watching, the big boys can't even agree on terminology. For the record I agree with Devons' terminology.

[@gtxthunderstorm6219]

Neil is barker, Mindaugas is a newbie, Devon is legend.

[@LisanAlRegister]

What Devon said about the supination in climbing was right. Mindaugas could have pronated again after he climbed. He already busted the opponent's wrist open in the start. The price of the flop wrist is that you lose your hand control since that round. Plus, once you gain height, the hand game is yours so it's nearly impossible to get in the hook unless you want to. Saying that he would have ended up in a hook with the climb seemed pointless, that's why Devon just told him to get better at toproll.

[@mystictheninja1486]

I kinda feel bad for Mindaugas because he was getting 3v1'd and was always being respectful and letting others talk, which turned into more of a condescending thing than is helpful. I kept wanting to hear his actual opinion on why it wouldn't work, what exactly he was having a problem with, but I never really learned what he was so afraid of because everyone else was cramming their opinions down his throat. At least Devon eased off a bit and tried to listen to him and watch the actual matches so it wasn't just some assumptions on their part. Look at the actual problem rather than some metaphor. In the end I hope he gained something from it at least.

[@szelitzkyerick7456]

To be completely fair, 2/3 people giving advice had more years of expetience than Mindaugas had of beiny alive.

[@AzKaraokeVic]

This is what happens when you get a bunch of pros in a meeting to talk about best methods. Everybody has an opinion and they don't always match.

[@UnApologeticPatriot]

This is gold in so many ways.

[@bigriv7897]

Please give us more of these

[@fishingpatriot2344]

Four score and 7 years ago...this video was filmed haha that's 87 years btw

[@ecotec4]

I think we need the young man to learn a hard lesson on his own and keep letting him do what he feels right until he realizes he needs to utilize all weapons in armwrestling and listen to experience.

[@LisanAlRegister]

Jerry for the flop wrist demonstration would have been great.

[@Im_Bloody_Close_to_Being_a_God]

3:51 Mindaugas just wants to armwrestle haha

[@Eun2k]

This is awesome! The dynamic of these guys has me annoyed and interested at the same time, so basically I'm on the edge of my seat! I get what mindagaus is saying though about the press in an open position against Daniel, it's frame against muscle and frame wins.

[@BarryLMH]

Way way way too strong, long long long discussion but great inputs and lessons

[@cannontrain]

I love this style of video

[@thenigma369]

Now that's what I called some armwrestling technical shit.

[@airsoftninja295]

Professionals arguing is amazing.

[@diggindiggenit6540]

Mindaugas was totally disadvantage before the go each round, mindaugas had both feet on the ground while Daniel had one foot up on the table leg, totally twisted hips/torso and spine faking straight shoulders before the go, totally wound up like a spring and at go he uncoils, lats, shoulder instantly in an advantage position so really all you experts do not even point this out when it is obvious same Scenario Mindaugas vs Nurdaulet Aidarkhan, these type of armwrestlers that perform this move including Jerry, Alizhan Muratov and many others have The Total advantage before the go. Now move all four table legs out/extend the table legs out three feet then those fighters have less of an advantage and have to actually arm wrestle with both feet on the ground not their manhood pointed at the audience or the backboard depending on what side of the table there pulling.. this is a flaw in arm wrestling that is allowed and is not logical at All!

[@jhettbrewin322]

bro i need this now 😐😐

[@zGJungle]

Some one get Devon a new phone man haha

[@TheHarmonyHive]

Wish I could like this video twice!! Devon's dropping gems right now.

[@maulstar1]

Could watch hours of this dude! So good.

[@lindsayellis4112]

Great video! 💪

[@Lennymcgra]

I’m just wondering if we can have any more people talking over other people all at the same time lol.

[@uncookedbaconbits]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how much Devon's phone must go through..... Looks like it's just taken a grenade blast and survived.

[@Lunarpollo5622]

13:33 basically tell him that, punch and climb punch n climb, he should be able to get over his hand enough to pin after walking in the straps 14:22 I'm out 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@RishabhTomer]

I did not get the Neil part when he says, Defensive cupping is worst, why is that?