Do I belong to a martial arts cult?

[@w8ngr]

Bjj definitely has cultish behaviour 1. Brazilians don’t like when non Brazilians win bjj championships 2. Those who are very traditional styled do not like those who roll no gi (ie Eddie bravo, Gracie family) Or the new leg lock sensation that is taking over now in bjj and how leg locks were stigmatised in the early days off bjj

[@PowerandControlUFU]

Chris Wong As a Brazilian I have to say Amem to that

[@Tanishqkanojia1163]

Traditional bjj guys hate leg lock? Why?

[@dakotalandreth]

Tanishq kanojia so idk exactly why, but i believe it just has something to do with safety in training it since sometimes it’s too late and ur knees completely messed up before u realize what’s going on

[@Mhurilo10]

Still, master Gracie talked to Eddie Bravo himself to learn rubber guard. He did not criticize at all. I highly recommend this clip, it's very humbling.

[@manwithnoplan5496]

Tanishq kanojia Basically it was considered a cheap move that didn’t take much skill. The old school mentality was that you should pass the guard to get the sub. Listen to the Jon Danaher on the JRE if you’d like to know more

[@tosh471]

Everytime Ramsey starts speaking Spanish, he gets possessed by the spirit of 1990s Antonio Banderas. 😄It brings me joy.

[@treroney4720]

Tash * time stamp

[@hallofo8107]

@@treroney4720 2:21

[@RamseyDewey]

Tash * hahaha hahahahaha... jajajajajajajajajaja!!!

[@yomumma7803]

@@RamseyDewey I'm Spanish and you're Argentinian accent is so damn good!

[@plaunty]

I grew up in taekwondo... Actually I had to clean the studio to train because I did not have the money to pay

[@oldschoolkarate-5o]

Samuel Plaunty we used to clean the issinryu karate school for tuition . My friends and I were poor kids in Seattle

[@tristanroberts8016]

I learned Taekwondo as well. The main instructor seemed to care more about business. Plus the person who started it (the grand master) had this whole 'buy my autobiography' thing.

[@ToiletDuckFan]

In an old school, one of our guys was a butcher who could only pay in meat - and he did!

[@garybolenable]

That's awesome.

[@lucalin2476]

Samuel Plaunty worth it

[@noxiusobvious4239]

"And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home" - must've been a damn hot lad!

[@clerictamer]

The Cult of. HOT JOHNY

[@Kris10000]

Johnny Walker?? I like him too. lol

[@FredKuneDo]

Well, I "earned" my black belt in Kyokushin Karate, but I had always crosstraining with Muay Thai- and Kickboxing-classes, where you do not have a belt ranking. My thoughts on it, after almost 30 years in "Martial Arts" and "Combat Sports": On one hand, there is some good thing in "belt ranking" when you have to learn the techniques of a style and get a belt as a feedback for your skills and knowledge. So you have knowledge of your own progress in "knowing your art". Makes a lot of sense in traditional styles like Karate or Taekwondo, with "kihon" and "kata" or "gibon yeonseup" and "poomsae". On the other hand, you do not need it in Muay Thai or Kickboxing where you do not have to know all the techniques and moves there are, but the things that work for you as a fighter. This offers many people a bit of freedom to work on the stuff they are good in and waste not too much time on things they may be never good in, after learning the basics. When I work as a Instructor/Trainer, I do not care about belts. At one point I considered becoming a "Teacher" of Kyokushin Karate, but this whole "hierachy and authority"-behavior seen on many traditional "masters" who like been called "Sensei" or "Sifu" pissed me off. So I always tell my "students", that they are not my "students". I teach them the stuff I know, but they train with me and I train with them. (and still learn some things from them too)

[@AyeJordan7]

Amazing…..

[@RGMARTIALARTS]

Man youre videos are awesome. Thanks for doing this mate! Really really inspiring all of us out here. Stay safe and healthy!

[@famouswolf526]

Your right about people tend to use cult to describe negativity,and use it to describe other peoples religious beliefs in a negative way. Especially if it's not there own belief system

[@khatack]

YES! We sacrifice little babies to Martial Arts each Thursday morning and every other Sunday afternoon, we recite regular prayers to martial arts in our morning ceremonies and privately in the evenings. In return Martial Arts gives us power, virility and a glorious destiny as the eternal ambassadors of the Mighty Martial Arts! All Heil Martial Arts!!

[@a-blivvy-yus]

This is an awful parody of the beliefs of a true martial artist. Everyone knows we sacrifice toddlers on those Sundays, not babies! This misrepresentation makes me sick!

[@khatack]

@@a-blivvy-yus Toddler school filth! Heretic! We at the Baby school are the true servants of Martial Arts!

[@ArifRWinandar]

Ramsey says a cult is about making the leader feel good, but little do we know that we are making Ramsey feel good by making ourselves good.

[@vfranceschini]

ROFL all the praises I always leave; but this time the thumbnail made me laugh soooo much! Thanks for the awesome content as always, much love and respect! Cheers and keep up the good work!

[@Kris10000]

I was really in a cult-dojo. They teach Hapkido and TKD. I was not allowed to tap on the Master's body when I was submitted because he was "so holy". So glad that I no longer train there.

[@maomekat2369]

Are you it was not one of those shady churches

[@danmclean7375]

Wow that's some bullshit.. I've straightup slapped face (accidentally, apologetically) while tappin' out, seen as a non-issue and forgiven... cuz I was fuckin dying..

[@FrankTheDoomriderJohansen]

When I was a teenager I took Taekwondo classes and one of the teachers felt like he was full of himself, and had some sort of personal ego to push while the second teacher felt like a mellow guy who just wanted to teach Taekwondo. So basically one guy instilled fear while the other instilled safety and security.

[@cesaralvesdemoraes3187]

Happened to me just last year in BJJ

[@MMAWARRIOR20]

Yep, there’s nothing about bjj that automatically weeds the inner asshole or insecurities out of people.

[@UriahChristensen]

I love the "warrior in a garden rather than a gardener in a war" concept. I first read the quote in the writings of Gichin Funakoshi. It is a statement that I keep in the forefront of my mind.

[@eldebarbita3702]

In spanish, we call "secta" (a sect) to what, in english, you call cult.

[@DianaHernandez-gv7fc]

Creo que me da mas miedo una secta than a cult. No se porque me dio mas miedo en español 😂.

[@The01t]

Secta. I like that. Sounds alot more innocent and disarming. 'I'm not in a cult, I'm in a secta' (sect). *People will be like 'oh he's in a sect, that's ok' 'or secta', he's just a harmless dago.*

[@MrCmon113]

@@The01t Sect means separated, split off. So that would have been originally A LOT less innocent than cult. A cult can be part of an accepted religion, like you're practicing the cult of St George. But being in a sect makes you a heretic to the people your group split from.

[@submit2no1mma]

One of the most important martial arts videos of all time. Thank you.

[@bookworm3756]

I don't think my dojo is a cult, but if it were I would 100% be succeptable to it. When I first started I went up to my Sensei and asked permission for things like going to cross train and whatnot and he was always confused and he was like "yeah sure, do whatever you want, we don't own you" and it made me sit down and rethink how I react to authority.

[@BeamMonsterZeus]

This video makes me suspicious that you may be secretly a Bond villain

[@Mhurilo10]

I'm an atheist but for some reason I always agree with Dewey when he talks about religion. What a bizarre man hahaha

[@marcopohl4875]

same. Edit: maybe more like 90%, but still

[@jasonb9562]

Colin Cleveland Ramsey is more about finding peace and being open in respect and humility. This could be something we can all strive to.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

There are some non religious people that are more christ like than even some of the most intense "belivers." I think people take too much from the book as a whole rather than the specific person the religion is literally named after.

[@peytonlacroix9331]

Is he a christian?

[@MrCmon113]

@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 Yeah although I'm an atheist, I think people should obey me unconditionally and otherwise go to hell. In that sense I am christlike.

[@KarmasAB123]

TL;DR Don't be a Steve.

[@richardmolloy6064]

Your knowledge and vocabulary always astound me, great video as always!

[@Jerry-uc1pn]

Ramsey thank you so much for this video. It has made so many things clear about my old dojo

[@k4young]

Great vid! Steve sounds similar to an identity entrepreneur. If Steve controls his group solely for self-gratification, that is bad. If he mobilizes that idolization, that is worse (as you hint at). We deal with identity entrepreneurs in terrorism studies. Love the ref to Acts 5: I just used that in a paper on the Great Awakening. Have a good one!

[@DonnieDarko1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4TZh6mEhKl8m8U Sad

[@norightturn7047]

The Dewey Doomfist Cult does sort of have a nice ring to it. 😃

[@snazdogdbfan251]

Would 100% sign up

[@matthewluna3720]

I like what you said. We all need to ask to see if our teachers really do understand what they are teaching. That is why I love to spar. Show me something new. Then let me put it in action.

[@thefaboo]

Man, I am loving all your hats. You've got a nice collection.

[@FrankTheDoomriderJohansen]

Kreese in Karate Kid is a perfect example of a cult leader.

[@robertsullivan9232]

Damn great video! I love the depth of perspective! And i really learned something about the real power of a following, when it’s not about putting the leader on the pedastal but instead the way

[@chrisswanson2378]

My dojo isn't a cult. Sifu is too good, the best. He knows it all. I wish I was Sifu. No one could lead the same way. There is no reason to do anything but what Sifu says. You should train at my gym.

[@RamseyDewey]

Totally not a cult!

[@a-blivvy-yus]

On the belt thing - in the karate dojo I was a member of as a kid, we had to earn our belts with a combination of time and demonstrated skill. I was very proud of my belt, and very respectful of what a coloured martial arts belt means, because I knew what it took to earn it. I assumed every martial arts school had similarly-rigorous standards for years. I have since met supposed brown belts and even a couple of black belts who wouldn't even be able to earn an orange belt in the dojo I had attended as a child. Over the years, I've lost a *LOT* of my respect for belts in martial arts. I respect *PEOPLE* now, and I respect those who move like they know how to move, regardless of why and how they know their body. I'd be more scared of most people I know who do parkour than I am of most black belts I've met. Parkour's *LACK* of formal ranking systems makes it more conducive to focusing on personal improvement and caring about form over meeting arbitrary (and often irrelevant at many schools) requirements to get some coveted symbol of your skill. You know someone is good at parkour by the way they move. And you know someone's skill at martial arts by the same, better than by the colour of the strip of fabric on their waist.

[@leosolcanonizado4065]

blivvy to be fair obtaining a black belt in Japan means you are a “very interested” beginner.

[@a-blivvy-yus]

@@leosolcanonizado4065 That depends on the martial art and the specific style within that martial art. And on the semantics of how you define "beginner".

[@musicalneptunian]

This question demands answers from an expert: "I am the cult of the open hand. Shout loud. Touch with one finger. Live long." - Master Wong p.s Master Wong wants to make it absolutely clear: he is not Master Steve.

[@aikenodubitan5256]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

[@plaunty]

The will to fight it's a most formidable tool you could ever have in your personal arsenal

[@globallatitude-dmacorporat5886]

Such very wise words for martial arts instructors and practitioners. Thanks for this.

[@Wilbafarce]

I'm starting the cult of the chocolate cake, who's in?

[@marcopohl4875]

where do I sign up?

[@Wilbafarce]

@@marcopohl4875 you don't need to sign, pledge or dedicate just buy or bake and enjoy! 😁

[@Groteskfull]

2:39 "In English it's got that negative context" ...Unless one is referring to the English rock band The Cult, known for such hits as "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Love Removal Machine" 😁😎

[@HittokiriBatosai]

One assistant black belt at my first ever martial arts gym, ITF Taekwon-Do, really wanted it to be a cult. The gym owner, as I came to find out on a car ride to a tournament, was (and probably still is) a grounded, down-to-earth humble dude. This was back in high school, I checked back in after living away from my home city for a bit and came back to see how the old club was doing. As expected, he ended up leaving because of vision differences, let's call it.

[@HittokiriBatosai]

Mr. 2nd Dan wanted to run it like an army, everyone at arm's length and rank dictating how every interaction between people in the gym goes. Heard some kids talking about the instructors in the locker room (as kids, and in fact, all people do) and wanted to institute and automatic 50 push-up, 1-month suspension punishment. For speaking, not even badly, on the venerated black belts. All I can think is thank God he didn't go into law enforcement.

[@rohitchaoji]

I was a part of what I now realize was a martial arts cult. It wasn't a McDojo, since our coach then was actually a legit martial arts instructor, but his fighting experience was only through street violence that he faced during his youth and some amateur fights. However, he wasn't as good as he presented himself. Even though he did have experience in dealing with real violence. All the students were always in awe of him and his charisma. I must also add that none of the other students in the class, except one, were nearly as good as he was, because everyone there was either frail or fat but usually unfit and unathletic, including myself. Eventually, I learned almost nothing from him in the 3 months that I attended the class, because he rarely even showed up, and put the responsibility on his best student to teach us, who never taught us any combat, but only did some strength and conditioning workouts. Now he has stopped teaching martial arts and has become a spiritual guru, but has the same students following him and doing everything he tells them to and regurgitating every single idea of his, even if he contradicts himself later at some point. It was only after I started training at a proper mma school experienced in training athletes who have won amateur and professional fights, that I realized this. Edit: I should also add that none of the students of this cult were dumb, in fact, a couple of them are actually my friends who I know to be very intelligent people, but they need to really do a reality check and understand the psychology behind charismatic people making cults. If you're smart and charismatic enough, you can get other smart people to buy into your bullshit if you veil is strongly enough.

[@edwinserrano1070]

When you say a Martial Art cult/McDojo I think about that dojo/academy...where the uniform HAS to be the official gi/uniform/rash guard, it MUST have the official patches (multiple ones), you MUST have the official portrait of the FOUNDER,etc.

[@CanaleAV]

Yeah, there is definitely quite a degree of cult of personality in my martial arts school, although not to an extremely unhealthy degree. This has led me to clash with my instructors and fellow students a couple of times. I'll keep going there as long as I keep getting what I'm paying for, i.e. good martial arts training. As soon as the situations become unbearable, I'll have no qualms leaving them and looking for a new gym.

[@jacobkeary6740]

*_Unrelated, but I got a Gordon Ramsey add on this vid and it reminded me that he's like a black belt in BJJ if I'm not mistaken_*

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Now I imagine him in the gym, behaving the same way he does on TV: ''I've seen toddlers who were more coordinated than you ! Get out !''

[@ToiletDuckFan]

Hi Ramsey, My wife and I, Marge, moved to a place in clandestine rural area in America where we spend our time harvesting vegetables, like corn, in order to prepare for the day of reckoning when our “Leader” will fly us on our way to freedom on a giant spaceship when the apocalypse comes. Sure we have our ‘Leader Beans’ and occasionally he does drive past in his opulent 1900’s car only to bless us by splashing dirt in our face; and sure we never see HIS face and our blind devotion is never paid in any financial form... My question is: Is my martial arts school a McDojo?

[@Altitudes]

I understand now. We must eliminate the Steves as the Great Ramsey has commanded.

[@Masternjs]

These thumbnails getting crazy

[@unnamedchannel2202]

Languages are changing in time. Kult (cult) can have a negative connotation in German as well. While kultisch the related adjective especially among young people means awesome. Which is awesome since awesome is an awesome word. How comes awesome has a positive connotation?

[@fi4re]

The word "awesome" is autological: it describes itself.

[@unnamedchannel2202]

@@fi4re, so true! A selfdiscribing selfdescription! 🤣 Just thinking of "Да, правда!" which is Russian literally "Yes, the truth!" The phrase actually says: "You idiot, you are dumb as hell! You know nothing and that is a polite understatement!"

[@MrCmon113]

I guess it probably lost it's negative side at some point. For that we have awe-full. There's also the weird case of terrific and horrific, only one of which can be positive.

[@lovecraft4780]

Ramsey you're pretty charismatic, brother. If you started a cult I would very seriously consider joining. Additionally I would venture to mention that the negative connotations related to cults didn't just pop up out of thin air. It's there for a good reason.

[@MrCmon113]

He has a speaking cadence that I usually only hear in people, who talk a lot of bullshit. So I was quite surprised that I don't strongly disagree with his takes for the most part.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

It would be really interesting to talk to you in person, about religion. We have very different options and we have some fundamental in common. But I also "fear" we may never talk again because of our difference. If I visit China next year, I will definitely try to find your gym (for martial art only).

[@RamseyDewey]

Man, if I only talked to people exactly like me I would talk to no one. Let me know when you’re in town!

[@theMightywooosh]

13:21 - I thought he was going to say "check yourself before you wreck yourself"

Your videos are fascinating to no end. They say you talk about death is amazing among other serious topics. Thank you for making these videos. Now get out there and make a video about Benny The Jet Urquidez!

[@asarishepard8171]

Very good vid. I studied etymology and your going over how the word cult is used is amazing

[@joker6558]

I think mcdojos are fine. It’s a good way to see if you like martial arts, have fun, make some friends etc. After you see if being a fighter is something you want, you just go to one of those more hardcore gyms. I think as long as the dojo is transparent then it is fine.

[@a-blivvy-yus]

I play Absolver. In that game, there is a fighting style called "Kahlt Method". I'm a member of a martial arts Kahlt.

[@Nuetral768]

So a bit off the subject of martial, but on the subject of this video... Would it be accurate to say that by your interpretation of religion that most people have many different religions??? Wouldn't most places of worship qualify as cults in the way they tend to venerate and demand devotion above all else to particular places, people, things, practices, and so on or else (paraphrasing) "it doesn't count"??? And how does philosophy or interpretation of a subject correlate with belief and/or doing (eg. if someone believes in their interpretation of Christ's words and actions, but does not agree with what other people consider to be "Christian" and act according to their personal interpretation rather than the collective interpretation then are they still Christian)??? In short... Would the "bad" of cults best be described as trying to limit people to identify themselves by a small part of themselves rather than allowing them to identify as a whole person complete by the sum of their experiences rather than by any one singular experience???

[@akashahuja2346]

Ramsey, love your stuff. It's funny you talking about martial arts cults whilst wearing that hat. Check out The Goodies episode 'kung fu kapers' also known as 'ecky thump' The most deadly martial art of them all. Interestingly this was tested out against other arts in the ring and this was in 1975! So deadly was this art that famously one viewer of the episode when it was aired on UK television died laughing. As it was a northern art all the practitioners wore flat caps. The further you progressed the larger was the cap...

[@RandAlthor939]

I certainly did for years I joined a tomiki aikido school when I was 9. They were very much like a cult but rather than a leader the cultishly followed a way of techniques. That did not work unless you were doing it there way . At about 15 I got involved with instructors that saw the nonsense in aiki dance , or the bullshit grappling of tomiki competition. They practiced aikido as Jujitsu and tomiki randori( grappling/ sparring ) as judo/ Jujitsu. They shunned the pre meditated and prearranged . Encouraged us to train in all that we could and test it against what we were being taught . This type of Tomiki aikido I only ever saw in our dojo .. Strike training, ground work . Etc . My training in that system has saved my life in my career as a uk prison officer countless times. My class was not accepted by our association. What I teach now is far removed from what most Japanese Jujitsu/ aikido instructors would accept. But I know it works .. I feel blessed to not be stuck in the cult of aikido/ Jujitsu dance . It's not what we say it's what we do or how it works for real . That's important. A bad philosophy normally precedes a bad technique. A bad technique always leads to bad philosophy. That is true of martial arts or faith . Whether a cult or not.

[@paulcherry5539]

true well said Ramsey .thats what tapping out represents injury maiming or death

[@robertlehnert4148]

"Cult" is from the Latin "Cultus", which is as Dewey discovered in Spanish, simply a particular way of doing religious worship and practices. In Catholicism, for example, you can several "cults", including different liturgical practices or devotions. Apply the same standard to say Pentecostalism, and there a wide variety of Pentecostal practices, or "cults". But in the English speaking cultures, cult now connotates "abusive, manipulating, extreme-personality worship" systems, which can include atheist groups, such as Randite Objectivists. However, as a Bead Squeezing Mackerel snapping May-REE worshipping Papist, I or my Faith in general have often been brushed with the pejorative meaning of "cult" SOLELY because we don't follow what some Fundamentalists and Evangelicals say is "true/Biblical Christianity", meaning (to start) we reject Sola Scriptura (Bible alone rule of faith) and Sola Fide (Faith alone as the means for Salvation/Justification). Simply put, the label "cult" is FAR too frequently used in general discourse.

[@fishwatch8677]

I don’t care if you’re in quarantine and have over 100,000 subscribers, you better give my grandpa his hat back ASAP!

[@blockmasterscott]

Fish Watch I laughed out loud. Good one! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aaronweiss3294]

It's his grandpa's hat lol

[@joebloggs5318]

In the UK we also use the word cult to describe a fan base for example the sitcom Red Dwarf is said to have 'a cult following.'

[@matthewbailey9405]

I am torn on belts. On the one hand it is useful way to see where someone is within a club and, theoretically, within an organisation. On the other hand I have seen it skew people's understanding of their own ability, both inflating their ego and downplaying it. I think using a belt system requires a significant level of introspection which any instructor or coach should promote. Not really possible to police this I guess.

[@matheuscirilo3596]

Hello Ramsey, can you make a reaction video to Kanoh Agito vs Okubo Nagoya?

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

Seeing Ramsey speak something other than English and Mandarin and wide knowledge about cultures and religions from multiple countries Now that's the real Mr.worldwide

[@martialway100]

I have a shrine in my house, where I worship, with a statue of Ramsey with his flat cap on :-). I respectfully bow and repeatedly chant the mantra 'now get out there and train'.:-).

[@Fanaro]

14:40 Even though, I agree mostly with your point of view on belts, I wonder what would your or the correct approach if ranking other people were essential for survival. Let's say, you need to go to battle, or into a competition with high stakes...

[@AllMi3htykid]

You have the perfect voice to narrate some mystery stories u should do a side channel for it

[@Koraxus]

"Molest" is another one of these words that has a very ugly connotation in English but is very neutral in Spanish. molest = to sexually abuse a minor molestar = to simply bother or cause a big nuisance to someone

[@Codac6]

2:38 I just realized you said "Porque en in English" 🤣👍🏻 Man, I love Spanglish!

[@Grapplersenpai]

I went to an Okinawan karate dojo that wasn't cultist at all (in Latin America) The instructor was open minded, and it took me 5 years to get a black belt. I'm in an MMA gym that does BJJ but has resentment towards cult behavior. I had luck with martial arts gyms

[@plaunty]

You said cult of personality.. wasn't that a song

[@LA-dh1bq]

My ex teacher was like this, he taught some legit stuff, but in the end the only thing he cared about was preserving his own image and making money, they could care less about the wellbeing of the students and preserving the art itself.

[@LA-dh1bq]

Caring about your students automatically means you care about preserving the art, for your students are the ones who will carry the true art into the future to be passed down to the next generation.

[@sosukeaizen7028]

I worship the jab and sidekick.

[@jettfuelfitness]

Fun note - ‘Gay’ did not really mean happy back in the day, it instead referred to a feeling or emotion also known as gaiety (I think that’s the spelling, gay-ity). It is sort of like a combination of ‘fun’ ‘childlike wonder’ and ‘sexual curiosity’. I have heard from some older folks that this is what ‘feeling gay’ meant and that people actually don’t seem to feel this way anymore because they have forgotten the word and idea and therefore cannot conceptualise it

[@MrCmon113]

It did mean happy. But of course with an upbeat connotation: more like "merry" or "jolly" than "blissful"

[@IsaacThePanduh]

Dude that beret looks so good on you!

[@giovannip.1433]

A contract when officially teaching a student becomes important. An agreement as to their intent of use of the knowledge 'you' impart to another...

[@FranciscoTornay]

Spanish for "cult" is "secta" (lit. "sect"), which does have the same bad implication as the English word. As Ramsey explains "culto" is just a religious manifestation.

[@rippersubmissionwrestling2704]

It was I who actually asked this question to Ramsey, and it wasn't about marital arts culture. The question was whether bjj is a martial arts cult??

[@kamilpawlowski6576]

If your art is predicated on the veneration and propagation (unaltered) of a set of physical movements (kata) then yeah it’s a cult. Mine happens to come from Okinawa. But I can’t say I’m hung up on it. I just never thought of it in religious terms before, beyond what we do when we open and close class.

[@lylemcdermott2566]

Have you noticed that trend on instagram some random dudes post videos of them sparring some wbc champions boxers or else and pose like they are trainers?

[@RamseyDewey]

No. Who’s doing this?

[@lylemcdermott2566]

@@RamseyDewey a young trainer in hongkong .Calls himself phantom something.

[@ccgasdf]

Hey Ramsey, how do you test your Skills against weather they still are effective or not?

[@AurelienCarnoy]

Man I love those videos.

[@Fanaro]

In Brazilian Portuguese, I think it's a bit half way... I've only heard the word cult when referring to the mass of "non-standard", non-catholic Christian religions here. I've never heard either members or anyone else referring to ceremonies as cults, when it comes to islamism, judaism, etc. I think the word cult started being used with respect to these religions because, under our last dictatorship, they were sort of illegal, and had to be practiced with great care and privacy in order to avoid trouble.

[@mranderson380]

Religiões não cristãs eram ilegais no regime militar?

[@Azazel5021]

I find bodybuilding community much more cultish in some ways. Martial arts people are usually very open minded. Probably because martial arts contain a lot of different cultures and psychological outlooks on what martial arts is/are.

[@BionicBurke]

What is your opinion on part of your promotion consisting of those in the rank you are being promoted to trying to smash you just to sorta reality check you? Not like seriously dangerous smashing... just complete outclassing and not playing nice because this isn't your standard friendly sparring/rolling.

[@lucascosta-mr4mr]

In Portuguese, we generally use the word "seita" to refer to religious groups that are frowned upon by society, such as "seita satânica" for example. Yeah, "Culto" is how the evangelical (Evangélicos) call their church meetings every sunday morning.

[@lucascosta-mr4mr]

Some people think that Bujinkan is a sect because of the high degree of traditionalism, blind belief in their "ninja techniques" and the adoration of the figure of Hatsumi, but I think they are just a bunch of martial weeaboos.

[@mranonymous1876]

Hey there ramsey dewey, I need advice from mma veteran like yourself. I brought 4 mma books for a very good (super-cheap) price (considering the resale prices) through my hard-earned money. The first question is "Are mma books effective?" The books I got in particular are wrestling for fighting by Randy couture, MMA:the book of knowledge by bj penn, mastering the rubber guard by Eddie bravo and I think mastering the twisted Too. I have a question I'm dying to ask was wrestling for fighting useful for you as i know from a other video, you also have a copy of it because where I live in Australia, there is no single wrestling program. I bet your gonna ask if I do any sort of martial arts, well I go to all 5 lessons of kickboxing a week and all 2 sessions of bjj a week. Our gym primary for strikers as we have pretty good roster of fighters who compete very often, for bjj I have pretty good instructor who is very experienced. In bjj tournaments the guys do very well e.g. Oscar who won a comp recently considering the fact all the other dudes who competed go to fully fledged bjj schools who Train way more than us a week in specifically bjj. That why I brought the bjj books (I also brought bjj university by saul ribeiro from a other purchase) to train more in this art so I don't miss out on the opportunities that my opponents have (haven't competed yet). I'm looking drill these techniques with close friend who goes to high school with me (if he willing put the time in it) and put these techniques to use rolling with the experienced dudes. To recommended any strategies a approach to drilling these techniques? I'm also looking to get winning on the ground by Ronda rouseys mom (interested in judo) and jack Dempsey championship fighting. How do you find championship fighting by jack Dempsey considering how old it is. It seems I have rambled on for too long. Now I just wait and hope you reply to this megalodon of a Paragraph.

[@spencersashauncensored3250]

Lloyd Irvin has entered the room...

[@RamseyDewey]

I hope not!

[@zachforbes3901]

I would feel bad, if I had a conscience.

[@cwhitetkd]

French has the same thing: the meaning of 'cult' and 'sect' are flipped. Cult is just the group, sect has the negative connotation.

[@TalentDanceTV14]

Ramsey you gone full peaky blinder lol

[@maomekat2369]

From that thumbnail... yES eArThlinGs

[@ktkungfutaichi]

Che Ramsey! Good Argentinian accent!!!! About the video there are A LOT of "Cults" here in Argentina, either in chinese traditional martial arts as modern Wushu too...lots of Shifus who thinks they are gods and have to be worshiped as such by their students...I think that happens when you don't have a solid martial art background and knowledge and most important thing is that these people never been put to the test and sparr, fight, and show there true skills, I think there is a correlation ( at least in chinese martial arts community) between non sparring, non fighting, no full contact martial ats and these charlatans, because if they put themselves to the test all the lies they been spreading falls down inmediately. Saludos!!!!

[@clerictamer]

Love , like religion, is something you do .

[@frankcastle8363]

In Mexican Spanish, culto still has a negative connotation as in English though

[@andreasreinhardt5992]

Cool cap! Maybe I should get one for my bold head...

[@plaunty]

I went through about three different schools of martial arts.. Why was it taekwondo was the most militant You train in taekwondo Did you experience the same

[@DB_Muscle]

hey dude you look like my grandfather whit this hat! :D My karate school was total cult towards the black belt leader. Its surprising to hear from you that not every martial arts gym is cult maybe I will come back to training one day!

[@stevemyopinion423]

My name steve, so thank you for useing that name.

[@chibsahoyy]

"am I in a cult?" Ramsey : I'm gaaaaeeeeyyyy

[@colesaul-milligan7478]

Thanks Ramsey!

[@jasonkleung]

If you have to ask...

[@SpencY9130]

Your hat says, "Why yes, yes I do".

[@Milkeri]

Finally your speaking some spanish in a video. I love it haha.