From master to laughing stock

today we are looking at the king of bullshido, the master of the Mcdojo, the wizard of no touch knock out, George Dillman. is he a martial arts fake? a fail of a human? a con man? a fraud? or is he a true master that knows secret techniques? let's find out in this documentary style video.
George Dillman is an odd character, on the one hand he is a very highly acclaimed marshal artist with an impressive resamae but on the other hand he is the butt of jokes online and the poster boy for bullshido. he has trained with the likes of bruce lee, Seiyu Oyata, Hohan Soken and Muhammad Ali. has more money than you’d think, he is thought of by some as a master of kyusho-jitsu / Ryukyu Kempo Tomari-te and by others as a clown who failed the National Geographic test, one thing is for sure he has more funny bullshido videos than anyone else on the planet. The king of the no touch knock out, this is the George Dillman story
please note dillmans birthday is 23rd November 1942
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[@interestingstufffromaround8014]

Please note a mistake in the video. Dillman was born 23rd November 1942 and I mistakenly said 1972 👍

[@jackdeedman5344]

Yeah , I think MLK was killed in 72. I know he is a bullshido master but 1 year old in the army is a stretch even for him.

[@deankilminster5430]

I was just about to post this lol. I was thinking wow that’s a rough 50 years old

[@lueysixty-six7300]

Thank you because I was just about to post that oh my god he's only 5 years older than me! He looks FKN TERRIBLE for 50!!😂

[@wakazuzu]

@@deankilminster5430 All that Chi takes it toll on the body.

[@deankilminster5430]

@@wakazuzu very true. That explains it

[@ReallyGoodBadBoy]

If Rodney Dangerfield was a martial artist.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+🦔OuchMouse🦔 Makes sense, considering Dillman gets no respect! 🤣

[@coyotekilla3684]

Hahaha I knew he reminded me of someone

[@benmac8570]

i get no respect im telling ya!

[@johndoe1765]

Oh that's not Dangerfield man it was very very funny .

[@taebundy658]

AAAAAHHHHHHAAAA 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@watsisbuttndo829]

He's 100% legit. I've been walking around with my big toes in the air and never been knocked out by a chi blast.

[@vincef7487]

👍🏽‼️ Amazing‼️ 🤣‼️

[@jasonking1284]

But you haven't really mastered it until you walk with your toes down but raise them just at the right moment before that nasty chi blast hits. Only true masters can get the timing right....

[@DizzyDez613]

Checks out

[@ChrisM-tn3hx]

That's stupid. All you have to do is put your tongue on the foot of your mouth and no amount of balls, chi or otherwise, will be able to knock you over. Makes it way easier to walk around. Downside is, you can't walk and talk at the same time, but, hey, you wanna be a singer or a dancer?

[@vinceharrin4490]

😆😂🤣

[@smbchc]

At least he admitted that Ali would beat him in the ring. Steve Seagal would be like "can I laugh in your face?"

[@johnman559]

American! They always are😂

[@JBCCT01]

One of his black belts fought at the 1997 Oyama's Kyokuoshin tournament. As soon as we saw him me and my trainer asked "Does he know this a knockdown tourney?" as we started laughing. This is a full contact, no pads, and it is for serious fighters. Knockdown tournaments are for trained fighters and not point fighters. The Dilman BB drew Takinori from Japan. Takinori hit him with 2 leg kicks which Dilmans' BB didn't check, block but took them. The next kick was a round kick to the head. It landed perfect as he reached for the leg kick. He fell unconscious and was out for 10 minutes. They removed him by ambulance. Guys like Dilman are a cancer on martial arts.

[@naranara1690]

I can see him going "DEUGH!! DEUGH!!" as the kicks come his way 😂

[@gxtmfa]

That’s sad on so many levels

[@MYTUBE427]

Dude holy SHIT. Idk much about fighting competitively but that made me laugh, particularly the part about “he didn’t ‘block’ the kicks he just took them” lol

[@frankperrella1202]

Bill Wallace it's to bad he didn't grow up in the UFC Era he would have been a Champion. He was ahead of the time, Kickboxing, Wrestling, Judo, With some Sambo & BJJ Bill Wallace would have been awesome. The Heck with Dillman he is a Cancer on Martial art's so is Steven Seagal. Combat Sambo 4 Ever 👍🙏

[@OceanBloke]

​@@frankperrella1202 seagal is at least a legit aikido guy. His size and stature does work in his favour. Dillman is an actual bullshito. Seagal might be a lot of things, but his blood sweat and tears were earned in a dojo. He reinvented aikido in Hollywood thru his wifes father's dojo. Seagal was delusional, but he did attribute to martial arts popularity in the west just as much as Bruce Lee, maybe less impact as Bruce Lee literally introduced martial arts to the west, but seagal is from the 2nd wave. Like Van damm. Street karate lol

[@Scott-xb7ov]

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullsh*t”. - W.C. Fields

[@buffalomind6838]

I never heard of that quote, but it is an something we’ve seen done countless times everyday in the News, and sometimes in person.

[@deankilminster5430]

He definitely took that second part to heart. lol

[@emafex]

You are saying bullshido. Not bushido right?

[@Jpo-xw1jc]

My grandfather recently passed away. He had really cool bar in his basement and I was told to take anything I wanted. All I wanted was a wooden sign on the wall that had this same quote. I saw it since I was very young and always loved it. I never knew where the quote was from. Your comment hit me hard lol

[@Scorch1028]

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein 😂

[@daintybeigli]

George trying to pass his methods off to women as self-defence is pretty terrifying. Imagine believing that you had some powerful tactics against an assailant … and then being confronted with the truth about George’s lies in the worst possible way 😬😬😬

[@katarinatibai8396]

That's the point when his shit stop to be funny - 🥶😭😭😭🤮

[@hansjuker8296]

It's worse when you're a guy. I tried to defend myself against a group of 🍉🍗🍉🍗🍉🍗 and was held down and gang r'd. I guess they had their tongues in the right position.

[@CaptainPupu]

That's true for 99% martial arts, not just women. What karate gonna do when a big black monkey stands in front of u w a knife? What does jiu jitsu kungfu tai chi gonna do when someone starts throwing sucker punches at you? Nothing. Martial arts is a scam and FALSE self defense. TO MEN AND WONEN they walk away thinking they're terminators

[@jdaws4896]

Very true, it’s entertainment not self defence

[@Daveforever]

don't be sexist! EVERYBODY KNOWS WOMEN ARE JUST AS STRONG AS MEN! YOU BIGOTED SCUM!

[@AZ-kr6ff]

If I ever met George Dillman in a dark alley, I'd keep my two big toes raised, just in case.

[@anandamuni97]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

I just wish George Dillman was around when Count Dante was blowing up rival dojos in Chicago. That would have been a far better martial arts tournament than any Bruce Lee movie could ever dish out.

[@deusvult7559]

LMAO!!! bro, you are KILLIN' me!!!! lolololol!!!!!!

[@ChrisM-tn3hx]

I can't look at George Dillman without thinking of him as some sort of character being played by Rodney Dangerfield.

[@Bl4ckD0g]

Well, he definitely gets no respect. Not that he deserves it.

[@mullenio4200]

They do look alike.

[@johnman559]

American! They always are😂

[@user-nn9de8pv7o]

His most deadly move "the crazy eye"

[@MrWayne1701]

When I started studying Karate in '76, Mr. Dillman was a respected Master...Nowadays, not so much...

[@mike2312p]

Time has most definitely not been kind to sensei dillhole. God I wish I was around back when you could convince people you were a wizard.

[@jimmyfale6370]

Not so much try not at all these guys are B's I been in martial arts a long time and these guys with there so called technics would be knocked out or laughed right out of the dojo

[@MzuMzu-nx1em]

When someone get drunk too many times reading about Qi-gong loosing the capability of distinguish reality from the misunderstanding.

[@plank3000]

That’s because people didn’t know any better in ‘76

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

@@mike2312p Those were the glory days. I hate where martial arts has gone. Everyone wants to do MMA. Well you know what? MMA is superboring. If you aren’t promising me a way to throw fireballs or something equally at home in Street Fighter 2 and/or Mortal Kombat, you just wasting my freaking time. And none of that was said ironically.

[@kennyboy2372]

I’m a sucker for fake martial arts, some of the funniest shit of all time. Easy decision to subscribe to your channel. Bravo sir

[@perfectsplit5515]

The bull$hitters can always rationalize it with the, “My style only fails in MMA, but would work in a real fight” line.

[@niceguy6152]

It’s funny until an uninformed female student of his tries to use his bogus techniques on a rapist and it doesn’t end well for her.

[@Scorch1028]

"Somebody help me revive this fake knockout victim." -- George Dillman

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

There was another video on a KZbin a few years back that pointed out a lot of these people do seem to be knocked out. Either they’re great at selling or believe in it so much they convince themselves to be knocked out at a slight touch. Strange stuff right? Clearly Dillman can’t be paying all these people enough to play along and never mention it was all fake.

[@BadCase]

@@donkeysaurusrex7881 Just like a person that wants to be hypnotized by a hypnotherapist, his students desire to please him causes the manifestation of said symptoms. When the techniques fail on everyone but his students you know something is up.

[@DonP-gf5hn]

Somebody better know fake CPR

[@aikibaby]

Some scientists went and let Dillman try his No Touch knock-outs on them. They didn’t work. But his pressure point techniques do work and the scientists didn’t question those. If you question those pressure point techniques, and you have any balls, go let him try it on you. I’m sure you won’t.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

​@@aikibabyAs stated in the video, pressure points can be sore - being headbutted on the nose or kicked in the balls is worse.

[@shaned7158]

For the ladies who took his defense class I feel sorry if you were ever in trouble and figured out he wasn't going to fly off of you.

[@Vaille32]

All this dude wants to do is squirt his chi all over peoples’ faces…

[@keithangstadt4950]

Dillman had a school here in my hometown. I have friends who were students of his before all the pressure point BS. He was a very skilled karate practicioner and teacher. His students were beasts on the tournament circuit. Before he went off the deep end.

[@gxtmfa]

@Konservative Kirby XI *was

[@Mark-te8ky]

so do you think his pressure point stuff was legit?

[@ironwolf56]

@Konservative Kirby XI My brother in Christ; there is literal footage of him trying it on someone not a student, no master just a random reporter, and nothing happens.

[@poindextertunes]

@Konservative Kirby XI yikes 🤣

[@olliefoxx7165]

​@Konservative Kirby XI lol. That pressure point crap is FOR SUCKERS. Karate got exposed by mma and boxing. Mma is the real deal. I can't believe there are people out there that still believe in Dillmans crap.

[@Scott-xb7ov]

“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@dakistle]

"Sneak into that hole." -George Dillman

[@dbuck1964]

@@dakistle 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ashscott6068]

I really wish people would stop quoting that garbage. It really should be called "The Art of DUH!" You could easily just make a random Sun Tzu quote generator, full of completely obvious things that sound wiser than they are, and it would be indistinguishable from the real thing. Most of the people who quote it everywhere, haven't even read it. If they had....they'd be a lot less impressed with themselves.

[@bfnew4440]

"buffet table is open" - George Dillman

[@johnathanwatsonson6009]

that is not what he meant. LOL ..

[@robr640]

"I don't know if I should say that on film" Yeah George you shouldn't have....

[@frontenac5083]

*People often make the mistake to think that Dillman was once legit and slowly got downhill from there. This is not true. He's always been at best a very mediocre and unremarkable practitioner which is why he came up with the crazy BS, because his skills didn't match the expectations he had.*

[@francesco245]

Absolutely!

[@Kungfuking505]

I remember reading an article on this guy. The article was written by the late Erle Montague, who was an Australian practitioner and teacher of the internal arts (Tai Chi and Bagua in particular). He considered that Dillman's pressure point stuff was dangerous, but in the sense of "medically risky" rather than "martially effective".

[@Initium1000]

It’s nonsense and won’t do anything to anybody

[@aikibaby]

No, I don’t think you can do better. You never went and let him or any of his millions of students try the pressure point techniques on you. And you never will because you’re afraid. That stuff is real and can kill you. His explanations of the techniques are extremely ignorant. But the physical techniques work. And I have karate experience over fifty years with masters of kyokushin, shotokan, goju ryu, and yoseikan, in the US and Japan. He’s a bit of a hillbilly, and his no-touch stuff is bullshit, but the pressure point stuff is real.

[@Initium1000]

@@aikibaby please don’t try and come here and post this piss poor resume of fakeness claiming to be an expert on everything (rolls eyes). Sorry, it doesn’t work…at all. It’s nothing, there’s no secrets - nothing. I doubt you were ever even an athlete to spout such nonsense. Go to a REAL school and understand that real techniques require real training and things that appear to be nonsense are exactly that. Pressure points are a joke as is your training. Get out of here with that

[@Kungfuking505]

@@aikibaby Don't know who your comment is aimed at, but the use of "let" is an interesting tell. "Let" him or any of his millions (sic) of students try the pressure point techniques on you. If they were or are that good, they'll be able to make it work in a proper situation. Not a "stick your arm out and let me locate this precise point so I can hit it" way.

[@davebryan1890]

@@Kungfuking505 the art of " attack me in this way " is surely the only art one needs

[@JCOwens-zq6fd]

Dilman is thoroughly full of it & possibly insane. Though I will say Ali wouldnt have wanted to punch anyone in the street. His fists were too valuable & if he was to break his hand it would be a disaster. Stupidest thing a pro fighter could do is fight in the street. Especially if they aren't getting paid for it.

[@interestingstufffromaround8014]

Fair point 👍

[@kubikiribasara3499]

you know I was just going to comment in all seriousness, that he looks and sounds so convinced of what he is saying that I entertained the possibility of him having some sort of delusional disorder.

[@DizzyDez613]

What are you talking about? Mechanics always work on random cars in the streets for free. And chefs always cook random things they find in alleyway dumpsters. Just last week, I saw a guy laying tile on the side of the road.

[@deavyhick6803]

Some people just like to fight

[@Scp716creativecommons]

Bas Rutten respected his fists for the weapons god made them, and reserved them for the streets, bitch slapping livers, and jaws, off any body foolish enough to put em up, in the ropes. Maybe if Ali wasn't some prancy dancer he wouldn't have needed a bodyguard🤨 For real tho, watch some of Bas, or another, training palm strikes, if you ever work a bag, or like to train. A closed fist is very effective at certain strikes, but alot of boxing is based around the gloves, and some hooks place better with a palm, if you aren't all wrapped up. Can really grab the ground, turn in, and give it what you've got, without feeling like you may have permanently damaged uour wrist

[@WienerBrigadier]

Great video. You don't need to be a martial arts master to see all the sadness behind that guys face.

[@robertodell9193]

I'll bet 3.5 million dollars buys a lot of happiness, 😀

[@kingofcrows8829]

@@robertodell9193 all it cost him was his credibility and reputation

[@thureintun1687]

​@@robertodell9193money doesn't buy happiness , personal experience that's currently experiencing right now

[@tomatoisred6966]

Sadness? The dude has bulging pop out eyes. Disgusting not sad

[@bennyg9911]

Sneak in to that hole. 😂 that edit was amazing I can’t stop laughing 5:31

[@bojanstojkovic224]

Great documentary. One of your best work so far. Keep up

[@interestingstufffromaround8014]

Thanks 😁

[@silencefiction60]

He sure hits a lot of people with his no touch knock outs😆

[@TheStupidcomment]

Same as uri geller who claimed to bend metal with his mind and you can see literally bending the cutlery with his hands and then saying "look how it just bent by itself".

[@leedobson]

So he was born in 1972 but started martial arts in 1961....

[@docwho2828]

Reincarnation?

[@joeye7518]

He meant to say 1942, not 72.

[@fasterman3]

So what, I took up martial arts before I was born😎Saved me lots of time

[@giannidcenzo]

😂​@@fasterman3

[@foley15136]

I can vouch for Sensei Frog’s techniques. I was repeatedly knocked unconscious several times while watching his videos. The Punching Pepe is the real deal.

[@sramdeojohn4428]

I can see he started on the good path then got astray with his no touch...

[@nerdworldorder6222]

I'm sure he was always a scammer.

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

No touch is basically the perpetual motion machine of martial arts.

[@sramdeojohn4428]

@@donkeysaurusrex7881 no my friend. No touch is just that no touch. Stop talking rubbish. Common sense before book, dude. 😒

[@NankaNemo]

Back in the late 80's I periodically trained with one of Seiyu Oyata's senior students, the late Jim Logue. He was a great guy. When Dillman's name came up it was a very negative atmosphere. Oyata had no use for him.

[@raccoon874]

*the amazing part is how so many volunteered to be his accomplice*

[@YardaFreeman]

this

[@mrbigglesworth_Official]

The narration is spot on, I love it 😀

[@chocolateface4885]

That belly bump at 9:56 literally has me wheezing ,holy shit thats hilarious

[@quintork4100]

i think its great that someone with learning disabilaties gives it a go,good on him i say!

[@interestingstufffromaround8014]

😂

[@babbybailey2534]

Great😊!, I found this special episode, just after suggesting it

[@TheDharuma]

Excellent vid. Mahalo and Aloha

[@Fluoride_Jones]

9:13 -- MMA and pro wrestling legend, Dan "The Beast" Severn! 😎💪 Also, your final thoughts on George Dillman, in my opinion, are a fair assessment of the man. A guy who was a legitimate martial artist, but knew he could get rich by slinging bullshido. And, fair play, it seems to have worked out nicely for the man, so I can't fault him in that regard. Still, I have to wonder how he would feel if his bullshido ended up getting some ignorant sap killed.

[@ransakreject5221]

He was a traditional martial artist. He did kata n nonsense. Most karate is nonsense

[@Scp716creativecommons]

Love severns podcast, and his fights. Pretty sure bullshido has gotten alot of folk curb stomped, to finality. I've seen it take folk to my aid station, a life time ago. Real martial arts can aswell, pretty sure it's common knowledge now, but DONT TRY JUJITSU IN A BAR FIGHT. DONT GO TO THE GROUND IN A BAR FIGHT. IF PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING, AND STAMPEDING, AND YOU'RE ON THE GROUND, YOU MAY DIE.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

@@Scp716creativecommons Yep, Severn is the man! Also, I think that's good advice to avoid the ground in many instances, like if you find yourself in a fight on hard asphalt or concrete, if the person you're fighting isn't alone, etc. I'd recommend Paul Vunak's self-defense videos (many of which can be found on KZbin). He even has some videos that go over scenarios in bars. He never once goes to the ground in any of those videos.

[@Scp716creativecommons]

@@Fluoride_Jones when i was a kid, in the 90s, my friends from more rural parts learned to use bb guns, and .22, in high school basement gun ranges, so they understood the danger, and how to catch a meal, if it ever came to it. Imagine if they just taught the basics of wrestling, and boxing, to school kids? No sparring, just bag, and pad work, nice and cheap, but then they'd at least have some understanding, just in case. It's funny, i probably recognize the names of dozens of bullshido mfers on the webs, but the guy you mentioned don't ring any bells, which makes me guess he's showing some actually useful things🤣 A phone with web access means we all carry greater knowledge than the whole library of Alexandria with us, but general ignorance allows the sparkly bs to seem possible, so there are still plenty of people who think Stegall is the apex of martial prowess. It's going the way of the dodo tho, folk like fighting, and the light of attention burns all that shadow play up

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

Ain’t his fault some dude had both his big toes raised.

[@jakepayne1984]

Him doing the splits and touching his head to the ground was actually impressive. In particular for his age!

[@Vullgrim]

Maybe the only legit skill he achieved in his martial arts journey

[@lilith4961]

Thats the one legit thing that did impress me too

[@francesco245]

Very true! Not many martial artists can do the splits (the vast majority can't), so this skill is very impressive for any age, and you're right, all the more so at his when this video was taken... Which makes it even more perplexing why he chose to go the way of the BS when he's clearly capable of developing and maintaining legitimate physical skills...!

[@runlarryrun77]

Yeah, but just pander to his ego - ask him to do that then kick him in the nuts & the head. Not such a savvy martial artist now are we, George?

[@dinochookproductions5190]

The best conmen are experts in their field

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

I can’t get enough of this channel.

[@cosmicaug]

As alluded to in the video, it's not just the touchless knockouts that are nonsensical. All of pressure point stuff is. Some techniques hurt or are annoying. Potentially, you can use painful techniques for pain compliance (this can be perfectly legitimate -things such as "joint locks") but the vast majority of the techniques taught as pressure point techniques cannot even be used in that way (or will work very, very poorly if you tried to). Like the video points out, there's a reason you don't see these techniques used in competition. Realistically, most of what these instructors teach will either have no effect or just annoy an opponent enough to piss them off. Curiously, these pressure point techniques will seem to work on most people in these kinds of workshops but this is more of a social phenomenon (being influenced by a pressure to conform -in some smaller number of cases maybe even being particularly suggestible) than an indication of their effectiveness. The people who seem immune to these techniques are simply not that special (I'm one such person). We just don't go along with the pretense of these things working.

[@aimhrialta]

It looks a lot like stage hypnosis to me. Have a look at clips of people doing a "handshake induction" and tell me it doesn't look like a pressure point knockout in different wrapping

[@tomisaacson2762]

I bet i could beat Jon Jones with some pressure point stuff tho

[@nickanderson7693]

Ahhh, yes, the rare art of bullshido.

[@YourOldUncleNoongah]

Rodney Dangerfields lesser known sibling!

[@coreedawarrior2000]

George Dillman The Art of Dil-Do

[@paulbagnall5910]

lol. very good

[@coreedawarrior2000]

@@paulbagnall5910 Cheers lol

[@FurtiveSkeptical]

Chef's kiss 👌

[@niledunn4641]

He was a good teacher in the early days and was one of the first to actually study the medical side effects of kyusho. Unfortunately he let fame and ego go to his head and stomach😂

[@stefanschleps8758]

It's a sad testament about our culture in that this is how he got rich!

[@BadCase]

He was a conman, nothing more...

[@francesco245]

@@BadCase Correct!

[@katarinatibai8396]

The big potato Dillman has the stomach so big because of all that magical chi in it.

[@OffGridInvestor]

Ego happens to so many American men in small towns. Think they're bigshots but it's all in their own mind

[@pinkydavis6113]

It's always the smallest men who tell the tallest tales...

[@scarlet__eye9489]

This channel is great!!

[@m.b.593]

I remember him being on all the covers of the eighties martial arts magazines.

[@Election0747]

I couldn't stop laughing about the edditing and the plain stupidity of some things :D

[@claudemarchand1196]

you have my total respect. if you survived listening many hours of his seminars you are made of stronger stuff than all the masters!

[@jeffmcdonald4225]

One lecture is all it would take for me to tap out!

[@mobilegamersunite]

This guy always cracked me TF up!

[@madeline99awfulradiatorlove]

oh as well!! congratulations on a million channel views :D it'll be cool to see when the algorithm starts picking up ur really good back catalogue and properly recommends them !!! ❤❤

[@interestingstufffromaround8014]

Thanks I didn't even know id hit a million 😅

[@markcobb6561]

I bet ive watched this video 30 times already. Commentary is hilarious.😂😂😂😂

[@KobraVR]

It's quite easy to get suckered into some of these 'Qi (chi)' moves if you practice a traditional martial art. I trained in JuJitsu for several years and most of it was awesome, joint locks, throws, chokes etc but now and then the instructor would throw in some random $hit which felt a lot like larping. An example was this move where you have a person stand next to you either side, then they each take hold of your wrist and you walk with them forwards then suddenly bring your arms up forwards and in a circular motion wheel down and behind you. The two stooges were supposed to go into a forward role either side. It was an awkward moment, a few of us did it as we were prompted to but some just immediately stood their ground and didn't play along. I just did it because it was just good flexibility to go into a roll and I guess conserve momentum or some crap but it felt exactly like some of this fake $hit on here. I also remember feeling invincible at school because I trained Shotokan karate and we were never supposed to use it outside because it was lethal and could kill people. I ended up getting into a fight in town with this kid once and he just overwhelmed me. He didn't stay stationary in front of me, he kept running at me, arms windmilling. I tried to run back to get space for kicks but it was useless. We never trained any other punches other than those ridiculous straight punches where your other arm is cocked ready at your opposite hip. The whole thing was f%&king embarrassing, people saw me running away and it really knocked my confidence. I have a feeling this false confidence 'it's too lethal to spar' attitude and 'I'll only use it in a real fight' is really dangerous because you think you have an edge but the reality you got a whole lot of nothing. I honestly think 6 weeks of boxing would have been more beneficial for my confidence than 12 years of bs oriental martial arts. Was my fault for idolising Bruce Lee and his movies and ninjas as a kid 😁

[@irunwiththedead9777]

Bruce Lee actually encouraged blending different systems of martial arts to make up your own system that was tailored for you. Hence the creation of Jeet Kune Do.

[@KobraVR]

@IRunWithTheDead ! Bruce Lee was genuine though, a real fighter, unlike these other systems

[@whoelsebutmeofcoursei]

No, Bruce Lee was very legit. The problem here is mystifying martial arts, seeing it as some form of "magical exotic orient chinaman thing" that is "so full of mistery and secret deadly buddhist ninja knowledge" or whatever. That's what the fools who fall for those martial charlatans like dillman obviously believe

[@koettfaers]

Ur calling "traditional martial arts" like ju jitsu and karate bullshit? Lol.

[@robyn2186]

these trad martial arts aren't bad per say, they just need to be stress tested. i mean look at George St Pierre or Lyoto Machida.

[@NeonBlade]

He missed his true calling, should have been an evangelical TV preacher. I've seen them doing the no-touch knockouts too

[@StevenRayW]

In the late 90s, one of my Jujitsu friends went to his seminar and volunteered to be his test dummy. When his pressure point techniques failed on him repeatedly, he then said something to the effect that my friend's qi was too strong and that's why the techniques didn't work.

[@robertodell9193]

Always an excuse.

[@shaned7158]

Like when he told the reporter after hitting her that she didn't believe so it didn't work on her.lol

[@hitthestreetsphoto1253]

I’ve been behind him and heard him take over 600 zombies and make them disappear before anyone ever showed up. When I opened my eyes there were absolutely none around.

[@HarvestMoonHowl]

I kept a straight face until he broke the board over his head while shouting in tongues. Then I couldn't stop laughing for at least 3 minutes. 😂 You, sir, have a new subscriber.

[@interestingstufffromaround8014]

Welcome 😁

[@annjepsen1621]

For me it was his inability to break all the ice blocks, so he just shoved them over while yelling 😂

[@Bl4ckD0g]

@@annjepsen1621 not to mention the ice was drilled to weaken it anyway. I laughed my ass off at his slip and reset on the first set of blocks. It only got better from there.

[@davidetre]

YEHE YEAHAHA OHYEAHH 🤣

[@awoodfinz]

Bushido is not the same as Bullshido. Dillman was a good martial artist. When he was younger. I think the fame just got to his head and he found a way to make money out of suckers.

[@MortonT1958]

I agree, he was a legit martial artist (various Japanese arts) in the early 1970s but that was 50 years ago. He got caught up in non-contact chi nonsense and overemphasizing the importance of pressure points at the expense of traditional kick and punch techniques. The result is that at age 80, he is widely considered a martial arts fraud.

[@RerunTheWizard]

Quality content

[@DizzyDez613]

12:20 Moves like a true ninja. Such grace, yet so powerful at the same time.

[@paulbagnall5910]

lol. he is a comedian without realising it!

[@2thumbtommy484]

George Dillman has a bear skin rug on his floor, it's not dead or anything just afraid to move..😁

[@anon2034]

This guy could write for Soldier of Fortune magazine.

[@adee7546]

It certainly works! I've been walking around with my tongue to the side of my mouth for years and I've never been hit by a death touch! Explain that, skeptics!

[@jpsholland]

You only did that when the wind blow from the west on a sunny day in june. If you had the guts to do that when the wind blows from the north on a rainy day in november, you would end up in a coffin.

[@Make_Canada_Trudeau-Less-Again]

I had to pause a few times to see if I could see myself at one of his seminars.

[@frontenac5083]

*From clown to laughing stock would be a more accurate title!*

[@francesco245]

Indeed it would!

[@jerryyoung6494]

He was born 1942. When I heard you say he was born in 1972 I was shocked he looked so old. Hurt my feelings since I was born in 73!!!

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

Yep. I was like how did he do all this stuff in the 60s if he was born in 72

[@Eldritch-1]

@@donkeysaurusrex7881 Secret Bullshito techniques...

[@morph-the-cat]

I am engaging with your content to show my support.

[@interestingstufffromaround8014]

We have to stop meeting like this

[@darylfields]

The fact that he actually convinced some people his b.s work😂

[@n00dles79]

come on man. why do these people play along with this? they aren't the ones making the money.. this is absolutely insane human behavior.

[@AndyBrice]

As a 15 year old ju-jitsu-ka I remember that sometimes the instructor (who was legit) would demonstrate a technique on your that didn't really work. You would play along with it, because you didn't want them to look bad. It isn't such a massive stretch from that to the bullshido masters. See also 'cognitive dissonance'.

[@theangryaustralian7624]

Rewatching for like the 40th time coz I wanna hear your Dillman theme song again

[@Penhauer]

15:53 your conclusion is basically the story of the emperor's new clothes lol. So true.

[@randybarnett2308]

George Dillman the Benny Hinn of Martial Arts !! Knocks you down without even touching you !!👍😀😀😀🥋🥋

[@pablod6872]

I misread that as the "Benny Hill" of martial arts, and immediately thought that the video would be improved by playing "Yakkety Sax" over some of the footage. But yes, the comparison to Hinn is apt.

[@lancevoorheestapestrichann9740]

Quite entertaining. I was intrigued by Dillman when I was a younger martial artist back in the 80's due to all of his coverage in Black Belt magazine. My view over the years changed and I see him as a huckster selling snake oil.

[@daweilee1986]

Quality commentary

[@icegiant1000]

When I was 10 years old, and living at my grandpas house, my friend next door and I, started messing around with the power tools in the basement. We had the bright idea of sawing boards in half, gluing them together (like really crappy glue that had only dried like 10 minutes), then we took that board, found the nearest adult, and proceeded to astound them by karate chopping the board in half. We did this to my grandpa, and with a flat look on his face, said, ok, now turn the board the other way, against the grain. Well of course that didn't work. And he yelled at us for running a bunch of good lumber screwing around. When I see Dillman chopping boards in half, with the grain, all I can think of is this: 'I was better than that at age 10, and my grandfather would kick your ass for ruining perfectly good lumber' Dillman? More like Dill-hole-y-cow.

[@soitsanightmare]

Y'all come back now, ya hear?

[@TheArizonaAssasin]

It’s absolutely true. You can nullify anything. In fact, the other day, I went to Starbucks and pushed an old lady into a little kid and I moved the line. When everybody looked at me like “Yo, what the fuck are you doing,” I just looked around like I didn’t know what was going on, and then the biggest guy in the room attacked me and I nullified him by lifting one big toe and pushing the other down. He couldn’t knock me out. Then, I flatlined him.

[@paulbagnall5910]

lol. i love a good piss take.

[@toatsants]

George, the menace 🙅🙆 Great master, 15' dan in 💩jutsu

[@bom6330]

"take it, take it, take it, take it" that montage was great.

[@WestHamParker8]

This may be the nicest video about George Dillman ever made

[@custardgannet4836]

He looks like Monty Burns "son" from The Simpsons.

[@goingsnakespiritchaser]

God I love this channel. Your random insults are always so unexpected, but also exactly what everyone else is already thinking. Top tier stuff!

[@interestingstufffromaround8014]

Thanks 😁

[@jjcoola998]

For sure, just got recommended this by the algorithm and his vids are top tier

[@Initium1000]

One of his disciples lives about 15 min away from me. He’s pretty high ranking and deaf. He had some article about how he made some of his sign language into martial arts moves, it was a horrible article and it was local way back in the day. I looked him up again like 10 years ago. I was really into martial arts and really wanted to call his business (I think he just taught privates) but really just felt sorry for him.

[@ericdpeerik3928]

This video changed my polarity. I'm on the other side of the planet now. How do I get home? 🤔

[@paulosrcs185]

My no.1 pressure point move has to be the throat punch 👊 always works as long as u land it

[@imthebestthingsinceslicedr5400]

For me its the old wrestling classic move of oh look there then thumb in the eye! Then I walk away

[@paulosrcs185]

@@imthebestthingsinceslicedr5400 🤣🤣🤣🤣I shall try this 1 next time for sure 👍

[@henryalvarez6284]

My question is, how can he convince so many people to go along with all those fake moves?

[@AndyBrice]

The art of the con is tell people what they want to hear. If you a nerdy kid who weighs 100lb soaking wet, do you want to be told that you've to do years of strenuous training or that you can just watch a video about pressure points?

[@shtsurfer]

Apparently, when a person really believes his own bullsh1t and talks to others loudly and convinci gly, he gets attention and followers.

[@henryalvarez6284]

Just drink the punch

[@EazyfafoRelentless]

It should be a reality check how just how many people are actually that gullible... That alone is the only shocking factor of this man's story.

[@killersalmon4359]

You tell people that behind door A, they have to sweat, have their ego and body battered, and they'll learn that nothing is certain, something can always go wrong, but their skills will be legit, and behind door B, they don't have to sweat, they don't have their ego and body battered, they'll learn that their techniques will work 100% of the time, but they'll never get to test them (and possibly get their ego and body battered)...which door do you think most people will choose?

[@jtaco4101]

I was hoping you were gonna show the Stephan bonnar clip

[@shonsaunders420]

Nice implementation of the Moe Howard technique

[@waaagh3203]

I know a student of Seyiu Oyata. That old Okinawan was legit. They used Bogu Kumite - full contact free sparring with protective equipment. Heard nothing but good things about Oyata.

[@CoolFool002]

Yes, and Dillman took his teachings, wrapped fantastical stories around them and sold them. But I know that the way Dillman teaches Oyata's techniques are meant to confuse rather than clarify. The accupuncture points were never a part of the Kyusho Oyata taught - Dillman invented the connection because the maoist-made TCM system fit the oriental-exotic bill well and enabled him to basically sell every single point separately, rather than the far more intuitively and practical system that Oyata was doing.

[@dondraper8543]

The conclusion was accurate I think. A good martial artists for his day. The chi stuff appears to be a sort of insanity and also a con. Martial arts students in the pre UFC days did seem to have cult like tendencies often pronouncing instructors with nary a documented actual fight as the baddest man on the planet. So when hit with projected chi the power of suggestion made students go down. It would have been funny to see a Dillman project his chi on someone like Tank Abbot. lol

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

Well who’d want to tell folks their master wasn’t the baddest dude in town?

[@ironwolf56]

Wasn't there a few dojos in like LA or something in the 70s that literally went to war with each other? Deaths and all?

[@francesco245]

He's never been remotely good, only mediocre at best, I'm sorry to say.

[@RMILLSMMA]

I always think the best way to describe him is a hypnotist.

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

People have been faking photos since the beginning of photography.

[@tonyslaughter4285]

Oyata is a famous and respected martial artist.

[@dbuck1964]

Nah he’s full of shit too. He the dillman of Okinawa.

[@tonyslaughter4285]

@@dbuck1964 you must be a real authority. Who did you learn from?

[@dbuck1964]

@@tonyslaughter4285 Watch the videos of his one-hit knockouts. It’s the fakest shit ever.

[@mizukarate]

Use The Force Dillman!!!!!!

[@chocolateface4885]

The chi Daisey chain always fucking kills me

[@fermentedpenny5264]

Great video, I was going to say he looks not that good for someone only 10 years older than me! 🤣

[@kanchomagic9593]

I stayed at his home in 93 he talked me into buying all his videos after time I lost faith as when asking a question his answer was buy another video

[@phillipmarlowe0525]

This one is sad. I remember as a kid reading about him in the magazines. He was legit. But somehow strayed. I also remember him marrying his student Kim Fritz. She was way younger then him. If memory serves me she was 13 when she started training under him.

[@katlynklassen809]

My dad was a boxer in the 80s and did rough work for drug dealers. One time my mom put me in a bullshito mcdojo. Dad came a bit early to pick me up and watched for a minute then started laughing and chirping on the instructors and lipped them the whole time. The instructor grew frustrated and asked him to stop to which my dad replied by just stepping to him and asking if he thought he could make him. The instructor just went quiet and finished as my dad kept chirping for the last 15 minutes. I went to like 3 more classes and there were less students each time.

[@jasonrose6288]

Sounds quite rude, to be honest.

[@katlynklassen809]

@@jasonrose6288 lol I never said my dad was a nice guy. He was however always honest and straight forward and would call out fake people when he saw them. I think it is worse to sell a bull class to people who don't know any better.

[@jasonrose6288]

@JAC1982 Kids karate isn't really intended to be full blown street fighting, is it? It's about exercise, fun, discipline and so on.

[@katlynklassen809]

@Lupita Familia some kind of karate. Just stupid air punches.

[@ltrizzle12]

He looks like he’s pregnant….with an adult. 🤔

[@RikHep01]

this video provided the info needed to go back in time and save my ancestors from Jupiter. Tons of pressure to perform but the Qi'Gong helped lol

[@dougantonucci8278]

I was going to sign up at a kempo school, until the teacher said he travels around the country to study pressure points with Dillman. What a joke.

[@Scott-xb7ov]

Pressure points work in the dojo, but in a real fight against a determined opponent, not so much. However, there’s a “pimp chop” video where a martial arts teacher KOd an actual pimp with a shuto uki strike to the carotid artery in a real street confrontation. It’s fkn hilarious.

[@interestingstufffromaround8014]

You had me at pimp chop

[@Reginaldesq]

it works on some people as it quickly changes the blood pressure.