Karate Teacher Addresses MYTHS In Martial Arts

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There are a ton of myths in martial arts these days like.. You can k*** somebody by palm heel striking the nose into the brain.. what. Or that if you're a black belt you have to get your hands and feet registered as deadly weapons.. malarkey. Or that Frank Dux was legit! Bloodsport mostly.
Anyway, heres my take on these martial arts myths!
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[@SenseiSeth]

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[@Gyrodyssey]

Side Kicks Don't Work

[@Gyrodyssey]

Martial Arts don't work on the streets

[@UnauthorisedGamers]

BJJ is for smaller people to beat bigger people

[@martialmarauder7731]

"You can temporarily paralyze some one by pressing a pressure point on there neck"

[@sebastianiglesiasperez8472]

That you can kill somebody by stomping hard their foot because broken bones.

[@buntingism]

The average person thinking us martial artists can instantly kill them if we don't hold back, is the most effective self defense there is. Your blowing it Seth! Lol

[@canphan1375]

Fear us or we’ll use 10% of of our power to destroy your braim

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

Not instantly of course, but a well trained fighter in an effective combat sport/ martial art can certainly kill an untrained person.

[@nicolaiveliki1409]

@@marcoantoniogarcia38 they can probably also kill other trained people. If trained people couldn't kill trained people, that would be great, because then war wouldn't work

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

@@nicolaiveliki1409 That's true, it'll only be harder to kill other trained people and they may get themselves killed instead, but of ourse it's completely possible.

[@jamescampbell39]

Funakoshi before he went to Japan with a watered-down version of his Okinawan system was noted as saying " One punch one kill" He knew how lethal the Okinawan systems were and are if you find an old school teacher you will find out in short order what is old school and what is watered down for general consumption.

[@jdjtjs6773]

Registering hands and feet as lethal weapons? "Look out! He's reaching for his hands!"

[@SenseiSeth]

😂😂😂

[@TreeGGwi]

“Sir, put them down. Gently slide over the hands”

[@SenseiSeth]

Sir! Put your hands BACK IN YOUR POCKETS

[@MW-dd8vk]

This stinks of fake martial artists

[@thorthethunderdawg5289]

Fun fact this is actually a thing in Guam for black belts

[@brihno360]

Bloodsport is the one time where the actor has more actual experience than the guy the movie is about

[@MikesDadvice]

YES!!!

[@serre]

Underrated comment!

[@BatFlash-go1sj]

TRUE!

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

That might also be true for movies where Donnie Yen, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan play someone like Ip Man or Wong Fei Hung.

[@namelessbeethoven3264]

My favorite myth is the old, "Martial Arts/MMA is useless in a fight".

[@ajellydonut0087]

People who don't train love to say this lmao

[@gxtmfa]

“ThE sTreEts”

[@clearempyrean7806]

If you want to get folded like an omelette, then this is the statement for you

[@thebignacho]

They are useless, getting shot or stabbed is a constant for everyone

[@clearempyrean7806]

@@thebignachohand to hand is mostly for martial arts, for a knife, though you might get hurt/slashed/stabbed, you can still win with martial arts, and obviously if they got a gun, you just gotta run and hide

[@RamseyDewey]

Wouldn’t that just be amazing if somehow against all odds, proof of Frank Dux’s exploits somehow came to light and everything he claimed was actually true? Everyone would lose their minds.

[@SenseiSeth]

I’d def make a video about it 😂

[@RamseyDewey]

@@SenseiSeth I would make a whole channel about it!

[@DoomRater]

And only the scientists would belieb it!

[@themetalmartialartist5856]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LupusRexRgis]

“Unfortunately” for Frank Dux’s exploits to be true, all the logic concepts we know might cease to exist. He challenged everything we know not only about fighting, but also about space and time, and even mathematics.

[@taoofken3037]

Heard the 'registering of fists' one a few times, but my favourite is "I went to a club and challenged the sensei, and got kicked out because I threw him through a wall". I've heard that one about 3 times over the years.

[@esque7091]

true story. i was the wall

[@seppokangas1488]

I don’t know about the registering of fists, that’s funny, but I’ve heard someone receiving a harder punishment in a court of law for any violent crime if they had done martial arts. As in, they can do it better.

[@kek397]

You guys have the same profile picture

[@junichiroyamashita]

​@@seppokangas1488i heard such cases in my country.

[@Waitingnomad]

@@seppokangas1488 this is definitely a thing. It has even resulted in some unfortunate cases e.g. where a professional boxer in the UK killed a person with a single punch to the head, and their defence of self defence was rejected on the grounds that they were especially skilled and experienced at punching, so they should know better to be able to use a more appropriate amount of punching force to defend themselves without killing someone. The boxer's defence was, "that's the only way I know how to punch" and he honestly didn't think he hit him that hard. The boxer was charged with manslaughter.

[@danielkuhl3066]

Not exactly a myth, but the idea that a martial artist can't/won't do other things in a fight. Like people who say they would just punch someone who does BJJ, like bruh you know they still know how to hit?

[@SenseiSeth]

Super silly

[@josemiguelgonzalezwachter2269]

At most it gives you "an edge" and it's like... me with almost zero experience in martial arts vs a well trained fighter... A rock that has an "edge" vs a dull katana... gee... i wonder who would win?

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

Most people who only practice BJJ cannot hit very well to be honest, they’re not worse at hitting than a person who doesn’t train in any combat sport/ martial art of course, but if someone trained in boxing or Muay Thai manages to hit them well they are probably going to end the fight.

[@zegarek840525]

you are absolutely right ^^ It's so funny you think you can fight in the ring when you've boxed a little, can't even take the kick and try to show it against someone who has been practicing MuayThai ^^ kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH65mYGLmpJsgpY

[@ajellydonut0087]

@@marcoantoniogarcia38 in bjj we train to gain the best striking advantage or to a place where we can deal damage and not take it.... They teach us when to hit and when to back off not sure where your idea of bjj not being able to hit comes from

[@BigTInTheMorning]

The sniffer going into the thinker was a very good line.

[@skeeyee1]

It's never martial artists that say this, but I love the guys that think they "see red" or "black out" and they become an unstoppable force

[@mixck]

My favorite 😂 "I don't feel any pain and when I come back to my right mind, I get shocked because my opponent is down all in blood"

[@skeeyee1]

@@mixck yes! It always ends with a lot of blood or "I put him in the hospital/ICU"

[@RainbowThoth]

This is actually based on reality! A huge adrenaline wave can give you a panic attack, which can give you short time memory loss. So it's more like "yeah, my flight/fight reflex triggered SO HARD that I had a panic attack, and in the short fight against an untrained foe I hit him, and I don't remember it"

[@libertatemadvocatus1797]

@@RainbowThoth It's not so much that it's baseless, it's more the type of people who claim it (meatheads and thugs) who would get picked apart by someone who is actually skilled.

[@runakobannister3316]

Its tunnel vision and its really bad for u

[@AlligatorAli]

The most important martial arts myth I need to broken is that, "Muscles and size don't matter in a fight".

[@omega1231]

Agreed, it does matter, but it's not a deciding factor. I mean, there's a reason sports have weight divisions, but everyone has an off button.

[@AlligatorAli]

@@omega1231 Yes. But that off button would be more off if would get hit by bigger dude. Can a 5 year old knock out a Prime Alistair Overeem ?

[@SwordWieldingDuck]

@@omega1231 it is the most important factor, which is the entire reason why there are weight divisions. If there were not, super heavy fighters would win 100% of the time.

[@benlunch7618]

I am pretty sure people often confuse being strong (muscles) with having defined muscles (build) and its pretty well established that fighters do not need to have sixbacks to win fights. But size off course do matter and even the Bloodsport movie made clear that the "fat-looking" Sumo-guy was one of the hardest to beat not even easy for the star until he used "Dim Mak Nuts" :D

[@josephpotts8208]

Yep, being stronger is certainly helpful though.

[@RamonChiNangWong078]

What happened if you accidently sneeze, and then you fired your lethal hands on your own face?

[@SenseiSeth]

death by achoo

[@seppokangas1488]

Self-afflicted unarmed suicide attempt with nosebleed.

[@kimgardner3955]

@@SenseiSeth lol

[@prebanman]

My favorite myth is that the new white belt will go 20% with me in our roll

[@zegarek840525]

and your myth is that you will use 10% while you are afraid he will use 20% or more ... ^^

[@theocho]

lmao

[@gxtmfa]

Preach

[@Pikepaw]

In the first two minutes, “We have seen guys get straight up Voldemorted” I need to learn to talk like Sensei Seth 🤩

[@steffanofumo]

One of the myths that drives me nuts is that a martial art is inherently superior and deadly just because some random army or police force happen to train in it.

[@FrozeVertex]

True a martial art always depends on the user

[@alanvalencia8585]

@@FrozeVertex Fax

[@moustachio334]

I knew a combat vet and remember him saying if you have to fight hand to hand then you’ve seriously fucked up many times already

[@guilhermecastro9893]

Krav maga

[@valkymia3708]

Bruh you wouldn't be able to handle muh krav maga, you'd explode in like 2 seconds because there's no rules >:)

[@Lawland]

Favorite myth: martial arts don't work in the streets because we are too used to rules 😂

[@suzanneglover3146]

I really appreciate you bringing up that size matters in martial arts. I used to do martial arts a long time ago and I was always frustrated when I would get put with some massive dude in BJJ and the instructor would get on me about how I needed to roll them over by blocking their leg. I was like “my ankles don’t even go past their knee.” Then they would say “I know this tiny purple belt who could run laps around this guy.” So discouraging.

[@SenseiSeth]

Yea your coach was a prick lol

[@PengyDraws]

Back when I did BJJ in middle school I was friends with this 6'1 guy (I was like 5'3). And it was fun being friends but a lot less fun sparring

[@ghosthero0806]

sorry for replying to a 2 year old comment like this but i've had the inverse problem so many times, where an instructor paired me up with someone ten weight classes below me and it just feels awful, like i'm picking on a kid

[@foolycoolytheband]

The myth of the monks comes primarily from the fact that the monks did at one point in history serve as a military force and a pretty well respected one at that. The problem is that the shoalin of that period is not the same shoalin as today, shoalin has been destoryed like 8 time and with each reconstruction the monastery has changed. Today shoalin is largely just a church within extremely successful performing arts branch.

[@BatFlash-go1sj]

Interesting. Thanks for that bit of history.

[@taintwasher3703]

The thing that the old shaolin monks knew that other warriors of the time period didn't know, is how to develop strength and power progressively. Now every athlete in every sport knows these principles so shaolin kung fu is nothing special

[@unmessable12]

​@@taintwasher3703 I mean also when he says they were a military force in the past, they were, well, a military force. What made "Shaolin Kung Fu" special is that they fought in formation with spears, armor, and all of the tactics and tools one would expect of a military force of their day, which they did not gain through buddhism or meditation, but through Yu Dayou and related generals going there to train them in this. There is basically no evidence that the Shaolin temple gained its reputation via empty hand pugilistic dueling, which is itself a pretty western concept to tell the truth and with the exception of wrestling wasn't too much of a thing in China at least compared with Europe. They were likely skilled wrestlers to some extent as wrestling was long considered the foundation of learning the art of war in China (wrestling in this context including integrated striking and whatnot) but they weren't flying through the air with 9 section chain whips doing double butterfly twists or anything like that.

[@moustachio334]

In south east Asia monks served as teachers. I’m sure China wasn’t different. Monks don’t fight wars though that’s the dumbest thing I’ve read today. They would have to disobey the Buddhist precepts and leave monkhood and then they wouldn’t be be a monk anymore.

[@jakereynolds6488]

There's a youtuber named Ranton who mostly does game reviews, but trained Kung fu at the Shaolin temple. He has some interesting insight on it. He did train real martial arts, but even he says that to be a good fighter you should learn a combo of MT/KB and BJJ/Judo.

[@rousedrabble]

My favorite myth is specifically in Frank Dux's Kumite interview with black belt magazine. While it's hard to pick just one story, I've got to go with his incredibly petty aside that the judo guys and wrestlers were the first ones defeated. He said they weren't ready for people pulling their hair and raking their eyes, because they trained for sports and not fighting. It's the only shot he takes at a specific style in the whole article and it makes me think he was long nursing a bruised ego from being tossed around at a judo gym in the distant past.

[@letsgojake.4078]

Nah bro. I was the judo guy that Dux beat in the kumite. He poked me in the eye, then ripped my arm clean off.

[@jolonghthong5377]

@@letsgojake.4078 man that sux peace and wishez

[@Laire183]

As a woman that has done judo for most of her life. I can't even count how many times my hair has been pulled during drills, during sparring, during freaking warm up. I've pulled my own hair and hit myself with it XD (i used to sport a 12 inch ponytail )

[@gingercore69]

My favorite martial art myth is the "x martial art is the ultimate martial art" as in... Gracies saying bjj is the ultimate martial art, or muay thai guys saying it is the ultimate martial art, etc... We all know there is no such thing as ultimate martial art

[@liamscott1905]

Except ameri do te of course

[@gingercore69]

@@liamscott1905 i almost forgot, it totally is the ultimate martial art

[@SwordWieldingDuck]

There is, and it is MMA since it incorporates every other MA's most effective techniques.

[@gingercore69]

@@SwordWieldingDuck i hope thats a joke, i mean... There is multiple video evidence of how mma is not the ultimate martial art... Like the mutliole times mma fighters ended in a coma in streetfights against untrained oponents... Or the video of multiple mma fighters chsllenging marines in mcmap and loosing horribly... You know... Mcmap... The miltary style based on bujinkan ninjutsu... Managed to beat the sh¡T out of mma fighters... Now, im.not syaing mcmap or bujinkan are better than mma, im just saying that fir somethinf to be the ultimate martial art it should be better than any other martial art in any context, and mma clearly doesnt fit that description

[@SwordWieldingDuck]

@@gingercore69 first, i call bs on that, no such video exist. Second, no, context matters, such as experience for example. MMA provides the best overall results for the same time of time investment.

[@hayleyb.2648]

One that kinda grinds my gears is when women think they can fight off a man after taking one, one hour women’s self defense class three years ago. No Karen they will not stand still patiently as you rip their hand off your shoulder and kick them in the twig and berries.

[@lothcatskilledthesith6903]

Also you have a 50/50 chance that the twig and berries route will just send the guy into an adrenaline fueled rage.

[@ArianrhodTalon]

The one that has no training but has the survival instinct to struggle is always gonna do better than the trained person that panic freezes

[@counselorchandru]

I doubt this has more to do with women than just smaller people of all genders in general. Women seem to get all the flak for this but we all know that one tiny dude who probably watches too much anime thinking he can just ultra instinct and gomu gomu his way outta real fights

[@hayleyb.2648]

@@counselorchandru I mean, yeah. I agree with you, it’s not just women. I just used the women example as it is one that I have personally come across more often.

[@seppokangas1488]

You have to keep practicing. Those one or two hour ”self defence” classes are fake, you can’t learn anything in such a short time. Join a proper ju-jutsu, krav maga, bujinkan, hapkido, capoeira or other club and keep practising regularly. If nothing else, you may get new friends and keep fit.

[@Punster101]

Palm heels are legit, but whoever says they are a match or life-enders are frauds

[@SenseiSeth]

Bingo

[@voss456]

@@thatoneguybones8036 Bas Rutan has an entire part of his pro career where he proves this. But I agree, they’re not a one hit finisher. Nothing is.

[@letsgojake.4078]

I got flash KOd on accident while swimming by a palm strike. Its no joke.

[@ryanbrown4053]

@@letsgojake.4078 right but the same thing could have happened with a closed fist

[@Troglor048]

I like the ones at an angle to the jaw. Dislocate or break the jaw, maybe even chip a few teeth. Never done it, but I think it's legit. Been hit by a few good body shots (with padding) too and they're no joke.

[@timskinner5198]

Favorite myth is definitely the myth of killing someone with a palm heel strike. If only miocic new this one then he wouldn’t have lost to Ngganou

[@SenseiSeth]

😂😂

[@SenseiSeth]

Too deadly for MMA! Lmao

[@joshuaalach9431]

Lets not pretend that wouldn't have been the greatest MMA moment of all time.

[@Setep2k]

don't let bas rutten catch you guys talking shit about palm strikes :P

[@bladeofgrass96]

Its gotta be the classic "ill just break the knee"

[@jellynuke7606]

I like the entire myth that getting good only takes learning the one secret technique from the right master on top of a mountain or whatever. Like there is just a single answer that takes care of every situation and you just know it without having to drill and spar to get proficient at fighting.

[@SenseiSeth]

Truth

[@smac919]

2:09 this one in particular has some truth to it, though it’s not what the myth is. It started / stemmed from a court case. If someone is sufficiently trained in a martial art and they assault someone, it’s not difficult at all for a lawyer to hit them with “Assault with a deadly weapon”. It’s happened more than few times in court cases.

[@rtyler1869]

That is true. In Australia, most prosecutors will look at your training and hr amount of force used in a self defence situation if the attacker is hurt in any way and you are not. My instructor actually suggests to not use close fist hits.

[@OneNvrKnoz]

You’re thinking of ConAir.

[@rtyler1869]

@@OneNvrKnoz that is just a dramatised incident.

[@HTDJoe1]

Honestly by law, (if your registered), your better off shooting someone dead in a self defense situation, than hurting them with your body. Which is super stupid. You'll get in way more trouble if you touch them, than shoot them. Gotta love america. I blame all the martial arts that are too deadly for sparring. (Brake the wrist and walk away.)

[@Johnny1angry1Johnny]

I have been to a court a few times, a judge or a magistrate doesn't always ask if someone is trained but they definitely will consider it as a factor in your punishment if they find out that you have been trained. One, because you are stronger and two because your training should have given you enough discipline to know better than to be fighting.

[@jamesclark7948]

This really opened my eyes to more myths then I was aware of lol

[@CaptPostmod]

My favorite myth in Martial Arts is that it has to be a self-defense thing. It's perfectly fine to train Martial Arts for the same reasons you might train Pilates or go to a spin class. Because you think it's a fun way to exercise.

[@seppokangas1488]

It doesn’t have to be a self-defence thing. Capoeira, for instance, is mostly just having fun. Learning some self-defence and acrobatics in the process is just a big plus.

[@BatFlash-go1sj]

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!

[@x6ppvp]

Most of my love of BJJ is the social aspect of rolling with someone and training

[@johndavis7031]

I train MMA (definitely a beginner here, not tooting my own horn) specifically because I want to get in better physical shape. I love it because it keeps me motivated to train. I love it because the guys and ladies I train with are great people with real lives and respectful attitudes. I love it because it builds not only my confidence, but my daughter's confidence as well. And I love it because it's really fun and challenging. I honestly hope I never get into another street fight. One of the realities of a real fight can be summed up in the quote "If you ever end up in a fair fight, it's because someone made a big mistake"

[@ZombiZohm]

There is generally a self defense component, but no one training thinks it's all about that.

[@davidriddell5573]

The biggest myth I encounter is that training in isolation (e.g.: going up on a mountain to train away from the rest of the world) is anywhere near as valuable as training against live resistance. Way too many traditional martial artists believe this.

[@scorchtongue]

Depends on what you're training, maybe. There's a world inside and a world outside, and inside doesn't get much love these days beyond the superficial. Take forms. The people who actually watched animals enough to Intuit a form out of them have something we don't.

[@SwordWieldingDuck]

@@scorchtongue they have infinite ego and 0 practical skills, sure. Forms are useless. May be even worse than that, they give false confidence. Also people never watched "animals", there is no point in that, at all.

[@scorchtongue]

@@SwordWieldingDuck "Crane kick." "Monkey stance." Blah blah blah. Nothing in it at all.

[@SwordWieldingDuck]

@@scorchtongue and now check if anyone does those in fighting and choreography lmao. Or i guess i can invent my own "duck cleave" or "badger defence".

[@scorchtongue]

@@SwordWieldingDuck Maybe you can. They did.

[@michaeldion8798]

I've trained in martial arts for many years, and yes, the "registering your hands as weapons" was a running gag for us. Never gets old...lol

[@QuiplashWhiplashWalker]

Greatest myth is that Martial Arts Skills directly correlates to fighting. It’s the art, it can be really hard, technical, and skillful. Learn it, enjoy it, but applying it is a complete differenttttt skill set!!

[@SenseiSeth]

👏👏👏

[@CalculonTV]

If you train boxing you directly learn how to fight? I don’t get your statement

[@QuiplashWhiplashWalker]

@@CalculonTV and if you take that same trained boxer and put him in front of a wrestler they are screwed. You learned boxing under boxing rules, applying boxing in MMA or open rules fighting is different. Yes there is boxing in MMA, but it is not the same as training against boxing opponents, you must learn to apply boxing under MMA rules and that’s the different skill set than you’re working at a boxing class or gym.

[@CalculonTV]

@@QuiplashWhiplashWalker Yes you learn under the specific rule set. That’s true. However what you are learning directly correlates to actual fighting. If you do boxing or wrestling and train that let’s say for several months, you can actually use it as it, as it is in a fight without the specific rule set. Throwing fists or grappling is the basics of fighting. How else you gonna fight somebody? You don’t even need martial arts training fighting somebody but it definitely helps.

[@MarcNuar]

My favorite martial arts myth is the 'That wouldn't work on me' idea. I have a friend (black belt in Kuk Sool) who insists that he could not be choked out due to his training. He has no grappling training, mind you, his mind is just that powerful that it doesn't need blood I guess. Another friend is a Marine who insists that he can't be knocked out by a punch because he's been hit a bunch and it's never happened. It's just not possible. Of course.

[@SenseiSeth]

Yiiiikes

[@udemephillips1230]

My favorite myth is the one where you can immobilize someone by using pressure points good luck getting your fingers broken

[@jimmy13morrison]

Ive seen it done in naruto

[@IanSparkes]

Right up until you learn to use pressure points yourself, then you figure out that is how you train not how you use them. Besides they replace nothing just add extra to what you are already doing. And like everything else they don't always work as you expect in "I hit him and he laughed st me" .. Some people are better at taking a punch than others same with pressure points

[@monkeyishi]

this works i can apply pressure to two points on your neck and knock you out. the points are called the carotid artery and the technique is called a rear naked choke.

[@IanSparkes]

@@monkeyishi Those are not 'pressure points' in the sense we are using them that being related to internal energy. I know many people don't believe Chi exists and call the use of it BS .. right up until they learn how to use it to enhance what they already do.

[@IanSparkes]

@@jimmy13morrison I've done it for many years.

[@DaleMallows]

One of the more damaging myths surrounding combat is that being attacked in "da streetz" plays out like some kind of choreographed fight scene. I help teach a self defense class and every semester there is at least one student who, when asked how she'd react to being grabbed by a stranger, replies with a multi-step kung-fu series of attacks. Of course, it completely falls apart once the "attacker" makes even the slightest resistance. Also, not really a myth, but if all the kids I went to school with who said they were black belts were actually black belts, I think I might have grown up in the Matrix.

[@jarrottroberts9551]

Any traditional martial art that doesn't have live sparring because "their techniques are too deadly"

[@sethdavis4461]

Lol, exactly, knowing 300 instant death strikes in bullshido won't do much if you can never practice them irl

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

Not only traditional martial arts, some newer ones like Krav Maga also.

[@neilquechon8716]

@@marcoantoniogarcia38 Yes but krav maga techniques are not made to be use in sparring situation. Not saying that there is no bullshit at all, but it begin to irritate me to see that much people saying that krav maga or self defense techniques doesn't work on fight... because it make no sens at all ! The vast majority of situations where you have to defend yourself are not sparrings, just threatening. On these situations, your two best bets are avoiding fight (deescalation, giving agressor what he want if he just want your wallet and is armed, etc.) or playing easy prey and attacking him when he is offguard... and there is where having some goods techniques make sense (well, I agree that there is still a lot of bullshit teached here) Of course, there is still some situations where sparring is unavoidable, and if you miss your first attack, it will become kind of sparring. So yes, training to spare is really important ! But saying "this don't work on sparing" is just dumb 🤦‍♂️

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

@@neilquechon8716 The thing is that if you don't practice with real resistence you most likely won't be able to pull it off in a real self defence situation, in which the aggressor won't stop and stay still after the first try. I'm not saying that all Krav Maga techniques are useless, but from what I've seen in Krav Maga there is nothing that can't be practice realistically because it'll instantly kill the other person, saying that is bullshit and if you don't practice the techniques for real you won't be able to effectively use them in a real situation with lots of stress, chaos, an aggressor that won't stop or stand still unless you knock him out...

[@neilquechon8716]

@@marcoantoniogarcia38 I totaly agree with you on that part... It's exactly why I was saying that a lot or bullshit is teached 😕

[@OgeXam]

My favorite is the whole "size does not matter" Size does matter, training matters most, but size sure can be an advantage

[@robertbeecroft5570]

My favorite is the “size doesn’t matter” myth. “Jiu Jitsu makes smaller people equal!”. Dude. It doesn’t matter how many techniques you know if you aren’t strong enough to use them effectively!

[@omega1231]

Well size doesn't necessarily mean the person is stronger, it is true in a lot of cases, but not necessarily true. I mean, reach would be a bigger problem than strength really.

[@longusmitchell9898]

I'm like really fight a gorilla then

[@ethandupras]

My favorite myth is kinda building off what you say about the monks - that is, that you can be good at fighting without actually fighting. There are SO MANY schools and even entire disciplines that just... don't spar. They scoff at the very notion, sometimes. Can you imagine that flying in any other field? Especially in any other competitive or athletic, physical endeavor? "We've created the perfect way to play football. Come learn from us, and you'll be a great football player. How often do we play? Oh, we don't. But we think about doing so a lot." Utterly ridiculous

[@SenseiSeth]

I would agree!!

[@heksariusl8916]

I wanted this for a long time !! Thanks

[@1190Jae]

If I learned the Vulcan Nerve Pinch yet...

[@bartomiejkumor9375]

Never heard of a Vulcan who lost a street fight, just saying...

[@panosorockas]

favourite myth: icy mike saying he can beat a wolf. hillarious stuff :D :D

[@maidenlessjessofchaos4484]

I thought it was knock out a blue whale

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

If it’s only one wolf, depending on the wolf, it’s plausible.

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

@Fishy Vagina I don't know Icy Mike, I was just saying that it's not impossible for a strong man to beat a single wolf with his hands.

[@metinaydogdu2616]

The average wolf is literally around 40 kilos. People romanticize wolfs so much, its unreal. They are just cool looking eild dogs. Their main attribute is team play. Any grown man with decent strenght that does not panic will win vs a wolf

[@luigivercotti6410]

Saying you can best a wolf in single combat is like saying you can outrun a shark. Yeah, you can, but that's not really what you should be worrying about.

[@hard2hurt]

He said "second off"

[@graposo7]

Ha! The registering the hands and feet as weapons were my favorite. Awesome video!

[@ibexsouther7483]

I heard a story of a jujitsu coach training with a power lifter. The power lifter was able to bicep curl his 170 pound body before he could apply an arm bar. If someone is strong enough to pick up your whole entire body effortlessly you'd better hope you can out run that man or pray he recently maxed out leg day.

[@GrizzlyHansen]

My favorite myth is that any single martial art is perfect for self-defense. I've run across BJJ guys who think that they are all but immune to a guy with a knife.

[@sinistermartialarts3728]

A myth that I heard my cousin said was "Shaolin Monks are Karate Masters". I was very disappointed lol!

[@morrison29561]

Coming from right outside of Charlotte NC. Love your videos buddy, keep them coming!!!

[@Jairo.liriano]

Hey sensei Seth I appreciate you for putting outro song longer. I was vibing 😆

[@pinatatomata2221]

If your nails hurt your palms while punching, there’s a simple trick: clip your nails.

[@johnkormendy1696]

I personally like the break ur nose with my palm thing, caus i believed it until i started watching mma and i saw someone have their nose go up from a kick and i was like, wait a minute

[@rossbrown6469]

whoa, the Headgear knowledge drop was unexpected, but totally makes sense. Thanks

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

When I was a beginner martial artist, I was told that only pro fighters in mma and boxing had to register their hands and that if they ever got into a "street fight," they'd get in more trouble because they should know better and are generally more dangerous since they do it for a living. So I did think that registering hands was a thing, but I was never at that level so I never thought much of it for myself.

[@GreatSageEqual]

My favorite Myth? "If you strength train, the muscle will weigh you down in a fight."

[@johnmorley2758]

I got a concealed carry permit for my hands in case I ever have to wear mittens.

[@williamm9435]

Also, I haven't seen your vids in a while. I gotta day, I like the intro you have. Short and sweet, definite improvement. Happy to see your channel grow

[@redrenegade7724]

Thanks for weighing in on the dain bramage, Seth. Racking up concussions is no joke.

[@igorcarvalho2557]

There was this guy in school. He had been a brown belt for some time, and when we asked him why he wasn't a black belt yet, he said that he didn't want to go through the trouble of having to register with the police as a black belt 😂😂😂😂 He preferred to be "under the radar". A few years later I started law school and taking Karate lessons, and discovered he was full of s..t.

[@jacobdehahn1163]

"The dudes who are smaller" IcyMike 😂 Also my favorite myth is honestly the palm strike to the nose one. When I was in elementary school someone told me that and I believed it as I was untrained and young. Now that I'm not that I look back and just think of how funny my brain was at the time.

[@Pb-wp3zi]

Oh dang. So thats why Icy Mike pursued kickboxing! He tried an open palm strike in defense and got beat up. His first move during training was the side kick.

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

@@Pb-wp3zi The palm strike to the nose is not going to put the nose inside the brain, but it’ll definitely hurt a lot if the guy manages to pull it off, it may brake the nose...

[@monkeyishi]

nah its true happened to me once and i died.

[@Mr440c]

These look like some nice earphones! First time I am going to thank someone for a real nice ad. It's quite hard to find good ones now that there are so many on the market.

[@Zapinator321]

Your channel is growing fast! Nice job

[@trowabarton101]

Best myth is the whole "can't use my full power/the secret techniques!" It's like a built in failsafe for getting beat.

[@peebleshamster5189]

Favorite Martial art myth: Taekwondo isn't just Karate but in a safe space

[@BatFlash-go1sj]

Come on, now

[@themetalmartialartist5856]

Registering the hands! Lol great video brother 🤣🤣🥋

[@kaisersoze9886]

I always get a kick out of your videos sempai

[@bobbynelson0]

My wife got into an argument with a coworker about the whole “register your hands” myth. He insisted it was true and was super cocky about it. It went on for a while. He asked “how would you know anyway?” “Well, my husband is a 3rd degree black belt” He grumble and slunked away. Still my favorite myth. 🤣

[@CameronCanFLY]

My favorite marital arts myth: "ninjitsu is just to deadly for UFC bro."

[@jacksteppenwolf6975]

i mean, probably all the weapong using part is

[@geoffreyfletcher6976]

Actually they had Ninjutsu practitioner compete and win in UFC 3 or 4.

[@IanSparkes]

A lot depends on the instructor, I recently ran into a Ninjutsu Dojo that was the real deal. Just like many years ago I found a yes a Taekwondo dojo that was for real .. no really I did. Ran by an old Korean sensei, all the senior belts loved the way I spared using hand strikes to the head, they thought it was great practice. I do remember a color belt complaining but as I explained to her "In real life you can complain after you wake up"

[@seppokangas1488]

Bujinkan (ninjutsu) is not a competitive sport. Why would anyone practicing it want to go to UFC?

[@seppokangas1488]

@ Jack: That, too. I doubt if sticks of different lengths, throwing stars, swords, throwing ropes and such would be allowed in UFC.

[@brianrowe8028]

I do love the “register your hands” myth. Also comparing any one style as “thee best” for all things. We need to keep learning, even from other styles.

[@filipgibarac8283]

ayyy Senseiiii get that bread and secure the Soundcore bag!

[@itskarl7575]

Actually, defending yourself with a palm strike _can_ be as easy as that. I was once accosted by someone who grabbed my collars by both hands who meant to intimidate me like the big, macho guy he thought he was. This came out of the blue, and my immediate reaction - which ended the whole thing - was to bring my right palm up between his arms right onto his chin. Effectively an uppercut, but with the palm instead of the knuckles.

[@moustachio334]

We use the same technique in Muay Thai to break the clinch. It’s more natural than using the fist. We don’t strike with it but simply pushing someone’s head up with the palm is enough to ruin their posture. I learned the palm strike in TKD and I would still use it in a self defense situation because I’m a guitarist too and don’t want to break my fists. Palm strikes work.

[@thatoneleftist]

Loved the way you handled these myths, I remember hearing a lot of them as a kid, and it’s weird how they have persisted for so long. Oh, and best product spot in history, man 😆 Don’t pay any attention to the neighbour’s dog, either: if it knew how to use KZbin it would realise the error of its ways.

[@SenseiSeth]

Hahaha hope that dog doesn’t see this video 😂

[@thatoneleftist]

@@SenseiSeth no worries: a reasonable dog would leave a paw’s-up. If it is an unreasonable dog, I saw a video a few days ago with the hottest animal fight tips I can send you a link to 😆

[@JamesReborn2023]

I died in the analogy about an earthquake when you said, “to prepare it” 🤣 I’m still cracking up

[@themilesinkorea]

Oh, yeah, I’ve grown up with some of those! I probably just gave up a couple more now. Always find I need to unlearn. Well-presented talk, even if you’re familiar with these ideas. Thanks Seth!

[@nicolaiveliki1409]

I guess my favorite MA myth is the size/weight related one. Otoh I am a sizeable person, and I know the luxuries it affords me in melee combat, but I also know how much more damage one can do with the proper technique and end a fight quickly (though rarely with a single maneuver). One reason why humans made it in the first place is the fact that better technique and technology beats more strength every day, but you're not going to wrestle a bear or an elephant and expect to win - or even survive - because there are orders of magnitude in Strength that no human can realistically bridge with technique. That's why we use guns to defend ourselves against big animals...

[@MrRex5555]

Lol my favorite myth in martial arts is the one we’re you can paralyze a person like Daniel laurusso does

[@josephlane1614]

The headgear thing makes sense. It also makes the head a bigger target, so near misses are now hits that rattle the brain. It's not like a bump cap where there is space between your head and the hat where the force can go.

[@laurencewade9523]

5:20 "I don't know why you would do that" omg your killing me. Ive bath made it halfway thru this video and it's my third comment Seth... unbelievable hilarious

[@austinmuellermartialartist2122]

Aye that’s true when you wear headgear, (ive done this in the past when I was younger) you’ll take a kick or a punch to the head because you have the headgear on.

[@watchmanofyah0324]

U know when I did my 1st Dan I did have to "register" with the local sherif. Has me wondering if that was just for more $ for the test.. hmm got me thinking now lol granted I took my 1st Dan in 09 I was only 18 didn't know any better

[@GBlues1]

I don’t know.....I found out recently that martial arts training and practice was banned in Arizona for sometime before the 70’s. Not a myth. In some styles you do have to be a “registered black belt” in their organization to be considered by them as legitimate, or “in good standing”. In other words, “send us your money.”

[@GBlues1]

Well...apparently I was wrong about Arizona. I could have swore I came across an article that had stated that at one time the practice of martial arts in the state of Arizona had been banned in like the 40’s or 50’s and was then lifted in and around the 70’s. I was trying to show my father that I was not, “full of shit”, and can’t find the article to save my life. So....I guess I was full of shit, on that one. My bad. I hate giving out bad info. 😡 fucking Google.

[@mariusschleicher5046]

The decomposing the myth about the boxing gloves is so important. Most people are just not aware that they still create some serios damage.

[@escrotte]

Great video Sensei! 🤜🤛

[@Mememulelife]

My favorite myth as a ITF Black Belt is that TaeKwonDo works....

[@SenseiSeth]

😂😂😂

[@TreeGGwi]

I think your school just sucks

[@MW-dd8vk]

You just need to understand range since taekwondo is fought mostly outside the pocket. Learn some form of kickboxing it’ll be easier to incorporate Taekwondo if you understand that kind of range and footwork

[@IanSparkes]

@@MW-dd8vk And then I change the distance just to mess my opponent up. Do you think I would just stand there at the perfect critical distance for my opponents kicks ?

[@seppokangas1488]

What do you want it to work for? I used to do ITF and I learned some good kicks and tuls. Do you want to fight? In the streets? Then go away from the martial arts community and get back in the gutter, you can fight there as much as you like.

[@josemiguelgonzalezwachter2269]

"Bulky guys are too slow for fighting"... ok... so i guess that makes the Hulk the "Most Useless Avenger"?

[@voss456]

Also that’d mean heavyweight fighters would consistently lose against say, a lightweight/flyweight fighter.

[@josemiguelgonzalezwachter2269]

@@voss456 like yeah we have different weights classes but because we want to protect the big dudes from the slim Kalvin Klein lookin bois! xD

[@abdelmalekheaven8634]

lmaooo

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

@@voss456 They wouldn’t lose since they got much more power and can take much heavier blows, but a heavyweight is definitely slower than a flyweight fighter.

[@marcoantoniogarcia38]

Not necessarily too slow, but definitely slower, the thing is that speed is not everything in fighting.

[@David_Here]

Loving this content man. New to the mma world and uve been cracking me up bro! Dunno any good myths other than ALOT of people seem to think kung fu and chi work... dunno if that counts tho xD

[@teentheblue3644]

Love it when it turns from Seth's tutorial to Seth's complaint lol

[@maidenlessjessofchaos4484]

As a Muay Thai practitioner going on years and years now "This was developed for WAR" has to be the best myth.

[@barnesreid3rd960]

Kill in a bull with your hands to get a Red belt aka Grandmaster

[@Lankythepyro]

Favourite martial arts myth would have to be the one-inch punch. Not that there's no such thing, but that it can do everything and anything and it's as simple as getting real good at holding out your fingers straight and then closing your hand into a fist real fast. Shatter a sternum, bash your way out of a coffin, throw someone a mile, you name it the one-inch punch does it! I'll be impressed by your headphones staying in when you do a full-contact sparring sesh wearing them.

[@wondererika5433]

In fairness in England if you do any training in martial arts or boxing then your hands and feet are classified legally as "lethal weapons". You don't have to register them with any organisation but if you get in to a fight and you hit someone legally it automatically goes from a simple "assault" charge to "assault with intent" and "assault with a weapon". Though England has many, many stupid and illogical laws and in a country with absolutely no "castle law" or "stand your ground law" its the least of the English people's worries. Imagine a country in which if someone attacks you (even if they are breaking in to your home at the time) and you harm them in self defense YOU have committed a crime. Insane but true

[@peacelovingindian9907]

My fav myth: It's good that Shaolin monks have transcended the earthly temptation to care about getting into competitions or else all these wanna be tough guys called MMA fighters would have their asses handed to them😊

[@jotapedonoso4696]

My favourite myth in martial arts is that Taekwondo kicks are worth it

[@SenseiSeth]

😳

[@briannewman9285]

"It" meaning "looking cool in a martial arts movie"?

[@kirklaplace5013]

Guessing you never received a proper TKD kick to the head?

[@overrideFunction]

I remember back in the day there was the World Combat League put on by Chuck Norris. It had a people from different styles. Most of the taekwondo people sucked, but there was this one TKD dude knocking people out like crazy with those flashy kicks that should never work. He was the one person that made it work.

[@briannewman9285]

@@kirklaplace5013 Kicking people in the head is easy. I just got to get them on the ground first.

[@tmcwilliam01]

Love the sniffer into the thinker!

[@markflavell5782]

Yeah the con air palm strike to the nose thing fooled me for years lol

[@Nacattakk777]

You're killing me, man this is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣 3:01

[@OneNvrKnoz]

Another great video Seth, thank you! Another great myth is to ‘just kick ‘em in the nuts’ or ‘gouge the eyes’. Sure, it hurts, but it’s only going to piss off the attacker more. Plus they can kick and gouge back.

[@borkbork6810]

Using energy to block attacks. That’s my favorite crazy myth, Seth.

[@MrParkerman6]

You use energy to redirect, not block.

[@staywaycray]

My favorite myth is probably the weapon registration one. I loved when they brought it up in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood lol

[@67chevlle]

Thanks for providing a look at the official deadly hands and feet registration form. While my left hand and right foot aren't quite to the level of lethal my "other" certainly is.

[@shienxiii.ArkSoft]

Funny thing about the palm strike to nose thing though, there's a layer of bone separating the brain from the eyeball so even if you break the nose bone, it's just gonna be like a screw came off inside your electronics

[@Diabolical-Divinity]

Heard the myth about sidekicks. They don't even work! Nice Video.

[@justind2899]

Fantastic video! I feel super foolish for going along with the smeller going into the thinker myth. Some TKD schools still swear by this idea too along with several of those other myths.