Fighting is like dancing (so men don't like to dance)

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This video is my hypothesis about why men don't like to dance - because it is too much like fighting.
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[@khartog01]

We know Lindy can both fight and dance. From this, we can surmise whole villages of women have been impregnated by his Beige aura.

[@Joellondt]

Lloyd lost his virginity before his father did

[@TheColombianSpartan]

@@Joellondt what

[@GamerDuDimanche1456]

@@Joellondt surprisingly this happend to someone. He was born from a sperm donor who stayed virgin.

[@artificialavocado9652]

Good at dodging fire arrows too I hear.

[@jean-yvesmead3972]

That would explain Milton Keynes.

[@jeice13]

"Oh come on whats keeping you down" "The possibility that my lineage will die out because i cant do the moonwalk"

[@cezariusus7595]

Just donate sperm to every know sperm bank your whole life, done, but you don't see many people doing that.

[@dillonpierce7599]

Well as a guy that can't dance and doesn't really appreciate a woman that isn't trying to dance sexy I guess it's obvious the kind of women I'm looking for 😅😅

[@vegetorat]

@@cezariusus7595 Right, and get back-traced with genetic sequencing and have the mom hold you liable for child support. Great Idea.

[@viktordickinson7844]

@@vegetorat not how that works

[@MrSchrootenstein]

@@viktordickinson7844 Has happend in the US atleast once

[@ErnestoPresso]

You've clearly never seen a slav with an AK dancing to Hardbass

[@juanfranciscocosta5387]

Oy blin

[@Mesjach]

You mean a fellow gopnik?

[@maravnir525]

Slav dancers best dancers

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

Technically he wouldn't be dancing. He'd be so drunk his dancing would be ascended onto a brand new plain of dancing existence.

[@erfgtdsfsdf6993]

i guess you mean Russian

[@creepymaestro2843]

Lloyd could talk about the history of erasers and somehow keep me intrigued the entire time

[@Trollificusv2]

"Doorstops, and how the Romans used them to deafeat the Gauls"

[@sirsanti8408]

He has a video about British coinage that’s like an hour, listened to every minute of it

[@st0rmrider]

I wonder who discovered the Molybdenum and eraser combination

[@Blitz-0012]

>goes to British nightclub >stabbed

[@ewen666]

Soup Roleplay LET ME SHOW YOU ITS FEATURES

[@cranknlesdesires]

not good enough at dancing you see.

[@twinsen1949]

Escalation lmao

[@Beriorn]

It's because it's generally frowned upon to stab people in the ball room.

[@mrmegahousefly]

You have never been to Glasgow.

[@rodigoduterte9192]

You've probably never been live under British medieval King either

[@korstmahler]

Some form of homicide on the performance surface.

[@Tarantio1983]

Nobody Important I reckon there's at least one nightclub or pub in most British towns that have to deal with these issues, after all look at the average crowd in a Weatherspoons on a weekend!!!

Finns, tango and puukkos comes to mind... 🙂

[@cameronwhittle784]

Came for the in-depth analysis of Roman battle tactics, stayed for the evolutionary psychology breakdown of dance

[@hennyzhi2261]

I'm so glad I found his channel by chance.

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

hehe break down

[@rileyernst9086]

Loyd: Do you want to dance? Lady looks sideways Boyfriend: Grrrrr Loyd pulls out note book: Fascinating. Thank you both and good evening.

[@quatrixx]

"People who can't dance have a vested interest in making people think dancing is for sissies..." Hm... So since you can dance well, that means you have a vested interest in making everyone think dancing is cool, like fighting for example! This whole video is a trick!

[@Trollificusv2]

Clearly, somebody needs to get stabbed, eh?

[@hommhommhomm]

@@Trollificusv2 lol

[@mrosskne]

I doubt he's ever asked a single person why they don't enjoy dancing

[@joelp23]

I don’t think it’s a trick cos I think it’s true. he didn’t mean everyone I think he meant a certain type of person. I can’t dance at all but I think it should be looked at in the way he is saying.

[@garethstreet9032]

“Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.” - Confucius

[@midshipman8654]

“never dance with a man who doesnt have a sword” -me

[@mattaffenit9898]

Eh... I prefer maces anyway. More regal. Better against armor. Fits my, uh... bulky frame better.

[@helium-379]

@@mattaffenit9898 War hammers are more effective.

[@mattaffenit9898]

@@helium-379 True, and I do love warhammers, but you still have to worry about edg... no, not really edge alignment, it doesn't have an edge. Mallet or beak alignment? Face alignment? Maces don't have a front side, that's what I'm saying. I'm large and bulky - it's not always easy to make sure a weapon is facing the same way when half of the reach your stubby arms get is taken up by reaching the center line so you can smack your opponent in the face and your fine motor control is borderline nonexistent to the point of handwriting being physically agonizing. Maces you can hit with any part of the head facing any direction and it still works fine. And while hammers are more effective at getting through armor, maces tend to have more impact behind them, meaning a lighter blow can do as much damage, and can even disable an armored opponent without having to actually pierce their armor. Plus they're simpler and cheaper to manufacture, repair, rehaft, et cetera. Plus maces show up as early as the bronze age (maybe earlier but my familiarity with prehistoric warfare is lacking) so you can get away with them in most time periods (as long as you aren't trying to pass for Republican, Principate, or Dominate Western Roman, or Hellenistic), whereas warhammers are mostly late medieval and renaissance weapons. So from a reenacting, LARPing, collecting, et cetera, perspective, there's more wiggle room and generally more variety.

[@JBGARINGAN]

Say hello to my friend Arquebus!

[@rahzark]

45min telling me how bad of a catch I am.

[@insanecuckooman8342]

dancing has no point. i do dance though, but there is no point in just moving back and forth making weird poses and steps in the process. it is pointless. i do it because for some reason the females think it's cool, and it helped me bang lots of broads who attend the same courses.

[@SuperJhon360]

@@insanecuckooman8342 but isn't the point of dancing to find a mate then

[@mattig89ch]

Same here man. Your not alone.

[@trequor]

@@insanecuckooman8342 Dancing... along with everything else. Everything we do is just one big mating ritual

[@christophoberleitner849]

Bro...

[@zeroblade6599]

My wife doesn't like me dancing with other women than her, but prefers me fighting with other anything than her

[@Gilmaris]

Women can be such hypocrites.

[@paulgoogol2652]

At least now you can tell her why you should dance with other women. (less fighting at home)

[@Brunnen_Gee]

And a generation or two from now: "How did you meet grandma?" "Oh, she was such a lovely dancer, spinning around and around on that pole. She could do some pretty amazing things on that pole."

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

Jaggonnnnnn.

[@theinqov]

coz zhez a gr8 t3xta m7, innit

[@ekszentrik]

This comment is already outdated, it will obviously be "she was such a lovely TikTok thot"

[@Trollificusv2]

@@ekszentrik Not so much, in the far future. Like, 2024.

[@emeralddragongaming2930]

Oh I would marry one of them rigt now

[@dirtydan179]

ooh, _crikey,_ not exactly an oil painting

[@LordBaktor]

Best quote of the video.

[@DonPeyote420]

"You've just jumped around and now you're exhausted" - best sum up of dancing in history

[@RossTheNinja]

Only Lindybeige can go off on a tangent whilst already off on a tangent.

[@SgtKOnyx]

Tangentception

[@martinseelig585]

Tom Scott: "We are now three diversions deep" Gary Brannan: "Tinder user-name!"

[@tinnagigja3723]

Let's hope he never tries cocaine.

[@samdog166]

You've never met a woman

[@DanielStarbuck]

@@martinseelig585 id really like to see lloyd and tom do a collaboration but i haven't got a clue what the subject could be. That would be damn intresting.

[@davidwieser4641]

My grandfather told me that usually after the weekend dance there often were fights between the guys so dancing and fighting always went hand in hand.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

I'm sure that was down to booze, rather than dancing.

[@davidwieser4641]

@@ianmacfarlane1241 and girls of course

[@GamelessOne]

The booze just removes inhibitions. The motivators for fighting are seperate issues and the whole social function of "a dance" including the actual dancing, influences the motivations alot, i'm sure.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

@@GamelessOne I'm struggling with your train of thought. Are you suggesting that alcohol, or more accurately the consumption of alcohol isn't the main contributing factor in outbreaks of fighting?

[@TheDCT0]

It always amazes me how you have nary a single edit in these long videos of yours.

[@MrTta54]

the trick is one page on the left of the camera titled "tangents" and one on the right stating "get back to it " :)

[@gautiergary8604]

Good point! I am amazed that after watching about ten videos of him, I never noticed that

[@dmoneyonair]

@@MrTta54this sounds so true but i know not to trust what i read in comments sections

[@its_deer]

As a dutch person, I didn't know you guys use the term "dutch courage". that's hilarious.

[@penhullwolf5070]

It comes from the Royal Navy. During engagements with the Dutch Navy it was noted that the Dutch crews were given a healthy measure of strong Rum or Brandy before battle and fought more bravely because of it. The Royal Navy adopted the tradition and the measure of Rum traditionally issued to each man before battle was often refered to as "Dutch Courage".

[@xJavelin1]

Lindy, have you ever danced Argentine Tango? I have danced it for years and enjoy it a great deal. Unlike other dances, Tango developed a method of initiating dance which effectively sidesteps a lot of the issues you have outlined. It is called Cabeceo. Simply put, men "ask" women to dance, not the other way around. Though for a women to be "asked" to dance she has to look like she is wanting to dance. The process of "asking" a woman to dance goes something like this: The man looks/stares at the woman; she notices this and meets his gaze; he then makes some sort of subtle gesture in his own style motioning to the dance floor; she keeps looking at him, maybe smiling, nodding or whatever (in her own personal style); he then approaches her (often walking around the dance floor to do this) and keeps staring at her so she knows he is looking at *her* and not another woman nearby; as he gets close, she rises to meet him and they go to the dance floor together. If at any time the woman looks away, that's a no. Except that in tango a "no" doesn't mean "no chance in hell!" It could do. But it's just as likely to mean "not right now" or "I'm not sure about you yet". A woman has the right to reject any man at any time and is in no way obliged to explain her reasons. Which is fair. While a man who understands the system won't get upset over being rejected. He knows that her no isn't a judgement of him in the way you talk about in the video. The beauty of this system is that the whole process of "asking" and accepting/rejecting is both public AND private at the same time. A man doesn't have to work up his courage to go ask a woman sitting with all of her friends to dance. A woman isn't placed in the awkward situation of either having to refuse and publicly embarrass a man or end up dancing with a man she doesn't like "just to be polite". Both sides feel like they're in control. A man can ask any woman (including those who are "with" another man) without fear or repercussions. A woman can reject any man she chooses, once again without any negative consequences. Even without anyone even knowing it happened. Of course, there are some who feel that this is sexist since a woman isn't supposed to "ask" a man to dance. But women who want to dance with a particular man always manage to find a way around this. Plus, women are always free to dance in the man's "role", if they know how. When a Cabeceo is successful, observers who don't understand it think its almost magical. "How did that happen?" they ask. And when an offer is refused, those same observers never even notice. Instead all they see is a man walking to the bar. What actually happened is that he approached a woman, and when he came close enough for her to realize that she was looking at *her* she decided "no thanks" for whatever reason and looked away. He then walked on past her to the bar like that was his intention all along. Note also that when I say that a couple dances, this is typically for whatever is left of the tanda - 3/4 songs of the same style of Tango. Once the tanda ends, the dancing couples usually separate and the Cabeceo process begins again. So even if you're not sure about a new partner, you're not committing to *that* much time spent together. If it goes well for both of you, you can "ask" again later and she may respond more enthusiastically this time. If it doesn't go too well, you may not want to "ask" her again or be politely turned down. It's a very civilized system, and takes away a great deal of the fear and social pressure which you have (correctly) talked about in this video.

[@trequor]

Well done Argentina

[@fatlazypole]

I personally prefer the Horizontal Mumbo :D

[@Uzzgub]

GG and well done, I would prefer to swing a sword at the other guy.... but that is just me :)

[@Trollificusv2]

This is also sidestepped by communal dances like reels, schottisches (sp?) and the adaptation here in the Colonies called "square dancing", where the commitment to a partner is disguised by swapping off. Of course, a lot of those dances is all about concealing the underlying sexual character of the dancing.

[@batmanfan2005]

@Anonymously Done This is an interesting point of view.

[@Thranduil82]

Thankfully firearms got invented and dancing is no longer necessary.

[@SGTcz90cz]

That's what they told you...

[@immikeurnot]

You'd think so, but gunfighting is a sort of dance. Then again, I'm good at the gunfighting stuff, but if I try dancing I'm a klutz.

[@SGTcz90cz]

I think they're still fundamentally different, just a spot of similarity here and there. I mean, I'm fine with a gun, but don't you dare bring me within visual of a dance floor.

[@doltBmB]

Early gunfights were formation deals. Lines of muskets and all that. Still require a large degree of coordination and some precision. Not unlike dancing in troups.

[@christophe5954]

XD

[@hermeshamblok5701]

I learned that russian army type of dancing, you know the fully bend squad dance thing. I display power, balance, skill and timing to the beat I also dodge bullets My enemies run in fear

[@Combatsmithen]

gopnik

[@Straddock]

They're afraid to show they're poorer dancers than you

[@Aiveq]

@@Combatsmithen Gopak...

[@richardlooch2109]

translation: i flip the bird and since im so godamn drunk. i stumble and fall on the ground as a bullet whizzes over my head. then the enemy walked away laughing thinking that the other side is full of a bunch of dumb drunkards.

[@BekkiUndSo]

My grandparents actually met dancing. Even though my grandma was there with another guy and my grandpa was not having that because he instantly fell for her and so he somehow convinced her to leave with him at the end of the night and stay with him until he passed away almost 2 years ago.

[@mw33213]

Omg I'm sorry you lost your grandpa. It must be romantic to meet at a dance ☺

[@notpulverman9660]

@bigbenhoward the past was a shitshow from start to finish stop pretending it was glorious

[@notpulverman9660]

@bigbenhoward It was shit for everyone. Any king of the past would give up everything to live today. You know not the advanced luxury and culture you live in. Visit rural central Africa for a small taste of how great you have it, and how people in the past had it.

[@notpulverman9660]

@bigbenhoward You need an attitide adjustment. Drop the fedora and put on your thinking cap, then ask "Do I need to be such a toxic defeatist? Can I seek out happiness instead of radiating negativity?"

[@Antpie94]

Who else would buy a lindybeige shovel?

[@mrmoth26]

Me!

[@countk1]

shuffle?

[@4nd3rzzon]

I rather have the tank

[@jimmywolfe4724]

I absolutely love how I can have nothing new to watch, but a quick scroll through Lindybeige aand there's already something incredibly fascinating, entertaining, and most of the time educational.

[@chrisofnottingham]

Ironically, if you go to dance school about half the students are gay.

[@omnipresentsnowflake4698]

Well we've gotta find out ways to get someone, s'tough

[@doltBmB]

Like he said, women enjoy dance for its own sake, gay people have "woman brains" and vice versa.

[@chrisofnottingham]

a lot of the woman there are gay too - not that it matters

[@mcpartridgeboy]

Gay people canb make good fighters too.

[@phillipallen3468]

Just glad you said this first.

[@DoctorFaibleTonnage]

I want a lindybeige shovel, even though I don't even have a garden.

[@thedoomofred5174]

Glenn Baaijens I would mount my lindybeige shovel over my fire place

[@charlesdewitt8087]

I would use mine to dig trenches in Flanders.

[@BloodSprite-tan]

use it for digging up other peoples gardens.

[@lostyogi8712]

Frankly if there is not an official lindybeige shovel I'm suing for false advertising.

[@calamusgladiofortior2814]

I'd dig a Lindybeige shovel.

[@qounqer]

i think lindy impregnated a 30 year old woman he met at swing dance who he later found out was married, and this is just his long ass explantion of why he got laid that one time.

[@TheKid377400]

Bold of you to assume he has impregnated only ONE married woman.

[@aurigo_tech]

Lloyd can dance, is tall, intelligent and can talk - he should have no problems finding women ;)

[@Elsondwarf]

I like me a man who can talk...

[@bryanbarcelo5440]

@@Elsondwarf what man CAN'T talk? apart from mutes, people should be able to use their vocal chords to communicate, so you might want to explain...

[@SlideRulePirate]

Understanding the 'Fear' thing totally. In my case it's similar to my dislike of heights in that it's more visceral than articulable. You couldn't get me on a dance floor at gunpoint or with a cattle prod. Physically dragging me is probably the only way you might succeed. Putting things together from Lindy's vid I suppose it stems from some part of my brain knowing that as a Chap of below average looks, little coordination and a scorching case of RBF, I don't need another strike against me. Dancing is peculiar in that you may be required to demonstrate your inability. People will take your word if you tell them that you can't fly a plane or speak Cantonese but not necessarily with dancing..

[@beauzxcvb]

I like that last part, good point.

[@MsJavaWolf]

It's just how it works. Lindy is pretty much right, even though I don't think you should focus on the dancing part so much, the same applies for soccer, basketball, wrestling whatever. I am bad at dancing even though I took a course, I am bad at sports, but hey, not everyone can be a winner. It still sucks but it's just how it is.

[@banmadabon]

Try MDMA. I used it a few times when I was a kid and the fear was gone and even now that I'm 50 and 30 years have passed since the short stint the fear is vanished and I dance even by myself for the pure pleasure of it

@@MsJavaWolf It's not the same, dancing is not fun even when you're dancing with equally unskilled people, soccer is fun basically in any circumstance where you're not exhausting yourself

[@leesnotbritish5386]

Found you years ago when I got into military history, now im in college and starting to get into swing and I find you once again a completely different reason. Perhaps this is a common path I tread

[@RobertMilesAI]

There's a decent chance that lindybeige.com was purchased by a machine rather than a person. Some algorithm that noticed "Hmm, a decent number of people are trying to go to this address, but it doesn't exist" or "This word 'lindbeige' has started showing up a lot recently, but there's no lindybeige.com yet" and bought it as part of a big automatic domain squatting system. The people who run these things really are the worst sort of people. Edit: That said, they claim to be based in Renfrewshire, which seems a bit unusual.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Robert Miles Lindybeige could definitely use a teleprompter.

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

I have no idea what you're talking about. But I like the idea of Lindybeige.Com

[@runswithcows464]

Having decided to scribble a note regarding '90s trance music and associated narcotics facilitating the expression of primordial rhythm, imagine my surprise at finding the comments of an early pioneer.

[@Caradepato]

psst. www.lloydianaspects.co.uk

[@danielstevenson3903]

I looked it up. It has been parked by GoDaddy.

[@rchetype7029]

Gives new meaning to the sentiment, "love is a battlefield."

[@SGTcz90cz]

I disagree. You can't bring hundreds of your friends and a shitton of weapons to love, but superior firepower wins battles and there is no such thing as overkill.

[@HunterHerne]

I disagree. This sentiment has always meant this. And Serza CZ, you certainly can. Courtly Love and Jousting, for example?

[@davidweihe6052]

Well, in Hrolf Kraki's Saga, his father did just that (bring hundreds of your friends and a shitton of weapons) when "courting" a (pirate) princess. Of course, it didn't turn out particularly well, with a typically saga sort of soap opera before everybody dies, bravely on one side and stupidly on the bad guys side (and with a bit of accidental incest for fun), but it obviously happened _sometime_ other than in Shakespeare's Henry V.

[@SGTcz90cz]

I... sorta tried. It didn't work well.

[@jdb47games]

12:12 In the stone age, men routinely kept a cricket bat. You could hit your enemies for six.

[@eduardvaniersel7535]

Of course they were made out of stone, and therefore had a little more persuasive power. The wood age was still to come.

[@goodlookingcorpse]

I wonder if sports teams, including cricket, are roughly the size of a Stone Age hunting party for evolutionary reasons.

[@berkleypearl2363]

Makes me think of the powwows I’ve gone to. The dances aren’t very complicated but they go on for ages, take a lot of energy, and involves loads of beautiful costumes. They’re absolutely about showing off, proving how strong they are, and impressing ladies

[@CAP198462]

“Dancing is the vertical display of horizontal desire”

[@richardlooch2109]

lol

[@vaclav_fejt]

Everybody was kung-fu dancing!

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

Those kids were fast as lightning

[@robinderoos1166]

I doubt women would like to be punched in the face...

[@mattig89ch]

+

[@Banchoking]

Look up the videos for Fatboy Slim's Kung fu Fighting remix.

[@Gilmaris]

Those kids were fast as ska-swing kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqmqZIKKZb9gY9E

[@sverdmester]

Only barely on topic, but check out Vasil Lomachenko. His father took him out of boxing to do Ukranian folk dance for some years, and now he's a really good boxer, with some fairly unique footwork.

[@skuo118]

Revolver Bobcat oh yeah Joe Rogan talked about that on his podcast, apparently he has almost perfect footwork.

[@sverdmester]

It is pretty perfect. Some of the stuff he does is so graceful it almost makes me think of tai chi. Thanks for the heads up on Joe Rogan. I think I will go find that episode now.

[@DevilsAdvocateofnazareth]

Check out Emmanuel Augustus, too. Terrific boxer with a root in dance too.

[@Trollificusv2]

It's interesting that those "perfect footwork" guys (and there's a Japanese fighter, lighter weight division, massive slugger for his size, but forget his name) is that they throw every punch with terrific force. None of that flailing an arm out, but every punch hard enough to do damage.

[@vallgron]

Is this video for your dating profile?

[@archangelgaming2463]

Lol yeah changing my tinder bio to “I’m good at dancing” followed by this link

[@TheJimboslav]

The Spartans said that the best dancers made the best fighters already in 400 bc (maybe before)

[@TheJimboslav]

@@Regarded69 hahaha. Yeah, well for Greeks that wasn't really an issue... the Thebans had the Sacred band where indeed you had couples next to each other exactly for that reason to fight harder. Otherwise the whole theory of a citizen phalanx was that you fight with your dad, brother, uncle etc in the same formation. That in theory will make you want to fight harder to keep them safe as well as keep the cohesion of the formation.

[@TheJimboslav]

@fontagra I can't remember the primary source but I'm pretty sure Paul Cartledge mentioned it in The Spartans : warrior heroes of ancient Greece

[@leiladekwatro3147]

@@Regarded69 you know that actually makes sense.

[@4nd3rzzon]

@@Regarded69 I don't think you need to be gay for that, I'm pretty sure a brotherhood is enough, I don't have any military experience myself but isn't your platoon often like a second family I imagine it would be the same in ancient military service

[@ace8099]

@@4nd3rzzon It's important to remember that the way 21st century people view sexuality, romance and things like that are not universal. ancient Greek people didn't see you as "gay" or "straight" like modern people do. To them it was normal for an older/upperclass man to have a sexual apprentice type relationship with a younger/lower class man, so a lot of the homosexual relationships in an army would be between senior soliders and their juniors for the purpose of teaching them how to be Men and soliders. But then also have wives and children for continuing your family lines

[@СнежныйДжони]

i remember my grandad's dance style, he called it "i have a stroke, please call ambulance stop cheering"

[@ethanhelliwell]

Now that you have broken down the mysteries of dance and it's evolutionary advantage, i think it would be interesting if you talk about singing and how that has 'evolved' to what we know today!!

[@AndyJarman]

Yep good point. Ever heard a good looking Soprano sing an aria close up? I'm not an opera buff but it's quite an experience (one of the few times I've teared up in public, extremely embarassing!). And women do love to hear their fellahs singing don't they?

[@Tadicuslegion78]

We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance Well they're are no friends of mine I say, we can go where we want to a place where they will never find And we can act like we come from out of this world Leave the real one far behind And we can dance.

[@kpaasial]

I was about to post the same thing.

[@cleoldbagtraallsorts3380]

Men Without Hats.

[@ryanlorenzo5003]

Because fighting IS a man’s dance, and the battlefield is our ball.

[@juanfranciscocosta5387]

Was*

[@LawkzBro]

this guy sounds like he's bad at dancing oh wait, i'm bad at dancing shit, right DANCING IS FOR SISSIES whew, almost forgot, we're good now

[@robinderoos1166]

And we dance to the devils tune

[@guycxz]

Actually, now the ball is our battlefield

[@NathamelCamel]

BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL BALL

[@OCPoundhounds]

Love Lindy's observations "dancing around a pile of handbags" !!!

[@gabefimbres]

I like how these topics he talks about are so well thought out i never get tired of watching lindy beige

[@decwow]

+Lindybeige 34:40 The word "let" is absolutely the right word. That fidelity you mentioned works both ways, and it requires a certain amount of submission to your partner. After all, if you keep doing things your partner doesn't want you to do, pretty soon you lose that partner.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

That's not true at all alpha males always treat women very badly and women love them , kind men don't have a hope in hell with a woman under 40 years old

[@CozomWoW]

shut up mgtow idiot

[@katatonikbliss]

absolute chad^^

[@michaelralphs5593]

@@mcpartridgeboy that is entirely untrue.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

@@michaelralphs5593 I want you to look for the most attractive woman you know and ask her if she has been in an abusive relationship, theres a 99% chance she has, if not higher, women who have the most choice pick abusive parters, maybe not until 40 years old , but its close to that figure !

[@mikemetzgore2712]

My grandparents actually met each other through dance. My grandfather was a very good dancer, according to my grandma. Me, not so much. My girlfriend did modern-dance for a while and one time her instructor said that his students were to invite their families and/ or boyfriends. Well, I went with her and was excited to watch her dance. Her Teacher had the idea that it would be fun for everybody to join in for a little exercise. The exercise was really simple but I failed phenomenally, i got really nervous and started sweating like mad. not a very fond memory but it really goes to show how frightening dancing can be when you suck at it.

[@Miryr]

I'm always amazed by Lindy's ability to ramble for the better part of an hour on a given topic without jumpcuts!

[@agustincastagnini9502]

I found your channel because i'm into medieval-everything, like fighting with spear and sword... And then I found that you are a lindy hopper such I am, and it blow my mind! I wasn't looking for swing-out variants... and then the 2 things i love the most at the same place? Its absoluty crazy. Bless internet. Saludos desde argentina!

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

I would bring a sword to a dance fight

[@HetNeSS]

Well, you would be a hero of a dance floor the moment you'll step into a room

[@korstmahler]

But would you bring a dance to a swordfight? Therein lies the real question, for going 'full pirates of penzance' is a risk not often rewarded.

[@MaGiCMushroomClouds]

You'd be the first person to get sprayed by the maniac with the assault rifle.

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

Will it did say on the invitation anything can go and bring wherever you want. So long i dance with it

[@GoranXII]

There is such a thing as sword dancing.

[@donatoferioli7426]

Met wife at salsa. Pretended I was new when I'd actually been doing it for years. This meant I could pass myself off as a half competent beginner even though I've got two left feet.

[@maxim2216]

Damn,never noticed that huge pencil in the background

[@JacquesOF]

I believe its addition

[@hitmeinsteadofyourkid4967]

oi m8 got a license for that pencil?

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Prince Charles _____ Jousting pencil.

[@MichaelWarman]

I think he talks about it in some video or another. It's a prize hw was given for winning a poetry competition. The medal type thing hanging over his gold play button, however, does seem new.

[@nagriffin3561]

The pen being mightier than the sword and LB being a generally happy English man (who is interested in wartime bits and bobs) the pencil is a good way to state something but being able to erase it if someone else finds it "a bit off."

[@car2nerr]

my husband and I met as a blind date at a Contra Dance. I have to admit that there is a balance of co-operation and competition on the dance floor at a Contra Dance, and the balance changes with each partner change....and in Contra it is all about partner change!

[@freedomlover1361]

Lindybeige, I have watched your channel for many many years and I very much enjoy watching and learning from your channel. PLEASE keep it up and please keep doing the military history and military things as well as the dance, dress, & other things that give the polish & finishing touches to the modern male and give excellent advice that has seemed to be lost in our modern culture.

[@redkurben8454]

Loving these evolutionary themed videos!

[@PedroOliveira-tq6zm]

BONKS "he bonks her, she screams in pain" "he bonks her, she screams in pleasure" so confusing

[@mr.nobody5287]

Bonk atomic punch

[@eddgrs9193]

We like dancing, we just need some liquid fuel to ignite them hot dance moves, then it goes from "I don't care about dancing" to dancing on the club's speakers.

[@MaGiCMushroomClouds]

Don't forget crystalline powders and pills.

[@eddgrs9193]

Those are for losers, not men.

[@davepuxley7387]

Lindy's point (about men dancing in groups) is made in an interesting way by the historical record, at least in one instance. Ancient Spartan men learned to dance as groups, both to inculcate the list of skills that Lindy mentions, but also to inculcate another subtle quality which can tend to have dramatic, demonstrable results, and did especially in hoplite/phalanx combat: morale/esprit de corps/élan/whatchamacallit.

[@PoisonedRedBerry]

"There's no point in surviving if you can't pass on your genes" easy Lindy, you're going to make the incels cry.

[@StofStuiver]

There is no such thing.

[@UnsoberHadrian]

Don't forget the homosexuals lol

[@PoisonedRedBerry]

@@UnsoberHadrian oh, I never forget about the homosexuals ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@UnsoberHadrian]

@Gabriel Miranda Lima That's quite a while away.

[@Andyp12]

Oof, better cancel all those past geniuses who never had sex....get lost Newton, fuck you (you wish) Tesla. The Infinite, Leopardi? I think not!

[@siprus]

While it's interesting theory I have to disagree. Dancing shows off very many skills which speak of the other person being a good partner. Dancing is very physical, so dancing shows of the physical endurance of the dancers. Coolest dance moves test require skill, dexterity and dedication to learn. And as such Dancing shows off your ability to learn arbitrary skills. Knowing what's 'hot' requires social connectivity and ability to read culture and trends. Approaching girls in the dance floors tests your boldness and confidence as well as social tact. While dancing you are broad casting who you are interested in - making it hard to have secret relationships. At least among the other people dancing with you. Dancing also test non-verbal communication. Dancing shows off how your social standing. People in your group often encourage your dancing and you encourage them as well. Showing mastery of these skills apply to wide variety of human interactions. Fighting being among them, but I think it's far to simplistic to say that dancing is mainly there to promote your fighting skills.

[@namewarvergeben]

Communication skills would only develop later in a species, while fighting skills are important for survival even at the most primal level. So I think it holds up, as something that the earliest of "dancers" (talking tens of thousands of years ago) would see as something like a mock-fight, and all the other connotations came later as humans evolved more complex social behaviour.

[@shadowhands3321]

all you said lindy did also but with explanations how it fits beside the fighting....and i find nothing in your comment that contradicts anything of the theorie, i find it all supports it rather^^ ..and i would not say that he claimed " that dancing is mainly there to promote fighting skills"...by the side the hypothesis is true with 99.9% chanche....from someone who nows a lot about that stuff^^ one or two of the testable conclusions have a high possibility in my opinion to fall somewhat on a different result...but the fundamental thesis is very good and many of the conclusions will be found in real data quite near the predicted ideas.........

[@nutyyyy]

These are all integral traits of being a good fighter and protector though, you aren't really refuting or adding anything new to his argument, just repeating it in a different way.

[@countk1]

Mastering skills... It's about emotions, not a university degree. Pro dancers are not wooing women. They earn money. You don't need to master anything to sweep a woman of her feet. Just be you. Not a grade.

[@Grymbaldknight]

Is there anyone else who would unironically want to buy a Lindybeige shovel?

[@4nd3rzzon]

Must be true because its out of stock

[@dimitriospolymeros1497]

This should be a book. I hope you ll write it before someone else steals your ideas. Brilliant.

[@averagejo1626]

From my own experiences with dancing as a teenager I have to agree with almost 100% of your hypothesises. I can't say I particularly liked dancing, but when it started it was good, and I was always surprised to find certain things out about women through dancing with them. For example Confidence, co-ordination or how humble or how much of a show off they were to name a few. And it often led into conversation after for further opportunity to find out anything else you might want to know about them after you singled out the best one or two dancers.

[@averagejo1626]

Just because of what dancing usually means for (younger) people these days I should clarify that these were community dances were we all learnt the dances for a few minutes and were then set loose on each other in a community hall or some place similar. LOL

[@tramrant]

But if women judge man's ability to fight by looking at how good he dances how come they don't like watching men practicing actual fighting like in boxing gyms etc.

[@balduran.]

He explained it. Women want men that can fight but dont fight unless necessary. Fighting means conflict and conflict means enemies. They want to know that the man can take care of them and their families, if needed but that doesnt mean they want to see them fight. They want to see their physical ability and dancing demonstrates that in non violent manner that women enjoy to watch.

[@GoErikTheRed]

I have zero personal experience, but it strikes me that a girl walking into a boxing gym full of aggressive guys in a very aggressive mood might not feel particularly comfortable

[@AndyJarman]

What about the gels in high heels and leotards that strut around the ring holding up a number to announce the next round. There's definitely something to do with sex there isn't there?

[@MrTta54]

consider 2 things. first they have fake smiles, they are not comfortable there normally ,and tend to look at the security guards around the ring before getting up on stage/ring. second it's a way to control the crowd, a sexy woman is like a prize and the 2 guys box/fight it out to win ,that part is not true ,but your mind believes it and thus the audience backs off and doesn't get involved or start any of their own fights .plus it's filler ,aka the fight pauses ,audencese minds goes "what are you waiting for???" followed by "that is one fine body ,the things i would do to her..." (again reduces fights and riots in audience)

[@trequor]

Ummm they do. Many women are into sports

[@Krshwunk]

I've always been complimented by women since high school about how well I dance. It gave me lots of female attention, which was awesome. They always wanted to talk to me because of that ... but most of them quickly lost interest when I kept treating them as if they were interested in deep discussions. Likewise, I'm attracted to women until I start talking to them, at which point I want to leave before I die of boredom. I've dated intellectual women and tend to gravitate to intellectual women, but at the end of the day, they stop caring about all of that and start talking about feelings. I've entertained those discussions left, right, and center in every possible way I can think of, bending over backwards to emotionally understand her, but it doesn't do any good, and I just end up walking away from that mess. I've also experimented not caring about women's feelings like some badass rogue, but I've found that intolerable too, and I just have to walk away because I just can't stand it. In the end, as sexy as women are, they have somehow managed to make me not care about them anymore. They need to make themselves more attractive if I'm going to go through the motions to procreate with one of them. Until that happens, I'm not doing their little dance. (FYI, I've made peace that nothing will change ... sadly, I've never been happier in my life ... but if anyone has any suggestions how not to go MGTOW, please share your ideas)

[@Amateur0Visionary]

Do you have problems understanding and/or talking about emotions or do you just not want to? I'm not judging in any way, i simply find the psychology fascinating. Much love, and best of luck.

[@bensosnowski1128]

Amateur0Visionary I understand it as he finds it boring and or pointless

[@itobyford]

That statement about the man who can fight but doesn't, reminds me of the quote (Mark Twain, I believe?) that a gentleman is a man who knows how to play the banjo but chooses not to. Not sure how that fits the evolutionary theory...

[@sunnyboi3867]

This reminded me of when I joined a fundraiser for my school which was a pageant contest with a talent show. It was a male only contest for obvious humorous reasons. My talent show was a rehearsed dance from a movie. I had never felt such an overwhelming sense of fear during anything else in my entire life, but gosh dang it I won that talent show.

[@Interruptman]

I am very impressed how you are able to talk about a complex topic a very long time without visible crib sheets and without getting muddled (we in Germany say 'verhaspeln') and be entertaining in words and gestures. Very good job, like your videos!

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

15:00 - Apps are still software. They're just a dumb buzzword for small-scale software. 16:10 - They'll probably sell the .com to a fan that'll do some really cringey stuff with it. 17:15 - Is that Ritualist art?

[@keeperofthecheese]

Is SalsaBeige your hidden bonus character?

[@temeweckis]

My university offers courses in Lindyhop, should I start attending?

[@apokos8871]

its the first step to becoming like our lord and saviour lloyd

[@cebenify]

Yes

[@Phreestyle1]

Do you like meeting lots of women? If so, then yes you should attend.

[@benjaminvazquez1243]

Lindyhop is SO much fun. Yes, you should do that.

[@BellaNTheBeast]

As a dancer, martial artist, and devotee of ancient history who constantly blends these fields, I cannot love this video enough!!! 45 minutes--BOOM! Gone in a blink. Sooo??? Did you ever prove your hypotheses into theories?

[@ciarancarroll5888]

I think what you are looking for is a heuristic rather than a theory of the contextual relevance of dance. Also, one of the reasons fewer women rate dancers as more valuable is because we are actually, as humans, rather more conscious of the proxies that people are using to select us, and thus the less important physical prowess is for sustaining a life the less important dancing is as a proxy for things like fighting. Here is an article I've written on the subject of competitive proxies. It's the definition of a heuristic for understanding the game dynamics that lead to stable equilibria (Nash equilibria) between competing parties, which lays out the meta rules for all competitive proxies, which links together in infinitely complex networks of association and function to generate complex civilisations. And that is all based upon the fundamental difference between human beings and animals, which is that we can observe the selection criteria that other people are using to discriminate between us and our competitors and thus adapt, or evolve in real time, in a single life-time, where as animals evolve over multiple generations. medium.com/@ciaran_92884/hierarchies-of-competence-competitive-proxies-and-the-conscious-generation-of-the-collective-df68e67bad03

[@nodarikvatchantiradze7277]

There is Georgian dance called "Khanjluri" which is literally sword fight on a dance floor. (Georgia the country in the eastern Europe, not the state)

[@danial469]

nigga georgia is in asia

[@Gabdube]

Both of those Georgias are States. A State is an form of organized government. Many countries are unitary States. And many other countries are federations or confederations; many States under a State-of-States.

[@Kevin-ms4df]

“Oh, wow, not really an oil painting”. Made me laughing

[@MalloonTarka]

A fun drinking game: Take a shot whenever Lindy says “Bonk“.

[@mr.nobody5287]

Atomic punch

[@andreaslundberg2978]

The fear part is spot on! I'm positively terrified of dancing . I fully expect to embarass me.

[@HealthyByKiona]

As a Lindy/Blues/Swing dancer and dance teacher for 22 years...there IS TRUTH in the reality of good dancers sleeping around...but maturity can eventually bring that in but it takes TIME

[@arumatai]

very dancocentric worldview, you are holding there...

[@rasnac]

That might be the case for British men; but my people love love love to dance!

[@The214thRabidFangirl]

Question: why do you say that monogamous society favors men. I am genuinely curious.

[@cezariusus7595]

Women tend towards polygamy, meaning less men have children (the top males will get almost all females) but that apparently has more downsides than monogamy since polygamous societies are more violent and the kids don't grow as successful.

[@The214thRabidFangirl]

@@cezariusus7595 interesting.

[@cezariusus7595]

@@The214thRabidFangirl glad to be helpful

[@pseudophilosophischegedank2247]

@@cezariusus7595 I think women tend more to monogamy (it offers a certain caretaker, only for her and her children) in combination with affairs. While yes, the women want the top men as the father, but it is useless to them if he won't take care and provide for them. So they want a single, dedicated caretaker, but are open for illegitimate encounters, since they get to raise fitter children and still have a caretaker.

[@cezariusus7595]

@@pseudophilosophischegedank2247 yes, true. My point was that the problem is way more complex, women have their ups and downs and so do men.

[@edwardnigma9756]

I would probably add one more reason for dancing being a thing humans like to do. It's great for making sure people in the community get to meet each other personally. Even in small tribes, I would imagine not everyone has the opportunity to meet every tribe member (unless the tribe is incredibly small) because they all are busy with whatever tasks they need to do to keep the tribe alive. And this is even more important for larger societies. A more modern example are the endless dances organised in Victorian Britain in order to make sure that everyone fro the same class would meet each other and potential match making could occur. Even nowadays, people often go to dance clubs to make friends and meet potential partners.

[@nicholasricardo8443]

This video makes me feel confident, because I was luckily taught to dance, and women find it very interesting.

[@fishfingers4548]

Is this why fighting on the No.27 bus only ever gets me a bloody nose? ... did I say fighting, I meant dancing

[@hubobubo2113]

I am very thankful for this video. I have been interested in evolutionary biology from a young age. And as I grew up thought it was so obvious dancing was a programmed mating ritual it was embarrassing, awkward and fascinating all at the same time. And was endlessly stunned that so few people openly acknowledged the obvious reality. Something I found frustrating about the contemporary version of the ritual is the complete lack of structure or objective. I would never admit it but I am still resentful about it to this day. I practice martial arts. I have a body that is relatively good for protecting and I can be bold. But I tend to feel lost. What do I do now? How do I make it work? Mind of a software engineer is supposed. You might say the process has been further femanised. I know I could beat up most men. I believe I could have been a good dancer in another era. But am a terrible dancer by contemporary standards. The ritual may no longer function but I suspect there is something deeper I don't see. Any response would be very much appreciated.

[@thaiswei4069]

I'm not an expert by any means, so keep in mind that this is only my point of view. Humans tend to push things to their extreme (Thus pushing away from their original purpose, transforming it into something else entirely). Besides, currently, the whole point seems to physically embody the music, not demonstrate that you are good at something. ( Wich, to me, explains the fact that most current dance styles are solo) English isn't my first language, if anything I wrote seems unclear, it most likely is, so please tell me!

[@gulbaharkasim2329]

Which martial art

[@nogginscratcher]

I remain sceptical - the hypothesis presented is that dance originally evolved as a means to assess mates, but most of the examples given are tightly linked to cultural developments that would have needed to come *after* a widespread habit of dancing was already established (whether that's the culture of a British nightclub or a courtly dance; or even the norm of arriving to a dance freshly washed). I'm not seeing a lot that would give an adaptive advantage to the first original handful of mutants to feel an urge to dance amid a general population that doesn't, and that wouldn't necessarily think to look to dancing as a demonstration of physical aptitude. Would find it easier to believe that it secondarily developed into a means of judging mates (along with all the associated cultural baggage), after having first appeared for other reasons.

[@ambulocetusnatans]

I think it's possible the dance and martial arts have a common ancestor. They probably started from sitting around a campfire and recounting various tales of hunting and warfare. As they were telling the tales, they likely acted out the various moves or techniques that they used in a successful hunt or battle, and it then gradually became ritualized. The mating aspect then was likely an exaptation of an already existing phenomenon.

[@judebreheny3925]

One of my great friends was put down a lot at school for being a bit of a nerd. But at school discos, and the school prom, he completely owned the dancefloor. He became infamous for his dancing, even having a dance named after him at school: The "John-Dance" (not his name). Thinking about it, he was a black belt in karate, which makes more sense now. Unsurprisingly, when we moved to college, he got a girlfriend *very* quickly.

[@jameslove-vani797]

Lindy's beige sponsor pitches are the only ones on the internet I not only don't skip, but actually quite genuinely look forward to. I mean, he forgot what he was talking about on this one, for many minutes, off a rant that started with " ... whatever an app is." Amazing. "We used to tie onions to our shoes, which was the style of the times ..."

[@LeVraiPoio]

I have 2 remarks regarding your logic. In the exemple of the jumping up and down dance : you assume the dance form is chosen by men. I'd argue that men actually would all choose the dance that gives themself the best looks. So basically, the fit guy would dance jumping up & down, but other men would probably dance whatever they feel advantaged for. Maybe, chosing which dance style is winning is actually the women's choice. Regarding polyginy, I don't think it would change anything actually, and I don't understand at all why you say it's rubbish for men. Men wouldn't want to level the plane field at all. They'd just want to be the "winning one" just like in any other society.

[@GoErikTheRed]

With regards to polygamy, a LOT of guys lose out. I would theorize that the likelihood of not being "one of the few" outweighs the rewards associated with winning out. Also, most guy are rubbish dancers, so the majority of them would prefer an activity that doesn't highlight their deficiencies

[@RandyKalff]

On the topic of polygamy, towards both Poio and Erik, I have a comment. In polygamy most men lose out, so the men at the bottom have a clear incentive to play tricks. However, this doesn't explain why their dance styles are supposedly more in unison as well as you may think. After all, the rewards are great for those who succeed. What I argue is that the men who would otherwise lose out would rather go for a strategy where they win as opposed to one where they at least don't lose. This could mean trying to get a style of dance that they happen to be good at mainstream within the group. Of course if that strategy fails, the least they can do is tear down the successful men. Though, I doubt they'd utilize dance for that a lot given there are plenty of other ways to do so.

[@trequor]

Guys, polygyny is a losing strategy for the SPECIES. It benefits certain individuals, but polygyny leaves a giant problem of male aggression. You end up with a large group of sex starved people. Not only that, but taking care of many wives is very difficult. You need affluence which will garner even more resentment. It's an unstable system. Pairing up is much more effective for regulating male behaviour and for ensuring successful offspring.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Dancing is a mating display

[@Pyriphlegeton]

Obviously

[@Madman1234855]

It's why birds do it.

[@fish4225]

But *why*

[@Pyriphlegeton]

@@fish4225 I'll recommend you quite a good video on the topic. It's called *SCROLL UP AND WATCH IT*

[@hermitoldguy6312]

It's honest advertising. "I've got two legs, and I'm quite tall. I can stand up - who could ask for anything more? I can boogie, this is tiring, gonna throw-up - who could ask for anything more?..."

[@windradyne8724]

I hate dancing... except the old ordered dances, with steps. Love that shit. But ah... 'dancing' today looks like a bunch of unhinged lunatics having seizures.

[@MrTta54]

best explanation yet " a bunch of unhinged lunatics having seizures."

[@SGTcz90cz]

DO I LOOK SANE TO YOU?! DO I?!

[@sofialaya596]

today dancing is different, very different

[@MrTta54]

butt dancing may have changed due to the intention of dancing . so previously people were more focused on finding partners for offspring. now it's for sex /love .so it's girls show off their body (the same ) and guys/other partners , show off their sexualy ability . a good example twerking

[@windradyne8724]

Hot girls don't twerk. On the odd occasion I go to the club there are some who are absolutely wonderful at what they do. When you get talking to them, they are trained dancers. No one today has the dedication for that. Which is a shame because I've met plenty of girls who are truly hypnotic.

[@Christopher-N]

I've got halfway through this video (about 22½ minutes), and I feel this is as long as this topic should be. I love watching *Lindybeige* videos, but even my favourite topics get boring if the video goes on for too long. About an half-hour is the most I'll do in one sitting.

[@Vinzmannn]

I don't know how you are like this, but EVERY SINGLE VIDEO of yours is awesome, even ybout topics that normally leave me bored out of my mind. You can talk amazingly interesting

[@andrewwaterman9240]

And yet there's the American mobster who famously said, when asked why he wasn't dancing, "Tough guys don't dance."

[@migkillerphantom]

Because if you're a bad dancer with a reputation to protect you don't want people to see you fuck up at something. How often do you see dictators openly challenge their political opponents to 1v1 fair fights? If anything this reinforces Lindy's point.

[@TranscendentLion]

Maybe tough guys don't need to dance. They already have the toughness, so they don't need to demonstrate any other virtues by dancing.

[@betterworld1]

tank experts are exempt.

[@dtraindaimyo3377]

I agree with most of this but the style thing with fighting is a bit of a moot point imo. Very few people "show off some moves" or square up before a fight, they usually start with a sucker punch or a stare to the ground. Humans are naturally not strikers either, without training or prior knowledge we tend to wrestle and grab which is a far more effective strategy (even when you are trained in most cases). Also the rhythm comparison isn't exactly directly related. In fighting you're manipulating rhythm and breaking timing to throw your opponent off. Keeping rhythm is bad in fighting, you want to be choppy and unorthodox. Timing and rhythm in dance is different cause you're trying to stick to a pattern. tldr Lots of people are great athletes and fighters but awful dancers because they lack the ability to stick to a rhythm or beat.

[@ambalon]

To manipulate rhythm you must understand rhythm. People will naturally play in music in 4/4 full of quarter and maybe half and eighth notes if they're daring, but it takes learning to be able to break it down into odd time signatures, triplets, etc. Understanding rhythm is indeed very important to a fighter, just look at a boxer's footwork.

[@dtraindaimyo3377]

whybother Sure, I'll look at my feet next time I'm sparring. I get what you're saying but it's just painfully incorrect. You don't throw 1, 2, switch kick to a metronome's beats like you'd play the first three notes of a scale, nobody will fight like that unless they enjoy going out on their feet. You throw them at completely different intervals to throw people off just like any other combo. You might throw your 1, pause of a short unspecified moment of time, throw a 2, then immediately circle off to switch and launch your left leg. If you throw the same combo again you need to change up your intervals, the more sporadic and random the better. If your opponent is being predictable and doing the same pattern over and over again to a beat (not common when experienced)-- that's about the one time you actually need to read somebody's rhythm. Visual queues are far more important while fighting. It's better to look at their bad habits and mannerisms when they're throwing a single technique, then set them up to exploit it. I'm going to be a cunt here but tbh Lindy shouldn't talk about fighting anymore until he's actually had some real fighting experience. I shouldn't make assumptions but as someone who's wrestled, kickboxed, and lived combat sports his whole life... It's easy for me to say he gets a lot wrong and missleads others.

[@rick88261]

U r not factoring in that women might have mistaken moves for actual fighting capability. While it is plausible that women have found metric to judge men and their capability, there is no reason to believe that they are correct tho

[@kajraske2002]

Watching you do these in one take is goddamn entrancing.

[@Greensiteofhell]

What a revelation! Thanks Loyd. Cool website (only searched a bit on the old - for now).

[@mrmegahousefly]

They say Bruce Lee was a great dancer. Although if he was a terrible dancer, who would have told him?

[@greenmountainhistory7335]

Nobody Important only one the rest saw what happened to the first

[@schwertschwinger]

Sex, the answer is Sex. Like animals dance, too. Checking out the other one.