Mongolian Wrestling is BRUTAL

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[@SenseiSeth]

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[@princessepingouin]

Isn't Betterhelp widely considered garbage as far as mental health goes?

[@complexpoints]

@@princessepingouin I just looked up "betterhelp scandal" and it seems that they have been a very shady company for a very long time

[@ThePorkTree]

@@princessepingouin They're somewhere been neutral and a scam. They've had a history of selling data, for which they were sued for over 7 million dollars. Most influencers and creators stopped taking BH for a while, but now it seems like people with less of a moral rigidity are hoping enough time has passed.

[@OlórinDaGrey]

Please get a better sponsor🩵

[@gamerzss]

Please don't promote something that's been proven to be a scam, love your vids ❤

[@Sensei_Frog]

I love seeing Seth gradually become a grappler 😂

[@jgarcia2273]

he's too big to resist the calling of wrestling 😂

[@Sensei_Frog]

@@jgarcia2273he is built for it tbf

[@vespaman101]

Yeah lol. Football -> Sumo -> Mongolian Wrestling. One day he'll butt scoot jk. Hopefully he gets into judo or freestyle long term. That'll be cool.

[@Sensei_Frog]

@@vespaman101idk why but I could imagine him being really good at Greco

[@alexanderren1097]

@@Sensei_Froghe’s big, strong, and explosive. Makes perfect sense

[@valygomu]

The wrestling game is high level, but the drip game is absolutely world class

[@leocheung8860]

wrestling bare-chested in a full leather harness armor thing with a cowboy hat on and some feather/cloth accessory around your neck/waist under the sun in an endless grassfield is peak masculinity and you can't convince me otherwise

[@SenseiSeth]

100%

[@akumabito2008]

@@leocheung8860 Dude! With his physique, it'd be a crime if he ever wore anything else!

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

@@akumabito2008 I did a Zoom class with Lavell during Covid, and he was buff then, but he's even more buff now. He put on weight, but none of it is fat.

[@rw8147]

@@leocheung8860 Turkish oil wrestling clearly needs to come next.

[@Jamoni1]

"I can't correct you if you don't commit to the technique." That's a million dollar lesson right there.

[@rw8147]

That line stuck out to me too, yeah.

[@AmericanHangai]

🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️

[@OlórinDaGrey]

Side note: Seth please be aware of Better Helps’ past and legal issues as well as their therapists not being licensed. You deserve a more honest sponsor my guy❤️

[@JivecattheMagnificent]

Yeah I think a lot of KZbinrs (rightly) stopped working with Better Help, same with Established Titles.

[@matthemming9105]

Seconded. BH has dumped a ton of money into their promotion, but have a lot of sketchy, "selling personal data to data brokers" kind of issues.

[@crispybacon9917]

Yeah I'm honestly surprised better help is not only still going but still getting sponsors

[@seadawg93]

I was going to say this as well. The idea that they actively sell therapy clients private information is beyond disturbing.

[@Jamalsm45]

If he has a contract with them I don't think he can legally speak down on them but I hope he reads your comment.

[@ermuunorgil4383]

I am Mongolian here. Actually you can compete American Naadam . Mongolians who live in US gather once in year in July 12th and do mock festival so you can compete there

[@AmericanHangai]

Absolutely. They have them in NYC, DC, SF, LA there’s plenty but he’s referring to Inner Mongolian (Uvur Mongol) Bokh. Different style of Mongol Bokh.

[@ramsessiereveld2824]

do it seth, totaly up your alley

[@ermuunorgil4383]

@@AmericanHangai inner and outer Mongolians do separate naadams ?

[@AmericanHangai]

@@ermuunorgil4383 different places and different wrestling styles. Inner Mongolia has many more. Hundreds and hundreds each summer

[@What-he5pr]

Where?

[@BadTakeRisan]

Seth is out here collecting martial arts like infinity stones 🤣

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

I mean, he's becoming a real badass. Back when he started making youtubes, I didn't take him that seriously, but I wouldn't F with him now.

[@KevinLeeVlog]

The content that I have been waiting for! 🔥

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

I had a feeling that these two guys were going to meet. Lavell is a real badass, and Seth is on his way to becoming one too.

[@barkevvv]

"i can't correct you if you don't commit to it" amazing quote that everyone should take with them with any kind of training

[@AmericanHangai]

🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@JShredz]

Everyone probably understandably taking note of Lavell's massive upper body, but the dude's footwork is truly astonishing. He's a dancer in the body of a bull.

[@AmericanHangai]

Fun fact I was a bboy for a long time 😊 and I appreciate the compliment ❤️

[@availabl3account]

I feel like, seeing how much your Judo helped your Sumo, this is just another addition. The way i see it, you are trying to stand up and ressist someone pulling you and pushing you and try to take you down different ways than you are used to. Also Mongolian Sumo wrestlers are amazing as well, they probably have this foundation, so this is just more perspective towards grapling.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Greatest sumotori ever (by match record) is Mongolian. Sumo and Mongolian wrestling seems to have very similar rules regarding defeat and match length.

[@gnos1s171]

The guy at 27:35 explaining the rewards for the competition has an amazing youtube channel explaining the history of martial arts of china and mongolia called the wandering warrior, his name is vincent tseng and he is a shuai jiao, bokh and paraying mantis kung fu practitioner, his videos are some of the best out there on these subjects and definitely worth checking out😊

[@SenseiSeth]

👏👏👏

[@gnos1s171]

@@SenseiSeth You should check out his videos on Kung Fu in the qing dynasty. His video about Kung Fu fighting goes into a lot of detail with that. It's great.

[@the.wandering.warrior]

🙏

[@danielehrhardt5504]

I stumbled upon his channel by watching a video on Karate Breakdown about double handed punches. A refreshing perspective for Karate people. :)

[@FuryoTokkosho]

thats true, if you go on the channel and search for exam it is pretty impressive, the idea of military exams is very educational. Till now i was like putting weights into grocery bags in order to do lifts with single fingers, now i am probably gonna buy me a hunting bow

[@lolwtfbbq111]

Nice to see lavelle bringing this outside. I know him from inner mongolia. He's a good dude and really passionate about martial arts and Mongolian wrestling and history. A full package ❤

[@sae2705]

Man I did not expect to see Bokh on this channel, it's something I've long wanted to try. And you did such a good job showcasing it and explaining it. I have been planning a trip to Mongolia and hope I get the chance to try it. It's not something I have local to me, though there is a Naadam in the UK, but I've not been able to attend the 2 that have happened since I learned there was one here.

[@PHIplaytesting]

At this rate I think there isn't a martial art Seth won't find somehow

[@andrewd6438]

20:36 throwing that horse into mounting it was so slick 😂

[@andrewd6438]

I saw you in the background on american hangai and wandering warriors' instagrams and was hoping this was coming!

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

I also like to check out and see who is in the background on videos. You never know who you will see.

[@the.wandering.warrior]

😉👍

[@AmericanHangai]

😊

[@KeelHeel]

I was not prepared to see someone out grapple a horse today. What.

[@KeelHeel]

When is sensei Seth going to wrestle a horse?

[@Kinotaurus]

Fun fact: Mongolian wrestling is one of the influences on Sambo, which tried to take the best of all the martial arts of Eurasia.

[@rw8147]

I can see that. The various grips did not seem at all foreign to me and I'd used a lot of what was shown grabbing the kurtka during sambo back in the day.

[@tforaodg]

One of the most practical grappling arts.

[@shifty220]

Lavell Marshall! What a throwback! I remember following his Shuai Jiao training on ig back in the day, he's certainly bulked up and looks well! Great collab! 💪

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

Did you do the Zoom class during lockdown? It was awesome.

[@fathersonsltd213]

Spotted you in the background of one of Lavells posts and was looking forward to a video from you!! Most excellent all round. Levell is awesome, Vincent is awesome and you sir are also awesome 👌

[@the.wandering.warrior]

🙏

[@bornassassin9630]

Watching someone grapple a horse or any equine for that matter is incredible those things can kill you in one kick and are so strong to see a clip of them put em to the ground THEN RIDE IT... wild.

[@MartialArtsMiddleground]

Sensei Seth, American Hangai, James Nottingham, some others I recognize in this video. Been following you all for a while on your respective content. So cool to see you all come together for Mongolian wrestling.

[@jaihalai7674]

Definitely really cool to see you do well on the grappling martial arts, the slow transition from a striker to a well rounded martial artist is an amazing journey

[@ChamorruWarrior]

I grew up in farm world USA and the thing about wrestling animals is absolutely true. My town and the town next to our’s high schools had no money but we DOMINATED wrestling every year and I believe it’s because of the animal wrangling and other strength building farm work many of the kids had growing up.

[@fireislow7270]

I'm so happy that you got to interact with Lavell and make a great big video about his whole stuff. It's awesome!

[@Arcknight9202]

This was a lot more interesting than I thought it would be. Simple and effective, just right.

[@aaronmgriffin]

Fantastic video. I really love the part where he talks about how you need to fail a lot in training - it's something a lot of us forget in our daily lives

[@JesseArt]

18:40 This exchange of ideas is incredibly valuable regarding ANY training, martial art or other discipline. To have "intention and commit" to a movement or idea, to make mistakes and discover solutions. That is how we gain confidence and develop skills. I practiced a variety of martial arts before living in Japan, but it wasn't really until I became the daily Uke for about 6 months that I felt like I truly understood how to "play" with technique. When you "fall a thousand times" while playing with technique, you learn FAR more than just what the floor feels like when you meet it.

[@noobest692]

Thank you for putting out so many interesting videos about grappling! I love the variety of martial arts that you show us.

[@jonathanmai2516]

It was a huge honor to meet you at the camp man! Watching you evolve each day was crazy

[@justas423]

Mongolia started a one-sided war against every other countries national outfits and won it.

[@asgardup]

I'll see you all in the Azure Sky!

[@theodemello7399]

I miss Naidan

[@ArtturiNummelin]

✊

[@susanokami3453]

That masculine urge to get pulled apart by two horse

[@Pampa-bs]

Spotted the Kengan fan ✊🏻

[@NexusJunisBlue]

Happy to see you connect with Lavell Marshall! 🙂

[@Smoothobturator796]

Man, I really enjoy your videos. You’re humble, humorous, and informative. Appreciate all the work you put into this. Please keep it up!

[@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst]

Seth has really grown as a Martial artist and a youtuber.

[@BlessedIgnasky7]

Love to see you showing the people about the underrated martial arts. Specially the once are not mostly recognised. First of all shuai jiao and bokh is amazing with it's rich history.

[@josharnett3983]

Sometimes you just knock it out of the park man. Great job again. This is one of your best. I’m proud of you big dog.

[@cranebeak]

Lavell is a great guy who is committed to his craft . Had the pleasure of meeting him before he left to Mongolia . Very passionate about what he does and skilled. Great to see he finally back .

[@RollinBoy]

What I love about Mongolian Wrestling is the 'ranking names': Lion, Garuda, Elephant, Hawk and Falcon, Lion being the highest. 'I'm Joall, I'm Black Belch!' 'I am Sensei Seth Rank.. Lion'

[@elliotspencer8129]

That is cool! Although I reckon an elephant would be tougher to wrestle than a lion, if I had to pick one.

[@Chicanery_Artifice]

@@elliotspencer8129 equally difficult for different reasons. can't throw an elephant, and the lion will straight up kill you.

[@m.a.k.8618]

Seth is going for the " I have tried every martial art available to me" championship 😂. Honestly seth, I'm waiting for you to do a pressure points ( kyoshu , dim mak) B.S episode 😂. I'm kind of getting bored seeing you only learn functional martial arts 😅. Actually I love seeing you learning functional martial arts, Keep up this great journey.

[@l.c.c.c6140]

I thought I never would see a martial arts KZbinr cover this, love the culture and everything that comes with it.

[@Artemi-gl3me]

As a wrestler, i loved every second of this video

[@MonkeyStealsPeach]

Lavell and Vincent are two of the best out there! So glad you did this!

[@the.wandering.warrior]

🙏

[@Maddolis]

Practicing Bokh in preparation for next year's World Sumo Championship sounds like a good strategy!

[@jeremykiahsobyk102]

Eyyyy, Seth finally won something! Jokes bro. ❤ That looked like it was one of the best physical and spiritual experiences to be had. I really, really liked the statement "the harder you go, the less you learn." I try to tell people this sort of thing when they think every damn thing is a competition. Learn first, fight later.

[@Chicanery_Artifice]

are you negging seth rn

[@rezzerwrecked]

Oh no Steppe-Wrestler, you've got me pinned!

[@rns7426]

This was a super cool one! Mongolian wrestling is so interesting! I would totally do it if I had access.

[@sesimie]

Seth you brought to my attention so many martial arts styles, cultures and information! thanks for the knowledge!

[@caven7931]

Loved this video!!! I know ur looking but I can't wait for a kendo video!! I want to see you in that armor towering over everyone sooooo bad.

[@smakajo400]

I can understand the first time Seth tossed Hangai to the ground. It's like playing the Matrix game where you end up being not "The Chosen One" but you still dropped an agent. After that, you celebrated the surprise, then ran like hell because it was about to get a lot worse.

[@nucklechutz9933]

Seth's future trophy room vod: "So here are my Karate Tournament trophies, won a couple, couple runner ups. Here are some of my football trophies, oh here are my sumo runner up and champion trophies. Oh here is my runner up Yak for the 2026 Bokh Championship." Edit: Thought of a better joke.

[@jimpavlidis5915]

Next is Mongolian horse riding and archery!!

[@TinekaJasonPalmer]

What an amazing learning experience for you. Love how you put yourself out there for changing experiences. Keep up the good work. Kia ora from nz

[@emilianorizzo6051]

Love this video! Please make more content about wrestling and grappling styles🙏

[@Awooga765]

That was awesome!!! Thank you for sharing, Seth!

[@maralmaralmaa5102]

as a mongolian i am proud of you

[@tjf42193]

Awesome video Seth ! You if possible should learn and do a video on Ssireum Korean wrestling

[@matthemming9105]

Loved the use of footage from Marco Polo. That show goes underrecognized as a great romantic, martial arts epic.

[@herminator250]

Well done, you are awesome at this! Keep up the good work!

[@Οδυσσεύς_Κ]

My trainer was a Greek fro Caucasus, he trained us in Judo and Samba, looking at the movement drills I started smiling because of how familiar it felt. Wrestling is indeed movement.

[@Monasster]

amazing and super cool to be introduced to this sport! definitely gonna check out more

[@TheIronMoose]

Glad to see you're doing ok Seth, was worried about you and the recent hurricane

[@WilliamTanaka]

20:05 holy cows, people from the steppes are historical bad ass for a reason 😅

[@MatthewNguyen-zx3de]

Those guys really seem to love their Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi (like 9:53). Not a bad thing at all, its a great throw to hit. And yours looked quite slick. I really hope more people get to learn about Bokh, as well as Hangai and Wandering Warrior. Very unique and interesting journeys, they deserve a doco.

[@jeremyapplegate4868]

This is awesome! I've never seen this art. I'm fascinated.

[@Cw-xu3gz]

I love his training mentality, training is the time to do stuff that might fail. Just do it and figure out *why* it failed.

[@The_Captainn]

The jackets look like something Goku would wear if he were isekai'd into the JoJoVerse

[@chaos_omega]

2:42 Yoooo, it's Jamie from jamielovesmartialarts... Shout out to that guy. You should a collab video with him.

[@LeArmBoss]

Seth looking jacked in that thumbnail

[@JunelieArthur111]

Unintended collab with Vincent Tseng, the Wandering Warrior!

[@the.wandering.warrior]

Hell yea! I'm partnered with Lavell Marshall to bridge the mongol wrestling and outside world - I'm happy I got the opportunity to meet Sensei Seth

[@jonathanrose5490]

It's awesome how uniting something like wrestling is. So many cultures around the world have developed such similar sports.

[@LunaHusky805]

I strongly urge you to watch Hakuho vs Asashoryu. Mongolian wrestling adapted to Japanese sumo

[@LunaHusky805]

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[@chrisbera7952]

That’s really cool. Take what is useful, reject what is useless

[@Avalos-Entertainment]

Why hasn’t a fighting game made a Mongolian wrestler yet? Unless there’s an obscure game that already did it.

[@Freegrem]

Im like 50% sure thats what khan from Mortal Kombat is. He is wearing the Zodog in some iterations

[@cousinjack1184]

Awesome video, reminds me a bit of Cornish wrestling. I'd love to see you try that one day

[@KhurtsaJavkhlan]

Mongolia mentioned yall 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ricbulow]

Lavell is just a beast to look at.

[@Wendelvendel]

Be a cool crossover for you to talk about Mongolian's in sumo. Also loved the hostory, folklore and context you added in.

[@TrappyJenkins]

Thanks for talking about mental health. its really important

[@Maddolis]

BetterHelp is a terrible sponsor though unfortunately.

[@Tanuvein]

It's awesome seeing another style I didn't even know existed. I want to do this just for the jacket.

[@MuShinMartialCulture]

@Sensei Seth, I'm pretty sure you have seen my work on Lavell, Bokh, shuai jiao and more. I featured him a long time ago and I live in China and went to the grasslands a couple of times to make videos on him and Bokh. I also spent years researching the history of shuai jiao, which developed from Bokh, and released a series on this which was immense work. I'll post the links below, but would appreciate you sharing then for all interested in these subjects. (I also designed the Bokh tee Lavell was wearing if anyone on interested)

[@MuShinMartialCulture]

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[@MuShinMartialCulture]

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[@vangen08]

Just loved this, great video 👍🏆

[@KurtAngle89]

Today, i open you tube: Seth tries Bokh, Jesse goes against Kudo, and Kevin learns Praying Mantus. What a time to be alive!

[@BMO_Creative]

LOL... I totally thought you were in Mongolia! LOL Great video Sensei!

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

They wrestle horses????? How the hell have I never heard of this before????? Edit: Wait, wasn't the final boss in the movie "The Quest" with JCvD a Mongolian in that exact outfit? Was he a Bokh-fighter?

[@Tugsuu0304]

Hell yeah! I’ve been waiting for this since like 2 years ago.

[@paxmarc1673]

Hangai has crazy fast feet and balance, specially considering his size.

[@justinlakey6838]

So I just finished watching the part about wrestling the animals, and yeah that makes total sense to me. I've had to wrestle a stubborn donkey to bring them in from the pasture when they were refusing. I've had to kick a 1200lb teenage bull in the head when it was trying to be aggressive towards me. I've had to play tug of war with a young horse to break it to the lead. I definitely feel that has given me a different perspective.

[@miqvPL]

Good coach, he saw very quickly that you are very competitive and go hard & tense up all while not having confidence in this new style of grappling. Good mindset for competition, bad mindset for training, especially when you do something out of your comfort zone. Don't let the title of 5th degree kenpo black belt and USA's national sumo champion build some sort of expectations from yourself. Or from the audience. Only morons would say "haha look at Seth, national sumo champion and got manhandled by some random mongolian wrestling coach". This is when the approach of Jesse Enkamp or Kevin Lee is so valueable- anytime they learn about something new they act like beginners, asking "stupid" questions and pretending they don't know some basics. Almost to a fault in Jesse's case sometimes. You don't need to prove in every video "I'm the man", this is ego and it's petty needs talking. Cheers, stay cool

[@bigolbearthejammydodger6527]

as a life long grappler (judo, wrestling etc etc) this was an eye opener! I recognize almost all the techniques (because there are only so many ways the human body moves) but DAMN.. these gents have style! I wonder if the history of the gear is to do with the fact that horse archer was super prevalent - and that jacket would be a great harness to attach a quiver to. Id bet it is a derivative of part of a traditional mongolian military dress. Loving these cultural exploration videos seth!

[@Technoanima]

Fun fact, many in the Wing Chun community speculate that Ng Mui created Wing Chun for Wing Chun to counter Mongolian wresting, because that was one of the possible styles of the War Lord suitor. A modern day matchup wohld be interesting.

[@CerberusSmithing]

This was the video I've been waiting for

[@KaiyahPeters-yq1pg]

Have you ever tried Silat? It's really cool and I think you'd enjoy it

[@jaihalai7674]

He has a video on Silat on the channel I'm pretty sure

[@CatMountainKing]

Yess, been waiting for this to drop 😁

[@StefanGinoFeuz]

Hope Seth comes to Switzerland 🇨🇭 one day. We have our own wrestling like martial art. It's called "schwingen" and is mostly trained by huge potato fed farm boys and the national Championship prize us a living Stier..

[@ConceteGrass]

Huge respect to seth for learning one of our wrestling

[@M_Ouch]

Awesome video! Can't wait to see kendo!

[@tinman1065]

I'm so glad you covered bokh wrestling its an amazing sport that dosnt get enough recognition. to the steppes!

[@KarmasAB123]

Been waiting for this :D

[@r.t.972]

Sensei Seth please check out Dog Brothers Martial Arts! Real contact stick fighting, knife fighting, stand up, grappling and more. The head guy Marc Denny is in North Carolina. Early UFC commentator and even got to train the King of Jordan's royal guard in knife defense. It'd be an awesome episode!

[@scalpel6096]

"testicular revenge" is not something I thought I'd ever hear 😂 Great video, man.