Self-Defense Videos Don’t Work! The 3 most useless self defense scenarios

[@omariscovoador7486]

Pro tip: real fights are not turn-based games

[@dusk6159]

Especially freezing between moves or seconds

[@DadBodFit]

Mortal Kombat isn't turn based

[@jankogo]

"If you are going to escalate the level of violence you have to be prepared to fight at that level of violence." True that!

[@lemondisaster240]

Yep, I've had to learn that the hard way.

[@getmerolling]

Yes and it's really hard and really unpleasant. You never want to escalate unless you have no choice. It's like choosing between two shitty responses: doing nothing is shit, doing something is also shit. Just hope to come out unharmed and be lucky to make the right decision. Without time to think about it or prepare, and what if you wound the other guy for example... do you think he's gonna be happy? No of course not 🙈 Hopefully you don't get chased. Ramsey has touched on this before: most attacks are robberies, and when you give your money the robber usually lets you go. Of course a rape-assault, bar fight or even a random attack without reason is different, you can't really solve those by giving them your money. But then again, it's better to prevent than to have to fight. Practicing scenario's and starting from the moment BEFORE they happen is a good idea though. This doesn't happen enough, that is what selfdefense training should be about mainly: situations and mindset. It's known that many women get raped by men they know for example, so its not really a "random person on the street" in many cases. Deal with that first before you think about combat and weapons.

[@Ebvardh]

To quote Bas Rutten: “Okay honey, we’ll practice that again; if you go after my eyes or bite me, I’ll break your neck”

[@bernieweber4663]

That's why you need to know how to talk, escape, defend, and lastly go on the offensive.

[@qq84]

It depends, but if you escalate, you have to do it right. To follow a meme: I don´t escalate often, but when I escalate, I stomp him into the ground.

[@davetindell4110]

Love this! I taught a women's self defense class years ago, told the guys to actually try and apply muscle to the attacks. Wouldn't do the girls any favors by being easy. The girls all said "it's really hard to escape, even with moves". No kidding, self defense magic is nonsense. It's like the fitness suppliment industry, total B.S.

[@jonathancampbell9747]

I totally get it. Also just saying to someone, let me show this technique. Many times if you are not going full out a technique won't work because they are ready for something. And it is difficult to teach lets say a wrist lock if someone is ready and not allowing you to show a specific set up. Much as you show here! So to counter this in class I usually already at least to some degree use kicks even if all be it only a push kick (after all we can't break legs knees etc.while practicing) etc while going into techniques because it makes it easier to counter attack an advance by someone. For the same reasons you are stating here. Also in helping students too see the pace of an attack or a true strangle attack from behind lifting them off the ground and hanging them over your hip with pressure so they get the message many times these students don't get the message and quit! So it is very important to teach this scenario and explain why! I one time in a sparring match with a black belt in go jo ryu 'hope I Spelled that right' I grabbed his long hair and he was not prepared for that, and it pissed him off but my point is real attacks happen fast and your point here is well taken. There are also times you can walk away and you may feel chicken for not taking someone out but the fights I have been in happened quickly and luckily I ended them quickly without putting someone in the hospital or worse. There have been times I have been able to help others being assaulted and defused situations then walk away too, but you never know what may happen, life can get very ugly especially with desperate people. So it is best to be ready but get out if you can. Thank you!

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

Someone: street fights are harder because there’s NO rules Someone else: sanctioned fights are harder because there ARE rules Me: the virtual thing is harder because my WiFi is slow

[@marsship921]

Street fighter is really hard

[@nickelmanful]

Fights with rules are harder

[@aaahhhokok1132]

@@marsship921 Yeah , Blanka is really hard to beat

[@m5a1stuart83]

@@aaahhhokok1132 no sh#t man...

[@NasinasTV]

Sport Fights are harder to win but street fights are harder to survive

[@josheternal]

"Here...let me allow you to have as much time as you want to escape"---Ramsey Dewey 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dorkyanimations5]

Lmao I read that as soon as he said it

[@r.matthews594]

Everytime I see a 'Woman's Self-Defense" video all I can think of is Dale Gribble on King of the Hill: "Prepare to be annihilated by a lethal combination of martial tai chi, Bagua and Krav Maga, now grab me by my wrist and my elbow. And it has to be one the elbow or it won't work"

[@CrowBag]

Thats my purse!!!!!

[@ΓΡΗΓΟΡΗΣΜΠΡΙΛΗΣ]

imagine if fightclub involved these shit

[@ΓΡΗΓΟΡΗΣΜΠΡΙΛΗΣ]

or trevor phillips

[@jiujudo1307]

@R. Matthews - Krav Maga, The art of spazzing out.

[@manuelhernandez2430]

@@CrowBag I don't know you

[@lilyhearthorn1513]

"If I walk up and hit you, what are you going to do?" "Beg or run away" Kimmy is already wiser than most 'self defence teachers'. You survive every fight you don't get involved with.

[@jaymthesn5981]

"If *I* walk up and hit you, what are you going to do?" Kimmy did the best she could, since *he* is a pro fighter & coach, she tried to survive... What else could we do if Stipe Miotic punched us, beside saying the we were sorry for being in his punch's way?

[@MG-bi6mq]

When I worked in mental health, the company would send us to special self defense training. My favorite move was if a patient bites you - stick your finger under their nose and rub vigorously until they let go. I had one coworker who got his face eaten off.

[@tojiroh]

No way. That's some Hannibal Lecter shit. Link please?

[@Eric3Frog]

That's a tough situation. Similar to being a bouncer. You can't/shouldn't strike the patients, but you need to control them. You should share some more stories.

[@MissingTheMark]

It strikes me that the top 3 ways to not suffer from violence are, roughly in descending order of importance: 1. Don't be in a warzone (literal or metaphorical) 2. Have good manners 3. Look strong or otherwise dangerous at a glance I once came near to hitting someone in a parking lot as I was backing out (he was going way too fast for a parking lot). It was close enough that we both stopped and got out of our vehicles. The first words out of my mouth, as he approached, were, "Are you OK?" He was angry and you could see it shocked him, like he paused walking for a moment and looked a little bewildered. He said "yeah" then angrily said that I should watch where I was going. I apologized for not being more careful (while he was going too fast, my driving would not have won any awards either), and he kind of stood there for a few moments not knowing what to do because he was angry, but there isn't really much to say to someone who agrees with you. I repeated that I was glad he was OK, and repeated my apology for not being more careful, and he just lost all of his steam. He was still shaken by having just nearly been in a crash, but he just peaceably walked off. And I said nothing but the truth-I was, in fact, glad that he was OK, and further I would have preferred to have more fully looked around before starting to pull out of the parking space. In short, I was friendly. Because, if you think about it, if you nearly collided with a friend's car, what would you do? You'd say that you were glad that they were OK and apologize for your own mistakes... A friend of mine, who grew up in housing project (aka ghetto) says that one of the life lessons he learned there is that good manners never make any situation worse. It would be kind of funny to do a self-defense video where you go over manners in various situations that can lead to fights. But in Gis. Especially if you have Jourdan in it, either stabbing people for the rude version or apologizing 100 times a minute in the same frenzied way he'd stab people with rubber knives.

[@dusk6159]

This is a gem of a comment. Spot on.

[@littlerunningwolf]

Most "self-defense" programs underestimate how how difficult it is for a regular person to inflict harm on another human being. Even when attacked, most people still have some amount of restraint, and don't want to hurt a human being. That's part of what allows society to function. "Self-defense" would be better served by studying real violence, preparing people to encounter it, and teaching them to neutralize the violence as much as possible, rather than assuming that people will be capable of inflicting violence on others

[@robinschwartz448]

Old comment, but I just want to expand on what you're saying. This is especially true with most (key word being 'most) women...we're taught that if we fight back physically at our attacker, the assault would be even worse.

[@realitycheckselfdefence7840]

Oh man the commando fitness guy! I see his videos all the time and hate almost all of them. Like you said with wrist grabs context is super important - WHY are they grabbing you? To intimidate? To take you somewhere else? Context is super important.

[@ClockworkAnomaly]

That sort if wrist grab defense seems geared towards women who are worried about guys at a bar or ex boyfriends being too insistent. Of course in 95% of those sort of situations, using this technique would be excessive force. But they are selling a power fantasy and/or anxiety killer to these women who know nothing about combat and have no real threats in their daily lives.

[@lucascastro2802]

"Hey, wait please" gets his eyes gouged out

[@The23Anonymous]

"Has this ever happened to you?" -Chokes her with both hands "Yes, every time with my boyfriend" -Naughty girl :-D

[@stonewolf7850]

Haha! Yeah. Bit of an awkward pause while that sank in. Lmao!

[@GuitarsRockForever]

Interesting relationship as Ramsey said. Or she really likes it.

[@stonewolf7850]

@@GuitarsRockForever She must like it, if it's happening everyday and she hasn't baled out yet.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

@@stonewolf7850 Or she was the one doing the "attack" and her boyfriend was the "victim".

[@stonewolf7850]

@@GuitarsRockForever So long as everybody is happy....

[@frosty2.010]

Lol "Everyday, my boyfriend"

[@GuitarsRockForever]

@@bobross9004 I highly suspect her boyfriend was the one begging for his life.

[@doublep1980]

''Harder daddy!''

[@kinnychen1447]

Bingo！

[@Millenniumgameryatharth]

@@GuitarsRockForever lol same

[@notusingmyname4791]

#relationshipgoals

[@emacsultron6212]

I have seen some fights in real, especially in and outside bars - the fights are usually adrenaline charged, extremely quick, and unrestrained, the most common fighting being full on fist fighting. And it is very rarely, linear and one on one. The most effective technique is to run, or stay out of troublesome spots. The second technique is to try and calm the aggressor. Most bar fights are spur of the moment fights of rage. If you are forced into a fight and there's no option, use whatever is at your disposal to stay safe. Of course, bulking up, getting muscular and learning some fighting such as Muay Thai or Boxing always helps - Not only does it give you a better fighting chance, but also shapes you in a way that you look intimidating. All this is true even where I live ( India ) - it's one of the least violent places when it comes to things like bar/street fights. Things could potentially be a lot more different in nations where street fights are common.

[@JorgeParma]

Best way to defend yourself into a bar it is avoiding to waste your time into a bar full of stupid drunks !! 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@ryanweible9090]

thats kind of my thing. im over 40 and haven't been in a fight since high school, because i dont go to places where people get in fights. my gym, church? work, a well lit public location with lots of security cameras? cool! a bar where the cops constantly get called or in an unfamiliar area? lets check the Italian place down the street instead. in the real world, most people dont fight, criminals do, but they go for opportunity attacks where they have the advantage with numbers weapons and distraction, so i stay in well lit, populated areas(or deep woods hiking where i know the terrain better than a novice) and feel pretty safe. i think i could fight, but its best if it doesn't come up.

[@michaelkolb5724]

No offense to your training partners / pupils, but I really miss the people from your old gym. Crazy knife Jordan and Capt. Krav Maga were really awesome

[@RamseyDewey]

They were and I miss them too. They’re all in Germany now.

[@michaelkolb5724]

@@RamseyDewey First of all: wow, a reply by the master himself :) Second: that's actually great as well! Do you mind telling me where they're at? I'm from Germany and would be thrilled to visit and train with them!

[@jiujudo1307]

@@RamseyDewey in jail?

[@RamseyDewey]

@@michaelkolb5724 I’m not sure which city they live in, but I’ll ask.

[@michaelkolb5724]

@@RamseyDewey that's great, I really appreciate it! Thanks Grandmaster ;)

[@masterwrong4933]

Everyone wants to fight Until they meet me On da streetz

[@dwrabauke]

Dis is da problem!

[@Aerostarm]

AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

[@masterwrong4933]

@@dwrabauke Big problem

[@jessehines4044]

Lol master wong's viewership has taken a huge nosedive since all these MMA guys have called him out on his asinine bullshit.

[@RobinMcBeth]

I just love that you made and keep up an entire troll account for this twat ^^

[@jamesparker384]

Thanks for making this video. I think even schools that do a decent amount of sparring still don't fully have the ability to replicate the real truth of violence because people in many schools are friends and colleagues. The apathy just isn't the same in training scenarios. I appreciate that you repeatedly used the term "demoralizing" it is very jarring isn't it and hard to get that across without really going over the top hard? I don't really know of a way to fully pass on that awareness of how bad it is without having someone really experience it first hand. And it's not practical to have people go out and find real violent scenarios. But this video does a great job of explaining it in a safe way so people can have some expectation of it. This is good info to think about for everyone.. even people who have experienced real violence but have distance from it over time.. everyone should hear this. I wish more schools talked like this.

[@ezassegai4793]

12:47 this really needs to be posted below every bullshido insta clip. this is a real person saying what real situations are like.

[@ibexsouther7483]

Notice that no one in this video has an exceptional size advantage over the other person and the dynamic scenario drills are performed with 20% resistance. Lastly they are actively practicing self defense in comfortable athletic garments which would never be the case in a street fight scenario.

[@connoisseurofcookies2047]

Totally agree. They should sprinkle some broken glass and urine on the mats and stab each other with real sharp objects because that would totally make it more 'ReeAliSTic' like 'On da streetz'

[@RamseyDewey]

No one wears T shirts and shorts and sweat pants on da streetz!!!

[@johnjune2999]

​@@RamseyDeweyis grappling good for self defense?

[@danielhounshell2526]

Wrist control can be important for wrestling, but no one just grabs your wrist and stays there, they use it in transition or to aid in executing an actual technique, so some of the faster escapes can be useful, but it's simply not something that you're likely to encounter much outside of a few specific contexts, and I somehow doubt that people are getting assaulted by gangs of high school/college wrestlers. I've seen the two handed choke a few times in situations where people are very mentally or emotionally unstable. It's their instinctive attempt at pinning something down and choking the life out of it, luckily, humans aren't naturally very good at using their bodies to pin or kill each other. The thing about this is, again, you don't see it much, and even if you did, it's such an ineffective position that it really doesn't take very much skill to deal with. Particularly if you know how to clinch. The grab from behind is a great position that people use quite a lot, but if someone's already there, you have a split second to react with whatever you're going to do to get out of it. After that you're probably getting suplexed.

[@manubishe]

You know, that suplex thing, of all altercations I've watched on KZbin, or other videos of fights, only one case comes to mind where a suplex was done, and not in a way the pro-wrestlers do.

[@isaweesaw]

The take home message I got from this: real altercations are dynamic, and pre-planned "fight moves" from self-defence videos don't prepare you for that. Actively sparring inoculates you against the pressure and helps you to react to a scenario in real time.

[@lunotarr]

It reminds me what I was taught in my teens. It is said - when it comes to fight, be a rat caught in the corner. He must feel fear to lose an eye, finger, ear, break some bones, be bitten at least. It must be very scary and uncomfortable to fight with you. When you are ready to answer agression this way, bad ones feel it somehow and decide better to not touch that rat in the corner. But - do you really want to carry such things in your head, instead of loving and to be loved?

[@michaelabercrombie7698]

It's because you're grabbing the wrong wrist!!

[@breadman5048]

LOL 'NO THE OTHER WRIST"

[@michaelabercrombie7698]

@@breadman5048 That used to be the standard answer when you tried to show someone in your family or friends, excetera something you learned in karate class and it didn't work. Or blaming the person saying they didn't attack you correctly.

[@bradleyerickson3427]

Ramsey you clearly did the techniques wrong... It only works if you say the phrase: "Omae Wa Mou Shinderiu" while pointing at your attacker.

[@shadowlancer45]

Naaannniii !!!

[@m.a.k.8618]

This is super underrated.

[@gxtmfa]

Damn, I was about to type this.

[@victorfreedom93]

**NANI?!**

[@RamseyDewey]

What language is that?

[@chrismayclin6397]

New rule: everyone needs a mic.

[@danielschulz7391]

I really like, that your assistant wears some german sports shirt with beer commercial on it^^

[@crayopopp7171]

2:09 just remember not to wear red

[@thorbjrnbeckmann1018]

Not the imaginary hair!!

[@jankogo]

How rude! That must hurt a lot in his imagination.

[@a-blivvy-yus]

"Has anyone done this to you?" - "My boyfriend" "What about this?" - "yes, my boyfriend does that a lot" ...how you know you're dating a guy who makes women's self defense videos...

[@edi9892]

The craziest real life violence I've seen footage off was an argument between two girls at Mc Donald's (or something similar). One slapped the other and I expected another catfight to erupt, but I was wrong. So wrong! The other woman hugged her hips and lifted the other up in a heartbeat and slammed her head first on the stone floor and started stomping her! I've never seen woman wrestle in street fights, at least not on this level, except doing a double leg takedown. I didn't expect that she could pick the smaller one up with such ease.

[@manubishe]

Whoa.

[@danielpascual4015]

2:26 scenario is how to defend yourself against a cheating boyfriend who won't let you walk away until he explains himself.

[@gokussj397]

These self defence ones always make me laugh 😅😅 It's funny - I started training martial arts for self defence, and although I'm still interested in what techniques could or would never work on 'da streetz', I mainly train for fun and fitness now :)

[@JorgeParma]

I agree. Only self defense that works, it is it training for fighting: the more you train the more you can defend yourself

[@salimshady6100]

What marital art?

[@gokussj397]

All gym's are closed over here because of the lockdown. I used to train in a reality based self defence system, went to an mma gym later. I'm thinking about cross training in capoeira or tkd when the gyms open. Not because I think I would use that kind of techniques if I ever get attacked by a madman (the reason I started training), but they seem like a lot of fun and a great way to stay fit.

[@gokussj397]

Do you train Abdel, and if so: which martial arts? :)

[@salimshady6100]

@@gokussj397 yea capoeira looks really fun but ofc not applicable to a fight lol. I train in kung fu, specifically dragon style.

[@tylermarsh9541]

"You have a very specific type of relationship" lol

[@embracinglogic1744]

Thank you for keeping it real.

[@Slim934]

This is a really good illustration of the difficulty of actually practicing self defense like this. Inorder for the self defense, the attacks have to be sufficiently strong enough to actually disable the assailant. You have to really hurt them in most scenarios. Actually training that realistically is mostly impossible because in training you do not actually want to harm your partner. Hell of a catch 22. How do you get around it? One way is to compartmentalize the skills that go into it and train them separately and hope they synthesize together when you have to go seriously hands on. Hit inanimate objects in ways similar to how you might defend to build power generation skill; use a live partner to practice targeting and getting stress from working with a live target. This also illustrates a problem with ANALYZING self defense instruction. You can see a video of somebody doing a drill and see "that drill isn't realistic! there is no way that will work." Which is true but often times irrelevant due to the reasons given above. No drill is going to be completely realistic in a self defense context because of the limitations of training safely for both parties. The drill needs to be evaluated on its own merits and in relation to what the person is trying to train. In many cases the drill can STILL be completely worthless even on its own merits, but without knowing the atleast proposed merits first there is no basis from which to evaluate from.

[@davidbarnwellutech4663]

Do you think the problem is that self defense instruction is normally delivered by people who are NOT actual fighters? So, they don't know if what they're saying works or not? And..even if they ARE fighters..they're mostly fighting in a way that's VERY different from an actual fight, example, grabbing, wrestling, choking/ punching/kicking/ multiple opponents, allowed on surfaces that aren't as clean/safe as that seen on a mat? I think that might have something to do with it. The self defense instruction commonly offered isn't practical because the 'experts', themselves, never got practical instruction. Really makes it seem like the best self defence advice could be, "Learn boxing and wrestling". I really love traditional martial arts and think they have much to offer. But, I have to say, sometimes the kind of training offered in them makes me despair.

[@Slim934]

@@davidbarnwellutech4663 The absolute biggest problem is the lack of real pressure testing of what is taught. And in the past (think like 1950s-90s), SD information never really needed to be pressure tested to be sold because violence for the average person is such a rare event that frankly it does not really need to be pressure tested. You see it in all these videos Ramsey chides. People are just going through the motions in them. The idea that they might fail and actually need to be tested against people who try and resist does not even enter the equation. Iain Abernethy has an entire article series on his site "How to Spar for the Street". He is a Wado-Ryu guy but is actually analytically minded enough to see that quite a lot of martial arts and SD are nonsense and works against this. The biggest problem in SD is simply the lack of effective feedback mechanisms for what they are trying to teach. Prize and otherwise professional fighters do not suffer this lack of feedback problem, but even then I would not necessarily say that fighters are necessarily even better. Look at the BBJ focused self defense people whose strategy often revolves around taking the fight to the ground as a goal. That is a TERRIBLE self defense suggestion. The issue is projecting your specific context and rules of engagement and assuming they work equally well in the context of self defense. Iain also has this concept of the Martial Matrix that touches on this. I will say though that MMA has overall been a force for good in this space simply because of the relatively free form rule set and the need to pressure test methods to be effective at it. And the internet overall has been super effective at providing an alternative to nonsense. Think about what this was like in the pre-internet era where there was no particularly effective method for actually comparing and vetting this stuff. Or before outfits like Active Self Protection came around and made it easy to analyze actual recorded violence and show large numbers of people what it really looked like. In general learn boxing and wrestling will get you quite a lot from the hands-on approach to self defense. If the goal is actually being effective hands on in a brief period of time then I'd say for most people it probably is the most effective thing they can do from a physical skills acquisition standpoint. That and just picking up a barbell and making themselves just generically more effective.

[@Staticsheep28]

The majority of real fights i saw normally start with someone yanking someone else's shoulder.

[@deadrussianliberal2897]

Hmm... the fights I saw always start with a punch to the face. They usually end with that as well.

[@lucascastro2802]

@@deadrussianliberal2897 In fact, usually end with the punch that started it to begin with

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

Guys, if you have lighting problem, watch the video on your phone or download it to your PC with IDM, the video will be back to normal

[@Gamerfan2000]

I was about to ask that. I thought something was wrong with my browser.

[@pauloalves1847]

@@Gamerfan2000For me, using Chrome I got this problem, but not using Firefox

[@jatsantsa]

me OS: ubuntu browser: Vivaldi bad result, with phone is OK (androis, duckduckgo)

[@duchi882]

Yesterday we see Ramsey teaching Defensive Boxing in Heaven Now we see him demonstrating the uselessness of Self-Defense videos in Heaven Next thing we know Jesus is in his Podcast

[@jatsantsa]

Hey, what OS are you using and what kind of browser?

[@pauloalves1847]

@@jatsantsa chrome on win 10 has this issue, Firefox on same machine not

[@mattyleadfoot]

Dude knows everything obviously

[@pong86r]

Solid video! Thank you Champs!

[@alessandromestri9004]

First tip to avoid hair grabbing: Be bald

[@RamseyDewey]

You can’t argue with 100% success rates.

[@thebrownbaldy]

This comment deserves more likes

[@alessandromestri9004]

@@thebrownbaldy well man it's the kind of "tips none tells you about" 😂

[@thebrownbaldy]

@@alessandromestri9004 As a bald man myself I approve

[@aomorgancool1775]

You don't even need to be balled my hair is very short from cutting it and no one can grab my hair.

[@XITIJTHOOL]

She looks like Lady iron man.

[@ezassegai4793]

11:13 bottom left corner clip. Imagine doing this to a dude who already is sick in the head. If you arent a world champion sprinter you just basically committed suicide.

[@concretebreakdowns9656]

I like how the lady threw Ramsey some curveballs. She was like F your narrative I'm gonna say it like I see it. 😂 Ramsey responded well though

[@jimmydemoret]

Evan Tanner, former UFC middle weight champion of the world, trained himself vie Grace jujitzu tapes.

[@tjl4688]

Brian Ortega and Tim Kennedy, Rob Whittaker, Mackenzie Dern, they're all Gracie Academy or Gracie Humaita. The tapes work :)

[@garf293]

This video has inspired me! I'm going to corner the axe defense home video market!

[@tzaeru]

One of the reasons I started BJJ and then MMA was that demoralizing aspect. As a kid I was physically bullied, not as badly as some others I'm aware of, but still enough to leave a bit of a trauma. The physical injuries heal up pretty quick, but the feelings of humiliation take much longer to clear up. I don't really expect I can necessarily defend myself in every situation now either. Someone much bigger than me, who's on drugs, and in his youth did a year of boxing or wrestling could quite possibly kick my ass if I was unable to run away (say, if the attack happened in a moving train). Or a gang. But that's not really the point either. It's more that I absolutely never again want to feel like I'm not in control of myself. I don't want to feel like the only thing I can do is to turtle up and hope for the best. I want to always have at least a small degree of self control still remaining as long as I'm conscious. If the only thing I could do was to protect my head and wait for some kind of an interruption, that's OK, but I want to be making that call rationally, knowing the reality of the situation. I don't want to be forced into it out of fear. "Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death." And for learning that kind of self-control, BJJ and MMA are of course absolutely amazing! Meanwhile all the "do this one thing and you'll escape"-type of stuff totally misses the point and the reality.

[@jessehines4044]

Wow, that was actually a really good video nice job Ramsey.

[@ricardon.2641]

Reality is that violence is chaos. train in wrestling, jiu-jitsu, boxing, and kickboxing, keep in shape, be aware of your surroundings, and hope for some things to go your way if you end up in an altercation. Awesome video.

[@thebrownbaldy]

Thanks for breaking down the ridiculousness of these McDojo self defense videos

[@Frank941]

Exactly! This is a really good video on self-defense! Ramsey speaking some truth here.

[@windhelmcityguard5122]

A teacher once showed us a video that said if someone grabs your wrist, you should fall to the ground

[@ausreir]

Too often, self-defense videos turn a RTS into a turn-based RPG.

[@martialmouse7582]

I know his Streetz secret, hair attacks don't work on Ramsey

[@SonicPAJ]

Was there an angel in the room? The lights are insanely bright.

[@RamseyDewey]

Your browser doesn’t have the right codec to compress HDR video

[@SonicPAJ]

@@RamseyDewey Oh wow. I would've never suspected it was a browser issue.

[@jaymthesn5981]

I did Karate for some months at University... Took me a while(2 weeks) to figure out that the first Kata was to simulate a fight against 2 persons at once. Once I noticed, I knew how unrealistic it was, because once I was forced into a 2v1 situation and the guys just "Wolves'd" me, they didn't fight me in turns, like in the Kata, Internet's videos or Bruce Lee's movies. I didn't even knew it was a fight aka assault, I didn't even knew it was a 2v1, until one of the hit me in the back. Ramsey is correct, you can't predict how people will react. All I can tell you is that street fights aren't nice... 2v1 aren't as cool as Kata/Movies tell you, they are wort

[@elmaxidelsur]

Reality is no one will start a figth UNLESS they think they have a clear and decisive advantage. People will only start a figth with you when they can surprise you, outnumber you or have "tools". Self defense is never a fair figth, it always starts with a loosing battle.

[@bradleyerickson3427]

Or if they know they are stronger than you. Gaining 15-20 lbs of lean weight from lifting can be a great deterrent.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

Not always. Some people are "crazy", they will start fight no matter what. Many years ago, I read a story of rich men talking about the type of body guard (who can generally keep you safe in situation firearm is not involved). There are: 1. Big strong guys (who doesn't necessarily need to know how to fight) - most people won't dare to cross them. 2. Guys who really know how to fight. 3. Guy who doesn't know how to fight, but are "crazy" that they will fight anyone with any thing they can grab. This type is really dangerous because they have no fear, and they may cause more problems. In addition, some people commit violent attack because they were high/drunk, or simply bord/had mental break down.

[@GuitarsRockForever]

@@bradleyerickson3427 If you are the size of the "mountain", 99.99% population won't even dare to think about the possibility of start fight with you.

[@bradleyerickson3427]

@@GuitarsRockForever I agree with all your points. Size is like having cameras and a security fence around your house. 90% of the time they wont bother, but there is always someone who will. Since even the someone the size of the mountain, as skilled as Khabib, and running their own gang (why does that sound like Bane?), can still be taken out by some Joe with a knife; I just don't think it's something to worry about. Kind of like the saying about how to escape a bear in the woods...

[@geoffreyfletcher6976]

This is a very good point rarely do any type of attack in the real world happen in a singular static manner, and often it deals with escalation after the first or immediate attack has failed.

[@davidp.7620]

First lesson of every self-defense course should be watching this video.

[@edgarscottkarmacho]

Great video, i hope youtube doesnt demonetize your channel, coach. (For what you mention about youtube not liking real/true violence)

[@michaeljung4398]

Self defense is NOT FIGHTING. All the self defense techniques work to a certain degree. You just have to apply them correctly. As you said, attackers won't wait for the defenders to apply techniques. However, attackers MAY NOT anticipate sudden reactions from the defenders. Self defense techniques are NOT the magic wand. There is no guarantee it will work all the time. It is one way to escape a dangerous situation.

[@snatchX626]

9:34-9:40 the fight perfect channel felt that😌

[@ives3572]

Situational awareness, quick reflexes, violent resourcefulness, and readiness to fight or even kill at a moment's notice can help you go a long way in self-defense. However, nothing is sure in a fight, anything can happen in a fight. Death smiles at all of us, and the only thing we can do is to smile back. It's better to go down fighting, than to go down without a fight at all.

[@perrenchan6600]

Another great video coach. The problem I have with these "scenarios" in those videos is the lack of contextual realism. A lot of these "defense" scenarios aren't street fights but usually a bully or an abuser trying to intimidate. Like the wrist hold is actually realistic but is usually in the context of the person grabbing the wrist and attempting to walk and drag the person away. Usually this person is a domestic abusive partner or maybe a Paedophile grabbing a child. So the wrist hold, the person won't be standing straight facing them, they've already turned away and began walking and dragging their victim away. Same with the two handed choke hold, it's rarely a choke done standing it's typically an abusive partner once again mounting the victim and choking them on the ground or the bed like this to intimidate them. The closest two handed standing choke hold is most likely the typical bully grabbing the clothing and shoving you against the wall to scare you tactic. Now these are the scenarios I want to see defense again coz these are actual scenarios that happen. Would love to see you try these scenarios and how an MMA fighter would respond to these types of domestic violent or bullying tactics (KZbin permitting).

[@TheBlahblah86]

The only times I've heard of those 2 handed chokes happening, they were first hand accounts of domestic violence in which the person being choked had feelings for her attacker.

[@dankmark691]

I just woke up at 5am and had to click this instantly, why didn't KZbin recommend this sooner x.x great video as alwhays Ramsay 😁.

[@robertsutherland6162]

Real altercations are fast, violent, random, and keeping composure is very difficult.

[@sheikhu1039]

With her boyfriend lmao

[@snatchX626]

bdsm? lol

[@ionlucian421]

Speaking the truth as always! Thanks for a great vid! Not only do these 'women's self defense' don't work but also they lack the striking part. Sadly, women do get hit when attacked, right after being grabbed or choked. I believe that sparring and training awareness give the best chances of survival!

[@justinh.6683]

This is a very accurate video. Sometimes these self defense videos are suggested to me and I watch. Usually when watching these supposed self defense techniques I'm thinking no way will this work in real life... Maybe the one technique it's self could work but the fight is far from over. I think what's really lacking in these videos is that they insinuate that you now have a complete guide to defend a particular attack but they do not avidly encourage women or men to join a real gym, seek real training. Basically you are relying on your attacker to not be prepared for much of any fight and quit as soon as you retaliate. Relying on your opponents mistakes or ill preparedness is a major mistake. So then essentially, relying on short self defense videos to prepare you for a fight (for your life, because that's what it truly is) will most likely result in a person being seriously harmed or even killed. I think it would have been a helpful addition to this video to stress the importance of joining a local boxing gym, martial arts, or self defense studio. Not to say this video isn't advocating that but a little more emphasis on the importance of real training would be better. Thanks for the video.

[@geoffreyfletcher6976]

It also might be good to mention that a lot of classical arts, like Japanese Jūjutsu, Aikidõ, Hapkidõ, Aikijūjutsu, place such an emphasis on wrist grabs and joint locks linked with such, because it was based upon dealing with warriors who were carrying swords. So many of the techniques were designed to either disarm a sword wielding person, or to prevent yourself from being disarmed, or to even prevent the person from drawing their sword in the first place. Nowadays no one really Carrie's swords anymore thus the original reason for such tactics may not exist, and often at times the reasons in which a modern attacker might try to grab another's arm can differ based upon size and gender. The response for such shouldn't differ. Often a smaller female might be grabbed by the arm or wrist as to control her motion in a public setting, even to the point of not trying to attract attention. But an attacker might grab a male at the arm or wrist only to prevent that male from deploying a possible weapon, like a tactical folder. So the principle for wrist grabs as attacks are sound but don't occur as much or in the same way as they did when defenses against such were classically designed.

[@chadthundercock5641]

Return of the best series

[@misterwalrus4139]

I think every MMA and Jiu Jitsu gym should show this video in their beginners’ class for all the people who sign up for the purpose of self defense.

[@hanifrafli4736]

Gets into a life threatening situation *hold up let me charge my qi*

[@howrylo]

Subbed today. You are very well spoken. The way and how you explain things is a gift. What you said about KZbin and censorship is so true. Yet they allow overly sexual content.

[@denis3208]

To me it happened a lot, the wrist grab, it was usually bullies trying to control me when I was in school, and one time, couple a years ago, an uncle of mine, whom I didn't see for many years on a huge festival with tens of thousands of people grabbed my wrist, I was making a split second decision to elbow his face or not when I recognized him. Wrist grab works really good if the person doing it is several times stronger and you don't know how to escape, coupled with shock and fear it gives the bullies an advantage. Bear hug too, one time someone held me and another classmate stabbed me with a pencil, I raised my knee like leg check in MT and stopped it from going into stomach but I still have a pencil point on my thigh. In security training we got thought kote gaeshi and waki gatame for that reason, my instructor who was a police officer said someone tried to choke him like that in the video, because he wrote a speeding ticket to his daughter, and he used waki gatame and broke his arm, but because there was like 100 m drop behind him he was proclaimed innocent by the court. Oh and at the job someone actually grabbed my wrists too, but since I was bigger I pushed him so hard he flew into the opposite wall. That was like 3-4 years ago ...

[@RamseyDewey]

I see... so YOU are the reason we have women’s self defense videos???

[@denis3208]

@@RamseyDewey Yeah 😁

[@dkthales]

"You're supposed to cooperate, man!" That defines the whole subject lol

[@DavidLee-eh4dw]

I completely agree. However I do believe that quite a few of them can grow into more realistic situations as the student progresses. It's just sad that they are not taught from no resistance to semi resistance to as close to full speed as safe.

[@kyk2655]

Ramsey instead of walking into the light , making self defense videos Dewey . cause the video is super heavenly lighted .

[@RamseyDewey]

This video was filmed in Dolby Vision HDR video. Your browser (probably google chrome) lacks the codec to compress HDR to SDR.

[@Zictomorph]

I can see the wrist grab in the one instance of a drunk guy doesn't want a girl to leave but still thinks he has a chance (because alcohol).

[@tjl4688]

Single hand wrist grab is typically done by people trying to walk and drag you. Happens all the time in catfights.

[@gboy193]

Hey coach, not sure if I’ve asked this question before, or if you’ve already addressed it, but: I want to learn to fight, which do you think is the better approach to have a well rounded skill set? To go to individual gyms and schools to learn their aspects (a BJJ gym to learn ground stuff, boxing/muay Thai gym for your striking) OR to just go to an MMA gym to just learn it in the same place, but with the possibility of not being as strong in each discipline?

[@stonewolf7850]

You're supposed to train the attackers to attack by numbers, then the defences will all work according to plan.

[@furyano1251]

Lol! I like the way he put the demonstration of “the death touch by Spock” Star Trek. Funny.

[@moimeme9861]

Build the confidences, is too often the only purpose of self defence training. That mater too.

[@edinhadzic739]

i got a self defense video as a add on this fun start when looking on the title

[@Mr440c]

In the beggining of the video there was an example of Fred Mastro's video's. That guy who likes to beat his students during demonstrations LOL But during the actual video the examples are the ones that are quite easy to just debunk. So I'd like some breakdowns on his videos. Some of his stuff is actually great for self defence. E.g. the escape from the mentioned double hand strangling. I practiced that move with my friends and in my current gym we also drilled it once. If you read the momentum of the attacker right you can get his back and there you can pretty much do anything that is up to your skills. Other stuff is debatable though. That would be an interesting video. All these girls that never train anything and start teaching are such obvious amateurs that imo it's no use trying to teach people who prefer to delude themselves that it will ever work.

[@JorgeParma]

Great sir! Do more videos about this items!!!I always said that the best self defence system is intelligence...And you own it

[@keithjackson4985]

Mr Dewey, you truly need a side gig in stand up! 😆😆 lol 😆

[@andrewgstewart1794]

'How often has anyone stopped you and grabbed you by your wrist.' Nope, never. As you say, to cope with performance anxiety - the intensity of the spotlight. Where a non-compliant opponent/aggressor spirals in. Mindset. To not stop thinking. Compete, fight back, escalate. Go crazy, kick them in the nuts, gouge, stamp, scream... Real fights can shock you into inaction. Exit as quickly and safely as possible. Not about movie elegance or polite requests. Use good judgement. Thanks for insights Ramsey.

[@silverousleonidas5790]

Question anyone else having problems with the brightness of the video? still funny and informative and honestly it got me thinking of some techniques and moves I want to train now.

[@RamseyDewey]

Your browser doesn’t have the right codec to compress HDR video

[@silverousleonidas5790]

@@RamseyDewey Ah I see thank you for the info.

[@houayangthe3rd]

Where do I get those shaolin mustard yellow pants?

[@dangobanjo2800]

Love the vid. Most insightful

[@SundownTE]

Combat sports are the original martial art training methodology and that methodology has lasted because it fucking works. Practicing your stuff against actively resistive opponents with freedom of action and malicious intent isn't just a way, it's THE way. Thank you for your hard work pushing this content Ramsay, bless up

[@marcopohl4875]

some thoughts from my end: 1. people tend to point out that the wrist-grap would probably involve pulling (I always imagined the "possessive father figure/partner trying to pull you away type of move) could you defend that by going with the force instead of away and then attacking? (the attacker probably expects you to tug-o-war). 2. My biggest takeaway from this video is definitely "if you want to learn how to fight (for self-defense or whatever else you want) learn how to fight!"

[@mrmoth26]

There was once a boy. He was the son of the richest man in the universe. Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, he dwarfed them all. He was a multi-trillionaire. Now, it was this boy's birthday. His father asked him, "My son. I am the richest man in the universe. I could buy you anything you want for your birthday. A store full of lego, all the video games in the world, anything. What would you like?" His son replied. "Oh father. It would make me the happiest boy in the world if you could get me one pink ping pong ball." His father was rather confused by this request. Out of all the things he could've chosen, his son chose a ping pong ball. Nonetheless, he agreed and gave him a pink ping pong ball. His son was overjoyed and spoke to him. "My father, you have made me the happiest boy in the world. May I go up to my room and play with my pink ping pong ball?" "Okay son, go ahead." The boy then went up to his room and played with his pink ping pong ball. When his father went in the next morning to check on him, the boy was sleeping in his bed and the pink ping pong ball was nowhere to be found. On the boy's next birthday, his father asked him again. "My son. I am the richest man in the universe. I could buy you anything you want for your birthday. What would you like?" His son replied. "Oh father. It would make me the happiest boy in the world if you could get me one box full of pink ping pong balls." His father was again, confused by this. Still, he bought a cardboard box and filled it with ping pong balls. He gave it to his son, who said. "My father, you have made me the happiest boy in the world. May I go up to my room and play with my pink ping pong balls?" The father nodded, and the son went up to his room to play. The next morning when his father went to check, the boy was sleeping peacefully and there were no pink ping pong balls in sight. Just the empty cardboard box in the middle of the room. On the boy's next birthday, his father asked him again. "My son. I am the richest man in the universe. I could buy you anything you want for your birthday. What would you like?" "Oh father. It would make me the happiest boy in the world if you could get me one truck full of ping pong balls." Now, by this point, the father was extremely confused. Why did the boy want so many pink ping pong balls and where were they going? He asked. "My son. You are the most precious thing in the world to me and I can certainly get you this, but may I ask, why do you want a truck full of pink ping pong balls?" His son replied. "My father. Please humour me for a while longer. I will tell you when the time is right." His father agreed and ordered a truck full of pink ping pong balls. The boy said. "My father, you have made me the happiest boy in the world. May I go into the truck and spend the night playing with the pink ping pong balls?" The father agreed and the boy spent the night in the truck. When the father went back to check on him in the morning, all the pink ping pong balls were gone, and only the boy was left, sleeping in the back of the truck. The day before the boy's next birthday, his father asked him again. "My son. I am the richest man in the universe. I could buy you anything you want for your birthday. What would you like?" "Oh father. It would make me the happiest boy in the world if you could get me one oil tanker full of ping pong balls." The father was very confused by this and had to ask again. "My son can you tell me why you want these pink ping pong balls?" His son replied. "My father. Please humour me for a while longer. I will tell you when the time is right." His father once again, agreed and bought all the ping pong ball factories in the world and made the workers work overtime to produce all the pink ping pong balls needed. He also bought an oil tanker and a pump, a crane and a dump truck to get all the ping pong balls in overnight. On his birthday, his father gave him the oil tanker full of pink ping pong balls. The boy said. "My father, you have made me the happiest boy in the world. May I go into the oil tanker and spend the night playing with the pink ping pong balls?" Now the father had expected this and had made sure the oil tanker was completely safe for the boy's use. He agreed and the boy went into the oil tanker for the night. The next morning, when the father went to check, all he found was his son sleeping in the ship with all the pink pong balls gone without a trace. Now, a few days before his next birthday, the boy got into a huge car accident and was on the verge of death. His father asked him. "My son. I am the richest man in the universe. I could buy you anything you want for your birthday. What would you like?" The boy replied with a choked voice, obviously forcing himself to speak despite the pain. "My father... It would make me the happiest... boy in the world... if you could get me one... pink... ping pong ball..." His father replied. "My son. This may be the last time I ever speak to you. Will you please tell me why you wanted all the pink ping pong balls?" "Alright father. Come closer." His father nodded, bringing his face up close to his son's. The son's voice was getting weak by this point, coughing in between breaths. Still, he brought up the strength for one final sentance. "The reason I wanted all the pink ping pong balls is-" And then he died.

[@jamesrowlands1943]

Well, that's 2 minutes of my life I'm not getting back...

[@RamseyDewey]

Mr. Moth, are you from Chile? That sounds like a Chilean joke.

[@mrmoth26]

@@RamseyDewey No I'm from Poland but I live in the UK. But the Chileans have a good and slightly cruel sense of humour if that's the kind of jokes that they make.

[@cedric7751]

Pink ping pong balls blueballed me :(

[@williamallen2565]

If self defense doesn't work, how do you protect yourself and others in a physical altercation?

[@RamseyDewey]

Read the first 3 words of this video’s title, then read the first three words of your question. Spot the difference.

[@qq84]

9:52 the 2. Amendment prepared me for that situation.

[@GoogleHelpYou]

This video also hints why just run is a bad self defense advise. A determined assailant won't just stand there and let you escape. They will chase after you in which case it will be a battle of stamina.

[@idahogunslinger263]

I watched a video last year where a guy was standing in line at a convenience store. 2 guys opened the door one stepped in, slit the guys throat from behind before anyone knew what was happening and walked out the door. Cray what you can find when you look for it. Sometimes it’s not worth the search.

[@Jan-nu6zc]

I love these videos! :D