“You can’t block without gloves!” DEBUNKED. The nuances of bare knuckle defense

My recent video “Martial Arts Blocks are not Blocking: The Karate Kid lied to you” was a round about way of teaching basic stand up striking defensive techniques for boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, sanda, MMA, and other combat sports.
• Martial arts “blocks” ...
But since my training partner and I were wearing boxing gloves, we received dozens of comments te repeating a commonly believed myth about blocking punches:
“That wouldn’t work without gloves!”
This is one of the most commonly believed martial arts myths that holds otherwise potentially skilled fighters back. If you don’t know how to block without gloves, you will never understand how to block with gloves on.
False. No. 100% wrong. If you are trying to use the padding on a pair of boxing gloves to stop the conclusive force of a 900 pound punch, you will get hurt... badly. In this video, I will teach you how to fight with your skeleton- using correct body mechanics to minimize damage from strikes with or without gloves.
Why were boxing gloves invented in the first place? Simple: to allow fighters to punch harder and more recklessly with less risk of breaking their hands on the hard bones of the head, elbows, and forearms- some of the most powerful defensive tools of a boxer. That being said, the unprotected palm of the hand is the primarily tool for parrying punches, which works identically with or without boxing gloves.
These are the same techniques I use with any style of gloves boxing or MMA or for bare knuckle fighting. They are simple, easy to learn, high percentage techniques that have stood the test of time.
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Shanghai based MMA Coach and Kunlun Fight Combat League ringside commentator Ramsey Dewey answers questions from the viewers. Leave your questions in the comments below!
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[@EgoCZ]

I find it kinda hard to believe that some people think you can't do head movement without gloves. Internet never fails to amaze me

[@gaminghunt5837]

Haha,how can you even type comments without glove?btw aren't boxers born with boxing gloves on?

[@moreparrotsmoredereks2275]

Head movement is literally easier without gloves. No gloves means a smaller surface area for the front of the hand. Which means you dont need to move your head as far for it to miss entirely

[@chrismiksworld]

@@moreparrotsmoredereks2275 See You actually were raised to use that thing people used to have back in the day what was it called oh yeah Common sense To bad so many people these days don't seem to have it

[@kvfk8917]

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[@milosh01]

How the hell to move head with zero magic power, gloves gives you at least 10+ mana

[@ME_YA4P]

I just do the Dragonball Z thing where I punch their punches so that our knuckles line up perfectly and we're both completely out of range to be throwing punches in the first place.

[@artygunnar]

do you knee their knees? and elbow their elbows?

[@ME_YA4P]

@@artygunnar ofc and that high kick where our legs cross and a leaf caught between the kicks gets cleanly cut in two.

[@brandon-xc5kk]

Ur a genius!

[@danielhounshell2526]

Yeah, while Dragonball can often have some really good choreography, it also has stuff like this. Especially the original Dragonball Z anime where most of its fights are basically GIFs and 20 minute long beam clashes.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

I have used my knee to block knee strikes. And I totally got the idea from majun vegeta vs goku. I still try to apply it when I a clinch or pinned on the cage. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.

[@michealtm]

My friend told me yesterday that we went to the gym at 9 pm and learned how to stop a punch with our jaw, that to me was jaw-dropping because frankly I don't remember any of it.

[@reedy_9619]

Same happened when i learned how to break throuh a door using my head

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Lol. I see what you did there.

[@theunknownguy265]

Lol

[@leekam4606]

His friend then asked him after the gym session how many fingers am I holding up ? To which he replied... Thursday 👍

[@mrmoth26]

"Throw some more hooks at my head please" - ᎡᎪᎷᏚᎬᎩ ᎠᎬᎳᎬᎩ 2021

[@gaminghunt5837]

That was some badass thing I ever heard😂

[@HamannGeorg]

It is the only time anyone dares to throw hooks at his head.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

Looking for more brain damage, Ramsey??

[@BoxingForTheStreets]

@@mightymeatmonsta, Where do you live? I wanna have a match with you. Do you accept?

[@hansbrianyamamoto6331]

It's a pretty common sentence for every martial art that involves punching

[@dylanandrejic4902]

Wow. I just spoke with my coach about this today. The fight gods are speaking to me through coach ramsey

[@Carmelo124]

Coach ramsay is a fight god. He decided to come down from fight olympus to earth to teach us, mortals, the art of fighting

[@MerajZargar]

same thing for me😂

[@eurekadiaz3771]

Pretty sure those who calls it pillows never got hit by those

[@expressionofwill5307]

Yeah I know. It's simple, Force= velocity*mass. Adding 16oz to your first is a fair bit of extra mass, probably more than double. The glove protects your skin and bones from connecting breaking and tearing, but the blunt force trauma is higher with the glove.

[@nothingbutlove4886]

@@expressionofwill5307 acceleration*mass=force, velocity*mass=impulse

[@expressionofwill5307]

@@nothingbutlove4886 ah ok, thanks for the correction :)

[@PaschanTOPs]

@@nothingbutlove4886 But you lose the hardeness of the knuckles. It's like covering a hammer with a boxing glove. It hurts far less.

[@aaroanttila2537]

​@@PaschanTOPs you clearly overestimate the hardness on knuckles and underestimate the hardness of boxing gloves.

[@chrismiksworld]

It Blows my mind that people who have never trained a day in their lives let alone been in a fight since the 10th Grade and the extent of their knowledge comes from watching KZbin videos and UFC on T.V. can have the audacity to try and tell someone who has pretty much Devoted their Life to Combat and has actually Fought many times that they don't know what they are talking about and that they who has done nothing but watch KZbin knows more It's almost funny except it is way too common of a thing that happens so it really is Sad and says a lot about people. Ignorance is scary and Arrogance is Scary but Ignorant Arrogance is Frightening. Really the Big difference without Gloves is Hurting your Hand and more cuts

[@mitchjus1966]

Lol the youtube blackbelts are everywhere nowadays

[@mochigb621]

Took the words out of my fingers

[@FAMCHAMP]

Yeah they call them armchair coaches You see them in alot of professional fighting or sports in general They got that elitist mentality and always think they're right no matter what

[@LateKnight347]

why are you trying to shut down conversation? people that don't know what they are talking about have the right to their opinions like everyone else.

[@BootsofBlindingSpeed]

Why are you capitalizing so oddly?

[@AN71H3RO]

The way you explain the boxers style of feeling the opponents punch and use that information to "follow" him with your counter, is exactly what my wing chun Sifu teaches us as one of the realistic applications of chi sao.

[@kaischreurs2488]

one trainer I once had showed us the proper way to block by having me try to punch him while he covered up, he wasn't wearing gloves and I sure couldn't get through.

[@filiperodriguesaquin]

One of the things i loved most when entering kickboxing was the chance to develop my wing chun even with gloves on. Great video, Ramsey! ☺️

[@robertlewis6915]

Was interested in this video because I've been doing a little sparring (I'm fairly new to sparring) and learning to use parries and bob-and-weave and absorption-based blocks in a controlled but stressful environment. Thanks for the insight.

[@1mataleo1]

Very true about punching the head. When I was younger, I was a competitive boxer, so very early on I ingrained the habit of keeping my chin tucked and changing levels slightly to absorb impact. Around 19 years old, I got in a fight with one of my friends. He was drunk, and I didn’t want to seriously hurt him, so I mostly blocked and evaded, allowing him to tire himself out. He threw a hard straight right, I had my chin tucked and slightly ducked down. Instead of hitting my nose or chin, he made contact with the upper part of my forehead, right above my hair line;, that ended the fight. Within half a minute his hand swelled to about double its normal size. He couldn’t even bend his fingers.

[@romana316]

That happened to me too when I first started training. Getting smacked in the face by my own gloves. It was just sparring so I didn't hurt myself too much but lesson learned. It seems so sensible when you think about it, but for some reason it seems fairly common for people to block that way. Maybe it comes down to the fear of getting hit. You want to stop a punch as far away from your face as possible.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

Right! That is why we keep our hands OUT in the center in wing chun! It allows us to intercept the attack WAY before it even comes close to our faces!! And a simple body rotation moves us out of the way of the attack.

[@mortalkomment8028]

@@mightymeatmonsta Your simple body rotation is nothing against good boxing footwork. You're delusional.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

@@mortalkomment8028 Sure it is. An angled step and body rotation moves you to the outside of the attack and out of reach of it. It's way better than the linear footwork of boxing!

[@mightymeatmonsta]

@Piri Reis You are also vulnerable to the hook when you use boxing footwork, which doesn't happen in TRADITIONAL WING CHUN because we use ANGLED FOOTWORK ALL THE TIME, AND A BODY ROTATION TOWARDS THE ATTACK, THAT NOT ONLY PULLS YOU AWAY FROM THE ATTACK, BUT ALSO PUTS YOU OUT OF REACH OF HIS COUNTER, BEING ON THE "BLINDSIDE" OF THE ATTACKING ARM, WHICH DOESN'T HAPPEN IN JKD, MODIFIED WING CHUN AND ALL BOXING DERIVATIVES!

[@mightymeatmonsta]

@Piri Reis That's because MMA is FAKE FIGHTING! WHEN DO YOU SEE FIGHTERS WITH GLOVES ON, IN A TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, WITH REFEREES AND DOCTORS-ON-CALL, WHERE YOU CAN VIEW YOUR OPPONENTS' STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES?? TRADITIONAL WING CHUN IS MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE STREETS, IS COMPLETE AS A SYSTEM!! MMA AND ALL BOXING-DERIVATIVES ARE NOT! THEY MISS KEY ELEMENTS SUCH AS REALISTIC SCENARIOS, WEAPONS TRAINING, AND MULTIPLE OPPONENT TRAINING THAT IS TRAINED IN WING CHUN! ALL SPORTS-ORIENTED MARTIAL ARTS SUCK FOR THE STREETS AND IS ONLY GOOD AGAINST PEOPLE WHO CAN'T FIGHT OR SOMEONE WITH MODERATE FIGHTING EXPERIENCE.

[@moroc333]

I used to think this was true until I learned how to block properly and noticed my forearms made the same size gap between them with or without gloves on.

[@AdamsAndCompan]

Thank you Ramsey. I was just trying to figure out how to explain blocking to someone who has never fought. This will genuinely help a lot.

[@CanaleAV]

"My sifu taught me that, but I could never use it" Been there, done that and thankfully moved on, also thanks to Ramsey.

[@mixck]

Haha when you did the: "Ooohh, but you got those big gloves and big pillows on your hands" I lost my shit 😂😂 Btw as a practitioner of Wing Chun your comment about Boxing gloves with wing chun is True. It was hard at first but your get used to it. Of course you can't "grab" the same way but you can do most things.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

No, you can't! Why would you train trapping with gloves on, stupid?? Are you going to use GLOVES when you are out getting your stupid ASS KICKED on the streets?? NO, you train as you fight, and that means NO GLOVES!!

[@Some.Donkus.]

@@mightymeatmonsta I can't tell if you're serious or being sarcastic

[@hippywill]

@@Some.Donkus. we found one of those " internet guys " talked about in the vid

[@mightymeatmonsta]

@@Some.Donkus. I'm serious. You think that training for the ring works well in the streets? Now who's being serious or sarcastic?

[@Some.Donkus.]

@@mightymeatmonsta What's wrong with training for the ring?

[@elijahoconnell]

“those of you with two functioning eyes” “well not me ig”

[@mathewgurney2033]

Just use your third-eye bro.

[@elijahoconnell]

@@mathewgurney2033 good point ngl

[@carlmanvers5009]

One of the best take down drills I ever learned was starting with my eyes closed, and my partner's hand on my face. On 'Go' he had to swing again and I had to front headlock him. Great way to train a response to being punched in the head.

[@twiceasodd3333]

Coach your video has helped tremendously, I had 2 matches that I lost but I did considerably better than ever before. Yes this was jv and not varsity but I still want to thank you. The following day after you made that video I had a rough practice, perhaps one of the toughest. But the first match I pulled off a throw that is hard to get. I’ll link a video of it once I edit it down. Again thanks a lot for the time you spent to encourage me, and drive me to get back up.

[@RamseyDewey]

Outstanding!

[@twiceasodd3333]

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[@mattstrader8956]

Ramsey, you always have great content. You opened my eyes to the speed bag today.

[@haziqzia5671]

What I love about Ramsey, besides his voice is his interaction with his subscribers ❤️😳. He legit reads most if not all comments and responds as well 😱💯.

[@RamseyDewey]

Sure do!

[@dsns1461]

He does read them, I can confirm.

[@juancarlosmelendezdaddona9076]

Punch my head with my own gloves trying to stop punches was the first thing that happend to me went i started kickboxing and sometimes still happening...

[@syrusx21]

Of course you can guard without gloves you just have to be mindful they cover a bit less surface area. We wear gloves for the safety of our partner's guys.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

That's just a bullshit excuse! Try punching someone WITHOUT the gloves on! I can GUARANTEE you will BREAK YOUR HANDS!! If you don't toughen up your hands, fingers, knuckles, forearms, etc., then your hands won't be tough enough to handle it hitting off of someone's skull!! Traditional wing chun toughens their hands on the various bags (including the sand/stone bag), wooden dummy, etc., so we don't have to worry about our hands, fingers, knuckles, arms, legs, shins, because they are toughened up!

[@9words40]

@@mightymeatmonsta i dont think he said its not protecting the hand, he just add that its also for your opponent(*) idk how to pronounce that xD

[@hippywill]

@@mightymeatmonsta its ok if you dont understand what was said.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

@@9words40 No, I said that it doesn't matter and that his hand will break because of lack of strengthening. If you are going to fight a REAL fight, which means BARE KNUCKLED, then you have to strengthen your hands, fingers, wrists, etc., so they can take the brunt force.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

@@hippywill I understand perfectly what was said. Maybe you don't understand what I said.

[@deadgekkos]

Wow people really think you can't catch and pary punches without gloves? If anything I find it easier

[@boshirahmed]

Its harder and more painful. Plus they are not training in it. Can you blame them if their gyms are not teaching it. Fear of injury prevents people learning it. One I took my gloves off is my hand was one tenth the size, however no one to practice with, you need to have the opportunity to train in the same way as with gloves, but self defence is not the same as sport.

[@kaischreurs2488]

@@boshirahmed the margin of error without gloves is smaller but it's also more dangerous to throw to the head without gloves because if you hit someones forehead you might break you hand.

[@KenpoKid77]

@@kaischreurs2488 Also if you hit the forearm at a weird angle with bare knuckles...or even worse, the bony protrusion of the wrists. And then if your own bends when punch?? Talk about pain.

[@patximartel]

@@boshirahmed that's why you strike with your palm, not your fist

[@mightymeatmonsta]

It IS easier and you have better control over the opponent when you use bare hands through touch and sensitivity.

[@alexkehoepwj]

Theres something so endearing about the way Ramsey said "Throw some more hooks at my head please"

[@fortunatosamuel2520]

Okay are we gonna address the fact that there are people on here that thinks you can't utilize head movements without gloves?😂

[@chrislampkin7896]

This affirmation is golden! There is a blocking elbow break ,2 fisted blocking combination in Japanese Jiujitsu. This is also revelatory!

[@PooleAcademyofWingChun]

There’s always plenty of people out there who love to criticise vids -

[@J3unG]

A lot of those guys never been in a fight before, inside gym or other places...

[@jagoomanra4443]

And Ramsay is the biggest one lmao

[@bushy9780]

"Bobbing and weaving useless without gloves" Anderson Silva: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@Almosteasyese]

Love your style of demonstrating these things. Everything down to the music had this crisp, clean, strong energy.

[@tyy123]

You know ever since I saw this video and I started practicing elbows blocks in the gym I became a new fighter it developed my confidence and I started to be more offensive and dominant. Thanks coach

[@Taekwon-Brando]

I had my first day of jiu jitsu today coach! It was so fun I can’t wait to go again. Cheers

[@StompDeni42]

You are amazing, Ramsey. Thank you for your video!

[@makegeorgeorwellfictionaga9268]

Have these people never been in a real fight ? I find it easier to block without punching gloves. You can also spare without them

[@Kamingo170]

I've literally been thinking about this for weeks now, so glad you made a vid on it

[@Kravmagamestre]

WOW...Desmistificando essas afirmações, eu estou gostando dos últimos vídeos.

[@RamseyDewey]

Muito obrigado meu amigo!

[@Mhurilo10]

* happy brazilian noises *

[@gaminghunt5837]

Dismistifying affirmation,ultimate videos?

[@juhanaberman964]

@@Mhurilo10 Youre gonna regret saying that!

[@Mhurilo10]

@@juhanaberman964 why

[@bravenkirok3142]

I agree 100% with you Ramsey on all your points. I really enjoyed your presentation of the material. I would like to add a scientific point on the "bob and weave". This works because the eyes signal the brain on where the target (typically head) is. The brain sends an electrical impulse to the limb to activate the muscles. Then the muscles react to the signal and fire the shot. The muscle will only create momentum in the direction that the brain tells it to, nowhere else. This process takes 1-1.5 sec. More than enough time to "slip" a punch. Muscle only creates movement in one direction at a time. Feigns are not strikes before anyone else brings those up. So when you bob and weave this causes the brain to constantly try to correct and gain a new target location while you are always moving out of where the strike is being sent to hit. This is why people like Mike Tyson was so good at slips, bobs and weaves. D'Amato said, "Remember, it’s always good to throw the punch where you can hit him and he can’t hit you. That’s what the science of boxing is all about." Your point sir, is totally true and valid. The internet trolls just don't understand. Thank you for sharing your Insights Ramsey! The world needs more level headed people like you in the martial studies.

[@AppliedMathematician]

If I remember correctly, a lot of the Karate training involving breaking stuff with your bare hands has exactly the purpose to harden your bone structure to not break any of your own bones when hitting someone. But you have to train for years to get your bone structure adapted. A lot of other martial arts have similar training methods with the same purpose. If someone can bare nuckle punch your forehead without injuring himself and the punch has decent power, you can derive that he is probably adapted and trained for some years.

[@TreyYork1]

Research suggests, this is a myth. For years, many of us(me included) thought that traditional training and the modern understanding of "Wolfe's Law" was clear evidence that repeatedly hitting things strengthened bones and possibly soft tissue. Further studies discredited that. When people run the compressive stress causes leg bones to thicken, however banging on bones does not seem to cause these adaptations. Theoretically repeated compression from punching may thicken the bones in the forearm, but it looks like repeated strikes mainly deaden nerves that effect pain receptors. Less fear of pain, and muscle memory created by training the motions seem to be effective, but hitting things repeatedly appear to do nothing to strengthen physical structures

[@AppliedMathematician]

@@TreyYork1 : Well, thanks, but I did do Judo most of the time. So ... that would actually more support what you say. I have not followed the science since I had to quit due to injury!

[@theprodigalson4003]

SummiZe assertain deduce Fuck I love words. SYNONYMS

[@midget420]

True I think it’s the same with forearms. My friend accidentally hit me full force on my forearm and it hurted like shit

[@JohnSmith-ty2he]

Yeh that blows my mind that people would thing that. I'm not fighter, just a guy that's been in a fair number of fights. (Big distinction here.) I've never had much in the way of hand speed, I wrestled in high school, and sparred around with my father and friends a few times but I'm pretty damn slow when it comes to strikes. Hell the only reason I still have my brains on the inside of my head was learning to cover up, minimize damage, and wait for a chance to land something big in close, or take'em to the the ground. Hell if it comes right down to it you can block a weapon with your arm. I'd highly recommend running the hell the other way but if you ever find yourself in a situation where there is no escape you'd be amazed how your not exactly worried about how your arms going to look tomorrow at the time. My left arms a damn mess dude to a guy with a shank(joys of being the white boy incarcerated in a mostly black prison) but better the arm than the throat ehh?

[@calasthetic]

lol I love when you said "bobbing and weaving without gloves wont work HAHA" golden bro

[@calasthetic]

Sugar ray was a master of slipping punches he could dip dodge zig and zag like a bawss

[@calasthetic]

of course he never had to worry about gettin kicked in the leg with the force that could break a wooden baseball bat... or gettin slammed against a steel cage

[@periodic98]

Something interesting about the high guard ,the more you look up while doing this the more your elbows block your face instead of your forearms.Your elbows defend against straight punches better than your forearms however the obvious downside is that it leaves the body wayyy too exposed. However,if you were throwing shots to body or ducking low,keeping your elbows high is interesting idea to defend from strikes from above (also fighting taller opponents). These are just some thoughts I had, still testing them out.

[@jakelewis676]

They think you can't because they can't lol.

[@adinvipond3983]

I was always sceptical about this with barehands but this video explained it really well

[@keyllonguevara1110]

I always figured that defences like high guard wouldn't work in bare-knuckle fighting(or even MMA with the smaller gloves) but it seems I was thinking about the defence all wrong

[@Al77343]

I'm pretty sure you can see people using high guard in mma. It opens you up for take downs but you can still block blows

[@Whosyourdaddy21]

It does work but with out the gloves it’s easier for punches to slip through

[@mightymeatmonsta]

@@Al77343 Exactly!! It opens you up, not only for the take down and clinch, but it also opens you up to the hook.

[@adityam.4694]

Petr Yan uses it very successfully in MMA. It makes you susceptible to body kicks though

[@nuclearlefthook5008]

Plenty of people use the high guard well. Yoel Romero has the most underrated blocking defense I've ever seen. Uses crossguard, high guard and has a generally very high and dynamic guard.

[@amicellnandan3245]

Great video, I love that style of blocking, its (as you said) low risk and high reward and you can get away with it easily + it benefits certain movements

[@SeanRosati]

Good stuff. All the old timer boxing legends used that open hand parrying technique back in the day. Very useful.

[@PooleAcademyofWingChun]

YEY you mentioned Wing Chun in a good way

[@stephanwatson7902]

That's because Wing Chun is an excellent martial art that everyone should know, unfortunately it doesn't teach you how to fight tho

[@mightymeatmonsta]

Yes, it does teach you how to fight, how to fight for REAL on the streets, not like those FAKE martial arts, like MMA, BOXING, MUAY THAI, KARATE, TKD, JKD, JIU JITSU, AND ALL THE OTHER FAKE FIGHTING MARTIAL ARTS!!

[@BoxingForTheStreets]

@@mightymeatmonsta, Where do you live? I wanna have a match with you. Do you accept?

[@zoarmhirr2964]

@@mightymeatmonsta Xu Xiadong beat a wing chun master while being a not so good out of prime mma fighter. If your masters are like that then wing chun is utter garbage.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

@@zoarmhirr2964 First of all, stupid, those were NOT masters, not even close!! They also learned the crappy, flawed, stiff and rigid, and incomplete modified system, NOT the real traditional, which has all the elements that are missing from modified. Second, traditional has the proper footwork, body rotation, and use of all ten concepts at once, which actually make the system work well and be very efficient! You can tell the guy wasn't even a master! He stayed out in mid range, which we don't do (we enter immediately upon contact!), didn't use ANY techniques, and didn't use the proper footwork to go to the outside of his attacking arm!

[@CldBroccoli]

That’s a lot of good food for thought. This will for sure give me a new thought process to try out when training my defensive movements.

[@MMAengineer]

very important video regarding defense! I always got brain damage the way I defended punches

[@hipsterogre9652]

Ramsey has a great voice perfect for radio and is a great communicator

[@SasquatchTX]

Coach Ramsey, in your other video on martial arts blocks, you showed one use for the inward middle / inward forearm "block" going to the arm bar - in this video you showed the primary use for that same move without calling it out - when you were parrying the punches with the open palm. Its the same movement, but in the 'real world' version without the exaggerated chamber. It can be done open palmed (my preferred method, since open hands are faster than closed hands) or with the fist. Open hand you can be doing a palm block, or block with the forearm with the same motion. As to the high block / rising block - don't think of it as a block either - think of it as a forearm strike or hammer fist on a different plane of attack, or another way to break contact if they're going for collar ties or if they're dumb enough to try choking you or grabbing you from the front, it can clear their grip in the same fashion that the low block does for a wrist grab.

[@juhanaberman964]

Is the blind spot really that bad as you showed in the video? Im sorry to hear that.

[@snakeace0]

@Deus Vult. He got pummeled by someone who weighted his gloves real bad. So its not his fault for getting cheated in a fight, that shit still happens in china regularly.

[@boxdelux6591]

Great video, setting straight some misapprehensions about fighting without gloves. I have found that “catching” (I don’t mean parrying) a bare knuckle punch with the hand as if it’s a focus pad, whilst certainly being preferable to being punched in the face, is only really suitable for “feeler” type jabs, thrown without power. Anything more powerful results in injury of some degree. Granted, some guys have massive hands that can take more punishment but even then, I’ve an in-law with huge, powerful labourer’s hands who got one broken catching a heavy punch in a fight. Obviously, a lot of “blocking and covering” still hurts, which is why many prefer evasion and redirection when possible, but a broken hand will really spoil the evening!😊

[@onerider808]

Still trying to figure out the cool move where you parry, and instantly change to a different rash guard for the return. Sweet! ; )

[@pyronicdesign]

I never understood the logic of people who say all this. I have never sparred with gloves of many type until i got out of the military. Then my partners wanted boxing gloves. Yeah it was awkward at first as I got used to it but everything except row full hand grabs was still doable. And then gloves didn't make any of it easier. Also I am a huge proponent for bare knuckle no wraps sparing. Maybe at most some light padded gloves just to protect from cuts. Honestly if you cannot control your sparring to a point of not hurting your partner you are not practicing your techniques correctly. Slow deliberate precise movement builds muscle memory, and muscle memory does not care about gloves.

[@SwordFighterPKN]

The not controlling power is my biggest pet peeve when sparing with people using boxing gloves, full speed is very different than full power.

[@caracal82]

I train JKD and FMA. Everything you showed in this video works 100%. In the systems I practice the goal is to CATCH or PARRY incoming punch onto my elbow to break opponent's fist, so we always cover behind elbows. Most of the time I train without gloves or in MMA gloves to practice accuracy (obviously not at full speed), but every now and then we swap to heavy gloves to be able to attack faster and oh boy. If your opponent will block with elbow no amount of padding will save your hand. I am genuinely baffled that anybody who considers himself a practitioner of martial arts can believe that defense in boxing relies on gloves. Utter nonsense. Thank you for this video it highlighted the logic behind some of my favourite defensive techniques. It is a shame that you had to make such video to explain basic concepts.

[@mini-monkey6294]

Could you do a choreographied mma fight with awesome techniques? I would love too see realistic techniques in a fight scene.

[@mightymeatmonsta]

It's not realistic if you choreographed it!

[@alextop1850]

More vids on this with long guard

[@juliocesarsalazargarcia6872]

Ok, you can parry and block bk, but...Honest doubt: Does Peek a boo guard works without gloves? Does Philly Shell Guard works without gloves? I have no doubts about the effectiveness of the long guard in bare knucle fights. In old pictures of bare knucle fighters from the old days they display a longer guard, maybe not too long but longer than the usual classic boxing guard seen in most boxing matches with gloves today and I think that was to avoid what you explained in 10:00

[@Thomogon]

In secondary/high school it's really a killed or be killed situation nowadays. You almost have to fight your bullies and take those 2 weeks of suspension in order to be left alone for the rest of the year. My go to defenses were the helmet guard, a plum clinch followed by elbows to the jaw or when it came to regular old boxing I would go for the liver or the spleen because I didn't want to leave any physical marks and risk legal reprecussions. After a while people started noticing that I would fight back if I had to and that I had martial arts experience so they left me alone, the occasional new kid would still try but would end up on the floor. I did become much more vicious, vile and dirty after a while. Things like grabbing the larynx, face goughing, spitting in you face before throwing the first punch. That last one actually granted me the nickname "The Llama". I am so glad I am away from that toxic environment, but boxing defenses do work in a bare knuckle situation.

[@borgy7085]

What kinda school you had? Where? WTF XDDD

[@andrewskokan6372]

You make great videos, Ramsey. Please keep it up. Thanks!

[@ninjaboss8099]

i used to stay with mike tyson's pikaboo style , its faster and head movements better than blocking ,but when we get stranded by opponents attack ,this kind of block work but we need to actively change guards

[@chopsueykungfu]

Hey! [7:30] is Master Wongs 'how to defeat a boxer' technique!!

[@mikeh2161]

Now do it with one hand gloved and one without! Like a real fighter 🤣

[@sergiolastname3416]

Lol

[@joshuaperez1531]

Art jimmerson style

[@wazedfox566]

Amazing video as always Ramsey Dewey 😎👌

[@robbybee70]

my primary block/parry is with my elbow or forearm so the glove thing always seemed odd to me, I just figured it didn't apply to me because I didn't use my hands most of the time.

[@mathematics557]

Excellent video, one thing is certain is that there is a huge difference between fighting with boxing gloves and fighting without them.

[@ironmikehallowween]

I wonder how all of these people who don’t box have all of these pearls of wisdom concerning boxing, such as you can’t block or parry without gloves? How we should punch, etc. Non boxers just seem to know so much about boxing. Oh yeah, no they don’t. Thanks for the video.

[@petrolmonkey8339]

You cant block without gloves! Mayweather doing shoulder rolls: Is my undefeated record a joke to you?

[@KubaSzI]

Very smart lesson ❤ thank you

[@johnhanley9946]

Hey coach, I thought of an interesting question today, and I'd like to know your opinion: All animals seem to have an inate ability to fight, so humans must too, right? How much of fight training is recovering ability we naturally have do you think? Is it more learning new skills, or just unlearning habits that are ingrained in us by society? Do you spend a lot of time as a coach getting students to rid themselves of unwanted, unnecessary movements so they can advance in skill, or do you feel you're teaching something they would never have any knowledge of? I'm 52 years old this year, and I've never been a fighter, but I find your content interesting. I've practiced karate since I was a kid, and for the past 10 years or so I've been practicing Chinese swordplay as well. Thanks for reading this!

[@med4nel]

Im not the coach, but I can answer you as a martial artist. Humans do have the fight reflex just like animals. But martial arts techniques are not something that already exists in your brain before learning them. Assuming a person has never fought or even seen any techniques, they can punch, bite scratch, grab, cover their head and so on just like some animals. But through different fighting styles humans have thought of methods in which they can do all these things more efficiently. That is something you have to learn through repetition until it is ingrained as an acquired reflex. And depending on what style of fighting you learn those reflexes to certain situations are different. A Boxer will react to a punch in a different way than a karateka might for example. And yes, you have to rid yourself of some natural reactions in order to be more efficient. As an example, most total beginners in Boxing/kickboxing have to learn, not to flinch when getting punched or not to hold their hands too far in front of their head when blocking (like in 10:05 of the video).. which is a natural reflex we have to trade in for an acquired one.

[@santytt123454321]

Excelent video. Love your pink gloves Ramsey, where did You get them

[@RamseyDewey]

taobao.com

[@VroomVroomzzz]

i think what people don’t realise is that the high guard is not a static guard. you just have your hands up so that it’s quicker for you to parry or block and counter right back. Not stand there with ur hands up just taking shots

[@Elijah.willfight]

He turned my Boxing drills into Wing Chun Drills. Dope

[@jerrysanchez7039]

I think this old lady watched your video she use the same hand technique on me when I was trying to take her purse Keep up the good work ✊

[@Nanaboy1994]

Great video as always coach 👍

[@ape6277]

i appreciate your knowledge of boxing ramsey considering its not the martial art you mainly practice ive noticed you use a variety of blocks and guards that not many people know about these days im quite impressed keep up the good videos

[@RamseyDewey]

I have coached the sport of boxing for many years. It’s something I have logged thousands of hours into.

[@ape6277]

@@RamseyDewey interesting

[@Andrew-gj6gf]

Forehead blocking, is that legal in regular boxing and also the elbow speed bag blocking (learned something new for boxing 😮, wasn’t ever thinking of speed bag combos for defense and how wing chun could translate well for boxing)Cause if so this is something to try out! Thanks coach Ramsey! Trying to do an mma but with boxing in my style and I always love your vids to incorporate new things!

[@RamseyDewey]

Yep, it’s legal. But remember, the forehead is your LAST line of defense from punches!

[@108mmd]

Ramsey, thank you for the great content all the time. Could you please recommend some books? Perhaps, but not exclusively on martial arts?🤔 Thanks

[@codyjwoods]

What a video. Great stuff Ramsey.

[@DadBodFit]

This was such an interesting video. Thank you.

[@cepininja1927]

At 7:28 deflection and strike??? 🤔 Very interesting. You're creating monsters with your videos. Super educating.

[@varanid9]

Ramsey, do a video on the difference between a hook punch and a roundhouse punch.

[@SirCrusher]

What do you think about replacing punches when fighting without gloves with palm strikes, Master Dewey?

[@JimmyPtheman]

Ok here is what I think. Learn all guards, hand traps, etc. Just makes you better. In Muay boran, they also teach " elbow destruction " in high guard. That means attacking the fist with your elbows in high guard as it comes. The idea is to break the opponents hands. You can do the same with leg kick checks. " Knee " the kick to try to break the shin.

[@kez_the_reaper2657]

Wow some of those comments just defy all logic. I mean there are countless videos on your channel alone nevermind all of youtube where you can see examples of blocking in mma gloved or bare knuckles Anyway great video and thank you for answering my question on sprawling a few videos back i found your answers very helpful oh and that elbow block i actually saw that in the tv show banshee the fight scene is hood vs sanchez ive been messing about doing that while on the bag for years and could never find an example of it anywhere else so thank you for that aswell 😂

[@noaroos6115]

The only thing that comes to mind (and please tell me if I have something wrong!) is that, if you see your hands as spheres, boxing gloves increase the diameter of those spheres. I see fighters in one fc for example using that to decrease the chance of a punch coming through. I don't see them using the forearms to parry perse. I especially see the difference when they use the small mma gloves in muay thai, where they seem to be more careful to use their forearms more. Anyone's thoughts?

[@Tutorp]

Ah, elbow blocks! Though a little tricky to get right, they are evil if you manage to get them on a non-gloved fist (I've felt one or two of them playing around without any gloves, though far from at anything like full power)

[@GeorgeOu]

Blocking with the forearm like you showed was the first hard lesson I learned after I punch myself in the face from blocking. Nobody taught me to block like that but it was the only thing that didn't hurt me in the face.

[@kamen25]

how do you simultaneously punch and block yourself?

[@GeorgeOu]

@@kamen25 You cover up with one arm and punch with the other at the same time

[@Gh0st_0723]

Imagine thinking that 16 oz gloves are pillows 🤣🤣 . Just once I wish those guys would step into a mma or boxing gym and test that theory.

[@DandyAndy83]

"Throw some hooks at my head please." Gotta love Ramsey

[@andrewgstewart1794]

Yup - that should silence the doubters. Nice flow, and movements too - I tend to concentrate more (when light-touch sparring) without gloves. Just got to watch the eyes. Remember touch sparring with my martial art master, accidentally poked him in the eye socket. Can be hazardous. Which is, as you say, part of the reason gloves feature - protects both ways.

[@DelioDAnna]

"for those of you with two functional eyes"😂😂😂😂😂

[@gmantio]

Ramsey nice video. Keep up good work nice to see someone who actually knows how to fight not the same old people saying ' well I'm a black belt in XYX we have never done it like that' Lemons 🍋🍋🍋🍋

[@vyderka]

There might be a certain misunderstanding here, at least with my boxing experience I noticed that guys tend to block more with hands covered with gloves, than with forearms. As a result in, for example, double arm block elbows additionally cover the area of solar plexus, hence you are safer from wider range of shots. Bare knuckle you raise your forearms high, with upper arms almost parallel to the ground, to catch the punch on the forearm. Try to do it with your elbows down, you'll eat a shot with your bare hand. Not something I'd recommend :) quite similarly with blocking hooks. Many coaches even teach those low elbows blocks because they make more sense with gloves on - you cover more area with a smaller movement. Then guys try to transfer it to bare knuckle and it just doesn't work.

[@BigSlanko]

Those paries are very much like a simplified soto uke, or outside block. It’s the main way strikes are blocked in kyokushin, so I mean...really guys the gloves don’t mean much. Nice video as always coach.

[@regretfulblue5758]

Keep up the great work bro

[@enoughofyourkoicarp]

But I thought gloves were made out of pixie dust and unicorn farts that gave you magic powers? My reality is shattered...

[@prisonerofearth]

The gloves are there to protect your hands but also to protect the guy you are punching. Knuckles can cut the face (even with MMA gloves as seen in numerous MMA matches: Lawler vs Ghosn in UFC 40 comes to mind) and even with boxing gloves but far more often bare knuckle.