r/MartialArts is… interesting

[@SenseiSeth]

GUYS WE DID IT. We got unbanned lol. (Apparently it was some older mod that hated fun lol)

[@TheElbowMerchant]

People that hate fun?! Yeah, I've encountered mods like that. Poor miserable MF'ers.

[@TheLithp]

Wow, you beat all of r/martialarts.

[@ValDJesus]

These types of Subreddits are the least fun, the "official", super serious, OG ones. They're heavily moderated by people that don't even get paid for it lol.

[@ValDJesus]

Meme Subreddits of the same topics are way better, you still get advice if you ask, and you won't get banned for everything.

[@spliffdelakong5422]

Alex Terrible was the growler.

[@caspianYT]

bro said "this guy could be in trouble, but i'm gonna pause the video so he won't be". Seth, as always, you are a genius

[@alexrobinet7576]

Outside the box thinking for sure.

[@dbarry1743]

Its Alex Terrible!

[@viljamtheninja]

Seth might have saved that man's life.

[@by_men_for_you]

hes so real for that tbh

[@blackjaguar324]

This reminds me of that scene from Street Fighter where Zangief says, "Quick! Change the channel!"

[@TrickingFreak97]

The guy at 14:57 is actually the one growling. His name is Alex Terrible and he's the vocalists of a Deathcore band called Slaughter To Prevail. He can make some pretty gnarly sounds lmao

[@thefloridaman41]

Did an amazing Doom cover with lyrics

[@drew1753]

Alex actually had a bareknuckle fight recently as well. Also, I'm sure YOU already know but if that video was made after Baba Yaga then it's not like it's the first time he's wrestled with a bear lol.

[@blake5112]

Wait until seth randomly looks up viking and hears the alligator growl

[@Elriuhilu]

​@@blake5112Or a live performance of Demolisher when Alex roars out "Demolisher" at jet engine volume without a microphone.

[@Glimmcomp]

but did he survive the bear fight?

[@Fightingat40]

So Seth gotta say you've traveled the world, met with many trainers of many styles, shared so many stories with us all. Now obviously the next step is wrestling with a bear. It's really your own fault you've set the bar high with your insightful and entertaining videos.

[@TheElbowMerchant]

I mean, he's wrestled some huge, high-level Sumo guys. That's pretty close. Minus the huge claws and teeth, so yeah . . . I agree. Bears are next.

[@phoebusapollo8365]

@@TheElbowMerchant close? Even black bears are out of our weight class in terms of strength The only reason why the recommended defense for black bears attack is to fight back is because they’re easy to dissuade If your objective is to flat out out wrestle one, it won’t happen

[@TheElbowMerchant]

@phoebusapollo8365 I was joking, and I'm assuming the OP was, too. I love Sensei Seth's content, so I don't want to see him get hurt any more than he's already subjected to through continuous martial arts training, so I definitely wasn't serious.

[@lucidcharade12]

@@phoebusapollo8365 Black bears are also some of the most docile bears and fairly easy to scare. Now a brown bear or especially a polar bear... you're pretty fucked unless you are carrying, and not a low caliber either. Wasn't a bear, but one of the guys I've gone bird hunting with a lot also bow hunts deer and one time he couldn't shake the feeling he was being watched, but every time he looked back nothing was there. Finally, after not looking back for a little bit, he looked back again and saw a cougar getting ready to pounce. Fortunately, he carries a .45 while bow hunting for situations like that. Its' pelt is on his wall now.

[@RobertCruz-h6v]

Truth🎉😂😮

[@I_Might_B_Wrong]

Hi Seth. I'm one of the new moderators on r/martialarts. Kind of an interesting position here. End of 2023, the subs old mods were all replaced and Halfcut (the lead moderator of r/Sambo) obtained the sub. He's since added myself and a few other mods from the r/Bullshido sub. We've pretty much left the rules as they were when taking over the sub so far, but are working on trying to make it better than it's been. It's definitely a weird sub historically, as martial arts can really draw out some oddballs. Obtaining a large sub all at once with an existing user base that's kind of all over the place is a challenge to figure out how to make positive changes with, so we're in it for the long haul trying to figure out how to improve things. When it comes to "Low Effort Content," the way I judge this is on how you post something. If people are just dropping videos and leaving, the sub gets bogged down with Karma farming videos that bring no discussion to the sub. If a video is posted with some body of text that brings some discussion bait to the table, I'll approve the post every time.

[@Alx-qw5pb]

Dude at the end is Alex Terrible. He's a deathcore vocalist. He wrestles one of his friends pet bears very often

[@metalface_villain]

how is this a real sentence xD

[@josealmeida1713]

@@metalface_villain I mean. He's Russian, so it's a different reality ahah

[@Garrythecatman]

actually did a bareknuckle fight aswell, good dude all around

[@hui890890]

I love it, now i need to listen to his music

[@josealmeida1713]

@@hui890890 i think that this were recordings for Baba Yaga

[@nojlexa]

About using a sword in one or two hands: it seems a lot of people underestimate the advantage of using a sword in one hand. You see this in a lot of game systems, where using a sword in two hands simply confers a bonus, which is only balanced by the ability of using a shield or second weapon in the other hand if you use a one handed grip. In reality, things aren't that simple. Basically, both grips have their own advantage. There are plenty of sources for historical fencing systems where you use a sword one handed, without having something in your other hand. You gain a significant amount of range with a one handed grip, which is really important in most fencing situations. Using two hands will primarily give you more controll. You also get more power, sure, and while hitting hard is not necessarily that important, hitting fast is. However, the difference in speed is quite small if you know how to properly generate power with a one handed grip, especially since a one handed grip is usually more nimble, allowing for different motions than the two handed grip. Where the two handed grip really shines is in allowing you to use a bigger, heavier weapon while still being agile. My opinion is that if a sword is light enough that you can use it in one hand effectively, you are probably better off doing so rather than using both hands. In the end, it's more of a question about what works best for you in a given situation. Source: been a HEMA instructor for ten years.

[@thehuntermikipl1170]

I don't practice sword fighting, but I am pretty sure you can move (and especially accelerate) your sword very fast by moving one of your hands forward, while pulling the other hand back, and you can't exactly do that with just one hand. Right? Also why not just use a sword two handed and switch to one handed if you need? People definitely did, and do that, at least for range, even with actual two handed weapons.

[@NativeNordmann]

The point of why japanese swords are two handed tho for it to cut deeper as it is prmarily meant to slice whit like a kitchen knife.. another advantage whit the design itself is that it is much easier to learn how to use effectivly in general, which is why it was adopted by Korea as well, it was commented that it took less than a month to make new recruits proficient enough for the battlefeild rather than 5 months upon adopting the new design.

[@nojlexa]

@@thehuntermikipl1170 The "push and pull", as the technique of power generation that you are describing is often called, is widely regarded as ineffective. I'm not an expert at two-handed swords myself, but if you want to read into why, there is an article by a physicist HEMA practitioner that goes into great detail of why this doesn't really work. Google "swordstem push pull" and you'll find it, it's called "Physics, Push-Pull with the longsword, bad cuts…. and you!". By the way, I'm not saying that there aren't great ways of generating power with a two-handed grip, just that a one-handed grip has some techiniques of power generation, like the moulinette or molinello (same technique but different languages), that can generate a surprising amount of power. As for switching from two-handed to one-handed grip, that is absolutely done with two-handed swords to get more reach, both in European swordsmanship and Japanese kenjutsu. That can be a bit risky, as the recovery is generally slower when wielding a large sword in one hand. What, to my knowledge, is almost never done is switching from a one-handed to a two-handed grip with a one-handed sword. The only exception I can think of is half-swording, were you grip the blade with one hand. That is a different kettle of fish, though, since it's primarily a close-quarters anti-armor technique.

[@NyxDiscordia33]

you also have to take into account that if we're talking actual effectiveness using a sword with one hand gives you a free hand to do other things you can try to grapple your opponent or confuse them, disarm their own weapon in a fight to the death there are no rules, y'know? I kinda forgot how effective just grabbing onto your opponent could be until I saw some gameplay of Hellish Quart

[@ysaackfranco2825]

nerd

[@snowboardfamilyof4]

7:07 "you're gonna have some red marks" made me laugh out loud with headphones on in public. thanks.

[@junjun_8070]

12:55 that's hella legit! I believe the guy who did he o-goshi has kendo experience (purely by how unfazed he was by the other dude's attacks and his apparel). Speaking as a kendo guy myself, there is no throws or takedowns in the typical kendo curriculum but it's not unreasonable to assume that this guy also has judo experience. Older style kendo (gekkiken) also included many judo aspects, and the two styles compliment each other very well. I would imagine that perhaps the kendo guy opted to use grappling instead of sword work due to the fact that neither of them are wearing protective head gear, which can risk damaging the eyes of either opponent. Super cool to see kendo + judo together, in the way that it originally was!

[@KhrynTzu]

Kids learning BJJ is hilarious. My coach runs a kids class and when he teaches it he has to tell the kids to NOT practice against their parents. lol

[@user-rl7hm7ix5n]

I've lived for some months above a gym that had a kids bjj class twice a week. I'd only hear it from above, but it sounded like the most chaotic environment on earth lol

[@ippanpedrozo1162]

that asmr lady edit was hilarious, the visual jokes from the editor are just overall great lol

[@fredriksjoblom5161]

As a judo guy who's never tried breaking my neck, that fireman scorpion literally had me screaming -"Tuck your head IN!!" Also, kids competing in BJJ is just crazy to me. In judo, at least in my country (sweden) you are not allowed to even train limb locks or chokes untill you are 15 years old.

[@NathanForrest-yc5kv]

Sweden is cucked.

[@Crunchy166]

That last guy was Alex Terrible. He's one of the best deathmetal scream singer of all time and he's making his way into high level amateur MMA in his country.

[@FrCl_Minty]

Actually he lives in Florida now and has his own youtube channel under the same name. A collab would be cool.

[@Woodsie_Lord]

You know nothing about deathmetal nor do they have anything to do with it since it's a deathcore band...

[@fiendfi7119]

7:00 nunchucks energy is so accurate lmao

[@brannybrapz]

im only here for the pillow fighting content from now on

[@gergelybuza6856]

9:18 well I just want to say that I'm practicing Baranta, the traditional Hungarian martial arts, and we have 1 huge rule: ON THE CONCRETE TOO. shorttly, that means, you have to know how to fight, how to roll, how to fall not just on the tatami, but on concrete too

[@enilec.]

Ohhhh that’s why you post in taekwondo… when you get really desperate

[@safety1099]

10:51 He was training to fight firebenders 💀

[@tarettime9392]

10:10 the amount of people on instagram that were deadass arguing that the guy wasn’t trying at all and she was going 100% just because they can’t comprehend the idea of a woman beating a man in anything was hilarious.

[@sotetsotetsotetsotetsotet2379]

I think people see "fast movements" as "trying hard". Women are usually very fast in bjj, and they use it to their advantage.

[@TheLithp]

Happens literally every time.

[@tillburr6799]

Its an ego thing. These are the types to say military dudes are the best hand to hand combatants. If a military dude lost, and they act like military dudes are better than themselves automatically, it follows the woman would easily win against the commenter. Therfore the guy wasn’t even trying because a woman doing well in bjj? Nonsense. Bonus points if they’re ALSO the kind of person to say size doesn’t matter in bjj or bjj favours the less powerful.

[@tarettime9392]

@@tillburr6799 I disagree with the last part. These are the types to say that BJJ is useless in a street fight and size matters more than skill. These are dudes that don’t train anything but are convinced they’d beat a female UFC champ in a fight.

[@bradanderson4192]

@@tarettime9392 So "these types" are pretty much like 95% of untrained men?

[@Summer_Tea]

As someone who has been browsing r/ martial arts heavily this past week at work and saw all of these posts, this felt like a personal evaluation by Seth of my work life.

[@damanOts]

I recognized alot of those clips in the beginning from the Batman: Arkham games. 1:51 in particular was the exact same except he jumps into the punch at the end.

[@kingsoloman-bt5gu]

14:37 Thats Alex Terrible baby! Hell yeah 🤘 Also he does bare knuckle fights, next one is in December I think.

[@kevinmurphy5878]

6:35 and with that, the moderators decided they had made the right decision banning seth

[@retroghidora6767]

Taichi is exactly what I was thinking too, like taichi in the park kind of taichi. I think karate might even be too much unless they found a sensei who would tailor the kata training too them, namely let them do kata slower. But that might be disruptive to a public class. Hopefully they find something

[@buttnuttz6119]

I think they should look for a public class that is willing to have one of the MA teachers inform them on which moves to try and not try

[@LightGlyphRasengan]

A new smosh video cut into a sensei Seth video is not the crossover I expected lol

[@lunajudge2660]

15:00 yes Seth, that man is making that noise. he is a russian metal musician that goes by Alex Terrible, and that sound is pretty much his whole thing.

[@ansiblerecords1774]

Did not expect to see Alex Terrible fighting a bear on Sensei Seth Reacts 😂

[@erickstotle4285]

I was going to respond BJJ as a martial arts where your head doesnt shake alot, but i remembered taking a knee to my face once, attempting to stop someone from rolling flat on my back.

[@lw9954]

The Vance refrigeration is a pristine joke lmao :D good job

[@kalebpratt5635]

That last clip was crazy. It must have been really scary for that bear to wrestle Alex Terrible.

[@rumbachumba330]

That was Alex Terrible from slaughter to prevail, the man vs the bear, I think he might actually have made the noise

[@memoryfoammatressstuffedwi8876]

90% of people who talk about martial arts on the internet don't actually train in a gym/dojo.

[@Ishpeck]

@5:43 Haidong Gumdo is fun. Good cardio, isometric strength building, very gentle on the joints and head -- as long as you don't do the dive rolls.

[@DeeSimsLP]

Dude wrestling the bear is the front man of the Russian band Slaughter to Prevail and he can actually make these noises 😂

[@slithxrx4489]

Guys, don't let anything distract you from remembering the time that chick said "I thought it was sensei, not sensitive Seth"! In the championship 😂😂😂😂😂

[@tarettime9392]

9:30 I think the guy with the knife might be “pranking” him and have a fake knife. They said it was on Halloween and that would explain why he looks like has staged doing a goofy “imma getcha” thing but the MMA guy full slams him like it’s real

[@snovimgodom2009]

14:58 Alex Terrible from Slaughter to prevale?

[@lordheadass2108]

Yes

[@hui890890]

If you ever see me in the woods fighting a bear, HELP THE BEAR

[@bigolbearthejammydodger6527]

Tai chi(non spar or combat), yoga and meditation for those of with serious injuries. Sadly no sparing. Its just the reality of the situation. HOWEVER: doing the above will be seriously helpful to those living with disability and serious injury. Im speaking as an former fighter (judo and mma and various others + military) now old and disabled. For me I train every day, movement, with the likes of tai chi and shadow boxing etc + a LOT of stretching and exercises from physio - this has enabled me to be in the position of able to walk with a stick, without this training id be in a wheelchair probably, for years I kept going to dojo/gym as 'keep fit' but eventually the risk of further damage was just too great. I really miss it. Also regarding the man with the bear - That's how bears 'play', they clinch. Black bears are often very friendly with humans that they know - often domesticated, if the man was a say a park or zoo keeper or domesticated the bear then this is no more dangerous than playing tug of war with a big dog. The man even clearly invited the bear to play at the start of the vid. Of course your a moron if you try this with a wild bear of any colour... and good luck trying to domesticate a brown, grisly or god forbid polar.

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

Don't fight bears. If you get out alive it's not just because the bear didn't want to kill you that day, it's also because it didn't want to play too rough and didn't make sudden moves that could break all your bones like dried-up cheese strings. No human in the world can beat a bear that's even remotely trying.

[@mr.q337]

a bear cub, however =))) JK, yeah, you should not mess with any dangerous animal

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

True, but I believe there are 1-2 species that are small enough that you can scare away.

[@AcceleratingUniverse]

that is obviously a trained bear

[@JakeOfIL]

@@AcceleratingUniverse Looks like it skipped some classes though 🤣🤣

[@AcceleratingUniverse]

@JakeOfIL cut him some slack, he's still getting out on the mats

[@Shou_Han]

Seth is like the chubby YT Kenichi

[@vashmatrix5769]

😂 the dragonball yell got me.

[@TheMETALMULITIA]

Seth, the dude fighting the bear is called Alex terrible. He has a KZbin channel and a tremendous growl for metal singing. Listen to his doom song, it's absolutely hype!

[@goodhunter1131]

*still trying to make you watch or play yakuza games, or Kurohyou*

[@cachorromolhado6780]

that would be amazing

[@lobisomemfacanha4817]

based choices

[@jfufu26847]

15:03 I think the guy in the video is Alex terrible he’s a metal vocalist

[@VilTheVillain]

I imagine the guy with the knife was hoping to just intimidate rather than cause actual harm

[@bisiart]

youre a internet treasure, sensei

[@Allegedly_Angel]

12:00 those asian kids look terrified lol

[@tomsawyer9637]

When Alex The Terrible makes better bear noises then the bear.

[@arahana]

weird story time re:TBI one of my best friends in Korea survived a brain aneurysm when he was about 18. It inspired him to completely change his life and take up martial arts, even though his head is currently being held together by metal plates and clips in his brain. 22 years later, he's still going strong teaching MMA to the military. He was well known and respected in our community as one of the best fighters in the city. It is possible to train with this sort of injury, but it's important that your training /sparring partners know your situation and to take appropriate care, which we should be doing anyway.

[@blkspade23]

I have way too much appreciation for you pulling up the Mystical line.

[@leetewksbury8726]

That is Alex Terrible making the bear noise

[@Nala15-Artist]

5:49 Honestly, HEMA would be very good for TBI. I have a fencing buddy who chose HEMA because he has a retinal transplant and wanted to do martial arts and this one has the least TBI of any martial arts he knows.

[@zaqzilla1]

Maybe the knife guy tried to prank the wrong dude.

[@greasyburger4853]

Seth's reaction to Alex Terrible was priceless

[@VeteranGOD]

r/streetmartialarts is the real deal.

[@OlDirtyBatman]

You’re always funny imo, but you were really in top form in this one 😂.

[@toddellner5283]

Old Pre-WWII Kendo had a lot of throws and sweeps.

[@jameshealan2881]

The kid in yellow was having his best moment and so was the girl in the doorway

[@adammeade2300]

The "red marks" commentary.... it's been a long time since I laughed that hard!

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

was, was that alex terrible? 😂😂

[@sembo2666]

Did not expect to see Alex Terrible in a Sensei Seth video

[@weepingkoopa2862]

12:30 she probably thinks he's Krilen from DragonBall Z.

[@RodieLEE]

r/martialarts has always been kinda weird to me, good to hear i ait alone seth lol

[@The-Rod]

If anyone can answer this question I would appreciate it I have severe scoliosis, so my spine is fused, so I can’t bend my back. What martial arts would you recommend me trying?

[@Phiwell123]

hospital jutsu

[@ghareebcolt3954]

Of all the martial arts I've done, I've found kendo to be the most forgiving. Both of my sensei have bad knees but are still very strong.

[@earthing3696]

Gun.

[@The-Rod]

@@earthing3696 already done that one 😂

[@bigmanhenry7216]

you dont bro its too late

[@aaronmgriffin]

I expect "I entered a pillow fighting contest and won nationals" soon

[@DidinaSamurai]

That guy wrestling with a bear is Alex Terrible vocalist of Slaughter to Prevail, he is one of the best metal vocalist imo

[@Maelthorn1337]

4:49 I know it's usually stupid to theorycraft combat stuff, but its fun. Wouldn't it make sense to just brutalize the back of the dude's thighs once you've grabbed an ankle?

[@jameslkiii]

15:10 Karate Bearfighter is the title of a real 1975 Japanese movie, and it's great.

[@promisteryolo1786]

7:08 not the red marks 😱😱

[@kevinmurphy5878]

"ive heard of reddit" - sensei seth

[@etove8222]

that last guy is Alex the Terrible, he's a Russian death metal vocalist and yeah he just grapples with bears for fun

[@celticgold4353]

7:14 They look like two cats paw booping lmao

[@StephenCinAZ]

3:33 - Why would you want him to? 🤨

[@davidhoffman6980]

@7:05 "what's happening here?" If I had to guess, I'd say epilepsy.

[@klearch7706]

dude, you are the first, and, probably, the only one reacting guy, whose video I actually enjoyed

[@markusjuhn6925]

😂😂😂😂 Alex Terrible wrestling a bear ??? Nice ...

[@donovanmallory]

I love that the editor used a VERY recent Smosh clip 10/10

[@alexkehoepwj]

Yes the guy wrestling the bear is making the noise. He is a metal vocalist whos known for being extreme. Hes been doing bare knuckle boxing too

[@pierremaiden]

Was not expecting the editor to throw down some smosh

[@outerlast]

can't wait to see seth doing sumo with a bear

[@johnelliott9823]

re 6:47 being systema - it looks like some guys who watched some tapes or read some book maybe but never got formally taught. Like they heard of figure 8 motion but never learned about form/balance. When you went to that school did they spar like that?

[@caravaneerkhed]

Bros wakazashi was just a katana that was definitely a sword greater than 2 shaku…. The whole point of the wakazashi is for “tactical” situations. They were back up swords and also meant for interior combat…. By definition the sword must be under a certain length to be a wakazashi, and that just looked like a cheap shitty katana Edit: Also in regards to the girl with TBI I started up Iado recently which is an incredibly peaceful and meditative martial art involving the use of a katana… which I guess helps explain the first part of my comment lol… but it’s very enjoyable and relaxing and feels good when you get better, and it’s fairly feasible to practice solo

[@self8ting]

14:31 I thought it was gonna be a kick in the nuts, this made me laugh stupidly for a looooooooooong time ahahahah

[@sinisterow]

Yesh thats Alex terrible playing with the bear and yes Alex is making the noises lol. Hes death core vocalist he also had a bare knuckle fight recently

[@The31st]

The knife attack one was on Halloween so it was probably just a goof that got the guy paralysis for his troubles

[@Wreckz_Tea]

The guy who tried to stab the MMA fighter was trying to stab him in the chest or neck but the guy threw his arms up. That's why the knife guy stopped and looked like he was hesitating. He was just trying to find a way to stab the dude somewhere vital and not in his arms. It's 200% real AF and not staged. Slow the video down as slow as it goes and watch it again, you'll see what I mean

[@jonahaldrich4292]

The last video was of Alex Terrible, singer of deathcore band slaughter to prevail. He’s makin the noises and the best seemed more calm. He does bare knuckle fights so he trains

[@andrewmark6047]

"Vance Refrigeration" LOL!

[@dr.floridamanphd]

That was a very highly trained bear 😂

[@ComicBookMalc]

6:21 maybe a sword art like Kummooyeh (korean swords and archery) would be good to avoid head hits. If you dont dot he sparring

[@cRIPp1e_J]

I had a traumatic brain injury too, Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai are my first base

[@alicepbg2042]

looks really dangerous, but that guy hugged a bear... so I think he won life.

[@josephabrams9032]

Thank you for this channel, it cracks me up.

[@Patriot1291]

The guy Wrestling the bear is the singer of slaughter to prevail... so it was probably him who made that noise

[@russellinator]

7:30 Kids bjj is weird but all the other kids fighting "martial arts" isn't?!

[@senseisethreacts]

No, it is

[@VariasCapivarias]

6:06 Kendo is and option I guess, we pretty much dont move the head and we have head protection

[@hantu7380]

Only Kata so no bogu. Still hits too hard I think for people with health problems in my opinion

[@UrNumberOneFan2]

At 1:40-2:05, is that an actual style? Also, love the videos. You inspired me to start Karate! ❤️

[@speedyguydima]

It's stuntmen from Canada, and the girl is a stuntwoman from France. I trained with the guys throwing each other here in Toronto.

[@aisforannihilation1662]

Waiting for that guy's head to get eaten by the bear

[@asaiya705]

lmao oh Reddit, you never let us down