Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick...

[@pfurlong2003]

That some origin in the back ground ! Great work sir!

[@powertrip1050]

..to not get hit in the face....😂 love it.

[@exchange13579]

Can we get the links for the equipment? I would like to do some shopping.

[@crayzmarc]

You tube deletes my comment with link so search Black Polypropylene Full Contact Bo Staff 6ft martial art shop uk and should come up smaller ones are Escrima Sticks Pair 28"

[@mcharipar5]

Your content is awesome dude, keep it up!

[@juliehock6059]

A great video, I love watching the moves. Where were you Mark? London, but where?

[@crayzmarc]

Goldsmiths, University of London. The Great Hall there. Epic location.

[@maxpower8052]

Keep Calm and Carry On

[@SuperWagner23]

Big Stick Foreign Diplomacy brought to us former President Teddy Roosevelt. Tenants 1. Have the capability to strike. 2. Act Justly to All Nations/People 3.Never Bluff 4. If you must Strike, You Must Strike Hard. It is not the violence that sets a man apart. It is distance he is prepared to go.. 5. Allow your adversary the option of Saving Face when defeat for them is at hand.

[@couscousineau9162]

Far too many folks do not understand point 5. If you do not let them off of the field of battle they will have no choice but to continue fighting

[@LarsJ1977]

"Stick very good!"

[@anonperson3972]

I trained systema in the UK for a few years, we used to train with blunted knives (and didn't sometimes use sharpened knives ;) )

[@jerocaldon429]

Great video and addiction the jacket is tough ASF man.

[@dsaraon]

Mark. What would you recommend to an amateur soccer player who plays twice a week and has bad posture due to a desk job. Thanks.

[@MarkWildman]

Single arm heavy club twice a week Swing program and clean and press program twice a week

[@fishbelly789]

Was that knife still legal.

[@crayzmarc]

It's legal if you have a reason to be carrying it. Like shooting a mark wildman video. But actually it's a fishermen's knife

[@tomtucker83]

You need a lot of space to swing a big stick.

[@Trezker]

Don't be in tight spaces with people you don't trust.

[@farstrider79]

......that's what she said.

[@fishbelly789]

Thrust

[@ShaneParkClover]

This might be out there but what kind of bag is that you wear? The holster looking one?

[@MarkWildman]

Custom from Barret leather in wapakoneta ohio

[@cioran1754]

There was machete practice at the Notting Hill Carnival, think it was at the diversity seminar

[@spinmaster0]

This was in London? I didn't see it in the events page. 😭

[@crayzmarc]

It was May. Keep an eye on his IG, Discord and sign up for his newsletter

[@spinmaster0]

@@crayzmarc Oh, May? Fair enough! I was only introduced to Mr Wildman last month. I will keep an eye out.

[@shak535]

Water first , right ?

[@Overmanwest]

First rule of Wildman, never "like" the comments.

[@juliehock6059]

Why not?

[@crayzmarc]

You mean don't get hit in the face

[@IGeorge94]

Im from the UK, how can i find your seminars in the UK ahead of time?

[@tomodell5002]

Instagram, or there's a discord with quite a few of us UK folk on there. I think there's also a newsletter sign up on his website.

[@IGeorge94]

@@tomodell5002 Thanks. I'll try & be more diligent with looking, as I am curious in trying his courses

[@tomodell5002]

@@IGeorge94 I did one a couple of years back. Well worth it 👍

[@tonymontana3949]

try to learn hema or arma anything medievil martial art

[@craigpawlisch8628]

How often does the striker accidentally land a blow on the hands of the blocker? In a real fight, seems like a good way to disarm your opponent.

[@MarkWildman]

Rarely

[@MarkWildman]

No body wins practice.

[@ryanlang1548]

There's tons of red oak in my area. Is there actually a market in staffs?🤔

[@jacobcarrick1182]

Red Oak clubs and staff would be a hot item if there quality and from an old tree

[@jimgoldstein786]

Maker of the sticks?

[@crayzmarc]

Search for Black Polypropylene Full Contact Bo Staff 6ft and Martial Art Shop and UK and it should come up. If I write link KZbin deletes. Smaller sticks are Escrima Sticks Pair 28"

[@crayzmarc]

Martial Art Shop UK Black Polypropylene Full Contact Bo Staff 6ft and Escrima Sticks Pair 28"

[@ant7936]

4:40 Don't carry that knife on your person in UK. It's illegal ! (Non folding blade, over 3")

[@pemekd6369]

Sir are you sure that small nice bushcraft knife is legal ito carry n public space in UK?

[@cocovasquez1]

Who cares

[@spinmaster0]

There has to be a legitimate use for carrying them. If you are geared up to go camping and you have a bushcraft knife, or you are carrying a stick and you have martial arts attire, you can argue your case more easily. Appearance is important - act and dress like a normal civilian. If you are dressed like you just shopped in Sports Direct and walk with a swagger, and police happen to stop you, you are pretty much asking to get stopped and searched!

[@jprice_]

He should find one that's over 100 years old, these are exempt from landing you in jail.

[@flashsgarage]

Sadly that blade is not legal in the UK. It must be a non-locking, folding blade of less than 3”, and you still need a decent reason to be carrying it in public in the UK. Makes little sense, but that’s the law

[@andrewmcgleish61]

​@@flashsgarageYou don't need a reason to carry a sub-three inch, non-locking, folding knife. You do need a reason for a knife that doesn't fit that description.

[@RC-qf3mp]

Been carrying a big stick since puberty! 😮

[@cioran1754]

Ooo err missus

[@saoc8800]

A machete? Maybe that’s what’s missing in my life?! I’d say if you’re rocking around with one of those, people really give you your space… 🤔

[@veronicasmith2612]

Either that or a Boa constrictor. Seemed to work for the guy I saw in an unsavory part of Milwaukee

[@marvinperez3314]

No need for a stick

[@Cole205]

A gun is easier to carry IRL than a wizard staff lol

[@MarkWildman]

If you don’t carry a gun with you everywhere, all the time, even overseas, then you should cross train. If you do carry a gun overseas, you better have a government agency backing you up legally.

[@Cole205]

@@MarkWildman all valid points regarding firearms, but still doesn't argue for the practicality of LARPing as Gandalf on the way to work.

[@MarkWildman]

@Cole205 almost every martisl art in history before the modern era was concerned with defense against weapons. Weapons teach movement. If you don’t see the need for education, that’s fine. Do what you will.

[@MarkWildman]

I hope you at least have move and shoot training from a concealed holster, medical training on what to do if shot or stabbed, carry the appropriate gear, and do force on force firearms training with the same model you carry against multiple opponents

[@Cole205]

@@MarkWildman you ignored my point entirely. Who is going to have a bo staff on them all of the time?