The Four Tenets of Martial Arts

What do those Chinese characters on the signs at the back of my gym say?
Let’s discuss the four tenets of martial arts at the EFL gym.

[@Sbv-25]

4 tenets of da streetz: - cowardice - insolence - discourteous - arrogance

[@Toreadorification]

Insolence with those you perceive weaker, servility with others

[@cchutney348]

Unearned confidence should have a place.

[@TheGhostofLlopmondDunderbridge]

@@cchutney348 to be fair that would be covered by "arrogance", but there are quite a few different forms and manifestations of arrogance that go beyond that.

[@RoyBlumenthal]

Another aspect of "mutual aid" is the willingness (and courage and humility and respect) to RECEIVE help.

[@mynameismynameis666]

one of my favorite quotes about muay thai: "Muay Thai teaches You three things: Winning, Losing and Forgiving"

[@mcautimusic]

this resonates with me on a deep, personal level. recently i came clean to my supervisor and manager at work about having stolen multiple items a half year prior. i explained what led me to do it, and that it was weighing on my conscience for a while, and that i wanted to make it right, so i did by paying an approximate total value of the stolen goods as recompense/restitution (is that the right word?). the manager did give me an official warning not to do it again, because he had to, even though i decided i wasn't going to anyway. it's like you said. to actually own up to this mistake took courage, to then offer to make it right and take my manager's judgement on the chin, took humility and respect, and finally, for admitting to it and setting it straight, my supervisor told me he respects and admires me even more now, so by showing respect i received it.

[@RamseyDewey]

Outstanding!

[@TheDouglasSeth]

This is a wonderful video. Reminds me of my favorite martial arts teacher who passed away a few years ago. He lived these tenets.

[@BMO_Creative]

Respect, Courage, Charity and Humility... Are you in a church or dojo! LOL Seriously, Awesome to have those on the wall and in your heart man!

[@quach8quach907]

Actually, the word "dojo" is a religious word. It's a meditation room in a Buddhist temple, Grasshopper. "Dojo" literally means "the place of the Way".

[@BMO_Creative]

Nice!

[@HappyBuffalo347]

This is one of the best talks on martial arts values i have ever seen

[@TaijDevon]

Now that you bring it up, it's kinda empathy. I was so afraid Master Shao Wen Yu would feel disappointed or even insulted if I wasn't 20 minutes early that I never missed a class. Always reviewing an old form I knew before class. In hindsight it never occurred to me that he did not expect that of other students. But I felt I had to do it for him. In fact, most days I was the only one in the gym, sometimes two others until like 40 people arrived around class starting. I used to joke "I am going to church" when I went to Wushu. That is how I felt about it. He would sit with his office door open, squinting one eye at me while I practiced Chinese broadsword alone.

[@TaijDevon]

Living in China you probably know Sifu can be a loaded term, unlike Lao Shir which is a great form of respect meaning teacher. But he had me call him Sifu and kinda vibed that Obi Wan Kenobi to my Luke. Now that I ranted, it's obvious I have some very good memories of that decade.

[@konstantinosntelirabakas7340]

the third one, the one about helping others and mutual aid can also be translated as "Altruism". it's akin to heroism, philanthropism, being charitable, etc. but not the same. Altruism comes first and then it spawns other helping -isms. because it first takes an altruist to be heroic, philanthropic, charitable, a savior, an ubermensch, a gigachad, etc. Without feeling altruism first then someone might be doing the rest of the things for other reasons like personal gain, virtue signalling, following dogma, following trends, etc. lol

[@MarkoObradovich]

😂😂😂 you started with the speed bag again... Anyway great speech, couldn't agree more 👍

[@tommytaylor2799]

Thanks for sharing this. I am reminded of Jita Kyoei and Seiryoku Zenyo..

[@patrickhunter9525]

We have the quick reference rules for the last tournament we hosted, the sparing safety rules, the schedule, and the code of conduct+anti-discrimination policy as well as rotating set of quick tips and illustrations related to whatever part of the curriculum we're in. Oh and the gear shop price list of course.

[@douglaskurtz8357]

I cannot remember what my school has, because they made it up while I was away in the Marines...and for that same reason my mind always goes "courage, commitment" because their first one is "honor"

[@Annokh]

An era ago, laconic expressions of sportsmanship virtues (or entire slogans, for that matter) in a local language being inscribed inside training areas of all kinds used to be a fairly common thing. These days people often see them as pretentious, insincere or "cringe". Admittedly, some people will say the same about cool-looking foreign symbols that mean nothing to most people looking at them here, so there's that.

[@soyletvolcel6297]

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[@M.C...]

We used to have « who masters the basics masters the art » written on the wall but they took it down when they renovated, years ago. It’s too bad, I thought it was a pretty good quote.

[@Xzontyr]

Many have forgotten the great moral tenets of many martial arts. Even the ones never written, but just spoke about long ago in small clubs nobody knew about. A good way to appreciate the senses is to practice with them deprived. Even down to speech.

[@GeorgeOu]

The Bushido Code or the Chivalric code are very similar in that they serve two purposes. 1) Police their own members who are cocky hotheads in their 20s to prevent them from going on a r@pe and looting rampage. You give a young man that kind of power and it can be very dangerous and hard to control. The samurai could cut your head off if you disrepected them on the street. The knights could "have their way" with poor girls but not wealthy girls. 2) Market yourself as something noble. Virtue signaling. If we look at the history of BJJ and the Gracies, they came up as pure bullies. Two of the founding Gracies ganged up on and put Rufino do Santos, rather than individually face him in the ring, in the hospital with permanent injuries and bribed the judge to release them after conviction. They talk about being respectful, but many of them are not.

[@TheGhostofLlopmondDunderbridge]

So true that so many of these things are misunderstood, and that courage and strength have to come first. I remember thinking what a pompous fool my stepfather was, when after feeling guilty over being abusive towards me and my mother, proudly and repeatedly proclaimed himself "man enough to admit when I'm wrong", without ever ACTUALLY saying either that he was wrong, or that he was sorry haha... False humility STINKS.

[@ironmikehallowween]

Great message. Thanks for the video.

[@monkpato]

Wonderful video!

[@dtibvgz8441]

Hello coach. Was wondering what's happening with your exercises of 'getting out of wet paper bag', you stated that would do progressive overload method, what's the progress?

[@RamseyDewey]

I’m working up to fighting multiple paper bags at the same time.

[@michaelmuzika6871]

What's the funky submission at 5:15? Looks awesome, reminds me of your "7 Goofy submissions from BAD positions (that you probably shouldn’t use)" video.

[@RamseyDewey]

That’s the buggy choke… the silliest submission ever invented. And this was the only time I have ever tapped to it, in spite of many, many people trying it on me. Tapping to a buggy choke is a mark of shame and weakness. Hence I included that clip during the section on humility.

[@ThanksGuy01]

Brilliant video

[@abbayhvhreigns7iloveyeshua650]

Shalom Greetings Awsome Teach sorry I haven't been in for long time but still here Thank you for Sharing Video 😊

[@cchutney348]

Inspiring words, Coach! In an optimal world you would be the person others emulate.

[@SteveJuszczak-dx3gz]

1 don't fight , only when you have to 2 getting hurt ,hurts 3 there will always be someone better than you , if not today, then tomorrow, then 20years from now

[@Harry-mf6rq]

I agree with all the tenets. But in my experience, the ones that make a big deal of them are the ones that don't seem to actually embody them. My TKD gym made us repeat the tenets, but I'm not sure they really understood them, they just wanted belts. They never say this stuff in my Muay Thai gym, but through respectful sparring we build them and embody these tenets way more than any TKD club that parrots them I've been in

[@jaynemoon5659]

@RamseyDewey Question . I’ve been reading jack dempsey book and it’s helped my punching power so much. My question is should I study a Far Eastern martial art such as wing chun or karate as they might have a different technique to creating a powerful punch . There’s apparently a Japanese term for a karate strike called ikken hissatsu meaning one strike one kill . Is there anything I’m missing out on just by using Dempsey method ? I’m an mma fighter . My name is ares from England . Hope you can respond and explain on KZbin as I watch your channel a lot . Thank you

[@sideofhashbrowns660]

I did both and I think its just wise to study as many arts as possible and take everything that works for your body type and goals. You train mma so youve probably been hit with a verticle punch during boxing sparring.

[@Itsolaskancke]

Hey coach! I have a question spurred on by the blindfolded speedbag practice: You've said a few times that you rely largely on your peripheral vision to get around - so how do you aim your strikes with that blindspot you've got? If that comes off as ignorant I mean no harm, I just don't know much about being partially sighted.

[@RamseyDewey]

If you spend 13 years with a disability, you have to learn to live with it.

[@shantanusapru]

100% agree with you!!

[@baoxidiaoyu]

Strike first Strike hard No mercy

[@dsgdsg9764]

Thank I love this

[@blockmasterscott]

That’s one thing I never did before, is a speed bag. Is it hard to learn?

[@ironmikehallowween]

Ramsey has a good video on it. Also, there is a gentleman called the Punch Professor who has an excellent video on YT to learn from. This gentleman has since passed but luckily his video is still available.

[@RamseyDewey]

Spend 10 minutes a day on the speedbag and you’ll look like a pro in 3 months!

[@ianhenderson3078]

It should be "Extreme Laboratory of Fighting" ... ELF!

[@RamseyDewey]

Missed opportunity!

[@chop_chip353]

my white board i have written " where the mind goes the body follows. I use the pharse to remind me to not get angry about my frustration of getting things wrong. And my anger weakens my ability amd drains my strength.

[@andrebaxter4023]

Good question man. I train in Iaido and there’s some Japanese characters on the wall in my dojo. I’ll reply to my comment here for you when I find out their translation.

[@SebastianSchachner]

Hey Ramsay, do you have any advice for me? I've been working out for a few years now everyday doing something, but i feel like i am not getting stronger doing the same exercises. Especially my flexibility is absolutly not increasing for the last year. I want to get into front splits and middle splits. Currently i am focused on the front split and stretch at least 1h everyday and still not even close to the bottom. Am i doing something wrong? All the advice i have read has gotten my nowhere and i am very discouraged to work on my flexibility anymore cause it seems like i am getting nowhere. What should i do?

[@Theoneandonly799]

@Ramsey Dewey. Hello I am 16 years old and want to start with mma/boxing/wrestling training (I haven’t quite decided yet but want to try out as much as possible) in a few months. Should I lift weights and do calisthenics during this time or just wait until I have a few months of training fighting and the lift weights?

[@RamseyDewey]

If you have access to weights right now, go for it.

[@eldudemp6195]

Rules of Miyagi-Do Karate Rule #1: Karate is for defense only Rule #2: First learn rule number one!

[@ehellsword2]

4:27 Facts though.

[@busdriver8980]

Amen

[@garynaccarato4606]

As far as humility goes I don't personally think that a lot of the people who go to McDojos get caught up in power fantasies and assume that there style of martial art is the end all be all that would get them out of all potentially dangerous situations no matter what and that it might not possibly have any form of limitations are exactly the types of individuals who I would be categorizing as humble people.And I don't think that the McDojo runners who get caught up with believing in there own phony bologna are the most humble people either.

[@marcinmarcin1218]

What would be better for self deffence? Muay thai and judo or MMA?

[@quach8quach907]

Running. Mice, deer, rabbits, etc. do it all the time. Now for "self offense", Colt 45, and not the Billy D Williams' favorite drink. The other Colt 45.

[@JohnDoe-sq5nv]

Blindfolded speedbag doesn't look too difficult. Try no hearing speedbag next time instead for a real challenge.

[@RamseyDewey]

Do it then.

[@JohnDoe-sq5nv]

@@RamseyDewey Well, it was a joke. But sure, why not? Always good do learn something new

[@jeremiahsaulnier7424]

Epic

[@MartialArtUK]

Nice calligraphy

[@user-rc8br5sw6j]

I hadn't put much thought into it but the kids dojo has four plaques up which say. Commit Thy Works Unto The Lord And Thy Thoughts Shall Be Established Proverbs then Nothing is impossible with God, Luke, I will be with thee and bless thee Genesis and The Ten Commandments. The Dojo owner is a sixth Dan Renshi from a Shito Ryu Karate lineage. The Lineage holder is in France John Rakoto. The only other stuff he has on his walls are the trophies and medals won by his daughter and his Dan certificates and accreditations with various Karate Federations. I know he is a seventh day Adventist no classes on Saturday day time but they do attend competitions on Sundays. This is Bangalore Karnataka. Not the most restrictive place in India. But still India which now has a right wing religious government opposed to non Hindu religions. Otherwise he doesn't talk about his faith to the kids and they respond to the usual japanese commands and on the Shomen wall he has photos of the previous masters they know the founder of the style is Kenwa Mobuni and can interpret the logo of the dojo because he explains the symbols to them from time to time. But yeah hadn't given much thought to the statements written in plaques clearly displayed on the walls. Those who honour me I will honour I guess.

[@user-zr1dr7nz8e]

Dao De Jing, chapter 67

[@flonomcflooneyloo7573]

...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope!

[@GregP_]

4:25-4:36 Completely agree, martial arts have some of the most fake humble people ever!

[@SteveJuszczak-dx3gz]

Add the three principles to this

[@angeloesguerra555]

The other four Tenets:1.Everything is made by the Greeks 2.Grappling doesn't work on the streets 3.everybody's low level and a froud except DanTheWolfman 4.Bruce Lee's an untouchable demigod😂

[@RamseyDewey]

😅

[@aexndr387]

Ramsey nooo :( at 4:07 you're wearing the knee sleeve I assume due to the injury :(( Get well soon okay!?

[@RamseyDewey]

Yeah. The ligaments in my knee were torn last year at the USDC when that dude dropped off the ceiling onto my head. My knee hasn’t healed- it is crippled. I wear a knee brace every day. Some days I need to use walking sticks.

[@aexndr387]

@@RamseyDewey how long ago was that now like 6 months?? Are the doctors saying it's like a 5 year healing process then or is it like a forever thing D:

[@RamseyDewey]

That was last February.

[@ArifRWinandar]

Ramsey points at the background like a vegan guy discovering a place that sells vegan chicken

[@RamseyDewey]

I don’t even know what this means, but it’s funny!

[@HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed]

Everything is Greek Ramsey!!! Everything!!!!!

[@RamseyDewey]

Especially Chinese characters!

[@HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed]

@@RamseyDewey actually, China didn't even exist back then. China is a new term. Did you know this how the Great Wall of China on one side of the wall the wall is higher than the other side. The wall is higher on the side of China. That means that they were trying to keep the Chinese out. The Great Wall was never built by the Chinese. The Great Wall was built by the Greek Empire to keep out the Chinese. They've been trying to cover this fact for thousands of years

[@HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed]

@@RamseyDewey very true!! All Greek

[@quach8quach907]

I'm being honest. This looks like an imitation of the Do in Japanese martial Art. Judo, Karatedo, Aikido, Kendo. Etc. In the Japanese arts, they TRULY want to "beat swords into plowshares". - Isiah, The Bible. I don't know if the Chinese has that tradition, of "beating swords into plowshare". Maybe, they are not swords-men to begin with. They seem to rely on intelligence more than strength.

[@willmosse3684]

This is so missing in the UFC, which rewards the character traits of arrogance, selfishness and belittling of others. I’m thinking I should start following ONE Championship instead…

[@kennethandrews6295]

I remember Terry Silvers being better. I think pain was one of them. Haha

[@RamseyDewey]

The quicksilver method was the best!

[@henrygeiger8520]

It’s pronounced: Shang-high

[@laperrablanca1]

You need courage, respect, and charity to be humble, and reach humility, by yourself. In Judaism, Moses is considered to be the most humble of men, and just because of that he was chosen by The Lord to be given The Law. And was very much aware of his courage, his spiritual and physical power and strength. Being humble doesn't mean not being strong. P.S. It's better to become humble by yourself, otherwise sooner or later you'll be humbled by others

[@calvinwallis2634]

Wether the martial art focuses on tradition or focused on the results without tenets to guide them it’s not a real martial art

[@haistapaska20]

Dojo!! It’s a dojo, not a dough-joe!

[@RamseyDewey]

Nah man, it’s a 道场!

[@stoopidhaters]

Hi Ramsay, it's been awhile and I have a question. There is JuDO, Jiu-JITSU, AikiDO, AikJITSU, KenDO, KenJITSU, Karate-DO. Where on earth is Karate-Jitsu? And if it did exist, what would it look like?

[@cahallo5964]

Goshin jutsu is part of karate, and for karate jutsu getting called that, Motobu Choki called it that on his book. (He really hated Funakoshi, the one that started the Do part)

[@baoxidiaoyu]

Ninjutsu

[@RamseyDewey]

I did a video recently with my Japanese friend Linji who explained the politics behind “do” and “jutsu” in Japanese martial arts names. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmqwcqKYZZd0lcUsi=o96cjX0d1vCuaPAg

[@jaynemoon5659]

@RamseyDewey Question . I’ve been reading jack dempsey book and it’s helped my punching power so much. My question is should I study a Far Eastern martial art such as wing chun or karate as they might have a different technique to creating a powerful punch . There’s apparently a Japanese term for a karate strike called ikken hissatsu meaning one strike one kill . Is there anything I’m missing out on just by using Dempsey method ? I’m an mma fighter . My name is ares from England . Hope you can respond and explain on KZbin as I watch your channel a lot . Thank you

[@RamseyDewey]

Study everything: including boxing technique from different boxing coaches.