What's the hardest martial art to learn?

A rambling video blog about learning different fighting styles, babies, gym renovations, etc

[@rxj0765]

Boxing takes forever to truly master, alot of people can pick it up quickly, but mastering it takes years. Hit and not get hit is the name of the game, believe me it is easyer said than done.

[@blockmasterscott]

A good friend of mine that is an amateur boxer told me that he gets sick and tired of people thinking that boxing can be learned in three months. He told me several times that it takes years.

[@Mscape7]

There was a fake show in the UK recently with a fixed fight. They tried to pretend that a ballroom dancer with 6 weeks of boxing training could k.o a boxer in round two lol.

[@AndresMartinez-hh3fo]

I must day that no matter the years you have practiced boxing you Will get punched

[@isacsvensson855]

Whenever I go to wrestling class I regret not having started 10 years earlier

[@gorillamane13]

Leave regrets in the past for you cannot change that. Continue on your journey and be proud you started at all! Best of luck to you man seriously

[@sadullokhojiboev3889]

Same for boxing..

[@K9Y750]

How old were you when you started? I’m 24 and feel like I’m old.

[@codenameidk206]

Omg this is exactly the same case for me when I started Judo. 😂

[@snailmessia]

Hardest martial art is getting your ass out the door.

[@karavdb8688]

Mood

[@krazylevin]

So true

[@sanguineaurora8765]

Unfortunutely..yes

[@breakdancerQ]

Nothing harder than *this*

[@sarahverpile1595]

Lol!

[@alexscott730]

Life-Fu is the hardest martial art to learn.

[@tgdb4968]

Dude that smile when you thought of your daughters,brilliant...i have 3 sons and do the same thing.

[@jc-kj8yc]

It's a mystery to me until today. My body adapts to grappling really fast, but I need way longer to understand it with my head. I'll for example hit 3 different escapes in sparring, but if you asked me to explain them, I'd struggle with at least two of them. And with striking it's the complete opposite. I know tons of details about strikes, distance, footwork, defense, etc, but in sparring I still make basic mistakes once in a while, because somehow my body won't adapt to what my head knows 😅

[@kcov6170]

That's the best way to explain what I experienced. I used to box....now doing Jiujitsu. My body seems to basically know what to do when rolling but when I try to plan or think of a strategy in the beginning, I nearly draw blanks.

[@Kneecap22]

Nuclear physics is the hardest martial art to learn.

[@hawtsauce2471]

Agreed

[@michaelguth4007]

I think Newton wins the race. I've been on the wrong part of a lever to often to not acknowledge how impactful classical mechanic still is :)

[@renehenriksen1735]

Damn you become an Oppenheimer and get a mission to Japan. Boom boom!

[@paulpolito2001]

Hmm... I'd split hair here, it's a martial science. Ballistics (esp Terminal), however, can be quite 'artistic'. I'm gonna say "Applied Ballistics". Revered Sensei Grandmaster Hater Shifu Guru Ramsey may be less familiar with Gun-Fu, so dunno if he'd agree w/ me. Bladework can be hard, too.

[@ProfesserLuigi]

Yeah but if you master it, you can kill as many people as you want.

[@felixfedre518]

I was boxing at six and my older brother used to bring his school mates home to fight me in the yard. However, I never mastered grappling, if someone got hold of me in a fight, who could grapple, I was in trouble and still would be.

[@game9848]

Hardest MARTIAL ART I had issues learning from was Angola Capoeira Style. I figured it would be easy for me; since I've done Football and Wrestling while in High School and College. Made me realize that the human body can take a lifetime learning something new.

[@sadullokhojiboev3889]

Exactly 💯,no pain no gain

[@ajaniwinston8117]

I started with kick boxing and karate.. then I gave it all up once I was introduced to capoeira Angola. I’m 20 years in and still a baby on the journey

[@psyience3213]

In my opinion, striking is at least instinctual for the most part, not that good technical striking is instinctual, but just punching and kicking and general. Where's grappling really takes experience to learn. That's why I feel like grappling is harder to learn. Especially since you can at least practice your strikes by yourself on a bag like 90%. Grappling there really isn't anything you can by yourself besides some drills. So needing a training partner makes it more difficult to learn.

[@Mscape7]

Good point

[@konstanty1625]

Not really we are made for grappling and your natural instinct is to grab and grapple with someone instead of striking with your arms which have tons of small bones which even accident hitting a forehead can break your hand

[@psyience3213]

@@konstanty1625 you’re right, I agree striking is actually learned behavior and grappling is natural, albeit very not intuitive.

[@seams4186]

damn, 4 years later

[@krazylevin]

There is one thing that will always connect every sportsman, every athlete, every martial artist etc...and that is the discipline and commitment needed to be exceptional at what we do. Awesome vid.

[@dazone705]

You are a very wise man! Your daughter's are blessed to have you as a coach, and Dad! One of these days have quit reading and watching martial arts and try one. Did 2 years of TKD 35 years ago which led to a life long interest. Thanks for all the great vids!!

[@BlackFolioStudios]

I noticed similarly amusing things about my kids and training them. My oldest daughter was a great memorizer of information but not much of a natural athlete. My second daughter, also, named Eve, is much more naturally athletic, but has little to no focus. My son, almost 2, can throw almost perfect Karate straight punches just from watching me do it. All my children, totally unique. Kids are wild.

[@StornCook]

The story about your daughters wrestling and punching natural abilities was charming as heck!

[@Sanjeev9411906770]

Dude!! You deserve much more subscribers!! Love your wisdom!!

[@Sanjeev9411906770]

My body type is like my legs and arms are almost equal in length and if I talk about legs my hamstrings are longer then shins, do you think boxing and wrestling is a good combination for me?

[@truthseeker2733]

sanjeev kumar 100% agree 👍👌👍😊😊

[@hemi5.7awdpursuit5]

sanjeev kumar when your honest and sugar coat nothing most viewers doesn’t stand a chance hearing the truth

[@blockmasterscott]

For me, boxing was like trying to write with the wrong hand, I never could get it down. Chinese Kenpo came naturally to me, it was like I was born for it. But boxing? It was like some deity decided I would never learn it.

[@krazylevin]

That was Shotokan Karate for me. It came naturally.

[@eclecticcerebro8287]

Lol chinese kenpo was the first martial art i ever trained in, right after i started boxing. I understand the difficultly in having to change your movements but with dedication, form becomes like riding a bike

[@eclecticcerebro8287]

Btw...the horse stance did wonders for my legs, which translated well in my mobility in boxing

[@PaulGappyNorris]

Izo Khan - Shotokan: the art of trying to do all the wrong things right.

[@rxj0765]

@@PaulGappyNorris who's Izo khan ?

[@excop77]

Not only new subscriber,now you have a fan. Spent all my life in martial arts, combat sports and later in cqb ( close quarter battle teaching) I found your vlogs and can say that long time ago I didn't enjoyed like that. Everything you are saying is reasonable and absolutely make sense. Keep going mate, stay safe and God bless you and your family!

[@msameg]

Me Dewey u are a breath of fresh air. U r. Wise , knowledgeable, very professional, on top of your craft and talk with passion and conviction, you are a mentor, a gentleman, and a scholar I wud love to train with you

[@Mythki11er]

Man your whole extended family sounds amazing I'm lucky to have a remarkable lineage too but not many fighters, i still hope to be an exception. Ramsey, you have really been helping me thru some hard times lately

[@typhoonic]

I think I might feel the way you do. A lot of people no matter where I go to train seem very impressed with my kicks that I got from doing TKD for about a decade, and in general I like doing a lot of kicking in my current mma training too. They're a lot of fun, it's good exercise, good for developing general balance, and they make for a powerful long ranged weapon if used correctly. A lot of people's favorite strikes are jab, rear round kick, cross, rear hook, and flying knee. My favorite strikes are lead standing front kick, skip sidekick (or step behind side kick), spinning hook kick, and slip rear uppercut. I struggle a lot with learning ground fighting though. I also wanna pick up some kinda weapon martial art too as I don't have much experience there.

[@deivytrajan]

I am so happy I found your channel. The way you talk feels so natural, *cough, cough, not like MindSmash, * it's a pleasure to listen to you. Also, those pauses gives time for the viewer to think about it more in-depth. Very enjoyable. Also, your point of view is well shaped, you talk wisely and it just proves that some fighters are even more honourable and intelligent than people who finish highest degrees in universities. Keep it up!

[@sensam6155]

yellll-ooww

[@taekwondomaster4609]

Both of your daughters will be very successful in the realm of martial arts Mr. Dewey. You’re a great father and instructor Mr. Dewey. Love and blessings from Seaside, California.

[@kovenmaitreya7184]

I picked up the fundamentals of boxing in one day, but grappling was like trying to speak a foreign language for me xD

[@landenbanks8919]

Yeah, exact opposite for me there

[@bethemannotmoron4278]

Same here

[@damienholland8103]

That's funny because it has always been the opposite for me. Grappling is great but striking...

[@bk-wi3wo]

@Weedus if you think thats all there is to it.....you dont train in grappling arts.no real grappling practitioner would say its that simple,and ive trained with MANY,one being myself.it may be easy for you specificly,but whether you have natural skill in it or not you still have to admit to its complexities.

[@bk-wi3wo]

@Weedus simply twisting isnt easy when a 200 pound man is trying to stop you from doing so.ppl who dont train hard or even train at all dont take that part of it into account.

[@phantomtroubleshooter2793]

Your Daughters are going to be Badasses! I wish I taught my daughters to Fight/Defend even though my experience is very limited. I tell new parents now to teach their kids MMA and Chess..

[@artyomarty391]

Wrestling is the most effective learning tool because in wrestling schools you spar with another person 90% of the time. For those barely ever been in a fight before, this experience is crucial. Whereas boxing/kickboxing you sometimes have to spend months before you spar with someone and even then its a very controlled type of sparring. When I came to my judo school, I fought like 5 people in the same day. White belts, blue, brown and even black belts all in one session and every session (the black belts are usually not trying and/or are signigicantly smaller than me). but when i did boxing in russia, all I did was jump the rope and punch the bag. What this means is that in wrestling you can get a very good idea and feeling of an actual fight very quickly

[@buckobucko3938]

Artyom Arty Yup, same way in Folkstyle/Freestyle/Greco

[@artyomarty391]

true that but the wrestler could fight dirty as well if he wanted to and if it was a life and death question. If you were to actually try to bite his ears or poke his eyes, he would respond with the same aggression. I would not recommend dirty fighting because your opponent would get extremely angry and a third animal sense would kick in. Especially since he's a wrestler and he already has control of you, it wont take much effort for him to prevent you from doing that and in return he himself would do some dirty stuff on you. Also I am not sure how you expect to poke someone's eyes for longer than like half a second if he has control of you. its not hard to get away from. An ear you might bite a little off but you have to be an animal to do that and I dont think it will end well for you since you can get someone really really angry (we dont feel pain when in the adrenaline fight stage, so by biting an ear off you will just make your target go from a regular brown bear to a ferocious crazy grizzly bear) When I was a teen I would always let my opponent hit me first in street fights for this exact reason. When you get hit, your adrenaline pumps up and for me this was the only source of aggression. Dirty fighting is too dangerous for both fighters. And again, the wrestler can dirty fight too. He just doesnt want to because he's human and not stupid. If we were to dirty fight every fight, we wouldnt have many fights or live very long and either end up in jail or dead or hospitalized

[@artyomarty391]

well in that case its your striking power, experience, proficiency in a fighting style, etc that makes you a good fighter, not your "dirty fighting", arguably so it makes you better than the average wrestler at wrestling, because the main thing in any martial art or fight is the person, not the method. Also I think you are mixing greco roman or college wrestling with jiu jitsu/judo. In jiu jitsu or judo you dont really allow your enemy to have free limbs, whereas greco wrestling is as you described, allows your arms to still move around somewhat

[@artyomarty391]

have you actually ever done this in real life or is it all theory?

[@artyomarty391]

that sounds bizzarre. I dont think i'd ever be able to eye gauge someone unless iam suffocating near death. Whats wrong with just hitting someone in the face or grabbing a bottle and hitting their head?

[@lmk2869]

Loved the last line. You are an amazing coach

[@fabrix199]

Answer: 13:35

[@darthvivek7228]

you sir, are the messiah

[@nopenope7700]

THANK YOU SIR

[@stephendettweiler746]

"It's the one u don't train for"

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

It’s just like “what movie should I watch”. The answer varies depending on the person

[@wisematrix569]

I was wondering how you would answer this one. My hat is off. Perfect answer. Great commentary as always. I enjoy . Peace

[@studentsofmartialarts6247]

“Proclivity” ........ that shall be my word for the week! Thank you.

[@ChrisBix599]

I came from point fighting karate so I was used to bouncing in and out. Wrestling was really difficult for me because when you shoot you had to commit 100% and power through. While I see commonalities in the explosive power both styles require, it was really hard to translate it across certain movements.

[@honigdachs.]

I think that striking at a competent level is extremely difficult. Developing that economy of motion that translates into immense power, in boxing for example, takes years and years to perfect. And then all you got is technique. The even more difficult thing is learning to handle the pressure, learning to stay in the pocket, which goes against all natural instinct. Learn to see openings, learn to not flinch, learn to take a shot, and even begin to understand the science of footwork. In stuff like Karate, there's an additional huge barrier in having to develop that advanced body command and flexibility. And all of that is in constant resistance against natural dynamics, trying to stay super relaxed doing super-tense things. In comparison, grappling feels so natural. You're not working against gravity, it's not like putting your hand into a beehive. You always have contact, your center of gravity is your friend, the whole body works like a huge calibrated instrument. But I'm sure for some people out there it's exactly the opposite.

[@brianrahuba6919]

Good answear loved how you end the video. Critical thinking at its best....

[@r.matthews594]

This one is a tough one for me. Kyokushin growing up came somewhat naturally, as later did Muay Thai. Judo was hard, both physically and technique wise. But my vote for toughest is a toss up; either boxing or BJJ. Boxing easy to learn, the basics that is, but _brutally_ hard to master. Small level changes, angle creation, defense, distance management, there is a lot going on. BJJ for the sheer complexity and number of techniques. Like a below commentor said, can be a little claustrophobic, it can be daunting and uncomfortable. Incidentally, it's so wonderful to hear your philosophy on spending time with your kids. Wish more people had that thought process and approach, the world would be a better place.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

my first style was wrestling in high school, nd it definitely helped when learning teakwondo and other styles I've done, not because of similar techniques but because of the mindset to train and get better. wrestling also helped when I started learning jujitsu. taekwondo made capoeira and wing chun significantly easier. I guess kali/escrima has been the toughest for me, but I I haven't been able to learn as much as I'd like due to work schedule. but everything I've done makes anything else I do later on easier because I have a basic understanding of similar concepts.

[@BlackFolioStudios]

After doing a lot of research and being pressured by a lot of friends, in a good way, you have helped inspire me to finally open a martial arts school. While I know it will be a slow building process it feels very worth it. I find that to build my school well, I will need build on several key ideas. 1. Attentive Instructors that deliver on promises. 2. Different expectations for adults/children. 3. Emphasis on proficiency rather than rank. 4. Regular sparring is a must. 5. Encourage experimentation. Any other suggestions?

[@patricks1560]

The one that takes you 50 years to master, with no initial gains. Apparently, they exist. Such a leap of faith though, one has to admire it. Personally, I go for Captain W. E. Fairburn's Get Tough, good enough for British commandoes in WW2, good enough for me. I'm not looking to improve myself spiritually, just defend those that are dear and close to me.

[@omgitsraining44]

I respect you, and I like your style. Honesty is hard to come by these days.

[@joonjang4481]

A lot of what you said resonated with me, but that last line was just perfect! Thank you for the insight.

[@iolausofthebes4939]

For anyone that asks, the most difficult martial art to learn is always going to be an individual thing. Grappling arts are more difficult for me personally, I tend more towards the striking arts, but I’ve seen many people that are the opposite. It’s very individual

[@theimpaler5034]

I LOVE YOUR WORK DEWEY

[@jarnovandevoorde1881]

Boxing was also the most difficult to learn for me, but I've found that it is that way for many people who already have a striking background. I already had many years of experience in kickboxing, savate and karate before I started boxing and it was difficult. Not the actual punches or drills, that was easy. But the movement and distancing in sparring was different from in kickboxing, movement and distancing which was already ingrained, it was a reflex. So I had to relearn those reflexes for boxing and that is in my opinion the most difficult thing to do.

[@saddiqstevens7200]

For me man it was the total opposite. Kickboxing is still very foreign to me as opposed to boxing. I trained some kickboxing alongside pure boxing training. Learned how to do a few kicks but I still have to think before I kick vs punching.

[@weniswarrior666]

I tend to think being a master of taekwondo would at least make you better off in boxing or kickboxing than someone who'd never trained. You'd still have solid kicks and some decent punching technique. I think the defensive skills would be biggest learning curve, since in sport taekwondo you never have to worry about straight punches to the head.

[@razedri3066]

Watched some interesting videos u make a lot of sense

[@NaJk93]

I have a huge issue in martial arts. I have my roots in Ju-jutsu and boxing. I fight extremely defensive and passive to find "holes" in their defense when they are on the offense. I am really good at it too. But if i fight someone who is also defensive and passive. I suck. I don't know what i should look for anymore. The "in your face" style is not my thing. I love being "chased" down because only than can i use my instincts in fighting. And i find it fun that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. I know i can train this away with a good trainer, but i just thought sharing a weakness on the topic of different fighting styles is interesting.

[@eddiekalista3222]

Standing game came easy for me, including knees, elbows, and kicks. I’ve never felt comfortable on the ground, and I doubt I ever will. It just makes me feel vulnerable, no matter how much training I may have.

[@gabbar51ngh]

Weapon based martial arts are the hardest. Since nowadays MMA is taking over. Only hand to hand combats are given attention. Try learning Kali or staff fighting

[@quasar4601]

You mean FM ones

[@quasar4601]

KRav is a good starter system but not enough. I did it for 5 years !!!

[@quasar4601]

Krav is like an updated Karate style

[@josephbedwell3164]

Ramsey, I wanna start a kind of place where kids can go to be safe (sort of like a no bullying environment) and maybe allow the kids to work on getting tougher and building their confidence. Just not sure how to get started. My idea is to provide a safe place for kids to study, play games, do homework. The secondary focus on the plan is martial arts and self defense. While they are important, building your education should always be that much more important. So while I plan on having the equipment to practice martial arts, I want to focus more on a safe place to allow kids to further their education.

[@MerricMaker]

It seems like achieving competence in striking systems is easier than locking/trapping systems. You can teach someone a front kick in a week but you drop someone into Hapkido or something and there are a bunch more moving parts to learning the wrist and elbow control that's on the way to learning a throw.

[@a2faguaga]

Ramsey, you should make a video analyzing Zlatan Ibrahimovic acrobatic goals and tying them to his Taekwondo black belt knowledge. That would be great! Cheers!

[@nightangelx1513]

Any striking sports, been doing bjj and wrestling since middle school. I have a tendency to lean forward, keep my hands down blocking takedowns with my legs back. This all changed when I spared MMA for the first time and ate an uppercut when I tried to tie up

[@carllubrin8518]

I trained at my uncles backyard doing Sikaran arnis back in 1995-2011 those where good days hard traditional training as well

[@MarijuanaGuy]

For me it's BJJ and Muay Thai. I've never felt more uncoordinated than when doing advanced drills or combos.

[@pwnmonkeyisreal]

It seems like what Ramsey was hinting at with his story of the soccer player, might be that the hardest martial art to Master is the first one you try to master!

[@winchester4053]

I have bad eyesight but I became good in boxing, for some reasons I just can measure the distance between me and my opponent and I can even see punches naturally.

[@Alburr250]

For me BJJ has been the hardest one. I have been doing it for 8 years and am still white belt. I am more striking oriented as I have done Muay Thai, boxing and kickboxing. Also have done Systema and Kyokushin.

[@mango_sheikh786]

White belt even after 8 years? Damn bro. Keep at it tho.

[@patricks1560]

Thanks for that, interesting cogitations. As an aside, I found it fascinating, reading Lucretius (De Rerum Natura) that in classical times people existed in the middle of their breast, and not in the head. We take the head thing so for granted nowadays, it's really weird to me that people could have a totally different conception of self. Yeah, my hand-eye coordination is crap, which means I was considered bad at sport. What's strange is that every now and then I got in the "zone", and pulled off some amazingly coordinated feat. Never quite figured out what was going on there. I suspect I'm just lazy. Ha!

[@Ehtele32]

The hardest martial art to learn is waking up in the morning.

[@RamseyDewey]

Indeed!

[@travisellison7098]

You have used the phrase a few times “learn how to learn how to learn how to learn.” I would love it if you made a video talking about just that.

[@Monkeygroover]

They prolly picked it up from you Ramsey, saw you practice and they copy that, you are a big example to your ladies, you are their father and children are real sponges and have this natural way of using their whole body to achieve something.

[@jamoR72]

Sprinting! You can't catch me, the fight can't continue XD

[@asteriskcolon]

I've found Aikido (able to throw resisting opponents) harder than BJJ... and in my opinion the hardest martial art to master... it is always possible to learn to throw resisting opponents with Aikido throws, however, just tons of minute details that all must work if you're going to throw someone stronger than you are. Many years to get them high percentage, ten years for most people won't be enough. ~10 years Karate, ~9 years Aikido, 3 years JJJ, 3 years BJJ here.

[@alhuzayl6029]

I say boxing (as well)! Especially "head movement" and timing!

[@lazur1]

I don't know if you're familiar with Scott Sonnen's "Wrestlers Toolbox", but my 10-month-old granddaughter unconsciously did a yoga-like complex segment of the program to sooth herself, crying the whole time. While seated, a variety of leg positions cause the upper body to circle 360 on a vertical axis, no movement up or down. It looked like something from "The Exorcist".

[@ChocolateMilkCultLeader]

Soccer might also help with Distancing. Sports like Basketball and Soccer are basically about giving yourself space to do what you want (as an attacker) or constraining the space for the attacker to move them into bad decisions (as a defender). I'm not a good martial artist, so I may be off base here though.

[@v.nd.tt.s8943]

I recall how I figured out head whip kick on my own.

[@Metrorenovationsandmore]

Dewey, great vid as usual! Cool to hear you have daughters! I recently signed my 7 yr. Old daughter up for Krav Maga. I have seen/heard your opinion of KM elsewhere so let me ask you. In your opinion, what form(s) of martial arts would be best to guide her into for self defense against bullies in school 1st. Then against even lower forms of life as she gets older. By the way, her first class was with older kids that had been training for 2+ months in some cases. She rose to the occasion greatly impressing her instructor! She is also ambidextrous. (Daddy is a former pro drummer) Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

[@RamseyDewey]

Oooo... tough question. Girls usually are bullied in way different ways than boys- usually by other girls who try to break them psychologically. I’d say right now, helping your child build her self esteem and understand her self worth is far more important than any fighting techniques. Sometimes a good martial arts school can help with that.

[@techdebt2750]

Not for nothing. But I have done both wrestling competitively and boxing and coaching now. I would have thought that Northern Kungfu styles seem to be the hardest martial art to learn because of the physical flexibility and conditioning required. I never saw wrestling and boxing as a martial "art" but more as a martial "creativity and application" because you actually have to fight right away and you find out what works and what doesn't on the first day. When you get good at it, you can actually start creating your "own" martial arts from wrestling and boxing because it is a personal expression of patterns that work for you. I guess what bothers me about martial arts these days is that creativity isn't required if you don't fight regularly. But the grass is always greener on the other side, I guess. I loved that last sentence and totally agree. Also in regards to 9:24... it's actually the other way around. From my perspective, good rugby players don't make good grapplers....good grapplers make good rugby players. I was nervous as a tiny 130 lbs person when I first tried it, but I was quickly surprised at how I could apply wrestling to dominate the other players at pummeling, throwing, and off-balancing them. So if you're a wrestler and haven't tried rugby around you...maybe you should try it.

[@Atomrofl42]

When it comes to soccer and leg kicks i would claim that there is one very similar movement. A lower leg kick is technically very similar to side dropkick with the outside of the foot.

[@tts626]

Ramsey, really get a lot out of your vids, thanks for taking the time to share with the rest of us. Since you're training in China, I would guess that you have access to masters to various traditional styles. Have you had much interaction with internal arts folks, Taijiquan, Baji, Xingyi, Paqua, Yiquan, etc. If so, what's your experience been? A lot of people of course see those common demo videos and if they do internal arts, they "ooh" and "ahh" and if they don't, they "boo" and "jeer". I think in the USA it's really rare to find someone with any real skill in the internal arts that you "know" could do more than just demo an application. I personally practice Taiji and Xingyi as my primary arts, but I've also don BJJ and Judo. So I have an appreciation of both, but personally I've met maybe one person who can actually "do" the principles of the internal arts, and so I when I see those chicken hopping demos of students stumbling back 20 feet from a push, I also am pretty skeptical. And as you might expect, I have no such skepticism for BJJ or Judo. Anyway, not sure if you have any interest in the traditional internal arts, but you seem to have an appreciation for many arts. So figured it might be interesting to get someone's opinion who I'm sure can tell the difference between what's real and what's not. Thanks!

[@yeetman4953]

He had a video where he talked about a real taichi guy. He said it was a style of grappling by the looks of it.

[@esaualfaro3447]

That´s why I want to learn judo or boxing. In Taekwondo the instructor was always complaining because I don´t really like to be at a distance from my oponent. I prefer to be very close, in contact and agressive. But in TKD you need to take advantage of the explosive and long reach of the techniques.

[@Christiaan1958]

Factual and to the point...Ramsey knows what he is talking about...we can all learn a lot from him...but that includes basic human awareness and basic human behaviour patterns so to speak(for lack of better words),a good coach like him have seen a lot and did a lot with humans and he knows many things about human behaviour that you can never learn in books...wish i had him as a coach when i was young (im now 61)...i tried out Karate JKA but the guy who coached us thought he was Bruce Lee...he even made noises and sounds like Bruce Lee when he aimed kicks punches at someone...and i thought "Oh please give me strength "...once he called me during a class to demonstrate to the others his ""awesome " kicking techniques...his roundhouse kicks esp...well i looked at this bussiness and i thought when he start his "spin" i will move just a foot or two towards him...so when i did that he land on his arse time and again... class was smiling and his hatred grew in intensity kick by kick because he couldnt find me at the spot he wanted me to kick me...cause by now he was mad and he really wanna to kick my head off...etc etc...one of the reasons i lost interest in the whole thing...later on i bought some books...but books dont work without a coach🤷‍♂️

[@gesshugh9976]

Wrestling doesn't make sense to me. Bjj is more intuitive. I think it's because i was always fighting my older brother, so ghetto versions of guard was all i could do.

[@Vitaly3548]

It was the opposite for me, wrestling came much more naturally

[@snatchX626]

I'd love to see a version of the guard called "ghetto guard"

[@attiylanen]

I decided that I would give my kids a solid base in hand to hand combat. So I put them on a wrestling class. Well, my daughter quit in about year...two years maybe, but my son did five years and was quite good. No matter how much I was against quitting, in the end, there wasn't much I could do to keep them going. I hope they would get into combat sports when they hit puperty, or after, doesn't matter. Doesn't even have to be combat. Just some sport for health. Nowadays, it's mainly effing videogames.

[@benster1974]

I'm a developmental vision specialist and we see that how your nervous system develops from childhood determines your strengths and weaknesses. Many of the strengths and weaknesses between people that you talk about are probably due to their vision and nervous systems.

[@hamadalrowaie6882]

I like grappling and any boxing or kickboxing style they are natural they really become one with your spirit specially western boxing , western wrestling and ground and pound techs these are the greatest foundation for any fighter 🙂 I chose boxing and wrestling coz this is how I really want to fight while I'm on my feet and when the fight get so close _ whith some of Thai clinch techs 😅 _ and when we go to the ground I'd like to pin him on the ground and force them to say uncle or rock their head on the ground or start to ground and pound them nothing fancy at all 🙂 👊🙂 FIVE STARS!!

[@robertcowde520]

Capoeia cause spinning back heel kick takes amazing dexterity

[@DDuMas]

One of the hardest Martial Arts to master has to be Wing Chun. There are too many tools, like A LOT (tools = arm shapes, movements related etc) and if your structure is imperfect it collapses, so you need it to be technically near perfect often.Anyway it's really difficult to understand how and when to apply these tools to a modern average attacker, it's like every tool is debated about what it's for. And it's also really hard to make this stuff second nature. The Escrima I do is very deep, there's a lot to learn and get right, but it's simple, easier to learn and apply, it feels natural too, so it becomes second nature easily. It's amazing because everything seems simple and intuitive and is able to flow from almost any one individual tool to almost any other. With Wing Chun, you could spend many years learning it before you could even effectively be able to use it. So one of the difficulties becomes finding a good school and although there are many, most are not good schools that has a good syllabus and teaches how to apply it.

[@Davyen]

It's like with learning languages. I learned english, spent some time trying to learn german and russian and the only thing I can do in both languages is swearing. So yeah, it mostly depends what's your natural capabilities. One of my pals is strong puncher, other is better at grappling and trapping hands.

[@pietro4618]

For me is Kyokushinkai, i had no problem with bjj and aikido but with full contact karate...it's another story man

[@CaptainTate]

Subscribed!

[@jacklovell6839]

Hey man do u do martial arts

[@imbetter599]

Don't! For your own good!

[@lancemusashi6368]

The hardest styles to learn are the exotic flashy styles with kata or forms that need to be eventually translated into reality and sparring.... that takes a long time to master

[@dorjedriftwood2731]

I would’ve said boxing very very technically precise. But I forgot about wrestling yeah the situational awareness/reaction and balance/technique. I completely agree. These two take time to get results. I gave up on boxing because I simply couldn’t take the repetition in the shoulders doing nothing but perfecting a jab and maintaining stepping stance. I understand enough to know that boxings form translates into raw power. I thought I knew how to punch, nope form means everything.

[@quasar4601]

Boxing is much predicated on timing and hand eye coordination

[@JOEY__SR]

Question, what belt are you in bjj if you don't mind thanks. Cool channel

[@janiron1899]

First of all: Interesting and good video Ramsey, i really dig your content and the way you present it! I think, that each martial art has it's own difficulties; striking based martial arts require (like many ball sports like soccer and basketball!) the ability to judge the distance and the velocity of what's coming at you (be it a kick, or a ball) in a very fast amount of time, and of course quick reactions to react properly to what's coming at you - that's why striking (even with planned combos and figuring out what mistake your opponent does) is extremely dependent on pretty much uninterrupted alertness and concentration, while grappling requires more planning/anticipating and is more dependent on having an intelligent plan. I also think that in striking, if you're able to react very fast you don't need to be the very best technician, while in grappling you can't make up for "average" technique with a fast reaction time if your opponent has really good technique. I'm doing mma myself and have much better striking than grappling i guess (has much to do with the fact that i did shadow boxing before starting mma, and well.. you can't really do shadow grappling) ..long story short: if i missed something or if i'm being incorrect of something i might just not know it yet, feel free to correct me or discuss with me, as i haven't had high-level experience in most areas of mma yet. Peace.

[@solarjudgement4575]

Can you please explain what it means to train like a professional as you mentioned the soccer player understood?

[@FILIPFIXTIGER]

For me is TMA, because they are usually quantities martial arts & that's why they not effective like boxing & BJJ, who are more focused martial arts.

[@b1akn3ss93]

If you grew up training in a kicking style and played football You could use any type of kick including knees . Kicking helps with accuracy, control and power As The ball is not always on the ground

[@game9848]

Breathing. Something we all do from the cellular level to the day we pass on.

[@bryanbrown8870]

Wrestling is first for me. Anything else is fairly easy to learn given time. I'm very quickly able to learn new ju jitsu techniques.

[@quasar4601]

Wrestling is like Football practices I heard

[@bastiaan0741]

I would say either the most complex one, or the most ineffective one.

[@michaelbrown655]

Teaching kids is a gift, isn't it?

[@var7877]

Everybody like this channel

[@attiylanen]

Yes, it depends on the individual. Some learn boxing very easily, some learn wrestling, some have hard time learning bjj. Sure there are different types of martial arts that don't have many techniques and there are some that have many. It's said that in wrestling, there's 1000 moves and 2000 counter moves. And wrestling is hard for anybody, but it's only one tool in the sport of mixed martial arts. In my opinion, the hardest MA is the one that is a full-contact sport and that has the most techniques - a lot to learn. So, I say the hardest MA is MMA.

[@truthsayer2310]

I didn't even realize there was a harder martial art to learn. I figured it's all a science but I've always been natural good at fighting so kickboxing/boxing/wrestling/Thai/bjj/taekwondo came very easy to me. Maybe I'm just blessed in that however my body genetics in terms i retain fat more easily so I look like a football player or a wrestler with 8lbs of fat on him atleast that's how I feel but everyone else around me tells me I look amazing.

[@McWms99]

Me fighting has been strange, my flexibility was limited but I was great at basketball, and a decent football player (american) so when I started fighting boxing and muay thai were easy but kickboxing ive been struggling with

[@officermeowmeowfuzzyface4408]

The hardest to master is Aikido, hands down. Whenever there is a discussion on Aikido, they take an aikido student and another student, and show that aikido sucks. No, it's just geometrically more difficult to master. And no, I'm not talking about some semi-famous aikido "masters" with their one-finger BS. Those are in the same category as chi masters. I was an MMA student long before MMA was a term, for the sake of combat diversity. To this day I still use some aikido wrist-locks and throws. They're just amazing, similar to knots that self-tighten. A few days ago I was watching a video on russian wrestling techniques, and imagine for a moment that you have your opponent's right arm, with your right hand on that wrist and your left arm hooks his arm at the elbow, and then you drop to the ground and turn, which throws your opponent. That is a highly modified aikido technique.

[@siddified]

Officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface aikido is the most unpractical and unrealistic execution of practical jujutsu techniques. and there's nothing difficult about it because it requires complete compliance from the uke. full contact competition sports, those are difficult.

[@randymuaythai492]

in my experience boxing. I don't do BJJ or wrestling cus my left arm has broke 2 times n very week if I have to do pulling motion e.g chokes. but I told the bjj coach there's a UFC champion which only has one arm. I forget his name. but the bjj coach say it's different. he doesn't have arm to be grap or lock while in my case I still have my arms. a damaged arms and when your opponents now that, that arm is his main target. MMA is different than stand up fighting. your opponents will not hasitate to target my damaged arm. what do you think about my case Ramsey?

[@muff8256]

Usually the first Martial Art is the Hardest because then you can take knowledge from other Martial Arts and apply them to certain aspects.