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

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

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

[@gaminghunt5837]

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

[@moreparrotsmoredereks2275]

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

[@chrismiksworld]

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

[@kvfk8917]

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[@milosh01]

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

[@smokerxluffy]

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

[@artygunnar]

do you knee their knees? and elbow their elbows?

[@smokerxluffy]

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

[@brandon-xc5kk]

Ur a genius!

[@danielhounshell2526]

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

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

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

[@mrmoth26]

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

[@gaminghunt5837]

That was some badass thing I ever heard😂

[@HamannGeorg]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

Looking for more brain damage, Ramsey??

[@BoxingForTheStreets]

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

[@hansbrianyamamoto6331]

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

[@michealtm]

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

[@reedy_9619]

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

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Lol. I see what you did there.

[@theunknownguy265]

Lol

[@leekam4606]

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

[@eurekadiaz3771]

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

[@expressionofwill5307]

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

[@nothingbutlove4886]

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

[@expressionofwill5307]

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

[@PaschanTOPs]

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

[@aaroanttila2537]

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

[@dylanandrejic4902]

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

[@Carmelo124]

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

[@MerajZargar]

same thing for me😂

[@chrismiksworld]

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

[@mitchjus1966]

Lol the youtube blackbelts are everywhere nowadays

[@mochigb621]

Took the words out of my fingers

[@FAMCHAMP]

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

[@LateKnight347]

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

[@BootsofBlindingSpeed]

Why are you capitalizing so oddly?

[@kaischreurs2488]

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

[@mixck]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@Some.Donkus.]

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

[@hippywill]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@Some.Donkus.]

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

[@AN71H3RO]

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

[@robertlewis6915]

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

[@romana316]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@mortalkomment8028]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@CanaleAV]

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

[@filiperodriguesaquin]

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

[@AdamsAndCompan]

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

[@moroc333]

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

[@mattstrader8956]

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

[@syrusx21]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@9words40]

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

[@hippywill]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@deadgekkos]

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

[@boshirahmed]

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

[@kaischreurs2488]

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

[@KenpoKid77]

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

[@patximartel]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@carlmanvers5009]

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

[@elijahoconnell]

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

[@mathewgurney2033]

Just use your third-eye bro.

[@elijahoconnell]

@@mathewgurney2033 good point ngl

[@Almosteasyese]

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

[@Kamingo170]

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

[@fortunatosamuel2520]

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

[@StompDeni42]

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

[@CldBroccoli]

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

[@andrewskokan6372]

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

[@twiceasodd3333]

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

[@RamseyDewey]

Outstanding!

[@twiceasodd3333]

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[@fillorkillorder]

Hey ramsey, awesome vid, I've gotten extremely good at your "tai chi" sweep where you catch a leg, I notice I can do fairly good standing and on the ground, but *getting* to the ground is really hard, especially on top, whats your biggest advice on improving wrestling (other than the obvious; wrestle more!), love the content as always, also your old blog from 2011 is an absolute goldmine, thanks for not erasing it.

[@RamseyDewey]

Keep hold of the ankle after you finish the takedown and every standing guard pass is at your disposal.

[@SeanRosati]

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

[@adinvipond3983]

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

[@chrislampkin7896]

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

[@Taekwon-Brando]

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

[@PooleAcademyofWingChun]

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

[@J3unG]

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

[@jagoomanra4443]

And Ramsay is the biggest one lmao

[@amicellnandan3245]

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

[@juhanaberman964]

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

[@snakeace0]

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

[@haziqzia5671]

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

[@RamseyDewey]

Sure do!

[@dsns1461]

He does read them, I can confirm.

[@1mataleo1]

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

[@DadBodFit]

This was such an interesting video. Thank you.

[@tyy123]

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

[@juancarlosmelendezdaddona9076]

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

[@wazedfox566]

Amazing video as always Ramsey Dewey 😎👌

[@Kravmagamestre]

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

[@RamseyDewey]

Muito obrigado meu amigo!

[@Mhurilo10]

* happy brazilian noises *

[@gaminghunt5837]

Dismistifying affirmation,ultimate videos?

[@juhanaberman964]

@@Mhurilo10 Youre gonna regret saying that!

[@Mhurilo10]

@@juhanaberman964 why

[@Nanaboy1994]

Great video as always coach 👍

[@108mmd]

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

[@codyjwoods]

What a video. Great stuff Ramsey.

[@keyllonguevara1110]

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

[@Al77343]

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

[@Whosyourdaddy21]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@adityam.4694]

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

[@nuclearlefthook5008]

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

[@zomuankimakhawlhring5366]

Hey Ramsey, I'm sure if you can answer this one but what do you think about Choki Motubu's( The strongest fighter in karate) fighting stance the Meotode( Husband and wife Hands)?

[@zomuankimakhawlhring5366]

Hey Ramsey, I'm not sure if you can answer this one but what do you think about Choki Motubu's( The strongest fighter in karate) fighting stance the Meotode( Husband and wife Hands)?

[@regretfulblue5758]

Keep up the great work bro

[@periodic98]

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

[@PooleAcademyofWingChun]

YEY you mentioned Wing Chun in a good way

[@stephanwatson7902]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@BoxingForTheStreets]

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

[@zoarmhirr2964]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

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

[@ellamayo9045]

Great video, I feel like I learned a lot! I did have a question about the phrasing at around 9:56, where it’s stated that gloves allow for more reckless punching, but do not allow for bad technique. I was wondering what would be the distinction between reckless and bad technique in this example? I assumed that they’re synonymous most of the time. From your experience, are there situations where reckless technique is preferable to more cautious and deliberate movements?

[@RamseyDewey]

That means that with gloves you can hit a lot harder and more often with significantly less risk of injuring your hands.

[@vibhushukla8900]

Hey coach since you said you had an interest in melee weapons I was wondering if you know how to spin a staff, if you do could you please make a tutorial on it. I saw a lot of videos online but it just doesn't happen As always appreciate your videos

[@FreebyrdFayelanx]

Does this mean cross-guarding (whilst kicking) doesn't work? In ITF KTD (now WTF), I was taught to (when doing a roundhouse with right) put my left hand open on my right cheek and my right arm pointing down at my ribs. I think this is to protect right hook counters and protect against mid-level kicks using the shin? Would these work or would I get knocked out or my arm broken IRL etc? Maybe I should change guard mid-kick instead? Go from orthodox guard to unorthodox?

[@hipsterogre9652]

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

[@bravenkirok3142]

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

[@noaroos6115]

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

[@Gamerfan2000]

Coach Ramsey, I hope you are doing well and in good health. I have a question, I am 28 years old. When I was little I used to train Aikido for about 2 years. I picked it up again when I was about 17 and realized how pointless it actually is. Since then I have never had any more martial arts training. Am I considered too old to start training in let's say kickboxing and/or jiu-jitsu or any martial art for that matter? I wish you all the best.

[@MMAengineer]

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

[@santytt123454321]

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

[@RamseyDewey]

taobao.com

[@springleaf.5316]

Can you do a video on slipping to the inside of a punch? The timing and why you would want to. Also the timing for the cross counter? Because whenever I try this (which is often because it feels natural for me to to and I am currently breaking that habit) my head gets followed and I am smelling sweaty boxing gloves before I realise what's going on.

[@hadizabihi8128]

Very very informative

[@Utuberj0sh]

Hey Ramsey what are some good hand trapping drills to do for boxing?

[@IgnatiusCheese]

Tremendous thank you coach

[@SasquatchTX]

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

[@robbybee70]

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

[@alexkehoepwj]

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

[@SirCrusher]

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

[@chopsueykungfu]

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

[@JohnSmith-ty2he]

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

[@onerider808]

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

[@mini-monkey6294]

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

[@mightymeatmonsta]

It's not realistic if you choreographed it!

[@mathematics557]

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

[@AppliedMathematician]

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

[@TreyYork1]

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

[@AppliedMathematician]

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

[@theprodigalson4003]

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[@midget420]

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

[@swann7212]

Thank you for the video...

[@varanid9]

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

[@cepininja1927]

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

[@ArmadusMalaysia]

Hey Ramsey, do you usually parry the right hand punches using your right hand and left hand punches using your left? Some coaches teach the basics the other way round, the right is parried with your left, and the left is parried with your right, and it works well with a philly stance.

[@RamseyDewey]

No. You’re confusing catching with parrying. Both are shown in this video one after the other.

[@ArmadusMalaysia]

@@RamseyDewey Thanks for clarifying!

[@rooroo9216]

Hey Ramsay I know I’m not on here that often, but I do appreciate these videos a lot. This is a topic I’ve been wondering about for some time like if the boxers guard can help defend punches as good, if not better on the street. I can see what they mean about the hand being able to get through the gaps without the glove, but I can also see that it’s a good guard for dealing with punches (as boxing has proven) and particularly people known for “head hunting” a lot. Would you just have the guard a bit tighter if neither of you have gloves? And instead of throwing punches like pot shots, what if someone tries to grab your guard with one hand and throw punches with the other from there? Or if they’re close enough to attempt a takedown, would it be a bit risky having your hands all the way up there? I don’t expect you to use that guard for dealing with knives of course but it might serve as a good fail safe/emergency block for dealing with impact weapons perhaps. Apparently extending the elbows out slightly to parry straight punches with is supposed to help a bit with this aswell.

[@rooroo9216]

Oh wait nvm you did say to keep the guard tighter (I’d already watched the video before I just didn’t get around to commenting until just now lol) and if there’s any of your videos that help explain anything better feel free to leave me a link :D

[@shujiling213]

Awesome thank you,

[@bushy9780]

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

[@aaahhhokok1132]

I really enjoyed the music!

[@mikeh2161]

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

[@sergiolastname3416]

Lol

[@joshuaperez1531]

Art jimmerson style

[@roguelites5225]

Thanks Ramsey

[@jerrysanchez7039]

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

[@trilobite8589]

I have heard that the shoulder roll in particular is harder to do without boxing gloves because with the big glove the fist is easier to deflect. Am I mistaken about that?

[@LoganMaclaren]

I know it is something else entirely, but I can't help but be reminded of Judo's Kumi-kata in the hand fighting part of the video. Anyway, as far as I know, people use to boxe and to block punches way before the adoption of boxing gloves... correct me if I'm mistaken.

[@PavaoVicario]

@RamseyDewey Retinitis centralis serosa in your eye?

[@ape6277]

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

[@RamseyDewey]

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

[@ape6277]

@@RamseyDewey interesting

[@vaibhavgurung5585]

Incredible!!! Super informative video as always! Thank you coach! :)

[@emmetttaylor1739]

Sensei I do mostly Uchi-Uke ( inside block) I have used it when I had to fight.. You do not have to be very strong, or make a lot of movement.just enough to move past your body or be very fast because your arms are near to you body.. I am an older man now but Karate has never fall me because I never fall karate..

[@jakelewis676]

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

[@caracal82]

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

[@burnastelo1429]

Dope vid bro

[@IbrahimKhalil-bt9yh]

You should try some real application of age uke(rising block) you brush attack on the first syllable of the technique, second and last syllable of the technique you step in and press your forearm against opponent's throat or jaw as you break the balance of opponent. Try it out

[@juliocesarsalazargarcia6872]

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

[@Andrew-gj6gf]

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

[@RamseyDewey]

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

[@billcipher2754]

Ramsey could you make a video on cross arm guard of archie moore.

[@hellbow1851]

Great i always heard this and was kinda demotivated because i do dutchstyle Kickboxing and I'm planning to transition to MMA someday