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@Nitin-hh9li

2 ай бұрын

This is what reality TV should have been. Awesonome content and very insightful

@michaelmangan7963

Ай бұрын

This video is why I almost always carry a knife.

@michaelmangan7963

Ай бұрын

@@Nitin-hh9liyeah. I actually watched the whole thing. Really interesting and thought provoking

If y'all enjoyed Season 1... you will LOVE season 2! 👊

@TenjikuMusashi

5 ай бұрын

Why are you not in the championship??

@KARATEbyJesse

5 ай бұрын

@@TenjikuMusashi I am! Get ready 😎

@DoctorZisIN

5 ай бұрын

This would be a perfect time and place to leak the names of the other competitors if you happen to have any info...

@PaMuShin

5 ай бұрын

Yeah Jesse? So you groin stomped Master Ken through the bus window?

@PaMuShin

5 ай бұрын

Hope Rokas manages this time to give the videos a proper labels for the fans to find, it would be hilarious if he fucks up the search and the labeling again, that is not how to establish a brand, what he kind of intends to reform the label on him after his gone wrong sparring

It's still amazing to me how Icy Mike was able to keep up with these guys that are younger, stronger, heavier and bigger than him. Dude is tough!

@aymanmahmud_

5 ай бұрын

Man is really @hard2hurt

@6whatnext

5 ай бұрын

Need some serious skills to take on dudes with such a size difference, big up lil Mike

@wangboi69

5 ай бұрын

Mikey icey oso had the least experience in years. He's just a retired old cop guy

@Mitchell_is_smart._You2bs_dumb

5 ай бұрын

yeah he's just trained in S.pecial W.eapons A.nd T.actics, has years of real world experience as a bouncer, has his own dojo, fought in street beefs videos, regularly tests all the less lethal options he comes across with people like Seth shooting him and whipping him and shocking him, and has taken every pepper spray or pepper ball and chemical deterrent to the face on video. who hasn't done that🥱?

@BMO_Creative

5 ай бұрын

LOL like I said, Dude it tough! And still has all his digits and smile bones! LOL

For the algo, season 1 was incredible, can't wait for season 2!

@MartialArtsJourney

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Every viewing will help season 1 do better and will support season 2 🙏🙏

@PaMuShin

5 ай бұрын

@@MartialArtsJourney Are there any plan or constraints for season 3? Like the time limit you had this time

@okamiken372

3 ай бұрын

Season 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 would be nice too ! Lol champion of all seasons in another Season etc etc.. lol

@Johnny3Listen

2 ай бұрын

How do I become a part of this?

@PaMuShin

2 ай бұрын

@@Johnny3ListenUsually if you are martial arts youtuber that the owner of this channel rokas trusts to not freak out get invited by him. But porbably you could write some application with credits and video or something at his martial arts journey e-mail too.

The scenarios were so great. The competitors had no idea they WEREN’T going to fight.

@Mitchell_is_smart._You2bs_dumb

5 ай бұрын

indeed, i would have loved to see some alternative tactics in there, and then see how the judges react. stand there with poop man and ask what was up with the doodies while watching bloodbro. or😂 just start smearing yourself in waste to get them to stay away just tell the D3 seat guy "have a little sympathy, I'm the one who's gonna have to deal with hearing about this for years" and connect as men. or😂 tell the girl you have to get some popcorn as soon as she started complaining about you and dip out before even walking in. pretend you got a text and then record the boss and blackmail her for a promotion. or😂see how far the bosslady was willing to commit to the roll and tell her you have an open marriage where the wife likes to watch.

The real MVPs were Matt’s theoretical kicks and Jeff’s panic sprawl

This should be Netflix show

@isaack8146

3 күн бұрын

It is so good and so professional

That twist of giving away your phone instead of fighting by Ramsey caught me off guard but I love it! Had a good laugh as well. Good one!

Two things: 1) I want to be part of this so bad FFS that's WAY beyond awesome 2) Icy Mike took the zombie apocalypse scenario way too seriously and I love him for that 🤣🤣🤣🤣

“Despite his troubled past” they really did icy Mike dirty lol

56:30 :'' i would be kicking you on the face....theoretically '' got me laughing so much haha

Mike's police skills were awesome in the z challenge. Kudos for Rokas and Ramsey for following along.

@hithereits

5 күн бұрын

At first I was like man he's musclin' into control (like aw let everyone shine!), but then I thought again and I was like my man is really in it, like he wants to keep everyone alive and he's working with the best system he knows to do so and like in a real apocalypse I think his strats were very sharp and legitimately would be huge for survival. Maybe they could have gone loose, but there were plenty of times they DID get attacked from behind or from unexpected angles that he was trying to keep everyone prepared for. I felt so bad when the misunderstanding happened for everyone involved, but honestly I can respect that he was in max zombie apocalypse mode coming out of what is practically a fighting competition and like the idea that you'd need to check kid survivors to make sure they weren't an unexpected zombie isn't really crazy in the context of an apocalypse scenario, I think the family just didn't expect to be questioned like that so they weren't prepared to say 'nah we're just here to be rescued don't worry' on the spot to assure it wasn't a game plot twist thing. The "I know what you must think of me" line hit so hard, and like it was a super cool immersiveness experiment and I think it was a valuable simulation to the point of causing players to need to make difficult improvised decisions on a time crunch and seeing how stressful decision-making is in a crisis. TL;DR yeah man mike is awesome and it was so cool to see tactical movement getting taught and applied in a 'compromised' situation on the fly!!

Jeff was so mad at everyone for giving the knife attacker their wallets lol

@ikmalhakimharun3823

2 ай бұрын

bcs he tried quite hard to fought the knife assailant part

Oh my god this whole concept is just so genius. Please never stop doing this!!!

@MartialArtsJourney

2 ай бұрын

Season 2 is coming this year!

As far as reality competitions, this is the best I've ever seen, bar none, on KZread or streaming. This cut is awesome and seeing the first season together helps you realize how well put together the whole thing is, and of course this is the most useful video you can watch and really learn about self-defense. Here's hoping a major streaming platform becomes aware of this and picks it up.

This was the best show anywhere last year! Can't wait for season 2. A network needs to pick this up.

@tbunny6305

5 ай бұрын

A network would be great for the pay aspect of the people involved but they would ruin it with bs

@eriksturdevant8589

5 ай бұрын

@@tbunny6305 👍💯

@Daiyuki117

5 ай бұрын

Best way to ruin a show is to let executives get involved

@BOOSTEDLASER

Ай бұрын

FACT

@eriksturdevant8589

Ай бұрын

@@BOOSTEDLASER 👍

All throughout this challenge mike is literally david vs Goliath incarnate

1:37:05 ' I thought you were sensei not sensitive' had my dying with laughter.. but this is just amazing content mate

Icy Mike was BY FAR the shortest and lightest fighter in this whole thing. The fact he made it to the end and competed the entire time against MUCH bigger opponents and still managed to get a respectable score by the end of this actually has me convinced that POUND FOR POUND he the most well rounded fighter in the crew. Fighting and staying in against SKILLED opponents at his size is a significant challenge, and it's one only Mike faced. The rest of you are rather tall, and the disadvantage was either insiginificant or nonexistent. Respect to EVERYONE in this, but I wanna give EXTRA props to Icy Mike.

Police Officer: "What is going on here?" The guys: "Don't worry officer, we are just beating up each other... in the bus... for practice!"

@the-craig

Ай бұрын

I suspect they were pulled over for swerving, hard braking and other wild driving

The Flying Side Kick 🥹 LEGENDARY Icy Mike The Peoples Champ

Second challenge (running away from knife-weilding attackers) was the best.

Mate, you blew this series out of the park. As a former video editor, bravo. This is, like, TV quality.

Matt was so agressive on the knife chalenge, I wonder how it would've gone if he was in the Challenge, dude is a beast and it's kinda of funny because he doesn't look like such beast of guy

I loved the zombie apocalypse one most when Jeff got scared of the zombie in the toilet

I love the zombie episode. Just seeing Mike get into tactical ninja mode is great!

Celebrating the fact that season 2 of the Ultimate Self-Defense Championship has been filmed and that it's now in the process of post-production (in other words me editing over 100 hours of footage for the next three months), I decided to release a supercut of USDC season 1 - a blend of all the episodes in one video. Not only will it make your viewing experience more convenient, since you won't need to switch videos for each episode, it is also a great opportunity to relive USDC1 as we are preparing for the upcoming season. PS: Read this post until the end if you want to know all the news about season 2. If you want to see the behind-the-scenes footage of season 1 go here: martialartsjourney.thinkific.com/ And if you want to know all the latest news about USDC2 and to be the first one to know when it' comes out, make sure to subscribe to our newsletter which features a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the show, various bits of insider information and more. Subscribe to the newsletter here: www.martialartsjourney.com/newsletter

@MichalLempicki

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this! can't wait for season 2 to be ready.

@Slade3465

5 ай бұрын

That is excellent news that Season 2 is done filming! I know you have a big process ahead of you trimming it down. I can't wait to see the end result. Thank you for putting it all together!

@davidcrawford8583

5 ай бұрын

Can't wait Rokas!

@chancepaladin

5 ай бұрын

congrats! don't burn yourself on the edits this time! let it take the time it needs.

@morningstar6123

5 ай бұрын

I am so fucking excited, this is going to be the greatest!

As a lifelong martial artist (Wrestling, Judo, Eskrima-Kali, HEMA Longsword Fencing, Muay Thai)...bouncer for damn near 14 years at about a dozen different bars and clubs in St Louis City and East St Louis..along with being a fan of all these guys for years now..I thought that this was fucking AWESOME! I'm sure the logistics of it all, and making it all come together and happen was a freaking MESS! But definitely a labor of love for Rokas and those involved in the production, and a real pleasure to watch for all of us who love these guys and their content. I really like how even tho it wasn't said, it was shown that there is a difference between "martial arts", "fighting", and "self defense". Shown that even some very experienced fighters, MMA coaches, martial arts practitioners and instructors, self defense experts and instructors, former police and SWAT officers, etc, can and do FALL in real life scenarios. It wasn't perfect, but overall, this project did a pretty good job at demonstrating the randomness, unpredictability, chaos and confusion of real life, and just how much of a total cluster fuck things can become. I think that it did a very good job at demonstrating something I used to hear in the military: "Even the best plans do not survive contact with the enemy." And the zombie event they did as a team really demonstrated the important of good leadership when working as a group. Icey Mike really shined in that scenario event, and shown that he has some real skill and experience as a leader. R.I.P. Ramsey & Rokas, who fell while fighting to protect the team. Again, there were definitely things that could have been done better, and can be improved upon in the future. But this waa just so fucking awesome, and it would be great to see more of these kinds of events happen.

@michaelmangan7963

Ай бұрын

Mike? Mike KILLED a kid 😂. Joking of course. Zombies are hard to predict. I loved the show too. Great comment and summary

Wait, he lost points by closing the door talking to his boss about his job performance? That's wild

@sakarauka1

20 күн бұрын

As soon as that door closes it becomes your word against theirs. Best not to take that chance.

Damn, this was MADLY entertaining! I can see this becoming the new American Ninja championship...

I'm amazed with the production quality. Shout out for the self defense instructor and all the actors. They were all amazing.

Just re watched it all. 1st time I watched I trained Muay Thai for almost a year, I saw it in a view of striking and clinch. I now train BJJ exclusively and I’m going onto my 8th month and I see it in a total different view.

He was so close to the tree

This was my weekly pleasure. Cannot wait for season 2. I am sure the scoring system was upgraded as well

@MartialArtsJourney

5 ай бұрын

We did our best to learn as much as possible from season 1 to improve upon season 2

@altaydogahan342

5 ай бұрын

@@MartialArtsJourney you seemed to have taken all the worthwhile feedback into consideration so I have no doubt you guys improved it as much as you can 👍👍

@DoctorZisIN

5 ай бұрын

​@@MartialArtsJourney I can't find fault with season one. In fact I wonder if you're going to be able to improve on perfection. Good luck!

Was super impressed with Ramsey's reaction to the knife assailant. There is no winning a knife fight. Yes, you MIGHT have a small chance to survive. But look at Jeff Chan, he's an absolute killer and still got himself stabbed multiple times. If you're being robbed you give them what they want. Plan B is run away. The desperation plan is to defend yourself if they are trying to kill you. These guys are great martial artists though and I am impressed with their ability to defend themselves. 30 minutes in and my guess to win is Jeff bc he is so fluid as an athlete and also a very highly martial artist. This is so cool. Edit: Glad Rokas did the smart thing too. Although it would have been fun for the sake of this setting to test his aikido.

@gregorysomers3324

5 ай бұрын

I thought it was a weak move, and a testament to Ramsey's inability as a martial artist.

@rihaveinaiba8269

4 ай бұрын

weak move? so he should let his ego win and die just to prove strong move? What a stupid idea. the best way to fight with a knife is: Do not. The best think you can do is run or give everything you have and pray. Espetially if the attacker knows how to handle the knife well and is not an angry wife type of attacker. well now thinking abouth it the best thing for defence against a knife is a gun. @@gregorysomers3324

@troygerencer1620

4 ай бұрын

Yea I think the lads got a bit humbled by the knife fighting scenario, you would probably feel like years of training down the toilet with that one. Goes to show, where you can just exit that situation , not worth the consequences.

@AlanJ1993

4 ай бұрын

the guy is partiallly blind and he is recovering from Covid in this competition. From his reviews he approached most of this scenarios with a more realistic mindset.@@gregorysomers3324

@ikmalhakimharun3823

2 ай бұрын

unfortunately. for some criminals out there. altho we did give him the wallet, phone and etc. they will still stab us

Ramsay's problem in the second challenge is that he followed the rules. Waited to open his eyes until the countdown was over.

This is so awesome, how is this not more popular?????

This was awesome. I'm a little sad the facility would be demolished soon, but the work is wonderful. Thank you, Rk. I just found out you spent your family savings on season one. This series was and continues to be great.

Such a good concept followed through with proper filming and producing. Casting top notch.

@troygerencer1620

4 ай бұрын

Yea these boys are great value aren't they, love all of their channels. They represent the Martial Arts community in the best way, with a bit of Tom Foolery to go with it. 😁

Very nice! This was super entertaining and educational. The quality of the edit is 10/10. Scenarios are also taught nicely. I like how you also showed the "non-violent" part of self-defense. And I thought that knife defense would be easier. Well, it's just a knife. But the knife destroyed everybody. Big respect.

@ColaDad

4 ай бұрын

Bro, the knife or ''shank tank'' was a pretty good eye opener on how actually fucked it is to fight a, well, shanker.

Damn, this was so awesome, I feel like participating, even if I currently have no martial arts or even physical training at all. Now I got inspiration to hit the gym and start training.

I almost never watch long videos, but this was great! Humility is probably the greatest skill a person can develop.

@Izanagioomikami

3 ай бұрын

Wrong. The greatest skill you can develop is a backflip.

@slickmoney031

5 күн бұрын

Lol for some reason this comment has me dying 😂😂😂​@@Izanagioomikami

I haven't even watched it till the end yet and I can already say with confidence that this is one of the best reality shows ever to have been made.

Great experiment. I think it's very useful for the further development of self defense. Also, the whole thing has an entertaining side, but it never looks like a silly reality show (well... set aside the zombie stuff...). It rather looks like you're sharing techical aspects and even the "emotional" part is essential to the idea itself of self defense and facing violence.

OMG Mike was great! The running on the beach circle, the hide and escape, the harassment scenario, cinema.. I laughed every time, but now respect the man soo much.

Season 2 is going to be one of the highlights of the following year, just as the first season was for this one! Keep it up, legends!

This hopefully becomes a Legit Sport. So influential and possibly Industry Shaking!

I'm super excited for Season 2 but this group of guys is special. Of course I'm here for the crazy self defense challenges but I loved seeing all 6 of you bond and grow closer as friends, that's what kept me watching. All you guys seem like wholesome dudes doing the most unwholesome things. 😂

I have 20 years of martial arts, but the first 5 were street style king fu. No katas, just practical. 3 against one, knife, gun, bat, school yard head locks, bear hug, full Nelson’s. Some classes were so repetitive you hated it, but our instructor was military and stressed repetition creates second nature reflexes. I have been out of martial arts for 17 years now and my bat, gun and knife skills are some of my strongest reflexes to this day. I wish more fighting schools taught these skills.

Dude I love the one on the cinema, often girls don't realize how dangerous is to make a scene, things can go wrong fast.

@troygerencer1620

4 ай бұрын

Beware of the Karen, do Not date the Karen !

Season 1 is 🔥🔥

What a great concept! As practitioner of martial arts for over 30 years, I imagined a few of these scenarios and experienced even two of them in reality. It's so awesome to see, how everyone dealed with these situations. Looking forward to season 02!

This series amazing! Needs to be on Netflix or something. It deserves a full on production funding

Man, i'm watching this for the second time and it reminds me of my battle buddy from basic training lol. We went through basic, AIT, then after graduation went to Iraq a month later lol. The year we came home to train up for our second deployment he would ambush me in the motor pool while we were working on our track vehicles lol. He took combatives while I was sent to bus driver school so he would always want to get me to tap or try out some new move lol. We used everything inside those tracks to injure each other lol. I grabbed a 1 inch bolt and peeled the front of his shins once lol. We were awful about fighting in the oddest of places lol.

This is one of the most fun things I've watched in a long time

You did a hell of a job by putting it all together. That's awesome! Looking forward to season 2

My thoughts before I clicked on the video I imagined Seth and Jesse in it. But once I saw Jesse Enkamp at the end, I got so hyped.

This is such an incredible idea and pulled through so perfectly, I've never seen anything like it for self defense. Great job Rokas. And now you even solved the search issue (literally the only bad thing here), kudos for this mastercut. Looking forward to season 2.

This was absolutely incredible entertainment. 10/10. I wish I had money to invest in this idea, it's excellent. And actually, y'know, the fact this isnt a glossy netflix production makes it 1000x better. You show us everything we need to see, warts and all. Cant wait for season 2. Hope you guys got some go-pros in the corner of rooms so we can see more of the action in wider shots!

I don't know how you don't have 10 million views by now. This is such a great format! I couldn't stop watching. The no-fight situations were an eye opener. Also the closed quarters knife fight should become a competition. It was so intense!

@ArnasLeo

3 ай бұрын

So true!

IMO icy mike was the only person who succeeded in fighting the knife in the circle, that kick was great

This was so good that it needs to be on a major streaming platform just for the financial support. You definitely did an awesome job! It was so good even my daughter watched the whole thing! An we have totally different things we like. Awesome job Rokas.

😂 the wait for season 2 is killing me. It's like an irl anime show. New characters, new drama, more content 🎉

Season 1 was incredible, can't wait for this season, especially because of the diversification of the cast. Can't wait to see how Ranton will be doing. It's gonna be a blast.

Actually putting so much money and effort into a project like this and then publishing it in one long video is such a sign for you being mainly concerned for your content. Big props

@NiLsSp96

Ай бұрын

PS: All my favorite martialarts youtuber in one 2 hour Video is a present on its own

@JacySanjunXiao

15 күн бұрын

I hope they make this like a self defense school or something, with various martial arts, how to avoid fights from attackers, verbal communication and dealing with threats wether physical or verbal

Now that!!! Is a series worthy of the epitome of top class modern martial artists! Each master in the series are gladiatorial juggernauts, hands down. Great job. Absolute class featurmentary! Executed in profound aspects. Ossss 🥋

mike taking the zombie ep so serious is so entertaining 😭

I really enjoyed season one and thank you for releasing this a single cut! Makes it easier to show friends and rewatch some of my favorite parts. I look forward to season 2!

@MartialArtsJourney

5 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks!

End screen with Jesse was dope

@troygerencer1620

4 ай бұрын

Yea Jesse got to be in the next one, got to love the guy, he's like the Brother everyone wished they had !

Okay im about an hour in and wtf this is soooo under rated

*At least I learned how to STOP fights that break out on the bus. Now all I need is to buy a whistle.* 🤣

that bald guy talks a good game but when reality sets in...its a whole different game

Watching the Zombie part atm. They call him Icy Mike for a reason, he does what he needs to do. Doesn't matter if it's a little girl. RUTHLESS!

When they said, true self defense often happens when your not prepared is 100% true. After Thanksgiving dinner my uncle put me in the hardest headlock I’ve been in my life for no reason. Very aggressive. All he knows is I just stared training martial arts. Anyways I grabbed his knee we fell to the floor hitting my head in the process, but I got out passed his guard to mount then got off him. He never said sorry, just walked away. I thought my own family at least wouldn’t harm me but you never know so be safe and always be aware.

@MartialArtsJourney

5 ай бұрын

If I remember correctly most self defense situations happen with someone we are acquainted with. Probably even more so for women's self defense

@killersalmon4359

5 ай бұрын

@@MartialArtsJourney I heard something a few days ago which is apropos - the people who are most likely to attack you are people who know you, because people who don't know you don't care enough about you to want to kill you.

Season 2 on the way? Rewatch season 1 then, good thing theres this convenient supercut 😀

Fantastic show and editing! I've done my second run through of the series and I can't believe each episode isn't in the millions. I would much rather watch this than anything on Netflix right now. Excited for season 2!

@PaMuShin

5 ай бұрын

Rokas fucked up with the titles, people had a hard time mapping the title of the episodes to the USDC, there were no abbreviations or hints or anything in the search, basiscally, he must have had fucked up the search too.

19:33 that was so dope, body kick>slip >double leg

The zombie section, the best LARP session I ever saw.

Let'sgooo Rokasfor the tiltlein season2 ...Much respectfrom Berlin Germany

@MartialArtsJourney

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Unfortunately I'm only directing in season 2 and not participating as a contender, yet there will be a lot of other great participants to root for!

Commenting again after finishing it all. What a show! So excited to support this!

@MartialArtsJourney

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support!

Wow. Entire Season 1! Great

1:49:14 i just love the way Mike looks at the camera like "i got this, i'm the boss" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

After watching this, I can confirm: best show ever! I cheered for Sensei every damn time! Really amazing content, man!

commenting for the alg. s2 finna go crazy

I cant wait for natan levi in season 2

This is amazing it lets you see that formation is out the window in live attack situations. But you can have a arsen of moves to pull from! Cant wait for season 2❤

I’m just amazed at how Jeff chan jumped that far while 4-5 guys were chasing him💀💀 He full on body slammed someone in the air💀💀

Thanks for the super cut and can’t wait for season 2!

This is the coolest video on KZread 12/10

@MartialArtsJourney

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Season 2 is coming

What a fantastic video! I love that you guys not only included avoidance in the possible solutions, but made that the first choice. I've only really been threatened once in my life with violence when a guy came to me for help when three guys were trying to rob him as he exited a bus station. I wasn't sure what to do, and I wasn't even sure if he wasn't part of the bad guys, so I sat him down next to me and thought for a while and then talked my way out of the situation. 15 minutes later the inside guy walked us out to my car, waved his two buddies off, and even opened the door for us. Diplomacy is the best form of self-defense. Kudos to all six of you guys. fantastic job!

its a great show for martial arts lover, it thrills you every moment of it. cant wait for season 2 :-)

I enjoyed watching these videos so much when they came out originally, and it's nice to see them all put together in an easy to follow video now. I can't wait for Season 2.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was on TV and was super popular. Jesus. Brilliant.

@timadams1662

3 ай бұрын

Okay the point to Rokas was bs, but everything else was brilliant.

Best reality show of all time.❤

I'm extremely excited for Season 2

Icy Mike was having a field day with the zombies. 😂

Best thing I have seen on KZread in years! Well done to everyone involved!

God watching Jeffs double leg shoot and his takedowns is as amazing the tenth time I see it as the first. His use of angles and shifting his footwork to apply a directional force instead of lift is insane

Rokas! THIS WAS FREAKIN AMAZING! Hats off to all of you to put your Reps on the line and putting your Egos on the side to do this. Kudos! 😃👍

One of the most entertaining things I’ve ever seen on YT. ❤ Thank you so much for this content.