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@martialgeeks

24 күн бұрын

Normies: "when's the new Avengrs movie coming out?" Maj Enjoyers: "can't wait for USDC2"

@JimmySaint43

24 күн бұрын

For real, screw the next Marvel movie, give me USDC 2!

@pubglords5785

20 күн бұрын

Came here to see about the mother of martial arts... But you guys didn't even mentioned it.. so disappointed .. I think u guys don't even know about Kalaripayattu.. without it ur entire list is a joke.. 😂😂😂

@SherrickDuncan

19 күн бұрын

If you want a Fighting System that delivers on the false Promises that Aikido makes it is Target Focus Training not BJJ.

Just came to say Karate 🥋 Carry on.

@MartialArtsJourney

24 күн бұрын

Message received 🫡

@Samuel.Strange.Supreme

24 күн бұрын

Wise message 👨‍🦳🙏

@mxvrdahegaouwu7577

24 күн бұрын

Okinawa, it's birth place

@KtmRoamer

24 күн бұрын

Kyokushin Karate ..carry on !

@JimmySaint43

24 күн бұрын

Okinawa, the birthplace of....

"His real fake ID" super funny sentence😂

@MartialArtsJourney

24 күн бұрын

Haha, I can't disagree 😄

He’s thinking of old school American Kickboxing not Dutch/Japanese kickboxing that is heavy on low kicks

@JimmySaint43

24 күн бұрын

Came too say this! Dutch style kickboxing has heavy emphasis on the lead leg kick, and as he said he ended a streetfight with a single leg kick.

@aftershanman5928

22 күн бұрын

Bro I was gonna say this too 😂

@warsawcattus

21 күн бұрын

Dutch kickboxing is essentially muay thai, but without the elbows and clinching

@khoalacake

20 күн бұрын

@@warsawcattus only in terms of rule set. The fighting tactics are different though.

@dowtingtomas.695

20 күн бұрын

Big leg kick will stop a fight against most , without the danger of killing anyone .

Hands down the biggest surprise on this list was Kickboxing's ranking.

@JJOV00

4 күн бұрын

the biggest surprise was that this super legit expert thinks that there are no knee techniques in kickboxing and some surprises may also come with the idea that they don't know how to box. LOLOL

Just came to say: Strike first, strike hard and no mercy. 🐍 Carry on.

@wenapse1639

20 күн бұрын

That is pure Sucker-punch-ido 👊🏼

@stmartinhk

19 күн бұрын

There are lot of problems with this advice. Leaving aside legal issues - and remember that everything is on video nowadays - it is an observable fact that this is one of the biggest fails in self defense fighting. I personally have around 17,000 clips of self defense fights that I have collected in and studied in slow motion in recent years. As I said, one of the biggest fails is failing at the "intital entry". In fact, as many as 40% of all initial entries fail. An initial entry fails when the attack fails to prevent the opponent from being able to continue to attack. In general, guys miss, fail to hurt, fail to follow up, simply lose their balance and fall over, choose poor points of attack (very common) and so on.

@Ectrue1977

19 күн бұрын

This was a quote from Cobra Kai. Not serious.

@stmartinhk

17 күн бұрын

@@Ectrue1977 Many people believe that it is true. "Just go first bro" Yet, very very often people do "just go first" yet they fvck it up. You have to train in how to go first properly.

Track and Field might be the best form of self defense. 1. You can probably out run them. 2. Someone tries to mess with you... On the day you have your pole vault. Youll easily evade your attacker by gaining roof access with eas. 3. Could you imagine fighting someone with a javelin? Not only can you use it close up it actually a range weapon.

@artemrevelsky

19 күн бұрын

I never leave my house without my shotput

@seamusesparza1943

18 күн бұрын

​@@artemrevelskyI carry a discus in the buff, no one messes with me.

@alexchen5811

5 күн бұрын

The smell of feet in my running shoes knock people out real quick.

@vikingdrengenspiders7875

3 күн бұрын

Gunfu

What Paul forgets is that a front kick is extremely useful to offset pressure. Secondly, kicks to leg are devastating to an untrained person.

@coltizz

20 күн бұрын

While Front/Teep Kicks are amazing in fighting in general to disrupt the breathing off your opponent. Leg kicks are also a very good tool in fighting. But i think his perspective is that you don’t want to balance on one leg any time in a fight in a street. There are multiple factors why, being pumped with adrenaline often gives you tunnel vision which if you are not used to fight with adrenaline can upset your timing and accuracy a lot. If you miss your kick or it’s partially blocked/checked there’s a higher chance you get thrown or take-downed on the Concrete. Also neither of this moves are an instant finisher which are sub-optimal in a street fight just for that reason alone.

@RAPEDBYBLACKS

19 күн бұрын

Kicks in general are too risky in a street situation because even if you connect untrained people will grab your legs and fall into you. Maybe a front snap kick is good.

@Crownholder

15 күн бұрын

The brain of your opponent is not in the knee/shin...

@williamweb9782

14 күн бұрын

@AndrewLaReal The problem with a front mae geri is that the man can be on top of you as the weight is in the back leg. The pendulum low kick might work better due to there being an escape route. Also the traditional Chinese arts create an angle with their foot which makes it difficult to get out the way of: if the knee lifts it would be a kick, if the knee does not lift the chances are it is a throw.

I think it really depends on the teacher and the school. Like for example (just an example guys don't hate me) Japanese jujitsu guys are allowed to compete in National USA Judo matches if they are a members of "A.T.J.A." (American Traditional Jujutsu Association) so how can Japanese jujitsu be rated a D while judo is A-? The answer is unfortunately not all martial arts schools are made the same. If you want to know if a school is worth your time. Here's a simple test, answer these two simple questions 1. Does the instructor participate and challenge himself along with you. 2. Does he like to spare/roll with bigger faster guys then himself. If the answer to those two questions is yes! then your coach still considers himself a student also and any good teacher will tell you, they never stop learning. Avoid the teachers that never train and only demonstrate techniques on compliant, weaker, or slower people.

So, I had a similar experience with BJJ. I've always wanted to learn martial art primarily for self-defense. I did BJJ for 2 years, and now I exclusively train Judo. In Bjj, we were just on the ground all the time, no takedowns, no takedown defence, no explosive aggression. Now I train judo, and I feel far more confident in my ability to defend myself.

@qazmko22

21 күн бұрын

Best if you are standing and someone else is not... you won.

@gauede2608

20 күн бұрын

good info, was thinking about doing bjj to combine with my muay thai, now i know to go for judo instead, which i was thinking as a third art initially.

@russelllustig9132

20 күн бұрын

You were probably at the wrong BJJ school. At good schools they train you for takedowns regularly

@aler8910

19 күн бұрын

Fundamental classes usually aimed at standing and self defence some time takedowns. But judo imho is decent for standing self defence

@qazmko22

19 күн бұрын

​@@aler8910 at super competitive schools i've been too most of them butt scoot. sad.

I feel like Wonderboy Thompson and Paul would have an... interesting... discussion on karate for self-defense. The distance management, timing, etc. you learn in karate are very much effective from a self defense perspective. I'm not saying JUST karate is good enough for EVERY self defense situation, but I would like to have the option to end the fight with a well placed front kick then relying solely on my ability to fight in my opponents range, where weapons can come into play. "Point karate" has really done wonders to delegitimize karate as a self defense MA.

@junichiroyamashita

24 күн бұрын

Yet i believe is Point Karate,or at least the way it was done before,that is the best to develop the unique karate skills. It is basically an unarmed version of fencing,far related to boxing and savate due to shared ancestry. They ,like fencing,also tend to develop timing,distance and movement more than the average thai kickboxing style.

@JimmySaint43

24 күн бұрын

I see your point, however I feel like point karate can teach bad habits, such as not protecting yourself at ALL times. They tend to not leave themselves in a defensive position after executing techniques. However, with a background in some grappling martial art it can be highly effective

@handroids1981

23 күн бұрын

Yeah... Wonder Boy the genetic freak + decades of dedication VS. This guy. It would be interesting.

@ryanbarclay7939

20 күн бұрын

I'd agree, karate and boxing teach some of the same skills. That said, I think point karate could be more effective for self defence IF cross trained with a grappling art, like Wrestling or Judo.

Thank you very much Rokas for this honest-down-to-earth ranking! Really glad you are back in good health and looking forward to more great content.

Kickboxing most of the time allows knees.

@stmartinhk

19 күн бұрын

I have around 17,000 clips of self defense fights. I have closely studied all of them. Using the knees is very common. It is also the single biggest failing technique in my entire collection with a 99.999% failure rate. I think I have maybe two examples of the successful use of knees, and in these cases the knees attack the side of the head from a third man (2-on-1 situations). But every self defense course teaches them.Why do knees almost entirely fail? First, most people do not have the hip flexor strength or hip extension to produce the necessary power. Second, good power requires that we go up on the toes as we extend the hips, but it is dangerous to go up on the toes in self defense situations. We always want to keep our hips low. This is very basic and very important. Overall, it is a big mistake to think of SD fighting as being in any way similar to sportsfighting and sparring. They are as different as meat and vegetables. If someone is in bent-over a position to be kneed, it makes much more sense to just push or drag him to the ground and then kick him. The use of clothes to drag and pull is a very important part of SD fighting and is a feature of perhaps more than 90% of all SD fights.

@Traps510

18 күн бұрын

​@@stmartinhk Very interesting. Where can I read more about this study?

@stmartinhk

17 күн бұрын

@@Traps510 It is my own study. As i said, i have 17,000 clips of self defense fights that I have studied.

@Traps510

17 күн бұрын

@stmartinhk OK. What else were you're findings? Any other interesting statistics that you discovered?

@kentrudy860

14 күн бұрын

That's Dutch kickboxing

18:14 the gentleman is talking about "Only the Strong" with Marc Dacascos.

@maximisatwat

18 күн бұрын

The Quest

Most people don't know how to take a punch, even fewer people know how to take a kick. The ability to take out your opponent outside their reach should definitely be considered too. A solid roundhouse to the leg and the average dude is down like a sag of potatoes.

@NickKano11

24 күн бұрын

Always felt low kicks were under rated. They're extremely painful, but at the same time they won't knock someone out or put them in the hospital- so in a way they could be a great "warning shot" for someone to back off. That, and it looks better in court than punching someone in the face.

@thunderkatz4219

24 күн бұрын

Glad my karate sensei taught me that and he’s right nobody has really been punched in the face

@jagkanlagapasta

23 күн бұрын

​@NickKano11 and leg kicks are also low risk high rewards. You dont need to commit so much when you throw a leg kick, but they hurt like hell after 3-4 hits.

@NickKano11

23 күн бұрын

@@jagkanlagapasta they hurt after 1 hit! 😂

@kevinross8038

23 күн бұрын

But the number of people with training in has gone way up and you’ll run into a lot of us who know how to check a kick. On the other hand with the training comes knowing how to check a kick. So yes valuable but not the ultimate weapon you make it out to be

Boxing and judo is all you need. Maybe, a little of BJJ if you can't find a judo dojo.

@seasickviking

24 күн бұрын

Best striking, best grappling. It's why both are common sights in prisons as well.

@Solid-Old

24 күн бұрын

I’ve been doing Boxing for 2 years (it’s my first and only art) and I was thinking about starting Judo or Jiu!! It’s a good combination right ?

@Kthomasritchie

24 күн бұрын

@@Solid-Old For self-defence, totally! In addition to the judo throws mentioned in the video, you'll be surprised at how effective foot sweeps can be to end a confrontation. The problem with BJJ is you're grappling on the ground; it's ineffective self defence.

@emremokoko

24 күн бұрын

@@Solid-Old I practice judo/boxing combination. Try it.There will be a new world opening in front of you. 🙂

@MMAWARRIOR20

22 күн бұрын

JuDo doesn’t teach you how to sprawl though

dang, was really expecting the sanda and kempo ranking

Wow excellent interview and great breakdown of the different arts! Thank you! 🥊🥊🥋

It would be interesting if you could get Erik Paulson to do one if these. He's always seemed really knowledgeable about a lot of different martial arts

@williamweb9782

14 күн бұрын

@LouisianaMechanic I do not know much about groundfighting but I do know that Erik Paulson is a real handful. To my amazement he can relate empty hand kali and chi sao to groundwork.

Took a self defense seminar with him at sbg Athens. Awesome seminar. I remember that illegal judo throw he thought. Love judo.

Brilliant to see you raise awareness of KUDO again! Many thanks from the UK KUDO FED 🔥👍 Great video, he clearly knows his stuff

I enjoy these tier lists, especially when they are debated by people from completely different perspectives and backgrounds. Very cool idea for a video, and the guest had some interesting experiences to draw upon while rating these different martial arts.

Season 3 of the championship needs a college/US-Folkstyle Wrestler Preferably a "pure" 1 without much cross training for control

You really should make separate categories for Dutch Kickboxing and American when you carry out these interviews. It would save a lot of time with the explanations and get us more specific answers.

@tatumergo3931

22 күн бұрын

Agree! Even more so French kickboxing (Savate) is more of a kickboxing style than the previous two. Yet it's little known outside of France or even the rest of Europe.

It's so great to see another video from you. We missed you Rokas!

Awesome video!

Good to see you after a long time! You are looking great and thank you for the wonderful video. Btw, would've been great if you guys talked about Chinese Sanda (Sanshou). But still great though!

Personally I prefer japanese jujutsu over bjj becouse of the standing aspects in jujutsu where in bjj you only do ground work

@stephenbaldwin8804

24 күн бұрын

I tend to agree with you, BJJ is great for when the fight goes to the ground but Jujutsu is better at keeping you on your feet.

@pinksupremacy6076

24 күн бұрын

JJJ has zero sparring basically.

@definitlynotbenlente7671

24 күн бұрын

@@pinksupremacy6076 i do not know where that misconception comes from but as a practitioner of japanese jujutsu i can say qe do spar every lesson its mostly grapling but we do spar

@pinksupremacy6076

24 күн бұрын

@@definitlynotbenlente7671 with the purpose of what? Pinning?

@AndrewLaReal

23 күн бұрын

That’s not true. Most BJJ teach basic wrestling and Judo

This felt like a solid talk on the topic. Well done, officer!

28:00 Sensei Seth and Jesse Enkamp would like to have a word 🤣 I have had a LOT of success using Karate, but I also lucked out with my sensei, and the substyle they taught being combat-focused rather than sport focused...

@thunderkatz4219

22 күн бұрын

Thank you bro

@alexanderren1097

21 күн бұрын

Seth and Jesse have both addressed that “karate” is overall very poor for self defense because most places don’t teach it very well. It’s sad because if you look the Kata and study what the original applications were meant to be, Karate should be VERY effective for self defense. Unfortunately most Karate schools today don’t teach applications and many that do teach applications are terrible applications and don’t do any pressure testing of any kind. Thankfully there’s a small but growing movement of practical Karate so hopefully this may change in a decade or two

@lady_draguliana784

20 күн бұрын

@@alexanderren1097 indeed so. by pure happenstance My sensei was one that was obsessed with applicability and warring-states-period Karate/Jiu-jitsu, and also required all students (even little ones) to spar every class in order to rank passed green belt (weeding out the tryouts), and who'd been taught by an american-born japanese man who; in order to reconnect with his heritage, but also inspired by the then-new-Kung Fu Icon Bruce Lee; traveled back to japan and learned karate at a 'revivalist' school, trying to reconstruct and teach non-ritual, actual combat as it was done by the Samurai... then brought that back to (Wisconsin? IDK, we were in AZ at the time...) It's fascinating, and wild, while researching, to see how radically the Japanese Martial Arts changed after Japan was unified, and the samurai all but stopped fighting: only a small portion participated in policing, with most considering fighting non-samurai to be beneath them (and they didn't really know how to fight without killing). A lot of folk forget how many whole generations of Samurai never set foot on a battlefield, and before the Caste was wholly dissolved, the last generation or two didn't even fight duals to the death, which were outlawed by then, (though even those had become so ritualized by then as to be basically unrelated to actual combat. some even argued that modern kendo is more combative than some of the last duals were). Interestingly, TKD has a traditional, combat-oriented form as well, which is hardly recognizable as TKD at all... it's a pretty common phenomenon with the older styles, really.

I still say we need to separate karate into 2 categories at least, Japanese karate, and Okinawan karate. A Japanese karate *usually doesn't have close fighting, grappling, throws, etc. a traditional Okinawan karate, kept all of that (for the most part)

yeah I totally agree, BJJ is great as a sport and martial art. But for self defence... You need to be aware that some moves are just not safe to pull on the street.

@HaroldBluetooth-uz1zz

21 күн бұрын

Then stop training sport jujitsu and focus more on Gracie/mma jujitsu.

@jiujitsumemoir

20 күн бұрын

@@HaroldBluetooth-uz1zz Well not everyone trains jiu jitsu for self defence. Some people just wants to train as a hobby or just to exercise. If you want to train jiu jitsu for self defence then you'll need to be aware that not everything you learn at a jiu jitsu gym is for a street fight.

@HaroldBluetooth-uz1zz

20 күн бұрын

@@jiujitsumemoir True. That’s why I really enjoy the gym I go to. They kinda cater to cops and military so they have more of a self defense system rather than pure sport. You just have to find the right gym.

@conor7179

19 күн бұрын

Bjj breaks the 2 biggest rules of self defense. Keep your attacker at arms length and stay on your feet

@HaroldBluetooth-uz1zz

19 күн бұрын

@@conor7179 First Off, those are not rules. You either want to be right outside of the guys reach or completely within. The middle ground is where you get his. Secondly, bjj does not teach sitting down for self defense. If you actually this sport bjj is what we preach for self defense then you are a moron.

So happy to see kudo getting some love

Karate in F tier is wild

gracie jiu-jitsu is already separate from brasilian jiu-jitsu? Lol. As a russian I must say systema is a scam. I guess some competent trainers under systema umbrella filled it with some actual useful moves, but in its original vbersion it was bullshido. And somehow systema is more famous that sambo and combat sambo in the west? I mean those are legit real martial arts, instead of "top secret KGB military deadly martial style".

Hey Rokas, When you talk about TKD in these videos is it the Olympic WTF or the more traditional ITF style? I think there's a big difference given the WTF is more of a sport.

I would love to do boxing but the brain trauma you develop overtime with sparring whether light or hard is a throw off for me :(

Merci de la vidéo. Cela confirme l'importance des coups de têtes comme en Lethwei et au Sambo.

1:08:20 love the ninjutsu LOL eye roll. very common attitude. I was very curious about ninjas like every other kid i knew and I had an opportunity to train Bujinkan Taijutsu(ninjutsu) back in 94-96 for about 18 months. we followed Matsaaki Hatsumi's teachings and read his books. I learned some fun stuff including history, lore and practical applications of the Bujinkan style. there is so much more than what american movies and 80's culture romanticized about it.

Hey really nice video i just wanted to ask your opinion,i was talking with my friends about mma vs boxing for self defence and my friend was saying that mma is better because it has a lot more options as opposed to boxing which is a lot more limited but i was thinking if you take a normal person betwen 25-40 years old that does 9-5 work and trains 2x to 3x per week(1 hour sessions ) for a year you would be much better at boxing than in mma making it kind of more effective for self defense? Because i was at couple sessions in mma gym where we did 30 min grappling and 30 striking and i kind of felt like i didnt learn much?Maybe i need to give it more time anyway thanks for answer

@lebatcritique

23 күн бұрын

I'm of the same opinion. Boxing is the best bang for your buck, the one that will make you into a competent fighter fastest. I've been training boxing for 2 year, twice a week. The gym where I box is actually a MMA gym that offers a couple of boxing sessions a week. Some of the MMA guys are absolute beasts who could destroy me in any specialized fighting discipline, including boxing, but they basically live at the gym. Once in a while I've light-sparred relative beginner MMA who rarely come to boxing class. Their boxing is really shitty. I see it like this: defensively, choosing MMA makes sense because you have a lot of options and you won't be completely lost in any aspect of the fight. The strength of boxing is that you'll get really good at what you do, and what you do just might mean knocking out multiple opponents in one shot each. It's high risk, high reward.

@stmartinhk

19 күн бұрын

The first thing a self defense beginner needs to learn is basic wrestling and how to execute and thwart body locks, single legs, double legs, and head controls both bcs standing grappling is very very common in self defense fights and bcs the worst thing that can happen to you in a fight is that you get picked up and body slammed onto concrete. As for boxing, it has great value bcs it teaches you how to ecnoomically generate hitting power. Just make sure that you practise hitting from cover guards (chin down, shoulders up) bcs a blow to the face/head will finish things and learn to throw tight, targetted punches at close quarters (not time-wasting looping shots). Also note that you will be fighting without gloves, so learn to also makes good use of your big knuckles to the face and to hit USING THE INSIDE OF YOUR FIST against head targets, in particular for high-value targets such as behind the ear or the side of the head. For these, keep your elbow pointed down as you hit. Also, train to have a fist that closes properly so that you do not break it and strong wrists. Get a block of piece of foam, say 5 inches by 5 inches, and practise squeezing it to make a fist. Involve all of your fingers. Make sure the fingers also supprt each other as you squeeze. This is a great exercise.

If he regularly found himself into fist fights then he was a very poor undercover cop.

@petealmeida2071

22 күн бұрын

How do know that?

@Reflectionmaterial

22 күн бұрын

@@petealmeida2071 outside action thrillers undercover cops are supposed to not draw negative attention, get intel and stay out of harm's way. Then heavily armed SWAT teams do the heavy lifting. So this guy is not supposed to know a lot about unarmed fighting in the line of duty. Unless he got caught flat footed, without access to colleagues or weapons to help him and had to fist fight his way out of a situation..... aka he messed up big time. Perhaps he did a lot of martial arts training in his free time or he did other work that caused him to end up in lots of unarmed combat (bouncing, security, crowd control, booking officer etc). Yet the channel of course sells it like him being an undercover cop somehow gives him expertise or experience in hand to hand combat and we now should listen to his opinion on what martial arts work best for da street.

@imperialtrooper927

20 күн бұрын

Who's to say that was during him being undercover?

@Reflectionmaterial

20 күн бұрын

@@imperialtrooper927 than why mention him being undercover?? Best martial arts ranked by accountant.

@imperialtrooper927

20 күн бұрын

@@Reflectionmaterial Background check, would you hire an accountant with no background in the field at all?

Intresting content, do you think everyone is suitable for the hard styles? Can everyone be a good boxer ? How would these styles compare in an injury training list ?

Excellent 👏

some legit analysis here, thank you sir for making this..

Would love to see what you think of/ where you rank hapkido-especially with your aikido background. I'll begin my studies of it starting next week, but I'm aware it has a...mostly questionable reputation in the martial arts world, at best

@johncasarino5627

24 күн бұрын

well you wristlock into literal somersaults in the air which kinda beats aikido tbh

Totally agree with this guy, I was amateur boxer in highschool back in the 80s and 90s, and got so much respect from winning streetfights until I watched the first UFC in 94 and started taking Gracie jujitsu in 95, and got to use it in a few streetfights that combo of boxing and bjj is all you need to be formidable

hey rokas, I was wondering if you could make one of your tier list videos but classify the martial arts according to danger for the practitioner. Just an idea 😅

I love dirty boxing, personally. It's the one way I get to utilize other martial art skills when strictly boxing (Thai Clinch, and some Kung fu weight manipulation)

Top👊🏼, a very good talk👏🏼

SEEEE!!!! People always rank boxing as mid for self-defense "because grappling", but most street fighters don't know how to grapple. He's not gonna shoot a slick double-leg under a jab. He's gonna walk forward with his right hand cocked behind him waiting to swing, and by the time he realizes "This guy can box". it's too late.

Rokas, perhaps your next comparison video should be based on 6 months to a year’s training, two to three times a week.

@bw5020

21 күн бұрын

I LOVE this idea

The Canadian your guest mentioned was probably Jean-Yves Thériault.

A good Judo dojo > any BJJ place. You learn throws in-depth and spar frequently, you're taught the throws and shoots involving legs even if you can't do that for competition, you do ground work every day with chokes, armbars, submissions, etc.., and you have a heavy emphasis on how to keep your posture both standing and on the ground.

Also also, had the pleasure of training with Junior Wilson at Carlson Gracie in the UK some years ago. Totally agree.

Another thing which caught my attention was Paul talking about wrestler, who also emphasize boxing. This reminds me of Ramsey Dewey, who talked about learning both grappling and striking, I think Ramsey was saying the situation could change from a striking situation to a grappling situation, or a grappling situation to a striking situation. So the situation in a fight is fluid

Nice discussion. 👍

Really enjoyed this. I feel it’s tough not to put mma at the top. It wasn’t really explained why not. Re bjj, I’m a brown belt and did agree whole heartedly with the analysis but I would have also like to have heard a ranking for the Art as Helio/Carlson intended/taught

I describe boxing like the myth of the blind kung fu master who's sense are heightened because he's blind. Because in boxing you can only use your hands you get a lot more sensitive to understanding timing, distance, speed, reaction, defense, strategy etc.

Kudo and sambo are the most complete. Striking+throws+submission Sanda is close striking+throws

Random comment, but imo a thumbnail with a tier list on it seems more clickable than the current one. Just my thoughts :).

@MartialArtsJourney

21 күн бұрын

Thanks! I always appreciate constructive feedback

If one wants to train Judo and BJJ to become good at fighting, what would the best gyms be?

I trained a fair bit of Japanese Jujitsu - we did competitions and a lot of pressure testing with multiple attackers - depending on the club it gets pretty intense

Kickboxing and wrestling is really all you need

From personal experience, I don't think you can underestimate the efficacy of low kicks in any style. Boxers unaccustomed to low kicks will at worst lose their base/mobility and at best be distracted. Conversely, many styles do not punch to the face like boxing and that works in reverse.

31:00 "Karate is an F" 1:05:50"Wow Kudo should be an S" Does he know? 😏🥋

@Diego-hm1wd

24 күн бұрын

I think it is less about the art and more about the training methodology

@mxvrdahegaouwu7577

24 күн бұрын

​@@Diego-hm1wdYeah, that might be a valid reason. Still is kind of ironic Sharper generalizes all karate schools while giving Kudo (base in kyokushin karate) such a high score. Perfect example of "It's not the art but the practitioner who matters"

@Diego-hm1wd

23 күн бұрын

@@mxvrdahegaouwu7577 I 100% agree with you on this, it is always about the practitioner

@thunderkatz4219

22 күн бұрын

@@mxvrdahegaouwu7577maybe a lack of knowledge

@thunderkatz4219

22 күн бұрын

@@mxvrdahegaouwu7577probably a lack of knowledge of karate remember he said he’s done it for a year

Could you do a video on the best martial art for senior citizens for self defense? Thanks!

@markupton1417

22 күн бұрын

380 acp

@nightshade7240

21 күн бұрын

Irish stick fighting because as a senior cit, you can carry a cane and the art is tested in situations you might encounter in the streets.

@hb9145

12 күн бұрын

CZ 75 Shadowboxing

Bruh cant believe he put kickboxing in d tier

1:15:00 it's like working out for sports. If you're an athlete, you'll still want to break it down to do leg day, core day, and arm day (or w/e). but you're mostly going to be doing the sport.

This is the best of these ranking videos I've seen. It uses the criteria I consider the best. How legit would fighting skills be of the average person after training 1 year at the average, typical school for each style. Even though I train primarily BJJ, I would only rank it C+ only because I've discovered most schools no longer have something like the classic "Gracie Combatives" as part of their curriculum. The school awarding me a blue belt required competency in these self defense skills as about 30% of the requirements for that belt. The rest was classic Gracie "rice and beans" BJJ, which is still mostly applicable for self-defense fighting. No pulling guard, flying cool-slick-whatever ninja moves. My current school offers 2 classes a week focused on self-defense and fighting skills, often including someone putting on gloves and training with punches. I've been at other schools that claim they teach self defense, but in practice they may teach a "self defense" technique every few weeks, and my opinion this is kind of lip service to it so they can put "self defense" on their marketing material. Sad.

It might be cool if you added Sumo as one of the options next time you go through this tier list. I'd be interested to see what people think of it.

We need to have a pair of twins who have never done martial arts, and make they take muy thai and karate for a year, and have them spare MMA style at the end.

@MartialArtsJourney

21 күн бұрын

I'd love that

Working 15 years in public transportation security, I can honestly say that using Wing Chun defense in a train while 2 heavy set eastern european trying to put my lights out simultaneously on a subway train was nullified,(and who both eventually ran away), and Aikido nagawaza arm throw and arm lock on the ground subdued a shirtless drug induced individual on the platform, and this then became my "go to technique" - especially when the assailant(s) can only squirm on the ground like a fish, and biting punching,spitting, and kicking doesn't do anything to solid concrete. Multiple attackers is where boxing and escrima (defense stick) can be employed. A fellow Patrol Guard from France who was a semi professional kickboxer with a very small frame had the nickname "Van Dam" and the patrol boots surprised many unsuspecting aggressors, so it's about timing, application and intention - and you will be able to defend yourself with: ALL OF THE ABOVE listed in this video.

I would love to hear his opinion on body strikes,such as shoulder strikes and bumps,like in Baji. I have reason to believe they would be really practical for self defence,and i would like to know what he thinks. I have a playlist as an example of what i mean. 43:10 maybe it was a Kataguruma? Fireman Carry in wrestling.

@Purwapada

24 күн бұрын

people like him are arrogant meatheads and will probably dismiss it because it's a chinese martial art. with no regard for how it could be used

Doesn’t give Judo an A because they don’t deal with punching yet JJ gets a D despite dealing with punch, kick. Also, the judo sweeps, reaps & throws he likes are core JJ. Judo a subset of JJ.

Basic concepts of judo, boxing, wrestling, Muay Thai pretty good fighter that would want to mess with

Could you diffrentiate WTF Taekwond and ITF Taekwongo in your rankings?

Love these ranking videos! Gotta gey my coffee and watch this in peace haha

I hold a 1st degree black belt in Chung Do Kwan TKD, which is not a sport variety. I have two thoughts on this... 1) I don't think that what I learned would be effective against Thai boxing, boxing, wrestling, BJJ. 2) I do think that what I've learned would be effective against an untrained opponent. That being said, the school where I studied doesn't have sport competition or points. I think the weakest aspect in my school for self defense is that sparring is strictly non-contact, which is because we're trained to deliver strikes at full force. So while I know that my punches, kicks, knees, elbows are strong, and accurate. I never had to learn how to take a hit, which is a real disadvantage. I did participate in a tournament and the feedback I got from opponents was that they were shocked with the power behind my punches and kicks, and that they felt I'd have ended a real fight with one or two hits if I didn't have gloves on or if they hadn't been wearing pads. But it's not a normal TKD school. We don't do well in point competitions.

@user-rr7zb9kr1g

2 күн бұрын

can you elaborate on what sport tkd is?

Good video

Long before MMA back in the 80s we away said as a boxer don’t let the those wrestlers get on the ground! Footwork!

Great conversation with an informed and articulate speaker. Very nice!! 💯 Please check out Ken Ryu Jujutsu - Traditional Japanese Martial Art. 🙏

This guy is talking about fighting. Self defence isn't about fighting, Martial arts are not about self defence. Sure, it can be used as self defence if you are competent in your art. But what about the average Joe? The self defence mindset was something I had a hard time accepting as I was schooled in putting my dukes up ready to rumble. Of course such actions also clued my opponent into doing similar. Hence a fight ensued. And most times I took a beat even if I won.

Something I rarely see demontrated against an experienced opponent in striking, kickng,elbows and grappling but with the additional skill of "Sticking-hands" (someone like Erik Paulson). How would the skilled striker do against another striker whose main game is to not let you have control of your hands and feet after initial contact is made?

I did boxing and taekwondo in college. Very true about boxing. It really showed me, I'm going to get hit, but tough through it and throw your combos. My instructor for taekwondo really focus on the basics. I believe taekwondo helped me a lot with my footwork and balance. Instructor was always yelling, KICK HARDER. I got a little practice with Hapkido, feels like Aikido trying to be like BJJ. Was interesting but I didn't continue with it. I want to find a Judo and Muay Thai school in the future and train in it. Get my kids to train in it too. I was interested in Jeet Kune Do in the past and found a school, but left very fast. From what it sounds like, they were point sparring and learning too much. "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." -Bruce Lee Crash course Air Force Combative Programs was interesting. Super quick, learn to jab, cross, choke, and try to not get choke or pin. I remember the instructor saying, if we ever have to go hands-on, it's probably a shitty day because 95% of us were from support units. LOL T_T

My dream mix would be muay thai, judo and capoeira. I think thats the closest you can get of a ninja.

Hey, why is none of the Martial Arts KZreadr make a tier list about "best martial arts for recreational exercise" (considering stuff like how well it trains the body, injury risk, easy to do when older etc) or "best martial arts for kids" (considering traini g mobility, building character etc) since those are the majority of people going to the dojo/training hall. How many really train for self defense??

Watching this just before going to Ninjutsu class, I don’t have time to watch all of it now, but so far can’t fault his placement and reasons for it. We definitely pressure test at our dojo, shodan gradings are full contact shark tanks (mma in a Gi) you have to prepare for that and that starts at 9th kyu.

@Kthomasritchie

24 күн бұрын

Ninjutsu is the ultimate self defence as you are the invisible warrior.

@andymax1

24 күн бұрын

@@Kthomasritchie its excellent for self defence as they teach looking out for the next attack from a 2nd assailant whilst engaged with the first, finding the exit, awareness of surroundings (cameras) and how to do sneaky shit whilst appearing to be less violent than you actually are, and after you have found that exit you can make your ninja roll exit.

@Purwapada

24 күн бұрын

people always laugh at ninjutsu because they are ignorant with no historical understanding whatsoever. they think it's like in american hollywood movies. - No ninjutsu was basically MMA of it's day, ken jutsu, jiu jitsu etc practiced by peasant groups

@bw5020

21 күн бұрын

I wouldn't mind seeing video of that

@andymax1

21 күн бұрын

@@bw5020 Me too, I know video exists on someones phone somewhere, as they are not banned, however since I invariably wind up as part of the shark tank, I end up carrying a gumshield not a phone.

Rokas i have a good idea for a teir list. Self defense for over 40 year olds and the disabled. Always learn what is illegal in the Sport of Fighting. It's all good in the street if you can convince the Judge.

@bigolbearthejammydodger6527

24 күн бұрын

do not tempt me ... 45, disabled... ex forces/security, judo blackbelt. Honestly i've recently started incorporating my walking stick into my daily training (which i have to do to move well).

@markupton1417

22 күн бұрын

Snub-nosed 38 special, steel frame...plus p loads....

@bigolbearthejammydodger6527

22 күн бұрын

@@markupton1417 yeh im english.. a blunt spoon modification might get me trouble ;) It has to be something that can very obviously be not done for being a weapon. like structural reinforcement - or a torch (flash light to the yanks).

@sesimie

22 күн бұрын

@@markupton1417 not every country has access to guns for lawful carry. KZread goes out into the world not just North America.

@markupton1417

22 күн бұрын

@@sesimie I know...just sharing how I do it.

For self-defense you should train in situational awareness, de-escalation of conflicts, running and possibly, in urban environments, how to do free running and urban stealth in order to run and hide from possible pursuers, you also need knowledge of law, if you accidentally kill somebody by getting into a fight you can be charged with manslaughter. To fight is the last resource in self-defense only when all other options have failed. I know many examples of people who are trained in martial arts, including MMA and Muay Thai who got themselves killed by multiple assailants using knives, one case in particular was a police officer's son who was stabbed to death when he tried to apply his MMA knowledge to defend against a street gang who attacked him. Another example was a sportsperson who got into a fight and won with his martial arts skills only to be later on shot dead at a gas station by the person he beat up. Self-defense is not the same as street fighting and street fighting has no rules, no referees, but you are still bound by a country's laws. If you get out of it alive and avoided fighting that is a win, in self-defense.

Quick question, how do you think Baki x Kangean is going to go?

So which of these is the best Self Defense? Krav Maga, KAPAP, Keysi, Defence Lab or Systema? 😅

14:10 Skull Training is like Iron Hand training. Super hard, Risky, and you have to start young, but it IS possible, through training, to increase the thickness of the front of the skull, such that one no longer fears fractures, and so much that it holds the brain steady, so one isn't as prone to being knocked out, or the brain being damaged much at all. Most notably, I recall Strongman and Pro Wrestler "Gino Martino" (real name John Ferraro) who, according to wikipedia: "was featured on the August 19th 2010 edition of The History Channel's Stan Lee's Superhumans. The episode examined his hard skull as well as attempted to explain how he performed his pro wrestling and strongman stunts. "Ferraro was studied by Harvard Medical School which determined through an MRI that his skull measured 16mm thick, over 2.3 times more than the average human skull, making it one of the thickest skulls ever x-rayed... Stan Lee, nicknamed Ferraro the "Human Anvil", which he has since adopted for his strongman performances. In addition, the episode's title ("Hammerhead") was named after him."

Karate F? What the heck? Come on

@Ninja9JKD

24 күн бұрын

Kyokushin? Machida Karate? Hello!

@nightshade7240

21 күн бұрын

Did you watch the video? They aren't talking specific karate, they are talking about available karate, very different. The average place you walk into off the street.

Seems like we are missing the ending? Anyway, being a cop, ask him about where he would rank the various "defensive tactics" courses he had to take himself as a job requirement and were they any good?

40:00 I used to work in a recycling center for government electronics. the most effective tool we had was our "big Hammer"... The "Big Hammer" was the ground, btw... 🤣

Just drop in to say BJJ + Catch + Judo + Kickbox + muscle mass + strength and conditioning + 12 mile ruck + 8 meal a day = unstoppable + immovable.

28:12 - 31:12 Then how come my "Martial Arts in Street Fighting" playlist has news videos that there are Karate fighters who have successfully fend off their attacker in the street??

Good video with honest insight.👍Interesting comment about Japanese Ju-Jitsu not pressure testing and that you can go to a class and not break a sweat. The Japanese based Ju- Jitsu that I took for many years would. Have you fighting everyday and you would come out of there feeling like a wet paper towel. The physical workrounds were harder than any football camp.

Low leg kicks are really good in real life just know if the guy is high level grappler you don’t want to get dumped on your head

None of these but BodyBuilding (as a deterrent), Recitation (to play confident and being able to talk end deescalate under pressure), Psycotherapy (not to be shy) and Instinct drive (to listen to fear) first... these will minimize the canche of any violent encounter.