Build Your Fight Style! BRAND NEW BOOK! E-Book: www.modernmartialartist.com/downloads/build-your-fight-style/ Paperback: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQTN1QZ8 It’s time to Build Your Fight Style. This book takes a systematic approach to creating a style that works best for you. Looking at your body type, your goals, your inclinations and your prior training, you will create a system geared towards your own unique talents. We will determine your best attacks and create combinations built around them. Looking at your own unique attributes you will decide upon alterations to your stance, guard, head movement, footwork and general offense. Factoring in your strengths you will decide on the themes of your style, whether that be counter striking, out boxing, or another tried and tested strategy. And then you will put it all together, creating a coherent system that builds on your best attributes, turns your weaknesses into strengths, and lets you express the true potential of your martial arts.

@JesseP.Watson

5 ай бұрын

I watch your videos because you go into a lot of detail... don't change it!

@theepickaikarsynshow

5 ай бұрын

Excuse me sir, can you please make a video on Jake LaMotta

@xctkillaprodigyx2586

4 ай бұрын

Please do a video on Dimitri Pirog. Hes is rarely talked about and would make for a banger video. Guy was something special!

you say the video is too long... I'd say it ain't long enough... go as in depth as you think necessary, it's always great to see good commentary and breakdowns so don't hold back

@zndr9056

5 ай бұрын

Word

@B_THE_GODTV

5 ай бұрын

Ong I’ll watch a hour long vid

@hectorastorga5536

5 ай бұрын

You right man

@damonshekhem8906

5 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@BuhBuhGuyMan

5 ай бұрын

Hell his video on the first fight between Ali and Frazier was 21 minutes long

Counter the feet. Use your footwork, bait/throwaway strikes, and feints to draw them into footwork, timing, and spacing mistakes, that actually make it easier to land punches in all striking sports, and especially leg and body kicks in kickboxing and Muay Thai. Also great for setting up Thai sweeps. You can also change your tactics and tempo to create counter opportunities. You can begin aggressively, again, using throwaway techniques and then once they’re on the back foot continually change your aggression and tempo to keep them off balance. That way they’re never set in when they strike, and rarely fully committed and they’re easier to counter. You can also begin in a seemingly timid and defensive tempo and when they think they can just walk you down, you’ve got their timing down and their angles and can lure them into big sniper shots that they walk into. Counter fighting is an art within an art, and is beautiful.

@TheModernMartialArtist

5 ай бұрын

A lot of that sounds like things described in The Book of Five Rings, which mostly consists on concepts like that. What's really interesting is that the way he conceptualizes it appears to be based in emotion for him more than anything else. He'll say something like, "Take a timid attitude to make them prideful, then drive into them with all of your resolve when they attack." That's not actually from the book, just an example of how he talks. It's funny the way different people interpret the world. But yeah, those are all great examples you gave! Targeting the feet like you said will really mess with guys who step in heavy if you can time their step.

@grantbacon4471

5 ай бұрын

@@TheModernMartialArtist this is awesome insight! Thanks for that feedback. I’ve been in martial arts of all types since age 7 (just turned 47), and in boxing since the late 80’s and Muay Thai since the mid 90’s. It’s funny, I’ve read the book of 5 rings and the art of war, and never even thought of applying those concepts in the ring. I did many years of JKD, from multiple instructors, and had a number of different boxing and kickboxing/Muay Thai instructors over all these years and kept talking pieces of the styles they all taught. I went back to training with one of my original karate teachers who was still teaching my now adult cousins, who were his black belt students. He’d gotten them to the same level of point fighting as Raymond Daniels and that bunch. I think my older cousin actually lost a few semi final matches to Daniels and was always frustrated that he couldn’t beat him (as many people still feel). My cousins had also qualified for a couple U.S. Select travel teams for kickboxing and karate. So I returned to him after a very middling career in combat sports, and he said your skills are advanced and your athleticism is very advanced, it’s your mindset and strategy that are off. He told me to stop being so explosive ALL the time and learn to become a counter fighter. He taught me all these concepts and refined all the skills and techniques I had. He had had a somewhat successful amateur boxing career even before he got into karate, but was athletically limited. He learned to use timing, distance, and footwork/angles to be successful. Talk about combat mad scientist. And he and I just tinkered with my style over the years and I went from a blitz fighter to a methodical counter fighter and sniper. And his teachings have now made me a far better teacher, myself. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and I LOVE your channel. I share all your videos with all my fighters. Your breakdowns are the best in the business…right there with Lawrence Kenshin.

@azeembell3049

5 ай бұрын

Black belt lessons from demon hanzo the best to ever do it

The body jab to lead hook from Mayweather was replicated by Peirera against Strickland! Tried it in sparring (light) and it works pretty well.

@user-ve7hn2dh8h

5 ай бұрын

Wow body jab to lead hook.. Yeah nobody had ever heard of it until Mayweather came along... Lol.. So you're telling me, your gym let's you spar but never taught you that combo?

@Lethalbanter

5 ай бұрын

​@@user-ve7hn2dh8h do you want a cookie for being a little know it all? Here's a cookie🍪, well done

@dylanbarrett508

5 ай бұрын

@@user-ve7hn2dh8h i mean they never said Mayweather invented it, it was just a notable example being compared to a notable example

Having a good aim, knowing the maps well, and having cool skins on your weapons. Jokes aside, wonderful video, watching a counter striker fight is pure art

Please breakdown Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield's gamelan for Tyson. You'd be perfect guy because you offer an unbiased insight and you'd a great job explaining the circumstances surrounding that fight.

@TheModernMartialArtist

5 ай бұрын

Haha man ok fine, your persistence has paid off. May be a while but I'll do it :)

@jasonellis9777

5 ай бұрын

That would be cool to see. Make sure you put in Evanders head use! Lol.

@khoraaaa

5 ай бұрын

@@TheModernMartialArtistW man🙏 can’t wait to see it

@kakashihatake6176

5 ай бұрын

​@@TheModernMartialArtistthat will be awesome to watch! l do hope the headbutts from the second fight receive a honorable mention tho

@theblackmamba8686

5 ай бұрын

@@TheModernMartialArtistyeeessssss finally😭😭😭

A good counter combo that always worked for me in MMA was a signature move of Dan Henderson's - fake the double-leg takedown, and if they lowered their guard to help defend with a sprawl, come up over the top with a hard right hand. Back when he first started switching from kickboxing to MMA, I caught Carlos Condit with it during sparring. As you can imagine, though, it didn't work very well after that first success, Carlos was just too good to fall for that counter twice....

Jack Johnson was one of the original counter punchers

The goat of boxing videos alongside joseph vincent

chuck liddell was almost always trying to get the momentum through purely countering. he had such short tight hooks that always clipped people that never saw them coming.

Depending on whether you box (hit first without getting hit), counter-punch (hit back, without being hit), or fight (hit better, while being hit). You can approach a counter-puncher in different ways. If you mainly box from a distance, vary your attack, limit your openings, and fight long. If that’s not enough, you have to learn to counter-punch or fight yourself to even it up. Mostly pure counter-puncher vs counter-puncher requires one to either act first so that requires either a counter-puncher to either be a good enough boxer or fighter to draw punches to counter-punch or being patient enough himself to get the other counter-puncher to start boxing or fighting. A good fighter vs a good counter-puncher can pressure a good counter-puncher into fighting and exchange punches in the fighter’s favor all things else being relatively equal. Unless the other counter-puncher can fight as well or has more power or other attribute to give him an edge, the style matchup belongs to the fighter.

Juan Manuel Marquez made countering both a science and an art to me. More than willing to take punishment to get the better of an exchange. Truly an artist!

@cypriankassiankavera9227

3 ай бұрын

True he was a counter punching machine

The motorcyclist one was a great idea, I'm going to have to save that one for later.

Ive found your counters will be determined by your physique and style. Countering uppercuts with rear hooks or teeps with scoop crosses, but that breaks the rule I got given. Early in my training was told "rounds are met with straights, straights are met with rounds". Which is a decent starting place I reckon. Counter low kicks with rear snaps. Draw jabs to counter with casting hook.

This is one of your better videos. They're all great but this was one of those where you don't realize the time is just going by. Great job!

Thank you for your boxing breakdowns. I’d like to just say that your videos have helped me a lot. I’d like to box, but I’m much more here to learn different styles of fighting. Plus the counter and techniques as well. I’m trying to plan out writing a story with each character having their own unique fighting style. Watching your videos has helped me immensely with noticing a fighter’s habits and what won of lost them a fight. Whether it’s fictional or real life. Thank you for your videos

I'd love to see a breakdown on how much of an advantage being southpaw ACTUALLY gives you. There's always one or two people invalidating a southpaw champ because of his stance and it might be cool to get some insight on how valid it is. iirc there was a study that analyzed this a while back too

@bakedcrystal915

5 ай бұрын

It’s situational I feel. If you know how to deal with it you can shut it down. If you don’t train to deal with it you’re not gonna be able to.

This is so well done. Thank you for this insightful, thought provoking documentary. Some of these historical exchanges moved me to tears. So beautiful to watch.

Its incredible how many of the concepts described in this video translates 1:1 to fighting games

Timing that pull back right hand corner is what makes a great counter striker. It's really all about the momentum and moving with it when you strike. I sometimes think these guys are superhuman!

I think one cool series of videos is like, you picked a technique, for example, cross, and breakdown and analyze many different ways to set it up and land it. Because many people may feel good about some techniques and relatively weaker about other techniques.

Bro the more detail the better! I love your videos!

Personally I love long in-depth film study. If you post long martial arts material I’m here for it.

Way too long? Way too detailed? I don't know any of us who watch you who would complain about that, it's what draws us to your analysis.

This was an amazing video, thank you very much!

10/10 video so cool please continue the work enjoy it very much & appreciate it

I love this video! very helpful.

ONE OF THE BEST ON KZread BUD. KEEP GOING. THANKS.

Love the experimental format, nothing like you´ve ever postd before but im quite a fan

Great video as always mate👍

I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Well done.

The best boxing channel learnt so much

Congratulations on the new book, David! :-)

I would have loved an even longer video going even deeper Thanks for the fantastic content brother!

A counter jab is underutilized and underrated. It doesn't do a lot of damage (it's a jab) but it's great for keeping range. When your opponent throws a jab (same stance) you paw it away with your rear hand and jab back with your lead. When they throw a cross you parry it down with your lead hand and jab over the top. This is by far the easiest counter to land honestly, and it keeps you in a pretty safe position, hard to get off balance etc. It won't ko someone but the guy whose jab is landing is usually in control of the fight

❤Beautiful and lesson and demonstration.Thank you very much first class as usual

Emmanuel Augustus makes me smile every time.

Bought your book can’t wait to start reading

I like the cross-counter and the jab-counter

Great stuff as always.

great vid. good research.

This was fantastic!

Video concept idea: knockout power and where it comes from. Not sure what there is to say about it, but its very interesting to me how some guys just seem to have the touch of death, and other guys have pillows for hands. And it's not always the biguys who have heavy hands either.

We REALLY need a part 2 to thus video

This video wasnt wayy too long. More detail would be very cool. A follow up would be great

Awesome examples! Prince Naseem's fighting style was nuts.

I would totally watch a 30 mnts video this is pure genius

I like the roll counters roll under a shot and a low high mix

Parry Counters with elbows over the top, wing chun Lop Sao with the back fist ect. some of my favorites

One of the most unstoppable counters is what I like to call the Polynesian counter. This is when a fighter has a combination of durability and toughness which allows them to counter punch even immediately after their opponent lands a hard shot against them. When you land a hard shot, you will likely be off balance, and your guard will likely be down, but usually your opponent will not be able to fire back, but it's very hard to resist firing hard shots against an opponent who seems to be wide open, especially if they also seem hurt or tired. It's important to always keep in mind that skill and training can only do so much, and to remember your own physical limitations, and to be mindful of your opponents physical strengths and weaknesses. Boxing fans like to make fun of boxers who seem to rely too much on physical gifts, but it can be easy to under-estimate boxers who have seemingly ugly and un-refined skill-sets. They may not really be as "unskilled" as you think, as their seemingly sloppy defense, or poor footwork can actually be part of a trap to tempt you into taking unnecessary risks.

Great vid

I waited for part 2❤

I like the first second and last punching method

hey man, look around you. long, hour+ video essays are becoming the new standard. 12m should not be considered long. obviously rn there is a glut of short form content. and people are appreciating longer, deeper dives. videos that took real planning and effort and become the definitive go-to for any given subject matter. cheers.

Good Video ✌

A great counter striker needs excellent aim, good gamesense and knowledge, a wide array of utility and most of all the desire to improve. And a good gaming chair

Your videos aren't too long. They should be longer!

This video was too short. Please make longer videos it’s awesome

Merry Christmas everyone. Take care of yourself. Peace.

As a fighter myself I appreciate this video

I thought your breakdown of Bradley beating Marquez was one of the best examples of how to stop a counter fighter (with Bradley beating Marquez of course).

Another excellent video. It is soo impressive that you are able to compile all of these examples. I would love to know HOW you achieve this, in regards to the order. Do you pick a topic, then after determining all of the elements necessary to qualify for the topic, you would watch random fights and look for those examples? Or some other order, like maybe watching the fights for your fight analysis videos and looking for specific instances of everything, then logging those to be pulled from like a file system? Either way, in your fight analysis videos, it blows my mind how you recognize so many different strategies and how they adjust and adapt throughout. I can recognize a counter and the basic stuff, but you key in on some high level stuff. Keep up the good work!

@TheModernMartialArtist

5 ай бұрын

All those clips are from videos I made on those fighters. So I just picked a topic and remembered examples from the previous videos I've made lol. For concepts I just took them from the book I just wrote on building a fight style and then simplified and condensed them. It actually took way less work than usual.

@chargree

5 ай бұрын

@@TheModernMartialArtist I want to buy your book, but dont you already have one? I will look in the description or something to see what I can find. I boxed out of South Mississippi for several years until I was 18 and went to serve a proselyting and service mission for my church for 2 years in Mexico. When I returned, I lacked the aggression and rage that I had learned to harness that I had before I left. It originated from an abusive half brother who used to literally torture me. I digress again. The point is that I remember alot of what I was taught, and it interests me that I have learned things from you about strategy and even technique that were not taught to me at a BOXING GYM in years. By the way, I wonder if you would ever consider doing a series on matches with very controversial scoring and focus on trying to determine the true winner based on the official judge instructions on the determining factors(effective aggression, defense…)? You could even keep a tab on which judges have the worst scores and.by how many points and run an average on them. Maybe even tie them to specific fighters, fight venues and cities, management companies, gyms, boxing organizations, etc to help determine who could be tied to who and where, so that we can form a clear image of the path to follow to find a solution. What say ye? I got excited to try that myself, although I dont even have a channel and lack the credibility you have built through your experience.

As always, an excellent study. I think you missed an opportunity to (again) call attention to Max Schmelling's gameplan against Joe Louis--based entirely on the potential for a counter. This is prime Joe Louis, my #1. Neat moment in boxing history.

Dude, You could make feature length KZread videos and I would watch them multiple times and rewind 50x per video to catch something I missed last time I watched it.

You should make longer videos I don’t think anyone minds

Great video. Can we do one on Fedor?

Love the vid can you do a vid breakdown on Crawford vs Spence jr

i be watching the vids hoping it doesnt end maybe make some long vids for us who are fighters ourselves

Need more mma counter striking in here like wonderboy, conor, anderson, dustin, some good mma counter strikers out there

Return counter and manipulate my opponent defense is my favourite

I love Floyd. But at the end of the day. Maidana really did beat him up.

@jordacai3889

5 ай бұрын

The fight is free on KZread you dont have to be wrong

You should Make a video of the many archetypes of mma

Make a part 2 for this video

I love pull counters. They seem more effective when I'm fighting guys shorter than me though.

What up y'all, merry Christmas

Joe Louis is the man!

Great reflexes make a good counter puncher

Can you do a video about sean strickland his style for mma is nice to watch

Hey David, Can you please breakdown Maromero Páez. Hes a underrated mexican boxer with a interesting style. He also has a intriguing way of baiting counter like you mentioned in this video. When you get the time please analyze him.

would you categorise responses separately? for example if there is no defence before the counter, you get hit with something and just answer back, its like a return counter but with no defensive action. quite common in muay thai when they get kicked they tend to kick back right away to keep the score even.

Can you make a video explaining the most effective unorthodox techniques

Please may you do a video breakdown on Fedor Emelianenko’s explosive MMA style

Counters in ONE: Johnson vs Moraes 2 (Straight Punch) Superbon vs Ozcan (Lead roundhouse)

Are these books going to become available in europe? can't see them on dutch amazon

I have a suggestion for a new series. Make a series of videos where you commentate on past fights and explain different concepts and strategies used by the fighters as they happen. Kind of like a play by play on different fights. That'll be useful for people who want to increase their fight IQ.

1:53 onwards reminds me of miyatas jolt and how if he gets countered he gets stacked dmg

"What makes me a Good Counter Puncher? If i were a Bad Counter Puncher, I wouldn't be Sittin Ere'! Discussin it with now would I?!"

Only one thing is necessary - your name to be Juan Marquez

4:00 who is the fighter in blue shorts?

Bruce Lee and JKD kung fu: "The counter-attack is the advanced phase of offense. It's a greatest art of fighting, the art of champion".

I would like to buy your books on kindle. Why are your books not on digital format?

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9:02 this is just absurd bro😭🤣

Hello Ben David Christian, im a amature boxer and I love your videos. I use your videos to study boxers so I can use their techniques in sparing and amature fighting. I have a request for you to make a video of a boxer if you can. Is it ok if you can do a video about Jake Lamotta?

Damn what happened to Lee Wylies channel? I went to visit after you mentioned it and all the vids are gone.

I would like a video on defense

Is there gonna be a “what makes a good pressure fighter”, or “what makes a good outfighter” series?

@TheModernMartialArtist

5 ай бұрын

Yeah this whole series will be based off what's in my new book. There will be one of these a month for a long while :)

@ashursmithen5451

5 ай бұрын

That's fantastic news, David. I've been watching your videos since the "War," and this is honestly my favourite one since Ali/Frazier 3. Can't wait for the rest!!! @TheModernMartialArtist

would watch an hour long video from u

Petition for The Modern Martial Artist to make a video on the Muay Mat legend Lakhin Wassandasit aka “The Thai Tyson”

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