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It also doesn't hurt as much, and when the cops come your knuckles aren't busted up and you can deny that you even hit someone, as long as there are no video recordings.

my knuckles are def further out than my palm. bas ur an idiot.

Doesn't make sense. You cover more distance with closed fist.

Definitely prevents broken knuckles, in the beginning of my training I was taught palm strike and hammer fist. Very effective

Thats how we roll now

Congrats guys! You have finally discovered the “Osmanlı tokat”!

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Logic and science left the lobby*

Bas Ruten would get absolutely destroyed in modern mma.

It's way better to use in a scrap. Especially when he's grabbing you and can't distance yourself. Used it when a drunk guy tried to fight me cause he said I was checking out his girl 😂

When i did bail bonds, i was taught that palm strikes do so much more damage to subdue a person than a fist will ever do! And in certain targets, its 100% true!!

Thanks Bas

Ah yes, "the most dumbest thing" ...

Wow there's so many high level and world class fighters in the comments, many of them all know Bas and have trained one on one with him ! Its almost as if they are all full of shite !!!

Combat ju jutsi

ONE OF THE BEST EVER. LOVE YOU BAS. LEGEND🎉🎉🎉

Hit soft parts with hard parts, hit hard parts with soft parts…unless you’re a well seasoned Muay Thai fighter. Then it’s hit everything with hard parts.

Nate Diaz would like a word with you

I seen a few episodes of his show where he showed self-defense. I would always think that I would never be in a situation where I would try to disarm a guy with gun. If I was, I wouldn't be brave enough to do it.

So that’s why his palms were sweaty but on the surface he looked calm and ready .

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Just try tapping your head behind the ear with a palm strike 🤣 Bas talking straight facts

Pretty sure they're not allowed to bring open fingers anywhere near the opponent's face to prevent eye gouging.

Its bcos people have soft hands

Put also, a fist is a collection of small bones and cartilage. A skull is a big solid bone specifically designed to be struck with force and endure. Your fist will give up before a skull does

Nate diaz uses it

In the gym gloves full knuckles but street fight best way to save your hands is palm strike temple or behind ear best two areas

You dont want a farther punch? Why wouldni sacrifice so much defense to gain an inch of thrust on a swing. Stupid advice

You can KO with your fists, but you kill with your open hands.

Pressure is force divided by the area where the force is applied, so if the area is bigger, the force distributes through a larger area, therefore the pressure from the strike is lower.

Ok, þe extra distance is an advantage, but þe extra hardness of a fist is also an advantage. Can þe extra acceleration from þe distance of a palm make more force þan þe extra hardness of a fist?

Not before I head kick u😂😂

I remeber seeing Bas in a spinning class with disco lights, hes a legend

Made Steven Segal shit himself!😂😂😂

Closed fists weren't allowed in Pancrase.

Bing bing bam palm heel bas rutten style

What a dumb comment. I get this much extra space the immediatly says i use my bones near my wrist so its not extra space

Absolute legend in mma. Dude had a vendetta towards people's livers

El guapo , there’s generally not much time to get those in since the standup game has evolved and everyone is trying to avoid strikes. That close quarters proximity in this video rarely happens now a day since everyone is put in weight classes and reach metrics can be seen ahead of time. Boxing has to be a part of your game and that game plays with distance squaring up and circling up like “pro wrestlers “ is no longer part of show.

It's called physics, the more force concentrated over a smaller area means more damage. Using a palm, spreads the force and also the palm is softer. Take that same force and concentrate it into a hard 2-3 knuckles in your fist and it's much more dangerous.

Id rather use my fist. There conditioned

Legend

We did that in wrestling at least 100 time to each other each round getting punched hurts more and yes we usually are trying to knock eachother out with it i weighed 120lb benching 360 and squatting 500 and I still wasn't able to know any other 120 person out with my palm I've knocked poeple out by blaming them but never a slap and again I was facing poepl 120lb and lighter

Which is more likely… the thousands of mma fights right now are stupid or bad ruten can’t let go of outdated technique

God of Moses forbidden this kind of sport 😢🎉

Palm strikes are clutch.

in those slapping contests in russia some of them are palm striking instead of slapping and you can see the difference the slap leaves a red mark like a whip the strike sends them sleeping

I think this is a bit more nuanced. You also lose the same distance in reach, so in a longer range standing exchange, regular punches still have an edge. Also, the profile of your palm is bigger then a hand, so it's easier both to see and to block. One of the other reasons palm strikes are great however, is that you can transfer them into a grab/grapple much easier.

Because hands get wrapped differently and they also wear gloves. You can't use palm strikes the same way when you physically can't put your hand in that position. They ain't stupid 😂

And this is the exact person I would listen to in that situation. He’s an amazing man, a true champion warrior and he has class.