I Fought A Street Fighter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- I tried Karate in street fighting against Icy Mike @hard2hurt 💥 Learn the truth about self defense training, knife and gun techniques, situational awareness, de-escalation tactics and much more in this action-packed video! 👊
Credits: Fight footage by Streetbeefs and filming by William Ustav.
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Who won? 😎
Definitely you Jesse.😊
@@YTA-f6cI might have gotten stabbed about 3 times though 😂
The Swedish karateka, named Jesse, has won.
Team Jesse forever!
You are safe so everyone wins, kudos.
I was a bouncer for 10 years and have been in numerous violent encounters. I am also trained in multiple martial arts... The one thing I recomend, is train in actual street clothes, because that is the only way you will find out what works or not. Most of what I know how to do was useless when I was wearing jeans, heavy boots, a jacket, and carrying a heavy flashlight in my pocket. It is easy to do techmiques in shorts and a tshirt, but that is not what youare wearing everyday... so put on jeans, a jacket, shoes, boots, a skirt, heels, a backpack, a prse, etc... and train in that. That will teach you the limitations of your style and how to mod it for a real survival situation. AND PRESSURE TEST CONSTANTLY.
Training with stuff in your pockets is also pretty good, most people have no idea of how much a big phone in a not very deep front pocket limits your mobility
And ladies put your heels on and go play self defence
@@yvonnesanders4308 Or maybe just don't wear heels, they're terrible not just for self defense situations, but for you body aswell
That is something I must always smile about. There are people who can lift their feet straight over their head. But that is far away from a useful skill in a real scenario struggle if you just wear a casual business trouser and a phone and key in your pockets.
Pressure makes diamonds! 👍 But it also bursts pipes 😅
I gotta start working on that single leg with the wrist tie... what a dope takedown Jesse.
It was pretty good. And your insights were good as always.
You made it happen!! 🔥 Thanks for being a great teacher, colleague and friend Mike 🙏
Or to put him in cradle position. Works in a similar way.
We want the tutorial !
There’s a technique in HEMA (fiore specifically) that is pretty similar to that. Wrestling with a two handed grip on the weapon hand, and the opponent gets low, you can pull it between their legs and take them down. Sometimes they even flip
This is so good, gentlemen 👏 Hope this really sinks in and helps to keep (good) people safe!
Thanks Shane! 👍
What do you mean by good?
@@jonathanwu6508People who don't walk around picking fights with everybody.
Good and evil is subjective
@@drm.himselfNo, that is a LIE.
A wise man once said... "I can't let you get close."
Thanks uncle Chael.
SONNEN! Nice reference dude!
Ohhhh shoot, that episode was soooo lit! Wanderlei said , we go NOW! He found out real quick😂😂😂😂😂
Then took Vanderlei down while saying "fuckin' amateur".
WANNANOW
when i clicked this I thought this dude was gonna spew some random BS but he has undoubtably some of the best/most realistic self defense takes I have heard on this platform. Kudos to Jesse for always having such high quality guest on his show and being a true martial artist sharing wisdom and being open minded.
I have to agree. He gave extremely reasonable and well-rounded answers without pigeonholing any topics and addressed the overall need for competence. Even better is how digestible the information was and how he boils down some complex scenarios to a very basic explanation.
I was confused on something, some people say when you get attact just run but this man say don't run, so i confused, which is true?
@@Riezmannzayd
He doesn't really mean "don't run"
He just hate those mindset, why? Because there's many everyday scenario when running isn't an optimal choices. If your mindset is "just run", you might automatically running a possible threat despite you have circumstances when running isn't optimal.
He still does recommend running tho, in the "use your instincts" section.
@@trirahmat5384 ahh i see.. so, when i need to run and when i need to fight? Thanks for the explanation bro, appreciate it.
@@Riezmannzayd yeah, if you can run, then do it. But sometimes you need to defend first either due to location, distance, or threat. If you’re backed into a spot with no obvious exit route past an attacker, you should definitely be prepared and competent at defending yourself. Likewise, if they’ve already grabbed you in some way, like by a wrist or shirt, you probably can’t just turn and run.
As someone who's had to defend himself from multiple, larger opponents inside my own building's stairs, I stand by the front kick. It's _literally_ a life saver.
damn, glad u okey
@@truthseeker2248he is dead, it happened 2 years ago
lol bruh
You lucky they didn’t catch your foot
What the heck, where do you live, Gotham?
Seeing Jesse actually fight is so amazing. I love that he has gotten into this realm of Mike and Seth. This mixture of tradition and very crisp technique with quick and dirty proven fighting is soo fun to watch and very helpful, because so many have this formal low contact youth training and now we see a way from there to actual fighting
Thanks, glad to hear! 👍
@@KARATEbyJesseI think the white belt mindset that you take one over and over again is what ultimately makes you a great teacher and martial artist
@@thor498 "All I know is that I know I'm a white belt."
- Socrates. Sorta.
He really can make Karate as Street Fighting form.
@@Tenchigumi
I know I am a white belt , and I also know that I know I am a white belt, and I also know that I know I am a white belt who also knows he’s a white belt ……..AD ,
Street awareness has only a few rules:
1. Always be respectful to strangers until you can't be. Respect is the law on the streets. Your ego will get you maimed or killed.
2. Always know your surroundings BEFORE you commit to anything. This includes expecting that no one will come to your aide. Your ego will get you maimed or killed.
3. Always have an escape plan. Bullies, oppressors, thugs, etc. always travel in groups and don't fight fair. Just because you don't see the others, assume they're near or on their way. Real life fighting isn't the action movies. Your ego will get you maimed or killed.
" Just because you don't see the others, assume they're near or on their way". That's why when people say BJJ and taking someone to the ground is superior, it only goes so far when you got the dude on the ground and 2 of his buddies enter the fight and start kicking you in the head and such.
@@teleguy5699 U r on point, no one should b on the ground, in street altercation.
I feel like there's a reason you said that 3 times... 🤔
i love posting subliminal messaging on the internet
And always know your first weapon. Even if it's your keys, a rock nearby. No reason not use a weapon to defend yourself
"Trust your instinct. When something feels weird, it is weird." Probably the best advice I've heard to survive in a fishy area.
exactly
You sed it all but you have to make sure to find we’re it comes from, so you’ll know how to Bette appreand
Said every insecure person ever!
There’s no harm of staying a business or in your car if there are sketchy people hanging around & yes, always trust your instincts. That’s what they’re there for. There is no simple answer & there are no guarantees that you’ll win the altercation even if you’re well trained.
I was on the phone outside, alone one day and someone tried to … “sell me candy.”
Training that centerline and keeping the hands up is massively important.
I love how Jesse is always so humble and willing to learn even though he is an expert in combat himself!
I’m just a Karate Nerd 🥋🙏
We Love ❤️ you man!!! 🙋
@@KARATEbyJesse Are standing kimuras and inside leg trips standard karate techniques? Also a wrestling run-the-pipe motion when you had him in the improvised wrist-control single leg.
1 minutue with sensei segal makes him above us all!
The more you learn, you realize the less you know.
This dude isn't just a good fighter, he's a good teacher
It takes a LOT of understanding to be able to express complex concepts with minimalist language
I would love to see this guy have a brainstorm session with the people who are doing fight manual revival/interpretation; stuff like Fiore or Meyer or Vadi. Because, as he said, 'violence is violence' and fight philosophy is universal
Icy Mike isn't too big on HEMA stuff. He doesn't really see it as relevant, considering most people don't fight with swords and bucklers anymore. I disagree, considering grappling and basic striking is the foundation of most Western systems involving weapons. But most HEMA clubs just nerd over swords and neglect wrestling/other aspects to begin with.
"minimalistic language"
Me: punch. face. HARD!
I imagine unarmed armizare will still be fairly relevant, but the dagger defense of the time likely wouldn't translate well to modern weapons
Somewhere here on the tube there's an interesting comparison of hema vs modern knife fighting. I think a big part seemed to be that people wore more clothes back then, and you really don't wanna kill anyone nowadays
I love how he got pinned and just laughed and went “yea we can both learn something from this see?”
If you listen closely, he is teaching awareness at soo many levels, be that step ahead of the criminal without underestimating
This is actually a very educative intro into the world of Streetfighting. I've seen hundreds of videos about this kind of thing, but this is the first one with a very realistic approach. You rock, Jesse!
You rock too!!
The sheer amount of honesty delivered with respect, humility, and no doubt experience; made this such a refreshingly educational and fascinating video. Thank you, both of you. Love your stuff Jesse, keep it up.
Wow, thank you! 🙏
The second you realize there's guys walking around that wouldn't last 1 round in a cage against Jon Jones but those same guys could end Jon Jone's life in 30 seconds on the street, if for no reason other than underestimation, surprise, concealed weapons, more opportune timing, or just straight up more killer instinct (of which Jones has plenty), your paradigm begins to shift and the way you look at combat changes forever
This was great from the first minute.
I was really impressed by Jesse's ability, and Mike's lack of ego in the exchanges; some instructors would be obsessed with not losing in any exchange, but Mike's focus was on instructing.
Agreed.
TH-cam needs more uploads like this. Honest, no BS, no ego wank & reality based. That kind of training can help save lives. It can take many years to reach a high level of proficiency. But it may take many more to find a REALLY decent teacher. This ex cop is .
"Your ability to throw that kick far outstrips the ability of any of these yoho's out here to defend a kick" - love this point. My sensei always tells us to remember more often that not if you get into a fight the other person has not learned how to properly throw a punch or a kick and we can use that against them.
I always dread the day when the guy opposite, to my surprise starts off with a tornado kick.
@dssaee, I always dread the day they break into Capoeira. Too happy and friendly for me to stay angry.
@@brawndothethirstmutilator9848 xD xD
If you call your coach sensei, you don’t know how to throw a punch either.
@@_Sp4c3y_ lol
"No one's ever been taught this Jesse!" 🤣 This guy is great. Very engaging, knows his stuff, accepts what he doesn't know, keeps it very real. Also, he isn't massive, he is quite un assuming but you know he is deadly. Great guest to have. Would love to see more with him in the future.
@hard2hurt
We are aware icy mike isn't tall lmaoooo
Big respect for "I just didn't want to break his arm," knowing how to accurately assess a threat and show restraint.
I love this martial arts channels colab universe. Instead of trash talking or "competing" for viewers you guys got together and shared your knowledge and viewers with each other to everyone's benefit.
It’s like the TH-cam martial arts avengers
As a bouncer who was only 5'10 I was always at a disadvantage with larger opponents. My most useful moves were the single and double leg takedown like pointed out in the video. Another beneficial one was the vovinam single arm takedown from the clinch. Vovinam is a good martial art for smaller people. I also trained Northern Shaolin and BJJ for a few years. This was an incredible display of real scenarios that are often not seen. 10/10. Both of you are amazing to see and putting thousands of bullshido gurus to shame with real life examples shown at an extremely high level. Just awesome. More people should see this.
I bet when you’re training on a bag, youre aiming for the face of a bloke thats a foot taller than you - but you never see tall blokes punching a bag nearly 2 feet below their face! I’m no expert by any means I’m 5’8 I had to defend myself once from a lanky 6’8 lamp post lookalike and I was just as shocked as he was when his blows all went over the top of my head or hit my arm because I grabbed his collar and choked him with my left before I threw any actual hands at him. Two punches in the mouth and he decided that was enough
In my experience, taller people tend to underestimate shorter people. I am about 5’9.5”, guys taller/bigger than me that I have had to “lay hands” on almost always underestimate me because of height.
How many of his friends leg stomp on you when you do the take down ? 😭
@@TonyNguyen-z7jit can happen if he have buddies or not, people can respect 1v1 or decide to not engage, everything can happen, double leg or single can work from standing to keep you on the feet
Did you try calling in an airstrike by an unmanned drone?
I really admire Jesse-s ability to constantly push himself outside if his comfort zone so he can keep learning. It is really humbling.
Learning is my comfort zone 😉
The more I watch and listen to Mike, the more, even with some Muay Thai training, to just really try to not put myself in a precarious position...
People are crazy nowadays. Too many variables. Not worth it.
So true!
Oh man, you have no idea.
People can be extremely creative, vicious, and cruel in such scenarios. It's one thing to practice these things in a safe environment but in a real life scenario you're more likely to have tunnel vision due to high adrenaline, which causes you to have less awareness of your surroundings. The attacker may be armed with a knife or he may have friends who attack you from behind while you're busy fighting the guy in front of you. It all happens so fast. In these kind of situations you need to keep calm and collected, and be observant.
@@nudaveritas8195 Practicing helps with calmness usually actual fighters might be too calm in the streets instead of having a tunnel vision which is why practicing is great (sparring)
i think to run or walk away is the best option. you are in a very bad situation if they run after you..
I have never lost a street fight until recently. I grew up in a city that saw and encouraged young men of low wage working-class backgrounds to be tough. As a young boy, I often found myself in fights. Fortunately and unbeknownst to me, I was a good fighter. So, with that brief qualifier, I will get to my point, which is that I am recognising my growing limitations with increasing age. So for the first time in my life, I am looking more at avoidance and less at proving myself.
Good on this man for showing the truth of the matter. Love how Icy Mike has more than one weapon on him too.
You always have backups, for your backup weapon. I started laughing when he asked about weapons, because I knew what was coming.
I wonder if Icy Mike ever did ice?
"Violence is violence" is a real truth. I learned martial arts as a kid and i rarely ended up in fights, and if i did i knew the rules of combat if thats what you want to call it. An example would be that if youre beat, you give up, which isnt something you know by nature. Also, you learn to carry yourself as someone as a person who know how to fight, which surprisingly leads to you getting into less fights.
Most people don't want to fight with people who know how to fight. It's not like hoodies are anime protagonists on mission to become best fighters by beating other best, or ancient death cult members who will try to attack you no matter what. They want to easily intimidate/mug/beat victim. If they see somebody looking like he knows how to fight and is trained they back off.
Martial arts skill is not a force field. And the end of the day intent beats skill. Martial arts rlly only work against low to mild intent and it depends how u use it.
@@thomasgyebi8717 well, you better intend on living as much as the person trying to hurt you intends on killing you.
@@JM.MEL_ maté that’s my point 😂 intent beats skill. If u know someone wants to kill u unless u ready to match there intent u need to avoid them
@@JM.MEL_ Train with intent to kill but have enough restraint not to.
Here is a perfect example of what a great sensei taught me years ago. Do what you were trained to do, and you will win. If you try to fight the opponent’s fight you will lose.
Aside from my own desire my parents put me in Karate as a kid because we were in a rough neighborhood. So I had to learn both at the same time. I have to say that Karate REALLY gave me a huge edge but you have to know how to apply it in real situations and not just sparring or tournaments. I'm glad that Mike brought up the difficulty of doing things while someone can pummel your face. That is my biggest peeve when I hear people talk about fighting that haven't actually had to fight for their own safety before. You also can't see jack except a fist when you're getting hit in the face. People imagine fights like they're lookin through a camera or something instead of what you'll actually be seeing in a fight.
Wrestling teaches you the same thing to an extent. Not really in highschool cause there's little hand fighting, but definitely in college. Dudes hands are all in your face specifically to cover your eyes for a takedown. Or smothering you stuffing any attempt you could make.
Any martial training gives an edge over anyone without it. If an untrained person has to think about what they are doing then the trained person has an edge, and if the untrained person is not thinking then they are throwing a right hook, which gives the trained person an edge.
Being able to think calmly while in a real fight is the biggest thing IMO for the average person to pick up regardless of whatever style of martial arts they’re learning.
Same thing with every and all spinning techniques. You don't expect a foot to come flying from "behind the person". Cause that's what it feels like, the spin hide the actual kick or punch and now you suddenly just have something flying towards your face in 390 miles per hour and no time to react.
"NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN TAUGHT THIS, JESSE!" - That was a gold moment.
hmm... it was like a single leg takedown and kotegaeshi together
Look up Tomiki Aikido Sumi Otoshi
@@NYTomiki I'll pass
"The skill set for being cop or a criminal are the same. It just depends how you use it."
> The skillset for being a cop is the same skillset as being a criminal
Oops, said the quiet part out loud
You may not walk into a fight with a weapon. But the world CAN be your weapon if you use it right.
I love this video. Mike brings up about 10 teaching lessons in such a short time. The biggest of all is practice and let go of the ego.
Mike's mouth and brain are equally big
And perhaps the hardest? :)
Idk, he seems to have quite the ego.
I did kickboxing/combative for 14 years but now do Bjj (gi and no gi) for about 5-6 months now and this dude spoke more truth in this 16min video than any "self defense" or martial arts youtuber ive ever seen. Cops know whats up and ive worked with and trained with many who said the same thing this man did. I think im going to give @hard2hurt a follow and subscribe now, this is a no BS dude and i like that!
Been training in martial arts for nearly 30 yrs. This is one of the most useful self defence vids I've seen. Reminiscent of Geoff Thompson material from the 90s.
Watching Mike getting completely demolished again. 😂😂😂
What if they didnt know they were in an armbar?
Sure you controlled me quickly but what if something else had happened?
"I was a police officer" That explains a lot. From the weapons to the attitude to the new career.
He was a trainer. Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
@@auntoneyofuntease6704 Sounds like he's just a powerless thug now.
@@auntoneyofuntease6704 well you see how short he is and how many weapons he's caring he's obviously someone he's been a crybaby his whole life and he's trying to make up for it he's probably a little bitch cops are always the biggest little bitches.
@@auntoneyofuntease6704 he was also part of a SWAT team .
@@auntoneyofuntease6704actually not exactly how that works at all maybe just maybe in promotional situations depending on dept but fto they usually pick the guys that can train the future guys usually
That was one of the best demonstrated and discussed practical application of self defense I have seen in a long time. No bravado, no ego, just straightforward wisdom. Great job.
Best self-defense video I've seen in a long time. Mike's voluminous experience as an officer and his martial arts training has taught him well and for Jesse it's a matter of taking the sometimes rigid form of karate techniques (and his considerable athleticism and skill through years of repetitive practice) and using them intelligently by changing his mindset about how to use them. Great stuff guys!
15 year cop that worked in Stockton, CA area. The greatest advice I was given and I heard in the video is LISTEN to your instinct. That Spidey Sense is invaluable!!! Other things are WEAPONS OF OPPORTUNITY and last thing, there is NO SHAME in sprinting your ass out of danger!! Create distance baby...hundreds of yards of it!!
One of the best vids i’ve seen on this subject because this guy knows what he’s talking about … he’s not bragging about this and that, not trying to prove anything, he simply shares his experiences👍
How humble that guy is and he even cares for not breaking some bodys arm since he has no knife... That is highly professional ❤🎉
10:02 "Nothing works on the street." Worth watching the whole video for that one line.
This is good stuff. I've trained my whole life and spent 20 years in homeless hostels and on the streets and in other people's homes as a social worker and the reality is that people have such weird energy systems it's very unpredictable. I've had staff absolutely devastated because a client of theirs they had a good relationship with assaulted them unpredictability. One time I was in a house with an older fella with a brain injury who had killed someone once and it was all cool till he tried turning the TV off but he kept turning it back on and then he lost his shit and tried to stop me leaving and grabbing his knife (which was out of reach and I pushed past and ran for it). The point being, one of the reasons people get assaulted is that it always comes from a weird social space that you don't quite know how to react to. But I tell you what? You'll think about the ones you got wrong at least once a year for the rest of your life.
As a freshly graduated social worker who already experienced being held hostage by someone with a knife while delivering some medicine to him and having to wait for the police - yeah, you remember it allright 😂
Video quality is insane. So dense, so well interviewed, the narrative is so well presented. Youre a brillant host!
"The skillset for a cop and a criminal it is the same". Indeed.
Oh man, I absolutely love these collabs. This FightTube community is amazing, from Jesse to Mike to Seth to Kevin and so on. We always get so much out of every video they do together and what's awesome is you can tell that they do, too.
Another thing to remember, there are things around you. If you get into an altercation in a store, the objects on the shelves (and the shelves themselves) are in play.
Fantastic video. I love how a lot of what Mike touched on is that anyone trained extensively in a combat sport (martial art, wrestling, MMA) becomes intimately familiar with combat in the sport's context. Fighting within those rules, against opponents who understand that environment. Street fighting doesn't suddenly make those techniques invalid at all, but changes the environment and context adding so many other considerations, and if you are stuck with a narrow, sport specific mindset it will be a disadvantage.
I was in a situation where a couple of guys tried to rob me with a knife, literally didn't got stabed because of my Muay Thai training (2 years) combined with the parkour I've been practecing (over 10 years), did a long guard and created distance, ducked under the second guys bat and just ran away in the rain to were more people were, martial arts and athleticisim can save you people, and I'm not even that good hahahaha
Train hard and stay safe.
Cheers from Brazil Jesse, great video haha ^^
Valeu!!
@@KARATEbyJesse casual portuguese, I like it hahaha
Hey Jesse, since you've fought so many different martial arts like Aikido, how about you try fighting Judo? Hope you give it a try! 😄
Challenge accepted
JUDO LETS GO
yeah, old school judo not the olympic stuff.
@@simonshusse doesn't matter anyway unless it's a two parter. it's usually a very shallow dive because it's a single video.
Kinda wanna see Wushu as well
The best fighter in a street setting can both effectively evade/block critical damage, but more importantly think outside the box. I have a black belt in karate with some mma training and I used to get myself in to situations where I needed to defend myself through unorthodox means. (young and dumb you might say)
You have to think like a wild animal, where everything and anything is a weapon to give you an advantage or provide a window of opportunity for you (or your opponent)... I once escaped being pinned against a wall in a wrist lock by managing to grab ahold of a broom with my free hand and jabbing at his face with it, once he dropped his weight and bent his knees to avoid my (pretty weak) but painful jabs with the broom handle, I promptly broke his controling position by donkey kicking him directly in his now unprotected nuts. He dropped like a sack of potatoes.
He learned one of this video's lessons the hard way: Don't go for holds unless the hold, by itself, will allow you to quickly neutralize your opponent... being painful isn't enough (I knew how to shift my hand to neutralize it's immediate effectiveness). Also, if at all possible, don't proritize conditional control techniques over swift and brutal action that you can easily abandon/disengage from at any point. If he hadn't pinned me against the wall with no way to end the fight swiftly/stop my aggression without wrestling to maintain control of my arm and keep me contained, I likely wouldn't have had the precious seconds to locate the broom and then use it to set up an effective counter attack.
I also learned a lesson that day, don't square up in a traditional stance in close quartets with someone becayse you don't know what they're going to do. I thought he would fight me the way I was trained to fight, but he was much bigger and heavier than me- he simply grabbed my lead hand (I had practically offered him) and put me in the arm bar
I'd definitely love to see more content geared towards self-defense! Maybe some videos on the Karate techniques/bunkai we already know from practicing the Art that would be the most useful and effective in self-defense scenarios, and how they can best be adapted to that realistic context!
Noted!
Totally agree 👍
I second this
One not technique but strike tool I used now and again when bouncing was Koken, I found it was often a surprise (like throwing a baseball cap)
The best self-defense is Miyagi do. Don't get into a situation where you need self-defense. Be alert for danger and avoid it. Yeah, I know, sometimes it's unavoidable.
It would be comedy gold to see Steven Seagal try to educate Mike. I can just hear Seagal now "Well your methods won't work because if you did that, I would just do this....". And 2 seconds later Seagal would be on the ground.
As a martial artist who has been in street fights with up to 11 people, mike is 100% right. You use what you know, adapt it to the situation and respond with as much violence as you need before getting away. The only real thing I would add is the first time you're in a street fight is always the worst because you think you are ready but rarely ever are anywhere near a state close to ready. Training for it is the most important thing if you want to stand a chance.
Eleven people is nothing. I was in a street fight with thirty-five guys. I had to use some crazy techniques, that you cant train for.
@@nfloz11please elaborate on how you beat 35 guys in a street fight with “untrainable” skills
@@zaiphu he sucked them off
@@nfloz11 Humbly, I think your confusing the terms "street fight" with "gangbang." It is believable that you were gangbanged by 35 guys and came out a winner 😬🏆. It is NOT believable that you were in a 30+ v. 1 STREET FIGHT and did anything but die. That being said, live your life girl. Slaaaaaay! 😂😂
@@nfloz11 35 is nothing. I was in a streetlight with 127 guys. I used techniques that have never been seen before and walked away unharmed. 72 of those guys lay dead and 21 with broken limbs.
I’m very happy to see someone sharing this kind of message and mentality because this isn’t revolutionary, it’s reality.
Thank you, Jesse. This was an amazing video. Aside from sharing real life experiences, I thought as a concept it reminded me of "Jet Kun Do" and Bruce Lee's final philosophy on "the absence of form" so to speak, where formal technique is only useful if you can apply it out of context, or in a purely improvisational manner. Speaks to presence of mind
*Jeet kune do .. the way of the intercepting first. Philosophy was to use no way as a way . Very similar to krav Maga concepts and highly effective .
Awesome video. This guy's the real deal. Seen a street fight one guy against two idiots just looking to fight, he was just defending himself and prevent the two from surrounding him and he landed a perfect high head kick to one of the idiots, he was obviously well trained and a competitive fighter and the two idiots backed off pretty quick. I don't condone violence on the street but it was a thing of beauty.
Violence is Violence regardless of where it is.
This should be taught at every Karate Dojo! Thanks Sensei Jesse and Icy Mike! Keep up the great work!
You bet!
So the man has exposed a whole series of weak points, very instructive, complete rethinking
One of your best videos Jesse. The keyword was definitely "Remember" . It's true that many times we forget how many options we have, overwhelmed by our emotions.
In a competition fight, we also can forget how many moves we have (too busy repeating our 3 best combos ..).
How do you manage to keep cool and remember it all?
So true. Granted it is great to have a few "go to" techniques in the back pocket. Your old faithful moves that you can hit 9/10 times and are almost a reflex. But especially when training it is good to try to expand and get used to throwing out some more odd moves.
I mean I am trying to incorporate the superman punch into my sparring repertoire, if only because noone expects a guy my size to go flying at them.
I think one of the keys is actually thinking when in a fight. Like if you just landed 2/3 decent hits on a person you will have a second to think about what you are up to. If you get into a stable position in a grapple you have a moment to consider your options. Not long, but some time.
Mike is so great at teaching. The audience won big time, seriously.
You guys should do a whole series about traditional stuff applied to street fight situations.
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This is the type of instruction I love. Practical application and not only the how, but more importantly the why. You two make a great teaching combo! Awesome questions and explainations.
Our pleasure! Glad it was helpful
This was a very valuable video, wow.
I am a Karate Black Belt and have practised Muay Thai for more than a decade but when it comes to street fight, I never did that and never faced any situation and what he told me here hits me hard because I have never trained to think like that.
Thanks!
eye opener... Thanks for doing this drill with someone who has gone through a lot in his career.
A truly great video, recognizing the strengths of different ways of training, learning and applying technique. In my 47 years of martial arts training in Taekwondo, Japanese jujutsu and Kempo, I've always trained in schools that thought in exactly this way, probably because the instructors all had substantial real-life street experience in New York City (social workers in narcotics, cops, Department of Homeland Security). Every point Mike brought out was not only valid, but it's interesting to me that most martial arts schools -- traditional or combat sports -- don't think like that when training to fight.
By the way, I ended an attack on my from behind when I was a young black belt with a high side kick. I caught him right under the chin. High kicks can work, if you know how to kick and when to kick.
Great job, Jesse, and regards to Mike.
I was a police officer for 20+ years, and was an amateur boxer before that. I was very thankful for my boxing experience. Hundreds of fights later and I retired with no major injuries and no one got the better of me.
you seem a truly good person Jesse, so skillful but always willing to learn and do so with such good grace 🙂
You’re very kind 🙏
Icy Mike is pretty badass. The guy is practical and candid.
Wow, just love the guy! You can tell his skillset is high above the skillset of those self proclaimed defense specialists out there, especially the ones on TH-cam. Love this video! Thanks for making this video and sharing it with the world, @Jesse!
My absolute pleasure!
According to him, his skillset is exactly the same as criminals.
This channel is so great. Jesse just has an honest, humble approach to combat knowledge and its really cool
I appreciate that! 🙏
Well done Jesse. I always appreciate your humility and open perspective shown to others. I also enjoyed Mike’s take on awareness outside the confines of a traditional controlled environment.
I'm aware of everything naturally. I have hypervigilance disorder from all the time I spent growing up in tough neighborhoods, behind bars, and in prison. No, i'm not trying to talk up a big game. When you spend enough time in dangerous situations, this kind of thing happens naturally to you. It's like a reconstruction of your psychological processes. It's PTSD but people don't full understand what PTSD is, they think it's a mental disorder. It's not. It's your mind and body conditioning itself to adapt to it's environment.
100% it's a natural reaction to your environment over time and recognition of potentially sketchy situations. If you are able to adapt that ability to be able to turn it up and down, it will work even better for you, IMO. sort of like moving the sliders on a sound engineers desk - more or less vigilant, as your gut tells you.
hello.
I must say you are one of them martial artists I truly respect.
I am blind yet have pushed myself to do Japanese jujitsu, as well as Brazilian jujitsu.
Both of gotten pretty decent at and I’ve only beginning better of the years you truly inspire me thank you for continuing the hard work you put into your videos. also sorry if there are slip ups in this comment, my voice typing gets a little wonky at times, we’ll put it that way lol.
anyways, this is quite entertaining.
How do you browse internet without vision?
With external help, I presume?
@@tappajaav depends on the website, but for the most part I just use assistive technology and screen reading software
This is awesome stuff!! When training, I often find people get caught up in the transition and forget their options; striking while in the clinch or on the ground, etc. Using your environment against your opponent is a great way to make people not only pay better attention to their surroundings, but think about not only their options, but their opponent's potential options aswell.
Right on!
I was in my early twenties, fresh off 5 years of karate, with decent reflexes and techniques that I could use to protect myself, with a little experience to do so. One night I was in a nightclub and a fight broke out between a friend of mine and another group. My friend had been living a dodgy life, I knew that. I also knew he was not karate trained. I was very impressed by how fast he was throwing and breaking bottles. I never even thought I could use what was around me.
Such an expert said “I don’t know we are in a fight until you touch me.” I fought for 6 years, the reason I get in zero street fights is because I see them coming light years ahead of time. I want to fight this dude too.
Love these collabs. Icy Mike always brings wisdom and harsh truth. Just need more Wonderboy and Sensei Seth vs Jesse sparring!
so basically cops and criminals have same skill set the only difference is the uniform ... that explains a lot actually ..
The beauty of this vid is that Jesse is showing us his martial arts journey in real time, and martial arts for each of us is a unique journey. Different from mine and yours. One day I’d love to train with Jesse, so our journeys intersect! Great training and excellent content as always!
Likewise! 🙏
Another thing this video teaches: size matters
My biggest struggle with sparring is my non-violent personality. It is hard to be aggressive, and remember that this is not the same as being violent.
Excellent video, gentlemen.
I think it was a win/win. You both learned something you can bring to your techniques.
I wouldn't let that worry you. If you're ever in a street situation facing a knife or a broken bottle your natural aggression will come out when someone is trying to take your life.
Try to detach emotionally from the act as best you can.
Make up reasons why you hate the person is my best advice, I'm the same as you btw.
@@loveudon6972Doesn't always work like that. Stuff directed directly at you unexpectedly can take you back.. shock you into a submissive stance. The aggression can come later, when mulling over how you got bettered or injured, not instant in the moment. Someone attacking a friend or family and it's suddenly different.. more likely to go into protection mode without though for my own safety.
practice practice practice. & carry & use pepper spray to defend yourself
What was so good about this video was not the actual fighting (which was great and interesting) but the ways to change your thinking about threat. The whole "we don't protect ourselves because we don't want to be rude" was so true.
This was for me by far the best realistic explanation to understand the street fight situation. I practice karate, but never really gave a thought about how actually there is no rule or referee in a street fight. I literally subscribed after watching this episode. Thank you, love to watch and learn more.
Cop carrying brass knuckles is hilarious.. since they are illegal to carry in public..
helps in understanding the options one has in a streetfight you never would have thought of. spot on about the skills required to keep the fight from going to the ground. the way i see it, Jesse would be more than capable of keeping it that way and if it goes down, his distance transitions were evident.
Recently been binging a bunch of content like this and have started following you, Mike, Seth, and others…but this was so valuable to watch. Thanks for the info and insights
The reason I'd always focus on the dirty tricks when talking to people that has no fight or training experience I figured it was the easiest, effective concepts you could teach a layman that would allow them effective power transfer, as even teaching a novice how to throw a half proper punch from not knowing anything takes time.
But as I saw it it'd be possible for most people to find an opportunity put a headbutt on someone pressing them up against a wall or jab a thumb in the other guys eye and possibly get a hand up like that, enough time to throw their sloppy haymakers or possibly make a break for it.
Beyond that I always adviced the use of force multipliers over using empty hands, especially so for elderly, women and smaller people as weight classes do matter.
One more thing, I dont know it it comes from me having nerded over cold weapons for so long and having had a stressfull enough upbringing to focus on it enough to be able to do this or if anyone can do it but there are a few concepts I have used in real life that might help if people understand the conseptualisation (no idea if that's spelled correctly, not a native speaker)
So it goes like this, every weapon applied becomes either a point or a blade, even a bludgeoning tool would just be classified as a dull blade to make the concept easier and quicker to apply in your head.
A point pierces, a blade cuts or breaks depending on bluntness (in reality when applying force with an object in a cutting motion to an area with little fat or muscle it almost always makes a cut or tear).
These 2 categories would then define how you would identify and use an object or fixture as a weapon and thus allow you to more easily scan an environment and determine what tools you had at hand quickly in a situation where you felt there was an escalated chance of violence or your losing a fight.
To give some clarifying examples I remember back in the day when all the ashtrays in pubs over here used to be heavy crystal glass, often with sharp decorative edges along the outside and rim with those notches for the cigarettes making it almost serrated, with that concept the weight, blade like rim and sturdiness of the material all lent itself extremely well to be used as a weapon, one which if you were a smoker you could naturally and unobtrusively move over to and be prepared with if you had people obviously winding up for a fight with you while still giving the option to behave in a de-escalating manner and even offer the guy a smoke if I felt it could work.
Over the years I guess people probably figured that out as well and they started getting replaced with much lighter, plastic ashtrays, now surprisingly these were still good to use for power transfer if you remembered to angle them when hitting so that you would catch your opponent with the thinnest portion of the rim on account of the ashtrays, while being plastic still was built with materials sturdy enough to survive a sloppy bar environment and because of the notches it would catch skin and tear as well.
And that's just one of the exotic ones, most everyone with a tiny bit of experience knows to stab and not hit with a pool queue for an example (actually able to pierce you with surprisingly little force and can be retracted and re-applied so fast that you can't really guard against it).
Throwing pool balls isn't much different from throwing rocks so the effectiveness should't have to be mentioned, holding them in your hands and hitting with them though is one most people don't seem to think about, same for putting a few in your coat pocket and surprising the other party with some scary amount of bludgeoning damage.
Another scenario I ended up in more than once was being taken to the ground by someone that knew some form of wrestling back when I knew nothing and them being about to get a choke or lock or something but using this concept I got out.
I remember one time because I got jumped after trying to walk away from an argument with a much bigger dude, ended up having him throwing wild haymakers at me while I was awkwardly bent over backwards against a wall and an open door, couldn't really get out so I held my guard, looked around, identified the door handle on my left side, managed to hook the guys knee which got him to to drop down, cupped his head and slammed it into the door handle once so he got stunned and I got the upper hand.
Another time I ended up on the ground and was able to barely guard a choke, felt like I was fucked, then I saw next to his head the drip guard protrution at the bottom of a store front window, so I used my free hand to start to slow motion cranking that guys forhead into it, took a few tries before his neck muscles started tiring and it didn't feel like I was getting good force on it but when he had to let go and I got up he had a bleeding rift on his forhead and what looked like a giant purple egg starting to rise out of his head.
I dont know if this is hard to do for other people, but I assume it is since I tried explaining this to others many times but most people don't seem to get it or think it insane, HEMA does have some old manuals that teaches awareness, positioning and power transfer concepts for weapons that gives a lot of the same ideas but in modern systems everything is simplified and there doesn't seem to be conceptual ideas like this anymore.
So yeah, probably didn't mamange to explain it well this time either, I'll just take the internet warrior stamp and know that I tried.
As always its awesome to see great minds coming together and learning from each other. Enjoying this content Sensei Jesse.
😂😳🤣I LOST IT WHEN HE THREWTHIS HAT AT YOU 🤣
"The same people who call me a coward for not meeting them in the cage refuse to meet me and my friends in a dark alley."
--Marc MacYoung on self-defense vs. sport
This is what a lot of people, both the fans and the haters, don't understand about Bruce Lee.
A lot of people will carry a gun to justify/make up for not having empty hand skills. Marc wants to to bring in his buddies to make up for a lack of ability. I understand you don't want to play another person's game, but refusing to be jumped by multiple men is not cowardice
Best way to win a street fight is to avoid it. Know your surroundings and don't put yourself in bad places around bad people. when bad people come to your world, learn to recognize them and leave if possible...if you must fight, fight for your life.
How many streets has Mike fought? I fought every single street sign in New York, i can take him
2:56 as someone who has taken a thumb to the eye and took a squeeze to the business down there. The eye gouges are super effective and damaging, but I was able to fight through about 6 of them and still gain the upper hand to take the fight out of my opponent. The nuts grab was more shocking than anything but it did open up my guard, along with the 2 times that dork bit my legs.
Lol sus.....
This dude seemed like a fool in the beginning, but the dude seems to actively avoid delusions.
Haha that dude fits in my left pocket
This is Sparta! Love the connectivity. A great video and an excellent guide.
Thanks for another great video, easily one of my favorites from you. Keep engaging other experts for diverse perspectives. Content doesn't get much better than that.
Much appreciated!
This is the most invaluable video ever on street defense