David Szeto The Dark Side of Martial Arts is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. You’ll be able to break boards and blocks of ice with your bare hands! That’s only the beginning... Yes, you can learn. But, you must choose the Dark Side and become an apprentice to Darth Ramsey.
The eye poke should probably be a zero tolerance imo. Immediate point if the ref decides it was caused by the fighter being too careless with his fingers.
+BringerOfTruth Except it's false. Jon Jones himself has been poked in the eye and then won. There are countless cases of fighters who got poked in the eye and still won. It's not nearly as big of a factor as you'd think. I remember seeing a picture of a particularly grotesque eye poke in which Travis Browne had more than half his finger inside of Werdum's eye socket. Yet Werdum still whooped his ass dominantly
+racer exile Yet I see these kinds of fouls all the time on a regular basis when I watch MMA, and rarely if ever do they end up being "maiming". The groin shot is painful but they quickly recover enough to still fight, the eye poke causes acute discomfort and can mess with vision but they still fight, and even in cases where an injury does happen and the fighter can't continue, they still end up healing and are usually good to fight again within 6 months to a year
If it's one rare incident you can usually forgive, but my impression from the punched guy's reaction and how carefully the (email?) is worded, is that he is the cause for these kinds of "accidents" on a daily basis. He tries to justify what he's done by saying "you can't get rid of 20 years of instinct" (notice how he conveniently had to mention he had trained for 20 years) instead of just saying he lacks the technique, control, and discipline. Also instead of owning his mistake and apologize, he starts quarreling with the guy that he just punched in the throat. Another typical thing, instead of seeing himself as the bad guy for punching the guy in the throat, he becomes "the victim" because the other guy said some really bad things to him (dude he just got punched in the throat, of course, his upset). His explanation that he has beaten the PRO guy several times, therefore the PRO guys ego can't take it 🤣. I work with children and I hear these kinds of bullshit justifications for bad behavior all the time. To me, it's obvious the guy has a temper and no control of what he's doing. People probably say to him all the time to be careful and more disciplined, but 5 minutes later another knee to the groin, fingers in the eye, etc. Fighting back dirty on practice is just not going to work on a guy like that, it's just going to escalate. Save yourself a lot of irritation and just avoid guys like this in training.
Yeah, this is an easy one. Leonard the Leopard is in the wrong. 1. You can't claim 20 years of muscle memory for the leopard punch to the throat when you had the presence of mind to throw a "light contact" leopard punch. It was premeditated not reactionary in the way people revert to their highest or lowest (I can't remember which at the time) when they are stressed. 2. If you beat the professional handedly on a regular basis one would think you would have more control, allow the guy to work since he is no threat (the white belt discount), and refrain from throwing potentially dangerous techniques.
A. Clifton So what do you think the appropriate response would be counter his leopard punch with a rabbit punch to the Groin follow by A quick re-stopping of the Groin with maybe the hurticane as a finisher. 😂 Master Ken FTW
The mans some crazy 50 year old Kung fu master that reflexively throws out leopard punches. He wears gloves when he goes shopping in fear that he might reflexively break the cashiers windpipe if he looks at him to hard
My only argument to this would be I once went to punch somebody when they made me angry but halfway through the punch I snapped back and opened my hand for a slap. Sometimes you can catch yourself but the motion persists even if you can slow it down.
Loved this idea, "there are rules, and then there are RULES" We used to always be warned during tournaments when going up against Aussie guys in our matches. They had a trick where at the beginning of the match they would always aim to make extreme contact (Karate tournament so light contact at best) to make you back of and in essence fear them, so they could take control of the match and play to their strengths. It got to the point eventually, where the ref before the fight would pre-warn both fighters, and then immediately penalise any fouls after that point.
First Karate tournament I went to I was fighting with a boxing stance, using more punches than kicks, and I hit him with a left hook to the ribs followed by another to the liver. He puts his hand up to me and takes a knee, I remember one of the refs told me "Control your power." I on accident, with my boxing style, I hit him with an overhand to the face, I realized what I was doing right before it landed so I didn't KO him (thank goodness) but I was brutal, i wanted to do mma but Karate was the only game in town
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y Except in that anime he's actually being trained and makes a great deal of progress. He winds up sore as heck, but not debilitated by injury. I think Minoru's first lesson from Mutou in Karate Shoukouji Kohinata Minoru is closer to Silver's method and intention.
Reminds me of my one friend who trained in Taekwondo. He would "accidentally" block my kicks with elbows. Not sure if you ever had your shin hit the point of an elbow, but it can take that leg out of the fight. As for the instinct aspect about sparring, I took 7 years of fencing (mostly sabre fencing, which is the fastest martial art in the world), in which you have to react to perceived intent rather than an actual attack (it moves too fast to so much about it if you try to visually follow the blade) so you analyze general body language. Part of the training is rote muscle memory, so that you don't have to think about it much. I started blending TKD and fencing with a rather interesting and favorable result. Blocking became trivial, since most attacks were slow enough to follow visually. It also made it seem like I was using a completely different style, despite all of my moves being from TKD. Also, in the first film, they stated a rule right before the final match in which a kick to the face would be an immediate disqualification. How does Danny win? A fricken kick to the face.
That's technically legal. There's no rule dictating what surfaces you're allowed to block with. So blocking a kick with the with your elbow is perfectly legal. The only problem I could see is if you straight up elbow their leg, but that's completely different
And that’s a good point about the first karate kid movie. Daniel won by using an illegal move. He was never punished by a loss of a point like Mike Barnes. Injustice was done. Additionally, in the third movie, during the tournament, after being fouled several times, Daniel retaliates with a foul blow of his own that he is never penalized for. What’s the lesson there? The good guys can escape justice.
@@justinbell7309 Cobra Kai is actually a surprisingly well thought out show for something everyone initially thought would be yet another karate kid cash in.
My favorite is when floyd Mayweather get hit low the ref separated them the other fighter came in to say sorry and floyd knocked him out. Protect yourself at all times
Legal headbutting, and even elbows for that matter is, always has been and always will be a part of boxing. Just as in every other sport, it's called 'Ref Awareness' .. .. .. Ref didn't see it? .. It didn't happen .. .. just as Floyd did nothing wrong by exploiting the brief opening at the apology , as the person said above, Protect Yourself At All Times Means Protect Yourself At All Times ..
There's an interesting overlap between honour and ego. I would say most fighters don't want to win by cheating/dirty tricks because it diminishes the authenticity of the victory, and therefore the satisfaction to the ego. I know for myself, ANY kind of game I play must be won according to the rules. Otherwise it feels meaningless.
You know this “milking the rules” thing had degraded the sport of soccer in recent years. Average skills and competency has significantly dropped. Remember Luis Suarez. In wold cup 2010 he blocked the ball with his hands, got the red card, but Ghana missed that penalty shot and eventually Suarez’ team won. In 2014 Suarez bit the Italian player and was suspended for the rest of the world cup. His team didn’t even make it to the quarter final. To focus on milking the rules that way means you’d sacrifice focusing on improving real skills and athleticism. Again it’s clear in the recent world cup of soccer. We have a record number of idiots scoring against their own teams. It’s a consequence of playing dirty and planning dirty.
Real Madrid CHEATED so many times and nobody didn't do anything beacause its president, who is like Vito Corleone since a lot of years and everybody knows that in Spain. So sometimes (or many times) milking the rules means cheating.
Ximo Yagami When you talked about Real Madrid I immediately remembered the Mo Salah incident. Because such behavior went unpunished by the referee the game itself was killed. It even ruined the taste and mindset of many young spectators who endorse players like Ramos and mock top talents Neymar. I can talk about issue for hours I don’t want to get in the uncounted goal the USA scored against Slovenia in 2010
So many wrong things in this comment. First, you presented Suarez, a top 5 player at is's prime (arguably top 3 in 2015 and 2016) like some guy who just focuses on dirty tricks and lacks skills and athleticism... Second, there always were bad teams probably just as much as today, even more probably, but you didn't see them "back then" (what ever back then means) because there were less teams invited, so you didn't get to see how bad teams like Panama are.
Dusan V I’m old enough to remember some of the amazing moments of the Maradona world cup of 1986. I assure you things have dropped since 2006, where the number of goals score was almost as low as in 1990, but with a record number of red cards and yellow cards. So clearly defensive skills and tactics didn’t improve. Only dirty playing has increased. And instead of fighting dirty playing, referees became reluctant to fault not to mention giving yellow card. As of Suarez, I used to be his fan. He was at his prime in 2014 when he earned the golden shoe and ball in the English premier league. I thought he’ll be the world cup top scorer. But he missed up everything.
"Strike first...strike hard...no mercy, Sir!" Ramsey: "I'll allow it...what's the big deal?" Haha. I always thought Kobra Kai received the short end of the stick. Jerks? Maybe...but they were disciplined, practical, and efficient. We all make mistakes.
The importance of the first "Karate Kid" movie goes right over most people's heads...lol. The point of the movie comes when Daniel visits Miyagi at his home one night. Miyagi is drunk. Daniel is upset about the trouble he's having in his own life. But when Daniel visits Miyagi that night...he learns something about Miyagi...something his teacher never told him. Daniel learns all of the horrible things Miyagi has experienced in life (for example, the death of Miyagi's beloved wife and child during an unconstitutional internment, while Miyagi was in Europe fighting for the very nation that was harming his family!)...and when Daniel realizes that Miyagi never complained to him about these horrible events--did not cry that he was a victim to get pity or benefits from society--but stood up and continued on being a strong, productive citizen...doing the right thing (like saving Daniel from a beating that Halloween night and even taking him on as a student). You see, Miyagi was a war hero, but he did not boast. He was humble. He had character. In that scene, when Daniel realized who Miyagi actually was, and when he compared Miyagi's life to his own--Daniel's character changed at that moment--he grew up and did his duty, regardless of the outcome. That's the message. Think about it and compare it to how many sissy Americans we have today...who haven't been through anything...yet who claim to be victims and seek special treatment.
Yet, i don't think you cant judge whether people qualify as a victim of something or not, unless you're their doctor or judge or anything like it. What's the point of society if it turns back to everyone that suffers? How many times do war vets have to fight for their lives?
I just love when someone talk about things like this, about though guys and bla bla. Tough guys like Stalin or Hitler maybe ;) or you wanna people who got tough life, look on black Americans from ghettos, and tell me that they are nice people ;) And about what myiagi does it sound nice but in reality is not, its the same mentality as modern Japanese corpo samurais who work themselves to death (for no extra pay) just because its good thing to do, or serf peasants working for nothing but its just christian thing to do. Or what about soldiers who for very long time didn't even consider to visiting shrink, so not complain. Modern medicine is sure that keeping all inn is just super unhealthy to psychic health
About Miyagi being a war hero, but not boasting. The 442nd RCT and the 100th Battalion, a lot of them did not think that they were heroes of any sort. They went in against impossible odds and did what they had to do, to over-come it. In many instances, a lot of them died so that the others could stay alive. Mr. Miyagi's reflection on it doesn't even begin to touch the real stories from the real vets. Noriyuki "Pat" Morita did well to pay hommage to the men of the 442nd RCT and 100th battalion though. People like my Great Uncles, who served in the 442nd and the Military Intelligence Service. Or their cousins(all Miyashiros- aka Miyagi).
If you need to defend yourself in a altercation and walking away is not an option then honor is for dead men, the only thing thats important is you are safe and your aggressor is delt with with the minimum amount of force necessary, if that means handling your wallet over then hand it over money is no good to you in the grave, if that means strikes to the throat and groin then go for it, if your training for a organised fight (a proper fight) then follow the rules
Hmmm 2 wrongs don't make either of them right. Just because the second guy reacted badly doesn't mean the first guy was right. He threw a punch and got penalized for it he admitted. So neither was right. Period.
Dewey is being honest here as this happens even at the highest level. Fedor had his first loss due to a cut. Cormier messed up Stipe's eyes With Usman vs Covington, there was a slow-mo of Usman getting hit in the groin, when really it was he abs, but he still took that breather and look who still holds the belt for now? GSP while I think accidental, his team just bathed (exaggerating) him in vaseline. There's a quote I'll paraphrase but if someone knows it then please tell me. "Know the rules, so you can in them as well as around". Do I need to mention what Jon Jones did?
+Nicolas Noisette Except far too much is made of Jones' minor fouls that have not significantly altered any of his fights. Whereas steroids profoundly altered Jones's entire career and now that he's fighting clean there's a big difference - he has noticeably declined and he now struggles to hold onto his belt even against mid level default contenders
Sure. Imagine if wrestling and BJJ tournaments penalized striking with a warning for the first violation and a loss of a point for the second. Suddenly, those grappling sports would have well calculated strikes being thrown at strategic moments of every other match.
This popped up on my phone after watching a video of yours today with the title. Love the in depth explanations and also more background for the latest video
I remember awhile back I watched a video of yours about women’s self defense techniques. I had no idea how cool of a guy you were, it didn’t translate then... love the channel! The concept you are describing is called gamesmanship.
Ramsey your story brings me back to about a couple years ago. A friend of mine, we "spar" full contact out at the park. It's a nice open grassy area. Now, even though it's full contact, we have some some general rules for safety since we don't use gear and there are no mats. So the obvious: no maiming, no breaks, no body slams, and no punches to the face. Now my friend is half my age but twice my size. He could easily pick me up and toss me if he wanted to. On our first time sparring, he does just that. He picks me up over his head and proceeds to slam me into the ground. But I have 20 years of fighting on my side so I take his head with me, which surprised him. And I reminded him that while that would win him a fight, in sparring that is how you break your partner. He's like "Ok." So we spar a few times and every now and then he gets a hold of me and tries to slam. I counter and then I have to remind him to stop doing that. One day we're going at it and I see an opportunity to use a traditional back leg sweep. He's in prime position. And as I go for it, I notice out of the corner of my eye, that he squares up. And I know if I hit him at this point, I risk injuring his knee. So, I stop. At that point he's behind me and decides to do a suplex which results in a rib being pulled out. After which, I'm like "Look man, we've had this discussion. Now I have an injury. This time it wasn't serous but it could have been. The next time you pick me up, I'm going to treat it as a threat against my life and break your face." About 4 months later...because I had to wait for the damn rib to heal (it's still out by the way this is almost 2 years now. I'll see a chiropractor this coming week). We meet up and spar. At some point he picks me up. I punch him square in the mouth. We still spar, but he hasn't tried to pick me up since.
Great video ❤️ Interesting fact... In sumo, palm strikes to the throat are allowed, and "karate chops to the back of the head" are not only allowed, but one of the many kimarite(winning move)well. . Technically... Palmstrike to the throat that ends in a knock down is a kimarite too... But never happened as far as i know... But a common combination in sumo is a palmstrike in the chin as an "uppercut" followed by a palmstrike to the throat to make them "stand stright" from there you can technically headbutt the oponent if you use it to thrust with it and your whole body as a push... This means 3 things... First, many fouls in mma are legal techniques in sumo... Second, strikes to the throat, back of the head, headbutts, etc are not 1 hit killmoves... And third, you can actually spar with those techniques...
Man, I look forward to your videos! As a fellow martial artist I TRULY appreciate your non-biased critiques. It is, to say the least, refreshing. Thank you. Also, Daniel was the REAL villain of the Karate Kid, LOL
Jon Jones used to say "I'm going to use my free eye poke foul warning". Herb Dean would be like "you've used your warning in the last fight" and he would tell him to stop sticking his fingers out even before he poked someone. That behavior stopped after that. Another time Jon Jones would crawl towards his opponent baiting him to kick him in the head. Vitor Belfort almost decapitated Jon with a socker kick when Jon had a hand on the ground. Jon Jones looked up at the ref (either it was John McCharthy or Herb Dean) looking for a foul call and the ref looked at him and said "you play that game, tough shit if you get kicked in the head". After that, Jon Jones stopped that bullshit behavior. That said, accidental knee strikes should, eye pokes, or other fouls should at least count as 5 to 20 significant strikes, or as a point deduction. Referees are hesitant to give point deductions, but they can be much more liberal in calling significant strikes against the violator. In football if you accidentally grabbed someone's facemask, though shit, you get the flag in your face and you cost your team major yards and a down. That's how it should be and the victim of a foul shouldn't pay for accidents. The perpetrator should pay for mistakes. If you want to stop eye pokes, just have the perpetrator pay the victim 20% of their purse money for every eye poke regardless of intent. I guarantee you "accidental" eye pokes almost disapear entirely. For severe eye injuries, make the penalties many times bigger especially if the victim is permanently damaged.
@@unhingedninja8565 Coach Trevor has the best looking MMA gloves but UFC has prior deals. We can stop almost all eyepokes if we make the violator pay the victim 10% of his pay for each mild poke and 20% for severe pokes, plus subsequent fights if the victim long term damage. Intent should matter. Fighters have 100% control of this.
@@GeorgeOu true I believe that they should also be fined for groin strikes and spitting/ throwing blood on an opponent face But gloves need a rework as well since the design is just bad Also the fact that big names can get away with attacking buses and taking drugs regularly is straight up ludicrous 😅
Love your videos Ramsey. I corrected a lot of things in my game watching your videos. Helped me a lot since I'm 15 years old and have no actual experience in fights. Keep at it coach👍
Great points and applies to other sports as well. Look at intentional fouling in the NBA: In damn-near any close game, someone's going to get intentionally grabbed or even hit to stop the clock or - more controversially - to put a weak shooter on the free throw line (i.e. "Hack-a-Shaq"). It's universally accepted good strategy, and if it were ruining the game, the rules could be made stronger to discourage it.
"The rules" I had a similar (conceptually) issue playing Baseball. I was pitching and guys will crowd the plate to try to get you to screw up. So you throw one at their head not to hit them, just to scare them it works wonders but you have to deal with the fact some people will applaud you and others damn you
Another awesome talk. You are such a good speaker it is always educational AND entertaining. I just turned 48, & I am still prioritizing my training like I always have. It’s a lifestyle. Maybe someday I will have the honor of meeting you, but in the meantime, thank you for sharing. 🙏🤜🤛
I think matt hughes famously came raging back from a groin strike, even with the ref letting frank trigg dealing damage and no break. Does it count if both guys are groin striking I remember a cheick kongo fight like that..
Yeah his story didn't quite add up or (as dewey suggested with his deliberate pause) he has a huge ego issue and you can't quite trust what he is saying anyways. If you resorted to a dirty move to hurt someone that you always beat in SPARRING anyways....it makes you look like a huuuuuge and unstable jerk, assuming it's true. Like what does he do when up against someone who is more evenly matched? Repeatedly groin and eyeball strike??
Ummm. It says he beat him on multiple occasions. Doesn't say he didn't loose on multiple occasions himself. It might have been something like it is close, and goes either way? So score might be in favour of the other guy, or even. Just said gives him a hard time and has beaten him. Doesn't say he dominates him. So think again?
Ramsey I love watching your videos and I get a lot out of them, so naturally, I watch them a lot. I keep hearing your bump music in the intro/outro and some of the montages in your videos, and I noticed you make that music yourself. I kind of dig it, and I'm wondering if you post full length tracks online, and if so where can I listen to them?
One of the things I noticed designing rules for some other forms of martial arts competition is that it's basically game design, and if you want players to not do something, it's much better to structure the rules to incentivise them to do something else than to just make a rule saying "don't do [whatever]". And I've seen tons of rules where the kind of play the writers wanted was not at all what the letter of the rules was encouraging. For example, in modern fencing with foil or sabre, there's a scoring rule where, if both fencers hit each other at the same time, the point goes to the fencer who attacked first or parried last (basically, it gets way more complex sometimes). This is called "right of way", and it's how I first learned to fence. But then I started doing HEMA (Historical fencing, basically), where the idea is to have the fight be more like a "real" swordfight (whatever that means), and people started pointing out that, if two people stab each other, it doesn't really matter who extended their arm first, because they will both die or be seriously injured. This is, of course, true. So, most rules in HEMA do not consider the order of attacks when assigning points. But one thing I keep seeing in competitions is people fighting stupid. They will watch their opponent start an attack and walk right onto it to try and score a hit themselves, for example. Or their attack will be parried, and instead of recovering to a guard and preparing to defend, they will launch a second, much weaker attack while their opponent throws a hard riposte to the head. And really I can't help but wonder if the "unrealistic" rules of modern fencing don't produce more realistic behavior in a match.
Having also done both, I would argue that the HEMA ruleset(s) are much better. If you watch high level Olympic fencing, there are more doubles than parries (I counted a few years back, Hungary vs Italy in sabre, I believe) The better HEMA fighters seem to look for attacks that prevent doubles. My tournament and sparring watching/attendance is biased though - my club will penalize doubles in tournaments, up to disqualifying both fighters.
@@kanucks9 See, penalizing doubles is not actually something to brag about. Penalizing getting hit, maybe, but sometimes going for a double is the most reasonable option available to a fighter. I have fought under rule sets where it was literally better to let your opponent hit you unopposed than risk a double and it was utterly ridiculous. The olympic rules do well at encouraging people to think about when they attack, something HEMA rules don't generally do (with a few exceptions).
Absolutely love. This is the real insight people miss. I don't fight fair at all, but I respect the violent sports and I'll play as fair as I can if it's a safe environment.
On the flip side, if you get a tap in the groin but you’re wearing your cup properly, milk it for an extra rest. And not the ufc but shinya aoki got a good groin kick that looked pretty real and won. It’s vs Cody Stevens but there’s only one camera angle so?
It's not crucial/essential to his style or success as you seem to be implying. There's no fight that Jon Jones won *because* of eye pokes. There's no fight that would have been drastically or significantly different in the absence of an eye poke
Daniel Cormier is a better example of cheating to win. He got away with flagrantly and repeatingly eye poking Stipe to win in the first fight. His victory was mainly due to that. He hit Stipe with a punch he didn't and couldn't see, because he was partially blinded. Cormier also had the "towelgate" incident in which he had to cheat to make weight at 205 because he's really a heavyweight who was cutting massive amounts of weight to fight at light heavy. Cormier had a size advantage on all his opponents at 205, but so many moronic fans are obsessed with height that this fact has gone unacknowledged
All you're doing in this video is letting people know all of their options, under the "rules" it's up to the individual whether or not they utilize these rules. Great video as always!
Well, i sure can. My Jujutsu/Judo teacher was always like that one meme that goes: "WAR WAR WARFARE. I LIKE COMBAT, I'M A WAR MONGER I LIKE TO FUCKING DIE IN POINTLESS CONFLICTS" I mean, he always was telling us to CHEAT! CHEAT! and to use low strikes, so i'm pretty used to this kind of stuff, i guess that it only depends on the way you behave. If you are always mean to others and then cheat, people will look at you in a bad way. They'll say "look, he only cares about winning and doesn't care about the other fighter" But if you behave properly, they'll probably go "it's just his way of fighting. He's probably too used to do it. Everyone makes mistakes"
@@jestfullgremblim8002 Your mistake is thinking that i wouldnt do this because i care what the reaction of other people will be, when I wouldnt do it because of the deal i make when i agree to fight another person under a particular ruleset. A victory is much sweeter when it is achieved on even grounds. To use illegal moves is to need assistance from a non agreed source in order to win, which i consider weakness.
There are rules, then there are the RULES! Great insight. Every fight is a game and depending on what part of the face/heel spectrum a fighter falls under it makes sense to capitalize on regulations to the best of their capabilities. Speaking with a fighter from 70's, he explained how certain fighters would take the whole "one warning for a groin shot before you get DQ'd" as "Don't get caught hitting the other guy in the balls but keep hitting the other guy in the balls". What a world.
You have a point, but if I convinced myself I had to use trickery (not feints and fakes kind of trickery, I'm hoping you understand the difference I'm inferring) and underhanded "mistakes" or sadistic, intentional infliction of pain with the expressed intention of making someone suffer to win, I could no longer consider myself a man of honor and would lose all respect for myself. I have "Baby Huey" moments all the time while sparring. I swallow my pride and apologize, every time. As far as groin shots, I personally have never seen one that took over 45 seconds to recover from. A testicle smashing toe kick is a completely different matter, Lol.
I only had one groin hit that it took me a long time to recover from and that was never in a fight. Despite being kicked several times in one fight. That was in a high school soccer game for p.e. Someone kicked the ball and it connected almost immediately, followed by their foot, not too long after. I was recovering from it all day. Think I laid out on the ground for 25 minutes, before I gingerly got up and limped to my next class.
I LOVED Terry Silver, he was wonderfully over the top and at the same time made a lot of sense. Growing up in Kyokushin I remember thinking as I got a little older; "what is he saying that's 'wrong'?" I mean the "Quicksilver Method" is technically accurate. And there's nothing that Silver was saying that isn't valid for actual fighting. In a fight, honor is for fools, losers and dead men. Have honor in how you deal with others, but do what you have to win against an opponent within the rules and whatever is necessary against an attacker.
Terry Silver is "evil", because he teaches his students to be capable of inflicting real pain and injury (as well as dealing with higher levels of pain), not just abiding by the "rules" in a Karate tournanent, etc. (But thats just part of being a highly skilled martial artist, albeit the brutal, dangerous side...) Thing is, in a full contact, few rules fight, like MMA, or in a real street fight-NO rules, obviously full contact, yeah, you absolutely need to be extremely capable of influcting REAL pain and injury on your opponent/attacker. It DOESN'T mean you HATE the guy, or you WANT him to feel pain, etc. (See, the lack of intent to cause physical pain in a spiritual or PERSONAL sense (I'm going to completely ruin that guy's life, etc.) in your opponent is the key to understanding the difference between a fighter with better character and a fighter with more questionable character...) But its a full contact, dangerous fight. 🤷♂️ Thats literally what it is, plus you get paid. MMA fighters fully expect to get hurt at some point at least. People get hurt in MMA, ABSOLUTELY. Jason "Mayhem" Miller has talked about this, same deal with Brock Lesnar, lots of others. If someone doesn't want to get hurt, they should not be in MMA, the military, etc., places and sports where experiencing physical pain is the NORM. One more thing, yes, it is malicious for someone who is not (fully) prepared for full contact fighting to be subjected to it in a karate tournament, etc. Esp. if it is something premeditated, yes. HOWEVER, what was done was still possible in that particular tournament. If there was a karate tournament where full contact/illegal strikes were automatic disqualification (as was the case in KK1), then Terry's plan wouldn't work the same way. Kreese had to use Bobby to seriously hurt Dan, before Johnny finished him off (but Miyagi helped Daniel with that hot rubbing hand thing he did, Hollywood, yes...). So, to sum up, the ruthless brutality of Terry Silver is "evil", but the side of Terry Silver that is (in his business practices, etc.) heartless, predatory, carnally minded, and purely materialistic, etc. = actually evil. Fighting is fighting is fighting... It can be honorable or less so, dep., but the actual morality of HOW one fights, esp. regarding dealing out killing or life debilitating kinds of blows or not (unless you are in a REAL WAR OR LIFE THREATENING REAL FIGHT), that is what truly separates good and evil character, etc. None of us think M. J. White is evil, yet he practiced kyokushin karate... People get hurt doing that stuff... 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ As you know quite well yourself..
Fantastic story! Loved it. I received similar instructions from the Master of my school. I was disqualified however in my case, for kicking too hard to the face: for lack of control. Let’s just say it was an effective kick as well. So, I was out of the tournament. But, interestingly enough, the other participants all guarded their faces for the rest of the tournament. Thanks for the vid.
Regarding throat punches: during my sumo training I was repeatedly punched in the throat by ~130kg individuals. Admittedly those were open palm punches but still full force and I'm still here to tell the tale. It is not comfortable but people are completely overstating the effectiveness of punches to the throat. It is NOT the groin of the upper body. In my opinion it's a lot better to strike somebody full force into the head and having a good chance to knock him out or do something to his face. Everybody stops when the eyes are hurt.
I found this milking the rules lesson highly applicable to life as a whole. Ive been considering that “honor” may be overrated and you really gave me some profound clarity.
Liked and shared. Was already subscribed. With that said, here's my post to FB of your video: "Is the deliberate stretching of the letter of the Law in order to pervert the intent of the Law ethical? Is it reasonable? And, most important, is it legal? Ramsey isn't afraid to examine the issue. Disclaimer: I completely disagree, though I see he makes a valid point. Even so, this is fascinating stuff!" Now, Ramsey, I ask you: why do I feel so strongly about "honorable fighting"? It goes back to the Klatl, a code of behavior to which I ascribe. Here's Rule 8 (of ten): "8) Treat all dealings with respect to letter and intent of the law. That clears the decks of your conscience for revenge if the suckers do you a dirty."
I have found Rule #9 to be very useful on occasion. It definitely keeps me out of mischief. "9) Never, ever, ever set anyone on fire, no matter how drunk you are. Ignore your feelings in the moment and tell yourself that . . . there are cameras everywhere."
In case of boredom, here's the whole of it: The Klatl: 1) God does not play dice with the Universe. We just don’t know the rules yet. 2) Tulla (our) Culture is the Only Culture, despite our willingness to work with our social and genetic inferiors. 3) Most Will Be Deceived and think we’re nutz. They are developmentally challenged. 4) Those who tell you something is safe lie. Always. 5) An enemy at your feet is lunch. 6) An Ally at your side is to be treated like a person. Even though he’s a genetic inferior. It’s hard to get good help. And, who knows? He might have good booze. 7) Everyone wants to be friends with a winner. 8) Treat all dealings with respect to letter and intent of the law. That clears the decks of your conscience for revenge if the suckers do you a dirty. 9) Never, ever, ever set anyone on fire, no matter how drunk you are. Ignore your feelings in the moment and tell yourself that . . . there are cameras everywhere. 10) Remember: Practice makes perfect. Except it doesn’t. You need genius, too, no matter what team players say. So do your job, but don’t stop teaching your mind to fly.
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y Thanks for asking. It's from my Novel, "Isle of the Burning Men" (2019), number 7 in my 9 novel long "PatchWorld" series. Unpublished as yet. I hand out home printed copies to various reading friends.
@@WildBillCox13 put it up on pdf or something online it sounds pretty cool....kinda like a perfect mock up of antediluvian and postapocalyptic scenarios and contexts with intellectually challenging concepts which play out in entertaining and justifuably sophisticated ways. But who the hell knows, gotta read it to find out whether you're a nazi or the book would make nazi's mad
I love how you’re rooted in reality not in the death before dishonour nonsense. If you can do it and not get disqualified then you CAN do it. Do you wanna be the “honourable respectful” loser or the “dirty” winner? Sometimes it’s one or the other & neither choice is wrong if it’s the right one for you
The winner/survivor write history in whatever way he wants. I'd rather be a "dirty" winner then later write myself out to be the hero. Dead men can't talk.
Yep! I knew about the Throat Punches. They suck, but it's apart of the Fight. As referees say in Boxing, "Protect yourself @ all times." I Love the Knee Story. 😁😁😁😊😊
i feel like im gonna destroy my childhood if i go and rewatch karate kid 1-3 in the year 2020 as a grown up because of how bad those fight scenes actually were lmao
Maaaaannnn 😂🤣🤦♂️ i laughed my heart and ass out when he said “But coach Dewey you have no honor” he said that while i was stretching and i laughed so hard my shoulders was going to get dislocated. This is what im talkin about 10:52 i love your videos ramsey dewey i learn alot about fighting from your videos . Respect 💪💪✊✊
Well, this one totally deserves a diclaimer somewhat like this: "Hello there! You are going to hear an incredible story with some exciting revelations. So, indulge your self, get a comfortable position and may be even get a drink that suits you well. And have a nice time, which happen to flow really quick with the wanderful teller Ramsey".
The attitude of 'milking the rules' is one of the reasons, I think, why society has so many problems. Granted my perspective is affected by my very black and white nature (and my lack of combat sports experience) but I think I have a point. That reason is used by everyone from sportsmen to large companies dodging taxes to politicians etc. and contributes to distrust in others. I also think it's a cop-out for people who are not good enough to win otherwise. On a lighter note, it reminds me of a scene in Futurama - th-cam.com/video/hou0lU8WMgo/w-d-xo.html.
It's not ideal and I don't like it either but this has been holding me back (financially, mainly) for a long time...my whole life pretty much until very very recently...and let me just tell you rn that NO ONE cares how "honorable" you are on the inside, they only see and care who wins/succeeds. Yeah you can go home and cry to your dog and your gf/bf who are the only people that will listen to and believe you. And if you can live with that, then that's fine and carry on. However don't expect any medals or awards for it. Just make sure you dont use this "system" or essential reality as an EXCUSE for not succeeding, cause success is relative and dependent on how people navigate the ruleset invloved. If you don't want to play that's all perfectly well and good but don't pretend like you could have....cause you didn't. So maybe it's time to choose a different game. Anyways, on a much lighter note; You might enjoy the martial arts movie "Fearless" which is pretty much all about that aforementioned struggle. The things that make the protagonist great and beloved by the people are not at all related to what makes him a great, honorable, compassionate and wise person. In fact, it's practically antithetical and he only learns it in the end. Highly highly recommend this movie, it's literally my favorite or in top 3 at least.
@@patricioansaldi8021 I think it's ok to use it as an excuse because other people are not doing things that I cannot do but that I choose not to do. One thing I did to cope was to temper my expectations and also to focus on the reason I was doing it. This being that my religious beliefs say that it is my attitude not my actions that are important. And I think Fearless is a great movie too.
Ramsey, this speaks to something deeper in me, some deeply held belief, that the "Good guy " must ultimately win. In folklore, and our stories, the Hero always vanquishes the villain. The Good guy wins. However how often is this the case in reality? My beliefs about being good, and cursing myself if I behave "badly" hold back my expression of aggression in a fight. "Bullies start fights" but I find myself resisting starting anything, however a leading energy in a fauthority for is better then a responding or following one. In a dance these are clearly separated as male and female roles, and in a fight of Dominance clearly make wins. In short, basically my morality holds me back from my ability to do Violence. I think many fighters who were effective could have been even better if they chucked their Nice Guy mentality. GSP comes to mind. Because in the stories the Good Guy wins, but in real life.... maybe that's anything But the case. Maybe you could make a video about this, beliefs vs reality in regards to playing by the rules and "karma." Love the vids, thank you.
In real life there are no “good guys”. There is none good except for one, and that is God. Everyone is the protagonist in the movie playing in their head. Everyone, even the most depraved psychopaths, find a way to justify their actions as necessary and even noble. There’s a lot more to be leaned when you flip the script and look at yourself from the opposite perspective and ask yourself objectively if you’re not actually the antagonist in the world around you.
@@RamseyDewey Yes, there is even a saying that "Nice guys" are the least nice. manipulative, vindictive, dishonest, etc. I suppose then its true, "noone is good." But there is a character we should try to emulate... but its distorted. I think we get qualities and principles mixed up. We should honour principles or virtues like justice, fairness, humanity, service, and obedience to God. But to confuse this with our quality, that we are somehoe Good by honouring these... Only the worst is capable of the necessary power to facilitate any justice- no convict would serve a sentence willingly, in the absence of force and detainment. So the principles may be "Good" or aiming to God, but we, our qualities , can never become Good. This is a real mindfuck, for one because it seems contradictory to be bad in service of good principles. how can that be possible? Then it calls into question, what Is Good and bad? Like the pinkfloyd song "Did they get you to trade Your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange A walk on part in the war " What if Good is bad is simply two disctinct groups which we were told. Somebody decided to take all equal things, and divide them into two opposite groups. What was supposed to be complimnetary, Hot and COld, hate and love, sadness and joy, suddenly was split, and so our morality is really our only Master. What if we were tricked into obeying Morality and led away from Obeying God? What if the concience was the end result of loads of rules and codes that were actually designed by a man, as a tool of control? What if Religion was actually the one thing that kept us from God? And what if, just as Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and preists of the day, and found company amongst the rebels, prostitues, and sinners... What if we must find our religion in the criminal, in the immoral, just to discover for ourselves, God. I think the only man who can find God is the one passionate and fearful enough to follow his religion, but then brave and passionate enough to break it. Its a brilliant ploy though... Instead of Removing God, Create Him. Make him exactly what is good for You. And in the end make yourself God. Piles of Gold, in Vatican city. Build the law off of it, and now you control the state as well. I think we have to become unholy in order to become Holy. And for a "Good" man to do bad is the hardest thing. Either like you say, his Goodness is an illusion... and that nobody is Good, or... that Fundamentally Good exists but is entirely different than what we think it is. There is Civil Good, the Good that is taught to us for obedience and control. The God of the state, the greate puppet to control us and instil fear for obedience and an authoritarian state. And then a Real Good. God. somewhat Incoherent sidenote- just as mr Anderson is a "Good" citizen before he splits off into Neo... we are always being told about being good and bad in society. 'Civil GOod' must merely be a tool of control. when the dog takes off his collar and begins to bite, he is bad. Or is he finally, a Dog? Civilized man is a pre-determined and broken animal. And to be Un-civil is to be bad. So the complete man is ostracized and shamed for being what he is and what all are. Some One Flew over the Cookoos Nest shit... Thanks for replying, appreciate the insight and the thoughtful videos. Take care :)
Yeah and that's fine. He wasn't trying to be political about it, he was just explaining the reality of the situation and it's up to you whether to accept it or not and what to do with that knowledge
It’s weird to think that an MMA guy went off about being honorable. I think I’ve only heard about respect in MMA gyms. But throwing an intentional throat shot in training is complete BS. And a leopard strike? Common!!! That is not a just off the top type of strike. That’s intentional af. It’s like rolling with the guy who resorts to neck cranks all the time in training. I generally try to avoid those guys. Not because neck cranks are illegal, but because I want to be able to continue practicing tonight and for the rest of the weak. I’d be willing to bet the guy from the question has a history of doing shit like this regularly in sparring and then blaming it on his “real life” training. There’s 10 in every gym. This question is that type of question where someone knows they’re wrong, and changed the story just a little bit to try to make themselves sound like they’re aren’t the bad guy in the story, but get social reenforcement at the same time.
So what you're saying is, you shouldn't confuse "lawful" with "good".
Exactly.
Someone plays D&D
Lawful Evil: *smiles* Now let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Rules are Rules for good reason.
Yes, rules have to be built around moral positions as well as practical functional ones.
@@ChemoshKamos lol some of us learned that from reading FSN, actually~
“There’s rules, and then there’s rules.”
- Darth Ramsey Lord Of The Sith Master Of The Darkside Of Martial Arts
Lol
Darth rokas already have the robes tho
Is it possible to learn these rules?
David Szeto The Dark Side of Martial Arts is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
You’ll be able to break boards and blocks of ice with your bare hands! That’s only the beginning...
Yes, you can learn. But, you must choose the Dark Side and become an apprentice to Darth Ramsey.
Internet win again
"No one has a plan for when they're poked in the eye" - Jon "Bones" Jones.
Hardly, my lord, it's just an eye. The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare. Dilios The 300.
So poke their eyes first, before they poke yours.. From Me! 😜
The eye poke should probably be a zero tolerance imo. Immediate point if the ref decides it was caused by the fighter being too careless with his fingers.
+BringerOfTruth Except it's false. Jon Jones himself has been poked in the eye and then won. There are countless cases of fighters who got poked in the eye and still won. It's not nearly as big of a factor as you'd think. I remember seeing a picture of a particularly grotesque eye poke in which Travis Browne had more than half his finger inside of Werdum's eye socket. Yet Werdum still whooped his ass dominantly
+racer exile Yet I see these kinds of fouls all the time on a regular basis when I watch MMA, and rarely if ever do they end up being "maiming". The groin shot is painful but they quickly recover enough to still fight, the eye poke causes acute discomfort and can mess with vision but they still fight, and even in cases where an injury does happen and the fighter can't continue, they still end up healing and are usually good to fight again within 6 months to a year
"I will kick him in the groins and see what happens" - That was the day our hero Ramsey Dewey joined Cobra Kai. Welcome home, brother
Groins is correct. It's plural. I always wonder why people say it the other way... or have the other one.
@@unregisteredaccount6555 maybe 'cause some folks had only one nut lol
Strike Hard, Strike First - No Mercy!
Oss
FEAR DOES NOT EXIST IN THIS DOJO DOES IT?
The Rules... Strike first, strike hard, no mercy.
COBRA KAI!!!
to the groin, but then say im sorry
Man cant breath man can't fight.
SWEEP THE LEG!!!
Strike first, strike hard, repeat til job is done.. and fuck rules.
If it's one rare incident you can usually forgive, but my impression from the punched guy's reaction and how carefully the (email?) is worded, is that he is the cause for these kinds of "accidents" on a daily basis. He tries to justify what he's done by saying "you can't get rid of 20 years of instinct" (notice how he conveniently had to mention he had trained for 20 years) instead of just saying he lacks the technique, control, and discipline. Also instead of owning his mistake and apologize, he starts quarreling with the guy that he just punched in the throat. Another typical thing, instead of seeing himself as the bad guy for punching the guy in the throat, he becomes "the victim" because the other guy said some really bad things to him (dude he just got punched in the throat, of course, his upset). His explanation that he has beaten the PRO guy several times, therefore the PRO guys ego can't take it 🤣. I work with children and I hear these kinds of bullshit justifications for bad behavior all the time.
To me, it's obvious the guy has a temper and no control of what he's doing. People probably say to him all the time to be careful and more disciplined, but 5 minutes later another knee to the groin, fingers in the eye, etc. Fighting back dirty on practice is just not going to work on a guy like that, it's just going to escalate. Save yourself a lot of irritation and just avoid guys like this in training.
Yeah, this is an easy one. Leonard the Leopard is in the wrong. 1. You can't claim 20 years of muscle memory for the leopard punch to the throat when you had the presence of mind to throw a "light contact" leopard punch. It was premeditated not reactionary in the way people revert to their highest or lowest (I can't remember which at the time) when they are stressed. 2. If you beat the professional handedly on a regular basis one would think you would have more control, allow the guy to work since he is no threat (the white belt discount), and refrain from throwing potentially dangerous techniques.
Agreed. It's a letter from 'That Guy' in the gym who can't find a sparring partner because he can't keep himself in check.
A. Clifton So what do you think the appropriate response would be counter his leopard punch with a rabbit punch to the Groin follow by A quick re-stopping of the Groin with maybe the hurticane as a finisher. 😂 Master Ken FTW
The mans some crazy 50 year old Kung fu master that reflexively throws out leopard punches. He wears gloves when he goes shopping in fear that he might reflexively break the cashiers windpipe if he looks at him to hard
My only argument to this would be I once went to punch somebody when they made me angry but halfway through the punch I snapped back and opened my hand for a slap. Sometimes you can catch yourself but the motion persists even if you can slow it down.
There is always in training session a man throwing his groin agains my knee, what they are complaining about? -Master Ken
Loved this idea, "there are rules, and then there are RULES" We used to always be warned during tournaments when going up against Aussie guys in our matches. They had a trick where at the beginning of the match they would always aim to make extreme contact (Karate tournament so light contact at best) to make you back of and in essence fear them, so they could take control of the match and play to their strengths. It got to the point eventually, where the ref before the fight would pre-warn both fighters, and then immediately penalise any fouls after that point.
First Karate tournament I went to I was fighting with a boxing stance, using more punches than kicks, and I hit him with a left hook to the ribs followed by another to the liver. He puts his hand up to me and takes a knee, I remember one of the refs told me "Control your power." I on accident, with my boxing style, I hit him with an overhand to the face, I realized what I was doing right before it landed so I didn't KO him (thank goodness) but I was brutal, i wanted to do mma but Karate was the only game in town
I hate modern karate tournaments, they are garbage
Brit here. Was advised to do the same and fight cleanly for the rest of the match.
A fighting master who's most important goal in life is making a teenager's life hell? Sounds like an anime to me.
Yep!
In ''Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple'', the main character has a group of masters making his life hell.
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y Except in that anime he's actually being trained and makes a great deal of progress. He winds up sore as heck, but not debilitated by injury. I think Minoru's first lesson from Mutou in Karate Shoukouji Kohinata Minoru is closer to Silver's method and intention.
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y Perhaps my favorite martial arts story of all time
Don't care what anyone say Johnny started the fight, he push Daniel first.
Reminds me of my one friend who trained in Taekwondo. He would "accidentally" block my kicks with elbows. Not sure if you ever had your shin hit the point of an elbow, but it can take that leg out of the fight.
As for the instinct aspect about sparring, I took 7 years of fencing (mostly sabre fencing, which is the fastest martial art in the world), in which you have to react to perceived intent rather than an actual attack (it moves too fast to so much about it if you try to visually follow the blade) so you analyze general body language. Part of the training is rote muscle memory, so that you don't have to think about it much. I started blending TKD and fencing with a rather interesting and favorable result. Blocking became trivial, since most attacks were slow enough to follow visually. It also made it seem like I was using a completely different style, despite all of my moves being from TKD.
Also, in the first film, they stated a rule right before the final match in which a kick to the face would be an immediate disqualification. How does Danny win? A fricken kick to the face.
That's technically legal. There's no rule dictating what surfaces you're allowed to block with. So blocking a kick with the with your elbow is perfectly legal. The only problem I could see is if you straight up elbow their leg, but that's completely different
Yep. I did taekwondo competition for a decade. Those pesky elbow points would constantly jam into insteps when the round kicks were just a little off.
And that’s a good point about the first karate kid movie. Daniel won by using an illegal move. He was never punished by a loss of a point like Mike Barnes. Injustice was done. Additionally, in the third movie, during the tournament, after being fouled several times, Daniel retaliates with a foul blow of his own that he is never penalized for. What’s the lesson there? The good guys can escape justice.
@@RamseyDewey I think TH-cam's Cobra Kai has that as a point of contention for Johnny in the plot.
@@justinbell7309 Cobra Kai is actually a surprisingly well thought out show for something everyone initially thought would be yet another karate kid cash in.
One of my instructors looks just like Terry Silver. Every class is Kobra Kai.
Silver lookalike teaches bagua. I’ve taught him Arnis on occasion.
*Koala Kai
"Am I telling you to go out there and be dirty fighters?"
Not unless we can get away with it with just a slap on the wrist.
All I’m doing is reporting objective facts about how the rules work. This is not an endorsement for flagrantly fouling your opponent.
"Being a coach is walking a fine line between being a leader and a sociopath." - Terry "Kreese" Silver
Hehe
10:15 I knew it! Ramsey was coached by Emperor Palpatine. Everything makes sense now.
Dew it
Like my oldest daughter learns whenever she tries to bark orders at me, rules are only as good as those that can enforce them. 😄
Words of wisdom.
"unforgivable in MMA"
Jon Jones: "lol"
My favorite is when floyd Mayweather get hit low the ref separated them the other fighter came in to say sorry and floyd knocked him out. Protect yourself at all times
Victor Ortiz Got what he deserved. Straight up head butted the shit outta Floyd and didn't expect retaliation lol.
Legal headbutting, and even elbows for that matter is, always has been and always will be a part of boxing. Just as in every other sport, it's called 'Ref Awareness' .. .. .. Ref didn't see it? .. It didn't happen .. .. just as Floyd did nothing wrong by exploiting the brief opening at the apology , as the person said above, Protect Yourself At All Times Means Protect Yourself At All Times ..
I tell you, Terry Kreese is probably my favorite karate kid movie character, after that it's gotta be Miyagi LaRusso.
It's all about more mercy these days.
Lol
Because they are realistic
"You don't fight with honour!"
"No; he did..."
Underrated comment.
And that performance changed the course of the show, Bron was never supposed to be a main character, but he became one because of that performance.
There's an interesting overlap between honour and ego.
I would say most fighters don't want to win by cheating/dirty tricks because it diminishes the authenticity of the victory, and therefore the satisfaction to the ego.
I know for myself, ANY kind of game I play must be won according to the rules. Otherwise it feels meaningless.
You know this “milking the rules” thing had degraded the sport of soccer in recent years. Average skills and competency has significantly dropped.
Remember Luis Suarez. In wold cup 2010 he blocked the ball with his hands, got the red card, but Ghana missed that penalty shot and eventually Suarez’ team won. In 2014 Suarez bit the Italian player and was suspended for the rest of the world cup. His team didn’t even make it to the quarter final.
To focus on milking the rules that way means you’d sacrifice focusing on improving real skills and athleticism. Again it’s clear in the recent world cup of soccer. We have a record number of idiots scoring against their own teams. It’s a consequence of playing dirty and planning dirty.
Dive, dive, dive, right?
Real Madrid CHEATED so many times and nobody didn't do anything beacause its president, who is like Vito Corleone since a lot of years and everybody knows that in Spain.
So sometimes (or many times) milking the rules means cheating.
Ximo Yagami When you talked about Real Madrid I immediately remembered the Mo Salah incident. Because such behavior went unpunished by the referee the game itself was killed. It even ruined the taste and mindset of many young spectators who endorse players like Ramos and mock top talents Neymar. I can talk about issue for hours I don’t want to get in the uncounted goal the USA scored against Slovenia in 2010
So many wrong things in this comment.
First, you presented Suarez, a top 5 player at is's prime (arguably top 3 in 2015 and 2016) like some guy who just focuses on dirty tricks and lacks skills and athleticism...
Second, there always were bad teams probably just as much as today, even more probably, but you didn't see them "back then" (what ever back then means) because there were less teams invited, so you didn't get to see how bad teams like Panama are.
Dusan V I’m old enough to remember some of the amazing moments of the Maradona world cup of 1986. I assure you things have dropped since 2006, where the number of goals score was almost as low as in 1990, but with a record number of red cards and yellow cards. So clearly defensive skills and tactics didn’t improve. Only dirty playing has increased. And instead of fighting dirty playing, referees became reluctant to fault not to mention giving yellow card.
As of Suarez, I used to be his fan. He was at his prime in 2014 when he earned the golden shoe and ball in the English premier league. I thought he’ll be the world cup top scorer. But he missed up everything.
"Strike first...strike hard...no mercy, Sir!"
Ramsey: "I'll allow it...what's the big deal?"
Haha. I always thought Kobra Kai received the short end of the stick. Jerks? Maybe...but they were disciplined, practical, and efficient. We all make mistakes.
Kk only shows one side of the story
"...yeah (I broke the rules) and I paid the consequences of that rule.. violation which was a warning"
Wow. Golden words.
The importance of the first "Karate Kid" movie goes right over most people's heads...lol.
The point of the movie comes when Daniel visits Miyagi at his home one night. Miyagi is drunk.
Daniel is upset about the trouble he's having in his own life.
But when Daniel visits Miyagi that night...he learns something about Miyagi...something his teacher never told him.
Daniel learns all of the horrible things Miyagi has experienced in life (for example, the death of Miyagi's beloved wife and child during an unconstitutional internment, while Miyagi was in Europe fighting for the very nation that was harming his family!)...and when Daniel realizes that Miyagi never complained to him about these horrible events--did not cry that he was a victim to get pity or benefits from society--but stood up and continued on being a strong, productive citizen...doing the right thing (like saving Daniel from a beating that Halloween night and even taking him on as a student).
You see, Miyagi was a war hero, but he did not boast. He was humble. He had character. In that scene, when Daniel realized who Miyagi actually was, and when he compared Miyagi's life to his own--Daniel's character changed at that moment--he grew up and did his duty, regardless of the outcome.
That's the message.
Think about it and compare it to how many sissy Americans we have today...who haven't been through anything...yet who claim to be victims and seek special treatment.
Right on
Yet, i don't think you cant judge whether people qualify as a victim of something or not, unless you're their doctor or judge or anything like it. What's the point of society if it turns back to everyone that suffers? How many times do war vets have to fight for their lives?
ok boomer
I just love when someone talk about things like this, about though guys and bla bla. Tough guys like Stalin or Hitler maybe ;) or you wanna people who got tough life, look on black Americans from ghettos, and tell me that they are nice people ;)
And about what myiagi does it sound nice but in reality is not, its the same mentality as modern Japanese corpo samurais who work themselves to death (for no extra pay) just because its good thing to do, or serf peasants working for nothing but its just christian thing to do.
Or what about soldiers who for very long time didn't even consider to visiting shrink, so not complain.
Modern medicine is sure that keeping all inn is just super unhealthy to psychic health
About Miyagi being a war hero, but not boasting.
The 442nd RCT and the 100th Battalion, a lot of them did not think that they were heroes of any sort.
They went in against impossible odds and did what they had to do, to over-come it.
In many instances, a lot of them died so that the others could stay alive.
Mr. Miyagi's reflection on it doesn't even begin to touch the real stories from the real vets.
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita did well to pay hommage to the men of the 442nd RCT and 100th battalion though.
People like my Great Uncles, who served in the 442nd and the Military Intelligence Service.
Or their cousins(all Miyashiros- aka Miyagi).
In movies theres two sets of rules. Theres rules to win the fight than rules to win the story
As a hockey player for just over 10 years, "there are rules and there are rules" makes an incredible amount of sense
If you need to defend yourself in a altercation and walking away is not an option then honor is for dead men, the only thing thats important is you are safe and your aggressor is delt with with the minimum amount of force necessary, if that means handling your wallet over then hand it over money is no good to you in the grave, if that means strikes to the throat and groin then go for it, if your training for a organised fight (a proper fight) then follow the rules
Except that according to Ramsey Dewey a throat punch while standing in legal in MMA according to Unified Rules. Did you even watch the video?
Homer Simpson: "Default? The two sweetest words in the English language! De-Fault! De-Fault! De-Fault!"
I can help but imagine
the "Uncivilised" Version of what the Angry guy said
5:09 i'm dead, and you killed me. That was way TOO funny
Thank you Coach! This video has reinforced the fact we have to make sure that our groin protectors are on secure and tight when sparring/fighting!
Hmmm 2 wrongs don't make either of them right. Just because the second guy reacted badly doesn't mean the first guy was right. He threw a punch and got penalized for it he admitted. So neither was right. Period.
Ramsey you have a good evil smile
He's been living in China for too long...you learn to see this as a good sign cause that means they are in your corner
Dewey is being honest here as this happens even at the highest level.
Fedor had his first loss due to a cut.
Cormier messed up Stipe's eyes
With Usman vs Covington, there was a slow-mo of Usman getting hit in the groin, when really it was he abs, but he still took that breather and look who still holds the belt for now?
GSP while I think accidental, his team just bathed (exaggerating) him in vaseline.
There's a quote I'll paraphrase but if someone knows it then please tell me.
"Know the rules, so you can in them as well as around".
Do I need to mention what Jon Jones did?
@Niko Bellic in terms of the "rules": Eye pokes, hitting the back of the head, but yeah steroids I guess.
+Nicolas Noisette Except far too much is made of Jones' minor fouls that have not significantly altered any of his fights. Whereas steroids profoundly altered Jones's entire career and now that he's fighting clean there's a big difference - he has noticeably declined and he now struggles to hold onto his belt even against mid level default contenders
This illustrates beautifully why ALL eye pokes should be penalized whether intentional or not. A warning just means you get one free.
Sure. Imagine if wrestling and BJJ tournaments penalized striking with a warning for the first violation and a loss of a point for the second. Suddenly, those grappling sports would have well calculated strikes being thrown at strategic moments of every other match.
This popped up on my phone after watching a video of yours today with the title. Love the in depth explanations and also more background for the latest video
I remember awhile back I watched a video of yours about women’s self defense techniques. I had no idea how cool of a guy you were, it didn’t translate then... love the channel!
The concept you are describing is called gamesmanship.
Ramsey your story brings me back to about a couple years ago. A friend of mine, we "spar" full contact out at the park. It's a nice open grassy area. Now, even though it's full contact, we have some some general rules for safety since we don't use gear and there are no mats. So the obvious: no maiming, no breaks, no body slams, and no punches to the face.
Now my friend is half my age but twice my size. He could easily pick me up and toss me if he wanted to. On our first time sparring, he does just that. He picks me up over his head and proceeds to slam me into the ground. But I have 20 years of fighting on my side so I take his head with me, which surprised him. And I reminded him that while that would win him a fight, in sparring that is how you break your partner. He's like "Ok."
So we spar a few times and every now and then he gets a hold of me and tries to slam. I counter and then I have to remind him to stop doing that.
One day we're going at it and I see an opportunity to use a traditional back leg sweep. He's in prime position. And as I go for it, I notice out of the corner of my eye, that he squares up. And I know if I hit him at this point, I risk injuring his knee. So, I stop. At that point he's behind me and decides to do a suplex which results in a rib being pulled out. After which, I'm like "Look man, we've had this discussion. Now I have an injury. This time it wasn't serous but it could have been. The next time you pick me up, I'm going to treat it as a threat against my life and break your face."
About 4 months later...because I had to wait for the damn rib to heal (it's still out by the way this is almost 2 years now. I'll see a chiropractor this coming week). We meet up and spar. At some point he picks me up. I punch him square in the mouth. We still spar, but he hasn't tried to pick me up since.
Great video ❤️
Interesting fact... In sumo, palm strikes to the throat are allowed, and "karate chops to the back of the head" are not only allowed, but one of the many kimarite(winning move)well. . Technically... Palmstrike to the throat that ends in a knock down is a kimarite too... But never happened as far as i know... But a common combination in sumo is a palmstrike in the chin as an "uppercut" followed by a palmstrike to the throat to make them "stand stright" from there you can technically headbutt the oponent if you use it to thrust with it and your whole body as a push...
This means 3 things... First, many fouls in mma are legal techniques in sumo... Second, strikes to the throat, back of the head, headbutts, etc are not 1 hit killmoves... And third, you can actually spar with those techniques...
Man, I look forward to your videos! As a fellow martial artist I TRULY appreciate your non-biased critiques. It is, to say the least, refreshing. Thank you. Also, Daniel was the REAL villain of the Karate Kid, LOL
Jon Jones used to say "I'm going to use my free eye poke foul warning". Herb Dean would be like "you've used your warning in the last fight" and he would tell him to stop sticking his fingers out even before he poked someone. That behavior stopped after that. Another time Jon Jones would crawl towards his opponent baiting him to kick him in the head. Vitor Belfort almost decapitated Jon with a socker kick when Jon had a hand on the ground. Jon Jones looked up at the ref (either it was John McCharthy or Herb Dean) looking for a foul call and the ref looked at him and said "you play that game, tough shit if you get kicked in the head". After that, Jon Jones stopped that bullshit behavior.
That said, accidental knee strikes should, eye pokes, or other fouls should at least count as 5 to 20 significant strikes, or as a point deduction. Referees are hesitant to give point deductions, but they can be much more liberal in calling significant strikes against the violator. In football if you accidentally grabbed someone's facemask, though shit, you get the flag in your face and you cost your team major yards and a down. That's how it should be and the victim of a foul shouldn't pay for accidents. The perpetrator should pay for mistakes.
If you want to stop eye pokes, just have the perpetrator pay the victim 20% of their purse money for every eye poke regardless of intent. I guarantee you "accidental" eye pokes almost disapear entirely. For severe eye injuries, make the penalties many times bigger especially if the victim is permanently damaged.
I agree
Also the glove shape of ufc is bullshit which stick out ur fingers like daggers, pride had the best gloves with curved shape
@@unhingedninja8565 Coach Trevor has the best looking MMA gloves but UFC has prior deals.
We can stop almost all eyepokes if we make the violator pay the victim 10% of his pay for each mild poke and 20% for severe pokes, plus subsequent fights if the victim long term damage. Intent should matter. Fighters have 100% control of this.
@@GeorgeOu true I believe that they should also be fined for groin strikes and spitting/ throwing blood on an opponent face
But gloves need a rework as well since the design is just bad
Also the fact that big names can get away with attacking buses and taking drugs regularly is straight up ludicrous 😅
Another great video by Ramsey Kreese. Keep up the good work, coach!
No, no, Ramsey Silver!
Love your videos Ramsey. I corrected a lot of things in my game watching your videos. Helped me a lot since I'm 15 years old and have no actual experience in fights. Keep at it coach👍
"its ok to say i'm sorry" Thats gona be something i'm going to remember more often, thanks Ramsey.
Great points and applies to other sports as well. Look at intentional fouling in the NBA: In damn-near any close game, someone's going to get intentionally grabbed or even hit to stop the clock or - more controversially - to put a weak shooter on the free throw line (i.e. "Hack-a-Shaq"). It's universally accepted good strategy, and if it were ruining the game, the rules could be made stronger to discourage it.
I recently found your channel, and I just wanted to say I really enjoy the content and appreciate your insight! Thank you! Keep it up coach Ramsey!
"The rules" I had a similar (conceptually) issue playing Baseball. I was pitching and guys will crowd the plate to try to get you to screw up. So you throw one at their head not to hit them, just to scare them it works wonders but you have to deal with the fact some people will applaud you and others damn you
Another awesome talk. You are such a good speaker it is always educational AND entertaining. I just turned 48, & I am still prioritizing my training like I always have. It’s a lifestyle. Maybe someday I will have the honor of meeting you, but in the meantime, thank you for sharing. 🙏🤜🤛
The entire video:
The video when my mom walks in: 13:31
"Master Ken here, with another secret cage fighting tip"
You should totally start a video saying that sometime Ramsey
"Master Ramsey/Dewey" is better
I think matt hughes famously came raging back from a groin strike, even with the ref letting frank trigg dealing damage and no break. Does it count if both guys are groin striking I remember a cheick kongo fight like that..
"Milk the rules". It's already stuck in my head.
If he usually beats the guy without the leopard punch . . . why does he pull it out now? Was he sandbagging all along?
Yeah his story didn't quite add up or (as dewey suggested with his deliberate pause) he has a huge ego issue and you can't quite trust what he is saying anyways.
If you resorted to a dirty move to hurt someone that you always beat in SPARRING anyways....it makes you look like a huuuuuge and unstable jerk, assuming it's true. Like what does he do when up against someone who is more evenly matched? Repeatedly groin and eyeball strike??
Ummm. It says he beat him on multiple occasions. Doesn't say he didn't loose on multiple occasions himself. It might have been something like it is close, and goes either way? So score might be in favour of the other guy, or even. Just said gives him a hard time and has beaten him. Doesn't say he dominates him. So think again?
@@ThePrimo555 yeah
I have never seen a man who can say "milk the rules to win" as nicely and as eloquently as you, Coach.
Ramsey I love watching your videos and I get a lot out of them, so naturally, I watch them a lot. I keep hearing your bump music in the intro/outro and some of the montages in your videos, and I noticed you make that music yourself. I kind of dig it, and I'm wondering if you post full length tracks online, and if so where can I listen to them?
I haven’t posted any of my music yet other than my videos, but a lot of people have been asking about it, so I probably will soon.
I don't train any martial arts, but I just love to listen to you man. What you say goes beyond fighting and into life.
One of the things I noticed designing rules for some other forms of martial arts competition is that it's basically game design, and if you want players to not do something, it's much better to structure the rules to incentivise them to do something else than to just make a rule saying "don't do [whatever]". And I've seen tons of rules where the kind of play the writers wanted was not at all what the letter of the rules was encouraging.
For example, in modern fencing with foil or sabre, there's a scoring rule where, if both fencers hit each other at the same time, the point goes to the fencer who attacked first or parried last (basically, it gets way more complex sometimes). This is called "right of way", and it's how I first learned to fence.
But then I started doing HEMA (Historical fencing, basically), where the idea is to have the fight be more like a "real" swordfight (whatever that means), and people started pointing out that, if two people stab each other, it doesn't really matter who extended their arm first, because they will both die or be seriously injured. This is, of course, true. So, most rules in HEMA do not consider the order of attacks when assigning points.
But one thing I keep seeing in competitions is people fighting stupid. They will watch their opponent start an attack and walk right onto it to try and score a hit themselves, for example. Or their attack will be parried, and instead of recovering to a guard and preparing to defend, they will launch a second, much weaker attack while their opponent throws a hard riposte to the head.
And really I can't help but wonder if the "unrealistic" rules of modern fencing don't produce more realistic behavior in a match.
Having also done both, I would argue that the HEMA ruleset(s) are much better.
If you watch high level Olympic fencing, there are more doubles than parries (I counted a few years back, Hungary vs Italy in sabre, I believe)
The better HEMA fighters seem to look for attacks that prevent doubles.
My tournament and sparring watching/attendance is biased though - my club will penalize doubles in tournaments, up to disqualifying both fighters.
@@kanucks9 See, penalizing doubles is not actually something to brag about. Penalizing getting hit, maybe, but sometimes going for a double is the most reasonable option available to a fighter. I have fought under rule sets where it was literally better to let your opponent hit you unopposed than risk a double and it was utterly ridiculous.
The olympic rules do well at encouraging people to think about when they attack, something HEMA rules don't generally do (with a few exceptions).
Absolutely love. This is the real insight people miss. I don't fight fair at all, but I respect the violent sports and I'll play as fair as I can if it's a safe environment.
On the flip side, if you get a tap in the groin but you’re wearing your cup properly, milk it for an extra rest.
And not the ufc but shinya aoki got a good groin kick that looked pretty real and won.
It’s vs Cody Stevens but there’s only one camera angle so?
I'm sure there's plenty of examples of fighters winning after getting groin kicked
This is fantastic insight sir. Thank you
jon jones has the perfect terry silver style hes basically using his "accidental" cheating as a resource up to perfection
It's not crucial/essential to his style or success as you seem to be implying. There's no fight that Jon Jones won *because* of eye pokes. There's no fight that would have been drastically or significantly different in the absence of an eye poke
@@kirklandau2826 so what hes still doing it almost every single time
Daniel Cormier is a better example of cheating to win. He got away with flagrantly and repeatingly eye poking Stipe to win in the first fight. His victory was mainly due to that. He hit Stipe with a punch he didn't and couldn't see, because he was partially blinded. Cormier also had the "towelgate" incident in which he had to cheat to make weight at 205 because he's really a heavyweight who was cutting massive amounts of weight to fight at light heavy. Cormier had a size advantage on all his opponents at 205, but so many moronic fans are obsessed with height that this fact has gone unacknowledged
All you're doing in this video is letting people know all of their options, under the "rules" it's up to the individual whether or not they utilize these rules. Great video as always!
I dont think i could bring myself to fight this way
Well, i sure can.
My Jujutsu/Judo teacher was always like that one meme that goes:
"WAR WAR WARFARE. I LIKE COMBAT, I'M A WAR MONGER I LIKE TO FUCKING DIE IN POINTLESS CONFLICTS"
I mean, he always was telling us to CHEAT! CHEAT! and to use low strikes, so i'm pretty used to this kind of stuff, i guess that it only depends on the way you behave.
If you are always mean to others and then cheat, people will look at you in a bad way. They'll say "look, he only cares about winning and doesn't care about the other fighter"
But if you behave properly, they'll probably go "it's just his way of fighting. He's probably too used to do it. Everyone makes mistakes"
@@jestfullgremblim8002 Your mistake is thinking that i wouldnt do this because i care what the reaction of other people will be, when I wouldnt do it because of the deal i make when i agree to fight another person under a particular ruleset. A victory is much sweeter when it is achieved on even grounds. To use illegal moves is to need assistance from a non agreed source in order to win, which i consider weakness.
@@sparkyy2890 you make a good point. For me it all depends. I will usually go with the same mindset as you but there are other times...
There are rules, then there are the RULES!
Great insight. Every fight is a game and depending on what part of the face/heel spectrum a fighter falls under it makes sense to capitalize on regulations to the best of their capabilities. Speaking with a fighter from 70's, he explained how certain fighters would take the whole "one warning for a groin shot before you get DQ'd" as "Don't get caught hitting the other guy in the balls but keep hitting the other guy in the balls".
What a world.
Remember that South Park episode with Cartman teaching those teenagers how to get a good score on their exams ?
I haven’t seen that one, but I can imagine how it went.
@@RamseyDewey Ultimately, he says something to the effect that it's only cheating if you get caught, otherwise it's being "savvy."
Thank you. I am so glad you brought this out. Finally someone puts out the truth of the karate kid movies.
You have a point, but if I convinced myself I had to use trickery (not feints and fakes kind of trickery, I'm hoping you understand the difference I'm inferring) and underhanded "mistakes" or sadistic, intentional infliction of pain with the expressed intention of making someone suffer to win, I could no longer consider myself a man of honor and would lose all respect for myself. I have "Baby Huey" moments all the time while sparring. I swallow my pride and apologize, every time. As far as groin shots, I personally have never seen one that took over 45 seconds to recover from. A testicle smashing toe kick is a completely different matter, Lol.
I only had one groin hit that it took me a long time to recover from and that was never in a fight. Despite being kicked several times in one fight.
That was in a high school soccer game for p.e.
Someone kicked the ball and it connected almost immediately, followed by their foot, not too long after.
I was recovering from it all day.
Think I laid out on the ground for 25 minutes, before I gingerly got up and limped to my next class.
@@illogicalmethod Yikes. Yeah, a direct nut shot is devastating. When it's legit, you know it.
Imagine having the skill to NEVER accidentally hit someone in the throat lol
Yeah
I LOVED Terry Silver, he was wonderfully over the top and at the same time made a lot of sense. Growing up in Kyokushin I remember thinking as I got a little older; "what is he saying that's 'wrong'?" I mean the "Quicksilver Method" is technically accurate. And there's nothing that Silver was saying that isn't valid for actual fighting. In a fight, honor is for fools, losers and dead men. Have honor in how you deal with others, but do what you have to win against an opponent within the rules and whatever is necessary against an attacker.
Terry Silver is "evil", because he teaches his students to be capable of inflicting real pain and injury (as well as dealing with higher levels of pain), not just abiding by the "rules" in a Karate tournanent, etc. (But thats just part of being a highly skilled martial artist, albeit the brutal, dangerous side...)
Thing is, in a full contact, few rules fight, like MMA, or in a real street fight-NO rules, obviously full contact, yeah, you absolutely need to be extremely capable of influcting REAL pain and injury on your opponent/attacker. It DOESN'T mean you HATE the guy, or you WANT him to feel pain, etc. (See, the lack of intent to cause physical pain in a spiritual or PERSONAL sense (I'm going to completely ruin that guy's life, etc.) in your opponent is the key to understanding the difference between a fighter with better character and a fighter with more questionable character...) But its a full contact, dangerous fight. 🤷♂️ Thats literally what it is, plus you get paid. MMA fighters fully expect to get hurt at some point at least. People get hurt in MMA, ABSOLUTELY. Jason "Mayhem" Miller has talked about this, same deal with Brock Lesnar, lots of others. If someone doesn't want to get hurt, they should not be in MMA, the military, etc., places and sports where experiencing physical pain is the NORM.
One more thing, yes, it is malicious for someone who is not (fully) prepared for full contact fighting to be subjected to it in a karate tournament, etc. Esp. if it is something premeditated, yes. HOWEVER, what was done was still possible in that particular tournament. If there was a karate tournament where full contact/illegal strikes were automatic disqualification (as was the case in KK1), then Terry's plan wouldn't work the same way. Kreese had to use Bobby to seriously hurt Dan, before Johnny finished him off (but Miyagi helped Daniel with that hot rubbing hand thing he did, Hollywood, yes...).
So, to sum up, the ruthless brutality of Terry Silver is "evil", but the side of Terry Silver that is (in his business practices, etc.) heartless, predatory, carnally minded, and purely materialistic, etc. = actually evil.
Fighting is fighting is fighting... It can be honorable or less so, dep., but the actual morality of HOW one fights, esp. regarding dealing out killing or life debilitating kinds of blows or not (unless you are in a REAL WAR OR LIFE THREATENING REAL FIGHT), that is what truly separates good and evil character, etc. None of us think M. J. White is evil, yet he practiced kyokushin karate... People get hurt doing that stuff... 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ As you know quite well yourself..
Fantastic story! Loved it. I received similar instructions from the Master of my school. I was disqualified however in my case, for kicking too hard to the face: for lack of control. Let’s just say it was an effective kick as well. So, I was out of the tournament. But, interestingly enough, the other participants all guarded their faces for the rest of the tournament. Thanks for the vid.
Regarding throat punches:
during my sumo training I was repeatedly punched in the throat by ~130kg individuals. Admittedly those were open palm punches but still full force and I'm still here to tell the tale. It is not comfortable but people are completely overstating the effectiveness of punches to the throat. It is NOT the groin of the upper body. In my opinion it's a lot better to strike somebody full force into the head and having a good chance to knock him out or do something to his face. Everybody stops when the eyes are hurt.
Which Heya did you train at?
Davvero facevi sumo? Che figata...
I found this milking the rules lesson highly applicable to life as a whole. Ive been considering that “honor” may be overrated and you really gave me some profound clarity.
Not the way to go bro.
Man,I wish I knew about the"Rules" loop hole.
All I’m doing is reporting objective facts about how the rules work. This is not an endorsement for flagrantly fouling your opponent.
yoo bro... love every vedio you make ,, do you do any seminar or Workshop of any kind martial art. and come visit Brunei sometime.
Liked and shared. Was already subscribed.
With that said, here's my post to FB of your video:
"Is the deliberate stretching of the letter of the Law in order to pervert the intent of the Law ethical? Is it reasonable? And, most important, is it legal?
Ramsey isn't afraid to examine the issue.
Disclaimer: I completely disagree, though I see he makes a valid point. Even so, this is fascinating stuff!"
Now, Ramsey, I ask you: why do I feel so strongly about "honorable fighting"? It goes back to the Klatl, a code of behavior to which I ascribe. Here's Rule 8 (of ten): "8) Treat all dealings with respect to letter and intent of the law. That clears the decks of your conscience for revenge if the suckers do you a dirty."
I have found Rule #9 to be very useful on occasion. It definitely keeps me out of mischief.
"9) Never, ever, ever set anyone on fire, no matter how drunk you are. Ignore your feelings in the moment and tell yourself that . . . there are cameras everywhere."
In case of boredom, here's the whole of it:
The Klatl:
1) God does not play dice with the Universe. We just don’t know the rules yet.
2) Tulla (our) Culture is the Only Culture, despite our willingness to work with our social and genetic inferiors.
3) Most Will Be Deceived and think we’re nutz. They are developmentally challenged.
4) Those who tell you something is safe lie. Always.
5) An enemy at your feet is lunch.
6) An Ally at your side is to be treated like a person. Even though he’s a genetic inferior. It’s hard to get good help. And, who knows? He might have good booze.
7) Everyone wants to be friends with a winner.
8) Treat all dealings with respect to letter and intent of the law. That clears the decks of your conscience for revenge if the suckers do you a dirty.
9) Never, ever, ever set anyone on fire, no matter how drunk you are. Ignore your feelings in the moment and tell yourself that . . . there are cameras everywhere.
10) Remember: Practice makes perfect. Except it doesn’t. You need genius, too, no matter what team players say. So do your job, but don’t stop teaching your mind to fly.
@@WildBillCox13 what is the source ?
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y Thanks for asking. It's from my Novel, "Isle of the Burning Men" (2019), number 7 in my 9 novel long "PatchWorld" series. Unpublished as yet. I hand out home printed copies to various reading friends.
@@WildBillCox13 put it up on pdf or something online it sounds pretty cool....kinda like a perfect mock up of antediluvian and postapocalyptic scenarios and contexts with intellectually challenging concepts which play out in entertaining and justifuably sophisticated ways. But who the hell knows, gotta read it to find out whether you're a nazi or the book would make nazi's mad
I love how you’re rooted in reality not in the death before dishonour nonsense.
If you can do it and not get disqualified then you CAN do it.
Do you wanna be the “honourable respectful” loser or the “dirty” winner? Sometimes it’s one or the other & neither choice is wrong if it’s the right one for you
The winner/survivor write history in whatever way he wants. I'd rather be a "dirty" winner then later write myself out to be the hero. Dead men can't talk.
Feiwulf Li totally agree. History is written by the victors.
I recently learned that Ralph Macchio was in his early 20s when they made the first Karate Kid.
He's *still* in his early 20s that man don't age.
Just so you know: When you play to win, you will win in the beginning, but after a while, you will no longer be invited to the party.
Yep! I knew about the Throat Punches. They suck, but it's apart of the Fight. As referees say in Boxing, "Protect yourself @ all times." I Love the Knee Story. 😁😁😁😊😊
"if you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck"
John Steinbeck
LMAO
i feel like im gonna destroy my childhood if i go and rewatch karate kid 1-3 in the year 2020 as a grown up because of how bad those fight scenes actually were lmao
It was a bunch of teenagers in a local competition. How good would those scenes be in real life ?
Well the story itself didn't age well at all.
The story of the first is just the essence of this video because he wins by a kick to the head and the ref forgets to punish him for it...
@@atkm898 I think the writers and director forgot it was an illegal move. Daniel could have just crane-kicked Johnny's gut.
Maaaaannnn 😂🤣🤦♂️ i laughed my heart and ass out when he said “But coach Dewey you have no honor” he said that while i was stretching and i laughed so hard my shoulders was going to get dislocated. This is what im talkin about 10:52 i love your videos ramsey dewey i learn alot about fighting from your videos . Respect 💪💪✊✊
Matt Hughes vs. Frank Trigg
No 5 minute break for Hughes and Trigg was going for the kill.
Basically, if the rules don't punish bad behavior enough, then push the limits. Make them adjust the rules in the future.
All I’m doing is reporting objective facts about how the rules work. This is not an endorsement for flagrantly fouling your opponent.
That guy could have lowered his chin, and broken Neil's fingers. 100% legal.
It was a leopard punch, not a finger jab
Mistreatment myagi was actually the real villain in all of the original karate kid films
Well, this one totally deserves a diclaimer somewhat like this: "Hello there! You are going to hear an incredible story with some exciting revelations. So, indulge your self, get a comfortable position and may be even get a drink that suits you well. And have a nice time, which happen to flow really quick with the wanderful teller Ramsey".
Probs most of his content needs this....or just stick it to the start of every vid
Yeah I'm starting to realize that a lot of Ramsey's content falls under that category
Dewey on the Karate Kid?!......Instant like and watch!
check the 2 sesons series of Cobra Kai (its continuation of karate kid, with same actors 20 years later) it is shown that actual villan is Laruso
A BJJ coach once told me, “if you aren’t cheating just a little bit, you aren’t really trying” and that has stuck with me
That professional fighter doesn't sound very.... professional...
Got punched in the voice box once, due to an accident. Couldn't talk properly for a couple of weeks. Probably the scariest injury I've ever had.
The attitude of 'milking the rules' is one of the reasons, I think, why society has so many problems. Granted my perspective is affected by my very black and white nature (and my lack of combat sports experience) but I think I have a point. That reason is used by everyone from sportsmen to large companies dodging taxes to politicians etc. and contributes to distrust in others. I also think it's a cop-out for people who are not good enough to win otherwise.
On a lighter note, it reminds me of a scene in Futurama - th-cam.com/video/hou0lU8WMgo/w-d-xo.html.
It's not ideal and I don't like it either but this has been holding me back (financially, mainly) for a long time...my whole life pretty much until very very recently...and let me just tell you rn that NO ONE cares how "honorable" you are on the inside, they only see and care who wins/succeeds. Yeah you can go home and cry to your dog and your gf/bf who are the only people that will listen to and believe you. And if you can live with that, then that's fine and carry on. However don't expect any medals or awards for it.
Just make sure you dont use this "system" or essential reality as an EXCUSE for not succeeding, cause success is relative and dependent on how people navigate the ruleset invloved. If you don't want to play that's all perfectly well and good but don't pretend like you could have....cause you didn't. So maybe it's time to choose a different game.
Anyways, on a much lighter note; You might enjoy the martial arts movie "Fearless" which is pretty much all about that aforementioned struggle. The things that make the protagonist great and beloved by the people are not at all related to what makes him a great, honorable, compassionate and wise person. In fact, it's practically antithetical and he only learns it in the end. Highly highly recommend this movie, it's literally my favorite or in top 3 at least.
@@patricioansaldi8021 I think it's ok to use it as an excuse because other people are not doing things that I cannot do but that I choose not to do. One thing I did to cope was to temper my expectations and also to focus on the reason I was doing it. This being that my religious beliefs say that it is my attitude not my actions that are important.
And I think Fearless is a great movie too.
@@crystalskunk3658 I see what you mean but if people were decent then it wouldn't be a problem.
This video had me ROLLING!!! I love this.
Terry Krease getting more love than normal :D
Ramsey, this speaks to something deeper in me, some deeply held belief, that the "Good guy " must ultimately win. In folklore, and our stories, the Hero always vanquishes the villain. The Good guy wins.
However how often is this the case in reality?
My beliefs about being good, and cursing myself if I behave "badly" hold back my expression of aggression in a fight.
"Bullies start fights" but I find myself resisting starting anything, however a leading energy in a fauthority for is better then a responding or following one. In a dance these are clearly separated as male and female roles, and in a fight of Dominance clearly make wins.
In short, basically my morality holds me back from my ability to do Violence. I think many fighters who were effective could have been even better if they chucked their Nice Guy mentality. GSP comes to mind.
Because in the stories the Good Guy wins, but in real life.... maybe that's anything But the case.
Maybe you could make a video about this, beliefs vs reality in regards to playing by the rules and "karma."
Love the vids, thank you.
In real life there are no “good guys”. There is none good except for one, and that is God. Everyone is the protagonist in the movie playing in their head. Everyone, even the most depraved psychopaths, find a way to justify their actions as necessary and even noble. There’s a lot more to be leaned when you flip the script and look at yourself from the opposite perspective and ask yourself objectively if you’re not actually the antagonist in the world around you.
@@RamseyDewey Yes, there is even a saying that "Nice guys" are the least nice. manipulative, vindictive, dishonest, etc. I suppose then its true, "noone is good." But there is a character we should try to emulate... but its distorted. I think we get qualities and principles mixed up. We should honour principles or virtues like justice, fairness, humanity, service, and obedience to God. But to confuse this with our quality, that we are somehoe Good by honouring these... Only the worst is capable of the necessary power to facilitate any justice- no convict would serve a sentence willingly, in the absence of force and detainment.
So the principles may be "Good" or aiming to God, but we, our qualities , can never become Good. This is a real mindfuck, for one because it seems contradictory to be bad in service of good principles. how can that be possible? Then it calls into question, what Is Good and bad? Like the pinkfloyd song
"Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
"
What if Good is bad is simply two disctinct groups which we were told. Somebody decided to take all equal things, and divide them into two opposite groups. What was supposed to be complimnetary, Hot and COld, hate and love, sadness and joy, suddenly was split, and so our morality is really our only Master.
What if we were tricked into obeying Morality and led away from Obeying God?
What if the concience was the end result of loads of rules and codes that were actually designed by a man, as a tool of control?
What if Religion was actually the one thing that kept us from God?
And what if, just as Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and preists of the day, and found company amongst the rebels, prostitues, and sinners... What if we must find our religion in the criminal, in the immoral, just to discover for ourselves, God.
I think the only man who can find God is the one passionate and fearful enough to follow his religion, but then brave and passionate enough to break it.
Its a brilliant ploy though... Instead of Removing God, Create Him. Make him exactly what is good for You. And in the end make yourself God. Piles of Gold, in Vatican city. Build the law off of it, and now you control the state as well.
I think we have to become unholy in order to become Holy. And for a "Good" man to do bad is the hardest thing.
Either like you say, his Goodness is an illusion... and that nobody is Good, or... that Fundamentally Good exists but is entirely different than what we think it is. There is Civil Good, the Good that is taught to us for obedience and control. The God of the state, the greate puppet to control us and instil fear for obedience and an authoritarian state.
And then a Real Good. God.
somewhat Incoherent sidenote- just as mr Anderson is a "Good" citizen before he splits off into Neo... we are always being told about being good and bad in society. 'Civil GOod' must merely be a tool of control. when the dog takes off his collar and begins to bite, he is bad. Or is he finally, a Dog?
Civilized man is a pre-determined and broken animal. And to be Un-civil is to be bad. So the complete man is ostracized and shamed for being what he is and what all are. Some One Flew over the Cookoos Nest shit...
Thanks for replying, appreciate the insight and the thoughtful videos. Take care :)
All you're doing is making a case for closing loopholes and making punishments harsher so people can't exploit them.
Yeah and that's fine. He wasn't trying to be political about it, he was just explaining the reality of the situation and it's up to you whether to accept it or not and what to do with that knowledge
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Shaolin Iron Crotch technique...
Sport version 😄
It’s weird to think that an MMA guy went off about being honorable. I think I’ve only heard about respect in MMA gyms.
But throwing an intentional throat shot in training is complete BS. And a leopard strike? Common!!! That is not a just off the top type of strike. That’s intentional af.
It’s like rolling with the guy who resorts to neck cranks all the time in training.
I generally try to avoid those guys. Not because neck cranks are illegal, but because I want to be able to continue practicing tonight and for the rest of the weak.
I’d be willing to bet the guy from the question has a history of doing shit like this regularly in sparring and then blaming it on his “real life” training. There’s 10 in every gym.
This question is that type of question where someone knows they’re wrong, and changed the story just a little bit to try to make themselves sound like they’re aren’t the bad guy in the story, but get social reenforcement at the same time.
Actually, Silver was Kreese's underling.
Incorrect. Terry Silver was the founder and owner of the Cobra Kai style and dojo.
@@RamseyDewey no sir... Silver funded Kreese's Dojos. Silver asked Kreese to train him. Here is a video. th-cam.com/video/ALCWX_nXBnM/w-d-xo.html
@@RamseyDewey look into it, bro. ;)