To really improve you need 3 types of sparing opponents. Someone who can destroy you, Someone you can destroy, and someone about your level. You will learn different things from each.
"This Just In: Minor Internet Celibrity Inadvertently Invalidates Nearly All of His Own Earthly Pursuits with What He Thinks is Sick Burn: More at 11."
"You see, the kicks and punches are weapons not necessarily aimed at invading opponents. These tools can be aimed at our fears, frustrations, and all that. Martial art can help you in your process toward self growth." -Bruce Lee
"Spar with people that are less skilled" has really hit a chord! I'm getting hammered week in, week out sparring with far more experienced fighters in an attempt to get better. Never occurred to go with less experienced guys to try out stuff before now.
This is a wonderful bro-mance developing. It's so beautiful it almost brings a tear to my eye. ALMOST. In all seriousness, thank you for these vids with hard2hurt. I am a head instructor at a class, and I break these things down for our students and black belts alike. The methods and philosophy I'm picking up from are things I immediately turn around and teach in many cases. THANK YOU! You are enriching my life and the lives of our students.
Be adapted with sparring .. go light and fun but also find that person that you can pad up and go hard on occasion to train the brain the be comfortable under stress and heavy pressure.. don't be afraid to throw hard in a controlled environment..
I started my martial arts journey in 1982 and still at it today, I feel at times I am improving student but never a minister. My job, three children, and my home life definitely take up time and effort
Everybody needs a Paul a Timothy and a Barnabus in their life you need someone greater than you to guide you, someone less experienced to teach and someone on your level to grow with
Thank you guys. As a southpaw the one thing that becomes apparent is that you are a minority in the fight game. I am not a secretive dude but, I do reserve tricks and methods of training specifically for southpaws. Having said that, if we must cross a conventional fighters center (moving to the left) the foot work and torso position is crutial to avoid the straight right. For both the southpaw and conventional fighter the rear hand must be the measure for the leed leg round kick. Jab over the opponents jab as you position the leed foot on the outside of your opponents leed foot. Slip opponents left jab to your right with a small step on the right foot and throw the right upper cut (do not do this standing in front of your opponent), this is a slip counter. Your foot should control the out side. People don't expect a southpaw to hook well. Double up hooks from body to head. Use the straight left to the body to get there. Consult and practice. Thank you again for sharing. It makes an old fighter feal bit younger. Keep up the good work.
Yea Mike threw that tip (work in new stuff against less skilled people) in an older video of his and ever since then I have been applying it to great success. Also I love the dynamic you two have, you bounce off of each other really well. Please keep doing videos together!
It's best I think to be kinda ok at most things but really good at one thing. The expertise at the one thing makes you valuable to society and the basic knowledge helps yourself navigate the world of whatever you're doing.
Love these videos Ed, I'm an instructor at my tkd school. But tkd obviously doesn't practice things like this. This channel is great for martial artists who already have their own thing, to still feel like they can learn new things! Highly motivating stuff, keep doing what you're doing! (for my sake at least)
When it comes to getting good at everything the other issue is not losing things you are already good at. Like I remember a Nak Muay talking about how she has to circle her training. Since she will be focusing on specific things like making her elbows or punches better but then she needs to circle back around to her kicks so that they don't start getting worst. Another example is the difference between American/Freestyle Karate and American Style Kickboxing. They are very similar with the sideways stance, blitz movement, and heavy use of the lead hand/leg. But they differ in that American Karate will be better at that type of fighting than the American Style Kickboxer but the American Style Kickboxer will be much better at fighting in the pocket and using combinations then the American/Freestyle Karate Stylist.
1000 left, 1000 right. now go practice with that guy. I didn't know the outside foot in open stance would matter even if it was such a small angle. thanks for pointing that out, I'll investigate further now.
for me im definitely a mixed bag, karate black belt, amateur kickboxer, and very rarely do bjj! i think its so much fun being able to toss in karate into kickboxing and vice versa!
That outside foot position is a pretty big advantage for a lot of stuff. Something funny to watch is two people who want that position keep circling and side shuffling to try to get it on each other.
The whole south paw vs orthodox outside lead foot position battle is important because it lines up your shoulder with your opponents head making the rear hand straight way easier. Saying the "open vs open" stance means one guy can attack and the other can't is ridiculous... it's literally equal for both guys. Just because his foot it outside yours doesn't mean hes not gunna get side kicked. Or teeped. A bunch of Spinning techniques work with inside foot position or at least stepping across into an inside foot position. And you can still get check hooked and jabed to death if you have the out side foot position.
Admittedly I'm not good at everything. I suck at grappling but haven't trained it so duh, better at striking and improvising strikes, still learning to use weapons and need to get better at figuring out tricks so I have a long journey ahead.
Great video I think you should put out them bladed weapon videos man with a mixture of ur wing Chun nobody hits TH-cam with those videos if they show Kalo or escrima its always flowery never realistic stuff I think ur channel will boom if u show the mixture of all ur various styles fr dude u got a good set up and the right taste just gotta lean into it
Practice your form , switching stances comes required in JKD cuz of the kenpo stance mix with western boxing soooo The other tools will come to play in battle Hard to hurt bro your funny as hell , I hope to meet ya You guys are awesome ED PLANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol
@@metrolinamartialarts broad question...an agreed situation in which two guys try to hurt or submit the other until the other one quits. You can make it into a semantic discussion but I'm just saying I need to see a lot more high pressure sparring for me to believe you can actually do this. I'm just some rando on the internet so I can understand if you don't give a shit of course, but most of what I see is tricks and little actual fighting capability. A good but unfair comparison is Jeff Chan, he has tons of high level sparring on his channel, so his ability is beyond doubt. Of course, he is also superconditioned so that comparison may be unfair. But yeah. No offense meant. I'm just not convinced.
I’m in the really good at one thing but sucky at everything else camp, which is kinda strange compared to my personality because I have such eclectic interests. I’ve always been a boxer and done a little kickboxing but I’m trying to get into grappling arts now. I find them so much less intuitive than striking which I got really good at really early (relative to my peers). I guess it’s just human nature to strengthen your strengths and double down on what you’re already good at/interested in, but I think this is a problem if the goal is to be a complete martial artist or even just have a complete human experience.
To really improve you need 3 types of sparing opponents. Someone who can destroy you, Someone you can destroy, and someone about your level. You will learn different things from each.
Yeah get super duper good at kickboxing Ed... that will come in real handy in life.
Heh handy
Why are you so shouty in this video? He's right in front of you, not 3 blocks away
"This Just In: Minor Internet Celibrity Inadvertently Invalidates Nearly All of His Own Earthly Pursuits with What He Thinks is Sick Burn: More at 11."
@@Ilovevidgames123 (I think he knows)
"You see, the kicks and punches are weapons not necessarily aimed at invading opponents. These tools can be aimed at our fears, frustrations, and all that. Martial art can help you in your process toward self growth."
-Bruce Lee
"Spar with people that are less skilled" has really hit a chord! I'm getting hammered week in, week out sparring with far more experienced fighters in an attempt to get better. Never occurred to go with less experienced guys to try out stuff before now.
Shut up
This is a wonderful bro-mance developing. It's so beautiful it almost brings a tear to my eye. ALMOST.
In all seriousness, thank you for these vids with hard2hurt. I am a head instructor at a class, and I break these things down for our students and black belts alike. The methods and philosophy I'm picking up from are things I immediately turn around and teach in many cases.
THANK YOU! You are enriching my life and the lives of our students.
Ed: Kinda okey at everything
Mike: Really good at one thing
Me: pretty bad at everything 😅
Be adapted with sparring .. go light and fun but also find that person that you can pad up and go hard on occasion to train the brain the be comfortable under stress and heavy pressure.. don't be afraid to throw hard in a controlled environment..
Thanks guys :)
awesome video!
Thanks brother!
'Keep Your hands up' got me :D
I started my martial arts journey in 1982 and still at it today, I feel at times I am improving student but never a minister. My job, three children, and my home life definitely take up time and effort
Seeing Mike in a bladed stance is so unsettling lol
Everybody needs a Paul a Timothy and a Barnabus in their life you need someone greater than you to guide you, someone less experienced to teach and someone on your level to grow with
Thank you guys.
As a southpaw the one thing that becomes apparent is that you are a minority in the fight game. I am not a secretive dude but, I do reserve tricks and methods of training specifically for southpaws. Having said that, if we must cross a conventional fighters center (moving to the left) the foot work and torso position is crutial to avoid the straight right. For both the southpaw and conventional fighter the rear hand must be the measure for the leed leg round kick. Jab over the opponents jab as you position the leed foot on the outside of your opponents leed foot. Slip opponents left jab to your right with a small step on the right foot and throw the right upper cut (do not do this standing in front of your opponent), this is a slip counter. Your foot should control the out side. People don't expect a southpaw to hook well. Double up hooks from body to head. Use the straight left to the body to get there. Consult and practice.
Thank you again for sharing. It makes an old fighter feal bit younger. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching
A good flashlight to compensate for lacking in other categories
Yea Mike threw that tip (work in new stuff against less skilled people) in an older video of his and ever since then I have been applying it to great success.
Also I love the dynamic you two have, you bounce off of each other really well. Please keep doing videos together!
It's best I think to be kinda ok at most things but really good at one thing. The expertise at the one thing makes you valuable to society and the basic knowledge helps yourself navigate the world of whatever you're doing.
What a beautiful gym!!! and again the camera guy is straight legit. Great video and has a lot of good tips and pointers.
Love these videos Ed, I'm an instructor at my tkd school. But tkd obviously doesn't practice things like this.
This channel is great for martial artists who already have their own thing, to still feel like they can learn new things! Highly motivating stuff, keep doing what you're doing!
(for my sake at least)
Ed gonna spar like Nate Diaz now
When it comes to getting good at everything the other issue is not losing things you are already good at. Like I remember a Nak Muay talking about how she has to circle her training. Since she will be focusing on specific things like making her elbows or punches better but then she needs to circle back around to her kicks so that they don't start getting worst. Another example is the difference between American/Freestyle Karate and American Style Kickboxing. They are very similar with the sideways stance, blitz movement, and heavy use of the lead hand/leg. But they differ in that American Karate will be better at that type of fighting than the American Style Kickboxer but the American Style Kickboxer will be much better at fighting in the pocket and using combinations then the American/Freestyle Karate Stylist.
I am definitely a JOAT for most of the stuff I do, in my profession and my martial arts especially.
Kickboxing is an interesting sport. It combines all the skill and grace of boxing with… kicking.
Hence the name!
@@metrolinamartialarts Feels a bit cheating though… You’re trying to fight and suddenly the other guy just starts kicking (RIP Norm Macdonald)
@4:24 I think that whooshing sound is the ceiling fans. Next time I'll turn them off.
1000 left, 1000 right. now go practice with that guy.
I didn't know the outside foot in open stance would matter even if it was such a small angle. thanks for pointing that out, I'll investigate further now.
I'm perfectly and evenly OK at everything. Some say I'm the most Okayest at everything.
Kinda okay at a lot of things! Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, running, cycling, swimming, striking, grappling.
for me im definitely a mixed bag, karate black belt, amateur kickboxer, and very rarely do bjj! i think its so much fun being able to toss in karate into kickboxing and vice versa!
Wow, how about you get your own cinematography style?? Not knowing how camera settings work is already MY signature style!
Haha listen I copy what I like
That outside foot position is a pretty big advantage for a lot of stuff.
Something funny to watch is two people who want that position keep circling and side shuffling to try to get it on each other.
Erik Paulson, Rick young!! Rick Faye, Ron Balicki!??? Really good at everything!!!
Yes a bazillion hours of training right there!
For sure!!
I really enjoyed this, I need to get better with my everything else 😅.
Thank you for sharing ☺️.
Literally emulated Sensei Seth’s single strikes when showing what not to do 😂
To get really good at everything you need some Dr. Strange multiverse business.
That’s how GSP did it !
The whole south paw vs orthodox outside lead foot position battle is important because it lines up your shoulder with your opponents head making the rear hand straight way easier.
Saying the "open vs open" stance means one guy can attack and the other can't is ridiculous... it's literally equal for both guys. Just because his foot it outside yours doesn't mean hes not gunna get side kicked. Or teeped. A bunch of Spinning techniques work with inside foot position or at least stepping across into an inside foot position.
And you can still get check hooked and jabed to death if you have the out side foot position.
Ok at everything as never focused on one style
I seem to be hearing the word silat more often in your videos.
Unfortunately others keep bringing it up
Really good at one thing, kickboxing. Doing my best badly at everything else.
Batman is good at everything.
Batman has infinite money
I think you improve what you know by going with people better than you. You experiment and learn new things by going with people who are not as good.
We’re trying to practice, not win! 👏👏👏
I am a beginner in BJJ, and almost untrained at everything else. I need to improve my striking/clinch for self defense purposes.
🔥🔥🔥🔥
🤜💥🤛
I practiced soo many martial arts to count that I’m just good at many things but not perfect at any of them lol
🤣🤣🤣
start when youre 10 to get good at everything
I'm a poor kickboxer, but I make up for it by being an average grappler.
Admittedly I'm not good at everything. I suck at grappling but haven't trained it so duh, better at striking and improvising strikes, still learning to use weapons and need to get better at figuring out tricks so I have a long journey ahead.
When I get my ass kicked I definitely do not improve lol
i have a question for Ed? Can you use two Wing Chun Dummies and pretend they're multiple attackers?
That's an interesting question. 🤔 Maybe? Lol
Specialist gang checking in. I always get grappled into shit
Haha we'll get there!
Bi-stance-ual? I always called it ambi-stace-usu.
Great video I think you should put out them bladed weapon videos man with a mixture of ur wing Chun nobody hits TH-cam with those videos if they show Kalo or escrima its always flowery never realistic stuff I think ur channel will boom if u show the mixture of all ur various styles fr dude u got a good set up and the right taste just gotta lean into it
I suck at everything equally
Also the only way to get good at everything is to be me
👺
4 me i am bad at som tengs and wors at the rest
O-oh
Practice your form , switching stances comes required in JKD cuz of the kenpo stance mix with western boxing soooo
The other tools will come to play in battle
Hard to hurt bro your funny as hell , I hope to meet ya
You guys are awesome
ED PLANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol
No planks
The true way to level up your striking is with a Focus Ball
What's a focus ball?
I may be mediocre, but I'm mediocre at everything.
Now get good at a few, and jack everyone
Option C) suck at everything
Easy choice
I’m really mediocre at grappling and super sub par at striking. Fear me.
Feared
@@metrolinamartialarts lmao
I need to see Ed actually fighting or sparring high intensity. At this point I am doubtful he can actually fight. And I watched a lot.
😅 Can you define fight for me?
@@metrolinamartialarts broad question...an agreed situation in which two guys try to hurt or submit the other until the other one quits.
You can make it into a semantic discussion but I'm just saying I need to see a lot more high pressure sparring for me to believe you can actually do this. I'm just some rando on the internet so I can understand if you don't give a shit of course, but most of what I see is tricks and little actual fighting capability. A good but unfair comparison is Jeff Chan, he has tons of high level sparring on his channel, so his ability is beyond doubt. Of course, he is also superconditioned so that comparison may be unfair. But yeah. No offense meant. I'm just not convinced.
Same can be said for mike. He talks alot. But I watched him get schooled be some hack who had only trained year or two in a semi contact event.
I'm very good at being rather mediocre at everything. 🤷🏿♂️
Big mood.
Auto-focus is not your friend! lol I feel drunk!
I'm sorry! Definitely got to figure that out
Bro you gotta fix that focus on the camera because it sucked for today's video.
I know! I'm sorry about that
Eh
He
@@metrolinamartialarts HeHe
How to get really good at everything? Easy, Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Duh 🤣
Fair enough 🤣🤣
Where were these moves when this guy got embarrassed by some chubby guy on street beefs?
I've never been on street beefs
Your buddy Mike has been
@@joecarney9665 sometimes you have bad days, no reason to be a dick about it
I’m in the really good at one thing but sucky at everything else camp, which is kinda strange compared to my personality because I have such eclectic interests. I’ve always been a boxer and done a little kickboxing but I’m trying to get into grappling arts now. I find them so much less intuitive than striking which I got really good at really early (relative to my peers). I guess it’s just human nature to strengthen your strengths and double down on what you’re already good at/interested in, but I think this is a problem if the goal is to be a complete martial artist or even just have a complete human experience.