Awesome! If you want to go deep with this kind of self defense content, check out Fight SCIENCE channel with Dr. Mark Phillips. I really like his content.
This guy is, first and foremost, a phenomenal communicator. Now he’s obviously very knowledgeable, experienced and extremely well-prepared. But he’s so good because he’s engaging and can get it all across so well. Amazing.
He has had the luxury of filming and training with some of the top instructors for Kali/Arnis/Escrima in the world so I'd hope he'd be very knowledgeable!
I love that this guy is saying anticipate the attack is better than defense. Vigilance and awareness is something I've always promoted over actual defense techniques and fighting prowess. If you don't put yourself in the space to be attacked, you win.
I had an, ahem, interaction earlier this year and what de-escalated the situation is that I saw the guy approach me from far away and backed up into a restaurant. He was bold enough to follow me inside and take a seat at the same table, but whatever plan he had failed as we just had a short conversation after which he left. I watched his hands and to my knowledge he wasn't armed, but I didn't want to test that theory.
real. but also that extra level of preparation when u just happen to have shit luck and there's no avoiding the engagement is still important tho, cause if u need the training and don't got it, u won't have the chance to kick urself about it later.
This is crucial for women. No matter how much women will cry over it - we are weaker and our best defense is running like hell. Or kicking the sensitive parts and run. Either way - if you have a chance - run. I am a bit paranoid over this, scanning the environment constantly, especially at night, if I have to even go out at night. Scan as much of the area Il can, if I spot a group of people far enough I can casually cross the street, enter the night shop whatever, to minimise the threat. I use shadow to check if someone is following me, not wearing headphones at night, whatever. I might be paranoid, but I am safe.
Odd, the first 5 minutes felt like 22 already. Nothing wrong said though, just nothing that does not feel like common knowledge either. Maybe it's not that common, maybe it's just my hema instructors or the knife sparring we did on the side, but certainly, it feels like the same old, same old, heard a 100 times from 10 different instructors already.
I've been stabbed and attacked many times. This is the best self defence video I have ever seen. The instructor is absolutely genuine and correct, in my opinion. Great, great video.
I was a bouncer for three years, I was stabbed in the stomach, I didn’t even realize I was stabbed until the burn set in. I now know why men in war yell for their mothers when they are gut shot. It was the worst pain I have ever felt.
@@oxyfee6486 I was in combat for 32 years off and on in the Corps and I never heard anybody call for their mothers. Mostly "aww, eff" or "sheet I got hit".
Consider the pre fight interview/glove touch. When the acknowledgment of your opponent is removed we instinctively understand that the consequences of the encounter will be dire.
I had a friend who was trained as bodyguard for the president of my country, and I tried to convince him to train with me. No way, he told me it would be wildly dangerous. They are trained to react by instinct, and perfectly may happen that he would cause me a great deal of damage.
Knife attack survivor. I have lots of boxing/muay thai experience, got stabbed in the head in a bar fight. Was punching one guy and another hit me from the side. I didn't even see it, didn't know I'd been stabbed until blood started pouring from my head. Pure luck it hit boney parts and not my neck. Edit: having now watched the entire video, this is basically identical to UK gutter fighting, which evolved into the commando techniques used in ww2. Literally no differences. This guy is a very good instructor!
Yeah Trench warfare back then was about surviving 1 to 2 hand to hands and then using that experience to build on and hope to survive with those honed instincts. I could only imagine the absolute adrenaline spike of jumping into a cold, sub-zero, muddy trench and going hand to hand with axes, shovels, knives, etc., all while gun fights are happening around you, and you are being shelled into oblivion with air burst rounds.
I hate those people that attack from behind, I saw a guy hit another guy with a beer bottle from behind and run away while the guy was fighting someone else. The bottle didn't break and gave him a decent headache later on.
@@jameslopez5652 WW1 trench warfare must have been insane, just judging by exhibitions showing the wide variety of makeshift (but effective looking) close quarter weapons the soldiers made for trench raiding. Soldiers slashing, stabbing and bludgeoning each other in the tight confines of an invaded trench, while artillery shells and machine gun fire are roaring all around, it's probably a horror that never happened before or since.
I love that Jesse is so willing to put himself into the "student" role. No ego of "I'm a blackbelt instructor." Willing to be tested, so show the learning cycle. And Paulo is a great instructor. Great concepts. Great drills. Loved this episode.
Good martial artists know there is ALWAYS something to learn. you never know it all and you never run out of things to learn. Sometimes a seasoned martial artist will even learn something super basic that they had never been taught or come across before.
Every really talented black belt I've trained with is like this. As soon as you start thinking you're the baddest guy in the room and there is nothing left to learn, you plateau and stagnate, you become George Dillman and start believing your own legend. Both of these gentlemen put the 'art' in 'martial artist'.
@@FunkerTactical Bro, you made me completely rethink my approach to the concept of unarmed defense. In a YT video. That is friggin epic and you should be proud. Read all of these comments saying the same thing! Next level.
This guy isn't just a great knife defence teacher. He's a great teacher point blank. He's methods of teaching can apply to anything. Well spoken, not harsh but professional. Knows how to keep the student engaged and making them feel good about themselves. After all how can you really learn something if you lose the interest.
Same reason I failed my final year of uni. All I wanted to do is just to start the paperwork and get it done, so I could move onto the practical side that I actually enjoy. But noo, I had to listen to some crispy old prune yammer on in a monotone voice for 1+ hours at a time.
Well as he said, its a matter of luck most of the time, since you really cant know when its gonna happen and HOW its gonna happen but hey, maybe with this combined with luck someone can use it to escape a really tough situation
@@xd-lf7fv If you recognize the patterns of the attacker if he wants to stab you, you will have more time to react, but it is always better to also have a weapon with you to defend yourself, definitely
No He Isn't Because He Doesn't Teach How To Fight For Higher Ground When Your At A Disadvantage That's Why You Run From A Knife But You Run Towards A Gun Because You Can Outrun A Knife But You Can't Outrun A Bullet
@@rubyruby7573 Well, you are have a point there, but the instructor did explain that you also have to take into account you surroundings, and they just happened to fight in an even terrain. Also, while you are right that you can indeed run from a knife, the instructor added a crucial reminder that it is "awareness" that comes first before a person could apply any defensive mechanism. It even showed various pre-indication patterns before any potential attacks, and it doesn't matter how great your reflexes or how fast you are, once you are in range of the knife and has no clue of what's going on then it's all for nothing. Same goes for the bullet and the gun, even if you say that you are literally in front of the culprit, if you are oblivious to your surroundings, you get killed in point blank range.
This was BY FAR the best class abour knife defense I've seen in many years. Thank yu so much for this awesome interview. I just wish it was longer or at least that he will come back to the channel.
@@georgezener9527 really seems that way. Being capable to synthetized a LOT of knowledge in simple "game scenarios" takes YEARS of dedication, trial and error. And this are the first ones that seem to prepare you somewhat to a real scenario. Amazing stuff
He’s right about the analogies. In an MMA fight, expect to get punched. But train to not get punched. And every so often, you won’t get punched because you’ll win before it can happen
What I love most about this video is the pure and real humility of these two guys. No macho man, no alpha male, no bravado. This is the real deal, and I thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge in these matters.
Yep - that's the best type of training partner. Your partner is not trying to prove that he is better than you; instead, he is trying to impart knowledge that will be to your benefit.
situational awareness is not present in society..I still sit facing the door. if there's a commotion going on I get people leaving. They are ALL mostly SO stupid. No sense of self preservation
you saw realism in the self defense championship, the other guy wanted jesse to come close to whisper something in his ear by that time the knife was already at his throat while he was distracted by the other hand
@KARATEbyJesse great video. Thanks. Can't say that I learned this but brought a lot of awareness to many things I didn't know. Are there classes that I can search for to learn and practice defense techniques? I felt that since both of you are trained, the demonstration had a lot of moves that the average attacker and subject would just not have due to no training and building anxiety/ stress preventing them from thinking clearly
i am a sales trainer for 25 years and i learned a lot about how to design short cut learning paths, "what is intuition? subconscious pattern recognition." brilliant.
subconscious pattern recognition is sth else but intuition often times comes from 0 and I mean 0 like potential when there is no pattern yet and you act on your first thought creativity really exposes that
Working in corrections, I've been attacked many times, with and without a shiv, and half the battle is trusting your instincts and recognizing that a weapon is in play before the fight even starts. I've been stabbed twice, but probably should have been injured many more times considering the attempts made against me. Listen to your intuition, surround yourself with competent people, train to hone your skills, and hope that lady luck will smile favorably upon you, but understand that sometimes she won't. Absolutely awesome video, Sensei Enkamp!
@mclovinthewalrus2375 Can't say that I have. I've been slashed at with a safety razor melted into a ballpoint pen, and stabbed with modified plastic cutlery and a filed down wheelchair brake handle (that was a close call). The worst injury I suffered was from a tube sock full of AA batteries. Prisoners get points for creativity when it comes to turning (relatively) safe objects into potentially deadly implements.
Hey, thanks for the feedback. What do you think about wearing stab proof clothing for those working in such environments? I can think of 2 things: inconvenience and heat. Yet to me it seems like a necessary thing since there would be no need for ballistic protection, yet you never know when someone could have a improvised weapon.
As a survivor of three knife attacks in three different countries, I say: this guy knows what he's talking about! The signs of an attack are always the same: fidgeting, touching his face, looking around, etc. Pay close attention to these signs!
If I am not mistaken, isn't this the guy that use to run funker tactical? Went by gun noob? I miss the heck out if that channel. If that's not the same guy, then damn do they look very similar and have the same great insights! Jessie, you should see if you can do a colab with Doug Marcaida!
@عبدالرحمنعبدالله-ز4م Most of us filipinos have a western or spanish sounding and spelled names. As for his way of speaking, if I remember correctly Paulo, immigrated to Canada when he was young.a
Honestly one of the best instructors I've seen so far. Extremely concise, not aggressive, at the same time teaching aggressive techniques. The best demonstration I've seen so far in the psychological aspects to look for, going to a point where you feel the tension during training. Showing techniques without randomly contacting you when you're not expecting it like so many of these instructors do and the person learning doesn't know if they should react or not react and it looks awkward. Definitely would love to see more from Paulo, you two were awesome together too and how you interact.
Mr. Paulo Rubio is one of the most articulate instructors I have witnessed. His ability to give instruction alone would save time. Excellent instruction.
This video hits really close to home. This July I was attacked in a back alley downtown Montreal by someone having a psychosis as he drew a screw driver from his backpack and stabbed me just under the collar bone, it hit my pulmonary heart artery and I bled out.... Spent over a month in intensive care and am still in rehab... all to say that it happened so fast it's insane, considering that I consider myself to be street smart and have had some experience in self defense before... But sometimes all of that doesn't matter, the guy was so unhinged that he didn't really give any of the usual signals you would usually think of, one second he seemed normal as if he was walking away, the next he was stabbing to kill.
Glad to hear u survived the traumatic experience hope u come back even stronger, it just comes to show u cannot have the chance to predict people sometimes it is fate tossing a life changing dice upon u
His take on this is just so realistic, unlike other people that usually overclaim what they can do in real life. This one has a nice balance of reality, solution, and expectation. Hope you have more content with him in the future. For me, this 22 minutes, although I learned a lot, it's definitely not enough. Kudos for you Jesse, of getting such an expert to talk in your video, and also on how you carry this interview/lesson.
Typical person who's never been attacked. I can attest to the other trainers that when you are attacked amd the person begins to lunge at you, you have enough time to grab the hand, turn it toward him, give him a wedgie and then put in an ubereats delivery to your location all before the attacker realizes you've even blinked.
@@2gunzup07 At one point yeah, but this is also reminding me distinctly of a lot of sus conversations I’ve had that just didn’t feel right. Now I know why. That’s the scary thing.
This may be the best knife defense video I’ve ever seen. Everything he said was a revelation. A good reminder to de-escalate, run, and not engage whenever a knife might be present.
I thought the same. When he mentioned that he is sometimes tasked with teaching officers and only a short window to do so, I thought that this method of teaching is also born out of this method. Idk if that made sense but it does to me lol
In 20 years of training and teaching Krav Maga, I have to say that this is one of the most incredible knife defense explanations I’ve ever seen. Absolutely brilliant!!
I think most of it is good, but what about at 17:10? He first suggests the Russian tie, which is a good idea, putting his weak attacking side close to your body. His next suggestion seems dangerous. The "inside two on one control" which puts his strong attacking side close to your body. Seems that control is the opposite of where you want to be, as it takes very little for him to create enough separation for a strong stabbing movement toward your body. The 'knife switch" there is nonsense as well, as he could have stabbed to the stomach or thigh much easier than switching the knife from that position.
At a young age when I was searching for myself and a martial art that I would like, I stumbled upon many different people training many different things. Once I was doing a "knife defense" scenario with my friend, who have been training Krav Maga and he was quite sure about his skills. I took a marker, pretending it's a knife and not following the scenarios they have trained, just attacking I painted his whole with that marker. Other time I was trying to train with my friend who was part of "medieval bratherhood". In addition to sword fighting, axe fighting, or medieval wrestling, they also trained intensively in knife fighting. Encouraged by my previous experiences with the marker, I decided to try my hand at it. But I was very surprised when they completely destroyed me. Then I thought - it's not about defending yourself against a knife that you need to learn, but about fighting with a knife, it allows you to think and predict the way your opponent will use it. Now I'm not the youngest anymore and I certainly wouldn't want to defend myself against an attacker with a knife, and certainly not without something "bigger" at hand...
Absolutely, to defend against any kind of weapon, you have to know the weapon. You only start to know a weapon if you train to use it. So actually training to use a knife is half the training to defend yourself against a knife.
Been training krav maga for years and the training methodology has shifted and isn't about a defense for this/that/the other, mainly about situational awareness and the aforementioned pre-attack indicators. We also train more ground/jiu jitsu where it wasn't a thing before.
Multiple knife encounter survivor here. All of this is gold. I had martial arts training long before my first fight, but it didnt matter. Adversaries were all unskilled, training meant nothing unless it was muscle memory. Important note, neither of us reacted to slashes or stabs until distance was gained. I didnt feel two 12 inch slashes (commercial kitchen bread knife) on my leading arm until the medics started stripping my shirt off, 5 mins after encounter. Best advice i have is control their elbows and wrists, the rest follows when they are trying to stab. Be careful out there.
This video is Gold! It has drills for all levels that are easy to follow. The biggest problem I have with knife defense seminars is that although the instructor is quite skilled he has a hard time translating that skill into workable drills for the rest of us. You walk away thinking , ' He was great! I have no idea how to do any of that stuff at the end...' In THIS video he gives someone like me 3 or 4 drills that I could use right away. Excellent video!!
This instructor emphasized on the importance of real life situations based on the variabilities. Even an already trained student of a different discipline would have a lightbulb moment because it just makes complete sense. This instructor is a very effective communicator verbally and tactically. Great stuff.
The reverse blink thing was genius. That .04 seconds or whatever is exactly what you'd see if someone was surprise attacking. Training to take all the information you can and formulate a reaction that you get from that is a great idea.
Yes it is. I had to give it a try. In the corner I have an old golf set that I don't use. So I closed my eyes looked in its direction and reversed blink. Once my eyes were shut I tried to count the clubs from memory of the blink.
Idk why YT suddenly started reccomending me fighting stuff again but Jesse you have singlehandedly revived my faith in Martial Arts. For whatever that's worth.
Wow! Without a doubt I got more out of Paulo's demonstrations about defense in general, not just knife defense, than the last 20 videos I've watch combined. VERY nice job, thanks for having him on your channel. Subbed!
Oooooh This guy is good. Smooth, intelligent, respectful, honest. Discussion and explanation of the why, display and example of the how then engage and practice with mutual trust, repeat. Excellent training of mind and body in a balanced way. A good Sensei.
We used a “taser” knife with an electric blade. It was not enjoyable to be shocked by it. Our instructor would let us be in a grappling situation and just toss it in with us and man your heart rate jumps up.
We trained with a marker pen in our dojo only one guy didn't get marked. He immediately turned and dropped to the ground and into sprint position and went!
We use delica trainers. If you got stabbed or cut you would feel it. When I started I eas cowered with stab and cut marks for weeks (just from one training).
This was amazing Jesse, I was enthralled the entire 22 minutes listening to Paulo, it's very clear he has a wealth of knowledge and experience teaching about this.
He include all the subconscious and instinctive counterpart , this is probably the best of all the teachings on self défense that I have saw! This guy is great❤
I barely comment on youtube videos but I just have to share that I learned so much more with this 22 min video with knife self defense than my 10 year experience traditionally learning hand-to-hand combat with eskrima here in the Philippines. This video can save lives.
This was probably the best self defense video I have seen! The method and the intelligence shown by Paulo is just practical, smart and I can see being an amazing way to address how to protect yourself in a menacing environment. He is so right that factors outside training are infinite. Hoped other “self-defense gurus” actually saw this! They would learn! Thank you Jesse for this! You have an amazing channel!
11:42 Bruce Lee said to completely master a martial art is to forget it. To study the movements so thoroughly you are no longer confined by them, rather that they are a part of you. This way they become instinctive/reflex,.. not reactions.
That statement about the value of being a bro between training reps at 10:50 is so true. There is one guy I train with who refuses to engage with the fist pumps, handshakes, hugs, or whatever and I HATE rolling with him because even though he is great at what he does, I feel in danger when I work with him.
Thank you, Jesse, for educating which you also do by featuring master martial artists and master teachers. I've seen Paulo Rubio in some Funker Tactical videos, but this was my first time seeing him instruct. He is a genius and such a great instructor. I love how he articulates, breaks concepts down in a way that can easily be understood, gets excited about what is being taught, and positively encourages your responses in every way that he can. You two had such a good dynamic and interacted so well with each other. I learned from Paulo but also from you by the way you verbalized what you learned. Thank you so much. Please keep creating educational, fun content!
BJJ black belt & ex pro tennis player here. The best advice is recognizing the behavior patterns. Anticipation is easy when you can clearly read the physical signs. People will show you what they want to do before they do it. You have to have the ability and attentiveness to read those signs and react accordingly. This is a life saving video!
The bit I found most fascinating was when you were discussing mental attitude. I've known several people - practising martial artists with at least several years of training - who had never been in a street fight. And when someone went for them with real malicious intent, they froze and didn't fight back.
@@epics306 doesnt matter what martial art it is. if you arent trained to deal with antisocial violence, there is a chance youll freeze, for at least a moment. ive seen MMA guys do it, karate guys, tkd, even boxers and wrestlers (though they both seem to freeze less often in my experience).
This video hits an important point - building intuition. Any juvenile in the animal kingdom typically play fights in some way which forms their intuition for survival. So 19:40 our human monkey brains also need the same kinds of play scenarios to build our intuition. Drilling with different opponents gives your brain more scenarios to compute!
dude this guy knows his shit i literally called someone out as he was about to aproach me as soon as he started scanning the room and then checked his pockets, he started walking at me and i told him out loud hey i dont know who you think i am but i dont know you and we dont have beef he nodded and then changed directions, i left out the other door and went home quick.
Two excellent self-defense teachers - realistic and eloquent. It seems it's best to get rid of all emotions and focus mainly on distancing, techniques, and tacticss - including creating space for running away to safety. Great video. (I, too learned how to swim the hard way: my uncles threw me out of the boat in Laguna Bay and told me to "swim". Another uncle taught me a few karate techniques and told me to fight. What the hell ?!?).
I have about 12-15 years of martial arts training over the course of my life starting at 15 (now 71) including a Shodan Kyokushinkai. This gentleman is one of the best instructors I have ever encountered. Would love to spend at least a week in doing seminars with him.
I'm so relieved to see these honest, intelligent conversations about martial arts. These are things I have tried to say, but was always mocked and called stupid.
Probably one of the best if not the best video I've seen regarding knife defense. No matter how scary a knife might be, I hope my instinct to survive and training instincts kick in full blast.
Holy smoke, this guy is brilliant! Not that I know anything about knife defence, just that the way he explains things and does the drills is just so good at taking one step by step.
@@avatarion He's brilliant in the way he teaches and conducts himself. Obviously a very high IQ individual, and lots of emotional intelligence as well. If you were to fight against a knife, I'd rather have his training than none. And yes, you can be a knife expert, that doesn't mean you're going to survive or prevail, just like an accomplished F1 pilot can still die in a crash. Life is about odds. But all things being equal, the trained person has the odds in his favor. That's not even a debate if your IQ is in triple digits. Here is ONE example: th-cam.com/video/L0t-9YRnNMs/w-d-xo.html If this was a regular couch potato, he'd be dead.
@@avatarion But it's live training, I'd wager someone training these scenarios and doing live "sparring" would have a better chance of survival if put into a situation where they can't run or who have been spontaneously attacked and have to act instinctually (this is why repetitions matter)
@@avatarion Or because being attacked by a knife-wielding foe is rare in and of itself, even rarer the incredibly small group of knife-trained people being attacked with a knife, but keep thinking you're some bearer of wisdom lil bro.
I have to say he’s incredible at communicating his knowledge in a learning process. Constantly asking questions and making sure they’re on the same page through it. Awesome teacher!
HAHA jesse's gonna have tricks up his sleeve the next time he gets into a shank tank. Awesome vid! Knife defense is def one of the hardest topics to properly get into, and this vid really showed us alot in such a short amount of time! Would love to see more of this guy
That was a great video with very clear communications from Paulo. Also, kudos to Jesse because he was the perfect foil for the instructor to guide us along the path. Especially those of us with little to no martial arts training.
As semi Retired Law Enforcement I found this video extremely informative. This is an approach to training that I can identify with and work into my current training. Thank you for sharing.
The ad that played for me @ 1:00 was, "what's the fastest way to lose a beer belly with no workouts ?" talk about targeted sponsored ads! I'm trying to keep my belly tyvm! 🔪🫃
this was one of the best things I've ever seen about the knife, and I learnt some great concepts. If I could add my two cents worth, of first importance is a knowledge of humanity, and to have a dispassionate ability to judge other people really quickly. when you realise somebody is a bad guy, don't let them get close. It's a simple old bit of knowledge, but if you watch most action films, they make a huge mistake of pointing a gun at somebody within grabbing range. Same as knife range, don't let them get close and verbally warn them to back off, let them feel yourstern vibe, not aggressive, but streetwise and harsh. They might think better of it. if they keep coming, they mean business, and if it's too late to run put something between you and them quickly. grab a barstool or chair, which is a fantastic weapon, legs pointed to them. always jab and stab rather than swing the stool/broom stick/ bag/ leather jacket. it's a good practice to actually practice whipping off a jacket or a shirt and wrapping it round your shield arm. If you think of the old time warriors, a knife is just a weapon, and you need to practice in your daily life thinking about all the things that are potential weapons all around you.
As being a former inmate and have been involved in a lot of knife fights, attackers are way faster than that. A whole lot of repetitive double and triple thrusts. All that blocking and then trying to divert doesn't work. You try to block, they just pull their arm back and thrust again behind your arm before you can even process it. The body language in the beginning was on point though.
Afaik in krav maga the defence against thrusts is a two arm X block that turns into a lock (so the opponent's arm is trapped) and can become a disarm if the conditions are right. This obviously relies heavily on the beginning part of the video about the defender predicting the attack and being ready to meet it with the technique, and luck and being close enough in strength and all the usual caveats for hand-to-hand.
This guy is actually truly a modern master of his craft. I would love to spend a week exchanging mindsets and training methods with him. Ad the guy from fight science and the world would benefit
I can always tell when the person you're working with is a really good instructor because, even over video, they'll demonstrate something and I'll find my hands trying to twitch in response to it. Mr. Rubio would definitely be an interesting person to train with.
I keep scrolling all over youtube everytime with a maximum 5 minutes on each video until I land on one of your videos, I don't know how I complete them end to end! Keep it up bro
what an incredible instructor. This video taught me more practical framing than many schools I've been to in such a short time. The vision here is so key
Bro at 10:30 just described purging the "satsui no hado" or "intention to kill" described in street fighter's universe. In that universe, after each training session, practioners had to meditate to purge that energy and not let themselves be consumed by hate and lust for power! It's incredible how much realstic those concepts can be. Great video my guy.
Jesse, I'm your subscriber on all my Google accounts, I've been following you for years. I've watched many Filipino knife experts but this guy just connected with my fight instincts right away. Thank you very much PAULO! MABUHAY! I like your style of teaching.
He did some good acting when he did the practice session to impart a different feeling to Jesse. It was a great way how he demonstrated the different feeling one has by making adjustments in the feelings he was throwing off to Jesse.
One of the best videos I saw on self defense, ever. This speech can be used in business and work life too, not only to self defense. Congrats, beautiful class
I love this guys professional yet laid back way of teaching, id love to be able to take a random crash course with this dude just for the knowledge and POV
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Awesome! If you want to go deep with this kind of self defense content, check out Fight SCIENCE channel with Dr. Mark Phillips. I really like his content.
Wow 😮
This guy is, first and foremost, a phenomenal communicator. Now he’s obviously very knowledgeable, experienced and extremely well-prepared. But he’s so good because he’s engaging and can get it all across so well. Amazing.
Thank so much
He has had the luxury of filming and training with some of the top instructors for Kali/Arnis/Escrima in the world so I'd hope he'd be very knowledgeable!
I agree absolutely. @funkertactical you just found yourself a new sub 👍
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This guy is súper smart.
I love that this guy is saying anticipate the attack is better than defense.
Vigilance and awareness is something I've always promoted over actual defense techniques and fighting prowess.
If you don't put yourself in the space to be attacked, you win.
Goes back to good ol' Sun Tzu: "The greatest victory is that which requires no battle"
I had an, ahem, interaction earlier this year and what de-escalated the situation is that I saw the guy approach me from far away and backed up into a restaurant.
He was bold enough to follow me inside and take a seat at the same table, but whatever plan he had failed as we just had a short conversation after which he left. I watched his hands and to my knowledge he wasn't armed, but I didn't want to test that theory.
real. but also that extra level of preparation when u just happen to have shit luck and there's no avoiding the engagement is still important tho, cause if u need the training and don't got it, u won't have the chance to kick urself about it later.
"Best way to avoid knife... No Be There!"
This is crucial for women. No matter how much women will cry over it - we are weaker and our best defense is running like hell. Or kicking the sensitive parts and run. Either way - if you have a chance - run.
I am a bit paranoid over this, scanning the environment constantly, especially at night, if I have to even go out at night. Scan as much of the area Il can, if I spot a group of people far enough I can casually cross the street, enter the night shop whatever, to minimise the threat. I use shadow to check if someone is following me, not wearing headphones at night, whatever. I might be paranoid, but I am safe.
These 22 minutes felt like 5 minutes. I literally had to double check the timestamp at the end of the video. Fantastic stuff.
only your comment made me realize it too :D
I couldn't get past 5 minutes 😂
@@Bzrkr_73 lol different strokes, I guess =P
wwait i legit just did the same thing lmao
Odd, the first 5 minutes felt like 22 already.
Nothing wrong said though, just nothing that does not feel like common knowledge either. Maybe it's not that common, maybe it's just my hema instructors or the knife sparring we did on the side, but certainly, it feels like the same old, same old, heard a 100 times from 10 different instructors already.
I've been stabbed and attacked many times. This is the best self defence video I have ever seen. The instructor is absolutely genuine and correct, in my opinion. Great, great video.
How have you had that happened many times ?
I was a bouncer for three years, I was stabbed in the stomach, I didn’t even realize I was stabbed until the burn set in. I now know why men in war yell for their mothers when they are gut shot. It was the worst pain I have ever felt.
BRUH
I refuse to believe all of those stabs and attacks are unprovoked. Unless you got like a stabable face lol.
Clearly, people hate you.
@@oxyfee6486 I was in combat for 32 years off and on in the Corps and I never heard anybody call for their mothers. Mostly "aww, eff" or "sheet I got hit".
I love that Paul specified hugging/ dapping after doing a drill to reset emotions.
Super important.
Consider the pre fight interview/glove touch. When the acknowledgment of your opponent is removed we instinctively understand that the consequences of the encounter will be dire.
@@11235butExactly
I had a friend who was trained as bodyguard for the president of my country, and I tried to convince him to train with me. No way, he told me it would be wildly dangerous. They are trained to react by instinct, and perfectly may happen that he would cause me a great deal of damage.
@@FunkerTactical It's really not.
Knife attack survivor.
I have lots of boxing/muay thai experience, got stabbed in the head in a bar fight. Was punching one guy and another hit me from the side.
I didn't even see it, didn't know I'd been stabbed until blood started pouring from my head.
Pure luck it hit boney parts and not my neck.
Edit: having now watched the entire video, this is basically identical to UK gutter fighting, which evolved into the commando techniques used in ww2. Literally no differences. This guy is a very good instructor!
Yeah Trench warfare back then was about surviving 1 to 2 hand to hands and then using that experience to build on and hope to survive with those honed instincts. I could only imagine the absolute adrenaline spike of jumping into a cold, sub-zero, muddy trench and going hand to hand with axes, shovels, knives, etc., all while gun fights are happening around you, and you are being shelled into oblivion with air burst rounds.
Jesus dude! Glad you're alive to talk about it!
Just curious: The stab didn't penetrate your skull at all??
Carry a gat
I hate those people that attack from behind, I saw a guy hit another guy with a beer bottle from behind and run away while the guy was fighting someone else. The bottle didn't break and gave him a decent headache later on.
@@jameslopez5652 WW1 trench warfare must have been insane, just judging by exhibitions showing the wide variety of makeshift (but effective looking) close quarter weapons the soldiers made for trench raiding.
Soldiers slashing, stabbing and bludgeoning each other in the tight confines of an invaded trench, while artillery shells and machine gun fire are roaring all around, it's probably a horror that never happened before or since.
I love that Jesse is so willing to put himself into the "student" role. No ego of "I'm a blackbelt instructor." Willing to be tested, so show the learning cycle. And Paulo is a great instructor. Great concepts. Great drills. Loved this episode.
Good martial artists know there is ALWAYS something to learn. you never know it all and you never run out of things to learn. Sometimes a seasoned martial artist will even learn something super basic that they had never been taught or come across before.
Every really talented black belt I've trained with is like this. As soon as you start thinking you're the baddest guy in the room and there is nothing left to learn, you plateau and stagnate, you become George Dillman and start believing your own legend. Both of these gentlemen put the 'art' in 'martial artist'.
He is the best at this. And a stellar content creator as well. Killer combination. _Paulo
@@FunkerTactical Bro, you made me completely rethink my approach to the concept of unarmed defense. In a YT video. That is friggin epic and you should be proud. Read all of these comments saying the same thing! Next level.
our sensei always taught that 'black belt is when you begin learning karate again' so we are always on the path of learning, no matter what dan
This guy isn't just a great knife defence teacher. He's a great teacher point blank. He's methods of teaching can apply to anything. Well spoken, not harsh but professional. Knows how to keep the student engaged and making them feel good about themselves. After all how can you really learn something if you lose the interest.
Same reason I failed my final year of uni. All I wanted to do is just to start the paperwork and get it done, so I could move onto the practical side that I actually enjoy. But noo, I had to listen to some crispy old prune yammer on in a monotone voice for 1+ hours at a time.
Well as he said, its a matter of luck most of the time, since you really cant know when its gonna happen and HOW its gonna happen but hey, maybe with this combined with luck someone can use it to escape a really tough situation
@@Deja117 exactly why I do my classes online
His sentences have great information density and he's empathic. You can tell he's intelligent almost immediately.
@@xd-lf7fv If you recognize the patterns of the attacker if he wants to stab you, you will have more time to react, but it is always better to also have a weapon with you to defend yourself, definitely
This guy is an amazing teacher. The way he gives positive feedback and keeps Jesse comfortable is chef's kiss.
No He Isn't Because He Doesn't Teach How To Fight For Higher Ground When Your At A Disadvantage That's Why You Run From A Knife But You Run Towards A Gun Because You Can Outrun A Knife But You Can't Outrun A Bullet
@@rubyruby7573
Well, you are have a point there, but the instructor did explain that you also have to take into account you surroundings, and they just happened to fight in an even terrain.
Also, while you are right that you can indeed run from a knife, the instructor added a crucial reminder that it is "awareness" that comes first before a person could apply any defensive mechanism. It even showed various pre-indication patterns before any potential attacks, and it doesn't matter how great your reflexes or how fast you are, once you are in range of the knife and has no clue of what's going on then it's all for nothing.
Same goes for the bullet and the gun, even if you say that you are literally in front of the culprit, if you are oblivious to your surroundings, you get killed in point blank range.
@@rubyruby7573 only 22 minutes. He couldn't cover everything. Neither could you
@@rubyruby7573 whoever told you to run towards a gun is trying to kill you.
@@rubyruby7573 yeah, not built for that kind of running. its not in the cards for everyone.
This was BY FAR the best class abour knife defense I've seen in many years. Thank yu so much for this awesome interview. I just wish it was longer or at least that he will come back to the channel.
I think a part 2 would be great.
I was lucky enough to take a 2 day seminar with Paulo. He is a gifted teacher.
Couldn't agree more. Great stuff!
@@georgezener9527 really seems that way. Being capable to synthetized a LOT of knowledge in simple "game scenarios" takes YEARS of dedication, trial and error. And this are the first ones that seem to prepare you somewhat to a real scenario. Amazing stuff
Yeah, this is FANTASTIC.
He’s right about the analogies. In an MMA fight, expect to get punched. But train to not get punched. And every so often, you won’t get punched because you’ll win before it can happen
What I love most about this video is the pure and real humility of these two guys. No macho man, no alpha male, no bravado. This is the real deal, and I thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge in these matters.
Signs of honour
Yep - that's the best type of training partner. Your partner is not trying to prove that he is better than you; instead, he is trying to impart knowledge that will be to your benefit.
Situational awareness is what is sadly missing in most martial arts programs. This video is top notch.
Yes, exactly and it's extremely important.
@@emmanuelking9988how many programs have you spent at least a year at to know what most lack?
situational awareness is not present in society..I still sit facing the door. if there's a commotion going on I get people leaving. They are ALL mostly SO stupid. No sense of self preservation
@@cruiser6260 you need no training. You can get into a bus or room and feel like something doesn't match up
The instructor is gold
Great, a really "realistic" video about knife defense. A "probability and mentality question", rather than a "technical" question
This is the way ✊
you saw realism in the self defense championship, the other guy wanted jesse to come close to whisper something in his ear by that time the knife was already at his throat while he was distracted by the other hand
@KARATEbyJesse great video. Thanks. Can't say that I learned this but brought a lot of awareness to many things I didn't know. Are there classes that I can search for to learn and practice defense techniques? I felt that since both of you are trained, the demonstration had a lot of moves that the average attacker and subject would just not have due to no training and building anxiety/ stress preventing them from thinking clearly
😢
this is one of the times i was able to completely watch the video with complete focus. he’s a great communicator
i am a sales trainer for 25 years and i learned a lot about how to design short cut learning paths,
"what is intuition? subconscious pattern recognition." brilliant.
pattern recognition = racist bro
subconscious pattern recognition is sth else but intuition often times comes from 0 and I mean 0 like potential when there is no pattern yet and you act on your first thought creativity really exposes that
@@hayrigulle1730 well well well 🤫
@@hayrigulle1730 shut up cornball
Pattern recognition is a function of Fi, introverted feeling. Ni, introverted intuition, is explained above my comment
Working in corrections, I've been attacked many times, with and without a shiv, and half the battle is trusting your instincts and recognizing that a weapon is in play before the fight even starts. I've been stabbed twice, but probably should have been injured many more times considering the attempts made against me. Listen to your intuition, surround yourself with competent people, train to hone your skills, and hope that lady luck will smile favorably upon you, but understand that sometimes she won't. Absolutely awesome video, Sensei Enkamp!
Glad you made it! Thanks for sharing 🙏
@KARATEbyJesse Thank you for the continued excellence in your content!
Have you been attacked by someone with a razor sharp arrow tip dagger?
@mclovinthewalrus2375 Can't say that I have. I've been slashed at with a safety razor melted into a ballpoint pen, and stabbed with modified plastic cutlery and a filed down wheelchair brake handle (that was a close call). The worst injury I suffered was from a tube sock full of AA batteries. Prisoners get points for creativity when it comes to turning (relatively) safe objects into potentially deadly implements.
Hey, thanks for the feedback. What do you think about wearing stab proof clothing for those working in such environments? I can think of 2 things: inconvenience and heat. Yet to me it seems like a necessary thing since there would be no need for ballistic protection, yet you never know when someone could have a improvised weapon.
Have this Guro back! One of my favorite videos in a long time.
Awesome!!
For sure more content from this guy!
this one and the silat guy.
I want to train with that guy 😂
@@bitkarek Maul Mornie.
Highly credible and respectful pair. There is hope for humanity.
As a survivor of three knife attacks in three different countries, I say: this guy knows what he's talking about! The signs of an attack are always the same: fidgeting, touching his face, looking around, etc. Pay close attention to these signs!
3 countries? I'm actually a survivor of 4. 4 attacks in 4 different countries. 🥱
U guys are cool 😎
I didn’t survive, I’m actually dead rn 💀
What three? Are you okay
let me know the countries my intuition will tell me not to go lol
I like that his teaching style is super respectful. You can tell he's trained people from a bunch of different backrounds!
If I am not mistaken, isn't this the guy that use to run funker tactical? Went by gun noob? I miss the heck out if that channel. If that's not the same guy, then damn do they look very similar and have the same great insights! Jessie, you should see if you can do a colab with Doug Marcaida!
Thank you. I have travelled the world consulting with the best mentors. -Paulo
@عبدالرحمنعبدالله-ز4مthat’s not talking black bruh… sounds like a normal American
@عبدالرحمنعبدالله-ز4م Most of us filipinos have a western or spanish sounding and spelled names. As for his way of speaking, if I remember correctly Paulo, immigrated to Canada when he was young.a
@عبدالرحمنعبدالله-ز4م You just described most Filipinos
Honestly one of the best instructors I've seen so far. Extremely concise, not aggressive, at the same time teaching aggressive techniques. The best demonstration I've seen so far in the psychological aspects to look for, going to a point where you feel the tension during training. Showing techniques without randomly contacting you when you're not expecting it like so many of these instructors do and the person learning doesn't know if they should react or not react and it looks awkward.
Definitely would love to see more from Paulo, you two were awesome together too and how you interact.
This instructor is an absolute legend, such a wealth of knowledge and incredibly good at communicating!
Mr. Paulo Rubio is one of the most articulate instructors I have witnessed. His ability to give instruction alone would save time. Excellent instruction.
I was reading too fast and thought this said attractive
Well, standards are low.
@@MonogrammatonWell that too
Well, Mr. Paulo Rubio, and the other guy, were watching too much 80's kung-fu movies.
@@Soren_Skarsgard Whatever you say, armchair expert. Just because your 300lbs ass can't do it. 😂
Love the "we gotta do hugs & handshakes after" this guy really dials in on energy.
Yea coolest part of the video and experience. I think teacher is amazing at connect with student and way of speaking .
This video hits really close to home.
This July I was attacked in a back alley downtown Montreal by someone having a psychosis as he drew a screw driver from his backpack and stabbed me just under the collar bone, it hit my pulmonary heart artery and I bled out.... Spent over a month in intensive care and am still in rehab... all to say that it happened so fast it's insane, considering that I consider myself to be street smart and have had some experience in self defense before... But sometimes all of that doesn't matter, the guy was so unhinged that he didn't really give any of the usual signals you would usually think of, one second he seemed normal as if he was walking away, the next he was stabbing to kill.
Omg😯 thank God you still alive 🙏🏻
Glad to hear u survived the traumatic experience hope u come back even stronger, it just comes to show u cannot have the chance to predict people sometimes it is fate tossing a life changing dice upon u
Looking back can u identify any signals/signs even if non traditional? Did he run up to you or was already close? What time of day?
No more Grindr for you huh
Do you also do psychotherapy? Would probably help?
After boxing, mma, jkd, fma.. I'm a different person.. I like to watch Jesse, he is evolving... Keep going...
This guy is so great. You rarely see such a good teacher in fighting.
But does he restomp the crotch?
Thank you -Paulo
His take on this is just so realistic, unlike other people that usually overclaim what they can do in real life. This one has a nice balance of reality, solution, and expectation. Hope you have more content with him in the future. For me, this 22 minutes, although I learned a lot, it's definitely not enough. Kudos for you Jesse, of getting such an expert to talk in your video, and also on how you carry this interview/lesson.
Thank you so much!
Right on
@@FunkerTacticaloh my god this is paulo's yt channel!
Typical person who's never been attacked. I can attest to the other trainers that when you are attacked amd the person begins to lunge at you, you have enough time to grab the hand, turn it toward him, give him a wedgie and then put in an ubereats delivery to your location all before the attacker realizes you've even blinked.
Not going to lie. His demonstration of body language before an attack brought back a lot of memories.
Right!?
You been attack alot?
Are you a racist? Why are you using a racist character
@@2gunzup07 some people have believe it or not. most people have never experienced anything close
@@2gunzup07 At one point yeah, but this is also reminding me distinctly of a lot of sus conversations I’ve had that just didn’t feel right. Now I know why. That’s the scary thing.
This may be the best knife defense video I’ve ever seen. Everything he said was a revelation. A good reminder to de-escalate, run, and not engage whenever a knife might be present.
More than knife defense, I learned how to "teach" with this... Great video!!
I thought the same. When he mentioned that he is sometimes tasked with teaching officers and only a short window to do so, I thought that this method of teaching is also born out of this method. Idk if that made sense but it does to me lol
THIS also how to LEARN better
@@maddscientist82 It does, it made me also re-think the ways I teach FMA in classes.
It's really a great video
@@angusmatheson8906 I agree with this as well
In 20 years of training and teaching Krav Maga, I have to say that this is one of the most incredible knife defense explanations I’ve ever seen.
Absolutely brilliant!!
I think most of it is good, but what about at 17:10? He first suggests the Russian tie, which is a good idea, putting his weak attacking side close to your body. His next suggestion seems dangerous. The "inside two on one control" which puts his strong attacking side close to your body. Seems that control is the opposite of where you want to be, as it takes very little for him to create enough separation for a strong stabbing movement toward your body. The 'knife switch" there is nonsense as well, as he could have stabbed to the stomach or thigh much easier than switching the knife from that position.
lol doesnt surprise me when all u did is KVM
@@strammerdetlef it’s not the only thing I’ve done 😎 but yeah, I understand what you’re saying.
20years and havent figured this out😂
@@anttihuttula6547 lmao.
At a young age when I was searching for myself and a martial art that I would like, I stumbled upon many different people training many different things. Once I was doing a "knife defense" scenario with my friend, who have been training Krav Maga and he was quite sure about his skills. I took a marker, pretending it's a knife and not following the scenarios they have trained, just attacking I painted his whole with that marker. Other time I was trying to train with my friend who was part of "medieval bratherhood". In addition to sword fighting, axe fighting, or medieval wrestling, they also trained intensively in knife fighting. Encouraged by my previous experiences with the marker, I decided to try my hand at it. But I was very surprised when they completely destroyed me. Then I thought - it's not about defending yourself against a knife that you need to learn, but about fighting with a knife, it allows you to think and predict the way your opponent will use it. Now I'm not the youngest anymore and I certainly wouldn't want to defend myself against an attacker with a knife, and certainly not without something "bigger" at hand...
Thanks for sharing
Absolutely, to defend against any kind of weapon, you have to know the weapon. You only start to know a weapon if you train to use it. So actually training to use a knife is half the training to defend yourself against a knife.
Excellent point !
Been training krav maga for years and the training methodology has shifted and isn't about a defense for this/that/the other, mainly about situational awareness and the aforementioned pre-attack indicators. We also train more ground/jiu jitsu where it wasn't a thing before.
If everyone carried sideswords it would make everyone much safer
Your teacher is GREAT! Im having a problem finding words to describe how good teacher this man is! Amazing!
The UK should be experts at this. Very interesting video.
No doubt they have experience
Oh yeah! But we're not allowed to talk about it.
UK 🇬🇧 - United Knifes 🔪
@@KARATEbyJesse Yeahy will it very scary situations in the UK
But.... making guns illegal stops murders... right? 😂😂😂
Multiple knife encounter survivor here. All of this is gold. I had martial arts training long before my first fight, but it didnt matter. Adversaries were all unskilled, training meant nothing unless it was muscle memory. Important note, neither of us reacted to slashes or stabs until distance was gained. I didnt feel two 12 inch slashes (commercial kitchen bread knife) on my leading arm until the medics started stripping my shirt off, 5 mins after encounter. Best advice i have is control their elbows and wrists, the rest follows when they are trying to stab. Be careful out there.
adrenaline is a helluva drug
You mist be from UK or Germany
Why'd they attack you?
you might be rethinking your live choices...
#doubt
This video is Gold! It has drills for all levels that are easy to follow. The biggest problem I have with knife defense seminars is that although the instructor is quite skilled he has a hard time translating that skill into workable drills for the rest of us. You walk away thinking , ' He was great! I have no idea how to do any of that stuff at the end...' In THIS video he gives someone like me 3 or 4 drills that I could use right away. Excellent video!!
Wonderful, so glad to hear!
Thank you
This instructor emphasized on the importance of real life situations based on the variabilities. Even an already trained student of a different discipline would have a lightbulb moment because it just makes complete sense. This instructor is a very effective communicator verbally and tactically. Great stuff.
The reverse blink thing was genius. That .04 seconds or whatever is exactly what you'd see if someone was surprise attacking. Training to take all the information you can and formulate a reaction that you get from that is a great idea.
Yes it is. I had to give it a try. In the corner I have an old golf set that I don't use. So I closed my eyes looked in its direction and reversed blink. Once my eyes were shut I tried to count the clubs from memory of the blink.
I remember doing this exercise at a Tony Blauer seminar in the late 90's.
@@williamsisk2897 you need a repeatable experiment. Some website with visual rng would work.
I think that reverse blink would be good with different types of training.
Exactly.
Idk why YT suddenly started reccomending me fighting stuff again but Jesse you have singlehandedly revived my faith in Martial Arts. For whatever that's worth.
The kindness from the knife instructor some how comes through his teachings. Seems like a really good dude.
Wow! Without a doubt I got more out of Paulo's demonstrations about defense in general, not just knife defense, than the last 20 videos I've watch combined. VERY nice job, thanks for having him on your channel. Subbed!
Oooooh This guy is good. Smooth, intelligent, respectful, honest. Discussion and explanation of the why, display and example of the how then engage and practice with mutual trust, repeat. Excellent training of mind and body in a balanced way. A good Sensei.
He was Doug Marcaida's training dummy and student for years. Check out the OG later.
In our kali training, we used to chalk the "knife" so you knew for sure where you failed to stop it. White chalk all over a black shirt was a bad day.
We used a “taser” knife with an electric blade. It was not enjoyable to be shocked by it. Our instructor would let us be in a grappling situation and just toss it in with us and man your heart rate jumps up.
We trained with a marker pen in our dojo only one guy didn't get marked.
He immediately turned and dropped to the ground and into sprint position and went!
Red lipstick on the training knife edge over a white t-shirt makes it real-looking
We use delica trainers. If you got stabbed or cut you would feel it. When I started I eas cowered with stab and cut marks for weeks (just from one training).
@@curtisnixon5313 Did this in Krav Maga.
The back and forth accurate answers to the right questions is peak. Its so apparent that both of you are incredibly experienced at self defense.
This was amazing Jesse, I was enthralled the entire 22 minutes listening to Paulo, it's very clear he has a wealth of knowledge and experience teaching about this.
He include all the subconscious and instinctive counterpart , this is probably the best of all the teachings on self défense that I have saw! This guy is great❤
Thank you so much. There's more to this. -Paulo
What a fantastic teacher! His instruction is all meat with no fat. So glad you connected with this guy, Jesse!
Right on
I barely comment on youtube videos but I just have to share that I learned so much more with this 22 min video with knife self defense than my 10 year experience traditionally learning hand-to-hand combat with eskrima here in the Philippines. This video can save lives.
This was fantastic all around. What an amazing instructor with great communication, delivery and information
This is the densest and most comprehensive self-defense lesson I've ever seen. Paulo is a fantastic teacher.
The collab I never knew I dreamt of.
Glad to hear 🙏
@@KARATEbyJesseas always Paulo never ceases to disappoint. The funniest is that he was reluctant to teach at first.
yeah
This was probably the best self defense video I have seen! The method and the intelligence shown by Paulo is just practical, smart and I can see being an amazing way to address how to protect yourself in a menacing environment. He is so right that factors outside training are infinite. Hoped other “self-defense gurus” actually saw this! They would learn! Thank you Jesse for this! You have an amazing channel!
This was absolutely amazing! Solid wisdom on both knife defense and teaching/training methodology. Thank you!
11:42 Bruce Lee said to completely master a martial art is to forget it. To study the movements so thoroughly you are no longer confined by them, rather that they are a part of you. This way they become instinctive/reflex,.. not reactions.
ONE Shot video, REAL Talk and PURE Experience
He is a great instructor and communicator. He has an air of peacefulness and restrained aggression. Awesome Dude.
That statement about the value of being a bro between training reps at 10:50 is so true. There is one guy I train with who refuses to engage with the fist pumps, handshakes, hugs, or whatever and I HATE rolling with him because even though he is great at what he does, I feel in danger when I work with him.
That reverse blink is an epiphany and is gold. Gonna practice myself and teach it to my fiance as well
Thank you, Jesse, for educating which you also do by featuring master martial artists and master teachers. I've seen Paulo Rubio in some Funker Tactical videos, but this was my first time seeing him instruct. He is a genius and such a great instructor. I love how he articulates, breaks concepts down in a way that can easily be understood, gets excited about what is being taught, and positively encourages your responses in every way that he can. You two had such a good dynamic and interacted so well with each other. I learned from Paulo but also from you by the way you verbalized what you learned. Thank you so much. Please keep creating educational, fun content!
The tell tale signs of a fight were all there. That intent felt real even just sitting here. Great video! Amazing teacher! Thank you both!
BJJ black belt & ex pro tennis player here. The best advice is recognizing the behavior patterns. Anticipation is easy when you can clearly read the physical signs. People will show you what they want to do before they do it. You have to have the ability and attentiveness to read those signs and react accordingly. This is a life saving video!
Most folks won’t understand how incredible an asset it is to be training in BJJ with a tennis background 🙏🏼
The bit I found most fascinating was when you were discussing mental attitude. I've known several people - practising martial artists with at least several years of training - who had never been in a street fight. And when someone went for them with real malicious intent, they froze and didn't fight back.
Common!
What" martial arts" do you mean exactly,
@@epics306 doesnt matter what martial art it is. if you arent trained to deal with antisocial violence, there is a chance youll freeze, for at least a moment. ive seen MMA guys do it, karate guys, tkd, even boxers and wrestlers (though they both seem to freeze less often in my experience).
@@ssthsThe Fight-or-Flight response is very strong and very basic!
@@ssths also, cam you share the situations you saw , and describe how they looked?
Always happy to see more FMA videos, loved the trapping hands moment lol. This guy presents his deep knowledge with such great charisma!
This video hits an important point - building intuition. Any juvenile in the animal kingdom typically play fights in some way which forms their intuition for survival. So 19:40 our human monkey brains also need the same kinds of play scenarios to build our intuition. Drilling with different opponents gives your brain more scenarios to compute!
dude this guy knows his shit i literally called someone out as he was about to aproach me as soon as he started scanning the room and then checked his pockets, he started walking at me and i told him out loud hey i dont know who you think i am but i dont know you and we dont have beef he nodded and then changed directions, i left out the other door and went home quick.
Something the instructor didn't cover, the psychological aspect of it when you can guilt them or scare them
Two excellent self-defense teachers - realistic and eloquent. It seems it's best to get rid of all emotions and focus mainly on distancing, techniques, and tacticss - including creating space for running away to safety. Great video. (I, too learned how to swim the hard way: my uncles threw me out of the boat in Laguna Bay and told me to "swim". Another uncle taught me a few karate techniques and told me to fight. What the hell ?!?).
I have about 12-15 years of martial arts training over the course of my life starting at 15 (now 71) including a Shodan Kyokushinkai. This gentleman is one of the best instructors I have ever encountered. Would love to spend at least a week in doing seminars with him.
I love that word, concentrating a lot on the psychology of your opponent in this video and the pre-fight signs.
@@1massboy Yes! It’s essential 👍
This guy is one of the best I’ve seen on your channel. Not only incredibly knowledgeable, but entertaining and charismatic. And a genuinely nice guy
Filipino Martial Arts is a different animal!
Great interview and training.
Paulo Rubio is solid!
This teacher has an awesome vocabulary. He’s able to very much convey his teaching methodology. He makes it easy to understand .
What a great instructor! He categorized the fundamentals so well. He is showing concepts and not just sequences. He's legit!
I'm so relieved to see these honest, intelligent conversations about martial arts. These are things I have tried to say, but was always mocked and called stupid.
communication is so hard and some personalities are naturals at it
This guy is an excellent trainer. He has high communication skills, kept me watching till the end
Probably one of the best if not the best video I've seen regarding knife defense.
No matter how scary a knife might be, I hope my instinct to survive and training instincts kick in full blast.
Holy smoke, this guy is brilliant! Not that I know anything about knife defence, just that the way he explains things and does the drills is just so good at taking one step by step.
He stays brilliant for as long as it's not taking place on the streets. Knife fight experts don't exist on the streets they only exist in gyms.
@@avatarion He's brilliant in the way he teaches and conducts himself. Obviously a very high IQ individual, and lots of emotional intelligence as well. If you were to fight against a knife, I'd rather have his training than none. And yes, you can be a knife expert, that doesn't mean you're going to survive or prevail, just like an accomplished F1 pilot can still die in a crash. Life is about odds. But all things being equal, the trained person has the odds in his favor. That's not even a debate if your IQ is in triple digits. Here is ONE example:
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If this was a regular couch potato, he'd be dead.
@@avatarion But it's live training, I'd wager someone training these scenarios and doing live "sparring" would have a better chance of survival if put into a situation where they can't run or who have been spontaneously attacked and have to act instinctually (this is why repetitions matter)
@@ButteredPecan17 You would have 10% better chances, that's why there are no knife fight veterans on the streets.
@@avatarion Or because being attacked by a knife-wielding foe is rare in and of itself, even rarer the incredibly small group of knife-trained people being attacked with a knife, but keep thinking you're some bearer of wisdom lil bro.
I have to say he’s incredible at communicating his knowledge in a learning process. Constantly asking questions and making sure they’re on the same page through it. Awesome teacher!
HAHA jesse's gonna have tricks up his sleeve the next time he gets into a shank tank.
Awesome vid! Knife defense is def one of the hardest topics to properly get into, and this vid really showed us alot in such a short amount of time! Would love to see more of this guy
That was a great video with very clear communications from Paulo. Also, kudos to Jesse because he was the perfect foil for the instructor to guide us along the path. Especially those of us with little to no martial arts training.
As semi Retired Law Enforcement I found this video extremely informative. This is an approach to training that I can identify with and work into my current training.
Thank you for sharing.
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this was one of the best things I've ever seen about the knife, and I learnt some great concepts. If I could add my two cents worth, of first importance is a knowledge of humanity, and to have a dispassionate ability to judge other people really quickly. when you realise somebody is a bad guy, don't let them get close. It's a simple old bit of knowledge, but if you watch most action films, they make a huge mistake of pointing a gun at somebody within grabbing range. Same as knife range, don't let them get close and verbally warn them to back off, let them feel yourstern vibe, not aggressive, but streetwise and harsh. They might think better of it. if they keep coming, they mean business, and if it's too late to run put something between you and them quickly. grab a barstool or chair, which is a fantastic weapon, legs pointed to them. always jab and stab rather than swing the stool/broom stick/ bag/ leather jacket. it's a good practice to actually practice whipping off a jacket or a shirt and wrapping it round your shield arm. If you think of the old time warriors, a knife is just a weapon, and you need to practice in your daily life thinking about all the things that are potential weapons all around you.
As being a former inmate and have been involved in a lot of knife fights, attackers are way faster than that. A whole lot of repetitive double and triple thrusts. All that blocking and then trying to divert doesn't work. You try to block, they just pull their arm back and thrust again behind your arm before you can even process it. The body language in the beginning was on point though.
Yep this sht makes you maybe 10% better but that's about it.
@ facts
Afaik in krav maga the defence against thrusts is a two arm X block that turns into a lock (so the opponent's arm is trapped) and can become a disarm if the conditions are right.
This obviously relies heavily on the beginning part of the video about the defender predicting the attack and being ready to meet it with the technique, and luck and being close enough in strength and all the usual caveats for hand-to-hand.
0:48
He just told you the truth right there, in less than a minute. 0.14 seconds and you jump to trash commenting faster than that.
@@avatarion 10% can be the difference between a deep stab wound, and having your guts pierced
This guy is actually truly a modern master of his craft. I would love to spend a week exchanging mindsets and training methods with him. Ad the guy from fight science and the world would benefit
I like how Jesse's answers are always on point and Paulo is such a great teacher
I can always tell when the person you're working with is a really good instructor because, even over video, they'll demonstrate something and I'll find my hands trying to twitch in response to it. Mr. Rubio would definitely be an interesting person to train with.
Hope to see you soon
I keep scrolling all over youtube everytime with a maximum 5 minutes on each video until I land on one of your videos, I don't know how I complete them end to end! Keep it up bro
what an incredible instructor. This video taught me more practical framing than many schools I've been to in such a short time. The vision here is so key
This dude knows his stuff. Great way of teaching.
Bro at 10:30 just described purging the "satsui no hado" or "intention to kill" described in street fighter's universe. In that universe, after each training session, practioners had to meditate to purge that energy and not let themselves be consumed by hate and lust for power! It's incredible how much realstic those concepts can be.
Great video my guy.
Akuma running around stabbing random ppl lol
Satsui no hado is the “surge of murderous intent”. It is not necessary the intent but the emotional build up related to surge of negative emotions.
Jesse, I'm your subscriber on all my Google accounts, I've been following you for years. I've watched many Filipino knife experts but this guy just connected with my fight instincts right away. Thank you very much PAULO! MABUHAY! I like your style of teaching.
Mabuhay kapatid. -Paulo
He did some good acting when he did the practice session to impart a different feeling to Jesse. It was a great way how he demonstrated the different feeling one has by making adjustments in the feelings he was throwing off to Jesse.
One of the best videos I saw on self defense, ever. This speech can be used in business and work life too, not only to self defense. Congrats, beautiful class
I love this guys professional yet laid back way of teaching, id love to be able to take a random crash course with this dude just for the knowledge and POV
04:45 the speed in which he pulled that knife out is heinous
This guy is hands down the best instructor with the most realistic explanation and instruction on this topic Ive ever seen on YT.
YES!!! After BJJ, I was hoping Jesse would tackle this topic! Let's Go!!!
🔥🔥🔥 Much more coming!!
Icy Mike would strike first! LOL Wonderboy or Seth would get out of there first, but if you followed them, they would kick the crap out of you! LOL
Bro those last (completely unscripted) drills have better choreography than most modern Hollywood movies
Out of so many knife defense videos I've seen, this was THE BEST.
Thank you. -Paulo