Good stuff, I did back up and trip over a shovel when I got into a fight at work, the guy was swinging hay makers so I backed up and when I tripped he instantly tried to get full mount, I squirmed out of it but took a couple shots in the process- we were up on a flat roof three story's high trying to knock each other out- so stupid but sometimes when your angry, you just go blank
@@sambphillips959 we both got some punches in, but it was eventually broken up. He had to go doctor's and I didn't so I think I got DA better shots on him, yeah we were at university of Hawaii on a roof.✌
Another tip especially useful for backing up is to train to have your foot lead your body and not the other way around. Those who do Wing Chun already know this, but many other disciplines like boxing will teach the opposite because it's faster. It's faster on a ring, maybe, but it's also a lot more dangerous if there are objects or other people behind you, maybe it's raining or there's grass or even worse if there are stairs going down behind you. If your foot is leading, you'll know the obstacle is there before commiting your body mass.
Bill Murray we do the same thing in Choy Li Fut. We train in someone’s back yard, and there are little things like flower pots you can back into when sparring.
Great to see someone bring up how the environment effects the fight! You are old school and it is great! A friend and I used to practice just like we were in a bar for many of the reasons you mention.
I always love seeing movements straight from the forms explained in a logical realistic way like that. Excellent as per usual. I'm curious how you feel about the sticky-legs drill. It's obviously not something that would come up in basic self defense, but I imagine it would be rather helpful in developing an instinctual understanding of how to respond to a trained opponent's legwork. I only ask because I know your older videos were a little more traditionally WC focused.
Nice question. I think traditional Chi Gerk is over complicated. It does have value and can teach to deal with basic trips and throws if practiced properly. Also great if you add an emphasis on body structure to the exercise.
In my utmost humble opinion. This is spot on, and known in the field within security work as” transitional spaces” and many who are unawares, neglect how often they find themselves in such contexts/ scenarios/ environments depicted here,( in the video) in their day to day life. This may include( but certainly not limited to) hallways, cellars, staircases, parking lots/garages/ storages/ malls/ shopping centers, elevators( convenience/ drug stores) gas/ bus/ train stations, washing halls, clerks offices, restaurants etc. When you start to go through and analyze one’s daily routines that include such surroundings, you will be surprised how regularly you’ll frequent these types of settings/ venues and the potential dangers they may entail. The risks contained within transitional spaces are always present as they are constantly frequented by uncontrolled factors, ie other people/ settings you do not know, so to be aware of these issues highlighted in this video by Sifu Mark, is all a part of the game when it comes to “ Awareness equals Avoidance” as in, to be Active- pro- Active, and being able to deal within the context of Murphy’s Law: Expect the unexpected. Example: you go through a mall and always take a shortcut through a narrow passage between the Starbucks and adjacent shop, business as usual, except for that specific day someone follows you through the passage with the aim to snatch your bag, usually you could run or turn with an clear exit path( what you were clueless to) is the group of re-decorators/ painters that had been there the day before and stored an excessive amount of paint cans, brushes, small stools in the passage way. So a common regular day can turn into an intricate and highly dangerous situation in an instant, and thus again, incredibly important to consider these factors mentioned in this video. Sincere regards Fellow martial brother Tom Framnes. Norway.
Thank you Tom, great advice and observations. I'm reading this from Germany at the moment. Here teaching a Self Defence seminar. It will be nice to meet when I'm in Norway again. Hopefully within the next few months. Until then, have great day.
Fight SCIENCE My appreciations sir, and thank you for your kind reply. As I know you are an extremely preoccupied individual, with many responsibilities, not only for your school and students, but with( unsurprisingly) seminars, teaching, TH-cam etc as well. :) would be an honor and privilege to be able to meet up with you, truly, so if you find yourself in Norway close to Oslo in the future, then please, let it be known far and wide and i will do what I can to be able to meet up with you. Would love the honor to converse and share, with such an talented and sound minded individual as yourself. Wish you safe travels and best of luck/ blessings with your seminar Sir, they are privileged to have you. - Tom.
Great explanation of the possible scenarios! You can also use some of the objects as a weapon, (offensive or defensive) in case the moron attacking pulls one. For example you can use a chair or stool, shovel etc., as a shield against a knife. Also, practice backing up by stepping onto the ball of your foot and then planting your heel, thus doing it is much harder to lose your balance and fall backwards. Think when you are in different places how you might move and improvise weapons and tactics to your advantage in case a fight does break out. Like blockmasterscott commented, think Jackie Chan!!
Proper ukemi is useful for falling backwards and forwards. It’s great for using the momentum of the fall to get back to your feet in a balanced stance.
I really love these ideas!! Terrain affects everything and can change the type of/course of a fight. I think anyone with self awareness might possibly accidentally end up in an area like this, say -if they get chased by someone and reach a dead end (or a room like this) and get trapped by the attacker. I like the idea of turning the attacker too, you could use the objects against them too, like you did, or even perhaps push them away after striking in the hopes they go hurtling into/over an object and maybe give you a chance to escape. I also like one of the comments someone put here about leading/feeling around with the feet and keeping your body weight on the back foot (if going forwards) or on the front foot (if going backwards) to stop tripping over stuff. I tend to find I occasionally do that anyway if I'm navigating around in the dark (and don't have a torch). Anyway thanks again for sharing your ideas sifu!! :D
hello Sifu. ive got a couple of friends that do mma (mixed martial arts for any beginners reading) kick boxing and brazilian jiu-jitsu. as a student of your wing chun classes would it be beneficial for me to spar with them regarding fist pad work, movement (in and out) and kicks etc. do any of these relate closely or have similar techniques to wing chun. i dont know anyone outside of your classes that solely train in wing chun. thanks in advance.
I practice sword fighting and we have the same, but also a high stepping technique, which probably was originally meant to step over corpses on a battlefield.
How to avoid killing someone during a fight last time i fought someone(not my falut) that guy had 3 ribs broken,i was kicked out of my school,i had a broken finger,and that guys brother were searching for me.
Aditya Rai Learn grappling and use it to control him and take him to the ground and make him tap out. If he has got friends around strike the knockout points and knock him out instead of breaking his ribs. You'll get in trouble anyway, so do what the situation demands..
@@RizzyG007 the problem actually is that when i start winning i can't control my self there is an urge inside me telling me no he will get up again and strike you.
Aditya Rai Just hit and run.. When you put him down. Just run to the elders or something. It saved me from a lot of trouble.. also try to keep your hands up while talking to the confronter. And practice meditation to control your mind and dont listen to comment section armchair martial artist. Theyre so pissed at him seeing explaining legit stuff that they believe nothing works for them.
Good point. If it's not fixed then possible. But you have split seconds in a fight to react and think. Why take the chance. Anyhow, yes it could work. Fair point.
I'm a indian and i love fighting but i don't fight with anyone yet and i know that i am born to Become a fighter but i don't know how to archive it CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO BECOME A FIGHTER?
Get into zen Buddhism, then boxing and finally wrestling. You'll be a god in no time if you don't get injured. Just train gently, mostly technical stuff and physical fitness- no hard sparring. I recommend boxing over wrestling as your initial training because panic grappling is an impulse ALL folk get when they're intimidated. You might as well learn to feel instinctively safe in other positions. The zen Buddhism is beneficial because it's a tool used for being fearless which is also moral and nationalistic, which will help yourself and your people simultaneously at no extra effort from you.
Born to become a fighter? Easy! Attack some random guy on the street, and go to prison, fighter. Then you get to do what you were born to do... fight of prison rapes. (*) Your butt before prison. (0) Your butt after prison, "born to be a fighter".
@@fightscience Might I suggest acting out a hypothetical scenario of self-defence in Lego form?... Followed by you beating a friend, smiling and laughing while doing so?
It would be great to look into the various styles and compare footwork strategy / philosophy. For example Jeet Kune Do is different, and some of Mantis is based on Monkey kung fu for footwork. Also Bagua has their types of lifting of the feet for steps. I think they designed that for getting around on a battlefield, with the chicken steps. Good things in this video for sure.
. I do bagua - The stepping in bagua is done when walking the circle. The idea is to train the 'stomping' kind of kicks (to the front and side of the knees, so the legs break or the person falls over). - the slip walking is called 'mud-stepping' and trains you to have you wait on your back leg. Also, the lifting the legs is done because the hips move (so the legs kind of 'swing') from the twisting the waist alternately to the hips - so it trains kicking with power from the centre. (last point!) - the whole foot is lifted at the same time (heel and ball of foot lifted) when stepping forward (from the back foot) because twisting power from waist is lost when the heal is lifted. (kind of like goat stance in wing chun - the power is strong from the legs) P.S ('chicken step' is from xingyi - A also do ;)
@@Purwapada Thanks for the good point, I'm interested in low kicks since legs aren't as well guarded. And, there's more too I think. Don't they also have kind of a sliding step? Maybe in order to not step down on a fire extinguisher (like in this video).
I do kick boxing and I’ve hit myself in a situation where a girl is pissed at me and is tryna fight me so the street fight is scheduled and I’ve have been in a street fight I’m a champion
Kick boxer but I’m very nervous as she has never done mma but happens to be ver good at street fighting so now I’m just religiously watching your vids 👍
Rule number one, never back up... Press forward. Backing up gets you killed. And Horse stance. Very stable. Sumo wrestles, football offensive linemen, all use a horse stance to keep from getting bowled over.Wing Chun's "goat riding stance" is just a high horse stance. We abandoned stable stances in modern times for Bruce lee boun cing around... but Bruce was just an actor... don't copy movie Kung Fu...
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Good stuff, I did back up and trip over a shovel when I got into a fight at work, the guy was swinging hay makers so I backed up and when I tripped he instantly tried to get full mount, I squirmed out of it but took a couple shots in the process- we were up on a flat roof three story's high trying to knock each other out- so stupid but sometimes when your angry, you just go blank
Who won? Anyone? Or was it broken up?
@@sambphillips959 we both got some punches in, but it was eventually broken up. He had to go doctor's and I didn't so I think I got DA better shots on him, yeah we were at university of Hawaii on a roof.✌
His material is always educational and teaches the basics of martial arts in real life scenarios.
Another tip especially useful for backing up is to train to have your foot lead your body and not the other way around. Those who do Wing Chun already know this, but many other disciplines like boxing will teach the opposite because it's faster. It's faster on a ring, maybe, but it's also a lot more dangerous if there are objects or other people behind you, maybe it's raining or there's grass or even worse if there are stairs going down behind you. If your foot is leading, you'll know the obstacle is there before commiting your body mass.
Bill Murray we do the same thing in Choy Li Fut. We train in someone’s back yard, and there are little things like flower pots you can back into when sparring.
thanks for going over the footworks. Good basic techniques being overlooked too often.
i just love how you laugh like a madman when you fight in these videos XD
I'm just being silly. I don't take it too seriously. We just have fun.
So glad I'm subscribed to your channel. Your instruction is practical and applicable. All the videos I've seen are action packed
Great to see someone bring up how the environment effects the fight! You are old school and it is great! A friend and I used to practice just like we were in a bar for many of the reasons you mention.
I always love seeing movements straight from the forms explained in a logical realistic way like that. Excellent as per usual.
I'm curious how you feel about the sticky-legs drill. It's obviously not something that would come up in basic self defense, but I imagine it would be rather helpful in developing an instinctual understanding of how to respond to a trained opponent's legwork. I only ask because I know your older videos were a little more traditionally WC focused.
Nice question. I think traditional Chi Gerk is over complicated. It does have value and can teach to deal with basic trips and throws if practiced properly. Also great if you add an emphasis on body structure to the exercise.
I really love your videos... Very helpful and logical..
In my utmost humble opinion.
This is spot on, and known in the field within security work as” transitional spaces” and many who are unawares, neglect how often they find themselves in such contexts/ scenarios/ environments depicted here,( in the video) in their day to day life.
This may include( but certainly not limited to) hallways, cellars, staircases, parking lots/garages/ storages/ malls/ shopping centers, elevators( convenience/ drug stores) gas/ bus/ train stations, washing halls, clerks offices, restaurants etc.
When you start to go through and analyze one’s daily routines that include such surroundings, you will be surprised how regularly you’ll frequent these types of settings/ venues and the potential dangers they may entail.
The risks contained within transitional spaces are always present as they are constantly frequented by uncontrolled factors, ie other people/ settings you do not know, so to be aware of these issues highlighted in this video by Sifu Mark, is all a part of the game when it comes to “ Awareness equals Avoidance” as in, to be Active- pro- Active, and being able to deal within the context of Murphy’s Law: Expect the unexpected.
Example: you go through a mall and always take a shortcut through a narrow passage between the Starbucks and adjacent shop, business as usual, except for that specific day someone follows you through the passage with the aim to snatch your bag, usually you could run or turn with an clear exit path( what you were clueless to) is the group of re-decorators/ painters that had been there the day before and stored an excessive amount of paint cans, brushes, small stools in the passage way.
So a common regular day can turn into an intricate and highly dangerous situation in an instant, and thus again, incredibly important to consider these factors mentioned in this video.
Sincere regards
Fellow martial brother
Tom Framnes.
Norway.
Thank you Tom, great advice and observations. I'm reading this from Germany at the moment. Here teaching a Self Defence seminar. It will be nice to meet when I'm in Norway again. Hopefully within the next few months. Until then, have great day.
Fight SCIENCE
My appreciations sir, and thank you for your kind reply. As I know you are an extremely preoccupied individual, with many responsibilities, not only for your school and students, but with( unsurprisingly) seminars, teaching, TH-cam etc as well. :)
would be an honor and privilege to be able to meet up with you, truly, so if you find yourself in Norway close to Oslo in the future, then please, let it be known far and wide and i will do what I can to be able to meet up with you. Would love the honor to converse and share, with such an talented and sound minded individual as yourself.
Wish you safe travels and best of
luck/ blessings with your seminar Sir, they are privileged to have you.
- Tom.
Good video sifu, makes sense also to shove the opponent Into objects to take away his balance and evasion
Great explanation of the possible scenarios! You can also use some of the objects as a weapon, (offensive or defensive) in case the moron attacking pulls one. For example you can use a chair or stool, shovel etc., as a shield against a knife. Also, practice backing up by stepping onto the ball of your foot and then planting your heel, thus doing it is much harder to lose your balance and fall backwards. Think when you are in different places how you might move and improvise weapons and tactics to your advantage in case a fight does break out. Like blockmasterscott commented, think Jackie Chan!!
Proper ukemi is useful for falling backwards and forwards. It’s great for using the momentum of the fall to get back to your feet in a balanced stance.
Excellent advice and information ☝🏻
Great advice as always your videos are great in my Wing Chun training as we spare as well as do Chi sou .
That's great news!! You have to spare in Wing Chun. So many schools don't bother.
Great video as always!!
I really love these ideas!! Terrain affects everything and can change the type of/course of a fight. I think anyone with self awareness might possibly accidentally end up in an area like this, say -if they get chased by someone and reach a dead end (or a room like this) and get trapped by the attacker.
I like the idea of turning the attacker too, you could use the objects against them too, like you did, or even perhaps push them away after striking in the hopes they go hurtling into/over an object and maybe give you a chance to escape.
I also like one of the comments someone put here about leading/feeling around with the feet and keeping your body weight on the back foot (if going forwards) or on the front foot (if going backwards) to stop tripping over stuff. I tend to find I occasionally do that anyway if I'm navigating around in the dark (and don't have a torch). Anyway thanks again for sharing your ideas sifu!! :D
Awesome chanel! Keep up the great content. Perhaps do a video on chokes and ecsapes from them.
You cant escape most chokes but you can prevent them
The only things you want touching the ground in a street fight are both your feet and your opponents face... :) Great video. Thank you.
I only did a push kick once in an altercation and that was to create space
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Thank you very much for making a video on my question from before (I was really looking forward to it) the info was really useful.
Kind regards.
Good video sir. Where the heck do u find these abandoned places?? Lol
Unfortunately this is Wood Green. 😉
hello Sifu. ive got a couple of friends that do mma (mixed martial arts for any beginners reading) kick boxing and brazilian jiu-jitsu. as a student of your wing chun classes would it be beneficial for me to spar with them regarding fist pad work, movement (in and out) and kicks etc. do any of these relate closely or have similar techniques to wing chun. i dont know anyone outside of your classes that solely train in wing chun. thanks in advance.
We have same circle in southern mantis Kung fu
Nice.
I practice sword fighting and we have the same, but also a high stepping technique, which probably was originally meant to step over corpses on a battlefield.
That was excellent but bomb
How to avoid killing someone during a fight last time i fought someone(not my falut) that guy had 3 ribs broken,i was kicked out of my school,i had a broken finger,and that guys brother were searching for me.
Aditya Rai Learn grappling and use it to control him and take him to the ground and make him tap out. If he has got friends around strike the knockout points and knock him out instead of breaking his ribs. You'll get in trouble anyway, so do what the situation demands..
@@RizzyG007 the problem actually is that when i start winning i can't control my self there is an urge inside me telling me no he will get up again and strike you.
@@RizzyG007 thanks for the advice man
Aditya Rai Just hit and run.. When you put him down. Just run to the elders or something. It saved me from a lot of trouble.. also try to keep your hands up while talking to the confronter. And practice meditation to control your mind and dont listen to comment section armchair martial artist. Theyre so pissed at him seeing explaining legit stuff that they believe nothing works for them.
It's better to be judged by 12 than be carried by 6
I'm Like Your Video. Now Can You Do A Hip Throw Defense.
If timing and opportunity is right way not kick/slide object towards attack?? I do see it being hazardous but could it be affective??
Good point. If it's not fixed then possible. But you have split seconds in a fight to react and think. Why take the chance. Anyhow, yes it could work. Fair point.
Is this your practice room?
Just watch any Jackie Chan movie lol.
I was just thinking the same thing as I was reading the comments lmmfao!!!!!
I'm a indian
and i love fighting
but i don't fight with anyone yet
and i know that i am born to
Become a fighter
but i don't know how to archive it
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO BECOME A FIGHTER?
Get into zen Buddhism, then boxing and finally wrestling. You'll be a god in no time if you don't get injured. Just train gently, mostly technical stuff and physical fitness- no hard sparring. I recommend boxing over wrestling as your initial training because panic grappling is an impulse ALL folk get when they're intimidated. You might as well learn to feel instinctively safe in other positions. The zen Buddhism is beneficial because it's a tool used for being fearless which is also moral and nationalistic, which will help yourself and your people simultaneously at no extra effort from you.
Born to become a fighter? Easy! Attack some random guy on the street, and go to prison, fighter. Then you get to do what you were born to do... fight of prison rapes. (*) Your butt before prison. (0) Your butt after prison, "born to be a fighter".
💪😉👍EXCELLENT!
Starting to see a pattern here, Doctor.
The start of almost every video: Beating a friend, smiling and laughing while doing so.
I know... I have to change the pattern. Even I'm getting bored. 😉
@@fightscience Might I suggest acting out a hypothetical scenario of self-defence in Lego form?... Followed by you beating a friend, smiling and laughing while doing so?
First
And i want fight science talk about Bangladesh and india fights
Haha.... impossible.... because in Indian fights mostly we use objects to fight ..😂😂
@@srikanthkalva6500 That's why i said talk about india fights 😂😂😂
It would be great to look into the various styles and compare footwork strategy / philosophy. For example Jeet Kune Do is different, and some of Mantis is based on Monkey kung fu for footwork. Also Bagua has their types of lifting of the feet for steps. I think they designed that for getting around on a battlefield, with the chicken steps. Good things in this video for sure.
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I do bagua - The stepping in bagua is done when walking the circle. The idea is to train the 'stomping' kind of kicks (to the front and side of the knees, so the legs break or the person falls over).
- the slip walking is called 'mud-stepping' and trains you to have you wait on your back leg.
Also, the lifting the legs is done because the hips move (so the legs kind of 'swing') from the twisting the waist alternately to the hips - so it trains kicking with power from the centre.
(last point!) - the whole foot is lifted at the same time (heel and ball of foot lifted) when stepping forward (from the back foot) because twisting power from waist is lost when the heal is lifted. (kind of like goat stance in wing chun - the power is strong from the legs)
P.S ('chicken step' is from xingyi - A also do ;)
@@Purwapada Thanks for the good point, I'm interested in low kicks since legs aren't as well guarded. And, there's more too I think. Don't they also have kind of a sliding step? Maybe in order to not step down on a fire extinguisher (like in this video).
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@@peaceonearth8693 , yes the 'slidiing steps' is the "mud-stepping" I was writing about. :)
- but THe mud-stepping also cn move objects away
Nota only winshun, karate have a similar move in foot work.
#fightboss
I was thinking: If it's a short object, why not just kick it out of the way instead of circling your foot around it? Wouldn't that be easier?
Because you might trip over it. The objective is to avoid falling.
I do kick boxing and I’ve hit myself in a situation where a girl is pissed at me and is tryna fight me so the street fight is scheduled and I’ve have been in a street fight I’m a champion
Kick boxer but I’m very nervous as she has never done mma but happens to be ver good at street fighting so now I’m just religiously watching your vids 👍
@glendapeten😄..
This is like choreography. What u do is step back and kick him in the nuts until they turn into bubblegum!!!
Do proper demonstration. Wear blind fold n fight in that room
Rule number one, never back up... Press forward. Backing up gets you killed. And Horse stance. Very stable. Sumo wrestles, football offensive linemen, all use a horse stance to keep from getting bowled over.Wing Chun's "goat riding stance" is just a high horse stance. We abandoned stable stances in modern times for Bruce lee boun
cing around... but Bruce was just an actor... don't copy movie Kung Fu...
bully