Simple and effective... To coin a frase its "the appliance of science". Train with mick and he asks you to question everything he says, test the techniques and not to take anything as gospel. You won't find a more honest self protection instructor who just isnt interested in building a name a brand or selling his knowledge to make a few quid. Mick has given away absolute goldmine of knowledge completely free on some of the old self protection forum's as well as his own. If you are seriously interested in learning this stuff have a look at some of his old posts and articles.
I love your stuff. I don't even practice/train in any martial arts/fighting regimen. But,I can see that your stuff applies to the most common situations. Brilliant stuff with the shock start and others.
Best practical combat teacher on the net, hands up (because hands down will get you KTFO). I hope he goes deeper into this, because it has more application than you might think. Particularly when aiming strikes from a loose grappling situation, you cannot always see very well. You can feel where your targets are though, and get used to throw strikes based on that rather than targets you see. Nothing makes someone let go of you like landing a bare handed strike to the right part of them.
except i dont like hitting my fingers with a hammer! lol. I think of chopping onions and using closed hand and knuckles to guide the large blade knife, also a close index to feed the veggies to the blade.
Not to speak heresy, but for the first time in my life I understand a tai chi and old school martial arts practice/principle. You touch him, you know him, and he cannot disengage you. There was a game like the opposite of tag. In a courtyard, a room, a forest, can you break the contact of the master? Can you stop him from having a finger on you? And in all of the art and theory, I never saw it until just now. If you're maintaining deliberate contact, you know where and how he is and can use it on him.
Heretic chinese martial arts guy here. Love Mick's channel but occasionally his work feels like he's reinventing tai chi or wing at times. A good example of this is his Engaged Start for striking video, which reminds me a lot of push hands.
If youve got a bit of time on your hand here's a video of a tai chi instructor explaining some of those concepts th-cam.com/video/_ECefk8L1l8/w-d-xo.html
Simple and effective... To coin a frase its "the appliance of science". Train with mick and he asks you to question everything he says, test the techniques and not to take anything as gospel. You won't find a more honest self protection instructor who just isnt interested in building a name a brand or selling his knowledge to make a few quid. Mick has given away absolute goldmine of knowledge completely free on some of the old self protection forum's as well as his own. If you are seriously interested in learning this stuff have a look at some of his old posts and articles.
I love your stuff. I don't even practice/train in any martial arts/fighting regimen. But,I can see that your stuff applies to the most common situations. Brilliant stuff with the shock start and others.
Best practical combat teacher on the net, hands up (because hands down will get you KTFO).
I hope he goes deeper into this, because it has more application than you might think. Particularly when aiming strikes from a loose grappling situation, you cannot always see very well. You can feel where your targets are though, and get used to throw strikes based on that rather than targets you see. Nothing makes someone let go of you like landing a bare handed strike to the right part of them.
Thanks Mick, great content. You have a great teaching technique.
A great blend of humour and serious
Wow.. I hope you share more content.. Learned a lot from you
as usual, Mick Coup explains with analytical rigour and uses no-nonsense examples. Good work.
Hi Mick. You deserve more subscribers
3:04 Mr. Coup took one for the Team, lol. Excellent new videos. Thank you!
Getting more active on TH-cam I see, excellent stuff as always Mick !
gonna practice this, kinda feel excited about such an approach that is so basic yet you can rarely see it anywhere
WOW! Great Idea with that padholding!! LOVE it, like always!!
As always, enlightning!
I need to start saving to come and learn from you 😀
Another great drill guys
I love the lion's face. Looks like its pondering career options.
Great work
I wish I could afford to get lesson from this guy.
Great. Just great. Like holding a nail in place before bringing down the hammer.
Steve BB great metaphor!! Gonna use it!
except i dont like hitting my fingers with a hammer! lol. I think of chopping onions and using closed hand and knuckles to guide the large blade knife, also a close index to feed the veggies to the blade.
Another good one
So good
very clever
A geezer who talks sense!
Little? Haha.
Oooooo I know of an ufc Champ who does this. Great advice
whats the best way to get in to touch a person and not take too much damage?
research "the fence". in the street they will come to you. this isnt for match fighting
Not to speak heresy, but for the first time in my life I understand a tai chi and old school martial arts practice/principle. You touch him, you know him, and he cannot disengage you. There was a game like the opposite of tag. In a courtyard, a room, a forest, can you break the contact of the master? Can you stop him from having a finger on you? And in all of the art and theory, I never saw it until just now. If you're maintaining deliberate contact, you know where and how he is and can use it on him.
Heretic chinese martial arts guy here. Love Mick's channel but occasionally his work feels like he's reinventing tai chi or wing at times. A good example of this is his Engaged Start for striking video, which reminds me a lot of push hands.
If youve got a bit of time on your hand here's a video of a tai chi instructor explaining some of those concepts
th-cam.com/video/_ECefk8L1l8/w-d-xo.html
the chinese teach it all back to front imo. love to shroud everything in mysticism.