Meet The Man Completely Disassociated with Martial Arts Bullshit: Mick Coup
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This video is gonna hurt your feelings and it will likely manifest in the comments. Here's a man who wants you to get over your Bruce Lee fantasies and get right down to the realities of fighting. Listen.
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This bloke reminds me of my unarmed combat instructor in the army. Do what works. Do it well. Do it quickly with aggression and go.
That was kinda Bruce's way.
#fairbairn
@@BluesManSteele yup people twist his words with their own.
Aggression is very very important and the ability to bring out that aggression and follow through without hesitation.
"The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant." - Miyamoto Musashi
Ha! That's fucking brutal.
Musashi is a brutal legend.
Truth embraces reality and it ain't pretty
To seek truth is ignorant because what are you seeking? The truth of what? No one knows what any of this is they are seeing around them. Reality? Just another word for all of this which can not be figured out. Put some thought into it, it is not hard to break it down...
@@gorillafunk725 AKA "Facts don't care about your feelings"
"Ego ruins everything" yes...so much yes....
Hmm, I've always considered the 'art' in martial arts to be the way you conduct your life. It's the concept of 'do' in Budo. How does this man stay out of trouble? He's refined his mind and emotions to avoid and resolve conflict I'm sure. I appreciate his perspective and agree, real violence doesn't have an art, i's just primal. But living life is an art, and for some the martial training is the key to unlocking those qualities of respect, dignity and humility. Thanks for sharing. Good stuff.
Agree. I love his perspective in terms of how raw, and pure it is in practical application. But in some ways that’s no better than the person on the other end of the spectrum, with perfect katas and technical knowledge, or perhaps the more ‘art’ aspect. When you lose the human pathos, you lose the human. Very few, elite people could mentally and/or physically handle the extreme combative style of training. I think some of the art needs to be in there to reach ‘hearts and minds’ of more people and, in effect, have your knowledge reach more people. It’s great if you teach the most effective art in the world, but is worth that much if only a small number of people can ever learn it? Because of the human factor, you need both in moderation. That’s playing to the probabilities, as he said.
I wonder if he just hasn't found the right martial artist to appreciate. Maybe for him, watching someone who comes in every day and works hard and has a good disposition and helps his fellows at the gym, would be something he appreciates emotionally.
It seems like he's suffered the fate of the expert, unable to shed his expertise, and so unable to enjoy the art of the field the same way a layman does.
@@googiegress You can't be further from truth.
@@BuddyLee23 Well, that's the thing, this type of knowledge isn't for anyone, never was and never will be.
@@dundee1080 Well, what do you think then?
I took a 4 day combatives class with him and it was realest training I received.
What city was the course in?
Enjoyed this interview very much. As an Englishman myself, ex professional house-painter, and ex martial arts idealist, I related to it very much.
I'd love to have a beer with Mick,... seems like a solid, straight up no-BS kinda guy!
In my honest opinion this man is the best in the field.. Self defence self protection, combatives... Call it whatever you want but outside of sport combat mick coup stands above any instructor i have researched, met or trained with over the last 17 years. Hes an absolutely first class instructor..blunt as f##k, very amusing and doesn't suffer fools but if you seriously want to learn mick will seriously improve your chances of surviving a violent encounter.
Amongst other things I did notice he says he has tried “all these martial arts over the years” something to that effect and now decides it’s all crap?
Ok, that’s fine. I agree to an extent...But you have to admit that going through that process has lead to the current mindset.
I agree with a lot he says and have also trained in different martial arts, tae Kwon do, wrestling, boxing, combat sports growing up, and recently in the last few years attended Krav Maga classes.
i would never ever say that anything I learnt growing up, my early training is “crap” I understand, it’s not as useful on the street, and it can come across outdated etc.... but I have respect for what I was taught, and it has helped in my current training in Krav Maga and in many areas of my life.
I think “verbally bashing” the local karate classes for e.g is not the best way to look at this. just because he has come to this ‘revelation’ later in life, should not take anything away from people who have gained, positive life experiences great or small from the martial arts.
be like water not coffee...
Totally agree.
People shit on TKD all the time. I can box a bit n folks will respect that but somehow think you were deluded into thinking any of TKD skills assist in combat in any way.
A friend once said to me 'ok, i always thought spinning stuff was bullshit but now i know', after i spinning heel kicked him off his feet pre a wedding where he was fooling n throwing jabs at me.
I wanted to say to him 'why the hell would you think the torque generated, the confusion that technique causes the eye, the reverse angle the heel ends up coming from, the distance covered etc wouldnt be effective in negating your skills??!'
Interestingly, it seems like ego is constantly getting in his way, even with his "revelation." For sure, ego gets in my way all the time when I think I can master it or tame it. For me, it's best to recognize its omnipresence, say hello to it, befriend it, and give it a constructive task, that of helping me live from a bigger place and make the wisest and most compassionate choice in any daily life situation.
You liste at Krav Maga....
It’s all about intent. If your training to maintain and improve your health it’s martial arts. If ur training to hurt people it’s not art form anymore, it has to be a functional. high kicks and trying to punch from the hip will get u badly hurt.
I love the comment of picking the less worst option. So many people think in self defense they can defend themselves and have a Moral Kombat "Flawless Victory" but in actuality in any confrontation you are 99% likely to get injured minor or major. So you have to have a predetermined mind set of accepting injury over death during an assault then be sure the attacker gets injured or killed in the process of trying to harm you.
This is the truth
100%
Absolute truth. I explained to an understudy a while back that if he engaged on the street and walked away unscathed, he hadnt won anything. He dishonored himself for obviously bullying someone that was far beneath his skill level. Hes getting it, slowly, but getting it...
Wakanakapisi Hello what? So if he was attacked and fought off the attacker, while coming out of it with no real injuries.
He dishonored himself? What kind of thinking is that?
I got hurt in every fight I was ever in, even if it was only a jammed finger or wrenched wrist from when I hit 'em...
He speaks the truth. Some martial arts belong to the movies not the streets
kawsar abay As a fight choreographer for stage, and sometimes the camera, I wholeheartedly agree.
Like that Brazilian jujutsu garbage
Lazar R Oh, you wish😂! Try saying that to that Navy Seal guy who was on Joe Rogan's show and see how far you get out the door
Lazar R BJJ is taught to nearly every armed forces in the world. If it's seen fit to be used in a battle field than I'd say it's more than qualified to be classed as "street worthy". Fair enough, there won't be any mats, but having a few scratches because you fell on concrete is better than having your head bouncing off of it.
Doing BJJ will get you killed.
His views were interesting.
I thought this was going to be crap, but this man speaks so much truth that can be applied to so many things in life
and he looks like the robert deniro cousin
InkwellFoto m
"make the probable possible"... sage advice for life
That is so true!!!
For the longest time worked in security and I still do. How ever I have a hole new lòok at life. I had grow up in tough areas and had to fight lots. Street fighting was the way I had anything really goes. Then I got into Olympic freestyle wrestling and found discipline and structure from it. I then started to look at life differently understanding size dose not mater muscle also dose not mater. It is the mindset.
That matters it helps a little bit size and muscle but the mind set is what makes or brakes you.
For the longest time growing up I had the friends that bragged about how many fights they've had how many people they have beat up and so on and so forth. It was cooperative type let's flex type mentality.
I lost all them as friends for a reason and I started to go with the if you want to impress me kick my ass ideology. They are the ones that ... anyway I had people pull knives I had one try to stab me. In short all I had was a flashlight and it was 3 on 2 but when the 2 other guys take off and the you are trying to disarm and handcuff the guy with a knife and your partner runs off. Life becomes surreal.
It is funny when you see people going to box name training places. You have one person standing at the head of the class and the class is 300 People I would rather go to the smaller class the one that not many people hear about because you can have more focus more guidance to your goals. Everyday I put my uniform on I hope and pray I never have to fight or I pray that I will never have to fight for my life again but I know their are really bad people out in the world and that they don't follow rules.
My plans are plan for the worst anything better then that is a good day.
Max Volovich well said
You are very wise, Max.
Cheers and stay safe from a fellow security guy!
Merketroid thanks that is your opinion, .
Thanks for sharing your experience Max
Watching those two nimrods loading the trolley piling more weight onto the already crushed box on the bottom and slamming down newer boxes. 0:37
THIS IS WHY BRUCE LEE HAD THE MOST RESPECT FOR STREET FIGHTERS AND REALLY WAS NOT ABOUT ART BUT TO SURVIVE IN A COMBATIVE SITUATION .
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't think the point of 'martial arts' is that fighting itself is an art, but rather that the skills and techniques that go into fighting.
I understand and respect that guy.
With honesty he builds honor. So,
since respect and honor equal love,
that guy is a bloody cupid!
Who, I'm sure, stings like a bee.
Mick doesn't realize how much of an "artist" he actually is. What he's going for is simplicity. As much simplicity as possible which, with countless hours of training/effort leads to as much effectiveness as possible. A lot of the best art and innovation comes from making something that's complex more simple in a way that doesn't artificially strip away legitimately complexifying factors and yet makes it far more likely to achieve a certain outcome or come to a certain principle based conclusion as reliably as possible. Hence making the probable "perfect."
Martial arts through many years of training has taught me methods to situations where others would not see those methods. That simple. Thats what martial arts does, teaches through repetition methods of dealing with situations. The same as most education currently does! Through repetition.
You can say its useless and i sort of agree it is. If you take one art on its own and think thats the solution to all lifes problems.
It will not be. However with a collection of arts behind you you begin to understand and appreciate what all the repetition was for.
I am confident in my skin because of martial arts. That simple.
chapter 6 and 7....gracies?!
It's crazy that this isn't common sense. Like any weapon of war or tool in the garage. There is a right one for the job.
Michael Pierce right!?
It IS crazy!
I am sure it is common sense. It is just that common sense, isn't that common anymore.
Win94ae nope , common sense is a supper power these days.
I see it more as dinner.
HÉ DONT LIKES MARTIAL ARTS.. BUT HÉ LIKES MMA😂😂😂😂 IT MUST BE THE FIRST M HÉ LIKES 🤣😂😂😂
Wow! The man knows how to talk! And think! He would be an interesting philosophy teacher!
Top bloke!! And a breath of Fresh Air....Big Respect!!
I agree w the "facing a fire" analogy for the most part. This guy's having a midlife crisis it seems though.
Truth in martial arts, thanks bro, I follow what you're saying. I was in Japan for four years with the Navy ( US) And took Akido on base in Yokusoko Japan. Year's of mat throws and rolls, and control movements etc... and in what you're saying, I follow Bruce Lee as well, to do what works, and throw out all the bull. I throw knives to, so you get my drift.
How dare you violate my RUclips safe space! If I catch that guy in an alley again, I will spinning-round-kick him in the head, followed by judo-chop, and then I will dazzle him with my nunchuck and bow staff skills....BAM!!
d redman 😂
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George Dillman would drop this guy from accross the room with his qi power! LOL!!!
and remain in solitude meditating somwhere in the forests near a waterfall right?
@@sensei9295 nah bro his tongue in the wrong position of the mouth
You can learn martial arts or reality based systems of fighting your choice as for me honestly I still do my foundation martial arts training...and I do combative reality based training as well
Acknowledged problem of ego, boom. Acknowledged need for and limitations of testing for both sport and "real life" combat, boom. The only thing I think he missed/doesn't say is that the tools in the store are all found in the various arts. I'd argue that his practical approach is itself an art! Clearly, this guy "gets it" and has a ton to offer. Great find, Funker.
There will be a part 2 released.
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I think his critique is more about what people do with the arts rather than the arts... As you said, there are good tools in every martial art, but the teachers use/sell the tool in a stupid, not effective way.
I taught the same thing, but he doesn't want to associate with art since it has a small responsability in today's generalized world delusion. But yeah I agree that it's the most raw and pure form of art.
There should exist a word to descibe 'practical' art,
Apparently this guy hasn't taken Rex-Kwon-do.
Break the wrist and walk away. Works every time.
Who'sYourDaddy? Bow to your sensei
I'll teach anyone to knock people out with chi, for the low price of a 100 dollars an hour
Classic!!!lol
You must protect yourself at all times!
I caught you a delicious bass.
He said Martial Arts is "bullshit" then he goes onto say MMA works. WTF? Boxing, Thai Boxing, Wrestling and sub. grappling/BJJ aren't Martial Arts?
Naw, man.. this guy is insane... there's absolutely nothing more effective than than making animal noises and performing multiple back flips in the middle of a fight. I mean, hell, that works against multiple swordsmen, easily dodges flying bullets, feet, and fists. When in doubt - go for the back flip and a good waaaaaaaaaah sound.
Are you talking about the matrix movies.. dodging bullets and the waaaah sound that is hilarious
No martial art is like that in reality, are you high? :D Not even the less effective ones
Mick Coup is among a short list of no Bull Shit straight to the point, fuck your feelings instructors like Kelly McCann, Lee Morrison, Geoff Thompson, Tony Blauer. Great interview, try interviewing Lee Morrison or Kelly McCann next.
Insightful guy and I haven't even seen what he does. But I like his philosophy!
Just to clarify, I'm not at all upset at what he said. In fact, I'm intrigued.
My thing is, werent martial arts designed to win fights, wars, oppressors and the likes? They wouldn't have been invented if they weren't a more efficient way of street brawling. Now there are a few bullshit ones such as the no touch knockout, but pretty much every martial art made has had an impact on history of this world. Slaves in the carribean and south america couldn't fight without capoeira, taekwondo at its wouldn't have been invented if they needed a way for foot soldiers to fight men who were on horseback, bjj for subduing a single attacker, who is more or less a random guy at a bar and etc. They all had their purpose and still hold up today. Especially when you look at how around 90% of people have never trained in any martial art or fight system. If mma is considered the "most realistic" for street combat, them obviously traditional martial arts have merit, correct?
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Please dont bring Bruce Lee into this. He never competed cuz it was limiting. He only did movies to show the world jeet-kun-do. He was all about finishing fights by any means even nut shots.
Sounds like some vague psychic reading type bs. and I listened to it twice. nothing useful at all
lol
@Solas O'Dimm life is a verb
The "Martial Arts" he is talking about that he no longer teaches anyone is actually a stereotypical bullshit for amateurs. Now that "making probable perfect" principle is actually the core of real Martial Arts. Real martial arts teach how to solve any conflict in your favor with maximum benefit for yourself, e.g. how to kill someone with minimal effort and risk for yourself. That's all there is to it. Myamoto Musashi writes in Go Rin no Sho that there are only choping, cutting and piercing strikes you can make with the sword so there is no point in inventing shit and thus making it more difficult for yourself than it allready is.
I couldn't defend myself, and now - it seems, sort of, some of the time - I can. Violence is frightening. Fear is a word that denotes an experience, but if you want to know what the word denotes you'll have to have the experience, and learn to function while having that experience. Follow the criminals - they know the reality. Strength and power matter. Weapons work. Throwing a punch is a stupid thing to do. Punching someone is a good idea. There's all the difference in the world between throwing a punch and punching someone. Women and little kids punch people. Only trained or frightened men *throw* punches. Bare knuckle traveller fighters, thugs and doormen punch people. They feint, they make multiple intentional movements, they move closer, they move the hand with a little more deliberation than a good boxer might, *but they hit the target and transmit force*. The truth is there to see, but it isn't nice, as your man here says.
like i said in any comment to any martial arts like kung fu, jet kwondo, and etc. they all the same, martial arts, the FMA or Filipino Martial Arts they say, but it is not a art, its filipino fight style technique like kali, arnis, hubod, sikaran, balintawak, escrima and etc. they are not an art, its a fighting technique and it is tested many times, its a survival of be killing, its about to kill or be killed, this way the US military wanted here to know the knife, swords, & bolo technique, this also part of the police and military technique to overcome or for worst kill the enemy.
I stopped watching a few seconds before the video finished.... I dont like instructions at the start
if you think of martial arts as a business, then i agree its bullshit, this aspect is not meant to be a good source of income, this helps explain why most dojo teachers i see locally are poor and financially-struggling, you open a school out of your love for the art and the science of doing it, not for politics nor for the money nor for anything else external. if that external condition (which your school's existence relied on) changes or disappears, your dojo also changes or disappears (not to mention the half-truths you push in your advertisements and in your school's daily operation just to fish more students; case in point: teach less per session, keep the students hungry for more next session, the main reason i no longer enrolled into any school, these idiots for senseis are treating their students as milking cows, there are real senseis out there than these idiots). thinking of making more money from your school is a poor man's mentality, the very center why poverty exists, its basic idea is the thought that everything is lacking (financially-skilled people think the opposite, everything is abundant, where there's nothing, i'll create something).
if ever i can find the time to open a private training center (not even a formally-licensed school, just my personal man cave where i can strike and grapple and break the arms and necks of ballistics gel dummies i can prepare in my spare time), whoever's interested in also using my stuff (which means only close friends at first, word of mouth will just get out, social media selfies will be more effiicient, growth is inevitable if you offer something truly valuable, if it truly has value it will be exchanged with its perceived value in hard cash, dan lok calls this on youtube "real value," the trick in maintaining it is to delegate the lesser work to lesser-skilled people), i'll just ask for pledges per session in whatever amount just for its maintenance, not a going rate. (take note, a business' purpose is to have profits come hell or high water, my proposed man cave has nothing consistent, my only hope for it is to give my friends something valuable they will want to habitually return to and pay for)
Yes, I trained martial arts for over 30 yrs and it took me this long to get firearms training...knife training...grapple training...and work out as hard as I can...still I need more...i still feel only 70% ready...30% of crap that will go wrong keeps me training.... this guy is awesome.
You really can’t defend yourself from a knife attack or gun. Only way to defend it is if the enemy doesn’t wanna kill you because he could be scared to face jail time. But a real killer wouldn’t hesitate to pull the trigger or stab you none stop until you die. Trust me, I have seen so so many gore videos m. The reality is the best way to defend these is to NEVER get involved in any situation or RUN!!!
"Guys got trained for 8 hours in WWII"....and fought against other guys who got trained for 8 hours. And quite a few died in combat.
Them sacred cows...ground beef
This is big mike from Pasadena CA and I completely agree with you 110 percent plus I have dealt with shit for years and my circle of friends can take over with their egos basically most guys have rouin it for me
Love mr coup and his honesty, I used to teach martial arts too, now I teach physical concepts and ideas, keep up the good work, look forward to meeting and training, (or if he wants good fish and chips can come to the coast)
So basically you engage in semantics and simply reframe martial arts as 'physical concepts and ideas'
Wow
Concepts and ideas can be changed, many many teachers are still teaching "this is the way to do this technique/block/ punch from this attack only" our students (and hopefully ourselves) have grown, there is no right or wrong, nothing set in stone, change adapt and move on, evolve, in martial arts there is a wonderful place for kata and that part of the 'art' but that's not the street or for the students that use it in there work, stay safe and train smart
So he doesn't like martial arts because SOME people teach martial arts badly and it has the word "art" in it.
Makes total fucking sense.
That burning building analogy is the social issues in America in a nutshell.
TLDW, bloke prefers honest meat and potatoes punch ups over your fancy schmancy martial arts. whatever.
No man's an Ireland
*Island
This guy doesn’t know what he talking about. My Wing Chu is impeccable, I can do flying kicks and using my chi powers I can do touchless knockouts as well. I practiced on my members in my dojo. I’m levitating over my toilet, pooping and typing this at the same time. So kids don’t listen to this guy.
It's true. There is no art in fighting or even real life violence, street fight. Art belongs in movies, film for example ip man, ong bak, tripple threat, the raid, etc. where all the fights are choreographed the way the director's desired or the script desired.
The seeker That I do disigree with you... There's an art in a streetfight, very few people teach it. Offencive fighting, running, using weapons.
Tiger Claw I totally disagree with you. Running, weaponry, offensive is not art. It's technique. Art is something people watch or feel to enjoy. Like painting, music, poetry, acting and you know what dipshit, people don't enjoy watching blood or taking a punch to the face, stab people on the neck, unless if you are with those fancy fantasy kungfu hollywood practitioner that's your problem. There is no art in street fight. Only technique, awareness and not to forget how you handle yourself in a high stress situation. Sorry I'm not interested in some stupid flashy moves which belong in film.
Art is well honed technique on display (even modern art). There is an art to any type of fighting including street. You can suck, be good, or be bad but catch lightning in a bottle (a lucky perfect punch).
Bruce Lee was the first mix martial artist and all about shit that actually works. They sparred with full body protection so they could beat each other up.
Interesting interview. Thanks for sharing.
*Ian Mangham,* funny meeting you here! What's going on, brother? This is like the third time we met on YT videos. Haha.
Its true. Thats what ive been doing. I just wait for the other guy to turn his head then BAM lead pipe, works everytime.
Is that a lead pipe in your pocket, or are you just in a fighting stance? ;P
ROFL IM NOT 13 ANYMORE well said
Discipline, growth and wisdom is at the heart of every art form.
There in lies the beauty and value.
Lest we forget.
Very true. Great interview. It is the same when people watch a Disney movie and they think they can go to the zoo and give a cuddle to a lion or a bear...
martial arts have always worked. The ones that did and do were codified into combat sports, because turns out most people avoid confrontation like the plague, and real fights run the risk of death or serious injury, with that risk of death or injury increasing exponentially the more often you fight, so the only place to regularly and (somewhat) safely test your skills is in a sporting avenue with measures taken to prevent grievous bodily harm. A popular form of nonsense is that fighters from full contact sports are unprepared for "real" fighting. You will see this canard applied to everything, usually from people who have never been in a real fight in their lives, and imagine stuff like biting, eye gouging and nut shots are fight enders (they arent - I've been bitten and ive been kicked in the nuts. I promise you a left hook to the jaw is 99/100 times more effective than kicking someone in the nuts, and an armbar or rear naked is always more effective than biting someone).
Herein lies the problem - bullshit artists and fly by night dreamers dont want to put in the grueling work and hundreds of hours of practice it takes to become competent in real martial arts. They want black belts with 1 year of 4 hours a week of mild discomfort. This hasn't changed with the advent of "reality self defense" martial arts - same shit, different day; become a WEAPON with these fight SECRETS with only 2 workshops a year! Its not different at all, the only thing that has changed is the fascination with spinning kicks and hand movements has become fascination with "shredders" and groin strikes and what not. Go challenge a real fighter to a fight with your bullshit, even an ammy fighter will clean your fucking clock. People greatly overestimate their ability to control a fight and greatly underestimate how long it takes to become competent at fighting.
Dont waste your time, go participate in a combat sport. Thats where it all is, the rest of it is at best well meaning nonsense, at worst knowingly dishonest kabuki theatre.
That was very eye opening and worth my 11:11.
He's right though you know? Martial arts at it's core has nothing to do with beauty, it was invented under the premise of "this guy wants to inflict damage to you, and you want to know how to defend against it or inflict damage to him". When you have that as a foundation the expectation should always be ugly truth first, art later or never.
Thanks for that, liked it a lot.
I watched to the end and i can tell you that there is a lot of bullshit in combative aswell as bullshit ego driven instructors teaching crap but have a good sales pitch . This is nothing more than a sales pitch!
Mick Coup is awesome, I attended one of his courses in south wales 10 years ago and the lessons still stick with me
Spot on, real fighting is not art it's ugly and brutal and dangerous even Bruce Lee himself hated martial arts and all its nonsense
Like this guy. Rules and technique don’t matter. Survival matters, it is the only option.
JJ McGuire yea technique is never needed , spoken like a true novice who’s never trained a day in his life
Hehe, well said, mate!
Yeah sure if a pro MMA fighter started wailing on you, you would whoop his ass by sperging out and unleashing the animal within!
you train technique and spar in a controlled non-deadly environment with consideration toward that technique and bam, you have more chance of "survival". no spirit animal is gonna unshackle itself and win the day for you if someone's put a knee in your ribs or an elbow through your jaw
Rules maybe, but technique matters in everything. It's the difference between getting that optimal power or having a defence collapse because you didn't do it right. Sure in the heat of the moment it may not be perfect, but that's why you work on it and drill it. If you are sparring in Eskrima (so with weapons) and your techniques bad, you will get hurt.
UFC or even boxing has roots in martial arts, from bruce's JKD, thats the truth.
This guy enjoys his coffee
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If you are teaching hand to hand combat, then YOU ARE teaching the martial arts
Isn't having good wrestling, bjj, boxing, thai boxing, judo, mma also a means to an end? I get what he doesn't like about combat sports, but you can't deny the skills developed by practicing and competing and pressure testing your skills in such domains... He can dislike art all he wants, but a good MMA guy will still out skill him by a lot even even if he looks gets a tactical advantage in the fight.
Practicing combat sports also is like going to the hardware store and getting a hammer...
I think he's down on Black Belt factories for 11 year old kids. It's ok to take the best of a variety of styles and build your own platform. The movies have driven people into the martial arts world where the schools just take advantage of parents who think they are giving their kid everything he needs to defend himself.
He agrees with MMA, hes against anime tyrannis saurus prime high kick of doom
yeah he dislike these "My technique is the ultimate weapon against attackers" - YT bs or people who tell people "you wanna fight like a Powerranger - i teach you how" these are the guys he doesn't like
the fire methapor is
Fire = Defending Situation
you can stay there defend youself not and get beaten
you can defend as good as your teacher showed you how to do that
you can go to one of these bs-teachers and learn to extinguish fire with a fart or diarrhea but don't wonder if it doesn't work out for you
Very good interview!
One of the most interesting and truthful videos I have watched on RUclips. I went to a seminar earlier this year, arranged by my association. I teach self-defence. One of the ruling body/committee/officials made a statement to the other black belts there, along the lines of:
"I don't recognise any black belt unless it was awarded by our grading panel."
"Our" grading panel did not award him his dan grades.
I nearly left the association on the spot. Arrogant didn't cover it. For one thing, he teaches Ju Jitsu, where I teach self-defence. I also have a similar outlook to Mick in that there is a lot of crap being taught out there based on lies, deceit, half-truths and making money. I try and teach techniques I know will work when someone is attacked outside the dojo. A lot of sport martial artists have the mistaken belief that they can instantly overcome years of developing muscle memory which basically is to prevent them seriously harming an opponent, when fight-or-flight kicks in and they need that ingrained reaction to survive. People who do MMA, BJJ, Aikido, Taekwondo, Judo, Ju Jitsu, etc. are often very skilled at winning trophies and forcing a submission, that's okay. What bothers me is that they think they will automatically reign supreme in the street of a bar where a fight is over in seconds, and there is no ref, no ring, no rules, and no rounds. What you will do under pressure is what you have trained for. Unfortunately a lot of students of most martial arts are told they will also be good in a self-defence situation. All lies.
The fundamental principle I teach my students is "Don't be there", which has several interpretations, including the obvious one being don't go to places where you are likely to be attacked.
Sounds like one of them British actors who try to do an American accent in movies/tv shows .but he is talking a bit of sense
Welcome to reality.
I watched HALF. And not a second more.
GN- Once again, Thanks man!
I watched the first three seconds then took his advice, and didn`t watch the rest.
Funker Tactical always brings the Truth!
narayantx c not always
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away”
Yeah i woulndnt fantasize over idols,
Its about survival really, Learn what you can apply, do what u must.
"Guess its great to be inspired by"
narayantx um, have you seen that “Why blocking is useless” video they put out? ...Total bullshit. This channel is about 75% entertainment, 20% education, and %5 utter lies.
Ayyub - Funny that video led me here & much agreed. This guys all talk and the other video showed bad/slow technique & the cover advice is simply wrong..
I have been training in Rex-kwon-do becuase chick only want to date a guy that has great skills!
Micks the best instructor I have had the pressure to meet
Ditto!
Ewan Burke *pleasure*
Haha, you were right the first time!
Ewan Burke yep I concur if you want the truth and reality, Mick is the man!!
but bruce lee literally said to take what is useful and discard the rest. how is that different from what this guy is saying?
Said a lot, but also said nothing.
Ego does not ruin everything. Ego is essential for competition and pushing yourself further. It aids improvement and is a great motivator. Ok so too much ego where you are making mistakes or doing things wrong in an attempt to protect your ego is a bad thing.
That's why I follow the classical definition of martial art. (Warfare)
I get your point, but even warfare has rules. At least, today's warfare.
Aumenarys what rules?
The different conventions that have been adopted by a majority of countries such as the Geneva Conventions. I understand you were talking about the one on one aspect of warfare though (be killed or kill).
Those guys in the back are smashing the hell out of that bottom box.
Speaking of EGO , this guy has it in deuces
BENITO MALDONADO I dont think its ego, its a realization of sales and marketing shoved down throats. Its just annoyance and simplicity. I myself have trained for decades in movements that just prolong the belief of a magical ending to a violent encounter. A fight is a fight. If its in a controlled environment its play and a game. He's just stating that if you claim to teach fighting then just teach fighting. If its art you want then please dont confuse that with combat.
Martial means related to fighting and war. Martial arts just means the art of war, but I think here he is criticizing sport fighting and magical approaches to combat.
Robert B he is a wannabe. Punk pretender.
Mick is scary. And likeable.
"Perfection is the enemy of good " is fairly brilliant and reminds me of the old Zen analogy - In the masters mind , the choices are limited . In the beginners mind , the choices are limitless .
Great video and thanks .
Master Ken would fuck this guy up!!!!
I agree with all of this. 100%. But, it's looking at the martial arts business, scene, practice, whatever as synonymous with self defense, combatives and unarmed warfare. It's not. A martial artist is someone who would train their skills in the absolute most peaceful environment the same way as they would in the middle of an urban crap zone. A lot of people are only selling and shopping for martial arts as a weapon. The same way you would pick out a gun or a knife. It isn't the same. It isn't the same as sport fighting in ANY arena either. Look, you wanna learn to fight? Go into the nearest biker bar and dump a pint on the biggest guy's head. You'll figure out how to fight real quick. I like everything this man said, but it's looking at martial arts with a one dimensional view. But he's damn right about the ego. For a practice that's supposed to conquer and diminish the ego, there sure is a lot of it out there.
You speak like an atheist, which is fine by me.
Mick Coup is brilliant and I would love to see more of his stuff.
There is nothing wrong with what he is saying. What he wants to teach is combat and fighting in a sports model. That's a great focus.
Though Traditional Martial Arts teach deeper layers outside of the physical.
The ego is not tested with his ideas though. What he is promoting is that you feed your ego and not subdue it.
Martial Arts are very ugly, it depends on how you teach it... if you chose to teach it by only focusing on the end result (the fight), and never discuss what happens that you got into the fight, then you're blinded by your own ego and rage.
Damn I'm a Jumper 😆
People want to be able to jump out of a burning building and fly :D
Spot on Mate.
so that Rex Kwon Do video cassette i got was a waste of time ?... i dont think so