I Tried KEYSI (close combat)
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2024
- I Tried the Keysi Fighting Method and it was BRUTAL.
Big thanks to Alan Baker for showing me the ropes!
www.sifualanbaker.com and @KevinLeeVlog for being a great camera man!
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Lee Morrison fighting method Urban Combatives is very similar but better than Keysi I think
At the end, @SenseiSeth, you said you kind of liked especially the guard: maybe then try „Crazy Monkey Defense“ by Coach Rodney King, which is great for stand up punch protection, too, even bareknuckle!
Also there you have kind of a „ram“ and cover, too , the 3-point Cover for example (there are plenty of that covers for cover, crash, counter to clinch or to ride the storm of some punches to then engage to clinch, or to disengage, depending on styles, systems and instructors: Craig Douglas: default cover, ISR Matrix: Helmet/ Cover, Gracie Jiu Jitsu „rhino block“ to headcover to getting to clinch safely, etc, etc….
can you make a video of you taking a judo class again or tournament because I enjoyed it and everyone I showed it to liked it
@@spookyninja4098Urban Combatives is awesome. Michiel Mulder is a fantastic teacher. Combining both systems would be very interesting. Whatcha think?
Hi sensei Seth. I love your videos but i feel like you forgot a big martial art that started in France. I'm talking about parkour! I was always curious if learning and mastering parkour was good for self defense as it teaches you to get out of bad situations much more better than the average, allowing you to take even the most unlikely of scenarios and make them seem survivable. Thanks for reading, big fan ❤
"Give me a good bump."
I took a deep breath and did as I was told, crashing forward into Alan's barrel shaped chest, albeit as gently and politely as I could.
Alan was patient and measured, coaxing me to hit him, "Yeah... a little more."
I increased the pace, driving myself into Alan's body several more times, until finally he was forced back a few steps.
I felt like I was on top of the world, "Whoa..."
"Right! That's the ram attack."
"I like that..."
We continued... colliding with one another again and again. With my cheeks aching from the wide grin on my face and my hair a disheveled mess, I reveled in the moment. Alan expertly timed his breathing and balance to coincide with mine. I was free to give him everything I had. There were no expectations... so there could be no mistakes. No matter how hard I went, I couldn't hurt him. I felt free. I felt safe. I felt like I could do anything. I felt like I could say anything.
"You're very sturdy..."
That's coming out of fucking left field
Reading homoerotic smut written by Icy Mike in the comments section of a video was not on my 2024 bingo card.
You have too much time on your hands 🤣
That's something straight out of some anime :D
This Chat GPT text is getting out hand
Is this the martial art they used as the base for Batman's fighting style in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy? Either way, you have my undivided attention.
It is indeed
@MatthewSedgley I always forget its name, but I immediately recognized the "hair combing" blocks and elbow series.
Yeah
Quite a few systems have adopted that very block though. I can name three just on top of my head and I have seen a few more I do not remember the name of.
@@TheElbowMerchant I remember it by the Batman punch to the hamstring in the penthouse fight
Seth, you fill me with all the random martial arts knowledge that i can tell my friends about, who don't care about martial arts. Keep up the excellent work.
Cool to see an MMA on Point contributer in Sensei Seth's comment section 👌
@@TheElbowMerchant Love me some Sensei seth!
Max, good to see you here!
Shout out to the Casey Jones reference 😊 If we ever see him again in a TMNT live-action movie, he BETTER use Keysi. With hockey stick, golf club, and baseball bats 🏒
This is the way.
A José Canseco bat!?! Tell me you didn't pay money for this!
As a Casey of the two Casey Jones I know of the TMNT one was always my favorite.
Unfortunately, Casey Jones from TMNT live action died in prison after years working as an undercover cop in Chicago P.D. and getting arrested for the murder of the man who killed his friend's son.
I trained with Alan in Atlanta briefly before I moved away. That man is a MONSTER. I mean that as the highest possible compliment.
That is the type of guy that can make ANY martial art work.
Tom Cruise uses this in his first Reacher movie.
Very cool.
Thanks for the video.
He also uses it in Mission Impossible 3.
Reacher talked about this in the tv show too when he ran into the venezualian hitmen.
also Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Trilogy
so muay thai
never heard of this martial art until now, hope to see more of this.
that pfp caught me off guard lmao
I remember it was used in the Dark Knight trilogy and the Tom Cruise Jack Reacher movie but it looks like it’s coming back.
It’s made up. If you practice boxing or any legitimate fighting style, your learn the (few) parts that are real and work. No sane fighter (or any fighter for that matter) gives up his ribs and abdomen like this. This is Dillman-quality bullshido
It's like the style from the dark knight movies
@@Hyde0991actually, in jack reacher, they use defence lab, a method created by Andy Norman, co-creator of KFM
Muay Thai guys just eyeballing that open liver for a sweet juicy kick 😂
Or just a teep or leg kick in most situations
If you wanna do any of this, then you gotta get REAL close to your opponennt for these things to not happen. But now you'll get them clinch you, throwing knees, taking you dowm. So you'l have to learn all that as well
Or any good striker / boxer. It's the first thing I thought when seeing it, that's a really exposed body
That's what I'd like to know. Because those fighter who focused on their kick (either Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Taido, Capoeira, and co) when they see that juicy rib cage was unguarded would be like.... Yumm~
he does say though at the beginning that they explicitly did not train for body shots during the video. Looking how the guy moves, his basic stance is more bent forward kinda like a shrimp while varying height with the guard and head. So it would be harder to find a specific spot. Granted, this looks like a good martial art for brawls more than a good one for competition. I guess it has potential though.
Yeah but it’s clearly leaning toward self defence in a scrap rather than competitive combat.
We tend to revert to our discipline, spot the openings we know and overlook what isn’t familiar.
I can’t say any of this blows me away either but that guard is fascinating none the less.
Man - i've been big on Keysi for YEARS! It has a huge amount of hype a couple of decades ago, and then seemed to disappear! Glad to see it's still a thing, because it seems totally great
Seth learning the basics of cqc
what a thrill
CONSECUTIVE C! Q! C!
Lol, as if
@@H_avik When silence meets darknessssss through the nightttttttt
the thing is that you cant tell if his system is effective since there is no sparring. A few things he showed will probably work because you see similar stuff in Muay Thai/MMA 4oz gloves. Blocking with forearms is not a new concept and elbow strikes arent either.
I can see the value of the system in certain limited applications, such as fighting in confined spaces, however if I can avoid letting my attacker get close to me to begin with (teeps/push kicks, leg kicks, footwork etc.) I'll take that option. I think KFM would be great to incorporate into other training methods i.e. Muay Thai, MMA etc. as it gives you good tools to use in a space where you don't have room for kicks or grappling. Another great vid Seth! Oos!
Conceptually that makes sense but it leaves out two specific things, if you are striking to keep the person at distance it means you likely haven't been attacked yet and should be looking to deescalate/escape or that you are purposefully choosing to engage in a fight. Not every instance will fall into one of those two but most will. Legally striking first is a mixed bag, some states and countries will recognize it as legitimate but many will require you to have been attacked before you can claim self defense.
Why not just always practice both equally? Most Fighters that prefer range, lack close combat, and vice versa. Just absorb everything, and use the tools when they're required. That's the mentality of a Martial artist.
This isn’t for ring cage or agreed upon fights.
This is when you have unintentionally being cornered or surrounded.
@@suhdoekin8998There is a statement a response or a condition which the name escapes me just now but it is when people have too many options due to their extensive knowledge through training.
It states the brain can actually be overwhelmed by choice and it causes a delay and a kinda reset because it can’t act on one definitive outcome to approve.
If i remember i’ll call a meeting (keep your pagers on) 😂
Run some drills where a decent grappler tries to close distance and you try to maintain it with only striking.
Invite this guy to the next self defense showdown
Batman's fighting style ❤😋😋
Yeah I love those fictional concepts. So real.
@@gregory4154 jeje, no. I meant that in the cristopher nolan batman trilogy, the fighting style of batman in those movies is keysi 🤪
@@Hunter12365 Is it? I guess its just messy fighting sometimes, but Batman rarely gets cornered like this or uses a guard like this. He literally just takes blows and let his suit absorb most of the force. What we saw here from Keysi is basicly a boxing guard to protect your head. In reality it would not prevent any attacks to the body or below. Even a single trained boxer would give you a liver punch of doom if you keep a guard like that. Most martial artist would just destroy your leg with a single kick while your focus is somewhere else. If three people attack a man like that no chance in hell his angry staring will help him to win that fight. You simply cannot fight of 3 man attacking you at the same time.
I like the instructor and his attitude and I do think its effective, but I think there are better techniques for self defense. All revolve around avoiding to get in a situation like this and give you enough time to RUN.
I rlly like how Seth learned this and realized it filled a blank, like he could have used that in the hall to better his performance in the fight. That learning from his mistakes and learning all these different things and seeing how and where/when he could use em is v cool. probably one of my favorite things ab watching this content.
I'm interested to see how this style deals with body shots and knees as Alan implies at 11:57 "we haven't trained the whole body" , I reckon kicks probably wouldn't be used because of the range, but the body is so open in the guard he taught, even if body punches would open the head knees are still a viable option, and despite the sturdiness of the stance if you push the attacker back, counter-attacking getting hit with a knee is still getting hit with a knee
My old Muay Thai coach was dabbling with this 15 or so years ago. He was an absolute monster in certain situations. I genuinely thought and still think elements of it will work so well in MMA, I think the element that only holds it back from working is using it in a sparring environment to hone it and get it up to speed for competition. Still use the thinking man when on the ground occasionally, really catches people off when I start shrimping and throw a strike as opposed to hunting for control or submissions.
Supplemental art perhaps?
A solid defense that can quickly convert to the offensive
I can see with further training and experience
you can create and control situations
like the instructor said a will to survive
but also a willingness to fight is imperative
To be honest, I had my pre-judgements about Keysi, but this video made me understand it better and see, that it is not so much different in the base from my approach on what selfdefense is about. Thanks, Sensei Seth for keeping me open-minded.
Something I noticed while training this was that it tends to keep your body tense, you can't really relax when your arms are in tight guard. At the same time the guard has a really sturdy basis, best used imo. mixed with other martial arts.
Great vid as always.
Great to add to your kit! every martial arts has its strengths and weaknesses, learn all the strengths for yourself, andall the weaknesses against your opponent!
Very good! Practical stuff!
Thanks for another video
Superb, so practical
I don't know about wig but it's definitely manga protagonist hair.
Only in a "school delinquents" manga . . .
Another good one! Keysi is awesome and Alan is doing a great job building it up in the States.
I had a friend of mine from highschool that practiced Keysi, my boxing background was just unbelievably useless when doing drills with him
It's hard to punch through that elbow shell defense.
@@watamuthabody shots
how did he do against body shots?
@@excaliburturkey8208 they probably didn't do body shots because they were doing their "drills" instead of sparring.
@@nicholascalin5396 oh yeah I read it as sparring, but still, if you're doing drills you do drills for the torso too, it's the most important thing after your head
That's valuable stuff.
What if they punch u in the stomach?
I heard their arguments there is a way to defend by crouching down on your guard but it's risky. They are right that protecting the head is the most important thing, problem is irl (without boxing gloves) it's hard to protect both the head & the torso simultaneously. You gotta give up one. I rather prioritize head defense thats where my wrinkly flesh computer is at 🧠.
muay thai?
Get stronger core 🤷
@@cdngravy844 This. You can train your abs to become sort of an armor but you cannot train your face, so its obvious what is more important when defending, its the BRAIN.
Take it like a man lmao
Keysi: making ninjitsu look good.
Yeah, it's such a terrible style. 😬
I think it's just too niche. It's not SMTH you can specialize in and think you're a god, but that never worked anyway
Very effective style, thanks Always for sharing friend, Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼🥋💪🤗
The Ram Jam!!!
Love ur vids Seth
I think you can fight with most systems if you're a good fighter. But occasionally you get a system that so fundamentally is based off of non functional movement that is becomes a liability
Say all you want about karate, wing chun, tkd
They have footwork and guards and still work on punching and kicking
My example of something thst could fundamentally ruin your fighting abilities is normally aikido but I have to add keysi to my list
Not just from this video but I have seen full instructional content videos thst they used to sell
This is based on a last minute parry and confined shell which not only leaves you open to simple clinch and grappling but even pummeling from agressive opponents
Keysi works from drills and light sparring because its about being more agressive with your defence
But defence isn't agressive so you need a passive offender to counter
This isn't to say that keysi has nothing of value but what they do have is basics of most combative or aggressive styles
Even systema and krav maga which hold their own problems
But after the combative concepts and environmental awareness it looks good when you have tough manly guys who could probably defend themselves without martial arts training talking about fighting five guys and hard elbows and for the streets but it's illusion and cool factor not practicality
I don't mean to hate on the system. Obviously good knowledgeable people and as usual seth doing a great job at showing the best of a system and how it can help and be useful.
But just seen a lot of keysi recently and this is what I think of it
@@me82sjm I do hate this system this is so stupid and 90% of it is easily countered by literally a push kick lol
God bless You, good sir! The herald of truth and common sense :)
I think if you are a good grappler but an untrained striker then this could benefit you. You overprotect the head to prevent knockouts and invite close-quarters contact, which will be to your advantage as you transition to grappling them.
Yes, learning Muay Thai or boxing will be better, but this is much quicker and easier to learn and could at least partially shore up a grappler's weak points.
I agree. Even aikido techniques can work!! (They are part of other arts that DO work, after all) but their training methods and overall mentality is just too much fantasy.
I agree, you definitely are a smart person imo
They do something similar in some forms of Silat. They initially teach you to block by having your hands together, as if in prayer, and using that frame to block or deliver elbows. Then separate your hands so you can use one arm/elbow to defend while the other can strike. Works in a similar way, but with more emphasis on being able to use one hand for attacking.
I've been doing that instinctually for years. Cool vid!
Great stuff! Naihanchi/Tekki Shodan has a lot of these techniques encoded into it
When I first saw Keysi back in the Dark Knight days, I thought it looked cool but I really thought some of the mechanics were awkward and I would get too dizzy trying to fight like that. However, now that I am actually martial arts practitioner (mostly FMA), and I have gotten into panantukan lately, I can see this being useful. Also, seeing Kevin, and now you taking this on as worthwhile to explore, along with you giving examples of very close quarter fighting in a hallway, I am even more starting to like the concepts of this system. I have been trying to get into a lot of empty hand FMA lately because I wanted to train close quarter fighting on the Chicago CTA trains for example. I live in Chicago and I have been avoiding trains because of the amount of people who have taunted and harassed me at this point and even threw feint punches at my face. Where I'm moving to, I am going to have to take the train more often, so this will be something I will try to integrate into my small group of martial arts friends and our weekly training. I can see this being very helpful when it comes to executing destructions if someone starts punching at my face on the train. I guess if Keysi was pure bs, it would have vanished a long time ago, but it's only become more of a thing.
I hesitated to click onto this video at first, but I’m so glad I did. This is so interesting. 道
Alan Baker was a fucking bear in his past life. His stance, his eyes, his body type, nothing will convince me otherwise
Having known Alan for many years, he is what we commonly refer to as “the man”
💯💯💯💯
I love this series. I honestly was surprised how effective sumo turned out to be.
Phew this man can look intense
This was one of my favorite learning videos, very interesting style I’d never heard of, and seems somewhat applicable to me who’s big, but also untrained so far
Keysi is the type of art that seems useful against someone who doesnt fight, overall it has some useful things in it but i reckon thats about it
If there is one thing I have learned from watching Seth is that every martial art has something to offer. Granted self defense situations are probably going to be against people who don't know how to fight, but if your goal is to be as effective as possible, it seem like it makes sense to try and learn as much as you can so you can take what's useful or what works best for you and adapt it to any situation.
You can say that about "every" martial art. If you're a Nak Muay and you just happen to accidentially piss off a drunken Khalil Rountree at a bar you're probably not gonna wake up! lol
@@hugejackedman3447 yeah, except you can generally beat a wider range of People if you do smtn Like boxing
@@brunopaler18Can say the same about Jujitsu and Muay Thai. Heck, even sumo wrestling even gives a decent grappling base to shove most people into something hard and take the fight out of them.
@@brunopaler18 True if you are competing, and then only if you're good at it! lol You can practice boxing, bjj or any "effective" martial art and still get destroyed just simply because the opponent is a better fighter or you're not good at it.
Besides, unless you intend to be a fighter there is little chance you need anything other than basic self defense. Random crap starters in public will fold the moment you jab them in the nose
Casey Jones 🏑👺 (There's no hockey mask emoji...) RIP
Didn't his mask kinda look like skull? I think that woul do 🏒💀
@@bocahcebol2815 NOICE! Yes 100% 🐢 Cowabunga!
The pensador if it were used at lunging range would be very effective. But at close range its weakness are repeated and very fast hooks to the ribs. The close high and tight guard blocks your own vision to spot telegraphed hooks to the ribs. At lunging range if bent forward the easiest to reach target is the head, and so the pensador would work very well. I suspect as the range closes the pensador guard's weaknesses become more and more fatal. But the nature of the guard makes mobility to keep at lunging range difficult.
I see some weaknesses, and some potent strengths. I think it depends on the fighting experience of your opponent. A more experienced opponent will work the ribs over and move faster than you could react from the tight high guard. If that high guard were looser like the Dutch Guard, it would probably be easier to move around with it, and easier to see your opponent.
6:53 "It's like a party with no ladies"
Yea, we all felt that same vibe. You shoulda done this in June, that's the month to try new things.
One of those from Craig Douglas is called the "default position". You can only be uppercutted as far as strikes to the face but it won't knock you out allegedly because you're holding the back of your head, keeping you from rattling your noodle
6:34 seth just looking like he doing execution 😂
May your heart be your guiding Keysi
I had the privilege of trading with Allen and Andy in Dallas once. They were both down to earth and intense at the same time. It was my first and only time I got to train with this incredible art. Everyone that I trained with made me feel very welcome as they were teaching me ,( over the course of the day), to fight like the devil was trying to steal my child from me. Great guys
Long time fan here, but I feel like Seth's really stepped up his narrative game.
Skallagrim has a coulpe of videos about Keysi.
If I remember correctly, you earn rubber band instead of belt, and you can use it to strap some weapon to your hand...
This fighting style is amazing. It looks like Batman’s style. You should do a second video of keysi. 💪
I had a friend that trained in Keysi MMA in Lancaster NY back in my 20s we gymed together when he would come back to NJ to our school campus. I was training in boxing and he showed me a few things particularly Keysi ground and pound is brutal as hell. They are effectively guarded and rained hammer fists and elbows right in the pocket with a straight b-line that almost feels wing chun like. It’s overwhelming to be mounted by a Keysi fighter. But one of the greatest takeaways from my sparring with him was his philosophy of “breaking the link”. He said never allow someone to hold on you no matter how fearful you are of being struck break the hold by attacking the link. Whether it be a hand holding you are arm it’s an exposed part of your opponents body that’s closest to you…attack it. That really stuck with me.
@SenseiSeth I see you repping the Sumo club. Nice!
Love this
I kind of stumbled into a similar technique from training rope dart which uses tons of elbow wraps. It created a habit of throwing up elbows just not with the hands on head.
Very cool, reminds me of the Crazy Monkey Defense from the early 2000s. I think you got to be careful with a guard like this. If you watch Rampage Jackson for example who adopted the Crazy Monkey guard his head movement disappeared. Some one with a good thai plumb or thai clinch techniques can really exploit issues with this kind of guard as well. Rampage seemed so comfortable absorbing the shots on his guard he was taking way more damage than he should have. Great self defense technique though and used properly a great fighting technique. I know this is just a small look at this style and they probably have answers for these issues.
I got my start in martial arts from a Jiujitsu school that worked on a modified Gracie Jiujitsu mindset. This type of guard was one of the first things I was taught. Most common technique was to use that "bump" into a bodylock takedown!
I love it as always❤
Crazy intense eyes man.
Always an indication to avoid confrontation.
He looks like he was built from Chael Sonnen and Matt Hughes DNA. 👍🏼
I thought I recognized this guy, as soon as I saw Kevin Lee, I remembered where I'd seen him. He's pretty slick.
Unironically i was learning this
There he is! Kevin Lee!
I knew I recognise that wall from somewhere.
Cool vid Seth, I think that new hairstyle fits you well. ❤
Yeah he can make anyone look like Steven Seagal
You should go into street beefs and try all your techniques out from all these martial arts would be cool to watch
He will probably default to muay thai, sumo and karate. Also it's a dumb thing to ask of people. He can get hurt, duh
It's good to have in the self-defense tool box 😎👍
I actually really like this... I'm sure it's not perfect for every single thing (no martial art is), but that's actually a really cool system. Would love to train in that.
It actually seems some what practical , in the sense of focusing on shelling up mitigating damage and dishing out damage back .
Video we needed not the one we deserved
The whole covering your head thing with your elbows pointed out - I was told you should always take a stance with hands in front that allows you to protect your head and strike with your elbows. Single lesson I had in Japanese kenpo
Better instructor than I had, which is sad because I really loved training Keysi
That little hiyaa! As he pulled the pads off your hands tells me he would be cool to hang out with lol
You should try shuai jiao next!!!
Keysi looks a lot like Bajiquan
especially with getting up close and personal, breaking past the foe's guard, and taking them down with a decisive strike
Please don't insult Bajiquan like that. This stuff is for clowns.
Errrrr….. back on ya? I’ve been out the back of an abandoned train station in the middle of the night fighting full contact when it was keysi. Bajiquan is ethereal nonsense with no hooks in reality.
@@RenBaiHu Another similarity between keysi and Bajiquan!
@@jordantaylor260 Actually it's one of the few traditional Chinese martial-arts style to be semi realistic in application and approach. It was also tested in real life for quite a while as opposed to this wanna be military self defences systema-esk non sense.
It's not everyone's cup of tea because most westerners don't understand the approach behind CMA and now a days they're mostly just dance moves sadly but, they indeed do work and have worked for some time now. Around 300+years in Baji's case I believe.
@@RenBaiHu what does “semi” realistic mean? You’re halfway to winning a fight? Now don’t get me wrong. I love the traditional arts. Athletic, interesting, mentally challenging. But don’t tell me they work in a brutal modern setting. They don’t. Why is anyone still having this debate? It’s been proven, decided. You’re happy to insult keysi/dl and say it’s for “clowns”. But you’re upset about a supposed insult in reverse. I know for a fact Baijiquan doesn’t work, I invited several practitioners to spar me. They never landed one shot, and seemed lost and confused in a full contact setting. But I still respect the art. But Your comment is very disrespectful, backed up with zero practical evidence.
I remember watching a bunch of videos about this in high school
The four-man box is the most realistic real-world training I've ever seen.
Excellent concept and an excellent trainer - he sounds so chilled out, but you‘d never want to annoy him 👍☘️
Great video Seth.
Had no idea Keysi was actually still going as it kinda died off after the first couple Nolan Batman films and the Reacher films.
So you found it a logical art?
Did you ask him about how the system works towards body shots? Eg (teeps, liver hits, body kicks).
I'm curious just because their hads are always placed on the head I'm just curious myself how they react to closing those openings.
I've heard about this system for years since trying (and failing due to how unrealistic it was) to read those Jack Reacher books but this is the 1st time I've seen it like this. I think I saw some videos in the '90s or something but now I wanna try this system. This looks like a great fighting system and I need to know more about it.
So... Seth wears a wig? LOL Man, this is Icy Mike's style all the way!!!
Seth, if you liked Keysi then you'd love a style called 52 Blocks🔥
Was thinking the same. Tho I imagine 52 would be more versatile, since it has more guard positions and attacks
52 blocks is just prison BS that’s been mixed with other stuff and the founder is a dbag
The original 52 blocks from filipino Panantukan is more or less the parent art of Keysi.
Cool tactics! Never seen!
Interested to see if you're going to try incorporating this into your sparring later on, I know it will clearly take a lot of work to make it usable since it's a new skill for you, but would be a cool thing to see!
Great video! it's looks like Bajiquan, exactly!
The thing about this that impressed me most (aside from the fanfiction) was the four man box. That's a great exercise I'm definitely going to steal. My only issue is the lack of body blows, but perhaps that's a bit too much for a newbie and may have overloaded someone on day one of training. Does Keysi have body blows or incorporate guard against them? And if no, does Keysi encourage wearing heavy clothing or armour?
Seems like a good idea, I always wondered why elbows weren't more prominent in striking.
I imagine it's because you have to be very close
@@tappajaav True, but fighting against the wall is very common in UFC, for example, and the chaos of a scramble is a great context for delivering an unexpected elbow.
The main principle seems almost identical to the cover and crash principle from Urban Combatives' syllabus (built on the work of many others, obviously) many years ago. The drills are nearly identical, and the rationale and even the descriptions of mindset and intent seem remarkably similar.
We have a self defence system here in Finland called Defendo or Jyrki Saario Defendo which has a lot of similar concepts. Especially that full shell and then attacking with it.
Thanks for the video.
I wish I could have taken this before my health failed.
I like Alan, he's cheerful
As far as I see this. It's the definition of a legal hand-to-hand self defense.
In most striking, you may get hit, or hit the other person first. In security camera footage you may look to be the attacker.
In grappling, you more than likely get hit in places you may not want to, i.e. the back of the head during a take down. You do not want to ground and pound someone in security footage. A quick choke may work but most footage from grappling self defence is ground and pound, and with any submission, can break bones and can possibly reverse a self defense claim.
With this, you can tank a blow then deal enough damage to be able to escape or incapacitate if you can include some chokes. And in security camera footage its clear that you were attacked first.
I've had multiple times where I dislocated/broke bones preemptively, and vise versa to me, because of my military background and the process to prove a lawful self defence when my head is full of adrenaline is incredibly difficult, especially where I'm from with its crappy self defense laws. I can really see this as another civilian self defense tool when incorporating chokes from grappling.
Also the multiple person drill is incredibly good for conditioning your reflexes, spatial awareness, and state of mind in general.
Just my opinion.
Sifu Baker is the real deal! I took bjj from him back in my 20’s . Dudes got like 12 black belts!
The Jack Reacher style
This reminded me of a funny story of a Keysi guy coming to our kickboxing gym wanting to spar. One of the fighters obliged. I was busy working the bag when suddenly next thing i saw was the kickboxer chasing the Keysi guy, he was SUPER PISSED and was bleeding from his brow. He proceeded to clinch, knee and elbow the Keysi guy into oblivion 😂
After Keysi was involved in some controversy, I was afraid you wouldn't cover it. Its viability aside, I am glad you did after all. I find what they do very interesting, as they follow a philosophy rarely seen in martial arts.
I've trained with Alan a few times and he is INCREDIBLY scary. But also super nice
I bet this is how the vikings or ancient tribals really fought when they had no weapons. They fought SO MUCH they knew that close core power is where its at. Very interesting to watchk, Thank you Mr. Seth.