Don't feel bad Seth, it's impossible to watch those crappy super popular self defense videos and not get angry. It's the natural human reaction to injustice.
8:29 someone may have mentioned this, but if you know how guns work, the slide doesn't go back until AFTER the shot is fired. The slide goes back to re-chamber a new round. At BEST he is just stopping the 2nd round from chambering. He absolutely still got shot once!
It's possible to push a slide back, before the trigger is pulled, (that's how you eject a round), but you could only pull it off from that position if, and only if, it has a light recoil spring (definitely not a gamble I would take). Heavy spring, nope, the whole pistol will start to move, which will signal the gunman to pull the trigger.
@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 Actually with most modern handguns it is possible to push it far enough "out of battery" to make the gun unable to fire with very little pressure. It only takes a very small amount of movement, around 3mm to 5mm, to pull it off. This is a design feature to make sure the explosion of the round is properly contained, if the slide isn't locked to the barrel it can cause pressure to go backwards into the gun and cause damage or injury. It's actually pretty common for the person with the gun to accidentally do this by pushing the gun into the person they have at gunpoint. As with any technique for when you are at gunpoint, I see them as a nuclear option. If the person with the gun has given you the impression that they are going to kill you regardless, you don't really have much to lose by trying something.
@@ncrshane1919 Depends on the caliber and manufacturer. I have a S&W99 in .45 that if someone were to try that on me, my wrist, elbow, shoulder, or torso will probably move from the applied force before that slide moves out of battery. Super beefy spring on that one. Baretta 92 (M9), yeah that one moves out of battery if you look at it wrong. Glocks, at least the models that I have handled (G17, G19, and G20), have pretty light recoil springs (at least in the first half of the movement… full compression on the G20 is fairly stout, though).
@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 Yeah, that's where it comes down to the "most" part. I have tried it with Glocks, M&Ps, My SD9VE, as well some Caniks, Springfields, and Rugers. All of those I was able to push out of battery by pushing on the end of the barrel. For most situations the gun you will be against will probably be susceptible to this. Granted I would still put that as a last ditch option, only for use if I'm gonna get shot regardless. It would be a gamble either way. Edit: That DUST dude is a moron and I'm not defending him, just stating that its not the dumbest thing he "teaches". A lot of his techniques wont work in the slightest.
That "threat management" guy gets way too much free publicity for his dusty business, even if it is to clown him. I wish the MA community could collectively denounce him for the safety of the public.
@@lunaticfae4415 it’s not self correcting though. His business is old, mcdojos are older. And have you heard of the mcdojo movement slowing down? The only self correcting part is that the people who got scammed and just wanted to learn to protect themselves, they might get hurt and leave, or be left in a state not capable of practicing martial arts anymore, cause they got sold something that made them feel invincible while making them more vulnerable. And idiot or not, I don’t wanna see random people who just turned to the wrong teacher get hurt over his small ego and giant scam
Fun fact: the Gracie clip with the wrist grapple defense is actually a technique from old Japanese Jujutsu. Dunno if they were the first to create this leverage skill, but Jujutsu is the oldest I’ve seen, so neat seeing BJJ using stuff from its roots!
@@BattleBrotherCasten I meant Japanese Jujutsu. I don’t know if they created the technique, but the Gracie’s couldn’t possibly have since Japanese Jujutsu predates Gracie BJJ by 1,500 years
@@bigmanbarry2299 It's more of one of those, where can you draw the line in the sand sort of deals. Do you use the first written book that calls it by name, or do you refer to older accounts that refer to similar techniques being used.
Yes, let me just get out this tiny af knife with an unpractical handle and most likely stab my own hand with it. Escalating a situation to a knife fight is probably not advised, but if you insist on doing it, at least bring a proper knife. smh
@@athousandlives7231 Exactly. As soon as you whip out a gun-shaped knife, as soon as you use it, you'll be testifying in court NOT for self-defense, but for attempted murder, 1st degree murder, 2nd degree murder, or manslaughter. No one is going to believe you were defending yourself when you escalate something to fighting with a a stupid little knife like that which no one in their right mind concealed carries unironically. Not to mention, not many people realize that certain items, when looked at by a prosecutor, defense attorney, and a jury, will be a major factor that determines who's going to prison and who isn't, you or the attacker. With that being said, 90% of proclaimed 'self-defense' items you can buy online or in stores, are actually completely useless in either effectiveness, legal court cases, or both. No jury, attorney, or prosecutor will look at a fucking kubotan and go 'oh yeah I can totally see why you'd use that.' NO, kubotans, to them, don't look like anything practical for daily use that you'd understandably use for self-defense, they look like weapons meant for harming or maiming. Self-defense only applies when you do everything in your power to deter an attacker without the intent to kill or harm, but would only kill if absolutely necessary. Trying to play hero, and intentionally fighting the attacker and trying to hurt them isn't self-defense, that's called vigilantism, which is illegal when you consider battery, assault, homicide, attempted murder, manslaughter, etc.
3:05 actually that's a legit technique used in medieval period, during knife/dagger fight people trained to used the coat(very heavy fabric if not leather) wrapped around one forearm as defense from a blow, so a modern heavy/rain jacket could be better than nothing used in this way. Certainly not like in the video
I was thinking the same. They wore thicker fabrics back then to protect from both weather and weapons. There are already channels proving their effectiveness.
The systema guy literally said to use the jacket as a shield and blocking a thrust. The original video is from a Japanese aikido channel if anyone is interested. I know you can wrap clothes around as a layer of protection, parry or throw it to your opponent. There were duels with cloak and rapier in the past and is already proven its effectiveness by HEMA practitioners, but the technique shown in that video is bullshit.
Keep in mind coats back then were super dense and thick, and conceivably could survive a non direct hit by a knife. Indeed, very thick reinforced ones (gambeson) could be used as armor against swords.
@@hungnguyen-yc3lk damn thats just a fuckin terrible combo Real aikido itself is already a martial art that many people teach misleadingly (is that a word?)
@@Rex-golf_player810 aikido is something that did work but lost in time and didn't evolve, adapting to how martial arts as a whole have evolved. And very VERY VERY lack of stress test, real sparring. There a RUclips channel called martial arts journey which the guy has his 10 years of aikido beaten by thug then he chooses the path to improve by learning others martials arts. He has learn a lot tho.
My younger brother is an excellent partner for testing a lot of these pain based self defense tricks. I tried one on him that the goal was to break bones, and he straight up would have sat there and watched me break his hand before he would tap out. I did not break his hand by the way. This is how he is just straight up calm, imagine someone like that on adrenaline. Also, some men take a kick to the groin as a challenge, my father tried that when he was young against a bully. He took the kick and just smiled at him, then smashed his face in on the lockers.
Before I even watch this video, thank you. It blows me away how many viewers and active followers these pages get, they pop up for me constantly and Its incredible how much traction they actually gain
Daymmm I'm early as hell here, glad I picked the right time to watch some sensei's fresh new vid! The beginning made me laugh, music so kind and melancholy while I see Icey Mike's face 😂 and the furious kick of wonder boy. So good! 💯🤙❣️
I'm wondering if the original video had some voiceover that mention pressure points or pain compliance that Seth didn't play back for us. The entanglement in that technique works, and so does the takedown where you lift under the chin and throw to the opponent's rear. Any pain (like the pressure points under the jawline) are just added bonuses and not anything fundamental to the technique.
That extendo-staff is literally a magician's prop for when you want to conjure a wand out of nothing. I have one and it's lots of fun to swing around and pretend you're the Predator from the second movie with Danny Glover, but even stopping a swing too hard will break it, let alone actually hitting anything.
Hi Seth. I have an idea for a video. Can you make a video where you react to move lists from Karate characters in the game Tekken 7 like Jin, Lidia and Bryan? Do move lists, not combos. Because combos in fighting games tend to look a bit ridiculous and over the top.
The guy on minute 2:00 is actually demonstrating Kevlar fashion. If you make sure all your t shirts are 100% Kevlar you are way safer against knife attacks. Better yet, have a chainmail under gourmets and you'll be even safer.
@@mrsporadicsporkguy5481 That could be a fun topic. Sometimes when I spar with my dad, I notice his right hook and overhand hits quite hard though a little telegraphed. Then I relized the way he throws his right hook is similar to the way he swings a tennis racket
I'm training karate since 15 years and the most important lesson in self defence i've ever had was when one of my trainers saw me (then 25 yo woman) by chance on a fair ground. He grabbed me from behind and i did... Nothing. Nothing at all. My brain didn't even register his grab as threatening. I got quite a lecture on situational awareness then & there, and i like to think that i've gotten a bit better by now.
One of my friends in college was a sculptor who carried around a claw hammer in her purse and that's what I think of when I think of women's self-defense tools
I'm absolutely not any kind of fighting expert, but I can't imagine anyone who's let someone get close enough to press a gun against their chest has the speed or fine motor control to grab the gun's slide and move it out of battery before getting a hole blown through them. Is that tip supposed to make idiots feel slightly better about themselves in the moments before dying?
With the gun to your chest thing (8:23). By the time that slide comes back, that's when it's ejecting the spent cartridge and the bullet is already in your chest.
7:29 - I actually have to make fists like this because of DIP joints that were broken on my hands as a kid. I've had zero problem throwing solid punches with good wrist alignment and landing on middle knuckle and index knuckle. For anyone new to punching, don't land with the ring or pinky knuckles because that will likely lead to a Boxer's fracture.
not to mention at 2:05 that he has one hand completely free and the other guy is using both hands to stop the knife. Even if that guy has no experience and is solely relying on the knife he is definitely still going to throw a punch or shove the other guy
I trained gun defenses and disarms like if a gun was to your chest like in that one DUST video. One of the biggest things I remember is to give them what they want. It’s not worth risking your life for your wallet or your car keys. The only time you start fighting against a gun is if they’re trying to kidnap you. Never go to a secondary location and all that jazz. They explained that there are just too many variables, too many things can go wrong, that they’ll train you the best they can with the techniques that the organization found to be most effective, but there’s never any guarantee that you’ll make it out alive when your opponent has a gun or a knife even.
The three can't fight signs were actually dead on in all my years of Observation and Experience. Also, the not breaking nails alternatives seemed like legit ways to teach Ladies to hit.
12:31 *WOW!. TBH, I never actually seen this before. I have to admit, that looked really cool, like a magic trick. I went on to Amazon to look for it, and the seller also sells magic props.*
Average cobra Kai fan : inserts baby face Average karate kid fan : inserts gigachad Average homemade sensei seth videos enjoyer : inserts superduperjigamigagigachad
Anger is a secondary emotion. We get angry because we don't validate our primary emotions. Your angry mostly likely because you don't realize you're allowing yourself to be frustrated and upset over the bad self-defense videos, don't give others a way to control you. I understand the frustration though, when you know martial arts its so difficult not to get upset about something you love, this is where Musashi comes in. ;)
Ah, you also have an angry bone. I have 208 of them. I had a guy try and show me his "Systema skills" but he just kept getting mad every time I would like take a step to the left and yeet him over my shoulder or whatever. "Just let me do the move!" Uh... how about no? You try and do your move and if I can stop you from doing your move by changing my level, then it's either a bad move or you don't know what you're doing... or both. It's usually both.
Soon as I saw that there were Self- Defense Videos on TIKTOK, I immediately thought “oh no, Seth is gonna tear them all a new one… or have a mental breakdown from the craziness posted”
12:20 The video is also CGI, the staff is rolled up in the weird capsule thing and therefore in full extension would have a thinner diameter toward the top and bottom but in the video it's the same.
While working in they talked very briefly about self defense in dangerous situations. They always said that while your defending yourself to always remember eyes and crotch. I think a lot of people forget that not everyone is a martial artist and that there are no rules in a self defense situation. Biting, spitting, aiming for the eyes, crotch shots, its free game, anything goes. The most useful advice anyone could ever offer to someone who doesn't or can't preform super sick martial arts moves is to remember that there are no rules, other than survive.
And the aluminium staff is the perfect weapon against an attacker. You hit him with it breaks and you sneak the hell out while he laughs himself to the ground 😂🤣😂🤣
As a woman, thank you for calling out the crap at the end. When you said it, I also noticed that the video with the baton-thingy at the end was fake. And as you said, that's just people making money of the fear of others by selling that crap that doesn't even work.
I love your sense of humor. Your comments are priceless. Don’t you realize, though, that many of these tricks are requirements for the Super Grand Master of five years from now? Especially the t-shirt and knife.
I've done plenty of what I'd call "mannequin training" in BJJ. Especially when learning a new technique. Your partner HELPS you get the technique down, even if they have to move a bit to help you get it right. The key is this is just the first step. After you've got the move down initially, your partner should provide more and more resistance (not fully resisting during drills, just little things to test your grips and control) to help cement the move and the little details that come up with resisting opponents. But I also practiced Aikido for about a year and that is 100% full time mannequin training.
I have definitely commented on some of those self-defense tiktoks about the asinine belief that they have over those one time do this and you'll be safe techniques quote. Anyway loving your content. And yeah absolutely give me the stabbed shirt.
No other fight in the world is brave enough to fight a full and weight Muay Thai fight because you already know that your blood will become the purification of a Thai boxer's feet.
I legit got into an argument on the video where the instructor is giving his students free head shots. Some people were trying so hard to justify it. One guy even told “I coach football players and we do stuff like this so they don’t flinch when they get hit. You must have never played football.” I haven’t but I am not as well versed in mental gymnastics as that guy.
8:56 gun nerd gonna say it for seth in case he doesn't. He grabbed the slide while it was recoiling backwards. He didn't make it recoil backwards. What would make a slide recoil backbwards is a bullet being fired. So he essentially taught you how to keep the gun from firing a second time after you are shot in the chest. . . Assuming your not already dead. However lets assume he's insinuating that he forced the slide back before the trigger was pulled. Firstly this would only theoretically work for semi-auto handguns as they are designed to only fire with the slide forward to essentially keep the gun from exploding as the slide being back means the round isn't secured inside the barrel were the pressures of a bullet are contained. This wouldn't work for any sort of revolver, long gun, or firearm without a slide(altho those are rare). In fact, this wouldn't even work for all semi auto handguns as some of them would simply explode, killing you and disfiguring your attacker. Of course whether or not it would work in theory doesn't matter because if you have no firearm experience, it takes roughly 10-12 lbs of force to rack that slide on a real gun, and you gotta get your hands to it without the opponent so much as moving a finger. If you don't know how guns work people make it look gentle, so you probably aren't going to apply enough force to push the slide back in the first place. Also assuming you somehow manage to move faster than they can lift a finger, your still fighting an armed assailant.
04:05 This looks like bit like a more optimistic variant of a TKD technique. I don't think it is *completely* implausible, but I doubt you could pull it off against a resisting opponent of any skill. Nothing wrong with mannequin training the first two times you try a technique, after that you should try to make it more realistic IMHO. 09:50 I kind of want to try this one, although I don't think it will work. There are elements of something which looks semi-plausible here, but I think this is one of those that fall apart the moment your opponent does something unexpected...like resisting.
9:50 Seth talks about pain compliance and its limited uses, when the person is under the influence of enough adrenaline, which I agree with generally, just I don't see any pain compliance used in the video, just an arm bar and a sweep. What am I missing?
@@edi9892 I think what might have happened is that Seth, misinterpreted the guy pointing at where he was going to push as, the thing where people lightly squeeze people‘s arm (cough 5 minute crafts) and then people magically just fall over.
@@athousandlives7231 The martial arts I learn, we start with basic arm manipulations and then try to include pressure points. I hardly ever manage to get the pressure points on purpose, but it still works without them... It just takes a bit more strength.
@@athousandlives7231 I think so, at least at throat. However, my statement was more general in that a good pressure point technique should even work when you fail to hit the pressure point... because it's usually not easy to get them and the pain response is very individual (except for throat and balls)
You really have to deep dive the Detroit Urban Survival Training dude. He's a master of just making up stuff as he goes along but thinks he's a legit bad ass. It's comical.
the worst is when they have a technique that might work but they do something sloppy like NOT TRAP THE HAND with the guy around 9:50 or so. IF he pinned the hand before doing the technique it might have been somewhat more realistic.
My favorite is the one with the guy somehow stopping the knife with the jacket - very classy! Hashtag should've been #karvemahgut instead of #kravmaga though :D
Actually in a scenario when you're being attacked with a knife,with literally no route of escape (or the one where you have to stand in defense of someone else,who you know isn't capable of keeping up with you during said escape),I think using your clothing is probably the most viable method of trying to deal with the danger if you do it correctly. If you take whatever outer garment you wear on your upper body off (the thicker the better ofc) and wrap it around your hand you can kinda use it to deflect and redirect the knife attack. Yeah,you still risk a thrust to the hand if you misjudge your parry,but it's still much safer to do it this way than with your bare hand (keep in mind that once wrapped around your hand,that piece of clothing will get a couple of layers thicker as opposed to it being just one layer spread across your entire body). You also get more space to work with when it comes to deflecting the blade. And if you manage to entangle the blade or the opponents arm into it,you'll quite likely either disarm him or even take the blade for yourself. Of course for being able to pull it off,you've got to have good reactions and proper knowledge of distancing so in short at least SOME experience with striking based martial arts (or a shitton of luck,but I wouldn't count on that) Of course all off that doesn't work with surprise attacks,in case of which you're fucked anyway,no matter what you do,but if a situation escalates gradually (but you're cornered,so to get away you'd have to get past the agressor anyway) so you have at least a brief moment to set yourself up,I can see it as a viable option
I think its a risky option. Best way to dodge a knife is not to parry but to just move out of the way, trying to parry a knife is way too risky in case you miss., keep moving so they can’t hit you.
The systema guy literally said to use the jacket as a shield and blocking a thrust. The original video is from a Japanese aikido channel if anyone is interested. I know you can wrap clothes around as a layer of protection, parry or throw it to your opponent. There were duels with cloak and rapier in the past and is already proven its effectiveness by HEMA practitioners, but the technique shown in that video is bullshit.
Yeah you're dead in that scenario, pretty much 100% of the time. Most stabbing victims don't know they have been stabbed until after the encounter, when they realize they are bleeding. You have an incredibly small chance of even knowing you're being attacked by someone with a knife.
11:14 Muricaa, FUK YEAHH!!! how to cheat on a test? Leave the cheat sheet in the gun. How to sneak candy in class? Put it in the bullet chamber or magazine. Bingo-Bango, i deserve a mango!
Send me some clips on TikTok that you want me to review next @sensei_seth
I know this is off topic but is wrestling the real kind like how you learn in high school a martial art
you are the funniest ma youtuber!
Please, please, please comment on this self defender:
ruclips.net/video/XDnZCa5EHws/видео.html
#nogoofpolicy
You should look at detroit urban survival training, that shit is laughable
Don't feel bad Seth, it's impossible to watch those crappy super popular self defense videos and not get angry. It's the natural human reaction to injustice.
@Grappling Friends thanks!
Man the Martial Arts Expanded Universe makes me constantly grin
Facts!
Agreed 💯
Angry? Why haha it's just dumb and funny.
The Icy Mike joke is underrated.
Funny and short
Loved that joke.
Idk if underrated is the right word here
Dude, I was just going to do another self defense reaction too! Man, our minds are synced!
Basically one brain! 😂
In the south(possibly elsewhere as well), we have the saying, "great minds think alike."
@@SenseiSeth That makes half a brain each ! :p (please don't kick me)
@@Cumquawt y'all think you invented everything 🤣🤣🤣
@@shinobi-no-bueno because we did. Europeans invented sex; Americans discovered that you could do the same thing but with a woman.
I agree with you when you said take off your clothes if someone is about to stab you. As my coach always tells me “If you start to lose, get weird”
Theatricality and deception.
@@dmitriciccarelli4082 powerful agents for the uninitiated
Multiple layers of cloth could absolutely help reduce the impact a sharp blade has, so it is better than nothing.
Truly appreciate the shout out homie. Looking forward to having you on my show.
As a spotlight, or as a guest commentator? :P
I like that Sensei Seth apparently grabbed the biggest knife from his kitchen…but also slowly stabbed the shirt to make his point
8:29 someone may have mentioned this, but if you know how guns work, the slide doesn't go back until AFTER the shot is fired. The slide goes back to re-chamber a new round. At BEST he is just stopping the 2nd round from chambering. He absolutely still got shot once!
It's possible to push a slide back, before the trigger is pulled, (that's how you eject a round), but you could only pull it off from that position if, and only if, it has a light recoil spring (definitely not a gamble I would take). Heavy spring, nope, the whole pistol will start to move, which will signal the gunman to pull the trigger.
@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 Actually with most modern handguns it is possible to push it far enough "out of battery" to make the gun unable to fire with very little pressure. It only takes a very small amount of movement, around 3mm to 5mm, to pull it off. This is a design feature to make sure the explosion of the round is properly contained, if the slide isn't locked to the barrel it can cause pressure to go backwards into the gun and cause damage or injury.
It's actually pretty common for the person with the gun to accidentally do this by pushing the gun into the person they have at gunpoint. As with any technique for when you are at gunpoint, I see them as a nuclear option. If the person with the gun has given you the impression that they are going to kill you regardless, you don't really have much to lose by trying something.
@@ncrshane1919 Depends on the caliber and manufacturer. I have a S&W99 in .45 that if someone were to try that on me, my wrist, elbow, shoulder, or torso will probably move from the applied force before that slide moves out of battery. Super beefy spring on that one.
Baretta 92 (M9), yeah that one moves out of battery if you look at it wrong. Glocks, at least the models that I have handled (G17, G19, and G20), have pretty light recoil springs (at least in the first half of the movement… full compression on the G20 is fairly stout, though).
@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 Yeah, that's where it comes down to the "most" part. I have tried it with Glocks, M&Ps, My SD9VE, as well some Caniks, Springfields, and Rugers. All of those I was able to push out of battery by pushing on the end of the barrel. For most situations the gun you will be against will probably be susceptible to this. Granted I would still put that as a last ditch option, only for use if I'm gonna get shot regardless. It would be a gamble either way.
Edit: That DUST dude is a moron and I'm not defending him, just stating that its not the dumbest thing he "teaches". A lot of his techniques wont work in the slightest.
I'm going to proudly present the knife-jacket-defense to my trainer and watch him go apeshit😂
Oh no 😂😂
My instructor would probably spend the rest of class lecturing about it. Something to keep in mind if I need to distract him?
Yall don't wear chainmail jackets?
That "threat management" guy gets way too much free publicity for his dusty business, even if it is to clown him. I wish the MA community could collectively denounce him for the safety of the public.
Nah its a self correcting problem. If you're dumb enough to ignore the hate on that guy youll just have to learn the hard way
@@lunaticfae4415 it’s not self correcting though. His business is old, mcdojos are older. And have you heard of the mcdojo movement slowing down?
The only self correcting part is that the people who got scammed and just wanted to learn to protect themselves, they might get hurt and leave, or be left in a state not capable of practicing martial arts anymore, cause they got sold something that made them feel invincible while making them more vulnerable. And idiot or not, I don’t wanna see random people who just turned to the wrong teacher get hurt over his small ego and giant scam
Problem is, the public wouldn't even know that martial artists denounced him. Only other MAers would.
Fun fact: the Gracie clip with the wrist grapple defense is actually a technique from old Japanese Jujutsu. Dunno if they were the first to create this leverage skill, but Jujutsu is the oldest I’ve seen, so neat seeing BJJ using stuff from its roots!
They weren’t. Gracies put on a pedestal is stupid. They act like they invented everything 😂
@@BattleBrotherCasten I meant Japanese Jujutsu. I don’t know if they created the technique, but the Gracie’s couldn’t possibly have since Japanese Jujutsu predates Gracie BJJ by 1,500 years
@@RedFoxGrappler I’ll need a source for that. Pretty sure it came around around the year 1,500. Not 1500 years ago
@@bigmanbarry2299 It's more of one of those, where can you draw the line in the sand sort of deals. Do you use the first written book that calls it by name, or do you refer to older accounts that refer to similar techniques being used.
@@tomwalker8944 so basically just making stuff up
As a woman, I've gotta say, those "women self defense tools" are seriously offensive. Non-functional, flimsy, plastic crap in pink and purple.
Yes, let me just get out this tiny af knife with an unpractical handle and most likely stab my own hand with it. Escalating a situation to a knife fight is probably not advised, but if you insist on doing it, at least bring a proper knife. smh
Agreed! I hate these MLM's ruclips.net/video/UmHHwLcy_mM/видео.html
@@athousandlives7231 fr tho it would be safer and more effective to hit them with the window breaker in the head
@@dumbsheeppro Noooo, they are being sold through an MLM? Now that is what I call a perfect storm. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
@@athousandlives7231 Exactly. As soon as you whip out a gun-shaped knife, as soon as you use it, you'll be testifying in court NOT for self-defense, but for attempted murder, 1st degree murder, 2nd degree murder, or manslaughter. No one is going to believe you were defending yourself when you escalate something to fighting with a a stupid little knife like that which no one in their right mind concealed carries unironically.
Not to mention, not many people realize that certain items, when looked at by a prosecutor, defense attorney, and a jury, will be a major factor that determines who's going to prison and who isn't, you or the attacker.
With that being said, 90% of proclaimed 'self-defense' items you can buy online or in stores, are actually completely useless in either effectiveness, legal court cases, or both. No jury, attorney, or prosecutor will look at a fucking kubotan and go 'oh yeah I can totally see why you'd use that.' NO, kubotans, to them, don't look like anything practical for daily use that you'd understandably use for self-defense, they look like weapons meant for harming or maiming.
Self-defense only applies when you do everything in your power to deter an attacker without the intent to kill or harm, but would only kill if absolutely necessary. Trying to play hero, and intentionally fighting the attacker and trying to hurt them isn't self-defense, that's called vigilantism, which is illegal when you consider battery, assault, homicide, attempted murder, manslaughter, etc.
3:05 actually that's a legit technique used in medieval period, during knife/dagger fight people trained to used the coat(very heavy fabric if not leather) wrapped around one forearm as defense from a blow, so a modern heavy/rain jacket could be better than nothing used in this way. Certainly not like in the video
I was thinking the same. They wore thicker fabrics back then to protect from both weather and weapons. There are already channels proving their effectiveness.
The systema guy literally said to use the jacket as a shield and blocking a thrust. The original video is from a Japanese aikido channel if anyone is interested.
I know you can wrap clothes around as a layer of protection, parry or throw it to your opponent. There were duels with cloak and rapier in the past and is already proven its effectiveness by HEMA practitioners, but the technique shown in that video is bullshit.
Origin of the phrase "cloak and dagger."
Keep in mind coats back then were super dense and thick, and conceivably could survive a non direct hit by a knife. Indeed, very thick reinforced ones (gambeson) could be used as armor against swords.
I would use it more as a shield than a weapon. If he stabbs into the coat then wrap his wrist up but do not lunge for the knife.
Sensei Seth: "I will be picking on no martial arts today..."
First video starts with Aikido...
Sensei Seth: So you want to test patience huh?
I kinda doubt an Actual aikido has something like that. These guys do wear the apparel, though.
It's worse, it's fake aikido
@@hungnguyen-yc3lk damn thats just a fuckin terrible combo
Real aikido itself is already a martial art that many people teach misleadingly (is that a word?)
@@Rex-golf_player810 aikido is something that did work but lost in time and didn't evolve, adapting to how martial arts as a whole have evolved. And very VERY VERY lack of stress test, real sparring.
There a RUclips channel called martial arts journey which the guy has his 10 years of aikido beaten by thug then he chooses the path to improve by learning others martials arts. He has learn a lot tho.
@@hungnguyen-yc3lk wasn't he beaten by an MMA fighter and not a thug?
I do Japanese Jiu-Jitsu and we're awful for the "if the person grabs you this way..." Stuff. It makes me cringe but at least we do proper rolling too.
My younger brother is an excellent partner for testing a lot of these pain based self defense tricks. I tried one on him that the goal was to break bones, and he straight up would have sat there and watched me break his hand before he would tap out. I did not break his hand by the way. This is how he is just straight up calm, imagine someone like that on adrenaline. Also, some men take a kick to the groin as a challenge, my father tried that when he was young against a bully. He took the kick and just smiled at him, then smashed his face in on the lockers.
Hey Seth I’ve been watching you for a while and I do karate and you are making me a lot better so thank you so much 😊
Karate sucks
Happy to help broski!
Duality of man
@@SenseiSeth omg you replied that is so cool
Before I even watch this video, thank you. It blows me away how many viewers and active followers these pages get, they pop up for me constantly and Its incredible how much traction they actually gain
They get followers because they make it look easy 🤷🏻♂️
First line of defense is your shirt and second defense will be your abs. Guess I'm ready for a knife combat 😂 😂😂
Daymmm I'm early as hell here, glad I picked the right time to watch some sensei's fresh new vid! The beginning made me laugh, music so kind and melancholy while I see Icey Mike's face 😂 and the furious kick of wonder boy. So good! 💯🤙❣️
i think the technique at 9:51 can work if it's done quickly enough. the guy was doing it in small motion to break down all the steps
I'm wondering if the original video had some voiceover that mention pressure points or pain compliance that Seth didn't play back for us. The entanglement in that technique works, and so does the takedown where you lift under the chin and throw to the opponent's rear. Any pain (like the pressure points under the jawline) are just added bonuses and not anything fundamental to the technique.
That extendo-staff is literally a magician's prop for when you want to conjure a wand out of nothing. I have one and it's lots of fun to swing around and pretend you're the Predator from the second movie with Danny Glover, but even stopping a swing too hard will break it, let alone actually hitting anything.
Hi Seth. I have an idea for a video.
Can you make a video where you react to move lists from Karate characters in the game Tekken 7 like Jin, Lidia and Bryan?
Do move lists, not combos. Because combos in fighting games tend to look a bit ridiculous and over the top.
The guy on minute 2:00 is actually demonstrating Kevlar fashion. If you make sure all your t shirts are 100% Kevlar you are way safer against knife attacks. Better yet, have a chainmail under gourmets and you'll be even safer.
Seth please look at grappling in sports like football, rugby and other full contact sports with tackling. 🤙🏻
The effects of sports in martial arts sound cool
@@mrsporadicsporkguy5481 That could be a fun topic. Sometimes when I spar with my dad, I notice his right hook and overhand hits quite hard though a little telegraphed. Then I relized the way he throws his right hook is similar to the way he swings a tennis racket
A youtuber/MMA coach said that rugby players are very easy to teach grappling to.
I'm training karate since 15 years and the most important lesson in self defence i've ever had was when one of my trainers saw me (then 25 yo woman) by chance on a fair ground. He grabbed me from behind and i did... Nothing. Nothing at all. My brain didn't even register his grab as threatening. I got quite a lecture on situational awareness then & there, and i like to think that i've gotten a bit better by now.
1:34
".......... No goofing."
"No go-" *starts goofing*
I feel like Seth stabbing his own shirt was symbolic in some way
One of my friends in college was a sculptor who carried around a claw hammer in her purse and that's what I think of when I think of women's self-defense tools
I'm absolutely not any kind of fighting expert, but I can't imagine anyone who's let someone get close enough to press a gun against their chest has the speed or fine motor control to grab the gun's slide and move it out of battery before getting a hole blown through them. Is that tip supposed to make idiots feel slightly better about themselves in the moments before dying?
It's also dependent on the pistol having a light spring, which isn't always the case, especially for larger calibers or magnum cartridges.
With the gun to your chest thing (8:23). By the time that slide comes back, that's when it's ejecting the spent cartridge and the bullet is already in your chest.
7:29 - I actually have to make fists like this because of DIP joints that were broken on my hands as a kid. I've had zero problem throwing solid punches with good wrist alignment and landing on middle knuckle and index knuckle. For anyone new to punching, don't land with the ring or pinky knuckles because that will likely lead to a Boxer's fracture.
2:48 I had the exact same reaction when I made coffee for my girlfriend one morning and she said, "this tea tastes weird." 🤪🤪🤪🤪
Wtf 🤣🤣🤣
They both have caffeine, same for hot chocolate. They all basically taste similar especially if you add sugar to drown out the bitterness
you crack me up, i love your attitude :) You are the "anyman" of martial arts!
I will now take off all my clothes in fights. Thank you sensei!
Honestly though
not to mention at 2:05 that he has one hand completely free and the other guy is using both hands to stop the knife. Even if that guy has no experience and is solely relying on the knife he is definitely still going to throw a punch or shove the other guy
And they say "Try not to laugh" with South Park is the hardest thing to do on internet.
These "reacting to self defense tips" videos have to be some of my all time favorites on RUclips.
I trained gun defenses and disarms like if a gun was to your chest like in that one DUST video. One of the biggest things I remember is to give them what they want. It’s not worth risking your life for your wallet or your car keys. The only time you start fighting against a gun is if they’re trying to kidnap you. Never go to a secondary location and all that jazz. They explained that there are just too many variables, too many things can go wrong, that they’ll train you the best they can with the techniques that the organization found to be most effective, but there’s never any guarantee that you’ll make it out alive when your opponent has a gun or a knife even.
1:25 That screme 😂😂
Should do a video on how Detroit Survival Training is robbing people of their money with their bs techniques 😭😭😂
THIS! I live in Michigan, and I'm tempted to go to to their "gym" and "attend" one of their classes myself.
Yeah, they are going to cause people to be killed.
@@DrGetgood please do I’d really like to see that I’d do it myself but I’m here in va
The three can't fight signs were actually dead on in all my years of Observation and Experience. Also, the not breaking nails alternatives seemed like legit ways to teach Ladies to hit.
I love how the second guy was just screaming his head off
On point bro
12:31 *WOW!. TBH, I never actually seen this before. I have to admit, that looked really cool, like a magic trick. I went on to Amazon to look for it, and the seller also sells magic props.*
Average cobra Kai fan : inserts baby face
Average karate kid fan : inserts gigachad
Average homemade sensei seth videos enjoyer : inserts superduperjigamigagigachad
Anger is a secondary emotion. We get angry because we don't validate our primary emotions. Your angry mostly likely because you don't realize you're allowing yourself to be frustrated and upset over the bad self-defense videos, don't give others a way to control you. I understand the frustration though, when you know martial arts its so difficult not to get upset about something you love, this is where Musashi comes in. ;)
Ah, you also have an angry bone. I have 208 of them. I had a guy try and show me his "Systema skills" but he just kept getting mad every time I would like take a step to the left and yeet him over my shoulder or whatever.
"Just let me do the move!" Uh... how about no? You try and do your move and if I can stop you from doing your move by changing my level, then it's either a bad move or you don't know what you're doing... or both. It's usually both.
Soon as I saw that there were Self- Defense Videos on TIKTOK, I immediately thought “oh no, Seth is gonna tear them all a new one… or have a mental breakdown from the craziness posted”
12:20 The video is also CGI, the staff is rolled up in the weird capsule thing and therefore in full extension would have a thinner diameter toward the top and bottom but in the video it's the same.
These videos are the modern version of advertisements in Black Belt Magazine.
While working in they talked very briefly about self defense in dangerous situations. They always said that while your defending yourself to always remember eyes and crotch. I think a lot of people forget that not everyone is a martial artist and that there are no rules in a self defense situation. Biting, spitting, aiming for the eyes, crotch shots, its free game, anything goes. The most useful advice anyone could ever offer to someone who doesn't or can't preform super sick martial arts moves is to remember that there are no rules, other than survive.
I’m so glad you touched on some of the Detroit tactics guys videos
And the aluminium staff is the perfect weapon against an attacker. You hit him with it breaks and you sneak the hell out while he laughs himself to the ground 😂🤣😂🤣
I got a knife defense ad at 3:00 lol
Icy Mike did light that small candle flame!
Also yes; a knife disguised as a gun is... hilarious!
Seth - you're sound effect kill me LMFAOO - was having a bad day after work man - thank you for the laughs
As a woman, thank you for calling out the crap at the end. When you said it, I also noticed that the video with the baton-thingy at the end was fake. And as you said, that's just people making money of the fear of others by selling that crap that doesn't even work.
Be honest, who else imagined the Roblox oof sound or the Minecraft damage sound at 0:07
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkk
I love your sense of humor. Your comments are priceless. Don’t you realize, though, that many of these tricks are requirements for the Super Grand Master of five years from now? Especially the t-shirt and knife.
As a shotokan guy, I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!
I've done plenty of what I'd call "mannequin training" in BJJ. Especially when learning a new technique. Your partner HELPS you get the technique down, even if they have to move a bit to help you get it right. The key is this is just the first step. After you've got the move down initially, your partner should provide more and more resistance (not fully resisting during drills, just little things to test your grips and control) to help cement the move and the little details that come up with resisting opponents. But I also practiced Aikido for about a year and that is 100% full time mannequin training.
Love you Seth, your videos are the best man
I love your analysis sensei
Got a ad about self defence
So basically McDojos practice KAAAAAAHHHHH-rate 😆.
the 'bad guy' in the second clip could have a career as a goon in martial arts movies, he's got the screams of pain down and everything.
At 1:20 was that a bby crying in the background 😂
2:34 Kevlar is ''technically'' cloth, right??? 😁🤔😋
Kevlar is actually not that great vs. knives unless it's been bonded with resin (e.g. combat helmet).
The first move at 9:50 reminds me of how Gojushiho kata starts off. I am just now starting to learn it so totally a noob, tho lol.
Gojushiho katas are respectivally advanced
I have definitely commented on some of those self-defense tiktoks about the asinine belief that they have over those one time do this and you'll be safe techniques quote. Anyway loving your content. And yeah absolutely give me the stabbed shirt.
No other fight in the world is brave enough to fight a full and weight Muay Thai fight because you already know that your blood will become the purification of a Thai boxer's feet.
3:10 hey, you don't know if he's wearing a kevlar weave sweatshirt or not
The Gracies are going to kick your arse now LOL
NO
@@SenseiSeth LOL, then again they probably will just choke you out.
I legit got into an argument on the video where the instructor is giving his students free head shots. Some people were trying so hard to justify it. One guy even told “I coach football players and we do stuff like this so they don’t flinch when they get hit. You must have never played football.” I haven’t but I am not as well versed in mental gymnastics as that guy.
I can't believe I just found your channel I am laughing like I haven't laughed in years
Great video, your content never fails to entertain, keep up the great work! I’ll take the shirt.
8:56 gun nerd gonna say it for seth in case he doesn't. He grabbed the slide while it was recoiling backwards. He didn't make it recoil backwards. What would make a slide recoil backbwards is a bullet being fired. So he essentially taught you how to keep the gun from firing a second time after you are shot in the chest. . . Assuming your not already dead.
However lets assume he's insinuating that he forced the slide back before the trigger was pulled.
Firstly this would only theoretically work for semi-auto handguns as they are designed to only fire with the slide forward to essentially keep the gun from exploding as the slide being back means the round isn't secured inside the barrel were the pressures of a bullet are contained.
This wouldn't work for any sort of revolver, long gun, or firearm without a slide(altho those are rare). In fact, this wouldn't even work for all semi auto handguns as some of them would simply explode, killing you and disfiguring your attacker.
Of course whether or not it would work in theory doesn't matter because if you have no firearm experience, it takes roughly 10-12 lbs of force to rack that slide on a real gun, and you gotta get your hands to it without the opponent so much as moving a finger. If you don't know how guns work people make it look gentle, so you probably aren't going to apply enough force to push the slide back in the first place. Also assuming you somehow manage to move faster than they can lift a finger, your still fighting an armed assailant.
OMG YOU ARE KILLING ME WITH THIS STUFF MAN..... HILARIOUS......🤣
04:05 This looks like bit like a more optimistic variant of a TKD technique. I don't think it is *completely* implausible, but I doubt you could pull it off against a resisting opponent of any skill. Nothing wrong with mannequin training the first two times you try a technique, after that you should try to make it more realistic IMHO.
09:50 I kind of want to try this one, although I don't think it will work. There are elements of something which looks semi-plausible here, but I think this is one of those that fall apart the moment your opponent does something unexpected...like resisting.
9:50 Seth talks about pain compliance and its limited uses, when the person is under the influence of enough adrenaline, which I agree with generally, just I don't see any pain compliance used in the video, just an arm bar and a sweep. What am I missing?
I wondered the same. It didn't look like the most practical, but quite plausible...
@@edi9892 I think what might have happened is that Seth, misinterpreted the guy pointing at where he was going to push as, the thing where people lightly squeeze people‘s arm (cough 5 minute crafts) and then people magically just fall over.
@@athousandlives7231 The martial arts I learn, we start with basic arm manipulations and then try to include pressure points. I hardly ever manage to get the pressure points on purpose, but it still works without them... It just takes a bit more strength.
@@edi9892 Sorry, I‘m a bit confused, do ypu see pressure points being used in the video or not?
@@athousandlives7231 I think so, at least at throat. However, my statement was more general in that a good pressure point technique should even work when you fail to hit the pressure point... because it's usually not easy to get them and the pain response is very individual (except for throat and balls)
Huge props for recommending the 'loose' fist, Seth
9:58 Watching this with my 8 year old who said "How is that self defense if he isn't even moving?"
You really have to deep dive the Detroit Urban Survival Training dude. He's a master of just making up stuff as he goes along but thinks he's a legit bad ass. It's comical.
2:44 the only way that it would stop it is if it were made like a gambeson and that jacket was not thick enough to stop a knife
This is how Seth does no laughing challenges... also, I'd totally wear that shirt
Started out as kind of a hater but now i actually like your stuff keep it up camp
the worst is when they have a technique that might work but they do something sloppy like NOT TRAP THE HAND with the guy around 9:50 or so. IF he pinned the hand before doing the technique it might have been somewhat more realistic.
No goofing around, only Sensei Angryseth
My favorite is the one with the guy somehow stopping the knife with the jacket - very classy! Hashtag should've been #karvemahgut instead of #kravmaga though :D
Glad ur feeling better
That lipstick taser. Made me giggle over the idea of females using it and saying " LIPPPPPPP STICKKKK TASEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR " I know I would :P
Actually in a scenario when you're being attacked with a knife,with literally no route of escape (or the one where you have to stand in defense of someone else,who you know isn't capable of keeping up with you during said escape),I think using your clothing is probably the most viable method of trying to deal with the danger if you do it correctly. If you take whatever outer garment you wear on your upper body off (the thicker the better ofc) and wrap it around your hand you can kinda use it to deflect and redirect the knife attack. Yeah,you still risk a thrust to the hand if you misjudge your parry,but it's still much safer to do it this way than with your bare hand (keep in mind that once wrapped around your hand,that piece of clothing will get a couple of layers thicker as opposed to it being just one layer spread across your entire body). You also get more space to work with when it comes to deflecting the blade. And if you manage to entangle the blade or the opponents arm into it,you'll quite likely either disarm him or even take the blade for yourself. Of course for being able to pull it off,you've got to have good reactions and proper knowledge of distancing so in short at least SOME experience with striking based martial arts (or a shitton of luck,but I wouldn't count on that)
Of course all off that doesn't work with surprise attacks,in case of which you're fucked anyway,no matter what you do,but if a situation escalates gradually (but you're cornered,so to get away you'd have to get past the agressor anyway) so you have at least a brief moment to set yourself up,I can see it as a viable option
I don’t think anybody including me has tried to read your essay
I think its a risky option. Best way to dodge a knife is not to parry but to just move out of the way, trying to parry a knife is way too risky in case you miss., keep moving so they can’t hit you.
The systema guy literally said to use the jacket as a shield and blocking a thrust. The original video is from a Japanese aikido channel if anyone is interested.
I know you can wrap clothes around as a layer of protection, parry or throw it to your opponent. There were duels with cloak and rapier in the past and is already proven its effectiveness by HEMA practitioners, but the technique shown in that video is bullshit.
Yeah you're dead in that scenario, pretty much 100% of the time.
Most stabbing victims don't know they have been stabbed until after the encounter, when they realize they are bleeding. You have an incredibly small chance of even knowing you're being attacked by someone with a knife.
@@FaithRox true but in that situation we wouldn’t be having a conversation about knife defense
If a cloth jacket can stop a knife I would buy it and I even buy a matching cap with it 🤣.
11:14 Muricaa, FUK YEAHH!!!
how to cheat on a test? Leave the cheat sheet in the gun.
How to sneak candy in class?
Put it in the bullet chamber or magazine.
Bingo-Bango, i deserve a mango!
Starting off strong with Mcdojo life 👊
Fantastic video! 100% agree.
Cloth will not stop pointy things from hurting your tum tum. Comedy gold.
The guy in the track suit just has ultra instinct
Love the videos keep it up bro