What's Steven Seagal really like today? The Truth Revealed!
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2022
- What is Steven Seagal really like in real life? In this video, I do a reaction/commentary to Rokas' recent video @MartialArtsJourney titled "He Met Steven Seagal and told me the Truth"; which was in reference to Jesse Enkamp's time he spent with Steven Seagal and the 2 RUclips videos he made.
I also share my unique thoughts based on the phone conversation I had with Steven Seagal and compare to see if my experience about the actual man was similar to Jesse's.
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"A lie unchallenged becomes the truth."
Your correct, sir. Michael Ovitz (sp?) was taking lessons from him and thought "this guys a natural..." Just his demeanor, speech patterns, attitude and, of course, love him or hate him, he has a *ton* of skill/talent on the mat. He said "just be yourself and the rest will just come."
For better or worse, whatever your tastes, "a star was born."
As a person who is a martial artist and the same size and build (during his early films) as Seagal, I can tell you that it *absolutely* provides a certain advantage and "presence," on and off the mat/screen, that comes with being that stature. It's not just "filmed up," it's an experience being around people like him (I was into the popular, west coast tournament scene, like the Ed Parker Invitationals, etc. during the late 70s/80s and have seen/very briefly met him) and he definitely has that charisma that people talk about and an instructor of mine (one of Norris' right hands when I studied Tang Soo Do in the 70s) saw Bruce Lee at a tournament in the 60s and said that you could tell "just by the way he walked by" that there was something very special and "next level" spiritually about him, even before he became "famous." Little did he know... And even Lee has more than his share of critics.
People like to "cut down" Seagal because they *don't* know him and being able to "take someone down a peg" who had made it to the top and was publicly revered, then was discovered to actually be human (how dare he, right?) makes them feel better about themselves. They're often the same people who teased and bullied people as kids, for the very same reason. There's absolutely *no way* they could take him on in a fight so, they take him on with nasty comments and rumors in comment sections and media posts. No matter how you feel about his personality or personal life, he's absolutely a master of many styles and even today, in his "new form." Remember, he's old, made his mark/money and has a right to get fat, just like YOU. *But,* he *does* have a thyroid condition, as do I and it does affect your body. People just expect him to remain "leading man perfect" his whole life because he was "a star." He still has the hand speed and ingrained skills to more than be able to put a RUclips smart ass on the mat. That's why he moved out of the country... He got tired of mouthy people who were no where near him in ability (or proximity) and experience, with no personal knowledge of him at all (unless they did and had something to gain by slandering him) and would call him names, take rumors and perpetuate them as truths, etc. (and people looove their rumors, trust me) and he got tired of having to defend himself from lies and stupidity on a daily basis. I don't blame him.
Now, then... Don't get me wrong, I'm not a mindless fan-boy who thinks he's done no wrong, I know better. He's not a perfect person, by any means and has admittedly created more than enough of his own issues BUT, many of them he did not. Several, like what he *actually* did for the govt. were completely blown out of proportion and taken out of context by people looking for a problem, even if they had to create it themselves. The problem is his fame and notoriety which demands "perfection" from a fickled, American audience (I retired from the film/TV industry and worked for the largest production equipment company in the country so, I'm not just talking from thin air) and thats just not possible... Unless you manage to stay completely under the radar anytime you're not in front of the camera (which is *really* hard to do, even for people WITHOUT an ego), you're going to suffer the arrows of the "chair-borne warriors" who seem to think they have the right to throw stones, regardless of living in a glass house themselves.
Everytime I watch a Seagal video on "the 'Tube," I look at the comments and all I see are mindless, endlessly repeated comments about not being able to outrun a burger, etc.. Nothing else, just the same, 3 comments every where you turn. My point about how selfish and mindless people are, only concerned with getting a "thumbs up" from other, mindless idiots. And the irony is, the majority of them loved Seagal in his movies and had posters of him on their walls. Many still "like" him but are afraid to admit it in a comment stream for fear of being picked on by the other, "high IQ" trolls.
Give the man a break for being drug over the coals by an industry that loves you while you're on top, then forgets your name the moment your ratings drop and subjects you to complete scrutiny of your entire personal life and throws you to the "wolves." It's a tough cross to bare, just look at all the other "fallen stars" who disappear, become media fodder or take their own lives.
He's made a success of himself, even if he "Self destructed" in a lot of people's eyes, most laying in judgement, having never had any success to destroy, in the first place which is why they have to seek someone else as a target for their own sense of self worth.
Amazing comment and insight, thanks for sharing!
I agree, and I'm proud to say that i had a Hard to Kill movie poster in my room as a teenager. 🙏🔊❤️🥋💥
He supports Putin. Treason deserves no quarter. I'm sure he's as mediocre at MMA as he is at acting and blues guitar.
Fantastic comment...Enjoyed and agreed with every word of it...thanks friend...
Anyone whose skilled in martial Arts or in unarmed fighting can observe the man's body mechanics and see that he's a skilled budo master.
Those whom call him a fake martial artist are ignorant.
Real always recognizes real. He may or may not be a predator of females but he's certainly a martial Arts master.
He taught me his pistol shooting methods in early 90s and in the late 90s I was in the Army and my pistol shooting skills impressed key personnel whom asked my join the Army pistol team. And 5th Group members at Ft Campbell asked me to teach them what I was doing to shoot the way I did. (I taught them what I learned from Seagal Shihan).
Steven Seagal imo has the best fighting scenes of any martial arts action star I've ever seen. They look the most realistic on screen, it feels like watching an actual street fight. Much props to the stuntmen also, for making it look so good on film.
Concurred. No diss to Speakman, Jcvd, Norris, and many more.
You spoke to Seagal for over an hour? That´s amazing. Great to hear!
😂😂😂 I can’t stop laughing
Just curious,
How long he needed to recover after that???
I spoke to Steven seagal too for about 1 minute then I felt I was wasting my time so I decided to cut him off😏😅
@@vjstar777 and then he pooped his pants...?
@@dustencross357 he shat himself 💩
Jesse was the perfect platform for Steven Seagal to partner with. Jesse has the best demeanor and attitude on you tube.
I first saw Steven Seagal on the Merv Griffin Show in the 80's. Loved him since Above the Law.
Viking Samurai glad to hear about that phone call. You deserve it mate.
Now, this is the type of review that should be done, my friend. Ones that uplift and promote the arts not just degrade the artist. Thanks for this video.
Mr Segal deserves every bit of respect we can give.
He is the reason some vets are vets and not lying at the bottom of a grave stone.
Much love and gratefulness to you Mr Segal 🤍
There is a lot of B.S. out there against Steven Seagal for some reason. There are even people out there claiming he isn't a real martial artist or his martial arts are fake....which just goes to show how stupid and ignorant people are. I've never met Mr. Seagal but I remember seeing the opening scene of "Above The Law"; After Shuai Jiao Club practice several of us got together at somebody's apartment to watch a video tape of the new movie. Somebody in the club told me you've got to see this new guy, he's good. I had trained judo, Shuai Jiao and held a 1st Dan in American Kenpo and was like, "we'll see". When the dojo scene (CIA recruitment scene) came on and he started doing techniques on the Uke's my jaw hit the floor. I was like, "you're right. He is good". Anyone who says otherwise is just ignorant of martial arts.
There is a lot of bs surrounding Steven Seagal for some reason? Yes that's true for good reason or I should say reasons. He sexually harassed dozens of his female co-workers on movie sets, he bad-mouths other actors and Martial Artists openly, he over exaggerates his accolades, it's pretty well-known knowledge that he 'ran away' from Van Damme after he trashed him and Van Damme confronted him. He's divorced how many times? He's not a good person, he was sued several times for sexual harassment, he had to resign from his ceremonial police position after being found involved in some sex ring in Louisiana, he has very weird ties to Russia, he ran to the FBI for protection after he fucked with the Coloumbo Crime Family, he's a scumbag!
It's the style he uses... Nobody fight with swords anymore
Steven Seagal was the reason I started taking Kung-fu as an early teenager back in 1990 in my hometown of Bakersfield CA.There was no reputable Aikido school so I researched the best Martial Arts school I could find and back then it was called Eric Nolan's Kung-Fu Studio. Back a few years before UFC 1 hit, now it's called Eric Nolan's Xtreme Training Center because of MMA.. Great memories very grateful for my experiences and nobody was more Badass on the screen then Sensei Steven Seagal in the 90's. 🙏🔊❤️🥋
Right, Aikido benefited massively from his movies, got me into it.
You made a wise choice researching schools (I'm sure you know that by now). Seagal is responsible not only for bringing Aikido to the public in America, but REAL martial arts, not the wishy-washy stuff done by some schools of the art.
Steven Seagal was unstoppable back in the 90s 💪
Honestly so he wasn’t Bruce Lee big deal the guy was successful let’s leave it at that man he’s got shit slow to Jack’s he didn’t game the system producers hired him for the role no shit and he produced a couple of them that bought into box office money I can give you shit whether he could kick past if you could kick a midget in the head I could care less the guy was an entertainer end of story get over it
Grandmaster Gary Amen and Viking Samurai both have done such a great job keeping Steven Seagal's reputation in good light. amazing job gentlemen. I had the honor to speak with Seagal many times, and he has always been so down-to-earth and humble. happy to see he getting the respect he deserve
I’ve always loved Steven Seagal because he reminded me of Marlon Brando as well! I have always called him the Marlon Brando of martial arts! Great observation! It’s amazing that you got to speak to master Steven for an hour!! You deserve it brother Viking! 🇺🇸🙌🏻
Now..Seagal did the kindness for the interview with Jesse, of which I certainly appreciated because I never realized what it was, exactly...what the movements meant, until Seagal explained Sword and Crane. Outstanding, for operational usages one on one. And now you got to talk to Seagal as well...very nice. Maybe one day, you can get a sit down interview with you and Mr. Seagal in the vein of Jesse. It's about time that certain chokeholds are removed from the transfer of knowledge in these regards.
Always enjoying JCVD and Seagal content, just having a chat with one ( or even both ) of them is a dream of many 80's / 90's kids 💪😎
Viking Samurai; about 6 years ago I called an Aikido Dojo in Taos Mexico.
The head instructor was Craig Dun. He's one of Seagal's students from the 70's in Japan. Craig told me he was teaching English in Japan and thats how he met Seagal. Lets see Craig interviewed on your channel. Craig was nice to talk to and professional. Additional: Craig has been a stunt person in Seagal's movies.
Last: he still keeps in touch with Seagal; per testing for Black belts.
Yes sir! Mr. Craig Dunn is one of Seagal's original students that went through the trial by fire. Big respect to him, Larry Reynosa, Haruo Matsuoka, Gerrit Green, Jorge Angulo, etc.
I remember seeing Mr. Dunn take some hard falls in Above The Law and Hard to Kill.
He was the guy in "Above the Law" who threatened Seagal with a gun in the bar scene. Then Seagal did a super fast Aikido technique to outgun him.
As an Airborne-Airassault Light Infantry veteran and lifelong martial artist I agree with Seagal Shihan that on a battlefield in close-combat the last place a military warrior/Soldier wants to be is on the ground when the adversaries are armed with melee weapons and three to one odds.
I watched an Infantry brother named Pvt. Welch of Boston Massachusetts, a purple belt in Gracie Jiujitsu in the mid 90s, fight a collegiate folk wrestler who'd been bullying him.
Pvt. Welch took the wrestler (Pvt. Creech) to the ground, took his back, had his hooks in and was applying a rear naked (interlocking) choke.
One guy ran to get Pvt. Creech's buddies whom came running up, thought Pvt. Welch was killing Pvt Creech, and began futbal kicking & heel stomping Pvt Welch's head and neck.
Myself and two others tried to protect Pvt Welch but the wrestler's friends outnumbered us so they got in some vicious kicks.
Pvt Welch went to the Emergency Room in critical condition.
I had been practicing and pursuing Gracie Jiujitsu but after that I decided to pursue it no more.
I maintain the Jiujitsu ground escape techniques to get off the ground should a stronger attacker attempt to hold me down but for military hand to hand combat I sincerely believe BJJ is a no-go.
For Police officers making arrests and for females needing skills to defeat a single male date rapist or abusive spouse I'm a proponent of BJJ.
For military close-combat defense , where melee weapons like knives, daggers, rocks are involved, I don't believe it's suitable.
Infantrymen and Light-Infantrymen carry ALOT of extra weight in equipment, body armor, load bearing vest, Kevlar helmet, grenades, knife, sometimes pistol. . . So, just like the samurai bushi, we don't want to be submission grappling on the ground to establish position before submission while the opposition is ripping weapons off our load-out and we're ground grappling.
Samurai Yawara (Jujutsu) was about taking them down then deploying a weapon to finish the fight (just like U.S. military SOC-P).
The UFC is not a good representation of military hand to hand combat. Military SOC-P is the truth in military/martial Combatives.
Thanks for sharing
@@VikingSamurai If you're interested: andrewsoldier.blogspot.com/?m=1
Jesse said it best, "You don't have to be a perfect human being to be successful."
Very wise words indeed.....
Jesse looks like the Real Deal way more than Seagal
Dont have to be a liar either
@@robd1329 Tell that to Sumo wrestlers.
I hope we get to see you interview Steven Seagal in the future.
I would actually like to see Steven actually do a samurai movie, he seems to have a lot of knowledge on the subject and kind of do a Toshiro Mifune type role.
The best thing i've ever seen about Stephen Seagal was his documentary on Aikido.
Seagal talked to you man that's awesome. At the end of the day he's just a guy but that's quite the honor.
Great analysis. I saw this. Amazing job.
Great video!! Look forward to the next one.
Unreal, could you imagine as a child you'd be talking to all of our childhood heroes?
Can you imagine Chuck Norris on the channel
@@robd1329 I can actually see it.
Your videos about Seagal were enlightening; I believe that story, too, forgetting that Lebell is always in character, especially during interviews.
Didn't in your interview with Don Wilson; he said that stunt men were getting beat, and hurt, on the movie set with Seagul and JCVD.
Hollywood stunt men... especially back then, were Pussys. They were not trained to fight... and were not used to taking even the lightest of hits. Meanwhile... in Hong Kong... the actors not only all learned how to fight, and act... but also.. they tended to actually make mild to decent contact with each other, to "Sell" the hits.
I have 29 yrs of combat experience... and I can tell you, that if I do a demo on a person whom isnt a martial artist... its pretty easy for them to get a bruise from the bone to bone contact. Its not that Im intentionally harming them... nor am I using a lot of force. Its that their tissues and bones, are not able to clash with my "Iron Body" conditioned limbs, without suffering pain and some damages... even at very Mild levels of output.
The elder Hollywood, tended to use camera angles, to hide the fact that the actors are not connecting their strikes at all. But this comes at a cost, of looking unrealistic... and also limits the kinds of shots you can use.
Films like the Matrix.. where they imported Asian stuntmen, Trainers, and Choreographers... were a bit different. In such films, they made some actual physical contact... and thus, they were able to do a lot more kinds of shots, as a result.
Seagal is really really misunderstood in the United States! We love him here though!!!
Yes, we do.
Bad ass martial artist and good movies
i would have blurred out the phone number at 18:39 , but i'm glad he spoke with you. We'd love to see him on the channel
Steven Seagal is also a good guitar 🎸 player,
I watched him perform at Casino 🎰 Rama in Ontario Canada back in 2010.
REAL DEAL LEGIT SEAGAL 💯
Have Seagal and Dux have an online RUclips 3 way sit down here 😄👍 I'd stop work just to watch that haha
@The Crazy Amateur Runner yeah man right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Im so glad all this information has come on RUclips about Seagal because so many people call him. The best one is when people say his Akido is no good, i say challenge him then to his face. I watched a bit of Scots video with, also i formative, ive got loads of Seagal dvds. My first watch was under siege at the Cinema.
Viking Samurai, it is cool that you got to talk to Steven Seagal! Funny thing that a few days ago I was thinking to add Steven Seagal to the action movie stars that I’ve been introducing to my son. Seagal ain’t no Van Damme but still LOL
Great video VS. It's awesome that you chatted to Steven Seagal.
It is really great you got to talk to Steve Segal ! I had a feeling it was him but hoped for your sake it was JCVD... But I am sure that will happen any time soon ! Again, I hope you film your true first moment reaction to finally connect with JCVD (on camera, or even better face-to-face).
Great stuff. Many thanks!
When Seagal arrived on the scene in the late '80s, he was a breath of fresh air. He brought a level of authenticity to films that we never saw before. I seriously doubt we will see his like again. I always enjoyed the Scott Glenn 1982 movie 'The Challenge'; Seagal served as a martial arts choreographer.
He is the exact opposite of authenticity.
@@markthebldr6834 Well, if a random troll on a comments section says it, it must be true! Lmao!
@@markthebldr6834 what exactly are you referring too? What is your definition of authenticity? The man was a very high level aikido practitioner and instructor in Japan for over 15 years and a expert marksman, long before films
@@WarriorEsoteric haven't seen any aikido fighters in the ufc lately. In no way, shape or form was any of it realistic. Sure it was authentic bullshit. Maybe I'm confused with what you are saying. I grew up watching all of his movies and the older I got the more I realized how bad his acting was, and how unrealistic his fight scenes were.
@@AztecUnshaven if a random troll claims he is great then he must be. So stupid
I was already a brown belt in Yoshinkan Aikido when Hard to Kill came out and I was jacked beyond belief when I saw Seagal onscreen. I know people who trained with him and he is the real deal and was a showman, way back in Japan.
FYI, Yoshinkan is the style taught to the Tokyo riot police, not the namby-pamby stuff done by the son of the founder's school. Even in Yoshinkai in America back in my day, there were a lot of softies, but I was lucky to have a teacher (3rd dan) who was mind-boggling. He taught some of us Aiki-jujitsu on the side - that's when I began to see how Aikido could be used in a real combat situation.
All martial arts exist because they worked, and they were designed for specific applications. Aikido arose from the Samurai battlefield, where combatants often had armor, so punching was of limited use. And the swords would cut right through you, so there were no blocks, only parries or evasions. The joint locks and throws and stick fighting were added as well by the founder too. No ground fighting or sumo stuff, even though O-Sensei studied sumo for a time. Who is going to ground fight, in armor, on a battlefield. Most don't know these things or even care to consider them, but that is the the reality.
I still have a mixture of frustration and laughter when I hear so many people express their ignorant views of Aikido and how it works or doesn't. And I agree, the way much of it is done nowadays is just like how Tai Chi is done. Too few have any idea how to use it as a martial art, but it IS one because it works if used properly by a skilled practitioner. But as in many other areas of life where the ignorant loudly and proudly proclaim their views, I've learned it's just how life is.
I'll always enjoy Steven Seagal's films action packed kick ass I still wish we could have gotten that JCVD Steven Seagal movie back in the day it could have been epic like Universal soldier
Great video thank you VS
As always, amazing video, mr. Samurai. Before your channel I basically just knew Steven´s movies through youtube video critics. The man and his work takes such a slander you start to realize how vicious "the public opinion" is when it's owners want it to be that way. Thanks to your channel now I really appreciate the guy. Being myself a Beatles fan, is attitude reminds me a lot of George Harrison's in his solo years. He knows where he is, he knows what his values are, and he's not afraid to be himself.
Something unforgivable this days.
i respect Steven Seagal and im grateful for the entertaiment he brought on the screen . He is one of my childhood hero's . second to Jean claude van damme he probably inspired me the most. I'm 38 now and not alot has changed i still love these action martial arts movies.
Very cool video Viking! It's really interesting listening the behind the scenes of Jesse Enkanp's videos with Steven Seagal and also about the conversation that you had with him👏👌👍
We want Seagal interview here
Seagal having the lead part for his first acting role is definitely rare. Van Damme's first acting roles were background extras, and then when he finally had some dialogue, he was "Gay Karate Man."
In Monaco forever and no retreat no surrender Van damme was 23/24 and spoke English badly! At 25/26 Van damme had lead role in Bloodsport!
Unlike Van Damme, though, Seagal had worked on a few movies as a fight choreographer before he became an actor. Receiving praise from freaking Toshiro Mifune isn't a small achievement, given what a huge star he was back then, and neither is working with John Frankenheimer or training Sean Connery for a role in a James Bond movie.
Plus - Seagal produced and wrote "Above the Law", which certainly helped him get the role.
And also - Van Damme barely spoke English when he started acting. Seagal, being an American, never had this problem.
I got into martial arts back in 1987. My all time fav martial artists have always been Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris. Then came Benny the Jet Urquidez and lately I like also Buakaw as I love Muay Thai. When Steven Seagul exploded on the big screen I loved his movies. Eventually he ended getting (and still does) so much hate and I could never understand why.......however me being a person whom does not follow the masses, I never jumped on the hate Seagul train. Thank you Viking Samurái, your videos are honest and I appreciate that a lot.
great video thanks
I'm so glad to see you living your dream! Rock on!!
Like I said before viking samurai man you got my integrity and ethics some of our own media outlets when it comes to interviewing people, keep up the good work boss.
I've heard he walked through a door and fell from a boat. Funniest shit I've heard happening to an actor 🤣
Its great you got to speak with him, i Hope one day you Will get a chance to speak with van damme also.
Great video brother!
Glimmer Man is probably the closest character to his own personality
You mean, Gary Glitter?
I wish seagal would start a podcast or something... it would be fkn dope
Id listen....him and Frank Dux telling tall stories
Hoping that van damme appears on you're channel
He'll def be on...im sure Kris talked to him...but the timing is everything. Leave the Best for last
Also I think you and Jesse would make a great collab, and you guys would have a great discussion.
I remember the first time i saw Nico or ‘Above the law’ you would just know he is the real deal. Acting without acting as he would say..🔥
Steve and JCVD should do a flick! Combine forces! With Bolo and Jeff Speakman, The Perfect Weapon! Tony Ja and Donnie Yen choreography! Mix up the arts! Aikido, Kenpo, Mui Tai, Kungfu, Wing Chun, and Taekwondo! Call it Death Dealers!
In the whole America continent and Europe for example, Aikido was super niche before Seagal. He really put this beautiful art on the map. Also, I had no idea you talked to Steven himself Viking! I'm so happy for you!!
i like that Steven Seagal is honest in his beliefs and good at martial arts!!! thanks!
everyone on here keeps saying Seagal does akido and it does not work But Jesse jsut said he does not do regular akido, only mostly only uses the old hard lethal style, with Karate and kung fu added.
At first my favourite is van Damme, i like his movies a little bit more and he looks with his karate style in movies better. But no matter what we say about Steven, he is a true master with a high degree in Aikido. I'm sure in a real fight he is a dangerous umderrated guy. Second he works for many years as a deputy sheriff and third what about Nasso- Mafia trouble story. All his movies about Mafia, Spy....happen in little parts in his life. But the last 15 years he is a real shit-talker, maybe a result from Hollywood and too much influence of social media.
That's awesome that you were able to spend an hour talking to Steven Seagal.
Super lucky. And it's really great for the channel I think
@@RageOfTheTiger great for the channel if it leads to something content-wise in the future, otherwise it was at least a significant experience with a person he admires.
I am weary of this discussion but I guess people have to be informed and trained.
Sea gal is a Master in the true sense. He doesn’t have to size you up or even think about what he’s going to do in a fight because he is an Aikido Master. He will use whatever you do against you so fast you won’t believe it. And give you some extra pain too.
I had to learn the hard way myself when training so I just went off on my Aikido Sensei on morning. He deflected and slapped me so hard I saw stars. So I tried to kick him and that was it. He deflected and stepped in close and swept me to the floor.
That was enough for me to know never engage a guy who knows Aikido.
My only reservation would be to have a really strong wrestler who would attack the legs and go to the mat right away. Even then he would take something away from you to make you not want to try it again.
Seagal is such an amazing man!
Sesgull is legit. Jesse's video's with Seagull were amazing !!!
You kind of know my feelings on Seagal. BUT i wish no ill intent on the guy and hope he lives out his days healthy wealthy and wise..Really nice you got to speak with him.
Very interesting brilliant 👏
When r we gonna get Steven on your channel? Him n Jessie were amazing
thanks for your work Sir. You do real reports trying to get to the truth on the ground.
Thanks, Much appreciated!
He WAS a big movie star. I loved his movies from the 90s early 2000s, if Above the Law 2 ever see the light of day perhaps he will be back making good movies. But I doubt it.
I practiced aikido for over 20 years and he is the reason I started practicing after seeing Above the Law it done it all for me.I was also fortunate enough that my teacher learned from the Japanese and it was more of aikijitsu style techniques from the sword then anything else so it was very rough.Seagal is 100% legit rather people want to except it or not he's great.
Seagal is one of the greats. Viksam is one of the greats to
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I agree as i just mentioned, give me some true facts, everyone who name drops him.
Wow Viking! I take a little break from watching RUclips channels, come back and find out you talked to Steven Seagal!
Yes, there is definitely a thin line between ego & confidence. The thing is martial artists and especially instructors to many degrees walk back and forth over that line. And the instructor has trained for a long time, even more so. I've come to see it as "it is what it is". DO such in instructors become humble as they get older, yes, I believe they do
As I was watching the video, I had an interesting thought. Maybe a reason why many people put Steven Seagal down about his physical ability because he's gain weight over the years is that, as far a people in the West/The United States aren't used to seeing a big and tall man move o fat and not look sloppy or uncoordinated. The only person that comes to mind that is a big person but not a tall person is Mike Tyson but he is fast and coordinated. We just aren't used to seeing that., so people don't know how to handle that.. We see Sumo wrestlers move, but do we say that they aren't in shape or that they cannot move? No, we don't. Ed Parker. was a big man his entire adult life, but none of his students, friends, colleagues will ever say that he wasn't fast or couldn't move. We don't say Sammo Hung is out of shape for a big guy, but he is fast and agile.
I can understand why Seagal feels the way he does about Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Using the name "jiu-jitsu" for the Gracie's style was basically for name recognition. At the time, Japanese Jujitsu was the known martial art, also was Jigoro Kano's Judo. The Gracie style had to stand out. While that really seems to be a priceless marketing strategy that has worked out for the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, because there's that misunderstanding it's a better martial art than Japanese Jujitsu not knowing and understanding that it is a martial art that's a descendant from Japanese Jujitsu & Judo. Going to the ground to fight would definitely go against the philosophy of the Samurai taking an opponent out quickly and efficiently. I understand the need for knowing how to fight if on the ground, but to default to going to the ground. What happens when there is not enough space at all to go to the ground, what do you do?
Steven Seagal the Marlon Brando of martial arts acting...wow! Yea, I can see a resemblance in them. The only issue I have in the comparison is that Brando was a classically-trained actor. But, if you make the comparison in the context of their expressions when in character, things like that...then yea...I guess you could make that comparison. Yea, how many actors and actresses can make a living being characters that are basically who they are in real-life and that actually works for the specific character? As I think about it, it wouldn't be a stretch to not think that each of the characters Steven Seagal has played are parts of his actual personality?
Steven is one of the greatest actors in marital arts movies along with Scott Adkins van Damme, Mark dacascos, Jeff Spekman, Viking Samurai(coming soon), Keith Cooke (hirabayashi), keith Vitali, loren Avedon and Chuck Norris, His aikido technique for me levels up to a master. He did many good movies and as much as he does straight to dvd lately he is still great. The scandaĺs and the negativity around him i chose to not focus on that because at the end of the day no one is perfect. I will never forget "hard to kill" the opening shop scene, where he says while on his knees "come cut my heart out" and then he did his martial arts moves! Ut was epic! , thanks Viking for great content 👌
Andy, exactly. Ghislaine Maxwell the pal to Jeffrey Epstein are the real sex traffickers and pedophiles.
@@DonWilkey2013 100% bro
keep up the great work viking.
You need to interview Takis Trigellis. I'm a savate fighter and have been into it over 25 years. I was just curious how he trained because I know he's a Tae Kwon Do fighter.
Nice breakdown.
Sad to see Chuck Norris didn't make the monument.
Very much agreed! Norris is another great legend, all due respect to Seagal, Norris should replace Seagal on the monument
@Randy Fewkes him and Jackie Chan
@@paulsmith9192 Jackie Chan didn't seem to get bigger in the United States until the '90s though if I remember correctly. So it's almost like this monument is for the '80s era. Him and Bruce Lee would be the Schwarzenegger and Stallone of the Asian martial arts movies though.
@xxxburke that's fair.if the list of for the era and not overall, I'd get it.but,overall Jackie a bigger action star than,steven
Seagals the best!
That was pretty Interesting
How did Enkamp not know that Seagal had studied and taught martial arts for decades. That’s an easy internet search. He didn’t get the movie roles for his svelte physique and charming demeanor. He was an “aikido teacher to the stars” with dozens of students world wide. There’s a ton of documentaries on RUclips about his martial background. (No nutritionist, roadwork, or weights in his training regimen, obviously)
That quote you said about “If you repeat one lie long enough…” when I heard it I heard it was by Hitler. I never double checked, though.
I love seagal, the karate video really showed his other side, all those haters n their bs
Can I laugh 😃 in your face 🤣 kung-fu panda 🐼 🤣
Those were two interesting hangout video's that Jessie had put together and as for Seagal, I'm sure he could make some sort of a resurgence into the younger crowd and market again even if it's only done through recycled movies and pop culture references.
I voted for Van Damme on that poll!
I hopes he comes to your channel soon.
Can you please ask him about something he said ; karate kata doesn't work, he said we should only practice our waza..if he could explain.That is real preacticality frame of mind. Thx
When I first saw Above the Law in '89, I was stunned. Never heard of this guy, but it seemed obvious that he was going to blow up into a bonified martial arts action star. His charisma and screen presence were credible and intriguing, and the fight scenes, of course, were uniquely brutal..
YAAAAY and thank you for the video. I totally agree about BJJ and commercialization of the Martial arts. I just hope the Allegations against women are not true. Also, The Gene LeBell story. I feel that it is pandering when stars who were not there tell it now.
Why does rokas have a envious vibe😂
I think you still need to do a reaction to Steven Seagal Lawman
I was always a fan of Seagal because of his ability as a Martial artist, something people like to discredit him on. But most of these people who talk shit never trained with him nor would they touch hands with him, that's why I laugh when they talk all this shit about him because I know he would wipe the floor with the majority of these dudes. Lol Even Gene Lebell, people can defend him all day and say he choked Seagal out but Lebell knew himself that it would never went down like that had he really tried to fight Seagal. Lol That's why he stayed quiet about it all those years. Lol People can say what they want about his personal life but what they can't do is take away his martial arts ability and skill he hones and he's one of the elite and top martial artist's of all time!
Segal like VD was a comet shooting across the sky. He had charasma just cool so laid back he won over the audience. Above the law was amazing it put him on the map. His movies like VD the early one stand the test of time sure they will continue too
Yeah, I'm still so impressed with how well both Seagal and Van Damme's early movies hold up even today. Seagal's fight scenes in his early films with the wide full-body shots so you can see the full technique still put a lot of action film fight scenes from today to shame. In fact, sadly there aren't any films other than The Raid that even remotely come close.
@@billywashere6965 Tony Jaa ong bak and ong bak 2 movies the protector and protector. 2 along with the raid movies are the only ones john wick movies are overrated in my opinion
@@bernardwilliams4071 Man I forgot about Tony Jaa. You're absolutely right, they do absolutely carry the same brutal, realistic weight as Seagal's earlier films. And I also agree 1000% about John Wick films. Yeah, they're fun and entertaining, but they also feel very -light- when it comes to choreography if you know what I mean? It feels like stunt guys doing stunt work. In Seagal's films it looked like he was actually beating people up for real.
@@billywashere6965 Exactly
First comment! As your first commentator I request you to do an interview with Silat Master Jak Othman, who tours the US now and again teaching his legendary Silat style called Harimau Berantai (Chained Tiger).
Never heard of him
@@VikingSamurai please look him up if you have time, his Silat style is incomparable. He used to be a Muay Thai champion, as well as being the current master of Harimau Berantai, a style that could be traced all the way back to the Majapahit Empire, he has complete mastery of blade art as well as his family fought Dutch colonisers in Java. He is worth your interview, my friends who've studied Muay Thai, Silat and MMA for a long time said that there's no teacher like him, Jak Othman.
If you actually look into Seagal instead of just brainlessly repeat the accepted narrative, you might find that he's quite accomplished. He made a music album in which he does a duet with Stevie Wonder and actually toured with his own band at one point, starred in 2 TV shows, marketed an energy drink, Russian firearms, and even his own aftershave. And people make fun of his movies, but he cranks them out so quickly and cheaply that they can't help but make money and get a following. He has a string of martial arts schools and, yes, he DID teach Anderson Silva that kick, as well as coach Lyoto Machida. Now he's a Russian citizen and personally knows Putin. Sure, he's flawed, as we all are, but, he's a very interesting individual nevertheless.
I made a whole video about how he actually did teach that kick, glad other people realize this fact
Great video my friend when I think about Mr. Seagal he’s rich he could probably still stop so much but I’m not comparing him to Mike Tyson but I think he can handle his business and I’m not even really in martial arts to be honest with you I’m up in the boxing mostly I’ve been boxing probably 45 years I still getting a ring at 63 but I do appreciate the martial arts philosophy and the talent and the skill that it provides I’m just a street guy from Detroit most of my game is on the ground or with my hands streetfighter but any rate thanks for the video I don’t bash people I’m not into the Hollywood crap talking I wish everyone in martial arts goodness long life have a good one my friend
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