Me too. Not that I hate him or anything, it's just funny reading all the triggered comments by people who act like they personally know the man. Not defending Seagal, but, why the hell should I believe this Lambert guy, either?? 'Cuz he LOOKS AND SOUNDS "honest"? I don't personally know him any more than I know Seagal. I'll never meet either guy, so it doesn't matter what the truth is, but, it does matter that I have an opinion formed by nothing buy hearsay.
*_As a 17 and 18 year old kid, I really looked up to Seagal! When I saw the movie trailers for Above The Law, I was Completely Awe Struck! I was in Northwest Montana at the time! We then moved to Seattle, WA in June, 1988! I searched movie listings everywhere for any theatre that hopefully was still showing Above the Law! I finally found a multiplex theatre up north in the Lynnwood, WA area still showing it! I took busses for 3 hours to trek up there from Seattle just so's I could see this movie! I was Absolutely Mesmerized! I knew I not only wanted to take Martial Arts, I wanted to do what Seagal does! I wanted to learn Aikido! I was such a fan of Seagal's that I used to dress like him and kind of quasi imitate him! I found an Aikido Dojo in my area and enrolled! I took it all the way to Green Belt level and then started to inwardly question what I was actually learning. I thought to myself: "This isn't like what I see Seagal doing in his movies!" That's because I found out its not what Seagal does in his movies! That Really Cool, Ballistic, Combat Looking, Real Looking stuff isn't Aikido, it's the old school Aiki-Jujutsu! What I was learning was the Morihei Ueshiba, very Zen, very Flowery, dance in a hakama type of stuff! I eventually left Aikido and got into other Arts that would better arm a young Man for a real fight! I got into Kenpo, and then gradually started cross training with Filipino Martial Arts, Silat, and Wing Chun guys!_* *_Anyway, I digress. The thing is, I loved Seagal and his movies and thought: "This is how I want to be! I want to be like this guy!" And then, I just gradually began losing respect for him as stories of how he really was in real life started to slowly come to light. Including attempted rape stories. I remember hearing about him hurting stuntmen on movie sets. I remember hearing about him hurting other actors because of bruised egos, etc, etc, etc. Then the chronic pathological, habitual lying and tall tales! Including being present for Brandon Lee's funeral, when he most Definitely wasn't! He even later on said he met Bruce Lee through James Coburn! Seagal would've been like, eight years old! He had Absolutely zero connection with Hollywood until he was an Adult! And before all of that, he tried to constantly spin tales of being a former CIA Clandestine Operative! That went on until the Actual CIA publicly stated that Seagal has never been associated with them in any way, ever! Then he just sort of went silent about it, trying to act like he never said anything about it before! I eventually lost respect for Seagal, Completely! Is he a Legitimate Martial Artist? Absolutely! He is a Black Belt in Shito-Ryu Karaté, Kendo, Aikido, and in either Judo or Traditional Japanese Jiu-Jitsu! He also began getting into some classical Kung~Fu, Wing Chun, and Filipino Martial Arts! Is he a D-Bag with almost no moral code and pretty much incapable of not lying about everything? Unfortunately, also yes._* *_What a disappointment Seagal ended up being._* 👤
Do you think a 1988 fit seagal would have been a legit badass in a street fight situation that brutal bar scene in above the law although a movie I believe he could of easily done that for real. Appreciate your opinion.🙏
*_To be honest,_* @@paulbirkbeck1790, *_I really feel anymore that it's about the Man, not his Art. A truly good fighter is going to be good no matter which Martial Art he decided to train in. I don't know if Seagal was ever a good fighter in real life or not. Chuck Norris I feel was a legitimately real-deal fighter. I think he would've been a legit Bad@§§ whether he had trained in Tang Soo Do, Tæ Kwon Do, or any other Martial Art. Same thing with Michael Jai White. One thing I won't do is call Seagal a fake Martial Artist. He legitimately earned 4 Black Belts and further went on to cross train in several other Arts. Who knows if he had any experience in fighting for real though. It'd be cool if people who know him would come up and vouch for him on this!_*
Don't want to burst your (already burst) bubble, but he wasn't even that great a martial artist. And about his black belts.... One of his ex wives, Miyako Fujitani, has said on multiple interviews that the only reason he got a black belt was because her father, his father-in-law at the time, was the examiner! And not only that, but he was sleeping half-way during the exam!! Seriously, the only reason this Seagal douche ever became big was because he conned his way up the Hollywood ladder while taking advantage of the martial arts hype and popularity of the 80s and 90s. He made sure to always be portraited as the invinsible, cool good "special ops" guy with mob connections in every single one of his god aweful movies, amd the guillable American audience ate it all up with a ladle, and started believing he can fight. The guy couldn't even run, let alone fight....
Some one asks Seagal did you hurt stuntmen in your movies? Seagal: *This is the fucking come to Jesus moment! I was not born on a fucking turnip truck man and i was not born at night i was born on a bright fucking sunny day and i've been doing this for a loooong time*
George Foreman publicly challenged Seagal to a fight saying he could use any techniques he wanted against him....and he would wear boxing gloves. When asked why the challenge.....George said "to shut him up". By coincidence, Seagal moved to Russia just after the challenge.
I've trained in Kenpo since 1967 I'm 61 years old now. I've had serious bad fights with some very bad dudes in my early years. It was life saving to know my martial arts as well as I did. It saved my life. On the other hand, when I had serious falling out with other bad dudes I used my conviction in morales and values and gracefully bowed out of the confrontation. And that meant more to me than hurting someone. I don't know how steven seagal or what his outcome would be in a serious street fight. But, hopefully he would know what the best thing to do would be. Fight, or given the chance walk away. Great interview . I'm now a subscriber.
I have trained in martial arts for close to 40 years. I was a college wrestler that was good enough to go to the NCAA tournament back in the 70s. After college I was a sparring partner for Angel Cruz who was ranked #7 in the world by the WBC, WBA. I took up Judo and Japanese Ju Jitsu in college and have continued to practice and train in them. In the late 90s I started in BJJ and Pakiti Tirsa and did BJJ for 13 years. In all my training while working with others I have never tried to hurt the other guy. The key to training is to back off when the situation could lead to injury or death. When I teach choke holds I tell the student not to knock the other guy out as a lack of oxygen to the brain is not good. In my opinion Seagal is an asshole who likes to hurt those weaker than himself. That is not a true martial artist, that is a bully.
@@Commander76 many of those action movie stuntmen seem involved in some martial arts and are really fit and I bet you one of them overtime has randomly been an expert in MMA/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai who would fuck his akidoworld up. Steven seems like a bully who isn't used to people fighting back.
Very cool interview. I actually know a few stuntmen and actors who've worked with Segal and they all echo the same thing about him. One actor in particular is bigger than Segal and surprise, surprise - Segal did not hurt him at all and was very gentle in their scenes. As a side note, I had a friend attend a Segal Aikido Camp back in the 90s when he was getting really popular, and said it was a huge let down that ended with Segal not appearing til the end when he gave a closing speech... about his next movie.
I met the Stuntman Kane Hodder a few years ago at a Horror movie convention, I knew he had worked with Seagal In a couple of movie's, so at the Q&A panel I got curious and ask him what was Steven like to work with, he paused For a moment and just stared at me causing some of the people there to laugh at his reaction, he continued to tell us That friends of his that are stuntmen all ended up going hospital after being injured by Seagal during filming.
@@Wtfluxsay Yes he was a bit taken back at first when i Asked him about Seagal in front of all his Fans at the convention, but he shook my hand before he left so i guess me and Kane are all good, LOL.
Kane is the shit. Met him in 99 and got a machete and 8x10 signed for $10 total at a haunted house. He was super friendly with my inarticulate 9th grade ass.
IT's not necesserely that if You r a mouvie Guy that u Can't fight in a real fight. Remember first is legit aikido master then an actor. Same for Van damme. Now against a profesional fighter, i agrey. That's availeble for the Pierce Brosnan action kind of star. It Seems I Know more about fighting then this stunt man. With all The respect.
I said the Same thing. Seagal, Van Damme, Jackie, Jet Li, All are Real Fighters who Trained their Whole Lives, and just wanted to put it into Movies. LOL It's Funny that he would say something like that!!!
lie lie lie JCVD is a real fighter he won karate tournaments and was and was a practicing kick boxer he has real fights u can see on film from before he was famous u should have stoped him and reminded him of that what kind of jcvd fan are u brother lol i hope u msg him and tell him
Lol a “Fly” reference I love it! That is a very good description of SS. He does have Trump/Simmons type personally quirks. All that stuff about inventing a front kick and junk
He didn’t like being disarmed by a baddie? Fuck me running. That would’ve been a great transition to showcasing more hand to hand. Hmm, never mind. LOL!!! >_
Steven Seagal is the reason why I started training Aikido. I've trained for 12 years and it really helped me with my BJJ training. p.s. he broke Sean Connery's wrist in his last James Bond movie. I guess he also hurt Oscar winners as well. lol
Anybody can break a wrist in kotegashi when your partner is a beginner..Seagal is a fraud who gave himself 5th dan when he was just a shodan....Christian Tissier on tv said so
@@alexscott730 Fatty Seagal is not only a fraud but a pathological liar and I think he spends more time eating big mac cheeseburgers at McDonald's than training.
@@thestoner9148 Steven Seagal now is a technical director Russian Aikido Federation,and i saw many his seminars in my country.The last seminar was with Alexander Emelianenko a mma fighter.
I think when Seagal first came out people thought of the fight scenes 'What the hell is this?' as they hadn't seen anything like it before. Central Fugal energy force is used more in Aikido than any other martial art and so it means that Seagal would smash people into things = inanimate objects like tables and chairs etc., using the attacking momentum (William Forsyth 'Out for Justice' for example - a great fight scene in my opinion). weapons skills combined with aikido moving out of the way body movements and redirecting fast incoming force made for those exciting smash and multiple attack scenes. Grappling on the floor wouldn't do it in movies or indeed on the street if there were more than one attacker, so Seagal's 'new' style of martial weapons and his very smooth method of gun use meant that this guy was exciting for young guys to see. He brought a sense of rough realism to the movies hardly seen before. Perhaps - but not in his defense - Seagal wanted to make the scenes as real as possible and certain techniques done fast and with the attackers momentum coming meant that Seagal could let loose, maybe also he had to prove a point as not many people had seen aikido before and as it was not a competing art, by design and philosophy, he wanted to show off its potential and so for him, a martial artist and not an 'actor' he would get carried away rightly or wrongly resulting in guys getting hurt. His style did in fairness portray a sense of realism that managed to eclipse most other action stars of the time resulting in a new 'wow' factor for action movie fans.
At the end of this interview, the subject of Jackie Chan comes up, and that he's a movie fighter and not a ring fighter. Interestingly, Benny the Jet was once asked about his time working with Jackie, Sammo and Yuen Biao. He said that they were all great athletes but Sammo was the one who could fight. There's a story told by Jackie of a time he got into a street fight in Hong Kong. He hit the guy in the face and was shocked to see a bone poking out from the back of his hand. He tried to push it back in, but it fell out! Turns out that it was the other guy's tooth that had become embedded in the Jackie's backfist! 😂
Come on, he never fought against a single good fighter. Do you consider that real fighting? It´s a joke. Watch Bill Wallace fight, watch Benny Urquidez last fight when he was already 42 years old against a Japanese fighter called Tagami (25 at the time). Then you know what real fighting is.
@@Ehrle6969 If you really think that van Damme is a fighter, then you must be drunk or under drugs. But we live in a democracy, everybody can believe what he likes to.
I would really like to know how he can make that statement that Jet Li and Jackie Chan are not real Fighters! When Jet Li started training wushu Kung Fu when he was 9 years old! And Jackie Chan started doing Kung Fu at age 7 years old. And every technique and style that they know is not for stage acting it is for real life encounters. They just happen to implement it in their movies, and coincidentally they happen to be actors. But it is not to suggest to discredit them as not being real martial artist or real Fighters for that matter. Because they are quite capable of Defending themselves in real life altercations. So he really needs to recant that statement. I can personally attest that Jackie Chan although maybe an actor but he is still a real martial artist just as well as Jet Li. This is the same mentality in the context that was stated about Bruce Lee that he was not a real martial artist / real fighter he was just an actor. But in fact his martial arts was developed by him specifically for real life street fights, and by point of fact, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li are real skilled martial artists and are capable real Fighters. In other words they can fight for real not just for the screen. And that's all I have to say about that!
Jet Li told Playboy magazine that he'd never been in a real fight in his entire life (they did an article on martial arts moviestars at one point), he didn't even spar, he was a forms champion, not a fighting champion. As for Jackie, he doesn't care what people think about his fighting ability, anyway, he knows he's made much more money doing his movie fighting than 99.9 percent of "real" fighters ever will.
It's hard to accept that Seagal is useless in a fight but that he can accidentally break bones, knock out and severely injure some of the toughest SOB's in the business, the stuntmen. Multiple people talk about him HITTING people too hard, knocking the wind out of people. And this guy stated in an earlier interview that he struck Gene so hard that he "Lifted him 3 feet in the air" So in his prime he was capable of knockout, bone breaking strikes to toughened men... But couldn't fight... We can't easily and readily accept both statements as true.
I think its more a case that the people he hurt were reluctant to hurt him back or fight with him because he was a major movie star, and by doing so it would ruin their careers. I believe deep down inside Steven knew this was the case, he knew he could do what he liked to them and they wouldn't be able to do anything back to him.
@@stevienightheat1 Who determines who is a "master"? What does the title "master" prove? Have you watched the videos of Chinese kung fu "masters" getting their asses kicked, easily, by a low level MMA fighter? Being called a "master" doesn't prove anything.
@@BRUCEJJ66 very few are called legitimate masters in a particular martial arts. That takes decades to accomplish and even then most never actually accomplish that feat.
I am not sure I agree with this guy , j seen some other videos were Segal was in real fights , and tournaments. And he wasn’t nothing to mess with with , how do you have those skills and not be able to take care of yourself? Said to hear that van dam was a phony. But how would you know if you didn’t legitimately fight van dam , and the same how do you process such skills and can’t fight ?
In general, Shadow boxing, bag work, pad work, Road work, conditioning all show some degree of balance, speed, technique, power, strength, fitness etc.. Most people look good doing these as they don't hit back, but when faced with an opponent, they look ordinary at best. Sparring gives you an overall assessment of a fighter based ring craft, distance, timing, realistic usefulness of the techniques, pain tolerance, punching/kicking power fitness, guts, etc... Fighting is the real deal and next level of assessment. I was personally better at sparring than fighting, due to not having to makes Weight. Weight cutting was my hardest obstacle. Believe me, I've had some inter club Spars, harder than fights, due to the atmosphere. Almost all of these actors including JVCD mainly posses: flexibility, balance, technique, good bodies, although They lack the rest. I have yet to see JCVD do a 3min round of sparring, shadow boxing, bag work, or pad work. To me, he is not considered a fighter. An actor. I'm not hating anyone just using realistic measures. Thank you.
@@marvinjordan9987 appreciate your insight thanks for taking the time to help me understand better. Nevertheless those were the best action stars on their time. If did inspire me to try martial arts for awhile
@@princessk4969 Your welcome. I'm the same mate. Growing up these were many people's heroes, including me. As I got into the arts, I realised that they were actors not fighters. But they are inspiration to many. Thanks to Viking Samurai we are reliving the golden era of onscreen legends. All the best.
@@VikingSamurai some words about Steven from Director Sambo 70 school:Is Seagal really as good as he is shown in the movies? Good, really good! We, too, were skeptical at first, thought, grinning - an artist, shows various unreal. But after a closed training session with Seagal, our security officials (they are highly professional guys) said: “Hey, he's great!”. Many of the techniques shown to him are in the arsenal of our security specialists. They determined that in the combat part of aikido martial arts, Seagal knows specific serious techniques that lead to the neutralization of an opponent. And which of the Russian specialists came to this closed training session? There were guys from the personal protection service (FSO - ed.), And from a special police unit (OMON - ed.). And they all - at least the master of sports of the country. Our guys are very professional and they emphasized that Segal is definitely not below their level.
Dude, it's Hollywood. I'm sure a lot of what the book says is true, I'm not denying that, and I'm sure that majority of things about Steven seagal are true. However, let's not forget that Hollywood is an industry sewing you lies.
Wow-what interesting story about Sven Thorsen. Another "fun fact" about Sven: he plays the legendary opponent of Maximus in the movie "Gladiator". He plays Tigris the Gaul=the dude with the fancy helmet.
Seagal seems to really have some legit skills too though. He's been at Legit Kyokushin and Sambo academies, and they've vouched for his skills. Not only that, but Chinzo and Lyoto Machida have said he's legit dangerous back when he trained with them in 2009-2010 (along with Ricco Rodriguez, Daniel Cormier, Justin McCully, Luke Rockhold, etc). His big flaw is that he has a huge ego and seems to be an asshole (especially in his Hollywood heydey).
Buddy...Machida never said he was "legit dangerous".I watched that interview.And so what if some dumbass karate club un Russia idolize him.He's a fake and a douchebag.
@@alexscott730 dumbass Karate club? He's been at full contact Kyokushin academies and Sambo schools. Is Alexander Emelianenko a fake a a liar too? Because he also trained with Seagal for a time and commended his skills. Just admit that you hate Seagal's rude ego attitude, which is understandable; but that has nothing to do with his martial skills. Plenty of great martial artists have been assholes in the past. Matt Hughes is one of the all time greats... but he was also a huge douchebag when he was in his prime.
@@AztecUnshaven Steven Seagal, despite what clowns like this guy say is a legit martial artist. Fedor, Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida have all vouched for this. I also don't believe the story of Sven kicking him and dropping him.
The mixed martial arts world does not receive his presence well at all. They sort of mock him bro. He lied and said he taught Anderson Silva his signature kick.
@@lanceirons5877 No sir, I've seen his interviews about the kick. He did not say he taught Anderson the kick. What he DID say is that he helped Anderson refine and fine tune the front kick, with less telegraphing and different setups. There's plenty of footage of Seagal giving private lessons to Chinzo, Lyoto, and Anderson in 2009 and 2010. Both Lyoto and Chinzo have already stated that Seagal does have legitimate power and skill on their own RU-vid channel. The machado brothers have praised Seagal's skills years ago (they worked with him back in 1994 on Under Siege 2).
Seagal has a lot of skills, no doubt about that, but unfortunately he seems to have the same level of skill in douchbaggery, but i guess that is your average Hollyweird celeb.
@@BRUCEJJ66 ask kiss of the dragon cast about how he fight. Being a real fighter doesn't mean you go in the ring. Jet li definitely is a real fighter. And yet..wushu is kung fu no matter how do you show it.
@@BRUCEJJ66 This shows his humanity. Nothing wrong with that. But he still has absolute fighting skills. It is not by simple luck he has been chosen to be a martial art star. There are veterans that never shot a bullet in a real war. It doesn't mean they are not soldiers or they are bad ones....
How about this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rlZVQTRU-EQ.html Scott Adkins and Steven Segal, talking about the problems filming martial arts, among other things? Who doesn't understand that filming Seagal- like action, fast techniques etc. will not go without any injuries? If you can't take the heat, just leave? Those early Seagal flick's were action never seen before, and that's why everybody is still talking about the guy..
I saw the video before this where you were talking AJ Bakker and Mario Rose, and I'm sorry to disagree with Lambert, that Steven Seagal is a real martial artist!! Mario Rose was spot on about Steven's skills in Aikido as well as other martial arts Steven learned. Watch the interview with the 2 guys I mentioned above to get the legitimate 411 on Steven Seagal. Here's the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mg6e9GOI0y4.html
Not a fan of Seagal as a person, but I love the character he created, a one man army, which he pretty much plays in every movie. I've seen just about 95% of all his movies, and I like around 85% of them. That's not bad, because he has a lot of movies.
I wouldn't consider Seagal to be a fighter, he never fought competitively, never did a street fight and never even sparred properly, he does demos. I would consider Van Damme and anyone to have fought full contact in competition at national or European level to be a fighter. The best fighters are the ones who have fought really tough opponents in sparring, competitions and who had lots of street fights. You become a true fighting martial artist by constantly improving in hard fights against nasty opponents.
One thing he is wrong about. Benny The Jet on WheelOnMeals and DragonsForever...nobody topped that fights. So he is a great screen fighter. Better than the pros.
Don't stunt people get injured in movies period? It's a dangerous career. Stunt people end up with broken bones, in the hospital and unfortunately it can even cost them their lives.
After watching this and I think I've made this statement before , I was talking with my house mate who happened to be a solid friend for quite a long time. 1 with Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee was not undefeatable , there is plenty of written and witnesses fights competitions and other situations where Brice Lee won and lost. On the challenges that he lost Bruce Lee asked to be taught and learned from them, then challenged them again and won. I think it would be the same with this guy. I do believe he managed to match Bruce Lee. If there was a rematch , Bruce Lee would have learned and then taken him on and won. On the Taekwondo situation and other martial arts , well ALL martial arts masters and teachers have a certain ego and promote their art as the best and kinda talk down, I e seen it happen. Funnily enough when I studied Jeet Kun do we just focused on what we could do and went home and practiced and used a little improvisation. After all that's how all these arts began He is to be respected for what he has achieved but remember Grandmaster Vic has a certain ego that every other person has and tend to view their experiences through a certain personal view point
some words about Steven from Director Sambo 70 school:Is Seagal really as good as he is shown in the movies? Good, really good! We, too, were skeptical at first, thought, grinning - an artist, shows various unreal. But after a closed training session with Seagal, our security officials (they are highly professional guys) said: “Hey, he's great!”. Many of the techniques shown to him are in the arsenal of our security specialists. They determined that in the combat part of aikido martial arts, Seagal knows specific serious techniques that lead to the neutralization of an opponent. And which of the Russian specialists came to this closed training session? There were guys from the personal protection service (FSO - ed.), And from a special police unit (OMON - ed.). And they all - at least the master of sports of the country. Our guys are very professional and they emphasized that Segal is definitely not below their level.
I haven't trained with Seagal myself but several of my friends have... (in Russia) and all were quite impressed with his style and way of doing things; yes, he's a bit older and heavier now.... like many of us. Your testimony will probably be called 'bullshit' by many keyboard warriors on here ;)
@@joeridestrijcker445 Of course yes,he did not have practice at competition,but i think that competition doesn't show what a fighter can do.There are many rules,for example last Petr Ian fight in UFC against Sterlling.I think it was legit punch.If we'll fight in the street there will be no rules.I saw yesterday the voice vs Seagal,he told that every guy who goes into the octagon deserves respect.He told that Habib,Fedor are greatest mma fighters.He never told that he can beat Bruce Lee.He speaks about him with respect.But Michael Jay White told that he could beat Bruce.Lebell told that he beat Bruce..Guys,Bruce dead 47 years ago.He was first who show people Martial arts in movie.And when guys like Lebell and JW told that they beat or could beat him,they did nor respect him.Where you friends training with Seagal?
@@zverev85 from what they told me he was teaching some classes in Moscow; I saw several pictures of my friend playing uke for Seagal, so it's just some story; my friend is a sandan in aikido and over 30 years of experience... he's huge (Seagal size) and even stronger than me... if he tells me he was impressed by Seagal, that means something to me. More than some youtube blabbermouth disliking Seagal or aikido in general ;)
@@joeridestrijcker445 I told something like you.If somebody want to know about Seagal he must ask people who trained with Seagal.And no one stuntman can tell you about Seagal,Van Damme and other,because he did not trained with them.For exammple Simon and Philliph Rhee brothers or Jeff Soeakman never take part at competition,but they are great martial arts masters.Ron Balicki studied many martial arts,and when he told on his page that Seagal is true master,i believe him.
Jcvd is a real fighter he has a legit amature record 44-4 I think. And 18-1 kickboxing record. With all names of opponents round times and knockouts. So yes real fighter at one time. I don't agree with him saying he's not.
I'm a martial artist. I really liked Seagal's movies, until later I found out what an ass he really was. He and his then wife had an interview and she was asked how her love life was and she said it was great. Man, if looks could kill, she would have died from the look Segal gave her. She was shocked. Another time when making a movie, at the beginning there's an actor who was not aggressive at all, so Segal hit him on the chest I think and bounces him against a wall. Later he said that Segal said, "I'm the boss here, you do what I say." Now I'm paraphrasing, but it was something like that. I slowly over a couple of years, lost total respect for Segal. He' appears to be a nasty man. Sifu
Also Van Damme does have an extremely impressive fight record, so people saying he's only a "movie fighter" isn't very accurate to his real life skillset and accomplishments.
Awesome man your blowing up lol I kind of disagree with him on if segal or the vandamme or jackie etc. can really fight this is one of the biggest topics for years regarding action guys yeah they are movie fighters and yes real fighting is completely different he is right. Benny the jet , Chuck Norris, Bill superfoot wallace all those guys are real legit fighters champions no question about it. Burt for me for me I just find it hard to believe that any of the movie guys where to get into a fight and there life there life depended on it that they would be just helpless and anybody could just beat them. Any old joe blow from the street or in the bar. If your talking about them getting into a ring or octagon of course not those guys live eat its a way of life for them. But when you life depend on it its you or that other guy period I just find it hard to believe that movie guys would just get beat by anybody on the streets.
Interesting interview although I thought his remark about Jet Li is completely unfounded. I understand what Steven is saying, that there is a difference between movie fighting & competitive fighting being a martial artist for many years myself, but unless you fought someone yourself personally in the ring then its impossible for Steven to pass judgement on someones martial art ability. Especially if he hasn't gone toe to toe with them. Jet Li who has learnt Wushu since he was 6 from acclaimed Wushu teachers like Wu Bin and was on the Beijing Wushu team and who is a master of Wushu main weapons and also coached the Beijing Team and is fluent in at least 4 other styles of martial arts only knows movie fighting is a big oversight in my book if you ask me. Also Seagal may have his faults but you don't get to be the first foreigner to operate an Akido dojo in Japan without being good at Akido. That said interesting insight into the life of a Hollywood Stuntman.
Steven does/did have legit skills at one time but the other reason he had a school in Japan was he married into it which is how he was allowed to have property in Japan.
He's a fat arse hack! Preaches control and calm but obviously can't demonstrate it in the real world. Don't give shit about his skills. Just about anyone can be gotten too with a plan and determination. He's bulky bully is all.
The very end of this interview what he said is the biggest point that I always try to make about these movie star guys. Besides, someone like Don Wilson, who actually was a highly decorated real kickboxer. These guys are not real fighters. It’s insulting to put them in the same sentence.
‘You know I noticed you got a lot of boxing memorabilia here, who’s the tough guy? You? Reckon you could take me out? KAPOW!!! By the way, anyone seen Richie?’
Benny Urquidez is a top notch movie fighter, just watch the two fights on wheels on meals and Dragons forever with Jackie Chan, I would say that they rank above most fight scenes made over the years.
He's amazing in Revenge of the Ninja. He did all the masked ninja fights/stunts, doubled for Sho Kosugi and of course created all the stunts in the movie, the script just had a bunch of blank pages for the action sequences that he ended up writing!
I just found your channel and have enjoyed a number of your videos. Your channel appears to be centered around martial arts movies, so I was shocked to hear that you have not seen Seven Samurai's nor seemed to know who Akira Kurosawa was. You missed a lot of the early work that Hollywood went on to re-make over and over again. By the way, your guest miss-spoke, three of the seven survived at the end of the Magnificent Seven.
@@VikingSamurai With all respect, I don't take Lamberts opinion too seriously when he says, that Seagal or Van Damme and others couldn't fight. Good to remember that Van Damme has competed before his actor career. Another thing is, that to what are we comparing. Naturally someone who competes in some full contact sport is one thing. But then again some average joe would be very vise not to try fight with people like Seagal, Van Damme and others who have skills. Just because they focus to make big money in movies instead competing doesn't mean, that their training has been useless. What Seagal teaches in some videos is legit and it can be seen, that he has repeated certain techniques countless times. He isn't some "bullshido sensei" who can be seen in some ridiculous videos. I have trained decades and I have had to use my skills in security jobs countless times with good success. Based on some videos showing Seagal I wouldn't like to try fight with him. It's so easy to say, that he is just movie fighter... It would be nice to see what Lambert would have said if Seagal sitting there too.... 😉😅
Wow you are getting hugh and hugh. I don't know if it have to do with aikido but the masters of hapkido they like to inflict pain on their students. I don't know but I don't share this kind of teaching, you don't have to hurt your students to show that one technique works, it's like you go to learn boxing and your trainer would knock you out every time you train I don't think that somebody would come back after that
I love this channel. Do you think it might be possible to ever get to interview Sly? I know it would probably be difficult but that would be amazing or maybe even Dan inosanto or Tommy Carruthers? He’s a original JKD instructor in Scotland certified by Ted Wong and trained with other original Bruce lee Students. I believe he’s 60 years old now.
@@VikingSamurai All of those guys he mentioned at the end are real martial artist and have done martial arts most of there life so have alot of other martial artist that have been in movies and anybody that thinks they can't fight because they play in movies is not very smart at all some are the deadliest to ever live like Jet Li for example.Steven is a 7th degree black belt in Aikido and trained with some of the top masters in Japan and ran his own school there and in the orient they will not allow you to run a school if you are bullshit in there art they will close you're school down.He also ran a school in America and his students said he was easy to get along with and humble.I have watched alot of footage of him teaching mainly when he was young and alot younger and in his prime you would would not want to mess with him unless you are really good or really stupid.
That's no indication he can fight. What it is is he's careless in his stunt performing and doesn't care about damaging his opponent. I wager, not even knowing you, that if you wanted to you could break a man's wrist if you forced it into a bad direction.
VK you are really good at interviewing I hope you do more mate, also I think Steven Seagal could beat average joes easy even JCVD and Jet Li could, I agree the likes of Joe Lewis And Don The Dragon Wilson,Benny the Jet are proper fighters but Lets face it JCVD and Steven Seagal,Jet Li,Jackie Chan,Donnie Yen, Keith Cooke these guys would still destroy average people if they wanted,but I still respect Steven Seagals talents as a actor mainly earlier movies and his Akido is amazing hands down.
Lol. This guy is so interesting.. He has never seen any real violence in his life and is a movie fighter his self but yet he has his opinions dienst he. Lol and when he talks about "real fighters" when you ask him about REAL VIOLENCE, he mentions sport competition... Lol. I spent 10 years almost with Joe Lewis. I know he could do the dew... But that had nothing to do with his sporting years and he would say the same thing and did many times. So. Fun listening to this guy. And all of his uneducated opinions that he some how feels has knowledge on.. And guys like me who lived within real violence for many years, for good or bad, mostly bad, well when we hear someone make statements after you asked them. About real violence. Well that is funny as hell! Lol
Van Damme a movie star. Is Van Damme a nice guy where he's not taken serious really not a fighter. All those years to achieve those skills but no credit. So I guess all the karate maters of Okinawa are not fighters?.. I'm happy Van Damme never take I'll of anyone .
Again very interesting. So right on the movie fight outlook, and I think many of will absolutely agree. Defending your self in confrontation that escalated in probable violence, is so disconnected from anything else unless you have experienced it. I never got the same vibe between say Seagal and Chuck Norris. Watching his movies you can tell that Chuck has skills that are real life hardened, never have that feeling with Seagal. Although I respect his absolute skills with the martial arts. Same with JCVD etc.
I have to disagree with Steven Lambert on this, but Benny The Jet had the most potential to be a movie fight coming from a professional fighting background. I speak for myself when I say that the Meals on Wheels fight scene between him an Jackie is hands down the best fight scene, also the fight scene with him in Dragons Forever. I watched Scott Atkins Podcast where he interviewed Benny, and he spoke on how that fight scene was pretty much a recorded sparring match. Jackie was excited to go toe-to-toe with him and Benny gave him respect for that. It was a great interview. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p-dZJh8tZ8k.html
I don't think Seagal is a fake whatsoever and I would never call Aikido an inferior martial art. That said, I do think Seagal is dangerous, a bully and basically represents everything that martial arts should never be. I get tired of Seagal talking about how he's the toughest guy in Hollywood and how everyone else is fake. I'd like to see Seagal try to bully a master in Krav Maga and then let's see how tough he is.
Well that wouldn't be fair, I'd pick a black belt Krav practitioner any day even over a highly skilled MMA fighter if you're talking real self defense bc they have the situational and environmental awareness, the dirty tricks and legitimate "killer" instinct.
@@VikingSamurai a few years ago I ('useless aikido' guy, nikkyu at the time) joined a kravmaga training; all great guys, nice teacher, great ambiance. Because it was my first ever session, I was paired with the equivalent of a green belt to run the drills... lots of fun. Then the teacher said: 'last half hour, just improvise a bit' ; I switched to aikido techniques... noticed that some were difficult if not impossible to apply... but managed to get my partner in some very tricky situations; I know, 'uke is always cooperating in aikido'... well, I can guarantee you I absolutely HAD to let go lest I broke his arm. When I (with some luck, granted) managed to apply hijikimeosae (elbow hyperextension and wrist hyperflexed/twisted in one move), my partner got scared and moved in the illogical direction... because I just had him held tightly, I heard his elbow crack... I quickly let go and the coach told me 'don't do that crap again, you're going to hurt my students' ; I learned a lot and it was often a very tough lesson for me... but claiming 'aikido doesn't work' is just plain stupid too. I'm quite 'stiff' and you have NO idea how often I've nearly broken my fingers or wrists when not cooperating correctly with tori... and that's WITH me knowing what's coming and also taking ukemi as well as possible. Can each and every technique work in each and every situation against each and every opponent? no... same with all martial arts or disciplines. Several Kravmaga techniques also didn't work on me... well, the practitioner just adapts and tries something else, that's the point. Not 'bash' some technique or discipline, but learn, respect and adapt.
