Hey man something you missed about muay thai culture - the reason they wear the braided string/fabric around their arm is because it originated from when the thais had to go to war they would rip a piece of their mothers fabric from her clothing and wear it around their arm. Pretty cool imo.
What makes you think that a trained fighter or someone Who used to train in fighting sports or martial arts Will let you reach for their eyes, neck, balls? Makes me laugh
If you live in a safe country, martial arts are just not worth the effort. Criminals don't what you death (in that case you will get shot like that martial expert for Indiana Jones 😂) they just want your money. So the best way to go is to give them the money and safe your life. Plus it is really hard to protect yourself from something like a knife attack.
for one term of school, we got a different performing arts teacher who got us to do capoeira. on the final lesson, we got into pairs and each did a routine while she recorded it so it could be added to an 'end of the year' dvd which everyone got. one kid got kicked in the face and went straight down. teacher kept recording it for like a good ten seconds after. we never heard from her again
Just so everyone knows, illegal moves are illegal because they typically lead to serious, permanent injuries, not because the fighters dont know how to deal with them.
Hello! I'm a Silat student who practised Silat Gayong. We have multiple types of Silat, but the most known is Pencak Silat and Silat Gayong. To pronounce "Silat," it's pronounced Sea-Lat. Not only do we learn movements in fluid form, but we learn the best way to kill in the quickest way possible and also learn how to disarm your opponent with little harm to you. I am honoured that you included my martial art in this video, as always. Stay strong everybody ❤
As a brazilian jiujitsu practitioner, fights in BJJ don't start on the ground. In training you usually start there, but only because it's safer. In competition, you always start standing up.
As someone who studied a lot of different martial arts (including western fencing and becoming an instructor & competitive saber fencer), this was a pretty good breakdown of martial arts. Well done! 🙂
Just a heads up for the content creator: on 0:08, those are not karate styles, they are different types o punches. Tsuki is a denomination for "Punch" or any thrusting move really, whereas the other names are the variations, for example Gyaku refers to any move that would be executed using the opposite upperbody motion related to the front leg on your stance, so Gyaku tsuki is a frontal punch that uses your right arm when your left leg is in forward position in your stance and vice versa. Yon is the opposite of gyaku, so Yon Tsuki would be a frontal punch using your right arm when the same leg is in forward position and vice versa. Karate styles would be Kyokushin Karate or the style that I grew up in, Traditional Shotokan Karate. With all due respect, great video! Keep up the good work.
I've been practicing Shotokan Karate from a young age and this video really helps solidify what makes combat sports so interesting and fun to practice/watch. Thanks for the video!
UFC popularized MMA worldwide, but it had already been going on in Brazil long before with the "Tudo Vale" competitions. UFC was just a tamer version more appropriate for wider audiences and regulators.
Hello dear RU-vidr, thank you for this video. I live with Ju Jitsu for 28 years now and I will use this video to summarise to the unending list of curious people that every week asks me what is the difference between my art and the others thousands. I also love the fact that even if this is a not pretentious video you also take the time to list a great range of martial art disciplines. In every one of these we can spend HOURS of talking styles and techniques but you arrive at the core principles in just a few words and I deeply appreciated that. Grazie mille ❤️
@@Tacoimp-tj7rz Jeet Kune Do is more similar to Savate and fencing than it is to Wing Chun. Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do is fencing strategy using Savate Kicks and Wing Chun countering techniques.
Karate - Multiple variants, mostly includes *striking* (punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes, knife hands), also focuses on discipline. Taekwondo - High kicks, fast kicks, spinning kicks, *flashy kicks.* Aikido - Uses opponent's momentum and movements against them by redirecting attacks, includes throws, joint locks, and *control over aggression.* Muay Thai - Fists, elbows, knees, and shins, used *brutally* . Focuses on physical condition, discipline, respect. Judo - Throws, Ground Techniques (Pins, Joint Locks, Chokes), *maximum efficiency, minimal effort*. Uses *leverage and balance.* Jiu-jitsu - Close combat (unarmed + minor weapon), *manipulate opponent's force against them*. Includes pin, joint locks, and throws. Brazillian Jiu-jitsu - Ground fighting and grappling, includes joint locks or chokehold, *uses the opponent's strength and weight against them.* Kung Fu - *Dance-like movements,* training with traditional weapons, countless variants. Krav Maga - Designed for *practical uses* , focuses on efficiency and instinctive movements, neutralizing threats, awareness, and aggression. Capoeira - *Dance* , acrobatics, and music. *Quick and complex maneuver* , uses power, speed and leverage for wide variety of kicks and spins. Focuses on fitness, *rhythm and creativity*. Wing Chun - Kung Fu variant, focuses on *efficiency and simplicity* , uses stance and structure to generate power to control the center line, rapid punches, *effective in tight spaces.* Boxing - Punch combinations, footwork, and head movements. Focuses on *money.* Kickboxing - Striking martial art, punches, kicks, knees and elbows. Much like *boxing with kicks.* Sambo - Throws like Aikido, joint locks like Jiu-Jitsu, ground control like wrestling. Focuses on *quick transition from standing to ground position* , versatile. Combat Sambo - Sambo variant, includes punches, kicks, elbows, knees, *soccer kicks* , headbutts, and groin strikes. Silat - *Fluid movements* , uses weapons and animal inspired techniques. Includes strikes, grappling, and *weaponry* . *Balancing defense and offense* . *Dance-like forms* . Taichi - *Slow flowing movements* and deep breathing, focuses on health, calmness, balance, and flexibility. Includes push-hands and combat applications. Savate - Western boxing + kicking techniques, strikes with the shoe. Focuses on *precision and agility* , includes combination of kicks and punches. Eskrima - *Weapon-based* (sticks, knives, blades), includes hand-to-hand combat, joint locks, grappling, weapon disarming. Focuses on *coordination and flow.* Kyokushin Karate - Karate variant, includes rigorous training and full-contact sparring. Regarded by many as the *strongest style of karate* . Wushu - *Fluid acrobatic movements* with *traditional Chinese weapons* and bare-handed techniques. Inspired by animals and Chinese folklore and history. Wrestling - Grappling (clinch fighting, throws, takedowns and pins) multiple variants, aimed to *outmaneuver opponents by superior positioning and leverage.* Taekkyeon - *Fluid and dynamic movements* emphasized on *natural flow and rhythm* . Soft and circular movements. *Continuous motion* and balance. Systema - Focuses on *biomechanical efficiency* , flexibility, natural movements, and relaxation. Striking, grappling, weapon-defense and *breathing to control energy* . Includes *eye-poking* . Mixed Martial Arts - *Styles mixed together* using multiple techniques from different martial arts by an individual.
I made it to the red degree!! Cheers from Mexico !! Savate is underrated but god damn, it’s so good and amazing. Combine that with Muay Thai, you’re deadly. That’s what I did
It’s not in the realm of being known on a wide scale like Asian martial arts. It’ll take generations for that. I wish we had more martial arts available, I for one would like to learn some African stuff but there’s only a handful of people teaching it. Indigenous martial arts would be cool to learn too, including Pacific Islanders.
Well I think the naming makes it a bit confusing. Since the video talks about martial arts that put focus on hand-to-hand combat, or atleast have a substantial part focusing on it, and HEMA is a primarily weapons-based system with very little unarmed content. In that sense, things like Wushu are very much treading that line drawn. So yea, its a bit all over the place. But if HEMA were included, then we might aswell include things like Fencing and Kendo. But that could make for a good separate video.
Kind ironic to do a video on martial arts, the "arts of war", and focus on hand to hand, which accounts for like 2% of actual warfare. They are more prominent because they are more relatable to us peasants. But back in medieval time, "martial art" meant archery, horse riding, sword fighting, and later on, gun shooting.
As a karate practitioner, I feel ya brotha. However, it seems that this video is primarily based on empty handed combat or things evolved from them. HEMA is awesome though.
A thing with Muay Thai: it does allow some clinch, people just forget about it. It mostly ends up in some form of holding your opponent close to exhaust them and to knee em a bunch
There are two styles of Taekwondo: WT: The more popular and well known style that is showcased in the Olympics and mainly focuses on fast kicking combinations and only allowing punches to the torso. ITF: The original and more traditional style that is not as well known as its more modern counterpart. ITF focuses on fast and effective punching and kicking combinations and has a rule set similar to kickboxing, only excluding kicks below the belt but has elbows and knees in its forms
Tai chi chaun is one of the most deadly martial arts, made for war, and while most use the more yoga based tai chi, even then it still has strikes and locks based from its origins
@@xmariokiler2443the MMA vs "Tai Chi Master" video circulating is often misrepresented. The MMA fighter was not trying to expose Martial Arts with no real world application it was exposing people pretending to be masters of some art. The MMA guy was literally slapping around a dude who would have been premiered on McDojo life. If you think Wing Chun has real world application you should understand the Tai Chi is a sister form along with Ba Gua ( found in the Jet Li movie The One 2001 used by the "good" Jet Li) (Edit) One last addition Okinawan style Karate has it origins in part, from Tai Chi.
FYI : 10:53 The way to pronounce Joseon(조선) is not 'Ho-Seh-un', but 'Jo-sun'. the way you pronounce its kinda Mexican style and it made me smile 😀. thx again to introduce all the interesting martial arts in the world.
Hap Ki Do, Kendo, Jeet Kune Do, Ninjutsu, Iaido, Naginatado, Krabi Krabong, Kalaripayattu, HEMA, Vale Tudo, Sumo, MCMAP and fencing are just a few that I could think of off the top of my head right now that you missed, not to mention the accuracy of your descriptions is at times questionable.
I do a kind of karate called “taido”. It was made in Okinawa and is apparently similar to copeira (sorry for spelling mistakes) it’s pretty cool, look it up!
There is one martial art in China that people call it the mad dog punches. It includes all street fight moves, turning anything in to weapons, and it is so effective that it got kill records on the street before, sadly, it didn’t got wide spread deal to people taking it as a joke, as it is required to bark in a fight to taunt your enemy
I got one to mention. Okichitaw: A martial arts that take inspiration of combat techniques from the Plains Cree in Manitoba. I also combine techniques from Judo and taekwondo, which are martial arts that George Lépine practices. It combines striking, grappling and weapon uses such as the knife or the tomahawk. It is also effective for self-defence.
I blame it on kung fu snobbery. Not sure what exactly it comes from, but something about CMAs lends practitioners to being really bad at interacting with different schools and people who want to learn more. Go look at some videos by influencers like Sensei Seth or Rokas and everybody is typing treatises explaining why these arts are more than what they seem. Everyone says different things, people argue, and the outsiders are probably scratching their heads and walking away.
@@tonbonthemon So true. Same goes for Wing Chun. Almost everyone says it is the most effective martial art as if there were no other effective martial arts. 🤔
ive been doing krav maga for almost 10 years and im 17, krav maga splits in two, one is the civil krav maga, and the military one, its quite simple, in civil when the aggressor has a knive, you make him either drop the knive and run away fast as possible. The military way, you pick the knive and stab him 20 times. Civil Krav maga mainly teaches that you are far from ready and that you should fight in absolute last resort.
aikido only does that though, it doesn't bite, eye gouge, punch, or kick. It's like flowing water, it goes around you, not through you. Unlike Hapkido, that will go around you, and kick you in the anus, while breaking your arm for daring to throw a punch.
Thanks for mentioning sambo! I wanna tell you fun fact about it. In Russian «sambo» is an acronym which means "self-defense without weapons" Sam - САМозащита (self-defence) B - Без (without) O - Оружия (weapons) Best street fight is one which haven't happened. Improve your situation awareness and take care guys 🙏
@@Blade_Sensei if wrestling isn't a martial art then mma is isn't mixed martial art it's mix of football, Rugby, basketball and baseball without the bat but the shin
ay, can i add one more from Hawaii? we had our martial art called Lua, which was used and taught to our warriors who fought to protect their moku (district) from other chiefs. It mostly focused on bone breaking, pressure points, throws, and striking. They were taught to use these for when they had no more weapons at their disposal, and as such, it’s supposed to disable and kill rather than knock out. It’s also very interesting with its similarity in movement to hula, which has stayed very popular obviously, and many practitioners today also practice hula.
I still remember when I was in a Karate dojo, best times of my life. But something I noticed is that my dojo teached us lots of styles and we never knew haha. From all kinds of kicks and strikes to defensive moves and even reversals.
@@llawliet3733 Almost. They use a double KO system in Lethwei. You get five minutes to recover from a knockout. Then you can step in the ring and get even more head trauma.
There is an amazing martial art that i believe deserve it's own category. It's called Atienza Kali. Its inspired by kali and is filipino but was developed in Jamaica and NYC and its about surviving violent street altercations and being ganged up on. Ive been trained in it and it is very cool!
@@AgentParsec Bruce Lee is a fraud. My dad's former teacher challenged him to a fight because he started talking shit about other masters in the city and Lee ignored and started talking even more shit in the press.
Jeet Kune Do falls under the MMA umbrella nowadays, it was more of a philosophy rather than a specific set of techniques. Also I've never heard of a regulating official body for Jeet Kune Do competitions etc.
Many of the martial art methods were inspired by an ancient Indian martial art know as "Kalaripayattu "..... I don't understand why people don't know about this
Great video! I must say though, Wing Chun is not just about rapid punches, but is actually mainly centered around redirecting the force of the opponent, similar to aikido. It was invented by a woman who wanted women to be able to defend themselves against larger, brutish men
4:16 the oldest forms of kung fu, Shaolin Kung Fu, and the Shaolin Temple itself, owe their origins to two Indian monks. Or so it is believed. It is said that around 1,500 years ago, a dhyana master hailing from northern India, Buddhabhadra, travelled to China to preach Buddhism. The Chinese called him 'Batuo' and the ruling Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386 to 534 CE ) built a monastery to host this teacher. This monastery was the Shaolin Temple, built in 495 CE in the jungles atop Mt Song in China's Henan Province. Thus, Batuo was the first abbot of Shaolin.
you forgot how wing chun also focuses on immobilizing opponents, whether by gouging the eyes or breaking the joints like the knees, while also having technics against knives and knife attacks, while also being good to disarms wrestling attacks before they begin (only applies to certain attacks)
No mention of one of the most brutal forms of combat in recent history, Rough & Tumble. Focused completely on maiming and disfiguring the opponent, plucking or gouging the eyes out was the top target. It is the most dirty street fight style there is.
@@DogginsFrogginsunfortunately you're incorrect. Scientific Street Fighting has next nothing to do with UFC or MMA. JKD is ancestor of your Modern MMA.
@@DogginsFroggins 😂😂😂 it's what JKD is also referred to by some whom study JKD. Including former students of Bruce. But I guess that went right over your head. 😂
Historical European Martial Arts -emphasis on sticks and swords -i.e: Fencing, Broadswords, Zwei-Handers, Claymores, Halberds, Staffs, etc. Used from the 13th through the 18th centuries; mostly lost to time, it is slowly being re-learned and re-built as manuscripts and fighting manuals from the period are being discovered all over central and northern Europe.
And Taichi is more physical than summo? A sport in which people break their fingers and legs all the time? Under your own criteria Taichi shouldn't be in the list.
The Monty Python shown also an ancient welsh martial art for self defense purpose only. It's simple and very effective: the best element of defense is: attack!, the best element of attack is: surprise! It means that you have to attack your oponent before he even rhink to attack you. This was called: Llap goach!
