I tried Krav Maga for 30 DAYS... then I had a FIGHT to see if I could defend myself! 

The problem is it's just LARPing. When ever someone says 'no rules' or 'street' they are making things up that no one can test how effective it is. Sparing is scary but it's not even close to ring fighting and techniques you trained for sometimes are impossible to pull of, can you imagine just how different actually being attacked by someone who wants to kill your is. mike tyson said it best veryone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

You nailed it when you said “plus, they try to deal with weapons and multiple attackers.” Like every other martial art that tries this, they fail for the most part. You said it yourself. It’s all unrealistic, impractical kata when it comes to the weapons, and “kick a pad here, then hit one over here” with the multiple attacker stuff. Could it work? Better than nothing, but it creates a false sense of security. That said, 90% of us will never be in a situation where we have to find out… so a little something is better than nothing. If most Krav folks admitted (or even realized) that, it wouldn’t have the bad rep or does… but most of the gun disarms would end the same as the “DUST” memes where the guy tries it and wakes up in Heaven.

I do BJJ, did Muay Thai 3 years and Krav for 2 years. I don't understand the negativities of it. I have heard a few guys say, "oh, that's just kicking in the nuts, etc" like it's a dishonorable art. Bro, I'm not using this in the ring. You better believe I'd use it to get away from someone who wants to hurt me.

Anyone who says Krav doesn't work is simply ignorant. It's so effective, elite level military forces use it for close combat, and survive as a result. I did decades of martial arts and variations of systems like MCMAP before I found a home in Krav. I've achieved a level 10 (black) grading, and used it as a private military contractor, and can say absolutely that it saved my life. There is so much ignorance out there, it blows my mind.

Been following martial arts since childhood. Seriously paying attention to different styles and practicing for the last decade. I can't say I've heard too much negative opinions about Krav Maga. Mainly just phony instructors but not the actual art.

how do you train what tutorial do you watch or someone teaching you.....How did you train it is like shadow boxing that you doing it on the air or what pls help

it doesnt work in MMA because 90% of the moves are illegal. this is the same argument meat heads use against legends like bruce lee, enjoy your newfound freedom with your body and forget about them lol

So does boxing. I have been attacked multiple times with knifes and i can manage distance pretty well and knocked the guy cold out. U just gotta keep in mind that knife cuts are unavoidable in 99,99% of cases if the attacker is skilled and not a random drunk crazy guy.

@@jean-sama9788 Yes, shadow boxing is one way to practice at home. But for true, good practice, you'll need a partner and in-person training at your local krav place.

bullshit

Perfect summary of what Krav’s about 👍🏼🔥

Did it help you in the fight if you have to category?

@@j.t.553 absolutly

Best KM explanation I've ever read.

Run fast, hopefully the person is in shape and doing some type of fitness outside of Krav Maga. People say run like it's the easiest thing to do but when's the last time an adult ran full sprint? Most aren't, if you tell people to run. You have to tell them they need to hit the track so they can run otherwise they might pull or tear their hamstrings/Achilles trying to run for the first time since being 16 and now they down two legs against an assailant

Thanks legend!

@@LaurieShaw well done man

Hey Coach. I've got a question for Krav Maga or for any MA for that sake. During training/practice do you HAVE to do it barefoot or can you wear socks?

@@Jun_ljs it depends on the school and their flooring. I prefer doing Krav with shoes on, but my school has Jiu Jitsu mats that would get destroyed with shoes. As long as you aren’t slipping, socks are fine.

@@skeggoms gotchu cuz I hate walking barefoot anywhere unless it's the beach

Do you think Krav Maga works very well once mixed with other martial arts such as judo and karate?

@@SOCyak it's military grade MMA.

@@SOCyak I’m currently training Krav Magá, I’m just beginning but I’ve trained Tae Kwon Do before. So I’ll tell you in 6 months if it works

@@coffeehec2187 halfway point?

@@alexandrehurst1144 It’s actually interesting, they explain that the use of Krav Maga it’s only in the first seconds of the fight. I you don’t end your opponent in the first seconds, then whatever you do after it’s not Krav Maga

"The greatest strength of the martial arts lies in never having to fight" as someone once told me. Bruce Lee hinted at that with his "Art of Fighting Without Fighting" thing, actually. It's entirely true though. The body language of the well trained is the greatest deterrent there is.

What art was he teaching?

@@abatey630 Essentially a mixture of all styles of hand to hand combat.....but I also agree that the best defense is to avoid a fight. "Seek peace always, but if the soul is theatened, then let the soul become a warrior".

@@stevenharris6626 Krav Maga is taught to the Marines if I’m not wrong. Did he teach you some Krav skills ?

@@Mystro84 I actually meant to say real life! Thanks for helping me see my mistake

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So you would recommend KM or what is your fave style ? Ta.........

Well said!

@@f.dmcintyre4666 you really need to learn how to read...

You wasted your time on gimmick fake martial arts a shit boxer would kill you in 2 punches

Thanks for those lessons!

Yes well said!

Your third point is solid. I was walking home one night and a dude stuck a gun in my buddy's ribs. He grabbed the gun and the guy's wrist and went to the ground. Before I could get to them another dude comes out of nowhere and charges me. I was drunk, terrified, confused, and could barely see but I threw that dude in a headlock without hesitation or thought. It had been at least 6 years since high school wrestling and I wasn't even good then but it was the training I'd had so it's what took over. Of course since all I knew how to do was wrestle I didn't know what to do with him once on the ground. The first guy let go of the gun and ran away. My guy punched me in the face until I let go and ran away. My buddy married the girl we were walking home 3 years later. I took boxing classes for a year so I'd know how to strike if the problem arose. We all follow rule 1 now and avoid fights by not walking around drunk in poorly lit areas. We gave the gun to the police and they gave us a ride home.

You should still add a NO-gi BJJ class. You need grappling as well. Krav is good for weapons and strikes

@@ericgold8657 Weapons, not strikes. Muay Thai is a good choice for that.

Yes!

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Cheers bro!🙏

@@LaurieShaw 💪✌️

Fantastic news and self defense

wow why don you have replies for such a good comment

​@@guest3858cuz it's all a lie.. Lol, these Krav Maga or self defense are all BS in reality😂

lmao do you actually think that?@@remijoel1448

Bro how did you start where do you practice its like just in the air(like shadow boxing)?.Who taught you or what is video tutorial came from?

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Ah i'm so sorry to hear this, i'm glad you enjoyed the vid! All the best

I started Krav Maga a bit over 1 year ago for a similar reason. Luckily I didn't have to use it in a real fight so far, however, there were a few situations like getting followed by a guy at night where in the past, I would have gotten really scared, but now I have the confidence to tell them off (which works much better than getting shy or asking politely to be left alone). I think it will give you confidence too! And have fun while learning😊

You froze and .. you survived. Had you known Krav Maga and tried to fight back, you may not have. Giving your money to the mugger is one way to "de-escalate the situation", and it's far preferable to being stabbed. Now if someone is actually trying to stab you and you can't outrun them - then Krav Maga comes into the picture to try to make an awful situation slightly less awful.

Yea now you can get stabbed by trying to fight against someone with a knife with moves that don't work

@@LaurieShaw 8:13 you received a stab wound between the back and the neck, another in the shoulder 8:28 and one more directly in the neck, I'm sorry to tell you *you're a ghost*

Ah legend! Thanks man

Would you recommend a martial art beginner to try krav maga Can I learn it myself?

@@kurodesuuuu ,

If I could only do one which one should I do should I do Krav or the other ones out there

Do you know any oother styles like Krav Maga & Silat? And no, not asking about decorative martial arts like Karate or Aikido.

@@sumimasen_wtf ​@sumimasen_wtf (sorry for the long reply in advance) yes. I've got Kali, Muay thai, BJJ, boxing, JKD, Systema, and even "decorative" (which, you should ask yourself this- if it's just decorative, why was it used in combat and defense for centuries in one form or another? What we call karate and aikido today are splinters of a much more well defined style, that splintered off into all sorts of different styles... the practical use is still there, but you have to learn in order to find it) arts like kyokushin and wing chun under my belt. I basically lived and breathed martial arts from when I was a baby up to i graduated high school and joined the military. That's where my practical experience is from. I did a lot of CQB and I'm a small guy, so I had 2 choices- either learn what works and what doesn't in order to kill a man, or get smoked myself. I think it was enough, because ironically, I didn't get smoked by anyone doing the really dangerous part... I got taken out by an IED instead. I tell you this for context of the arena that styles like Krav Maga are useful in. I didn't learn about Bruce Lee until long after I had started learning Kali and Silat, but his whole idea of "be like water" and only taking what's useful to me was a paradigm shift to my personal style. It's the whole MMA concept, but not in a sport. I don't claim to be an expert in any of these styles, even I have been doing a few literally since i could walk and swing my arms (there are baby pictures of me learning Kali and Silat with my gramps and other cousins... they DISGUSTINGLY adorable, if I say so myself lol)... All i know is what has worked and what has not. And i simply view each style as just another tool in my toolbox. Everything has application, even aikido. You just gotta take what is useful- wrist and elbow dexterity, as well as a working knowledge of body mechanics, are some the useful things I took from aikido... I truly believe that the Japanese had an idea of what they wanted to accomplish by splitting their styles apart, it just didn't work out that way in reality once they opened up to the world... because aikido is absolutely deadly when you couple it with other grappling arts... all that stuff about joint locks, pressure points, etc? They absolutely have value, when applied properly. You can take any body motion and weaponize it... you just have to figure out the application (that's from systema, which gets shit for looking weird in RU-vid videos, but is widely misunderstood, because the weird stuff is simply learning body mechanics and geometry... how the body moves and reacts to stimuli, and how to weaponize it. The violent stuff comes after that... there's a reason why it was able to survive the soviet purge in the late 1800s/early 1900s... it actually does work). With Krav, I kept the brutality and intensity of the attacks... Krav teaches you how to effectively work from a detriment and stay alive, above all else. When they say no rules, they mean no rules. If i fight, I'm using at all the stuff that most martial arts avoid, because they've been simplified for sport. Eyes, throat, groin, that kind of thing. Real Krav Maga isn't the flashy stuff they put on RU-vid... that is the result of marketing. Every asshole in the world feels the need to put their own spin on something, then market it for a buck. I'm not about that. Over the years, my mentality shifted from professional soldier to more like a warrior scholar, I guess you could call it. I've been getting shot at, stabbed, and blown up for 20+ years... I've never trained to fight for sport. Krav works best when you apply its concepts to other martial arts, just like JKD. The main thing that Krav teaches you best is to deal with the shock of violence. A lot of people are good at fighting, but not all of them are good at violence. What I mean is that with all combat, there is always a giver and a receiver. Those roles are constantly changing in a stand up fight, but when you're assaulted? You are most definitely on the receiving side. And that sudden shock, in any situation, even the ring/cage, can get the most experienced fighters 10 toes up. Or like Mike Tyson said, "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face." Krav is what's left after you get punched in the face.

@@lincolnpascual Thank you for getting back. The thing is, I want to learn 1 or 2 forms at the most which are capable of redacting the opponent shall the need arises. Me being a women doesn't helps when I'am trying to look for options. I liked the way Silat works, but it takes a long time to learn it. So for starters, I want to go with one style which can take out someone, like Krav Maga or Systema. So I'am looking for more options. And the question still lingers: are there any other military styles available like these two?

@@Caleblawless if you're just starting out, I'd recommend boxing or kali. Before you fight, you need to know how to move. And both of those teach you how to effectively move in a 3 dimensional space. But truthfully, it doesn't matter where you start... the main thing you should do is cultivate a warrior mentality, and simply learn. Don't limit yourself to any one style, and don't get into all that bullshit tribal crap so many people in the community get into. Learn whatever you're learning, and learn to apply its lessons to every facet of your life. It in other words, get dangerous. Edit- fuck that sounds corny. But it's true. If you're dangerous, it doesn't matter what tools you're using. You'll make it work for you.

Excellent. Enjoy the training. The more effort you put in, the more you get out. Nb read Rory Miller - Meditations on Violence, and Gavin de Becker's The Gift of Fear. Both classics relating to real world violence.

It gets you into great shape!!

My first Krav Maga lesson was when I was 16. I remember how much more sense it made compared to the Karate and JiuJitsu I've done until then, when the instructor said: If you can't run, find a piece of wood with a nail in it and smack the crap out of your attacker, and go for the eyes and balls, felt very real world focused, and since then I always tell anyone who calls it a martial art, that there is nothing artistic about Krav Maga :)

very clever, what will happen to you when this attacker sees you attacking him with a piece of wood with a nail in it? have you ever actually tried to kick an attacked in the nuts?@@RagingShrimp67

@@sal78sal Nothing that wouldn't have happened to me anyway, just with better odds and outcomes. Thankfully I haven't been in a real street fight for over 25 years for the same reason I don't argue with self-appointed "experts" in RU-vid's comment section.

Because the other people at the gym are actually good, where as in krav they are not

BJJ and Krav go together very well.

@@canismajoris6733 that's the learning curve in every striking sport/art.

It’s down to the complexity of the art. Krav was made to teach conscripts some basic, functional concepts they can use to defend themselves against an unskilled attacker in a short amount of time. BJJ is an ever evolving art with nuance and complexity designed to directly compete against other athletes exploring those same subtleties and variations. It’s the same with any competitive sport or full martial art… Boxing, you’re learning how to punch and avoid damage so you can compete against other people who know how to dodge, block, and hit back. Krav, you’re learning how to surprise a mugger with a kick in the balls or smack a guy in the nose with a hammer fist to make space to grab your gun so he can’t drag you away from your guard post.

Exactly this is complete nonsense. The unreal knife attacks

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Bet you showed those detroiters what's it's all about smh

@@kuroitami2017 sure did! Shake your head all day long. Should I have said "city thugs"? Are you from Detroit or are you just talking shit

Hey which school did you go to in michigan ?

Cheers man!

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Agreed! Hopefully he’ll post regularly now 😄

Thanks legend! 🙏

Cheers bro

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Yep. Krav Maga seems to wildly depend on the instructor teaching it. Hard2hurt did a video with a Krav Maga instructor (Aaron Jannetti) who seemed on point though. Funny thing is, it was mostly wrestling, just the other guy has a knife.

I've been training in something or other for over four decades and every ten years or so I discover a system or style that is more "combat realistic" than the last, and that includes BJJ. I still roll because it's fun, but it's not the be-all-end-all either. That said, I'd recommend BJJ to anyone, and certainly over Krav by a wide margin.

Obviously I respect your opinion but after 10 years of Krav Maga and experience in lots of other martial arts, Krav Maga is easily the best for a street fight that I've ever seen, obviously that's just my opinion and not fact so believe what you want to

I like to train multiple martial arts, I like to do krav maga for dirty techniques and weapon defense, I like to do BJJ for grappling and ground game plus submission, I like to learn muay Thai for elbow and knee striking plus kicking and boxing for punching and movement also a bit of judo for throwing.

@@st3v3_00 no wrestling?

How did he do against the nazis in Bratislava? Which camp did he end up in?

@@sal78sal Swiss cheese against an MP40.

Thank you!

People's advanced tactics and training usually go out the window when when fighting as a group. You also might want to look into the history of krav maga, it's not even a hundred years old so it's pretty well documented.

@@notchomomma239 it aint good lol

@@bigmanbarry2299 How are you going to say it’s not good when it’s taught in the military

@@soroos8altt530 how often do you think the military have hand to hand altercations? The military could teach aikido and there would be no negative affects because things dont get that bad often enough for it to matter

Yeah it has something really satisfying 😄🔥

Thanks legend!

a great point. civilian KM is intended to help you defend against common attacks like headlocks, bear hugs, 2-handed rape chokes, etc from untrained people. it's not designed to go up against trained fighters. if you put a KM fighter against a BJJ grappler with BJJ rules, the KM guy gets destroyed. same with a boxer using boxing rules. but when a boxer is in a dangerous environment, does he scan for exit points? look at what potential attackers have in their hands? look around to see what common objects can be used as weapons? know how to block strikes if the attacker's holding a knife? of course not.

@@evanchen5360 So, what martial arts shall I learn, which is more effective on the streets and against trained attackers???

@@evanchen5360 ‘untrained fighters’ can generally be a lot more dangerous than martial artists. Think criminal thuggish types that might enjoy fighting and inflicting pain

@@marcaaron1890 agreed. even if they don't know how to properly throw a punch, they're still very dangerous. if you go down and they start throwing soccer kicks to your head, that's all she wrote.

@@saprativdas2856 honestly, short of a gun what you're asking for doesn't exist. no martial art will turn you into superman. i think a combination of krav + muai thai + bjj is best, but if you run into a bjj black belt and you're a lower level, he'll destroy you on the ground.

I've actually had to react to a knife threat. Guy wasn't stabbing me (yet), just threatening- and the Krav solution worked flawlessly. I've been an MMA guy since youth and agree that Krav students in general have less cardio and athleticism, but the real life scenario training is irreplaceable. I still train MMA more cause I just love the sport, but I really value going to Krav classes every now and then for the practical application. Though I do think it depends hugely on the Krav organisation- IKMF is great, the independent ones less so.

I trained krav for a couple of years but there was never any full resistance sparring. Without that you can't fight. Now I train Thai and I feel much more prepared. Totally agree with you about the fitness too.

Yeah, I don’t know why they don’t wear pads and gloves and have some contact at least if it’s supposed to be so ‘reality’ based… maybe how they do it in the army is a bit different than the gym

In krav maga its not about cardio. Your goal is actually do whatever it takes to stay alive. In muay thai and other martial arts you have time, you can calculate your cardio and you want to get points. Its less affective in a real fight. One knee to the groin, a thumb to your eye, a brick to your nose the fight should be over quickly. Thats what krav maga is all about.

On the flip side have had MMA dudes etc come into a Krav gym and get themselves in the middle of a group of attackers because they have been conditioned to fight 1 v 1. Was a short drill after they get taken out because they gave a third party their back through poor positioning and situational awareness.

How many months training does it cost to learn the eye poke? I could teach you for only $4000 and 6 minutes of your time.

Most of your street assailants with guns also limp wrist and improperly hold their firearms. You can see it in the drive bys and such where 30 rounds are fired and no one it hit or the intended target is missed and an innocent 15' away is struck. Trained shooters don't tend to mug people on the street.

@@cameronguill410 bad justification. Any art that only works on the worst opponents is bad end of

Been training krav for 5 years and most of the time the fancy disarms are only ever taught at high levels once a person has reached a level of competence to know when it would actually be useful to use that method instead of the far simpler yet more reliable 'disarm by attrition' (i.e. hit them until they let go while making sure you're blocking them from still trying to hit you) that is taught earlier. Even then there are few competent people I've met who would say they'd prefer to do a fancy disarm in real life, since it requires finer motor skills and so much more can go wrong. I know there are gyms that seem to focus a lot more on technical perfection but there are definitely those that 100% prioritise seeing what actually works over perfection of technique

@@bigmanbarry2299 you misunderstood what he said. It wasn't that it only works agains the worst opponents, but that it works against the most common assailants. BJJ purple belts and above don't tend to be out there mugging people, neither are people who've really been trained how to shoot, as a general rule.

@@psychalogy nah i understood

Will do thanks bro!

Yes, but not after 30 days, and not for three minutes straight. This excercise is another type of stress where you learn to quickly identify the threat and take a correct action. Later, when this is "too easy" then you can ramp it up with more dynamic attack and opponents that do not freeze and instead provide improvised resistance.

@@benji4608 they should be doing the real testing pretty much in the first month lol. Its live sparring and is normal

@@bigmanbarry2299 You very clearly don't know what you are talking about at all.

@@benji4608 did i upset you? Krav guys are very delicate.

@@bigmanbarry2299 no you just so very clearly have absolutely no idea so there is no point in having a discussion.

The Krav would mainly be worthless or even distracting in MMA after doing the rest (MT is better for striking and BJJ for grappling at best, “oh, shit, I reflexively hit that dude in the balls…” at worst) but otherwise I agree.

No! Wrong, dumbass. It is the most hardcore of all The Martial Arts, it is the anti-Mcdojo!

There should have been. But I can imagine STAYING in the middle was a part of this specific exercise, given it was in an octagon. It would have been next to impossible to effectively line up that many enemies in such a small octagon.

@@HarleyAssi Yes, he did very well for only having trained one month. I still think learning to see your attackers as a group is a key factor in dealing with multiple attackers. My goal isn't to learn a bunch of techniques, but to escape the attacks!

Or when you take the weapon off one of them just keep it and whack them back with it. Im sure the attackers would stand back if you were fronting up to them with a knife

You should also look for a BJJ class but with older folks. That would give you better balance . Some BJJ gyms have a senior class

@wonderdog707 , if you get into a fight with a grappler you will get creamed

Keep it up Steve, and all you commenters! Age means nothing, the more prepared you are, and willing to live peacefully, the more at rest you will be as a person. Sending my positive vibes from the UK

I'm just about to start. My age, 57, does concern me, so it's good to hear from the more mature students.

@wonderdog707 no I don't use the gym, you've got me worried now 😆

This would be awesome

Good suggestion!

You won’t believe but I’ve just finished a 30 day Bouldering challenge! Editing it for you guys now

@@LaurieShaw Sick!!

6b is pretty high in the grade for only 30 days. Took me about a year of going a couple of times a week before I was regularly and confidently leading a 6b. Your body needs a lot of recovery and an intensive 30 day challenge trying to get to that level could lead to injury. He seems like’s already a strong and lean guy. But finger/grip strength is a whole other animal and I’d hate for him to damage a tendon trying something like that.

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All the ground stuff is just extremely basic BJJ. The strikes are mostly basic boxing and very basic Muay Thai.

@@PaladinJackal Thank you - I'd imagine that t eb intuitively correct, because in street we're not normally up against trained fighters but rather untrained lowlifes trying to show their superiorities. So hopefully basic fighting and defense/de-escalation skills should be okay...

@@susovan97 The basics are what works. Sometimes all you need even. The main thing is just being good at them

Cheers bro!

Will be posting Every month!

Will do bro every month now!

Best comeback of the year so far 😄

Haha finally! Thank you 🙏

Krav is one of the least physical as far as martial arts go. (besides all the fake stuff).

How’s Krav Maga going for you?

@@BruceLeroyUK super great ! I’m stronger now !!

@@khmkay is it expensive? how much per class?

There will always be haters. And, tbd, there is a lot of really bad KM out there, thought by fake masters that must have learned it from RU-vid. Gives us a bad name.

@@HarleyAssi the “I have a Nerf gun to my head and my stomach, and I am going to disarm and defeat both “attackers” while they stand still” types definitely abound and give it a bad name, along with the “this is the killing art taught to Israeli SF” types that won’t accept it’s basic training combatives for conscripts.

@@steveking1037 I used to think it was basic training level stuff too until I talked with a bunch of current and former IDF people recently who told me that krav tended to be reserved for more specialist units. Not sure what to think anymore as my old krav instructor told me that what was being taught in the fundamentals classes was the basic training syllabus for the army. Maybe it has changed quite a bit since most of the instructors in the west were last in Israel?

@@psychalogy nah, sounds like you were lied to (or the former IDF folks heard a bunch of “our SF guys are ninjas!” like basic POGs in any other army and bought the Kool Aid). Most of the IDF are conscripts doing a mandatory two years. They all learn Krav. There really isn’t “advanced Krav” or anything, you just practice more and get better. The whole point is keeping it simple and developing muscle memory.

@@steveking1037 I mean maybe, but it was more that they denied ever having been taught it while they were in. Some were current, some weren't, corps included armour, engineering and intel. The only ones who hinted they might have trained it were a couple of actual ex SF guys but they generally didn't say shit about anything they got up to while in. As for the varying levels of krav it's like anything, beginner's train at a beginner level of intensity, more advanced people train at a higher level of intensity and complexity so there's definitely ways of having "advanced" krav if you want it.

I did it and the instructor taught it in the back of a commercial garage. It was the most hardcore Marital arts I ever did!

Dude, in krav pretty much everything is letal or cause several damage. That's why we don't spare, bc I can just turn the lights off to my partner if I hit him

@@bernardofernandez21 lmao i know right. "here. all of these moves consist of gouging someone's eye out or slamming then in the balls so they can't move" "BRO THATS TOTALLY UNREALISTIC I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE GET CASTRATED WTF" ok

@@bernardofernandez21 As far as I know you can do everything in sparring except for striking the eyes and windpipe. And certain throws are dangerous.

How many years does it take to learn the eye-poke technique? @@bernardofernandez21

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so true

All martial arts are hokey. The practitioner gets a false sense of confidence which given that they will most likely never use it, isn't a bad thing.

@@caspa8850 it's a martial art. Self defence is the original purposes of martial arts. Things became altered for competitive sparring and competitions later so I don't know what you're talking about.

@@dontfeelcold it's true that no martial art really serves you when it comes to multiple attackers which is going to be the standard scenario in a street fight. One on one there's no reason to assume all martial arts are hokey. Kickbixing, wrestling, grappling and judo works just fine for that.