Self Defence MYTHS MARTIAL ARTS EXPERTS Still Believe 

Guy I used to know who worked security years ago got punched and grabbed up our nightclub once. He was a trained MMA fighter, been going down that path for the professionals for years but he still panicked. It wasn't until he got over the initial shock of being attacked from behind that he remembered he had a pocket knife and managed to stab the guy in the arm a couple of times before we got there let the guy have it. The ability to recover is the 2nd most important thing in self defense if you ask me. The first is not letting yourself get attacked in the first place but we don't always have a choice in that. I've found that training to work through getting hurt is better than thinking about some technique you'll use if something happens. I've never seen anyone really pull off a successful move like they show you in the videos but everyone I know who survived the job learned how to hang in during a fight and push through until they won.

I love this channel, it’s brilliant!

I’d much rather have a situation awareness look a possible predator in the eye and never turn my back on them rather than try to figure out how to get out of it an attack. I love your videos!

Dr. P. Why I like your channel so much is that you break down key psychological factors. 1. Situational awareness. 2. Suprise-freeze then recover. So damn important in that split second sir. As you indicated Dr. P, you take it them. Urban or rural settings. Your key concepts can applied in both. Keep up the good work.

Great move to learn

Unfortunately, the more common attacks of the last 15 years or so where I live, have been in packs... not usually alone. Also, often of the kind where someone being on the ground is not regarded as a reason to stop kicking.

Yes. Especially today, there is a lack of situational awareness is almost an invitation. Ppl should use the opportunity of being in a store or shelter to observe what is going on outside in the parking lot and who is out there.

Over the recent few years, I've been picking up the habit of using reflections to look behind me.

Awesome advice. Your mate is a champion for taking all those unexpected hits. 😂

I've been watching you for quite a while now. I consider you a very good teacher. There's a nice demeanor about you.

Creating as much distance with the attacker , as in running forward and then spinning...or just keep 🏃‍♂️

I never go out having my eyes and ears being dumb. Be aware of the surroundings, no panic. Stay calm, open your eyes and your ears.

I love that this channel deals with the psychology of the matter as well as the physical; excellent

Good stuff!

Your videos are awesome. Appreciate the thought process and break downs.

Thank you for the realistic view and scenarios.

Great video. Please keep uploading similar material.

Your videos are absolutely epic. I don't know how deep your team is - but that is one incredible assistant we see. Nick is it? A fabulous job, nicely illustrated in this episode! Mad Respect from (peaceful) BC, Canada.

Always love your stuff man. ✅

30 yrs ago, I was coming out of a bank with then my girlfriend who is my wife now and started walking minding our business when two thugs came from behind us and started punching me about the head. At first I thought it was a prank and soon realized they were attempting to rob me. Perhaps, because I was in the Marines at that time, I momentarily froze then I realized what was happening and immediately my Marine training kicked in. I put my hands with my fists closed to cover my neck and head. I made myself a smaller target by quickly crouching and getting out the way and right away I went into survival mode. I quickly got up and started hitting both guys, I punched, kicked, bit and clawed just like I was taught in the Marines and the two guys seeing that I fought back with such ferocity quickly stopped and ran away. That was 30 yrs ago, and till this day I’m always aware of my surroundings and I don’t let anyone get behind me. Keep up the good work with your videos, I enjoy them much and I always learn something new, you do a fantastic job teaching people myths from reality.

Loved the out take shortly after 2 minutes. It showed real time how to do what you described.

Great advice. Thanks dudes.

Another great breakdown Dr. Mark. Thanks

Fantastic, Thank you.

Beautiful Thank you

Very cool video... Thanks. Keep them coming

I like what you do... having said that, I wonder why you show your moves only once. Maybe if you can show it several times in real time and slow motion. It could only help and make sure your camera guy gets the shot as well. You do a excellent job of letting viewers know how things are really like on the street!!

This is a good synopsis of what Tony Blauer has been teaching for 40+ years. Good info!

Phenomenal video, very professional but practical advice for situations that ANYONE can be caught up in.

Good information

very good advice and discssion

Love your stuff!

😎Excellent!Excellent!Thank you for sharing another great video!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🍵

Always Fascinated. This should be taught in schools

Thank you.

Oh god ,I can so relate, been grabbed, while I was shopping in a crowded place from behind, certainly wasnt expecting it. Luckily, it was someone from my past, who I worked with, big body builder , his appearance had changed, so didnt recognise him straight away. Strength Power Size Mixed with shock and freeze was a valuable lesson learnt.

As someone who has been assaulted in the past, this is very helpful! NYC representin', yo!!!

I went to the hard wear store and bought a swivel and put my head on it. Now you can't sneak up on me. Lol keepemcoming

Simulated attack sparring should be practiced with multiple potential opponents. Sounds like field trip day for my fight club 😁👍

Great, I like the key lock 😎. It's definitely true about awareness. Very rare I use mobile's in public places unless I really have to, and even then I'm hyper aware 🤨. But it's amazing how many people I've seen even crossing busy roads with their heads down texting! 😴 . 👍

Perfect illustration of Musashis teaching that the battle begins in the mind, fueled by the spirit and expressed physically

You are definitely one of my favorite

Overall i like your approach. The teaching about situational awareness . . . the element of surprise is most important. And knowing what to do to avoid freezing up needs constant training. Just awareness is not enough in my opinion. Keep up the important work. Evil intent is real in the hearts and minds of others.

I don't know how people can listen to music while outside in an urban environment, I have to be able to listen to my environment. Phone zombies is a good description.

I love the way your man's smiling, he knows he's got a couple coming.

I’d love to see a coop between fight science and Marc McYoung 💪

The self defense school I've gone to for 20+ years (which has already saved me from assault twice in my life so far) provides simulated survival lessons after an initial surprise attack. Obviously punching you in the face is not condusive to health and safety in self-defense training as it can lead to serious injuries, instead our school will provide optional simulations outdoors in a park several times a year where you are pepper sprayed (this is to simulate the disorientation, stunning and general impairment a surprise blow would cause) without warning (we stand in a broad circle and there are multiple people with pepper spray, you don't know when / who is going to spray you) - followed immediately by someone trying to grab you, throw you to the ground, drag you off etc. It's obviously still not the same as a real life surprise attack, but it's the next best thing I think that avoids the risk of serious injury you can get from full or even partial contact strikes to the head to stun you in a training environment. It certainly helped me, I think, overcome surprise in the 2 times I've been attacked unexpectedly in my lifetime and survive the attacks with minor injuries.

Love your channel. Was wondering how you feel about faking a heart attack or fit of some kind to throw your attacker off guard?

Pity the fool step to Nick 💀😎

*3:30** +1 Nick for the grunt, lol*

Rory Milkers book preparing for violence talks about breaking the freeze

What do you think about Hollywood style chest fly machines?

I've seen lots of MMA fights finished with a rear naked choke submission. How can you defend yourself if the attacker locks his choke arm into his other elbow and prevents you from using the technique you demonstrated in this video? Would head butts, biting, groin strikes/pulls, or running backwards and tripping up the attacker be effective? Could you possibly deploy a weapon like a hand gun or knife if you have them?

3:23 - Did he fall asleep for a bit then? 😂😂

Have you ever thought about writing a book on the stuff you feature on your videos?

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I never walk around with headphones, need to be able to hear shit coming

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In the '70s, in Los Angeles, a karate black belt woman freezed by a sudden aggression.

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Scientifically, the freeze period is 1.5 seconds, where your brain is trying to process what is happening. It seems along time.

If this happens and my arms are free, my assailant is done for. I carry a 4" blade automatic knife with a pocket clip in my right side pocket every day, and a pistol at about the 3:30 position. Mark, I know you guys can't have that stuff in your neck of the woods, but your instruction is clearly extremely valuable regardless of what I'm carrying.

Stop beating up that man! Does he have Health insurance.

The more time you can buy, the more likely help will come, the more likely he’ll/they’ll give up. I know it sounds obvious, but the key to survival is survival. Get strong, good cardio, get on the mats and get dinged up a bit. Loose in a controlled environment with people who don’t want to hurt you.

be ready to block like just did recently i did not want to hit back i know better ways of blocking and then having going on the person with my other hand can be a hit or just a hold that will make them go more agressive so if you do that undrerstand you have to go full on then not all people caqn do that and you cant train that only know after real life stuff

Ive elbowed,backfist, 2 people in the face when they grabbed me from behind. Unfortunately one was a friend the other a teacher 😅.

So basically don't be a techno zombie , maintain situational awareness

being bullyd as a kid i know a lot of this even been beat up by 8 people all around me and the only injury i got was when i punched one of them in the balls with my right hand but hit instandly on my right side of my head if i had not hit the guy i would have been able to block it like i was doing before it helpt that i knew gymnasticst and was a skatebaorder every time they wiped my legs with a sweep kick i would just land on my feet they got me but i could recover i thionk that was my luck ore i would have been beaten to pulp.so my staying up kept me safe only one blowe to the right eye bad but i got one guy in the ball no other bad injuries but was young and a skateboarder broekn bones before that

I just hope that it’s not one of my friends playing a joke on me because I tend to elbow & stab rather than grab the arm around my neck first! I always keep knives at the ready for either hand & my friends generally know this, but if they get super drunk & try to come up on me forgetting that I might not know it’s a prank, then they could possibly get hurt & it’s all bad! Everyone should make sure their friends don’t try doing pranks like that, as grabbing someone around the neck from behind by friends should be forewarned in friendly situations, otherwise one might assume it’s an attack! No one’s safe nowadays!

what did the martial arts experts believe?

training not to flinch can be done not only by ambush training i have noticed that skateboarding has learnd me to deal with oh shit momensts even where i break a bone and stuf goos slomo but yuo learn to react and not to freez

This is basically 100% S.P.E.A.R.

Seems to be a lot more people just getting shot or stabbed these days, worlds getting bad

Your student seems like he really wanted to hit you 😮? But then it seems like you punish him by being aggressive towards him. Not sure which came first, it was edited out I think 💬🤔.😅

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If you tell you master that a certain technique doesn't work for you and he keeps telling you it works in the street... LEAVE IMMEDIATELY!! There are a lot of bad schools and people teaching their old lessons instead of what works

More often than criminals like robbers or thieves or gangsters or syndicate guys. It's military sometimes or police and security just bullying civilians.

In the USA today you probably just going to get shot versus sucker punched or jumped by two guys. The disregard for life is astonishing.

man the big guy looks tired in this video. maybe he earned a vacation

Nick needs lunch

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I carry spyderco S blade fully serrated 4" fold/lock blade and got surrounded by four (15 - 20 ft distance) in underground parking structure, I didnt recognize an immediate escape path so instead presented knife showing it to all of them and yelled at them "find someone else! find someone else!" and they moved on in different directions. not sure how smart that was but all i know is it worked, still situational awareness gave me that opportunity.. welcome to long beach ca. p.s. I am sure it was the gnarly look of the knife that helped, thanks spyderco any feedback on my actions appreciated 🙏