Who's the Fake Martial Artist? (w/ Jordan Adika) 

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Rather than just have one person off the street faking knowing a martial art I think they should just have all eight be doing that. The chaos of eight people all faking that they understand what's going on would be spectacular

Jiu Jistu guy: okay I'll demonstrate like I'm teaching a class Other contestants: it felt like he was teaching a class and was rehearsed

Jubilee really should do a session where all participants are imposters. It would be hilarious to see a bunch of people desperately trying to convince the others that they are actually martial arts experts and literally no one knows what they are doing.

I was so so confused when Keith poured his heart out and they were still like "nah keep going that bitch Jessica looked incompetent as hell."

the "yelling does not strike me as very martial arts-y" is so funny bc i'm a second degree black belt in taekwondo and my instructor would tell us to yell as punctuation for every move to make it more strong, intimidating, and impressive. very useful in competitions lol

Keith admitting he's the mole made me so uncomfortable I almost stopped watching

In a bow, the longer and deeper it’s done the more serious and respectful it is, so the way that guy bowed was like 3 steps away from killing himself

That twist me oddly uncomfortable lol. I think just the awkwardness did me in

Keith inner monologue: *Oh no! I'm the only one who didn't raise my hand! These guys are so good... they'll know I'm the imposter. Maybe I should try to shift blame? No! What would sensei say? They're all black belts, they're my superiors! I have to come clean... It's been a long year, but I've come too far to betray my honor.*

i though we were going to cut out my moves now everybody knows about my training

I felt so much second hand embarrassment when Keith said that he was the imposter among us

The Jiu-Jitsu dude was at such a disadvantage in the demonstration round, like how was he supposed to demonstrate he was a blackbelt without having a fucking sparring session. showing off any particular hold or choke or move like that is gonna look suspect and you could easily fake rolling around for 30 seconds and it would look bad also.

The Keith thing was so bizarre, especially bc he bowed to the blue hair girl so quickly - Why go on a game show based on a lying if you're worried they'd be mad at you for lying LMAO

Keith turning himself in was the most weeb thing I've ever seen. It's a game of catch the impostor buddy, what were you expecting to do exactly?

they need to do an episode of guess who’s the imposter British vs American with Jarvis and Jordan

As someone who worked for a Taekwondo school I can say that the first guy's story about him acting up and getting enrolled in TKD by his mom represents like half the kids who are in it. It's basically a lot of lazy parents who don't want to discipline their kids and they heard from their other Mom friends how sending their child to TKD fixed them. To be fair it usually works out to the kid's benefit. Parents also love that they can bring their kid in every time they get in trouble to talk to the instructors because the kids actually respect their instructors and it works lol EDIT: Just rewatched the beginning and realized he said "a taekwondo gym".... It's a dojang 😂 he's confusing martial arts with Pokémon training..... Lolol

Keith wanted to have his main anime protagonist moment so bad lmaoo

I haven’t finished the video yet, but my prediction is that the imposter is a brown belt, or other high rank, and that’s how they’re able to fake it …or not fake it.

As someone who did Aikido for a while, yelling is actually common in martial arts, and "killing" ish blows are pretty common in Kata s

After Kieth confessed I was so ready for someone to be like “I dunno I don’t buy it, I suspect Anthony still” or something.

I feel bad for the man who dropped out, but thinking about myself in the position of the participants, that was overstepping boundaries. They were just there to play a game. It's immensely awkward to be unexpectedly given a stranger's pain and tragedy, especially when they suddenly ask for your forgiveness. It's good for people to be emotionally honest, it's not good for people to force others into uncomfortable positions because you're being too honest. I've overshared and been told to roll back and I've told people to roll back their oversharing. It is not a fun experience to be put into.

Honestly the most frustrating thing was them voting out jiu jitsu guy. Like he clearly knew what he was doing. In the demonstration, Keith and Jessica were the most sus. I was not feeling Jessica’s kata but when she later demonstrated her kicks while being cornered I started to believe her.

I love how everyone votes out Anthony who statistically could strangle and fuck up everyone in the room because he understands how basics work in real competition lmao

Keith's bit was so awkward but also so fucking funny to me, specifically cuz he said he's a recovering addict (so am I) and this is Exactly how dudes in AA/NA act whenever they feel bad. mans is practicing his tenth step 🤣🤣

That was so anticlimactic lmao, I can't believe he joined a show to lie and said he was uncomfortable lying? And just started pouring his heart out Like jeez dude chill lmao

Shouting and yelling in martial arts is actually pretty common! In karate its called a kiai. It’s meant to be like, energizing. In popculture it’s become your stereotypical “hi-yah!” sort of thing. There’s your fun martial arts fact lol

I feel so bad for laughing throughout Keith’s crying 😭

There were at least two things made me think that Adriana was the mole. Her performance literally felt like just a performance, not an actual form. She called Jessica's form "a color belt form", when it was actually a 2nd dan black belt form, even though she should know that form because she said she was a 3rd dan balck belt in taekwondo. So I decided to do a little digging. She has plenty of videos going around youtube from other performances she's done in competitions. She has an emblem in the back that's from the ATA XMA (Xtreme Martial Arts). Notice the X in Xtreme. They market themselves as "an elite level of training that blends martial arts with exciting acrobatics and performance-style presentation". And if you watch any students of this, you'll notice this exact thing. It's a performance. It's as much taekwondo or martial arts as the blue power ranger's performance. And that is literal. He (Mike Chat) created XMA. Which is not to say that there are no martial arts, but that obviously the priority lies elsewhere. So if she felt like a mole to you, this is why. Like it can look cool (which it actually does. Her performance here is somewhat meh, but her other past performances do look pretty cool) but I feel it's kinda iffy to say it's martial arts, much less specifically taekwondo. I don't know. Its just very uncomfortable.

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That poor girl who they voted out last! I know she was having stereotype threat, where you feel like you're representing your group and accidentally showing off the negative biases/stereotypes people have about that group. She was so self conscious that she tripped over her own feet and that's what led to her getting out

So, I've done taekwondo for 12 years now and not once have I ever learned what "style" I learned taekwondo in. Its likely just something lost in translation as I've learned taekwondo only in korean but I also definitely would've frozen up if they asked me what "style" I learned taekwondo in

I chose the short girl all day long. They must have thrown her in there as a decoy because I was laser focused on her. Like why the guilty nervous face? Why the hesitation on terminology? I bet you they wanted her to act sus in purpose.

Well damn, Keith just set a new bar for all moles going forward

IM SO SORRY BUT KEITH CRYING MADE ME LOSE IT WHY WOULD HE THROW AWAY THE GAME LIKE THAT

Jordan's martial arts is giving me life

Does anyone find it weird that Keith let the two guys get eliminated before coming clean?

"that was very fast work from mum" that's exactly what my mum did when she signed me up for gymnastics when i was little lol, she found out i couldn't roll in a straight line and was like "you have to do gymnastics rn" and within the week i was signed up for classes, i no longer do gymnastics because turns out im disabled and we just didn't know lmao

I don’t understand why he feels so shameful about deceiving these people. They all answered this casting call knowing what the premise of the show was. They showed up to the studio specifically to be lied to and he showed up to lie to people. I’m so confused

That video was quite the ride lol. I felt bad for the girl they cornered because I believed her :( She just didn't have the terminology.

Keith lying to the producers makes the most sense honestly

that narrative arc was too much for me. I'm glad Jarvis and Jordan were there to accompany us on this journey 🙏🏻

The hapkido girls performance was really great, the reason why you guys thought it was bad is because the martial art, hapkido, is not used to instigate fights which explains why she waited for mr jp to start fighting. As well as hapkido being a style to counter attack she demonstrated how it worked well in various manners such as pushing them back, limb breaking, and killing

I took karate for a few years. I didn't get to a black belt, but they definitely tell you to yell certain words or phrases. I can't remember exactly why.

Usually I kinda zone out during sponsored segments, cause I don't actively pay attention to what the product is, but man, that transition got my full focus and attention to the ad. That was gold

ohmygosh, Keiths act of ownership feels so like generic and scripted but also like wholesome I DONT KNOW HOW TO FEEL ABOUT IT

when Jordan said "actually the best kind of combat is prevention" as a joke abt what the fake martial artist would say but there is actually a martial art called aikido that focuses sorely on defence - there are no attacking moves in the martial art itself and the focus is on redirecting the attacks (not just punches - we trained with fake knives, guns and katanas too!)

I know Adriana!! She was in my ring when I competed. She’s a sweetheart. And insanely talented.

"A true black belt would team up with the mole and say you are the mole then split the money" -Sun Tzu probably, Art of War

Keith ratting himself out as the mole was so wholesome and sad at the same time. I don’t know much about martial arts myself but I know respect and honor tend to be a huge part of it

As a former Kajukenbo student, It makes me happy to hear Kajukenbo still has representation in the martial arts world ^_^ I’ve definitely been tempted to re-enter a martial arts practice and learn Kajukenbo again.

Having a little bit of knowledge of HEMA(European Sword Fighting) I was convinced Blue Hair was the mole until she showed a bunch of knowledge at the end. Because that sword routine was 99% ineffective BS, super flashy, and she was super immobile. But, some martial arts are just like that.

15:19- I think the Adrianna vote is appropriate, she seems like she's very fit and flexible, but the sword demonstration feels to me like more of a show than actual combat techniques. But what do I know? Edit: What a twist! The way this ended was weirder than I ever could have imagined.

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the ballerina thing makes sense cos theres alot of an obsession with looks and the point shoes can hurt your feet a lot. i don't feel like the kid lessons are as bad but i wouldn't start that snowball

I understand and respect Keith. I started kenjutsu because I was suicidal. I’m nowhere near 7th or 8th Dan yet. I chose a katana because of my love for dmc and guilty gear. Vergil was so fuckin cold and Baiken I’ve been maining since 2006. Honestly if it wasn’t for Raven, my master, I don’t think I’d be alive today.

I was bummed there was no Chinese Martial Arts representation in this video, but then I realized the actual title is "5 Black Belts vs 2 fakes" and I went AHHH, kung fu doesn't traditionally do a belt system so there's no "black belt". Still bummed though.

“My dad didn’t want me to do ballet so he put me in martial arts” Bruh I trained in ballet until a pre-professional level and to this day, it’s the hardest sport I’ve ever done. I had to quit cause I kept getting stress fractures in my feet from pointe and overuse. Ballet ain’t no joke folks.

i'm a massive taekwondo fan and i do not understand how that girl with a bleck belt was so bad i'm so sorry was she TRYING TO LOSE????

Ad Jarvis looking so cozy while there's stuff all over his floor is a whole mood. Would make pancakes for him 10/10

I've seen this idea floating around on the internet and I would pay good money for it to be implemented: There are seven gay guys and one straight guy pretending to be gay. Except here's the twist: they're all straight, and they all think that they are the imposter. It's just eight straight men in a room all trying to convince one another that they are gay.

Jarvis, why do you second guess yourself? Threat Management with Jubilee will live in my heart eternally for the 10 seconds that it lasted

tbh jessica is so real, i played aoftball for 10+ years and i could 100% show you all the moves to be a good softball player, could not ever tell you any specifics or names of absolutely anything besides like the absolute basics. felt her fr

vids with jordan are always the best keep up the great work

I’ve trained for 11 years in kendo and iiado. I enjoy how it feels to use a katana. The blue haired lady made me smile. She said OAS. And the comment on yelling, yes we yell. It’s something we are actually are taught to do to make ourselves “more intimating”

The last one voted out reminds me of a vastly more nervous version of this "black belt" who once randomly showed up at the dojo where I trained as a kid, then demanded to fight us. My sensei understandably thought the dude was either a jackass or an idiot, so he asked this guy (late teens, probably) a few questions before agreeing. I couldn't hear the conversation clearly, but it concluded with my sensei chuckling and saying, "Sure, feel free to ask any of these guys to grapple," while pointing to me and the other advanced students. The dude put on a tough face and pointed to the largest of my peers. As the two of them went to the mat, my sensei walked over beside me and just whispered, "McDojo", his derogatory nickname for a group of chain taekwondo dojo companies notorious for training which was an utter joke. Their black belts were the equivalent of a student starting their third year of training in the various styles and legitimate training groups I've interacted with over the years. My huge peer made the McDojo kid tap out in a matter of maybe 10 seconds. He stood back up, pissed, and pointed at another of my friends. They were the smallest of the group, so he probably figured that was a smart choice. It took my small peer about the same amount of time, and after being beaten by a literal child a foot shorter than him, he made some random snippy remarks and left. The only thing I ever saw in training funnier than that incident was a time when a pretty new student managed to pin the instructor (with some massive handicaps on what the latter was allowed to do) using what they loudly declared to be "The koala choke hold!" like an anime character calling out a kamehameha or something. So damned cute...

To be fair to Jessica, most TKD schools belong to one of two styles, WTF or ITF, and most of the time the instructors don't tell their students about this distinction because it isn't really important. The main difference between the two is that the curriculum forms might be taught in a different order, and WTF style is recognized and allowed by the Olympic committee and ITF is not. Other than that there are no meaningful differences between the two styles. That would also explain why the one girl said "your form looked like a color belt form" but in Jessica's school it was not. Thirdly!, not being able to explain a side kick is not the hallmark of a faker. This is just the basic difference between expert and teacher. You can be an expert at something while being a horrible teacher of it, and not every black belt has an instructor role. Some just train to work on their own practice. IDK, I feel like they came down too hard on Jessica.

as someone with a black belt in taekwondo, this video was hilarious rtydhgfb

I remember when my brothers did karate when they were younger; they wanted to go much further with it but I think they only got to the purple belt and were close to getting the next one. The studio the lessons were held in was switched like three times and then some new lady was instructing and taught nothing new, so they weren't really advancing. They really enjoyed it though. One of them has always liked stuff like that; I remember at one point he was practicing his moves in the living room and did a kick in the air and fricken kicked the light on the ceiling fan and busted it- it was hilarious, he took off running thinking he was in trouble and my mom's just like "Holy crap, are you okay? You did that?" Ah, good times.

"If you're watching this, you're a martial artist" *has done kung fu for 19 years* Jarvis how did you know?!

they need to make an episode where there is no imposter and they just vote each other out for no reason

Jordan’s comment about them not being able to identify the black nerd is fucking hilarious

The bow Keith had was so telling. The lower the bow the more apologetic/respectful. Man was literally one step away from literally killing himself. Holy shit.

Keith "I'm out here pretending to be a black belt, and I'm just like WOW, these people _ROCK!"_

actually when our studio was still open, our instructor told us to yell and make "chhk" noises when sparring or during forms as an intimidation tactic (and also because it helps you put more force behind your blows) edit: I would also like to mention that the form Jessica performed is one that is taught to higher belts in our federation (because the two are companion practices) and helps to teach patience and balance. not all forms are high energy and fast paced and offensive, which to me says that she is probably a more experienced student

I did taekwondo for years and I could have sworn Jessica was the fake. She showed the skills I would expect a yellow belt to have. But I guess her class runs differently... Also, yelling is a very martial arts thing. I was told that it helps you release your breath and create more power while also scaring your opponent.

I took a Taekwondo class for a couple of years and I will say that yelling was like a main part of it in a way. My instructor would also tell us to yell anytime we landed a blow or after we finished certain routines. So the yelling is actually very martial art like.

I think I get why Keith chose to back out. He turned his life around completely via martial arts, and lying about that, even for a game or whatever, could totally feel like taking a shit on everything he's done to be a better person and the person he wants to be. Like, he thought it'd be fine and fun at first, but the guilt got to him, and he realized he didn't want to be that person again? He even apologized about ruining the game. What a genuine guy, and respect to him for sticking to his morals and how he feels, and respect to everyone else for being understanding in how obviously impactful martial arts has been for him. EDIT: HOLY SHIT, KEITH, MY MAN, YOU LIVED IN MY STATE IN AN AREA I'VE LITERALLY LIVED IN, WTF, I'M EVEN MORE IN AWE, DUDE--

I was hoping Adriana was going to go in for a hug and then flip him with a reverse piledriver like a true warrior

Me, a black belt in Card Jitsu in Club Penguin: Yeah I’m a black belt. Oh, my style? I go for a low-number fire twice and then hit em with the high-number snow.

This made me cringe in a way I couldn't have anticipated

All that yelling is absolutely a part of martial arts. I do krav maga (not sure if that counts as an art or not but w/e) and we're supposed to using yelling as a part of self defense and to punctuate attacks

This came out at such a perfect time for me, I test tomorrow for my first dan black belt (: Edit: Just got back from the test... I passed! Thank you everyone for the good luck wishes (:

How do you follow up sword girl with slow air punches?

guys the yelling is very martial-art-y, it adds power to your kicks/punches, it's like when you breathe out on a punch, same thing

As soon as I saw Keith’s demonstration I knew it was him. If he rotated those wooden planks by 90 degrees he wouldn’t have been able to chop through them. The fact the other martial artists didn’t see through this incredibly common sham that many fake martial arts instructors infamously use to get sales saddens me.

Okay, imagine being a mole that was left in the box after Keith revealed himself… like “damnit! WTF DUDE! YOURE JUST GONNA LEAVE ME HERE?!”

This guy needs some serious group therapy and hugs

As someone who has done quite a bit of different martial arts, including Jiu Jitsu, that guy could’ve done something cool at least to be entertaining but there’s stuff they teach white belts that look complex and would’ve kept him from getting voted out 😭

22:00 with the old people having black belts thing, there's different age categories once you're over 50 I believe. Also, a black belt isn't as valid if you haven't done any training for longer than it took to get the belt. Perhaps that rule is not universal though.

honestly keith ratitng himself out was like really sweet like you could tell that he really did respect them so much as black belts

As someone who got a brown belt in Judo I immideatly guessed the jiu jutsu guy would get voted out at the demonstration lol. There are only very little *flashy* things you can do compared to Taekwondo, since there is no punching or kicking so people can dismiss it easily. He demonstrated his technique very well tho! I'm still sad he got voted out by everyone

When i joined my taekwondo studio i would stay after to practice for my white belt test there would be the competitive team practicing as well, i would be in the middle of practicing and just here the most blood curdling scream from them and it scared the shit out of me. It’s so normal to me now as someone who is now on the team that im like “oh i forgot this is weird to most people” the reason we yell for each move is for emphasis and also to help make sure you’re breathing. the yelling is very traditional.

I like the pancake bag , just walking around and when you’re feeling hungry just open that bag and ‘ Boom ‘ pancakes ( should start bringing around the syrup cup , just open the cup and dip the pancake in . )

i have done 10 years of taekwondo and never seen anyone use a sword im so confused

Ok, bit: belts aren't all that important. They can indeed be a measure of skill, but when the west came into contact with Japanese martial arts, it took the belt system waaaaay too seriously (Karate didn't even have one originally, it originated in Judo and when Karate became mainstream in mainland Japan in the 1930s, they pushed it onto the style alongside several changes). Black belt isn't the end of the training, it's just another step forward.

These new gold videos are great and i love watchin em!! Keep bringin jordan on i love yalls dynamic!

So now we know why he has a skillet

This mans used this episode as a therapy session

keith- these guys rock and theyre talking about being black belts from their heart of hearts