Spar Smarter, not Harder: Film study in targeting KO points in light sparring
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- čas přidán 22. 12. 2018
- What do you learn from your sparring? Do you spar hard? Why? What do you learn from that experience other than what damage feels like?
If you can consistently target the side of the jaw, the chin, the liver, the solar plexus, the heart, and the edge of the floating rib during live sparring, adding power is simple. - Sport
Look at animals when they play fight. They go slow and easy. And yet this trains them for hunting, killing and fighting for mates.
When I watch dogs playfight, They go for positions, key points and our equivalent of hand fighting alot
Wow, that’s really smart. I never really thought about that. Thanks man.
That's actually a really good connection. Never thought of that.
Terrific point 👌
During my light spar, I walked into a right counter and even though my partner held back, I felt it. I knew what I was getting into and thrilled to actually feel a real counter without bracing or preparation.
It felt real, but I was okay. My takeaway was "bob, weave, chin down and eyes on your opponent!"
I know there's a part of me that still needs to overcome the fear of getting punched in the face.
Same man I get driven back because they rush me but it's still light
I think for those who haven't fought in the ring or cage, it's good to once in a while do some hard sparring, as it's good to know what it feels like getting hit and seeing how well you can do under pressure and such. But yeah a good portion of the sparring should be light and for pro or even amateur fighters, who have had lots of full contact experience in fights, there is no need for it... unless possibly if you haven't felt contact in a very long time and would like to test how you deal with adversity thru sparring.
Even pro should do full contact spar once a while. Otherwise you could develop false sense of your true ability.
Very well put
@@justicewarrior9187 Thanks Justice Warrior, by the way, I just uploaded a compilation of Kung Fu weapons tested in sparring, if you're into that sort of stuff, lots of rare footage, as most traditional martial artist do not test their weapon skills in sparring :)
Hard sparring also builds humility,
I have two large, strong barn cats that spar all day long. Sometimes they go hard and sometimes they go soft, but they always make sure not to hurt each other, and they always stop when one of them meows (their version of tapping out). The only time they ever got injured was when one was a very young kitty and she didn't know not to use her claws; my big tabby still has a scar on his nose from that, even though he outweighed her by 13 lbs back then. Another time, they met a neighbour's black cat and started playing with him, but he would scratch and bite, they both got infections from it. After that, if they saw him they would hiss and chase him away. No one wants to spar with someone who goes hurts them! We like sparring, we want to do it a lot and often, and you can't do that if you're getting hurt every time.
Yeah man.....
Fighting and sparring has a lot of different....
In fighting your intentions is to hurt
But sparring is learning ... It's sharpening the technique,improve reflex and work on your faults and make adjustments....
Nailed it... People need to know this...
You know, when I saw the K.O in the sparring and Ramsey said "approximately 10 percent of my power" I was thinking "Oh, my God, I can be K.Oed in a light sparring like that?" First, I thought the guy was acting but then I realized he couldn't get up. It definitely made me change my opinion. I thought you needed to be hit with a hard high kick to be K.Oed like that.
When I started at a Mcdojo we always did hard sparring. I never really learned anything and got hurt a lot. I switched to a mma gym and started learning a bunch of stuff (Jiu jitsu, Muay Thai, bunch of stuff) we tend to do more light sparring so we can work on technique, as well as roll a lot more to work on ground. Best decision I made. Love your vids Dewey
Having said that though, we do hard spar sometimes. Depending on your partner and what he/she is capable of
Well Dewey first of all, thank you for helping me out with how to spar as a newbie. I feel like sparring can be a double edge sword, if it is done in a the right way you can learn alot, but if done incorrectly (constant hard spar, or just shuting down your opponent) it can leave nothing but wear & tear on your body. Sparring is made for correction of errors and improving execution of certain techniques not an actual fight.
Funny how you only learn this as you get older, when younger folks just will not listen. What is really irritating are people that will walk though punches and kicks using the "there was no power on those so why would I not?".
Yeah I used get this alot too, and as a caring man I don't want to hurt my training partners in a regular sparring. It just sucks to leave a session with a headache even if you did good. That's why I switched to bjj from muay thai.
That's why Thai fighters often play dead when caught really good, and are constantly screaming "OEEE" to indicate a good strike. They're humble enought to listen and see good work
Being a big dude with a lot of power despite a somewhat mediate rank, my rule of thumb has become "match my opponent", as far as intensity is concerned, mainly bodyshots. if I know a blow could land solidly and do damage however, I taunt instead; a caress of the jaw, a poke to the nose, a quick tickle of the armpit, and pretty much all of my partners follow suit when I spar
stop impressing us with your abs
GRIFFFFFITTTHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ramsey you're a really down to earth guy that had has his experience in MMA, for me it doesn't matter if you win or lose at this point because regardless of that you gained knowledge about the safety needed for this hard sport.
For that I really respect you and hope for the best for you and your family.
I rarely hard spar and never with kicks. When I was 15 I was sparing with a good boxer 30ish but who had little kicking experience but was training for a KB fight. Started civil enough but he started getting frustrated by the range and when he got close he starting ripping to the body hard. I got sick of being roughed up and being nice so I returned in kind and stopped pulling my shots. He would slip to the side very low so I mixed my roundhouses into punch combos. He rolled so low his head would be at waist height.
As he ducked low I landed a reverse roundhouse which shattered his orbital along 3 breaks, the side of his face was split open, he had to have reconstructive surgery and an infection nearly cost him his left eye, he can never spar or fight again. It looked like his eye socket had been caved into, it was extremely gruesome. I still feel horrible about the accident many years later. The lesson is that I was not throwing full power but it was still hard enough to cause live altering damage if you land too well. I will never throw a kick especially to the head with any power in sparing, no one wants to hurt someone like that over a sport and hobby. You never know what kind of damage you could do and leave you with a guilty conscious forever.
The last time I spar with my friend, he end up couldnt walk for a week, I throw him right on his back. That was after he kicking and punching me like a human sandbag. I catch him, throw him and pinning him with rear naked choke.
you're a fucking maniac.You don't fucking kick someone's face with full power just because his hits to your fat, unconditioned body hurt.Why not kick his legs instead, dumbass
@@sskspartan he said he wasn't throwing full power. Did you even read it?
@@kamehameha5742 probably didnt read that the dude was 30 yrs old and he was a 15yr old kid either
60% of the time it works every time
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I'm gonna be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline.
@@johnv5211 its got real bits of panther init so you know its good
Your ASMR voice during the video study, listened on the morning right before training, is going to out me to sleep 😴 good content nevertheless, I enjoy light sparring much more than the hard one, combined with high volume and speed touch sparring for cardio and impulse
It took me 6 months to not be afraid of sparring in my tae kwon do team, every single one of my teammates were literal trains when it comes to roundhouse kicks. I was never ko'ed but the amount of times of me falling over and vomiting because of a hit on the solar plexus was too many to count, the amount of bruises my forearm and foreleg had was like polkadots on a dalmatian dog.
When i learned of taking those hits and hitting back, i learned of why people do that, it is fun hitting someone and them *feeling* that kick, still wrong btw.
So having you as someone speaking out and saying that sparring smarter and not necessarily harder is good. Cause sparring in full contact is only good once a month or 2 months, learning to fight is better that learning how to take hits; cause one uses the brain while one uses the body more.
Hi, Ramsey! It's really great to see how you are capable of training and developing some very good fighters without that stupid misconception of "toughness" that we, martial arts lovers, use to see at many gyms here and there...
I spent 8 years training in a well known kickboxing gym in my city and I can tell you that 8 times out of 10 that we did sparring, someone resulted injured. Concussions were not uncommon either.
The technique level was very doubtful too, as they thought it was more important to "prepare their fighters for reality's toughness" than polish their skills and help them develop good values, and while many guys were genuinely afraid to spar in those conditions, they felt that they better do it or they would be tagged as "softies"...
After I changed my training place, many things changed for good too.
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge!
Sincerely, a Muay Thai and Choy Lee Fut practicioner from Valparaíso, Chile! 🙏🏻
When I was boxing recently, we often did no-touch sparring and even some very light touch sparring.
Intelligent. Thank you, sir from sub in California.
Not about power. It's about position...
Control is part of the art. This is also how you can train and spar your whole life. Nice video.
Excellent video & words of wisdom! Learning takes time & safety.
Really nice video and breakdown of the boxing sparring
Half way through. So far so good!
Very instructive! Thank you!
Thanks for straightening us out.
I like that you have a great variety of different life experiences such as starting with the TKD mindset and getting challenged to change your thinking when encountering boxing and grappling arts + the music and dance skills.
I only trained in fighting once when I was 17 and wondered why I got warned by the instructor about how I was throwing punches. I thought "aren't we s'posed to be hittin' each other in the head" it's taken many years to understand.
The sensible approach to sparring all becomes super obvious if you consider ancient soldiers doing weapons training. The general doesn't want a bunch of injured soldiers.
Thank you for such a detailed comment of the sparring. Also, for slowing the footage down, because usually it all happens a bit too fast for me to detect)
❤ your chanel
Thanks for this video🙏
A couple times looked like your feet and hip position were loading up for a kick....must pretty cool to know so many styles of fighting 👍
That’s one of the great things about boxing, is that each punch loads up your opposite leg for a kick- once you can feel that connection, kickboxing is simple.
@@RamseyDewey gottch makes sense
Thinking about I guess it does..thanks
it's like people don't understand the point of sparring and can't imagine which strikes could have been serious if they were thrown with fight power instead of light touch… a good boxer will know when a light tap to the liver could have been a shot that drops him. a bad boxer thinks that when you can trade light taps no one knows who's winning. a good boxer realizes sparring is a chance to practice attacking while defending liver shots. a good boxer knows trading a jab for a liver shot in a fight is usually a negative and not a tie. a good boxer knows "winning" isn't the point of sparring
I have noticed you are very gentle with your students. I get it. I remember a Tai Chi master tackling me, but protecting me with his body underneath me. It was very formative experience.
But your overhand left could use work. (Just teasing). That said, I still ask you for advice. Make them think its a jab and the unleash your hips like it is a right cross. Just a little up and over. Jack Demsey drop step of course.
Ramsey, please don't take this personally.
I have never seen ANY self defence course or technique anywhere, including on your channel, that I would want to use if my life depended on it. Let's start with a few basics. I've never done self defence. But I have played some sports. I know from sports that under pressure fine movements are the first to go. A croquet coach showed me that once. I was excellent at scoring hoops. But he said to me "say in your head that you are under pressure when you shoot". Instantly my hands became tense and changed my aim and I missed. That is why in many sports with an implement [tennis, croquet etc] you are taught interlocked hand grips to stop tension taking your aim off. Now, my point with this is that in fighting too, in a high pressure situation, you will tense up. Your finer movements will go. At least for normal people. It would require a very adept martial artist to keep finer movements possible. So neck slap. No good. Neck pinch. No good. Using car keys to slash someone. Absolutely no good. Mace. No good. Guns and knives. No good. Note that I am NOT making any statement about the rights to have a gun or a knife; I am just saying that those are fine skill movement tools. I have fired rifles. So that I do know about! The only two tools that might be of use are a crude implement [e.g baseball bat] or a blinding tool such as a very bright torch. Ironically a gun might be more useful as type of club [crude movement] than firing it [fine movement]
Instead you want big, crude self defence movements. There are no style points if you are dead. You want to hurt the other guy. Because he's not holding anything back. None of this poke in the eye rubbish. You want to kick or punch etc hard enough to break bones. At least. Or better knock the attacker out. Because they may not feel pain; drug addicts don't. If that kills the other guy then I am happy to face a court case, alive with the best lawyer that I can afford. You don't want to make it any long fight. Because it's not the 80's anymore. Now we have cell phones and the net and people can text their mates and in a minute a car of 30 goons can rock up. Then they bash the hell out of both of you because they can.
The other thing about self defence that I hate is the lack of attention to real world situations. I liked that video where you got an instructor to grab the girl's hand and she had to break free. That's a good exercise. At least conceptually. But more specifically here are situations in my life where people have got violent towards me or others:
- roller skating rink , accidentally collided with someone. They got their pal to try to smash my face in.
- soccer game. I was watching. Player came off the pitch. He said that I had put him off in shooting. Threatened to smash me up.
- This was possibly the worst. Someone didn't like me once. Long story. He wanted to attack me and he was a martial artist.
- been attacked by a homeless guy on drugs when waiting for a bus.
Never been a victim of road rage. Yet. I know statistically that you most likely to be murdered by someone you know. Domestic violence, friends and you get into an argument etc.
Let's take road rage. Why not teach self defence with the actual situation? Have a car. Car doesn't even have to work. A wreck would do. Put the student in the car and roleplay someone doing road rage. Why not?????? I've just watched worst road rage in 2018 in America. Jesus. I don't want a dojo. I don't want theory. I want to save my life. My life is at stake.
I'd like to make a comment here about supposed assertiveness training. I've heard all of it. If you make eye contact with the angry person and have a positive posture they will back off. I call BS. Frankly. What if eye contact makes them angrier? Also in road rage you are advised to never make eye contact with the driver.
If instructors want to teach theoretical martial arts then fine. But once the term self defence is used then I am entitled to define that a lot more strictly.
Thank you
The entire self defense industry is garbage. I’ve been extremely vocal about that here on CZcams. I don’t teach self defense. I coach combat sports athletes to win fights. That’s about as polar opposite as you can get.
@@RamseyDewey ok pt taken. thanks.
@@RamseyDewey
Finally!!
A coach that is honest for the first time!
I'm not an instructor or well-versed practitioner just yet, but I do have an opinion to share. I think you're right about losing your fine motor skills under pressure, but I think you undervalue confidence that can be built with "supposed assertiveness training". It's not about making yourself look big and mean when confronted with an attacker, the first battle happens within. Do you believe in yourself to make it home safe? Why do you believe that?
If you can answer those questions confidently without self-doubt you will be assertive and hold your ground. Subconscious body language is underestimated, and if you can present yourself on the outside with how you think of yourself on the inside, it's less likely you will have to fight. There's an obvious fault in this method of thinking, you don't want to encourage narcissism or an inflated ego. My new favorite term for this fault is those with a "glass heart", taken from one of Ramsey's earlier videos where he recalls a pride driven meathead coming to his gym.
It's about being honest with yourself, which I commend you for, but now comes exposure. I've found most lessons in life come with an exposure to suffering and as detrimental as it may seem, choosing to live in the suffering brings wisdom. I'm not telling you to go out and pick fights in an effort to become more comfortable getting hit, but exposing yourself to an instructor who is patient and disciplined could save your life.
I do martial arts for discipline of the body as I desperately attempt to discipline the mind. I don't know where I would be without it, probably sleeping on my mom's couch with a box of pizza on my lap, reminiscing the easy days of childhood. Life ain't easy, self defense isn't either, but I'd rather live a hard life trying something, than give up looking for an easy way out.
Ramsey da man !!! Good job !!!
Very good advice. Technique over power
Thanks ramsey for the feed back ramsey is number 1 lol
Great advice.
une leçon de sagesse et de tempérance
Your voice is very relaxing Mr ramram
Few weeks ago I commented on one of your videos how I could help begginers feeling pressure on no light to no contact sparing and someone questioned it
well...
Hey Ramsey, big fan I've only been watching for a month or so but already one of my favourite channels, I'm an aspiring kickboxer/Muay Thai fighter yet I'm self taught from watching fights, videos like yours and training on the heavy bag and sparring with my friend who is almost the exact same size as me. I really wanna compete but was wondering what advice you had for getting started in amateur fighting? Thanks Ramsey, love the videos!
Yeah Ramsey when sparring with my friend he would always go full out and I would defend 100% because of it
I should have told him well us let’s bring it down , all we are going to do is get each other hurt lol
Agent Smith: "Why Mr Anderson, Why? - Why do you spar so LIGHTLY????!!!!!"
Neo: "...Because I CHOOSE to."
This video was really helpful!
Next video, can you talk about how I can achieve full CHIM?
This kind of sparring is awesome, I'm surely gonna try it with friends. We do it full contact all of the time in my boxing club. I'm still trying not to spar full contact more then once a week.
Wow that footage was after your last fight? Probably without your head injury you could have still gone on in mma, that kick was powerful enough to bring your student to his knees to a ko, even so it's a hard sparing it's still sparing. Man you're the real deal Ramsey. I wish I could go to China now and be your student.
That was light sparring- not hard. The whole point of this video is to point out that using an fraction of power in striking can result in damage, and that damaging your training partners is bad. Punching and kicking hard is EASY. Learning how to fight effectively and safely, that’s the hard part.
@@RamseyDewey Thank you Ramsey I learned more with this video and comment. I hope I can meet you in person someday.
I dont think that kick had any power in it and light sparring with good position will still sometimes cause concussions! Too many press with their high kicks where that had stance and lag. That is the proper way to do high kicks at the edge of range so all the energy rolls to the end. Also good pivot step and lure by moving into the corner in the start of the video. Two good skills there! Being advanced is all about relaxation and technique, this is what beginners have to overcome- impetuousness!
In the other video u were saying the importance of our lead foot position to our opponents,can u explain that in detail?
Dear Ramsey, thank you for your videos! Would you recommend Judo or BJJ for self-defense in the street? Also, do you think boxing is good enough to complement the grappling art for the same purpose? I don't have lots of time to train and I thought it'd be easier to master punches rather than punches, kicks, knees and elbows. I know you have a video discussing Wrestling & boxing or BJJ & Muay Thai, but I believe that video is approached from an MMA perspective, which is not what I'm referring to. Thank you for taking of your time to read this.
When you make mention of the “heart” as a target, are you referring to the middle of the sternum just above the solar plexus?
damn, that 10% kick to the jaw was impressive!
Just a shin in the wrong place at the right time.
happy holidays :)
Hey sorry if this is the wrong place to do this, but I dont know where to send questions for your Q&A. So I have a background in wrestling (6years) as well as some sporadic experience in boxing, Kempo, Jujitsu, judo to name a few. I'm honestly just broke, but I want to learn and train, especially on my stand up game, any suggestions?
is there any way to react realtime to punches or is it all guessing ? personally I can't see shit we both throw combinations (my training partner and I)at each other and it randomly connects how do I know I'm getting better ? after a year I still can't figure out how striking works. the luck factor is just too high
opinions on the practice of Randori in a sport like judo? normally its pretty intense lots of power on throws and turnovers. not necessarily the same as a competition depending on the person but it can definitely be rough.
Yes it can. Working throws and takedowns live can be done safely and consistently, but you have to put in a lot of work. Make sure to religiously practice tumbling and falling on the receiving end, and on the throwing end, make a concerted effort not to kill your training partners.
This Is Random and Might be a stupid question IDK But Coach, Do You think Its Possible to make new Martial arts moves and stuff out of then air or have we already maxed it all out? like new styles and movement like how they have drunken fist and stuff, I mean have we pretty much reached the point where everything is just done already?
You can always do something that’s new to you.
You can always do something that’s new to you.
in my muay thai sparringI never throw headkicks, is that bad?
Not necessarily
You need very good balance and flexibility to land headkick in light sparring.
Another thing thats works good is to throw headkicks you know is gonna miss. Just to go trough the motion. Works really good with kicks like spinning wheel kicks.
not necessarily, just time it well. Cause a jab, knee, or even an elbow might come during or just after that headkick. That will hurt
Hey Ramsey, I have a question. I’ve been doing Taekwon-Do for about 4 years now, and I really enjoy it, but my eyesight is bad and I have trouble with depth perception and seeing my opponents as a whole during sparring. My eyes are unstable and seem to change prescriptions often, and I’m a college student, so getting several pairs of prescription sparring lenses is out of the question. As I currently am, I always have to block or dodge right before I’m hit because I literally don’t see it coming and I have to be extremely careful not to over-estimate distance between myself and my partner to avoid hitting too hard. Are there any good solutions or tricks that might help me keep track of my opponents while sparring? I’m a long-time fan, and sorry for the long question, but please keep up the great work!
@RED CHUCKS He can't really do that, he's a taekwondo pratctitionner. To give you an idea of the ruleset, it's like boxing but with kicks only and point-fighting
i have the same problem! hahah, as for me i just do the basic combo; clinch, step-back/side-step, and then round house kick or any other kick. it works everytime, not much for points but if you want to take out some air from your opponent then its good. But that is just me, maybe my eyes are better than yours, well just good luck haha.
Hi Ramsey I have a question If you miss with a round kick should you follow it up with a side kick
So what if light sparring only makes sense to you because of all that experience in full contact makes you know exactly what would happen if it was a real hit?
(I also prefer to spar light but I wonder)
Well, you’re going to need some context for any fight training to make sense. That’s what fighting is for.
I started TKD not too long ago and I’m having the weird issue of people just going too easy. We spar every Wednesday night and we rotate opponents such that we spar everyone at least twice depending on how many people show up. The thing is I’m not small or weak strength wise (technique could use some work) but I am young and female. One of the guys is 6 foot 7 if not taller and I genuinely have no idea how to fight him- his leg is almost as long as my entire body and in order to hit anything above his solar plexus I basically have to be so close I could hug him. That all being said, he is one of the least stressful to spar as he goes so gentle and there are several other guys who do similar.
The issue is, it somewhat allows me to get sloppy as with them it doesn’t matter if I leave myself open or am a bit slow on my attack. The reason I know this is two of the other guys, an old Asian and a professional fighter miss exactly no opportunities. If I drop my guard during a kick there is exactly a 0% chance I won’t cop a heel to the head. I prefer that. Short of yelling ‘JUST HIT ME DAMN IT, I’M NOT MADE OF GLASS’ I don’t know how to ask them without sounding like a weirdo searching for abuse or something. If anyone else has had this issue, how did you get your sparing partners over their reservations about hitting you?
Straight up tell your sparring partners what you expect from them before and during the sparring session. If they go too light or no contact and you want to get hit, tell them.
A lot of men have a really hard time bringing themselves to hit a woman during sparring- even at a level that won’t cause injury. A lot of men simply cannot bring themselves to do it. You’ll be trying to undo decades of societal programming in a minute. That’s a tall order- but it won’t happen unless you specifically ask for it and you may even have to demonstrate to your sparring partners the level at which you expect to get hit.
Hi, I am thinking of starting some sort of martial arts, I am 38 with no prior experience in any martial arts, I am quite fit for my age but I am not sure where to start and which type of martial arts to start with.
Hi, I've recently started boxing and I did a hard-sparring match for my first sparring session ever, only because my partner insisted on me to go "all out".
I don't think I learned much from that, the details are kinda fuzzy but I remember getting hit a lot, and I learned which of my punches really hurt, and I also remember taking a nasty leading hook to the right temple. I don't feel discouraged in the slightest but I don't want to get brain damage without considering my future.
So my question is:
How do you keep it "light contact" without slowing down my punches too much?
Is it a feeling in your arms? Like, you know it's fast enough to be challenging to your partner but not enough to hurt or hurt too much?
Pull your punches. 2 things: one, keep your hands open inside the gloves instead of squeezing your fist on impact. two, as soon as you feel the foam at the end of your glove connect, you pull your hand away instead of following through. Do that and you can go close to full speed without the power.
With the skull fracture is it an actual hole or just crunched in and compromised but healed ?
It’s a depressed skull fracture of the frontal bone with a hairline running up the side of cranium. It looks a lot like this one: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/Depressed_skull_fracture2.jpg/180px-Depressed_skull_fracture2.jpg
Or this one:
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Hey brother Dewey. Merry Christmas from Brother Garcia. Is Christmas celebrated in Shanghai China?
It’s celebrated by those who celebrate it. Merry Christmas!
How do you feel about freestyle/folk style/greco wrestling as a background for people going into mixed martial arts?
Wrestlers make good fighters.
What are your thoughts on body conditioning? Guys from Enhin (they do the Sabaki Challenge) Bare Knuckle, Kyokushin, as well as Kudo. Training like this has been part of my lifestyle for a long time. interested in your thoughts... LOL did you see how I didn't just talk about Kyokushin LOL keep on keeping coach Osu!
Get out there, and train - smarter-
Spar harder, not smarter! Kidding, but I've been to a few gyms that forced the spars to go full 110% all the time or you get kicked out.
i noticed that you usually dont use series of punches that hit rapidly but why ? my friend usually uses it to me and it blocks my atacks. is that because i am untrained ? what would you do to that type of attack ?
Pivot and check hook, right cross.
@@RamseyDewey thx
i have a question ; if we spar light then how will we get used to the pain/ getting hit on the head/body?
hey Ramsey how are ya? I wondered what exactly the desired effect for a punch to the heart would be, before reading Championship Fighting and watching your videos that question had never ocurred to me
Damage.
Ramsey i got 1 question for u .... Like i was sayin me an my cousin was sparring one day and i checked his right leg shin with my shin its like strait bone it herted like hell what do i do to train my shins ???
Round kick a heavy bag 100 times a day per leg. Do that for a few years, and you’ll get tougher shins. That being said, set up your kicks so they don’t get checked.
It’s also helpful to wear shin guards when you spar.
Thanks ramsey very good info coming from u your like the bob ross of martial arts
Which one is better Mv Agusta F4 vs Ducati V4?
can you do a video on sparring with moves that are harder to control? (capoeira comes to mind first)
really similar to the sparring breakdowns done by mma shredded. actually prefer it this way
Makes sense to me. Until they develop a holo deck with “safeties “ this is as good as it gets.
With strikes and kicks sparring is abit tricky. I have had my share of injuries, now running my own unofficial group. Last time we tried boxing sparring the same happened. I hit few times too hard or with too much of precicion. I changed back to wrestling, we were not ready for boxing sparring, I thought. It seem, we just need to learn mindfulness first, which is really hard. We did it better last week, but constantly reminding ourselves not to get exited, too much speed and power. How to keep the idea, just connecting with touch?
For boxing, if you keep your hands open and loose inside the gloves when you punch, you can go close to full speed without going too hard- you still have to pull the punches when you feel them start to connect instead of following through though:
Thanks, thats simple, should help
How do you escape someone stronger just pinning your head in side control, almost like a headlock. Sorry if it's a dumb question but I don't do bjj and was rolling around with my friends and he got me in this so called headlock
You can search some videos on escaping from “scarf hold” or “kesa gatame”. Sounds like the position you are describing. It can be a really frustrating and difficult position to escape from, even against someone who isn’t bigger or stronger. That’s definitely a “show not tell” kind of answer.
[Q] Do you like anime? Dragon Ball especially. Which series is the best in your opinion?
I’ve never watched it, actually.
What do you mean by pull your strikes
I would train with you I'm a dyalsis patient but I've trained for at least since 2011 when I got sick I'm not going down from dyalsis so a reasonable spar would do me some good
How long is your wingspan Ramsey? You look like you have long arms
What about for someone who doesn’t compete? In terms of learning how to fight, say in the first 5 years of your training, should you spar hard sometimes? If so how often?
What are you training for?
@@RamseyDewey self defence, protection for my family etc.
could you make a video explaining the difference between straight right hand and the cross
Sure. That’s a really important distinction that often gets confused in modern combat sports. The short answer: a cross is a counter strike thrown at the same time as your opponent’s punch, hence the arms cross during the exchange- whereas a straight right is any straight right punch- generally a follow up to a jab or a hook in combination.
@@RamseyDewey Thanks Ramsey
@@RamseyDewey holy shit, i been boxing in and out of competition for few years and i tot cross is just boxing term for right ! i HAHAHA I BEEN BOXING for years and I understood that wrongly LOL holy sheet
What do you think of sword fighting? Like Kendo, Hema, etc?
As a hobby, it’s super fun. Doing it for real though? Not quite as fun.
As a hobby, it’s super fun. Doing it for real though? Not quite as fun.
As a hobby, it’s super fun. Doing it for real though? Not quite as fun.
Being smart very fast.
Is pencak Silat a good martial arts to learn?
I wonder too
Corvid Rook thank you
Spare Smart.....🤔🙂😎
I wish my coach is wise likr you. The other day i punched him on the eye while sparring he was going 100%power and doesn't want me to punch hard so i punched his eye and then he tried to crack my face with a 5 kg medicin ball while doing crunches
Like if you would like to hear Ramsay reading The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe with his awesome voice. Let's make it happen!
Fucking right on bro!! I agree 100 man
İs punch to the heart effective
Good video Ramsey! Thank you
Your style seemed a little unconventional. Seemed you had your hands down a lot throughout? I mean seemed to work well for you. So, that's my consideration as we were always taught to keep are hands up. Is it due to the other styles of fighting that ... not sure what I'm asking..just seemed unconventional is all. But if it works why not.
Basic feinting and drawing, that’s all.
@@RamseyDewey I C... I guess u gained some angels for your strikes too
Me n my cussin would spar and roll well we would workout then roll then spar like kickbox but when it came to hitting we both would get hert even going light with no equipment
You are a very awkward fighter, I'd liken the grace you have to that of a nervous giraffe. Me likey :)
Watching the 'slow' sparring is harder to grasp for me because I'm used to seeing 'hard and fast'. The former 'you' would learn more and potentially develop better technique than a furious flurry and then go ' that was a great sesh- got hit a few times, got a sweat on, hit someone else'... But what did 'I' actually learn in the latter? It's like learning to play tennis with your mates- you end up teaching each other how to hit the ball harder and faster to each other- rather than learn how to hit the ball away from each other- positioning...
When I was a teenager I had a 70yr old tennis coach... tiny little dude called Terry who walked at a shuffling pace. On court I swear he never ran and never hit the ball with 'power' yet he was always in position no matter how hard I tried to pass him, and I was always chasing his shots. Learned a lot from Terry and have always felt the same approach to sparring makes sense.
@Ramsey Dewey - what’s your opinion on “Reality-Based self Defense”? It’s based on a lot of scenario, drill training, aggression, and mainly focuses on awareness of your surroundings, body language and verbal de-escalation, with confrontation being basically hit and keep hitting until you are safe. They use the large head helmets and body padding so you can hit your opponent 100% power without injuring them…
Good example: czcams.com/video/DZZ9EV-8AgQ/video.html of ‘verbal jujitsu’
My personal experience: every time someone uses the term “reality based self defense” it’s garbage, so far removed from reality that it’s mind boggling how they hypnotized themselves into believing it.
Am I to old to box I’m 21 and I never had a amateur fight is it to late for me
21 is prime training time. NO, you are not too old for anything. Get out there and LIVE man!!!
Hey Ramsey would you mind saying what you were saying to the guy?
To which guy?
Ramsey Dewey the guy you kicked , i bet he really learned from that situation.
bokudensuduharagmail nah I’m pretty sure he learned something Ramsey probably told him what had happened at that moment to him after wards if anything, getting knocked out like that or knocked out period really sets you back to reality and puts a more humbling approach on your training