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Breaks a chicks arm then Beats a dude, now that’s a highlight video 🔥

Great fighter but First great martial artist.

Who was that beauty on the left?

Always good to hear this, over and over again, :-)

This is y i never underestimate a woman

This is gold dust. Shame about the quality, but some really great basic tips that I really wasn't that aware of. Thanks.

Rickson Gracie has abdominal muscle obese, his skin is gloomy.

Coach Karl Tanswell Forwver!

That's definitely not Portland. It's Rio De Janeiro.

Yes! Go Amanda! Whoo!

Why does it sounds like he's talking to a room full of disabled hicks? Audio quality, dang.

He is a great teacher/coach but Scarred 10 is right as a person no comment, very arrogant, etc, not really a ppl person.

Grab a partner guys and the lucky dude @0:38 hits the jackpot, he ain't learning shit in today's lesson except for maybe how to "focus" - he can work on his mental game..

Conor McGregor's Trainers' Coach = Matt Thornton... Matt Thornton trained Ireland's 1st BJJ Black Belt John Kavanagh who has amongst his many achievements the distinction of training the UFC's polar opposites in personality but not natural Talent Conor McGregor and Gunnar Nelson who represent MMA's New Age.. "Future Champs fo sho"...

he is wrong about about karate having no resistance training, some clubs yes but others no, clearly he has never done karate for long. i have been knocked out twice in karate lessons, plus the bruises to prove i am getting hit,. sure in karate you teach the punch for demo purposes, it to learn the technique, same in aikido et al , what is the point of beating your opponent so bad they cannot come back again, its pure rubbish. I have seen and took part in sparring matches, at clubs and they can be dam full contact, i have been hit in the head, punched, and i mean punched in way that can dam hurt. Also i have been kicked on the hand by mistake and boy my hand and arm vibrated so badly it, i started slow and then it went dead for a few 30 mins. karate is a distance art, its designed for hitting quick and running quick, not staying there. MMA is designed to close the space down, no escape allowed, u have to fight, knowing that either you do not have much space to move or get away u must fight in an area where you know if you miss you are going down, much like in a street fight but in a controlled manner, however it gets unreal when majority of MMA fights end up on the ground. You not want to end up on the ground in a real fight.

A couple weeks ago I went to the site and when I tried to register it said "New registrations are currently suspended, please check back again later.". Tried it again today and got the same error.

He has many correct points. It is too bad that there are too many people who are exactly doing what he says, and Traditional Martial Arts seems weak and unrealistic. Only a very few have taken the Traditional Martial Arts to the right degree of training and smart enough to use it right. If someone doesn't take the art to the fullest extreme of understanding forms, sparing... are exactly what he is talking about. Take an intelligent person who has trained correctly and they'll talk about the strength of mentality, knowledge of physics, breath... can truly do the amazing things that seem fake. And the people who do show, usually have an ego problem and fail miserably.

D Curtis Sir Traditional Martial Arts & MMA (from a Japanese Martial Arts view) 戦国時代 or Warring States time period of feudal Japan (15th-17th century) was when the Samurai 侍 would prefect their warring arts on the battlefield for almost 200 years. 侍の武術 or the Samurai's Warring Arts/Martial Arts showed which techniques were sound and which ones were not, if they were not sound the Samurai would die with their bad technique(s) on these bloody battlefields. 明治時代 or Meiji time period (1868-1912) would see the end of the Shogun将軍 and his 幕府 Bakufu gov't. The Samurai侍 would lose their status and posion within this new gov't of Japan. But the Warring Arts had been a part of the Japanese culture for nearly a millennium and even with the fall of the Samurai侍 Martial Arts would still play a part in the Japanese culture.武道 or the Martial Way or Path (using the Warring Arts tradition;techniques;metaphysical and cultural traits of Japan to build a stronger person) would replace the Warring Arts. The 1960s would see スポーツ武道 or Sports Martial Arts(limited Martial Arts techniques used in sporting matches) become popular. This would be about the same time US GI's would be coming home from the War in Vietnam. The 1980s would see キックボクシング or Kickboxing become popular and by the 1990s MMA( the use of limited techniques from many forms of Martial Arts with the major goal to win a sporting match). 武術 or the Warring Arts of Japan such as:剣術(Kenjutsu);居合術(Iaijutsu);弓術(Kyujutsu);薙刀(Naginata) all were and still are deadly arts that have no place in a MMA sporting ring. The UFC, Pride, K-1; Strikeforce are not the litmus test for what are effective Martial Arts but how some of the 武道の技 or Martial Way's techniques can be used for sport.

Love it!

If anyone here wants to prove to themselves that what Moosh50 is saying is true, just go ahead and wrestle or fight in mma. You will see that there is only one way to prepare yourself for full speed confrontations, and that is to train at full speed.

I agree, sparring is a training method and is far from real fighting as well as kata, but my point is that if you are comparing the two training methods and deciding which one is more effective, sparring and live work is much more beneficial to someone who wishes to be prepared for a fight. Both live and choreographed work are flawed methods of training, but of the two, live is infinitely better (for someone who has that goal). Choreographed training simply will not prepare you for live conflict

With respect, any martial art worth its salt should be fight applicable, and trained as such. To generalize traditional martial arts as the wrong way of training, then promptly dismissing them as impractical, takes away from the traditional martial artists that can fight.

Fights are not choreographed. In order to be prepared for a random violent confrontation, one needs to have trained in random violent confrontations, like a wrestling match, or sparring in boxing, or grappling in BJJ. If you tried to teach a wrestler wrestling by choreographing the wrestling match he would get his ass kicked. You go LIVE. Traditional martial arts are not the textbook of fighting, they are outdated. The traditional martial are to their time what the MMA are to ours.

Shawn, i don't think Matt is basing his assessment of TMA on whether the school or teacher was good or bad, his argument is, that because of the overall methodology employed in training by all TMA's, it will never translate into the endeavor its being trained for ... in this case, fighting or unarmed combat (taking martial art at its most literal definition) Thus any benefits that stem from a flawed foundation, physical or otherwise, tend to be contrived and disingenuous at best

I study shotokan karate, all we do is fight training, sparing drills, and so on. We don't do stunt fighting or made up fight crap. I do agree a lot of karate is fake. But that's American karate.

Great lecture, but Matt Thornton looks like he just woke up lol.

There's no emotions on my part. I dislike your comments because they are factually incorrect. Your comparison of TKD, which was invented for combat use by the Korean military and has been tested by experience, to religion, which admits to being faith based, is another silly comment.

Denis told that he gave Roei his black belt right after that event. I think its a shame that people will miss on great combat techniques that might save their lives one day just because they listen to people who claim it is fantasy. by the way , I am not trying to disrespect matt or anything, but I do think he is terribly wrong.

some time ago Denis Hanover, the founder of the Denis Survival jujitsu, which is a mix of kyokushin karate, jujitsu, judo and krav maga, gave an interview to a local magazine. in that interview he told about a student of his in the name of Roei Horowitz, Roei was with a friend when both were attacked by to terrorists armed with knives. Roei managed to disarm the terrorists and saved the lives of both himself and his friend's. Roei was 14 years old then and weighted 40kg.

Holdek, it's very unnecessary to dislike all my comments. I assumed we could have a discussion without negative emotions getting in the way. The fact is, traditional martial arts, TKD especially, are not effective in violent confrontations. This is because of the choreographed practicing. I know this for a fact because of my experience. I understand you're offended that you're practice has been... challenged. And remember, religion has survived thousands of years, and are those theories proven?

Okay. Well, thousands of years of history prove otherwise.

Valid question. I do Karate because it gives me self control and peace. I have absolutely no interest in fighting anyone, ever. Traditional Martial Arts have only spiritual and physical value, in my opinion.

If you buy in to what this guy is saying, then why are you still screwing around with karate? Sorry, that doesn't wash.

You do all know that Mr. Thornton is wrong about Tai Chi, right? Tai Chi has been proven to lower blood pressure, help with cardiovascular health, fortify the musculoskeletal system, increase flexibility, etc. It just works. That's Tai Chi, it works. He is correct, however, about the other superstitions.

I've been a karate student for over five years, so I do know what i'm talking about Holdek. This guy giving the talk is absolutely right. Everything he says is true about the traditional arts not working in realistic situations, and in my opinion he isn't trying to spin a web that's gonna get people to take BJJ. I also wrestle competatively, so I know what works and what doesn't

You don't much about Aikido or TKD either I guess.

Go back to your kata's and board breaking.

those theories have so much evidence behind them as to almost proven and ero evidence against them.Its impossible to believe in science per se because its just a method of evaluating evidence,there are no blind beliefs.Religion has no evidence behind it and is all blind belief,they are the opposite of each other.

Evolution is as much a theory as the big bang theory. Both have not been proven to this day. They are assumed to be "fact" due to observation Yet some people believe in "science" the same way others believe in religion. As for Thornton, he was the one who got me training in BJJ and MMA many years ago when I was still a JKDer. Thanx to his way of explaining things. Too bad that some people have jumped ship thanx to Matt maybe coming accross as you said "arrogant".

I LOVE SBG. Was this done by a student? Nice effort.

He makes great points, I just think he was unfortunate in the traditional schools he saw practice. I don`t need to defend my art, but most of this seems like he just stumbled upon bad teachers.

Instead of showing highlights of club matches,why not put up each individual bout by each competitor?Straight Blast Gym International,the home of championship talent!

"Alive." Wow you should copyright that idea. Resisting opponent? Free sparring? It's a shame generations of martial artists didn't think to incorporate those novel ideas into their practice. You, sir, are a modern-day Leonardo DaVinci. ::eye roll::

Others have commented here more in detail. But this dude obviously doesn't know much about Aikido, TKD, etc, and is just using the "aliveness" schtick to promote BJJ.

Wow, very inspirational. SBG seems like a great team. Much respect and well done to all those involved.

tachi isao machii must be a fake.

Good talk. I love the flannel but that beard needs work.

Thank you for your reply... though I don't believe it actually addresses the numbers I posted. :(

Lyoto Machida

and aikido.. :-D Brilliant!