The first 2 years of highschool wrestling, i could never recall anything my coach said to me during matches. I dont know exactly when it was but eventually I could recognize that loud, calm voice like you explained.
Tunnel vision and auditory exclusion are the classic signs of the fight response. There's a Loss of fine motor skills, blood withdraws from the epidermis and from the forebrain, the area that makes the decisions. So with your pulse rate at 145 and above and adrenalin your in fight, flight or freeze zone. You become threat focused hence the tunnel vision. Also your brain bypasses the hippocampus for memory and stores them else were as to quicken response time. Memories return later. In short you experienced what your brain perceived to be a live and death situation and thats the response.
Can i ask u this? @ramsay dewey i would like to hear ur opinion on this as well if it interests you as a topic! After my fights i rememberred much stuff for the first week or so,each day less and less up until the memories were all kind of gone, sometimes its like it never happened. I have to go really deep in my mind for some split memories of being there to come into my mind. Even worse after ive seen my video of the fight,watching me in third person knocks that first person view in the back of my head more or something.. why is that?
Breathing is key to movement. Once I learnt to breath for performance and improved for cardio I levelled up big time in BJJ and started giving the next two belts up from me trouble, I also found I keep pressure on for a whole round and recovered quicker which all helped my composure.
An old tactic in the Collier Method of Judo against a spastic and wild attacker is to use Osaekomi-waza to imprison and suffocate the attackers movement...when the attacker can no longer strike, slowly advance your position...if you can do that, you will most likely acquire the submission (sometimes without even throwing a single strike). Gracie Jiu-jitsu often utilizes this strategy...and it is formidable. This can be a merciful strategy...possibly allowing an adversary to be neutralized without harming him...very beneficial for bouncing or law enforcement. Of course, there are other judo strategies...some quite violent.
I work in security and this is very on the nose, this is the element missing in most LE and security training and as I age it allows me to continue to compete at a high level while limiting the risk of injury.
@@a.morais1186 Judo (BJJ, too) is a tool...it can be used for good or evil...depending on who is using it. Teachers should think about this carefully. We've seen our father tell people to their face that he would not teach them because that person had a bad reputation.
The guy's intensity and bombs got him the stoppage and the win. But he's smart enough to learn from a win instead of needing to have a loss. Probably the best outcome for a first fight!
Wow I can't believe it translates so much into what I do that is singing at pubs. If I'm not calm and aware, I get tunnel vision and lose track of my surroundings which disconnects me from my band or the audience. If I have to idly spend time before going onstage, I might get adrenaline dumps. And breathing, man, that's gold.
That advice is gold. I panicked when I sparred for a long time because I didn’t breathe properly, I realised I was actually holding my breath especially when there’s a volley of shots coming my way. Belly breathing changed my learning curve. Great work coach Ramsey 👍
Connor has a very calm and focused way of fighting. Also a certain confidence and not so much a cocky attitude but a comfortable confidence that only a few fighters have mastered. It is a Zen like state of mind that takes you to another level and in that mindset is where you can hear your corner like nobody else is around. Almost like a direct channel from coach to fighter.
Coach, that video was a HUGE REVELATION for me. I'm a musician, but I also love martial arts, and always run out of breath (due to a few healt issues like asthma, overweight, sinusitis, allergies, etc, which prevented me from being a pro since my teens). So, "singing a song to myself" as a way to determinate my rhythm of action seems completely natural. Especially for me, a mainly Judoka, who struggles to try to keep up an average (usually crappy) footwork in Kickboxing.
Tunnel vision and auditory exclusion (not being able to hear your corner) are the effects of an overly elevated heart rate. The peak of the benefit of adrenal response is around 110 bpm. After that you start getting reduced fine motor skills, tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, poorer decision making etc. breathing is often used to keep a lid on the adrenaline response. Specially combat breathing is often taught to help with this. Combat breathing is 4 count in 4 hold 4 out 4 empty. It is very similar to the breathing taught to pregnant women. It is useful not just in fighting but also to keep yourself from getting hit under the collar in an argument. A much longer discussion of this stuff can be found in grossman’s book On Combat.
hello Ramsey, love your videos, could you do a video on how to warm your self properly before a fight in order not to get tired in the fight and to not go there still not ready
What always works for me is that I will think about the fight and when the anxiety starts to build verbally tell myself to breathe and think that slows my heart rate down and it's always helped.
@@avishkadiss6443 the whole thing's a journey. I gave up on martial arts too soon. I'm thinking of getting back into it, but will play the long game this time. 👍
You can find interviews of fighters who talk about this, and it seems to be very personal and diverse. Some like to just lubricate the joints and get the blood flowing, others will come out already sweaty and slippery.
Thanks Ramsey this is an element I push alot In my gym on younger fighters and older ones struggling with training as they age. This is an element of training I depend on alot as a fighter who both works security in the real world and still competes. Youth provides endurance and wisdom teaches us how to use it efficiently, to bad we can't have both at the same time. Stay safe with the challenges over there, know you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. Hope things are better than many of us suspect.
Your right man, I remember when my kids were younger, my little pony can be an emergency, it’s best to deal with it and try to fix it as soon as you can
In all my years (and I've had many), I don't remember a coach or trainer explaining things as well as you do on your videos, nor do I recall hearing as good advice as what you dispense. No regrets about my boxing&wrestling over 30+yrs, back when I was active, but I truly think if you'd been around say 40, 30, or 20yrs ago while I was doing my thing, it could only have been beneficial in the extreme. I hope the kids, your fans, listen well to you since your words & insights are valuable regardless of which man to man "combat sport" a fellow is involved with. You have my most sincere WELL DONE sir!
As a fighter who has stepped into the role of assistant coach I gotta tell you your advice about practicing listening to your coach is super effective! I've had a few of my junior kickboxing students pull off stuff I tell them to mid fight and tell me afterwards that they heard my voice just like in practice cause that's exactly how we do sparring rounds! Keep up the great videos my good sir ❤
Very good. My wrestling is surprisingly sharp and I am naturally good at judo because of my short heavy build that I developed in amateur strongman. I think i will join my schools wrestling team again next year to finish out high school.
For the record I competed in an open grappling competition so any style was permitted and the rules were just no striking, no eye gouging, and the time structure was 3 2 minute rounds which played into my style(I am very explosive and aggressive, but have terrible asthma so can't go much longer than a few minutes anyway.) I took 1st by 1 point.
Yeah, I remember that feeling when people would say I'm going to beat you up after school or or something like that and you still got three four hours left before school is over sometimes that way. It builds up. I kind of remember what that feels like. I still feel it sometimes on Sunday knowing I got to go to work the next day, LOL.
Thanks, Ramsey! I experienced this same thing as a professional soldier a while ago, though I never really perfected it. You really present this quite well!
Excellent advice as always. I must admit that I had to chuckle when you performed your „monkey song“. One of the things I admire about you is that you’re not afraid of looking and sounding silly, without trying too hard to be funny. You can be very funny, but also very serious at a moment’s notice. Keep up the great work!
Mr. Dewey, I have just recently found your content on youtube. My only regret is not finding it sooner. Your thoughts and insight on the topics you address, i.e. subscriber questions, other creator's content, and self defense stategies are incredibly good, IMO. Thank you for what you do. Please continue to do it. There is not a soul on Earth that would not benefit from your content.
So glad to hear someone else say this. Whether its h2h or teaching martial firearm courses, i have always said what worked very well for me to avoid some of the physiological effects of adrenaline is to focus on breathing. it always helped me avoid or minimize tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, etc. I have found under stress forgetting to breath is one of the first things to happen. Thanks again Ramsey. By the way, did you get my email?
Frank Dux beat 9 Tiger sharks underwater on one breath...with palm strikes to their noses...on the way to a North Korean Beach to extract 97 prisoners via buddy breathing to a US submarine. Exhausted... when Frank hit the shore...he killed 9 Tigers , 3 Anacondas,a Kimodo Dragon and One Korean Hippopotamus with palm strikes. He got those patriots out with one Tank. Breathing at least for masters in Gong Fu...is unknesary
Thanks, Ramsey! I often forget to breathe! I am learning Taekwondo, and when we do sparring, I gas out! I am going to concentrate on my breathing for the next free sparring exercise! Much appreciated!
I love this dude, not just cause he's a bad ass, but mostly because it sounds like English is his second language and learned it from watching Kung fu Theater and the Price is Right.
That makes a lot of sense in that is a really good exercise. Cuz people can be very distracting. In a fight or in any other sport, even if you're fighting in a playground or something, you got people all around you yelling and screaming and they don't really care about you and I just want to see violence. Can be pretty scary. I've had a few fights growing up as a kid in the emotional part. I've noticed never really goes away. As far as wanted to defend yourself you were you get angry scared all sorts of emotions. I imagine professional fighters have that type of feeling as well.
In our sanda organization there's a long tradition of "training competitions". These are unofficial fights in the sense that they're not counting for championship ranking, but are held in the same conditions as an official tournament (standard ring settings, standard rules, professional referees, full protective gear, etc), often including some spectators as well (friends, parents, younger practitioners and the like). These are arranged by multiple coaches with full support from the federation and gather students of all levels, roughly divided by age and weight class. All fights are voluntary (opponents can chose to back off or ask for a different matching) and there's no strict competition ladder (a defeated fighter can go again with a different opponent if he wants and the coaches agree). There are no official prizes, but often coaches make up some symbolic awards for the best performing fighters (sometimes these are quite funny, like children toys or mock-up medals with hilarious things printed on them). The main goal is to gather some real ring experience before an official tournament for newer fighters, but also polish the ring performance of the more experienced ones. This practice proved quite effective in raising the quality of our sanda tournaments, I guess it could be done in MMA as well, maybe with a couple of tweaks to prevent serious injuries.
I think the part about dealing with the background noise and being able to hear tour corner is an advantage most wrestlers have when going into combat sports. They're used to it and come into it mostly figured out compared to some others that might have smaller crowds or haven't competed before ever. Especially in an age when mma is still relatively young. Wrestlers get both tournament and solo match experience in that regard, whereas other martial arts usually only get the tournament style if any. I guess to a degree dealing with the rematch anxiety as well.
One way i keep myself from drowning in pressure is by saying my techniques as I do them. This helped me keep focus in the first 'street fight' I got in (it was at school). Was funny. Every move I made was followed with a something like 'I slip his attack and attempt a counter.' I also tried to commentate what they were doing. Weird... but it kept my nerves down and kept in focus. I still do this sometimes but I try and do it in my head now.
Hey Ramsey greetings from the southwest of England 🙏🙏 just a quick one for you I'm just starting to train this year at the age of 24 after watching and loving mma for 15 years! I mostly train cardio and weight training but I do look to join a mma gym or bjj gym in the future. My question is as I see the thumbnail for this video you looking jacked mate I'm just wondering your diet and what you eat in terms of protien, how many meals etc as I've always struggled with my appetite and eating the right foods. I absolutely love your channel and your approach to not only martial arts but life aswel huge respect and good wishes to you Brady 🙏🙏
Much needed video. I'm contemplating doing pancrase competition but I'm still very much afraid of losing my shit once the fight begins, thus not being to showcase any of my skills and end up disappointing myself and teammates. I'll think about your advice, and if anyone has some more I'll be glad to hear them!
I think it is interesting that you speak of these relaxed fighters who were almost certainly still aggressive in their fight. How can you still find aggression when you are calm and is this something that scan he learned? What is the productive kind of aggression you need in fighting and how is aggression different than anger?
Anger only gets you into a fight. It doesn’t get you out. Effective aggressiveness is the ability to dictate what happens in a fight and to be the one making the greater effort to finish it.
damn, in my first fight.. well it was almost a tunnel vision, but my opponent came 100% at me like a bull, literally almost the worst case scenario for my first fight... Massive shock is an understatement, but instincts n trained kicked in so i threw, and i threw very very hard, gassed out in 1 minute. My corner didn't even exist in my head, they were just 3 more random voices along with everything else which i definitely would not pay attention to like they weren't even there. I was just hyperfocused on SURVIVE/DESTROY mode. Only thing that made a difference and popped me back into reality at times where i was getting very carried away, and made me keep my hands up, take some time to move and catch my breath before my next action bla bla, was a friend from the crowd with the loudest freaking voice a human could have. It was like we were in a room alone. That calmed me down a lot, simple instructions, some praise and that made me feel safer and cleared my mind from that shock. Goes to show u sometimes all u need is simple stuff, loud, clear, very sporadic and calmed down. Even better when a coach comes in ur corner in between rounds, looks at u calm n starts to breathe slowly with u to remind u to control ur breathing, smiles at you and tells u ur doing fine, notices ur listening and then gives out 1-2 pieces of info. A video on my account (IFMA fight) was the perfect example of a terrible corner, where the particular coaches don't understand the fighters options and safety and try to use him as a robot for an imaginary gameplan that obviously isn't there for the fighter and it is dangerous, affecting the judges and my mentality very negatively.
the reason why people get all the common symptoms/reactions of distress associated with fight or flight state is because, peoples dysfunctions and misalignment, and imbalance are revealed to them at a greater acuity in these scenarios. People are typically NOT calm, even outside of a fight. You cannot resolve it by thinking your way out of it, or by "keep breathing", rather practitioners should work on themselves to remove dysfunctions deeply lodged in their bodies during their normal practice. This is something that is overlooked pretty much all the time, and made worse through the incorporation of traditional bodybuilding workouts, like deadlifts, and squats etc, which only further strengthens these imbalances.
I remember reading an interview a while back from an MMA fighter. A thing she mentioned has really stuck with me, which is that the most dangerous fighters and the ones to look out for aren't the angry fighters, it's the ones who are smiling and genuinely enjoying themselves. They're technical, they hit hard, they don't waste energy. I was interested to hear you mention that you actually hum while fighting, since it touches on something else I've been thinking about trying, which is adding in a bit of dance into your fighting style. Not to the point of totally breaking form, but just to give the opponent something obviously rhythmic for you to then exploit. Or just to piss them off, idk. xD I thought it'd be interesting to play with the more aesthetic side of movement in combat though. You ever tried anything like that?
yeah, i do more fitness than almost anyone at my gym but as soon as im against someone who is just better, stronger and faster than me my breathing goes out the window and im gassed by the end of the first round. there is only one person i can spar with who i am better than and i feel like i can go all night when im against him.
Thatsinging a song sounds like what they do in dragon Ball z which is interesting I never thought of doing that I think I'm going to try that and incorporate this
Serious advice: whenever you are and you are alone listening to music: Choose a feet. Mark the bpm. And with your hands follow the bass and the voice. One hand the voice. The other the bass. Or start an instrument. Fighting is soul/phisique. Music is soul. So you are training. Also spar with Brubeck's "Take five" ahahahah
Ramsey how difficult (how much and energy is needed) is it to stay in our ultimate body shape, with six packs and all? just remaining the same and keeping it the way it already is
@@RamseyDewey Thanks man, that was quick. I got rid of sugar and almost all processed foods few months ago and i' m used to it now. i do 2 hours exercise martial art+cross-fit 5 days a week and i usual enjoy doing it
@@Sina-xw4xp ya just try not to burn yourself out. I remember at one point I was doing like 3 hours of lifting and cardio plus my 3 hours of wrestling then tkd then bjj or boxing a day and after about 6 months I just couldn't do it anymore and it turned me into a couch potatoe for like a year when I stopped lol
@@RamseyDewey To give you a bit more context: for those of us who don't do this professionally it is difficult to allocate the require time to constantly practice and maintain a good diet. So that would wonderful if you could give us some tips based on your experience regarding how to do more efficient training in less time and also spend less time preparing the meals but still have good diet :)
This is a thing. My first 'scrap' in the schoolyard was a win for me but I blanked out on the whole fight except for bits and pieces. At one point I fell down and another moment the guy grabbed my arm and I said 'let go of my arm so I can hit you again'. The big mistake was the guy had metal braces on his teeth! When I got back to the car both of the backs of my hands had small brown spots all over them as though someone did a 'spit take' on them while eating chocolate! Obviously the guy couldn't come to school for a day or two. (He was bullying me). I have absolutely no memory of hitting him much less in the mouth with both hands!
I cornered a fighter once who finished his fight with an amazing flying guillotine- strangled his opponent unconscious. When he came back to the corner, I congratulated him, and he had no idea where he was or what had just happened. He blacked out while fully conscious and fought on autopilot. He didn’t remember a moment of it.
im 40 yo in my fisrt kumite tournament happened exactly the same, tunnel vision, very bad breathing. no one taught me to deal with all this adrenaline.
Off topic of the video their is this suit of armor called the lorica that was being developed by UWM that's now being developed by Chiron Global. This armor captured my imagination about what could be done for Combat Sports in many aspects outside of what we think today. It's now being developed primarily for law enforcement and military training but prior it was focused on creating an MMA version for weapon martial arts and briefly for gaming as well. Ramsey, what are your thoughts on this armor and would it have a place in the future of Combat Sports?
I saw a video about that years ago. I imagine all the Hema guys were excited about it, but as far as fighting goes, removing the danger from the sport largely defeats the purpose of the sport.
Right before a fight I'm always scared as shit and overthinking everything that could happen. Once the match starts though the fear goes away and my training takes over where it's almost like I'm not even there. It's one of the few times where my mind is totally blank and I'm completely focused on what's infront of me.
7:32 Maybe corner people should learn a bit about projecting their voice, like in theater. If I remember right, a slightly higher tone is easier to hear
i find it so weird how people dont know about the breathing technique in fighting, i remember watching a street fight and this boxer was hissing while throwing blows and everybody was like "what is he doing?" "why he making those noises lol" im like...really?
@@RamseyDewey *facepalm* you surely not trying to deflect my question by drawing a false equivalency between the chinese government who for example, horrifically murdered thousands of it's innocent civlians for protesting their fascism and let's say my country, Australia? the only reason i'm asking is because you're a westerner who went out of your way(speculation) to move to country which is renowned for: violating the civil liberties of their citizens, kidnapping and murdering journalists, killing innocent civilians in the droves for voicing dissenting opinions against their government, etc... not trying to attack you, just baffles me that such a seemingly cool, reasonable, open minded guy, would voluntarily live under a government in who treats their citizens as expendable tools to carry out their agendas. don't worry about replying to my initial concern, i'm just going to infer that based of your reply, due to concerns about ramifications from your government you would be wise not say anything critical. way to prove my point.
I would be interested to know how the breathing with movement during striking translated to breathing while doing grappling? From closed guard for example?
The first 2 years of highschool wrestling, i could never recall anything my coach said to me during matches. I dont know exactly when it was but eventually I could recognize that loud, calm voice like you explained.
It’s a unique skill set that takes a lot of experience to aquire
Tunnel vision and auditory exclusion are the classic signs of the fight response. There's a Loss of fine motor skills, blood withdraws from the
epidermis and from the forebrain, the area that makes the decisions. So with your pulse rate at 145 and above and adrenalin your in fight, flight or freeze zone.
You become threat focused hence the tunnel vision. Also your brain bypasses the hippocampus for memory and stores them else were as to quicken response time.
Memories return later.
In short you experienced what your brain perceived to be a live and death situation and thats the response.
Can i ask u this? @ramsay dewey i would like to hear ur opinion on this as well if it interests you as a topic! After my fights i rememberred much stuff for the first week or so,each day less and less up until the memories were all kind of gone, sometimes its like it never happened. I have to go really deep in my mind for some split memories of being there to come into my mind. Even worse after ive seen my video of the fight,watching me in third person knocks that first person view in the back of my head more or something.. why is that?
@@hasanagic96 CTE lol
I think that showing up late to a fight was Miyamoto Musashi's strategy to piss off his opponents as well.
He beat his opponent that way actually 😂
Haha yes, sometimes tho he was on time
Breathing is key to movement. Once I learnt to breath for performance and improved for cardio I levelled up big time in BJJ and started giving the next two belts up from me trouble, I also found I keep pressure on for a whole round and recovered quicker which all helped my composure.
Nice
You know you shouldn't mess with a guy
who reads the Bible before a fight
_"Wise Men fear the Wrath of a Gentleman"_
they bring you a Noah's flood of punches
Duchi"...
🤗 JESUS.said..
Who ever honors me before men"..
I will honor him before my
Father in heaven"...
GOD BLESS "
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reading the bible doesn't make you a gentleman
@@inquisitorsquish5422 I agree.
An old tactic in the Collier Method of Judo against a spastic and wild attacker is to use Osaekomi-waza to imprison and suffocate the attackers movement...when the attacker can no longer strike, slowly advance your position...if you can do that, you will most likely acquire the submission (sometimes without even throwing a single strike). Gracie Jiu-jitsu often utilizes this strategy...and it is formidable. This can be a merciful strategy...possibly allowing an adversary to be neutralized without harming him...very beneficial for bouncing or law enforcement. Of course, there are other judo strategies...some quite violent.
I am writing a thesis on subduing spastics.
As a Brazilian I cringe every time some one uses the name Gracie and the word Merciful in the same phase.
In the last BJJ competition I was here in Brazil, the Gracie students broke 3 guys arms with armlocks. Nice guys.
I work in security and this is very on the nose, this is the element missing in most LE and security training and as I age it allows me to continue to compete at a high level while limiting the risk of injury.
@@a.morais1186
Judo (BJJ, too) is a tool...it can be used for good or evil...depending on who is using it. Teachers should think about this carefully. We've seen our father tell people to their face that he would not teach them because that person had a bad reputation.
The guy's intensity and bombs got him the stoppage and the win.
But he's smart enough to learn from a win instead of needing to have a loss.
Probably the best outcome for a first fight!
Wow I can't believe it translates so much into what I do that is singing at pubs. If I'm not calm and aware, I get tunnel vision and lose track of my surroundings which disconnects me from my band or the audience. If I have to idly spend time before going onstage, I might get adrenaline dumps.
And breathing, man, that's gold.
If I don't breathe well I get all yelly and overenergetic.
That advice is gold. I panicked when I sparred for a long time because I didn’t breathe properly, I realised I was actually holding my breath especially when there’s a volley of shots coming my way. Belly breathing changed my learning curve. Great work coach Ramsey 👍
Next video: How does a trained fighter deal with a My Little Pony emergency? - 4:09 :D
Buying a MLP figurine and a jar
By writing a Ramsey/MLP crossover. Oh, that sounds fun.
@@siyacer underrated
@@siyacer oh no...
My little Pony Emergency!! That's awesome!! Good Dad!!💯
Connor has a very calm and focused way of fighting. Also a certain confidence and not so much a cocky attitude but a comfortable confidence that only a few fighters have mastered. It is a Zen like state of mind that takes you to another level and in that mindset is where you can hear your corner like nobody else is around. Almost like a direct channel from coach to fighter.
Coach, that video was a HUGE REVELATION for me.
I'm a musician, but I also love martial arts, and always run out of breath (due to a few healt issues like asthma, overweight, sinusitis, allergies, etc, which prevented me from being a pro since my teens). So, "singing a song to myself" as a way to determinate my rhythm of action seems completely natural. Especially for me, a mainly Judoka, who struggles to try to keep up an average (usually crappy) footwork in Kickboxing.
Tunnel vision and auditory exclusion (not being able to hear your corner) are the effects of an overly elevated heart rate. The peak of the benefit of adrenal response is around 110 bpm. After that you start getting reduced fine motor skills, tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, poorer decision making etc. breathing is often used to keep a lid on the adrenaline response. Specially combat breathing is often taught to help with this. Combat breathing is 4 count in 4 hold 4 out 4 empty. It is very similar to the breathing taught to pregnant women. It is useful not just in fighting but also to keep yourself from getting hit under the collar in an argument. A much longer discussion of this stuff can be found in grossman’s book On Combat.
hello Ramsey, love your videos, could you do a video on how to warm your self properly before a fight in order not to get tired in the fight and to not go there still not ready
Coach thank you so much for the vid and advice !!
What always works for me is that I will think about the fight and when the anxiety starts to build verbally tell myself to breathe and think that slows my heart rate down and it's always helped.
Solid advice! Breathing, timing, rhythm. and tune out the distractions.
This video couldn't have came out at a better time. I have my first ever fight in a weeks time and needed this
Avishka Diss I have mine in about 6 weeks! And I absolutely agree.
drumrocka i wish you all the best man 👊
Good luck to you my friend! Hands raised at the end.
Ramsey Dewey Didn't get the win but i enjoyed every second of it! Can't wait to learn from my loss and get back at it
@@avishkadiss6443 the whole thing's a journey. I gave up on martial arts too soon. I'm thinking of getting back into it, but will play the long game this time. 👍
How about a video for a warm up before a fight routine, i was always curious how it looks for mma and what's the optimal duration
Good idea man
You can find interviews of fighters who talk about this, and it seems to be very personal and diverse.
Some like to just lubricate the joints and get the blood flowing, others will come out already sweaty and slippery.
Thanks Ramsey this is an element I push alot In my gym on younger fighters and older ones struggling with training as they age. This is an element of training I depend on alot as a fighter who both works security in the real world and still competes. Youth provides endurance and wisdom teaches us how to use it efficiently, to bad we can't have both at the same time. Stay safe with the challenges over there, know you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. Hope things are better than many of us suspect.
One of your best vids Ramsey. Thank you
Your right man, I remember when my kids were younger, my little pony can be an emergency, it’s best to deal with it and try to fix it as soon as you can
In all my years (and I've had many), I don't remember a coach or trainer explaining things as well as you do on your videos, nor do I recall hearing as good advice as what you dispense. No regrets about my boxing&wrestling over 30+yrs, back when I was active, but I truly think if you'd been around say 40, 30, or 20yrs ago while I was doing my thing, it could only have been beneficial in the extreme. I hope the kids, your fans, listen well to you since your words & insights are valuable regardless of which man to man "combat sport" a fellow is involved with. You have my most sincere WELL DONE sir!
As a fighter who has stepped into the role of assistant coach I gotta tell you your advice about practicing listening to your coach is super effective! I've had a few of my junior kickboxing students pull off stuff I tell them to mid fight and tell me afterwards that they heard my voice just like in practice cause that's exactly how we do sparring rounds! Keep up the great videos my good sir ❤
Just what I needed. I have my first competition in 7 years tomorrow.
Good luck
How did it go??? Lol
Very good. My wrestling is surprisingly sharp and I am naturally good at judo because of my short heavy build that I developed in amateur strongman. I think i will join my schools wrestling team again next year to finish out high school.
For the record I competed in an open grappling competition so any style was permitted and the rules were just no striking, no eye gouging, and the time structure was 3 2 minute rounds which played into my style(I am very explosive and aggressive, but have terrible asthma so can't go much longer than a few minutes anyway.) I took 1st by 1 point.
Yeah, I remember that feeling when people would say I'm going to beat you up after school or or something like that and you still got three four hours left before school is over sometimes that way. It builds up. I kind of remember what that feels like. I still feel it sometimes on Sunday knowing I got to go to work the next day, LOL.
Thanks, Ramsey! I experienced this same thing as a professional soldier a while ago, though I never really perfected it. You really present this quite well!
Great tips about the breathing and rhythm! Makes so much sense now!
Excellent advice as always. I must admit that I had to chuckle when you performed your „monkey song“. One of the things I admire about you is that you’re not afraid of looking and sounding silly, without trying too hard to be funny. You can be very funny, but also very serious at a moment’s notice. Keep up the great work!
Mr. Dewey, I have just recently found your content on youtube. My only regret is not finding it sooner. Your thoughts and insight on the topics you address, i.e. subscriber questions, other creator's content, and self defense stategies are incredibly good, IMO. Thank you for what you do. Please continue to do it. There is not a soul on Earth that would not benefit from your content.
Who would say that noisecore is the best type of music to be listening while training... Living and learning.
So glad to hear someone else say this. Whether its h2h or teaching martial firearm courses, i have always said what worked very well for me to avoid some of the physiological effects of adrenaline is to focus on breathing. it always helped me avoid or minimize tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, etc. I have found under stress forgetting to breath is one of the first things to happen. Thanks again Ramsey. By the way, did you get my email?
I get a lot of emails. I’m not sure which one is yours.
@@RamseyDewey had to do with herniated disc. Sorry i know you have lots to sort through.
Thank you, life changing words for me. 👍
This reminds me of Luke Skywalker telling Rey to breath.
I can picture Doris singing "Just keep breathing, just keep breathing" 🎶
Frank Dux beat 9 Tiger sharks underwater on one breath...with palm strikes to their noses...on the way to a North Korean Beach to extract 97 prisoners via buddy breathing to a US submarine.
Exhausted... when Frank hit the shore...he killed 9 Tigers , 3 Anacondas,a Kimodo Dragon and One Korean Hippopotamus with palm strikes.
He got those patriots out with one Tank.
Breathing at least for masters in Gong Fu...is unknesary
Thanks, Ramsey! I often forget to breathe! I am learning Taekwondo, and when we do sparring, I gas out! I am going to concentrate on my breathing for the next free sparring exercise! Much appreciated!
I love this dude, not just cause he's a bad ass, but mostly because it sounds like English is his second language and learned it from watching Kung fu Theater and the Price is Right.
That makes a lot of sense in that is a really good exercise. Cuz people can be very distracting. In a fight or in any other sport, even if you're fighting in a playground or something, you got people all around you yelling and screaming and they don't really care about you and I just want to see violence. Can be pretty scary. I've had a few fights growing up as a kid in the emotional part. I've noticed never really goes away. As far as wanted to defend yourself you were you get angry scared all sorts of emotions. I imagine professional fighters have that type of feeling as well.
So helpfull man much thanx and respect for sharing your knowledge🙏
I'm interested in this pony emergency 🤔
In our sanda organization there's a long tradition of "training competitions". These are unofficial fights in the sense that they're not counting for championship ranking, but are held in the same conditions as an official tournament (standard ring settings, standard rules, professional referees, full protective gear, etc), often including some spectators as well (friends, parents, younger practitioners and the like). These are arranged by multiple coaches with full support from the federation and gather students of all levels, roughly divided by age and weight class. All fights are voluntary (opponents can chose to back off or ask for a different matching) and there's no strict competition ladder (a defeated fighter can go again with a different opponent if he wants and the coaches agree). There are no official prizes, but often coaches make up some symbolic awards for the best performing fighters (sometimes these are quite funny, like children toys or mock-up medals with hilarious things printed on them). The main goal is to gather some real ring experience before an official tournament for newer fighters, but also polish the ring performance of the more experienced ones. This practice proved quite effective in raising the quality of our sanda tournaments, I guess it could be done in MMA as well, maybe with a couple of tweaks to prevent serious injuries.
This is one of your best yet bro. Kudos ✊👍
love your energy man.
Thanks for making your videos; they're really inspiring and motivating.
Your a good man sir
Did we not have tapes in the 60's and 70's ? Gosh I never realised :)
This video is meditative.
I think the part about dealing with the background noise and being able to hear tour corner is an advantage most wrestlers have when going into combat sports. They're used to it and come into it mostly figured out compared to some others that might have smaller crowds or haven't competed before ever. Especially in an age when mma is still relatively young. Wrestlers get both tournament and solo match experience in that regard, whereas other martial arts usually only get the tournament style if any. I guess to a degree dealing with the rematch anxiety as well.
"Rhythm is everything in boxing" - Sugar Ray Robinson
One way i keep myself from drowning in pressure is by saying my techniques as I do them. This helped me keep focus in the first 'street fight' I got in (it was at school). Was funny. Every move I made was followed with a something like 'I slip his attack and attempt a counter.' I also tried to commentate what they were doing. Weird... but it kept my nerves down and kept in focus. I still do this sometimes but I try and do it in my head now.
Keep calm and crush your opponent.
Wow! Really interesting!
Hey Ramsey could you do a video explaining how to properly warm up for a fight?
7:03 “The Scream”- Edvard Munch, 1893
I like to think of a waltz when I train. Particularly I think of the Gran Vals by Francisco Tárrega.
Awesome Video Ramsey Dewey!
Hey Ramsey greetings from the southwest of England 🙏🙏 just a quick one for you I'm just starting to train this year at the age of 24 after watching and loving mma for 15 years! I mostly train cardio and weight training but I do look to join a mma gym or bjj gym in the future. My question is as I see the thumbnail for this video you looking jacked mate I'm just wondering your diet and what you eat in terms of protien, how many meals etc as I've always struggled with my appetite and eating the right foods. I absolutely love your channel and your approach to not only martial arts but life aswel huge respect and good wishes to you Brady 🙏🙏
About 6 meals a day- plants and animals. I keep it simple.
Wow, small world. I trained with Kit Wei a couple of years ago when he taught at UWSU Muay Thai - great coach and corner man!
Seriously? That’s awesome.
@@RamseyDewey Yep, I learned a lot from him.
Much needed video. I'm contemplating doing pancrase competition but I'm still very much afraid of losing my shit once the fight begins, thus not being to showcase any of my skills and end up disappointing myself and teammates. I'll think about your advice, and if anyone has some more I'll be glad to hear them!
You’re not addressing what’s on all our minds:
Did you resolve the My Little Pony emergency?
I think it is interesting that you speak of these relaxed fighters who were almost certainly still aggressive in their fight. How can you still find aggression when you are calm and is this something that scan he learned? What is the productive kind of aggression you need in fighting and how is aggression different than anger?
Anger only gets you into a fight. It doesn’t get you out.
Effective aggressiveness is the ability to dictate what happens in a fight and to be the one making the greater effort to finish it.
Looking good there coach.
damn, in my first fight.. well it was almost a tunnel vision, but my opponent came 100% at me like a bull, literally almost the worst case scenario for my first fight... Massive shock is an understatement, but instincts n trained kicked in so i threw, and i threw very very hard, gassed out in 1 minute. My corner didn't even exist in my head, they were just 3 more random voices along with everything else which i definitely would not pay attention to like they weren't even there. I was just hyperfocused on SURVIVE/DESTROY mode. Only thing that made a difference and popped me back into reality at times where i was getting very carried away, and made me keep my hands up, take some time to move and catch my breath before my next action bla bla, was a friend from the crowd with the loudest freaking voice a human could have. It was like we were in a room alone. That calmed me down a lot, simple instructions, some praise and that made me feel safer and cleared my mind from that shock.
Goes to show u sometimes all u need is simple stuff, loud, clear, very sporadic and calmed down. Even better when a coach comes in ur corner in between rounds, looks at u calm n starts to breathe slowly with u to remind u to control ur breathing, smiles at you and tells u ur doing fine, notices ur listening and then gives out 1-2 pieces of info. A video on my account (IFMA fight) was the perfect example of a terrible corner, where the particular coaches don't understand the fighters options and safety and try to use him as a robot for an imaginary gameplan that obviously isn't there for the fighter and it is dangerous, affecting the judges and my mentality very negatively.
Damn Ramsey you look like you’ve been hitting Da Streetz workouts pretty hard there👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I lost my last fight due to tunnel vision. I couldn’t hear anybody but my thoughts and everything was a blur.
Could you post your music for download would like to add to my playlist
I will take that into consideration
@@RamseyDewey sweet thanks oh and I'd be willing to pay you for your efforts
Thenk you
the reason why people get all the common symptoms/reactions of distress associated with fight or flight state is because, peoples dysfunctions and misalignment, and imbalance are revealed to them at a greater acuity in these scenarios. People are typically NOT calm, even outside of a fight.
You cannot resolve it by thinking your way out of it, or by "keep breathing", rather practitioners should work on themselves to remove dysfunctions deeply lodged in their bodies during their normal practice.
This is something that is overlooked pretty much all the time, and made worse through the incorporation of traditional bodybuilding workouts, like deadlifts, and squats etc, which only further strengthens these imbalances.
Breath to movement my aikido, judo , Jujitsu, boxing instructors have all said the same .
So I'm guessing there is something in that !🤔
I felt this on my first jui jitsu match. I looked back at the film and was like " who the heck is that fighting " 😅🤣
I remember reading an interview a while back from an MMA fighter. A thing she mentioned has really stuck with me, which is that the most dangerous fighters and the ones to look out for aren't the angry fighters, it's the ones who are smiling and genuinely enjoying themselves. They're technical, they hit hard, they don't waste energy.
I was interested to hear you mention that you actually hum while fighting, since it touches on something else I've been thinking about trying, which is adding in a bit of dance into your fighting style. Not to the point of totally breaking form, but just to give the opponent something obviously rhythmic for you to then exploit. Or just to piss them off, idk. xD I thought it'd be interesting to play with the more aesthetic side of movement in combat though. You ever tried anything like that?
That’s what fakes and feints are.
@@RamseyDewey Haha, well, not exactly what I was thinking, but you're not wrong. :P
I like the music at the end, but what it’s that blue backround
yeah, i do more fitness than almost anyone at my gym but as soon as im against someone who is just better, stronger and faster than me my breathing goes out the window and im gassed by the end of the first round.
there is only one person i can spar with who i am better than and i feel like i can go all night when im against him.
Thatsinging a song sounds like what they do in dragon Ball z which is interesting I never thought of doing that I think I'm going to try that and incorporate this
Interesting. I have never actually seen Dragon Ball Z.
@@RamseyDewey well he's a martial artist as well like Batman was
3:31 idk why but that was hilarious 😂😂
Serious advice: whenever you are and you are alone listening to music:
Choose a feet. Mark the bpm. And with your hands follow the bass and the voice. One hand the voice. The other the bass.
Or start an instrument. Fighting is soul/phisique. Music is soul. So you are training.
Also spar with Brubeck's "Take five" ahahahah
another great video ramsey
what gym do you run in shanghai
It's JX Fight Club. He says it often at the beggining of his videos.
@Vagabond Art I had no idea :0
We’re at the UFL gym at 2909 Hechuan road, 2nd floor, building C.
Ramsey how difficult (how much and energy is needed) is it to stay in our ultimate body shape, with six packs and all? just remaining the same and keeping it the way it already is
That depends on how difficult being consistent is to you.
@@RamseyDewey Thanks man, that was quick. I got rid of sugar and almost all processed foods few months ago and i'
m used to it now. i do 2 hours exercise martial art+cross-fit 5 days a week and i usual enjoy doing it
@@Sina-xw4xp ya just try not to burn yourself out. I remember at one point I was doing like 3 hours of lifting and cardio plus my 3 hours of wrestling then tkd then bjj or boxing a day and after about 6 months I just couldn't do it anymore and it turned me into a couch potatoe for like a year when I stopped lol
@@johngun7418 my training is not that intense but good point nontheless thank :)
@@RamseyDewey To give you a bit more context: for those of us who don't do this professionally it is difficult to allocate the require time to constantly practice and maintain a good diet. So that would wonderful if you could give us some tips based on your experience regarding how to do more efficient training in less time and also spend less time preparing the meals but still have good diet :)
This is a thing. My first 'scrap' in the schoolyard was a win for me but I blanked out on the whole fight except for bits and pieces. At one point I fell down and another moment the guy grabbed my arm and I said 'let go of my arm so I can hit you again'. The big mistake was the guy had metal braces on his teeth! When I got back to the car both of the backs of my hands had small brown spots all over them as though someone did a 'spit take' on them while eating chocolate! Obviously the guy couldn't come to school for a day or two. (He was bullying me). I have absolutely no memory of hitting him much less in the mouth with both hands!
I cornered a fighter once who finished his fight with an amazing flying guillotine- strangled his opponent unconscious. When he came back to the corner, I congratulated him, and he had no idea where he was or what had just happened. He blacked out while fully conscious and fought on autopilot. He didn’t remember a moment of it.
I used to have my nieces come in "your no good you bum"' and they were good at it too" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌🏻
I'd love to hang out with you sometime, it'd be cool to be your friend!
Cool. Let me know if you’re ever in Shanghai.
@@RamseyDewey aw right on man I will! Likewise if you're in western NY!
Always uploading right before bed, good shit man haha.
im 40 yo in my fisrt kumite tournament happened exactly the same, tunnel vision, very bad breathing. no one taught me to deal with all this adrenaline.
I am envious of you fighters. I could never do it. I'm 47. I could die. But I understand it when you say your body should be a whip and not a hammer.
I’m 41. We could all die, and we will eventually.
Off topic of the video their is this suit of armor called the lorica that was being developed by UWM that's now being developed by Chiron Global. This armor captured my imagination about what could be done for Combat Sports in many aspects outside of what we think today. It's now being developed primarily for law enforcement and military training but prior it was focused on creating an MMA version for weapon martial arts and briefly for gaming as well. Ramsey, what are your thoughts on this armor and would it have a place in the future of Combat Sports?
I saw a video about that years ago. I imagine all the Hema guys were excited about it, but as far as fighting goes, removing the danger from the sport largely defeats the purpose of the sport.
Right before a fight I'm always scared as shit and overthinking everything that could happen. Once the match starts though the fear goes away and my training takes over where it's almost like I'm not even there.
It's one of the few times where my mind is totally blank and I'm completely focused on what's infront of me.
yessss the song i do the same thing
off the bat, hats off to chesstosterooska ! with a name like that you got a carea in the wwf if nothing else !!!! sorry, now to listen
Ramsey with the MMA match promo shot on the video.
That’s the “I just taught a jiu-jitsu class, did a squatting session, and now I’m going home to eat something” pose
with my djng background im pretty much immune to crowd noise, all i have to do now is learn to fight! hahaha
humming to victory
Singing! Singing!!!
@@RamseyDewey i have a crappy voice. Won't work
7:32 Maybe corner people should learn a bit about projecting their voice, like in theater. If I remember right, a slightly higher tone is easier to hear
Control your breath during fighting.
Me : total concentration breath of water first form...
i find it so weird how people dont know about the breathing technique in fighting, i remember watching a street fight and this boxer was hissing while throwing blows and everybody was like "what is he doing?" "why he making those noises lol" im like...really?
Would love to hear your reasoning for
Voluntarily living in under the oppressive, cruel chinese government?
What’s your reasoning for living under the oppressive, cruel government of wherever you live?
@@RamseyDewey *facepalm* you surely not trying to deflect my question by drawing a false equivalency between the chinese government who for example, horrifically murdered thousands of it's innocent civlians for protesting their fascism and let's say my country, Australia?
the only reason i'm asking is because you're a westerner who went out of your way(speculation) to move to country which is renowned for: violating the civil liberties of their citizens, kidnapping and murdering journalists, killing innocent civilians in the droves for voicing dissenting opinions against their government, etc...
not trying to attack you, just baffles me that such a seemingly cool, reasonable, open minded guy, would voluntarily live under a government in who treats their citizens as expendable tools to carry out their agendas.
don't worry about replying to my initial concern, i'm just going to infer that based of your reply, due to concerns about ramifications from your government you would be wise not say anything critical. way to prove my point.
Daaaang Ramsey's looking ripped
Coach Ramz is looking more tough than Bass Ruten. Like if bam bam biggalo did triathlon 😱
I would be interested to know how the breathing with movement during striking translated to breathing while doing grappling? From closed guard for example?
Sing yourself a song about the way you want to move. That’s it.
@@RamseyDewey thank you....I am definitely going to try it.