Training Like JOHN WICK for 21 Days
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2023
- I trained like John Wick for 21 days to blend my martial arts skills with firearm skills and shooting to master what is known now as GunFu or Gun-Jitsu.
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Welcome to the Martial Arts Journey UA-cam channel!
My name is Rokas. I'm a Lithuanian guy who trained Aikido for 14 years, 7 of them running a professional Aikido Dojo until eventually I realized that Aikido does not live up to what it promises.
Lead by this realization I decided to make a daring step to close my Aikido Dojo and move to Portland, Oregon for six months to start training MMA at the famous Straight Blast Gym Headquarters under head coach Matt Thornton.
After six months intensive training I had my first amateur MMA fight after which I moved back to Lithuania. During all of this time I am documenting my experience through my UA-cam channel called "Martial Arts Journey".
Now I am slowly setting up plans to continue training MMA under quality guidance and getting ready for my next MMA fight as I further document and share my journey and discoveries.
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No ..just..no
I grew up shooting guns, so this is childs play. I find it interesting how people for communist countries like the UK don't understand the fundamental right to self defense. I look at guns as the ultimate equalizer in a fight. Commies look at them as death machines.
Ultimate Self-Defense Championship 2 is going to be intense
Active shooter drills for the american audience?
@@definitlynotbenlente7671 YES!!
My money is on this guy if they have a shooting event, lol
@@JamesxKowhat about icey Mike the retired cop lol
@@JamesxKo icy mike is probably gonna do better given the fact that he has a colossal amount of experience with this stuff by comparison...
I mean this is it... This is what it means to be a well rounded martial artist in today's world. Striking, takedowns, grappling, submissions, small arms training - next on the list, tactical driving and maybe even improvised demolitions! This is the modern day samurai equivalent of jiu jitsu, kenjutsu, kyudo and horse riding.
Don't forget to add
- rappeling/high-angle descent
- tactical medicine/CUF (care under fire and trauma management).
- edged weapons
Self-defense dowsing for potable water.
Both sides of improvised demolitions! Being able to recognize danger spots in the city and likely IED spots, and how to both use and avoid them (not going to get to defusal/removal unless it's kinetic.)
Arguably, computer security should be on the list as well.
@@Anthropomorphic HIGH on the list, definitely. Because you are far, far more likely to come under computer attack than anything else. (See the recent attack on MGM casinos)
Rokas has mastered aikido, now he capable of dealing with threat using the least amount of effort truly what the creator inteded
Haha
Jesus the leg-lock reload into execution shot got me. Holy crap you picked this up quickly, super impressive
Thanks! The cool part was that it came up spontaneously. We were supposed to just grapple on the ground, but since my partner gave me some resistance and tried to shoot back at me on the ground, this was the natural solution that came up as we rehearsed 😁
@@MartialArtsJourney [sorry, angry keyboard warrior here] 13:03 better don't put your hand on his head, when you are going to shoot there. Also reload shoot one round reload again and shoot another round - doesn't make sense, unless you reloaded to magazine with only one round. And your grip could be better, you have too much space between your hand and beavertail. But it's still an excellent result, with only three weeks of training.
Now it just needs night club music, strobing lights and multiple enemies to double tap in a matter of seconds following the leg lock reload execution
@@ustpcz9739relax dude
My favorite part of the vid is actually around 8:30 when the instructor shows the camera the gun and demonstrates its Airsoft before pointing it at Rokas, I love to see proper gun safety!
Crazy transformation!!!! Over the years, I have watched this guy go from pacifist Akido instructor to one of the MOST BADASS MANLY MAN guys in real life.
😊🙏
The only thing that is missing is rokas going biker and throwing people through shop windows. Why is there a need to become what he hated and feared?
What I like in John wick is that his moves are crisp, precise. He does gun handling as fast as possible BUT without rushing or becoming careless. Good to see you taking similar approach :D. Fast but not too fast
You are absolutely right. When I was in the army, I used to teach smooth is fast and fast is smooth.
Rokas, you're awesome dude. I have so much respect for where your journey started and where it is still always going. I'm branching out myself now, after having spent years in traditional stuff where we're mostly just good at fighting each other. Every time you do something new I get so stoked and a little bit jealous that you're making all these fun and somehow still practical things happen.
I love the wrist lock to wrist step. Lol that was GREAT! Aikido really looks amazing on film, however the triangle BJJ was suspenseful, very cool.
Rokas, much respect for trying something so far out of your comfort zone.
As someone who has trained in martial arts for the majority of my life and who has been shooting firearms even longer, it always makes me happy to see someone taking the time to learn how to handle firearms correctly. If you ever come to the USA, please try to take a firearms class when you visit.
-Much love!
Taran Tactical was who trained Keanu how to shoot quickly and accurately.
Very entertaining! You'll end up working with action stunts and choriography for video making, Rokas! NGL, it made me nervous. Fire arms are not toys and shooting is no joke... You did great! Glad you enjoyed the experience.
Awesome video. Glad to see how much fun you had learning some new skills.
Thanks! It was super fun! (and scary at first)
I resonate with this video so much. I've spent years training in various martial arts and just recently got into 3-Gun training to explore a different dimension of skills. It's definitely intimidating at first but like any martial arts it gets easier the more your practice. Excellent video brotha.
Okay, Is it just me or is Rokas dropping the best self defence content in recent history?
Absolutely!
Good job utilizing an Aikido technique!
The scene looks like simple stuff but in fact was a big leap for you. Darn Rokas, you learned so much all those years. As a subscriber i'm really proud of you.
Fantastic video once again! Really appreciate the amount of work you put into this. Mldc, Rokai, rimtas riešutėlis
Ačiū! 😊🙏
Gerai, mano drugai
Everything looks so smooth. Awesome job.
Thanks!
You're going to get comments like "John Wick isn't realistic, you can't take on that many guys" etc, but I think that's the point of an ideal. It's always just a little too far out of reach, but in striving to achieve it you end up much better than you once were.
Maybe you can never be as combat aware and of sheer will as John Wick, maybe you can never achieve such mastery over your mind, body, and various fields of expertise as Batman, maybe you can never remember to floss your teeth twice a day. But trying to be is nothing but beneficial.
Exactly! Goals that are discovered to be unattainable on the climb keep you focused on it. If it looks possible though at the pinnacle it gives you a reason to try and every step up the mountain makes a real life difference.
I love that people are bringing back the dial up sound.
It's so iconic! 😁
At 1:49, that is a very good instructor, he had you shoot the first time 3 feet away from the target to build your confidence.
Rokas' training arc is one of the best arcs in yt martial arts
The rifle isn’t automatic brother. It’s a semi-automatic like the handgun you trained with. 1 trigger pull 1 bullet. Hope you enjoyed training with firearms tho hope to see more of them in your videos
Between Rokas doing this and Jesse training with Michael Jay White, I kinda want to see both of them doing a hostage situation with either airsoft or paintball with Icy Mike as the bad guy
Watching this journey for years today was kind of emotional for me, for some reason. Excellent concept production and discipline.
Your journey is awesome
Looking sharp, Rokas.
Thanks!
I know I’m not the only American who’s journey went wrestling, firearms, and then other martial arts. This is one of my favorite videos you have made.
Great vid bro. Had to post this in the John Wick Reddit. Very informative.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing it on Reddit. I always see it as a big honor to be featured there, so I really appreciate it 🙏
Wait there John wick reddit, Cool!
Please keep on training gun-fu i really like to watch this content
Reloading like he's playing CoD. I love it lol! Great video.
I'm kind of blown away at how good the fight scene looked for what was only one day of shooting? I suppose the extensive martial arts experience made up for the lesser guns and/or stuntwork experience
Definitely one of your best videos! Real world training! Excellent!
One of my favourite videos, yet. Witnessing your journey has been a pleasure. It takes a tremendous degree of humility to be willing to learn a new discipline without ego and preconceived expectations. This is another feather in your cap. Next step in your martial arts journey: time to get an agent!
Always that one guy who reloads after taking one shot
I've been watching your videos for a while now. You definitely deserve more recognition. Your content is awesome and you keep it real!
Omg that looked so good. John Wick would be impressed
Great video, really cool to see you learning about firearms especially after there weren’t any in the Self Defense Championship Season 1. If you want to continue on this path, you should come to the USA and take at least one class from Craig Douglas, I guarantee it will blow your mind and really show you the reality of defensive use of firearm. However, I must correct you for referring to the magazine as a “clip” at 3:50, they are two different things. Clips are not in common use anymore because clips are for rapidly inserting bullets into an internal magazine, whereas most modern firearms use external magazines.
Very cool vid man. That would definitely be fun to learn.
Glad you had fun and experience with a gun.
The fact you know how to use properly a firearm just open up your eyes and mind on this weapon.
How to act in front of or using one.
It's an addictive fun item as an hobby.
Friends or other martial practitioners i met who didn't even use it once are so far from reality most of the time when it comes to really understand a gun.
Everyone should at least experience it.
I miss the days when i was in a shooting range unloading 5.56 7.62 9 .44 .38. Here in Belgium it's so restrictive nowadays to own and keep a gun sadly.
I've taken many people to the range for the first time who were surprised at how difficult it was for them to shoot a pistol at 20 yards at a stationary target and hit the A zone. TV and movies has everyone thinking you just point and shoot and it's an instant headshot.
Great stuff, Rokas! Love seeing you training in these new skills abd picking them up as quickly as you do! Very, very cool!
Woah, you look so sharp!! Thank you for the great content. I've always appreciate your influence and hard work in the martial arts world!
Maybe a next step in the future would be to take Craig Douglas' ECQB course with Icy Mike!
Ima former marine infantry man, looks real good! Those guys must be some really good instructors at the range to get you looking great so quickly.
Well done, man. I'm really impressed how far you came in such a short time.
John Wick Jr. Right here.
This was awesome Rokass!! Thanks for bringing such high quality action packed content to us so frequently!! Congratulations to the team for the efforts!!👏👏
Awesome video man!
Lithuanian instructor is very good 👍👍👍
He really is - that's by far one of the best beginner's introductions to guns I've seen. Safety first, draw and dry fire, then live rounds at point blank to build confidence.
Hey Rokas, its really cool to see you get this kind of training. I wish I could have taken you shooting when you were in Portland. You looked really good for your first time. Something interesting to note is that the techniques you learned were pretty specific to Israeli methods used in their military. If an American was training you it would be quite different.
Wearing sweatpants wasnt necessarily bad. There are specific holster attachments that are meant for pants without a belt. I use one called an Ulticlip. I can carry my gun while wearing sweatpants, kick boxing shorts or gi pants when I drive to the gym, or regular pants with or without a belt. If you are ever in my area let me know and we can work on more firearms training.
He was in PDX for his MMA training, right?
@@thetalantonx Yes
WOW - this is awesome. GREAT video Rokas!
Keanu Reeves trained his grappling with the Collier Brothers (they have some of the sickest judo I've ever seen) - it'd be cool if you sought them out!
Man this video just shows how much dedication the people of the John Wick Movies put into choreograph amazing stuff
Excellent video, Rokas. Thank you!
So cool. I love going on this martial arts journey with you!
such a dope video Rokas!! Very enjoyable and inspiring!
I've literally never been interested in using a real fire gun up until today, thank you Rokas.
I was always hesitant about firearms but now I definitely changed my relationship with them. Glad to hear you saw some value as well!
It's so much fun! Hope you enjoy it
@@MartialArtsJourney You are slowly and steadily descending Rokas, the real warriors were always aware that their lifestyle is gonna end them in hell as such you had meditation and spiritual things prospering, the vikings joining with spirits of wolves and bears, the samurai going zen and the cossacks doing their orthodox stuff like in the book The Way of the Pilgrim, sharpening their perception, improvisation and more skills with it
Exactly why you're my favourite channel
Icy Mike would love this
Damn, that looked like a lot of fun. Very entertaining. Thanks!
Can't wait for season 2 of ultimate self defense challenge!!
I was enjoying that video! And that fight sequence was looking very cool!
This video is completely awesome, it for sure deserves way more views. I guess yt algorithm is messing with it because even though i'm subscriber, i watch most of your videos and i watch a lot of gun videos, i never got this recommended for me, i only got to know about this videos because of your post on community. Kudos for the greate work dude, getting to this level in only 21 days is a really impressive accomplishment!
Your athleticism and coachability make you a student I’d be happy to have. Well done.
Cool man! This is a slick video.
I recommend checking out following trainers. Shivworks, Bill Rapier. And Tony Blauer does Firearm Retention in close quarters as well. (Long guns and handguns)
A Rokas + Icy Mike collab at ECQB would be amazing.
Do any people of those trainers have actual combat experience ? Lmfaooo no they don’t.
Craig Douglas of Shivworks 100% does. He was narcotics and SWAT for about 20 years and was involved in numerous life-threatening encounters. @@TheInfantry98
@@TheInfantry98Bill Rapier was a DEVGRU, Shivworks was a cop. Tony Blauer is neither Mil/LEO, but respected enough that he consults tip of the Spear units.
Very Nice! You are now a trained killer! 21 days is a lot. I was a federal firearms instructor and our instructor training was only 2 weeks of shooting every day. Most agents don't ger 21 straight days of training.
Checked this out after your community post and was pleasantly surprised at how well you did. Glad i watched the video
Thanks!
This is the best of his content.
Now this was unexpected 😊
But it was a lot of fun and you did great 👍💪👊
The final scene is excellent you did it like a professional John Wick 😁
That was fun. Well done.
Dont mess with Rokas. He will pull out the gun kata like Patrick Bateman!
I am glad that I found this channel today! Love the way You did this!
Thanks!
usually in movie there's problems with characters not reloading. Rokas wick on the other hand reload like a true gamer to make sure having full mag all the time, great video, enjoyed it so much
Gunfu is the ultimate fighting style
great video, love from israel
That was awesome!!
Amazing film at the end! Really liked it
Awesome!
I'm impressed. I hope you continue to practice firearms training.
I never thought I’d see rokas doing tap rack drills
So good!!!!
Rokas Wick is a man of focus, commitment, and shear will 😎.
Icy Mike would be so proud
LOVE this video and love the progress you made. And the action sequence at the end was awesome despite the LOWEST capacity magazines I've ever seen 😅!
Rokas slowly turning into a legit badass. Not that he wasn't already.
Man it was so cool to see the evolution leading to the final action scene! I guess you can be an actor in action movies now, haha. So cool! Congrats, and thanks for sharing your journey!
Nicely done!
Interesting stuff man! I liked it a lot as someone new to your content.
Leveled up to Batman and John Wick!! Rokas...next is World Domination? Great video!!
Can't wait to see Rokas, Action Hero in the movies!
As a southerner….. this warms my heart! 😃
This is absolutely awesome!!!
I'll blame the algorithm for the low view count it must have lumped it with other stuff (movies and guns) because at least really like it (and would love more of this)
Very nice vid!
Thanks!
Great job. Well made.
Guys, do NOT harm this man's dog OR steal his car! We already know it ends poorly.
Haha
Definitely do not harm the huskies. You will be dealing with an endless horde of John wick-s
That suit is awesome btw
That was really cool, such a great outcome 💪
That was awesome. What a great idea. Keanu would be so proud.
Fascinating!!