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Who else wants to see all of the B-roll of Seth getting heckled by his wife?

I don't think a single person without experience in that competition would have expected it to be stacked with that level of technical and accomplished wrestlers

The initial mistake here was not the unpreparedness, it was the underwear, you missed the opportunity for a huge powermove.

I love how Backhold showcases such a variety of acomplished grapplers.

After doing so well taking sumo lessons and then competing, Sensei Seth asks himself …”do I really even need the lessons?”

Alright, Seth has gotta just be making up these martial arts by now

I'm going to comment on something that came to my mind last week and since Rokas's last video was with Seth, that will make even more sense. Rokas be like: I'm on a journey to find myself, to find meaning for martial arts and make aikido great again; Seth be like: LULZ LEMME TRY SOME WEIRD S**T 😂😂 I love both of them, but that contrast is so funny, IMHO 😂

You should try Glima next. Some versions are just viking age wrestling, but originally it was 2 men face to face wrestling grasping only a waste belt

I was there!!! I was in a Folkstyle highschool wrestling competition I was wondering why u where wearing a kilt I even got a picture with u 😂

I know how it came about. This happens with brothers anyway- you're glad to see em, give em a big hug, and then it's a wrestling match that goes pretty much like that. It's bro-hug wrestling.

Okay, now Seth has to try Indian mud wrestling (Kushti)

you are morphing into quite the grappler after that sumo thing I think it's awesome Glima next!

Id love to see you try Irish Collar & Elbow with Ruadhan McFadden. Hes singlehandedly brought the sport back from extinction through holding competitions at BJJ Globetrotters Camps and he runs a podcast The Hero With a Thousand Holds. Definitely would be interesting

Backhold wrestling is one of the oldest martial arts out there. The bouncer at my local pub was a backhold champion! Nice coverage across all the arts.

I'd love to see you try "other wrestling" AKA Pro Wrestling. It's so not easy. In fact, it's super difficult.

Nice! Nordic style (viking style) got three branches of wresling, belt hold, back hold and loose "hold". Belt hold survived in Iceland and is known as Glíma. I know there was a time there was viking-age scandinavian settlers in Great Britain. Backhold surely was practice then, but was it before? With that said, try Glíma!

Dang the camera work on this video is unreal

Competing with the best in a obscure martial art and coming in 3rd is pretty impressive. The Sumo thing too.

backhold.. where you hold backs but NEVER hold back...

Don't worry, Sensei Seth. I have "nearly hairless legs" too, despite being a grown man of partially Scottish lineage. Chicks dig hairless legs! Or so I tell myself . . .

Seth has to be the definition of a martial artist at this point

I just recently started practicing various styles of Celtic wrestling (Scottish Backhold, Irish Collar and Elbow, Cornish Wrestling). I was introduced to Backhold and Gouren at a Highlands Games about 15 years ago and always wanted to do it. I wish I hadn't waited so long, but it's sooooo fun. And so awesome to see your channel give it some exposure!

"At this point i was feeling pretty down about myself... luckily this video is brought to you by DeleteMe" What a transition...

Thanks again for coming out! You ready for "Car Jitsu?" 😅

Sensei Seth is an absolute unit.

I love your take on learning new martial arts Seth. A nice mix of competitiveness and humbleness. It's a great mindset for learning something.

Now try Shin Kicking, featured in our 'Cotswold Olimpicks' (not a misspelling, the event was started over 400 years afore the Olympic Games as we know it) here in England. I wonder if Seth will come upon against our Eddie Hall, who is taking a similar road in regard to Sumo.

This was very entertaining. Nice to see you try something new that you aren’t automatically great at.

I've been waiting for this since the last video

Good play, Seth! Always fairing well in rulesets you've never tried before. A true contender. Now, let's add more historic wrestling fashions to your list. Next you have to try Coiléar agus Uille (Collar-and-elbow) and style of Irish jacket wrestling where each man grips their opponents collar in their right hand, their right sleeve at the elbow with their left, and get them to land flat on their back in the process (similar to Ippon in Judo). It kind of died off by the 1900's, but recently saw a revival in 2019 with people wearing heavy, belted gi, like the kind you would be used to, since the old rules only stated "The men shall wear knit shirt and short coat or jacket, not extending below the hips, with strong collar and elbow for grasp of the opponent, and thin rubber sandals on the feet."

It's cool you're doing these now. I just got into my he genealogy and i got allot of ancestors from Scotland

You did awesome! Good on you for trying new things, the guys look like they been doing it a while

Dude your comedy has been getting better every video. The pacing to the camera killed me. XD

Great Job man! The whole breaking grip rule probably was to ensure no weapons were drawn during a match!

Now I want to try the highland games, looks fun as hell

Sensei Seth you are my inspiration

I actually really enjoy these 2 videos on the Highland games and backhold

BAckhold came from Irish Collar and Elbow. Oldest Celtic wrestling image is on the Cross of Kells in Co. Meath, Ireland

Seth, next you should try the German martial art of Blitzkrieg, where you...oh wait, that could technically be applied to anything. You probably tried that in the Scottish games. In that case, knocked another one out the park without even knowing it! I'll make a medal out of cardboard and send it to you. I can do this since (the majority of) my ancestors trace directly back to Germany. Sehr gut, Lehrer Seth!

Excellent job mate, now you've just gotta' try Cornish wrestling. 💪😁

Awesome video

it's crazy how stacked such a niche sport seems to be

Yeah Koringa is a beast! Played capoeira with him a few times.

YES! I briefly competed in Highland Games competitions for 2 years in a row with my friend. We found Mathew Vincent’s tutorial videos on the different events and went for it from there. While at the event both years they had me wrestle my dad in Scottish Kilt Wrestling (a real David v Goliath as he has about 5 inches of height and 60+lbs on me). It was such a simple and fun wrestling event, and I’m glad to see it represented on your channel!

I love the enthusiastic armature vibe you bring. The world needs more people like you.

Backhold is one of my favorite rule sets and there are several variants globally.

Almost no one has heard about this that I never even thought to suggest it. But if backhold wrestling gets a video, you HAVE to visit its gaelic sibling, Irish Collar and Elbow wrestling. They have jackets.

Tying for third in a competition with 4 guys isn't a great accomplishment, but it is an accomplishment. We take those.

I love to see these kinds of folk wrestling! It looks a lot like backgrip glima!

@Sensei Seth We're too busy drinking whisky and shooting things in Northern Scotland to do much kilt wrestling anymore. There's all these wild birds that need filled with lead shot, and they're not going to do it themselves.

Seth is a great ambassador for martial arts. Respect for experiencing new cultures

Dude I love your content! I hope to meet ya on the mats someday!

Looking at all this wrestling types,ever thought about the classic Greco Roman ? They have a very strong clinch skill and peculiar takedowns.

Hey Seth, I love that you tried the heavies and Backhold at the Highland Games! I actually competed this June at my First Highland Games. Heavies and Backhold Just Like you. I noticed that you had a gable grip in your matches. In scotland you re only allowed to use sgrip. Were you allowed to just use the grip, which is more comfortable for you?

Not fair he knows sumo and hes wearing a kilt so his power is over 9000

Seth's Scottish impression at the end was funny. And it's possible that's how it started.

Kendo! You as karateka will be amazed

A win is a win, congrats.

need to see Seth visit that Las Vegas gunfights place, they have milsim and a bit of cqc

Bro I love that you do this. I find martial arts so fascinating & seeing so many I've never heard of is fun af. Would love to see you try Schwingen (Swiss wrestling) & Bartitsu as well! Since you mentioned it in that one skit I've been hoping you try it once of these days.

Now Seth can travel to Scotland and test himself with Scotsmen

Aye, no' bad, Seth. Yea'll dae better next year!

Uchi mata is a hip throw to truly execute it u have to get ur hip infront of them then use the foot to throw with the momentum, i see it quite hard to get the hip in with that backhold grip.

You gotta try out Sanda or Shuai Jiao next! Hell, Mongolian wrestling would be cool too.

1. As a Scottish person I'm 95% positive Americans made this up. And 2. We had Kyle over at 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Glasgow a couple of weeks back! What you don't get a sense of from this video is just how fucking huge the guy is. One of his calves is the size of my entire thigh. Gave our Purple belts a run for their money. In their words "Jesus Christ, just don't let him get on top of me."

"aye rocks don't throw back ye silly bahsterd" - Bruce Liam, 1578

I remember a video by Oz (@EnglishMartialArts) where he said with other (non "fixed grip") styles of wrestling there are a ton of situations in a clinch where if he was losing he'd normally repummel in or change to another grip. With backhold suddenly you have to be sensitive to every little detail of the over-under clinch because you can't run away from it- that is ALL there is! I also remember seeing a documentary called "Warlord of Highland Wrestling". The documentary was dedicated to Mad Max" McDougald, who was a backhold wrestling champ and promoter for an area. In the documentary he said he learnt it the ol' fashion way- it was a group of good ol' country boys, who like you, were learning by doing with no coach or lessons lol. He spent his summers at the games losing every bout and becoming obsessed with it, offering to wrestle anyone who would during the games. He said it took him three summers to actually understand how the wrestling game worked (what he someone needed to do to and why someone won or lost the bout in a given circumstance). Super cool you tried this out even if the results were not as favourable as your sumo tournament!

I heard double ice cream before a sumo championship is the sign of a prosperous KZfaq channel.

"Good job liftin that rock, can ya throw me tho?" Definitely sounds like something a scott would say

Getting in that hold against a greco guy is a one way flight ticket to the ground. You should try greco for a future video.

The double ice-cream!!! Damn! You gotta Muay Thai the wifey for the next video. Lol

Like my first judo tournament. I beat. I got bronze and I was like I could have sworn I was last but I'll take it

hahaha. I once competed in this kind of wrestling at the New Glasgow Highland Games in Nova Scotia.

"You're not living on some cliff in Scotland"....well, it's more of a hill than a cliff but kinda do 😂

Try Glima ;-) (Maybe you need to go to Iceland though)

This is an interesting form of wrestling...not only you are kinda worried about getting slammed on the ground, but you also need to think about the handhold amd you cannot create space

Basically just Greco mixed in with sumo

Have you ever considered making a video about Yağlı güreş = turkish oil wrestling? It is by far one of the stranges Martial Arts I´ve ever heard of...

Sensei, you are a student in every art you participate in. I think you hold back, but it's not about being the best.

I wrestled Kyle yesterday in a Sumo match. He whipped me good. I look forward to competing with you sometime.

To be fair winning in Scotland is less impressive than the fact that it was the world championship. Most of us haven't even heard of backhold. It's not like judo in Japan where winning in Japan is as hard or harder than major international tournaments. Also there's only 5 million of us and we suck at the sports that we DO care about.

Every time Seth post, my day gets 100x better

Minutes of preparation 😂

The UK has a few "martial arts" like this. Down my way we have Cornish wrestling (as you can guess it's wrestling from cornwall) that's pretty much the same as kilt wrestling, but for real men. What I really want to see is sent try shin kicking. It's from the Cotswolds (I think) and involves 2 people holding each other by the shoulders and, wearing clogs, they kick each other in the shin until one person let's go. It sounds dangerous but you do get to stuff your trousers with straw. Seth could make a whole series on insane (often dangerous) British sports such as cheese chasing.

Going to be honest this looks fun I would totally be down to do this,

Most interesting thing on my recommendations

We have Cumberland Wrestling in Cumbria UK. We were radge clothes and have farmer strength throws. Give it a look

You did awesome man! Don't be hard on yourself for not winning a martial art you've never done.

This looks a lot like schwingen wrestling! Maybe try that next. Swap the kilt for modified lederhosen.

Doing Scottish back-hold wrestling feels like the no-gi version of Sumo.

lol this videos editing is reaching god tier

This is clearly the ancient art of middle school hallway wrestling.

Dudes random tournament third place reward is 100x better than our wrestling state championship reward 😭

Origin theory for backhold, though it's purely speculative: When fighting with a sword and shield, you can often collide and end up in this kind of 50/50 clinch. I think the sport began as a way to train for that moment specifically.

Seths wife: You got an Axe? For what? 😂😂

SCOTTISH! Now Scottish Broadsword. You already did some hema Seth.

I'm dying for a kendo or iaido video... If there is one I missed it!

im scottish and i didnt even know this was a thing ive even seen the highland games before

Few tips that’s could help tho I’m no expert and ur style is for u to find out lifting ur arm under their arm locking their guard high and pushing ur elbow above theirs down to pin their arm to theres side and get ur head onto there shoulder almost immediately this whole give u the advantage in dictating movement for me also keeping a wide stance always moving the first foot first for example move right foot before left when moving right in order to keep space. Maybe for a smaller fighter u want ur chest to be level with ur hips getting low as possible this helps against fighters with shorter legs to stop any leg trips.ALSO u seem like a big lad so I imagine u can kill movement with ur grip and get hands low to pick them up tbf