You didn't get the "Secret Handbook of Da Streetz Techniques for Judo Black Belts"? You must not be at that level yet Coach Ramsey, keep training

A friend of mine, the older brother of my best friend and one of my judo teachers, told me: "when you get your black belt, you start to develop your own judo". I understand it like this: at the time when you reach the "black belt" level (the proficiency and skills of what a black belt is supposed to have), you need to start focusing on your own style, because all the time spent in the levels below black belt you are learning the fundamentals of the technics and the martial art.

When I say "black belt" techniques in my school, what I mean is high level of focus, intensity, intent, and efficiency. Its the same punch taught to a white belt, just done better. There is a story that my instructor likes to tell that I like a lot that he calls his "black belt secrets" story. Below if you're interested. My instructor [A] had just gotten his 1st dan and approached his instructor [B] about learning the "black belt secrets" the conversation went as follows A: " I got my black belt, did you see I passed the testing?" B: " Yes, I was there. Congratulations." A: "Im ready now" B: " For what" A:" to learn the secrets" B: " what secrets" A: " The black belt secrets." B: " oh those secrets. Great, go learn them" A : "okay, so when are you gonna start to teach them to me?" B: "I cant teach them to you. They're a secret. Go learn them" A: " then how am I supposed to just go and learn them?" B: *With a grin* "That's the secret."

Yesterday i was thinking something similar to this. This is why boxing practitioners will get good at fighting way faster than people from Chinese martial arts. They do not only spar a lot, but also train on lots of important things since the very first days, while many Chinese martial arts will spend a lot of time teaching forms, drills and stuff like that but will barely show you actual techniques at first.

I feel you, Coach Ramsey, I feel your pain down In Mexico is Mosquito season too.

When I did Tang Soo Do, I saw the esoteric movements in forms learned at the black belt level and wondered if there was magic in them. The same when I did Wing Chun, wondering if the third form and the weapons forms had anything special in them. What I came to realise was, "at the black belt level", that the basic movements have more meaning tuned into them i.e. parts of the movement that we didn't consider were not accidental. I also learned that it's dangerous to become a "technique collector."

Think it comes down to honest study with resistance in training. And then the ability to be honest with yourself as to which of the techniques you can or cannot pull off under stress. Of course I’m being overly simplistic but to me this honesty aka filter is black belt level. Love the channel! Thanks.

So your telling me I can learn the touch of death as a white belt!?!

I love the extra footage showing what you are explaining

"People don't want simple, they want secrets. The pursuit of the latter will only get you further away from learning about what really works." Brett Bartholomew

There's a part of the boxing anime Hajime no Ippo where you learn about the origin of one of the boxers in the main cast named Takamura. Takamura's coach basically makes him practice the jab and only the jab repeatedly, much to Takamura's frustration. At some other point in the show, Takamura wins a fight by basically repeatly jabbing his opponent. Goes to show the importance of fundamentals.

I LOVE THIS!! This needed to be said!

I love your vids. Class and humor,with experience

Hello Ramsey! I know you are a black belt in Kukki TKD so nothing I'm saying is going to be mind blowing or anything but in my opinion there are 10 basic kicks in TKD, divided by their action, and then you can apply one or more modifiers to each kick to get different versions. I would summarize the 10 basic kicks of Kukki TKD as follows: Front Kick / Ap Chagi / 앞 차기 Turning Kick / Dollyeo Chagi / 돌려 차기 Side Kick / Yeop Chagi / 옆 차기 Back Kick / Dwi Chagi / 뒤 차기 Axe Kick / Naeryeo Chagi / 내려 차기 (Whipping) Hook Kick / Huryeo Chagi / 후려 차기 (Scorpion) Hook Kick / Nakka Chagi / 낚아 차기 Twisting Kick / Biteureo Chagi / 비틀어 차기 Inward Crescent Kick / An Chagi / 안 차기 Outward Crescent Kick / Bakkat Chagi / 바깥 차기 From there some common modifiers we can apply to each one include: Front Foot Kick / Ap Bal Chagi / 앞 발 차기 Examples: Front Foot Turn Kick; Front Foot Side Kick (The anchor foot stays in place) Fast Kick / Ppaleun Bal Chagi / 빠른 발 차기 Examples: Fast Turn Kick; Fast Hook Kick Travel → Chamber → Kick (The anchor foot moves. Some schools will call this a skipping or sliding kick) Cut Kick / Keoteu Chagi / 커트 차기 Examples: Cut Kick (naturally a Side Kick), Cut Turn Kick Chamber → Travel → Kick (The most popularly thrown technique in the current Olympic "meta") Counter Kick / Bada Chagi / 받아 차기 Examples: Counter Turn Kick, Counter Back Kick (The anchor foot generally displaces itself to manage distance, counter timing depends on the situation) Switch Kick / Narae Chagi / 나래 차기 Examples: Double Turn Kick, Switch Back Kick Tornado Kick / Dolgae Chagi / 돌개 차기 Examples: Tornado Kick (naturally a Turn Kick), Tornado Axe Kick There are plenty more of course, and some kicks can have more than 1 modifier added to them (example: Front Foot Outward Axe Kick). Plenty of schools will use different terminology and some will disagree about my classification of what a Basic Kick (and there are things I consider basic modifiers) but I'm always up for a nerdy TKD discussion!

In Judo I think that some throws should be taught in accordance to the student's ability to break fall, specially free fall. Uchi-mata tends to be a free-fall throw so usually it's taught later since you can really injure yourself and your partner if you go at it without good technical experience in both falling and throwing safely (such as rolling after the throw.) Same with Tomoe-nage, ura-nage, and so on. It's not that it's a Super Secret Technique, or anything, only that there's a high chance of injury with those throws if you can't roll and fall properly. This is worse with throws like uki-otoshi and sumi-otoshi which throw sideways in free-fall again, so it's not stuff you want complete beginners doing. As for uchi-mata being a white belt throw, the koshi-variant is basically a leg-assisted o-goshi, which is a bog standard hip throw and THAT is a classic white belt throw. The issue with the leg tho is that since it's going between the legs, again, you don't wanna have complete beginners doing this for safety reasons. Additionally, learning hip throws very well will improve your koshi-uchi-mata tremendously by the time you get there, as for the ashi-uchi-mata the technique is different but if you're practicing tai-otoshi and so on you should be able to adapt those skills there too. Each throw isn't an island and there's a lot of overlap in techniques, which helps people learn parts of the more complex throws without needing to actually use them 100%.

Brilliant video. Great insights with a touch of comedy.

Looking forward to this because I've always wondered about it.

Ah, good old Wimp Lo " I'm bleeding, making me the victor"

I was going to comment most of what you said at the end. Good stuff

Very well said, you broke it down very well. So many people are always trying to skip through the time it takes. To realistically develop good proper technique. I understand the want, and need some may have to get good fast. But you must be willing to put in some real time and dedication. If you are to be really good at any martial art. You are correct for example. An axe kick in Taekwondo is taught at white belt level. So, at black belt level. Does that kick become a black belt technique? No,...absolutely not. It just a kick you have had a lot of time to practice. And develop good proper technique and power with. So, yes it's going to look better then a white belt doing it. Or at least it should, if you trained like you should....lol!

Ohhh so you finally know what that thrust in TKD is for! (And share it) That's cool to see. Just shows how much you can still grow.

In really traditional arts in my country, the weapon techniques are only taught once you have reached the equivalent of the "black belt" level. So, in a way, there are black belt techniques.

When I was a kid taking taekwondo classes at a good (though commercialized) school, one of the most valuable lessons that I got was being taught the higher-level forms on occasion, when I was the only lower-belt who showed up for class at that time. I didn't need to know Taegeuk Pal-Jang (WTF) or Chung-Mu (ITF) as an orange belt because it wasn't one that I would be tested on, nor Koryo or any of the others that they sometimes taught me if I was the only lower belt (and, to be honest, I never committed them to memory because of this, but I always liked getting a lesson on them) but I noticed that it was mostly the same techniques and stances that I started learning in the white belt classes. They didn't have any secret techniques, they just put the same techniques together in a more complicated way.

I chuckled at the compenet about not applying forms to competion/sparring. After I had that same experince, I did a massive re-evaluation of my forms and sparring and was able to bring them much closer in line with each other. Granted some stuff in the forms will not be used in TKD sparring simple be rules prevent grappling and throws.

Kung POW ‘Enter The Fist’ was hilarious!

Very good explanation. In Karate, we learned some basic defense techniques/blocks first, and the basic Tsuki(fist blows), which were Kizami (Jab), Oi (forward step front hand), Gyaku (cross) and Mawashi Tsuki (hook). Plus the open handed palm strike Haito and the Sword Hand (Shuto). But the most practiced were the Tsuki. Then the basic kicks. Now that I am older, I am not that well stretched anymore for extravagant kicks, but the front kick, most practiced, still works, and so do the cross, the hook and the jab. But at the few occasions where I really had to defend myself in the last 20 years, a jab or even just the open palm push worked, to discourage the attacker from further aggression. Just because it was practiced so often, more than all the fancy techniques. Also, remember the famous sword master Musashi: At some point later in his life, when challenged, he stopped using steel Katanas, only hardwood Katanas, but still killed every challenger. His technique was so good, he just struck them over the head.

Good video!!! I think the quote was referring to 10000 practice sessions for that one kick.

Motorcycle riding is a good example of what Ramsey is talking about. There’s not really too many ways to turn a bike. There’s a lot of ways to turn badly and inefficiently and ineffectively. But learning the right way to turn a bike isn’t a particularly difficult thing to do. But you’re going to spend the rest of your life mastering it. And you’re probably not going to stop learning small ways to improve the same basic technique.

No, but there is the mysterious purple belt technique of showing up to class exactly when warm ups are done.

Great video! This is the subject that I come facing again and again. In defence of martial arts that have a belt system and technique's integrated into it: I couldn't learn all the techniques at the start 😅 but I have a muscle memory of a sea urchin lol 🤣 But yeah, saying that there are black belt techniques in this dojo (or martial art) basically means that they want you to pay for more lessons. Here in Finland, I've heard stories from 80's and 90's as such. And it got pretty ugly. Nowadays it's still exists, but not in so ugly form. And I personally get that, since schools and dojos need that money to continue. Great video! 🔥🔥🔥👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks for this video. It has helped me with writing my tabletop role playing game I'm making for martial arts. I've been stuck on what to do with "black belt" level and "Master" levels in the games progression. It is a fantasy game, but it is meant to be well grounded in reality while being a fun game. I have written out the Boxing "class" and I did it's "Pro" and "Champion" (Black Belt and Master) levels and those ranks just improve what has already been built in the character. I will definitely write the traditional styles the same way now.

Yo Ramsey Dewey Can you make a Vid on how to properly train for Open Weight Fights?

This video reminds me of a saying that I'm about to butcher but it goes something like "a master is someone who practiced the basics for years" something to that effect. Cant remember where I heard it but I think it was either in one of your videos or my kickboxing coach.

Hello Coach! Love your videos!!! Not so long ago you mentioned that you spent some time living in Argentina, also in other videos you mentiones living in the States. So I wonder I you could tell us in wixh countries have you lived and, if any, what have you learned from those experiences. Thanx!!

“The man jumped when he kicked there” “Hmmm, must be a black belt “ LOL

RAMSEY, there are actually a black belt longated techniques in American Kenpo, one I recall was "Dance of Death". Look it up if you haven't seen this HILARIOUS demo of destruction.

Very good Ramsey ,excellent analysis 🤣😃😄😄 That's Me 😁😎😎😎

i thinkthe best example is judo, because a lot of judo and judo belt grading is so defined and standardized across the world. there are things taught to a white belt, and there are things taught to a black belt, but out of 10 fights between black belts, you tend to see 9 of them end in a throw that is often taught to white or other low-level belts, and maybe one sees an element of a black belt technique. there are some things that are often taught to black or higher belts, like throws that require the person thrown to roll or it includes a higher risk overall that requires some skill to get out of, just think of the things that would happen if you told a load of white belts to go and do kata-garuma, a lot of sore necks at the end of practice at best. thats one problem with youtube videos about martial arts, i am fighting with a far lower belt and i go easy on him, i let him play around, all of a sudden he does a kata-garuma but all wrong, i am dangling off his back while he is falling backwards, almost landing on me (hes close to 90kg fyi, so no featherweight), did he try it on another white belt (i know they guy now, he would have) they would have snapped their neck. his claim "well i saw a video and it looked pretty easy!" because they see things and they think they know it without even trying, i throw the same guy with a OK uchi-mata and he tells me "well if you took a second longer i would have done a suplex" first off, no you wouldn't, second, the guys standing with his back almost against the wall, he would have smacked my head and his into it if he tried. and thats why there are some things that should only be taught to higher belts, because beginners who dont get things like spacial awareness, balance, or perfected the basics do become a danger when taught some of these throws.

Great work Ramsey. I think your worldly knowledge, and ability to articulate ideas critically elevates the "role" of a Martial Artist. That is, you seem to be a good representative and "role model" for the fighter/MMA/Combat Sports community. Corporate media seems to present us as dirty alcoholic drug addicts. How many shows or movies of "Scholarly Warriors", or "Warrior Philosophers" are there? You subvert the stereotypes very well.

What is a pro baseball swing? A pro hockey slapshot? A pro tennis backhand? A pro chef pancake flip?

The character is Wimp Lo! That movie is hilarious! XD

Hey Ramsey, I love your videos and have been watching them for a good couple years now. (Sorry for the long comment in advance, I just don't want to miss any details that might be important) I am 20 years old from Hungary and stand above average at 194cm with an athletic physique at around 90kg. I do have some experience in fighting but I have only been training for sport for a couple of years (started with kickboxing but transitioned to mma), but rather have had amateur, admittedly not very official fights and street brawls and occasionally still fight with friends because we enjoy it. I was wanting to ask your thoughts on whether fighting untrained people even if they themselves consent and come to me to arrange it, is in any way wrong, morally or otherwise. I might have an opportunity to fight a guy I know, who's the same weight but not very conditioned nor does he have experience fighting, but he's the one that wants to fight me. So should I agree to it and probably hurt him and give his ego a shock? (And as a bonus get the opportunity to test my abilities in a more hostile environment than sparring) Or rather decline the offer and go on as if nothing happened and let him find someone else that'll fight him? Thank you for reading this because as you've said before you read the comments, which is a commendable feat considering how many you get.

I've started muay thai 2 weeks ago and guess what I've learned at the first class:the round kick and the push kick plus the jab,the cross and the hook(wich I already know because I have some basic training in boxing)! When you build an house,you always start by making strong foundations and after you add the walls,the floors and so on.

Wise words. One thing that can help, in this type of situation, is understanding that a black belt is nothing more than a sign that one is minimally competent at a martial art. It really depend on the martial art of course. Some of them do teach you the Kamehameha right of the bat in a weekend long workshop. After that you will only have to pay for the extra gravity chamber. Don't forget to bring your credit card. As for more standard martial arts, a back belt (shodan) is not even considered enough to teach alone without supervision. So basically think more about experience and forget about those magical Sailor Moon tricks.

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Estaba viendo tu vídeo y me salio publicidad de "acercate a Dios", sospechoso Ramsey.

Oh yeah, I can really relate to when you almost fall asleep, and mosquitoes fly so close to your ear, it’s annoying as heck.

Just a Quick One from da Streetz...never, ever underestimate the little guy/gal. Crazy beats everything. Have fun!

Northern Long fist starts with butterfly kick immediately. Which is a black belt move, so difficult. But after practicing ten years you can actually hit somebody upside the head with it. So you start immediately.

Exactly. i hope all TMA to clear this notion truthfully. Its not the belt, its the amount of training and effectiveness /the right training and natural talent which make a person a good fighter. no different from other physical sports.

Hey Ramsey. I was talking about some of the techniques from your videos with my catch wrestling coach John potenza. So I guess this is a question from him did you train with Billy Robinson at all.

They say in Judo that O-Soto Gari is the first technique you learn, and the last you master.

Kung Pow is still my favorite movie of all time and I reference it in the gym constantly😂😂😂

down here in sunny Singapore, we’ve been having huge annual dengue fever outbreaks every year for the past 2-3 years. it definitely ain’t fun.

Hey coach how important is meditation when doing traditional martial arts? And if so how do you meditate

Ten thousand times and one more, this is the way.

Kung pao is my movie 😂 & still have it on Dvd🤣

Black belt means that you've got the techniques down well. Time to revisit and polish up. Time to start new game plus kiddos. But in this case. You get to keep what your weapons and armor snd make them stronger.

Hi Ramsey, in your opinion what do you think would happen in a boxe match between prime Mike Tyson and Eddie Hall? Thank you!

I fear not the man who has typed ten thousand different comments. I feat the man who has typed the same Bruce Lee quote ten thousand times.

There are techniques that can only be taught to more experienced/mature martial artists because they simply are riskier, doesn’t mean that they are better or more efficient.

Remembering the mosquitos in Brazil makes me glad I live in England now… had a mosquito today try to attack me! Time to move to Norway or something

There are no Black Belt techniques, but there ARE Mosquito nets! LOL

Could you do a video on hapkido I believe it's a great martial art for self defense

I think people confuse the levels/belts with secrets… you have to condition your body and mind, more advanced techniques like you pointed out build on each other but require solid fundamentals mastered, but they are not “secret” at least not at my school.

I went to a me neighborhood TKD school at three different periods in my life and all three times they gaslighted me with this stuff. As a kid, I asked when I would learn the how to use this stuff, the real stuff like I see in the movies (lol). They said when I get older and get my black belt. I got bored and quit in advanced class. I came back as a teen and made it all the way back up to advanced class again when I asked when will I learn how to use this stuff in real life, to defend myself. They told me when I get my black belt. I got bored and quit again. I came back as an adult, and worked my way up and did finally get my black belt! I asked them once again, when will they teach me the real deal, but by then the school had shifted focus from TKD to BJJ. TKD was what they used for family class and kid stuff. There was no TKD black belt class, and I don't think there ever was. I became assistant-assistant instructor, and gradually learned that the TKD program we taught was BS. I did fall in love with BJJ but I was pissed because that wasn't what I was there for. The BJJ was taught 100% better, my confidence grew and I lost weight and everything, but the passed 15 years of practice that was leading up to something was simply thrown away like it didn't matter. It was all lies and empty promises to take my parents and then my money.

My mom: "YEAH THERE IS ! "

The belt system is a system of ranks to reinforce a hierarchy structure to reinforce submissive and dominance within the group in an attempt to maintain order

Exactly what someone who keeps the secrets to blackbelt techniques would say!

There are two reasons to have techniques that arn’t in the basic curriculum: 1. The technique is ‘narrow’ meaning it is lower percentage or comes up in rare situations, and 2. The technique has a negative impact on the safety of the gym. It’s not that these things are “black belt techniques” and any gym that labels them as such should be looked at with extreme skepticism!

The kung pow character was Wimp Lo, with the squeaky shoes of death.

If Dewey had got to a high level school of Karate he would be able to pluck the eyes out of a mosquito and not kill it

Drillers make killers ! Drill like a madman and with a purpose !

At 0:57 when Ramsey said I was dreaming and sleeping at night, he was dreaming that he beat bruce lee in a fight 🤣🤣🤣

here in florida, it's always mosquito season

I mean, there are black belt techniques in karate and taekwondo from what I remember, but they tend to be the more technical and esoteric ones, not necessarily the ones that are the most practical, and certainty not ones you could pull off without the fundamentals. This even applies when you're just doing it for the exercise, without any interest of fighting.

I have a question for next q&a, I recently got my black belt in Shotokan karate and for year I've been having doubts bout my style and then after decided that I wanted to go to Jiu Jitsu or MMA free I get my black belt because that was my goal when learning karate at age of six, to learn how to fight. I discovered that karate training didn't prepared me for that and I didn't enjoy it anymore. However my dojo is like a family and I feel I have to return something to my dojo and my sensei have me as a good model for the dojo. What do I do ?

Last night I was almost placed unconscious by a second degree bb via a classic #1 side kick. It was fast. It was practiced. He has 10 years experience. I have one. I also like that you give God credit for the animals. Bless you sir.

I have reached a point were I want to understand how to apply each and every move in ITF TKD patterns. Some of the moves I am perplexed by. I saw you doing an inward knife hand strike in this video. Seems like you understand that one. Do you explain what you did there in another video? I want to understand where double outer forearm block came from. That is an odd one to me. The closest I have come to understanding it is how Motobu Choki used it against the European boxer. Jesse Enkamp mentions it in one of his videos.

For real, my friends - foundational techniques are called that for a reason. The most simple, basic movements or reactions that the rest of the ‘style’ is based upon… you have to *comprehend* their purpose(s) and internalize said fundamentals, that’s how you improve. If you don’t trust in the results of doing so: probably wanna look at other options. “10,000 kicks” should impress you as little as it did Coach; as a mediocre hobbyist, that may be a 7-10 average days’ bagwork for me & that isn’t counting punches or elbows… think of it as a long-term investment in yourself (like strength training)

Completely off topic but it this was your latest video.... 😅 im a one stripe white in bjj and just picked up muay thai for the conditioning aspects. Do you think spending the extra time on MT will dampen my bjj?

Hey Ramsey do you have any advice for a Shaolin and wing chun practitioner switching to boxing, Muay Thai, and Jiu jitsu?

Best black belt techniques: Jab, hip sweep, collar tie. Best white belt techniques: Jab, hip sweep, collar tie.

Honestly gradings and belts that are so detailed are just a money grabber. My coach who was a world champion teaches me more complex techniques when he knows I’m ready simple no gradings no belts just get out there and train

Hey coach Ramsey I'm in a currently odd situation I'm experiencing great growth in my striking and MMA in general. The twist is I don't have a gym currently, I'm 16 almost 17 is this really something that'll stunt my growth then having a coach in a gym? Also my regime is shadow boxing, calisthenics with light weight lifting and sparring my friend every week for a day also hitting the heavy bag.

I remember when I got really good at the Achilles lock but I stopped doing it after a blue belt told the coach that I used a heel hook on him. Personally I think he was just butthurt that a white belt managed to tap him out but even if I did or didn’t accidentally heel hook him or not I still thought it better to avoid that submission to avoid being accused again.

Ramsey How do u prepare 4 fear? Would u say street fighting and sports fighting fear are the same 4 xample in the street arena if you are at work u will always have to deal with the thought of come backs which can affect ur fight. Whereas a sports fight once its over its over 😶‍🌫️👍🏿

Where can I get a cool alien T-shirt like yours, Ramsey?

It would be interesting, if someone tested out the karate kid style of training . To confirm if it actually works an the reality based pros and cons

It just occurred to me the other day, that Ramsey Dewey’s great great grandchildren will probably watch his videos a century from now, and what will they think? I guess they’ll be proud of your expertise and story telling. You might never be famous like Bruce Lee, but the totality of all your KZfaq content, could well be a greater legacy than what Bruce left behind. Did you ever think of that? And what personal message would you like to leave behind for the 22nd, 23rd, 24th Century Dewey’s?

There is no black belt technique you learn. But your white belt technique will eventually become a black belt technique.

Did not know the fact about the midge and chocolate! In the north of England and Scotland (we call them midgies) they are horrendous in the countryside and ruin camping trips, they come in swarms and I get bitten to shreds (about 20 bites a day), plus the bites swell up massively. I love chocolate though so they have slightly redeemed themselves.

Man, mosquito season is just the worst.

how can I improve my defense blocking and headmovment

Here I was, eating chocolate while learning about mosquitoes. Now I feel like a traitor.

Can you show some application of taekwondo forms in close future? Because tbh I want to learn taekwondo and I need blue belt to even take part in competition but I am not motivated to train forms that I need for that belts. All I want is to be able to compete in future. I of course train techniques and other stuff but I just dont see a point in forms that even my black belt friend dont use in sparring/combat

I want to see some Miyagi action on them skeeters!

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I put my head and arms inside pillow cases to cover myself form mosquitoes at summer nights

Steven Seagal taught Anderson Silva the front kick. That must be some really high level black belt move.