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One big takeaway from the interview with Craig: if you choose to fight back, fight a 100%. If you choose to comply, do so a 100%. Going halfway might get you hurt.

I can still hear Jeff Chan super upset that everyone else just handed over money. Haha.

My grandfather had pretty good advice for my dad that he passed to me. “If someone pulls a weapon and demands your stuff, pull your wallet out, throw it behind them, and run the opposite way. If they really want your shit, they’ll go after that instead of you.” And it worked for me two times when I was a teenager.

1:41 Mike is so big now that he has a background dancer for his sponsorship segment.

I live in Brazil so I dont know how it is in america, but in Brazil, if someone tries to rob you with a knife or a gun, almost 100% of the time the guy who is trying to rob you has at least one more guy waiting just in case, meaning resisting will almost always result in being jumped by at least one more guy so I would say resisting is always th riskier choice, although according to the numbers in this video it looks like it is somehow different in america

Although the rate of injury may go from 25% to 18% in the comply vs fight back scenario, I wonder if the severity of injury changes as well. If the 25% rate of injury is 90% a punch to the gut versus 18% rate of injury being 70% chance of being stabbed in the side, the calculus changes even further.

I was robbed working the night shift at a convenience store. Now that's a bit different, it's more impersonal than somebody robbing your wallet. They wanted the register, not my own stuff. But I also got this impression that they were trying to be focused and sharp. You know like they were trying to be professional. That actually felt good. The dude in charge kept his distance, told me to open the register, to step back while he pulled the whole tray out and handed it to the other guy across the counter. No crazy eyes or pistol-whipping or anything that'd make me think I'd get shot for no reason. And also no stupid openings that would make me think fighting was an option. Special case, I know. I know people who got beaten and tied to a radiator in the back, and I can only imagine how that must feel. But my robbery, that was easy.

This is the best self defense video I've ever seen, and your undercover friend is a good person. "Work at a soup kitchen if you're afraid of homeless people" as a therapist, that's the best advice. We can it exposure therapy. Also don't carry a gun if you're not well adjusted. 👏🏽

After seeing what Mike did in the latest episode of Ultimate Self Defence Championship I'm eagerly awaiting a zombie apocalypse self defence video.

I lost my dad to an armed robbery when I was a year old. He chose to fight back and he lost. It wasn’t a knife, but a single 25 cal bullet to the temple.

I have heard lots of stories of people in Brazil getting killed by fighting back in a robbery. I was robbed by 3 guys with foot long butcher knives and I raised my hands and let them rob me and walked away. Robbers usually have 2 or 3 guys.

I love the series but I think these after-action breakdowns are super valuable and informative

That was something that speaks volumes that I’ve never heard before and that makes sense beyond anything I’ve heard in "self defence" anything. If you’re being moved to a secondary crime scene it’s always going to be bad news.

Your man in the background pulling focus away from the sponsor with his slick knife moves. 😂

My question about the 25% full compliance versus 18% committed resistance injury rates is whether there was a trend of severity of injury. Like you get a 7% reduced injury rate but do you increase your likelihood of that injury being potentially fatal? Basically are armed robbers who are resisted more likely to escalate to lethal force than those that are complied with?

Icy Mike + shivworks + ASP is the most anticipated collab since the Avengers. 😂😂

I’m a police officer that has been in martial arts since I was about 14. I’ve always been attracted to it all. Sport and self defense. However the self defense has always been way more appealing. This video was wildly entertaining to watch. The statistics and real life encounters was great.

My best friend lost both his arms during an arm robbery.

My dad told me some of his fight stories including 1 where he was getting mugged. But he grew up a black man in the 70s n 80s and had school fights, bar fights, tried to get into boxing. When he was getting mugged, from behind, he fought back by being smart, slick, and aggressive. He told me this happened after my parents divorced and we were supposed to come visit that weekend. He won that altercation without injury, but it was also a knife, not a gun.

You can tell you spent a lot of time working with wrestlers, I was really impressed watching the ultimate self defense challenge I didn't know your grappling skills were that good 😊

Hardest mf in the room's advice on armed robberies: "Volunteer at a soup kitchen". Excellent vid.

You have NO control of other people's actions. In my youth I experienced two situations on each side of the spectrum. 1. My father and I were robbed at knife point by 4 guys, when in a bus. The guys put 3 knives around his neck. He gave up his ring, and that was the end of it. 2. Two guys followed a young guy on the bus I was in. One took the students' gold necklace, and the other waved a gun around threatening everyone. They got off the bus, which was not moving due to a traffic jam; the one with the gun walked by my window, which was slightly opened, and they shot the victim who was sttanding. There was no reason for that. Luckily, the bullet hit him on the shoulder blade... again, no control

"...or rescuing the president's daughter, like the bad dude that you are." 😂 NOT MIKE CALLING OUT THE LEON COSPLAYERS (ME) 😭🤣

The BJS study referenced is a little more nuanced than what red polo guy quoted. The study separates armed robberies into muggings (surprise attack) and confrontational robberies (threat issued). Victims who found back against confrontational robbers armed w/ handguns were more likely to get injured than if they didn't fight back. I don't want people to get the false idea that they are less likely to get hurt if they fight back against someone with a gun.

That Bad Dudes reference was rad. I didn't think the knife kick was a fluke at all. I have a saying with my guys -- "strike your way into and out of every clinch." Great discussion with Craig Douglas. The idea that you should have to work a soup kitchen before you're allowed to carry a gun (while probably not constitutional) is a really good one.

As someone who has been stabbed. If you genuinely feel like you’re being threatened, and have the competency to jump. Jump and jump hard. Bright side is, even if you get poked once, you’ll beat the brakes off em in the end

Cool to see you making a video about this. I remember taking krav maga back in the day and they would always say to just give them your wallet if they want that but the gun/knife defenses were only for if you felt like they were going to kill you anyway. I couldn't help but always think "okay but how do I know??" Great stuff as always

Don't worry Mike, that little girl had it coming!

Back in like 2019 I got robbed at gunpoint by 3 dudes in a pickup truck in broad daylight, in front of an elementary school. Long story short I gave them the backpack I was wearing which luckily didn't have much in it. Afterwards when word spread about it some of my friends/people I knew would say things like "nah i wouldn't have given them anything" or "see this is why you need a gun". A sentiment I also see in the comments and just in general online. I think one thing people dont realize is how fast these situations unfold, and how often the cards are stacked against you. Even with the power of hindsight that let me pick up on some of the cues before the robbery, there wasn't much I could do to avoid that. They were in a truck, I was on foot in the suburbs with no immediate escape routes. They had 3 dudes with guns, so even if I was armed the chances are I lose that exchange. And once they actually decided to pull up, it was like less than a 5 second ordeal to give them my stuff before they were gone.

The knife kata on the background 😂😂😂😂😂

Your talk with Craig Douglas should be required watching for every person.

They ‘ve tried to rob me several times and I believe that the best thing you can do for self defense is train “ANYTHING” that keeps you outside of fishy places and focused. 1st time; at the entrance of an arcade. Tried to rob my phone, but they desisted ( I guess there were a lot of witnesses and they idiots. I complied with that one…but still got to keep my stuff. 2nd time; on my way to college through a “shortcut”, 2 18 yo gipsy kids tried to rob me while their “big 30yo brothers checked up on them”… one got his hand inside my pocket and tried to take my phone out. Grabbed his hand and managed to distract him until someone from a nearby built threatened to call the cops and they let me go un harmed and with all my stuff. 3rd time; A bunch of bastards decided to rob me and a guy I had met in a bar( he clearly had some nasty business with them), They got him to go outside and tried to convince me of going, I was having a drink, so I gave it to the guy that was trying to get me outside while I asked for another 2 drinks… he rushed the drink and tried to push me outside, to which I handed him the next one, and the the next, (we talk about a tube glass of whiskey), after the 3 cups in 10 seconds, he decided to leave 😂 and I stayed safe for the night. 4th time; I was in a bar with a friend and a guy tried to touch me and kiss me. I pushed him away and contours to drink my beer… next thing I remember Is waking up in my bed. Called my friend and he confirmed that everything was ok, he had taken me home, but clearly I had been drugged with mean intentions. 5th time; 5 big ass bastards surrounded me and asked “ what time is it” and took my phone ( another reason to have a watch); but it was so old that they gave it back ( they almost give me some money as they left 😂. Form all those situations, ALL could have been avoided if I would have not been in those places. There are bad people everywhere, but it is best to keep yourself as far from them as you can.

Craig Douglas is a breath of fresh air in the community

This is lifesaving stuff Mike. Very needed!

congratulations on 500 k!!!! wooooooo!!! awesome creative advertisement btw

Yeah man, Did everyone copy Ramsey Dewey or what? LOL Dude in the background doin Katas while you sell the watch was hilarious!

I love this video. Very informative! I have been subbed to ASP for a long time, never missing a video. Recently this year I started watching H2H. Glad you and John got connected. You guys have made me want to make a career of it and help spread the awareness to more people. It’s a new idea and I haven’t much background in it but give me a few years… my community needs an indoor shooting range and I think a firearms school, shooting range, and a gym/grappling gym all in one facility would be a pretty sweet option for people who really want to commit to being prepared for self defense encounters.

Thank you for linking up with Active Self Protection. You 2 are my favorite channels

Great insight and options for controlling the weapon. We played around with this in class this week

Great video bro. Easily one of your best ones yet. I’m already sharing this with all my buddies

What a great, immersive, educational, and complete explanation…it was great to see you and ASP on the same screen!!!

Awesome content. I love the collaborations

Yes, good catch on the stats. Always gotta be aware of associated factors and correlation vs causation. VERY likely that people who fight back have a strong mindset &/or relevant training.

Dudeeeeee!!!! Seeing this crossover with John from ASP is so awesome. Two of my favorite channels, but didn't realize you two ever collabed!

Really good video, great content - Always good to hear professionals giving their opinion based on experience. By the way, that doesn't mean that every professional will have worthwhile things to say FOR YOU, your own circumstances as a civilian are different in terms of training and probably in terms of potential risk. As to the difficult question of Comply vs Resist. For years I've taught that 'Everything is situational' by which I mean that every situation is unique and you should have as much training in different scenarios as possible, but even then reality is nothing like practice for 99.9% of people and attacks. However I do TOTALLY agree with the warning about second location - on that one the evidence clearly shows that complying with an attacker's 'request' to go somewhere else is NOT NOT NOT something that is a good idea to go along with. Secondly, I say that whatever you do, irrespective of the outcome, you are doing the best you can in the moment and you should respect yourself for that. And assuming you survive (irrespective of any trauma or injuries you may suffer) then you did the right thing and you should congratulate yourself move on (and yes, I know that's one of those glib things that's easy to say but damn difficult to do). As they used to say in 'Hill Street Blues' - "Be careful out there". :)

Another creative and thoughtful video, thank you :)

Just watched the third episode (spoilers below obv) The zombie survival was your episode, you were badass. Some stuff looked like scenes out of an action movie, especially when you got your solo run after merking your teammates like that- not gonna lie you reminded me a lot of the Last Ronin Mikey

Fantastic video man. I love doing agility ladder work but this has me looking at it a new way with trying to keep the small motion stuff in mind

Fantastic video Mike!

Great video Mike!!

That kung fu knife technique going on in the background is *chef's kiss*

Great to see the GOAT John on the channel!

great insights! the fighting against knife in a friendly sparring usually is very different to real life scenario tho. In sparring , when you are "attacker" you know, that this "knife" is literally useless, so there is no need to really fight for it or to build your whole strategy around it. In real life that knife is life and death question for both parties, last thing to lose, last thing to give up. Unless they don`t really want to use it, which is also a case in some scenarios.

Excellent interview and analysis.

This is interesting work, Mike. Thanks.

I love the message of becoming better adjusted as a critical part of self defense.

Oooh I've been waiting for some time to see you and John in the same screen. That's so cool.

I was accosted once and asked for money. (No weapon presented) I don’t know what it was but like the officer’s story I felt like something was off. I just started talking to myself at the top of my lungs like I was nuts and the guy backed off immediately.

One of your best videos ever. Thank you!

Eric wushu-ing in the background of the promo was an unexpected joy.

This is my favorite fighting channel Mike’s hysterical

This was a really high quality video. Thanks.

One of your best videos ever. Congrats

I love this video so much. Dude basically channels Karl Tanswell... textbook... Correia and Douglas make appearances. This is the best thing ever.

Great video, :) as always

One of the best or just the best of your videos, and since in my view your channel is one of the best self defense ones it makes it one of the best videos on YT.. :D What I like about your explanations is that usually you don't give a definitive answer but provide a background to find different solutions in different circumstances. Oh, and you were and are totally wrong about expandable batons :D

This is what I find interesting. You were able to successfully defend yourself from a knife from someone trying to rob you, but not survive 20 seconds in the other episode without getting stabbed multiple times from someone just intent on stabbing you. That had me baffled until I realized it was all about reaction time. In the robbery scenario YOU got to move first. In the stabbing scenario the OPPONENT was already moving. Seth and Jeff (that rhymes) had the right idea with the side kick and the teep kick. I wonder why neither of them just kept kicking? (Dory from Finding Nemo "Just keep kicking, kicking, kicking.") I know I'm "keyboard coaching" but those kicks were the only thing that slowed the stabber down. But everybody kept going for takedowns and trying to grapple the knife. Just my five cents. (Two cents adjusted for inflation.)

I’m fairly certain that knife fighting over sponsored goods is a scout badge.

"It is not always or never." Excellent. "Sell your certainty and buy bewilderment." - Rumi. Both are excellent advice in so many situations. New to this channel. Seems like good place. See you again. Cheers! And thank you. Liked.

This might be the best video you've ever made mike!

Solid. And best sponsor transition ever

Great video Thank you

Love This ...both Yall are great,,,,

I really like the idea of putting effort into being more socially adjusted. Too many people are trying to become living weapons before developing themselves as people so they know how to properly apply that power.

that last question would be very interesting to hear more about

I think the internet has saved a lot of young men from being stabbed or shot. What I mean by this is that I'm barely old enough to remember the time before online access was prevalent and people would watch movies of action heroes saying smug lines when they had a gun to their head. Then they would judo flip the bad guy on his face and catch their weapon. Of course in real life it's not so smooth but the 15 year old me would probably have felt confident about going against a knife because that's what I saw in the movies and at a certain age you feel immortal.

ASP and H2H is the crossover we all needed!

Another good line by you . Rizz short for charisma. Never thought of it. mind blown!

Good video. I checked out your sponsor and actually bought there Atlantic Draper Blackfish Automatic. Their 15% off made me pull the trigger on it. I’m always looking for the watch that I can wear for work or going out, and one that will hold up to hard use. This one should fit the bill.

Half mill. I'm truly impressed. Super proud of your hard work.

One important thing: You can prevent it from happening to begin with. Situational awareness, and social/emotional intelligence.

I love the windmill attack 😂during the advertising

For me, I say if it looks like the guy wants to kill you or send you to the hospital, fight him. If he just wants your stuff, give it to him.

Lets go Icy Mike!

Cool getin John Correia's take! And what a great marketing technique to have his business logo tattoed. Maybe Icy Mike shoud get an RKM tattoo? I think forhead is best for maximum brand awareness, but forearm seems good enough.

One of the best KZfaq videos

Cool video thanks.

Great segue to the sponsor!

There's a youtuber by the name of jay Williams, reformed ex con, maybe see if he can point you to someone for a viewpoint on being the aggressor, also his view on confrontations in prison might be helpful. But I love your vids, keep up the great work!!

1:54 IS this a Resident Evil 4 reference Mike? If it is, along with your role in the zombie self defense episode, then you've crowned yourselft as my favorite and most funny martial arts youtuber lmao

I’d love to see you review Craig’s Clinch Pick too!

H2H . That is literally the only knife defense that I have found to work . Great job.!!

As a person whose been strongly skeptical of gun ownership for a long time (less rigidly so nowadays), the way the expert who spoke at the NRA framed things triggered a bunch of my red flags for violence statistics. I'm sure the man is as seasoned and respectable as you present him as--nothing against him. You end the video on the "always and never" dichotomy but I take issue with the "get hurt" outcome of the robbery response. What is "getting hurt" when I comply? A pistol whip? Death? What is "getting hurt" when I resist unarmed? A pistol whip? Death? What is "getting hurt" when I go force-on-force? You get the point. Coming from my angle, it's probably not a surprise that I have issues with the NRA as an organization. It's not just them, of course, but they're notorious for separating suicide from "gun deaths" in their statistics and doing other sleight of hand with numbers to make things seem more or less good or bad than they actually are. Simplifying this situation to "get hurt" seems like a bit of a leap. When is getting hurt "bruised", "seriously injured", or straight-up "dead?" Either way--it is splitting hairs--but I think that's a fair thing to consider regarding these numbers. If you are reading this, hey Mike (or whoever is helping him)! I sent a Facebook Message and an email to the most recent address I could find. I'm living abroad and will be returning to The States in May. I will likely commute between two states to spend time with my family and there might be a reasonable chance for me to make a pit stop in South Carolina. Would love to train with you, grab a meal together, or even just meet and greet. Really appreciate what you do with the channel and respect your perspective and insight on things. Cheers!

Love the collab with ASP

This was a terrific vid and it was made 100x better by Eric doing the Bruce Lee stuff in the background while you were promoting the watch haha

Legendary collab

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I've been robbed several times (late night pizza shop life) complied once fought twice.. I only regret the complied. They went on to hurt elderly people with their next robbery.

lmao.. it was so hard for me to follow the ad with dude in the background doing ninja moves 😂