Anyone watching the self-defense championship on youtube?

[pugilistico]

I thought the first season was interesting and shed some light in "real" situations that only gets talked about in theory. It's cool these guys are getting actually trained fighters and martial artists and see how they do in these situations.

I did think some of the scenarios were a bit goofy and they didn't clearly define how points are given so I wonder if season 2 will address these issues.

The first episode is out and it seems they didn't really address the scoring system.


I do find it interesting they have 2 participants who will add new perspectives.
First is the Israeli fighter. I don't know much about him but it seems he might have dealt with real situations being an Israeli. Probably had military experience and maybe even combat experience. Most regular Israeli guys I know have had combat experience in the Army and this experience will likely affect how they deal with self-defense situations.

The second is the regular Ozzie bloke lol. It seems ridiculous to have a guy who's a regular beer drinking Australian in this kind of show but I think a normal guy might do better in some situations than trained fighters. The problem with trained combat sports athletes is that their tendency is to fight back when sometimes the best thing to do is deescalate/run/hide.

 

[DoctorTaco]

First season was fun as hell. 10/10 will watch

 

[zapataxiv]

iw was coming to make this thread
I didn't watch he first season
but I just the first episode of season 2
super fun
I was very impressed with eisenkamp
cooking a dude out taking the knife and then having a knife fight was bad ass
also the "muay thai" guy was cool kicking the shit out of guys
I'm definitely going to be following this

 

[KnightTemplar]

I thought the first season was fun and interesting, so I'll be watching this as well.

 

[pugilistico]

iw was coming to make this thread
I didn't watch he first season
but I just the first episode of season 2
super fun
I was very impressed with eisenkamp
cooking a dude out taking the knife and then having a knife fight was bad ass
also the "muay thai" guy was cool kicking the shit out of guys
I'm definitely going to be following this

This show shows that sometimes "action movie" scenarios like taking out armed opponents while outnumbered is possible. I remember in the first season one guy kicked the knife out of guy's hand like a movie lol.

It's funny they have Jeff Chan representing muay thai because I know him more as an MMA fighter. I think he also has a BJJ blackbelt.

 

[pugilistico]

Next time they should have a huge powerlifter to see how much just being big and strong helps.

 

[zapataxiv]

This show shows that sometimes "action movie" scenarios like taking out armed opponents while outnumbered is possible. I remember in the first season one guy kicked the knife out of guy's hand like a movie lol.

It's funny they have Jeff Chan representing muay thai because I know him more as an MMA fighter. I think he also has a BJJ blackbelt.

yea none of the guys are purists
levy has a 3rd degree black belt in karate for example

that doesn't bother me as I just like he idea of trained guys doing challenges like this
but the whole style thing is just a gimmick to get clicks imo

 

[zapataxiv]

Next time they should have a huge powerlifter to see how much just being big and strong helps.

they tried something like that according to the episode but the athlete dude dropped out due to injury

if the show managed to average like a mil an episode and make some waves. I would like social media butterfly sean strickland to take a shot

 

[biscuitsbrah]

Haha that was pretty fun. Was expecting it to be super lame and unrealistic. But the production was actually really good and I like how you can just straight up fight and injure people with your protective gear if you really want to

 

[TheMaster]

Quite a nice concept and well executed. This type of situational training definitely is helpful for self defence.

 

[StrikerKing]

I really enjoyed the first season. I follow sensi Seth on YouTube, he has a ton of videos and collaborations he has done with Wonderboy. There was a 2 vs 1 scenario in the first season that I think really emphasized the downside of mma style grappling. Seth has been training Sumo and actually recently won U.S. national tournament (I highly suggest watching his progression videos) anyways, in that episode he focuses on staying on his feet. Anyways that tried a chike, takedown, or any ground fighting instantly got smashed. Definently shows that avoiding going to the ground is very important if it is a SD situation or more than 1 on 1.

 

[zapataxiv]

episode 2 just dropped


it is was pretty entertaining this week. Levy looked like a superhero just blasting through those dudes
jeff was looking pretty badass too

some of the situations were a bit ridiculous, the spiked drink thing was pretty dumb.
i am not on the ground work grappling wont work on teh streetz train but the ground based guy did pretty poorly this week
as well as the kung fu guy. i liked his admission that his training was for show and because fo interest but not really for actual defense and he also mentioned how none of the other monks were fighters either.

the normal dude was pretty good this week he handled himself well and i liked his approach lol

 

[DoctorTaco]

the normal dude was pretty good this week he handled himself well and i liked his approach lol

He’s easily my favorite

 

[pugilistico]

episode 2 just dropped


it is was pretty entertaining this week. Levy looked like a superhero just blasting through those dudes
jeff was looking pretty badass too

some of the situations were a bit ridiculous, the spiked drink thing was pretty dumb.
i am not on the ground work grappling wont work on teh streetz train but the ground based guy did pretty poorly this week
as well as the kung fu guy. i liked his admission that his training was for show and because fo interest but not really for actual defense and he also mentioned how none of the other monks were fighters either.

the normal dude was pretty good this week he handled himself well and i liked his approach lol

Yeah that Levy guy definitely seems like he's been in "real" fights and not just in gyms or competition.

The regular Australian guy definitely has experience being situations like this in bars. Him just saying fuck this and leaving the bar is probably the smartest thing you can do in real life. Real life experience sometimes beats training in gyms.

The spiked drink thing for me wasn't ridiculous because I've been in places where that is a possibility, although I guess it's rare for random guys to give drinks to other random guys. In some places in Southeast Asia, the women will spike your drink so you have to watch out for that. I never take drinks from strangers. Luckily I also don't really go out to party or drink anymore.

 

[biscuitsbrah]

Regular guy Aussie definitely best with his words. Hilarious too

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Regular guy Aussie definitely best with his words. Hilarious too

Yeah we're all funny cunts!

I haven't heard of this thing, i'll surely check it out

 

[zapataxiv]

oh man it looks like the 2nd episode got demonitized
that is a big problme especially considering they definetley invest some funds into this season
i hop this is just a one off bad decision by yt

 

[PaddyO'malley]

Lol at the BJJ guy refusing to sit down during the interrogation. "No thank you my butt hurts".



Also, Craig the Aussie has the heart, body, and street smarts of a Power Slapper. I predict he will become self defense hokage this season. Quite exciting and a big confidence booster for the everyman.

 

[Duke Kensington]

I just watched both episodes, was fun. The 2 mma guys just beating the shit out of everyone in the bar fight was awesome.

The only dumb part is the weird pen sponsorship but oh well

 

[pugilistico]

Lol at the BJJ guy refusing to sit down during the interrogation. "No thank you my butt hurts".



Also, Craig the Aussie has the heart, body, and street smarts of a Power Slapper. I predict he will become self defense hokage this season. Quite exciting and a big confidence booster for the everyman.

Best self-defense style: be a drunk Australian with street smarts.

My concern for him is if he has to fight the other contestants like in the first season. He obviously has a disadvantage there even though he does seem like he knows how to scrap for a regular bloke.