Tate Speech - Tate on Fighting

In this episode I talk about the importance of self defense in the street and why BJJ and Jiu Jitsu are useless outside of the cage. I also talk about why you should never go to the ground in a street fight and why you need to be on your feet at all times to be able to defend yourself and your opponent from harm. I talk a lot about martial arts in general and how to be a better martial artist on the street, but I think this is the most important thing you should know about self defense outside the cage and why it's not as important as it is in the UFC and the UFC vs. BJJ. I hope you enjoy this episode and tweet me if you have any questions or suggestions for the next episode. Timestamps: 3:00 - How to learn to fight 6:30 - Why BJJ is not as good as MMA 8:40 - Why you should be in the cage 9:15 - The rules of the street 10:00- How to protect yourself on the streets 11:20 - What's the best martial arts to train in? 12:30- Why you shouldn't be in a cage 13:00 14:00 Should you be in MMA or BJJ? 15:10 - Why I don't train in MMA? 16:20- Why street fighting is better than the UFC? 17:40- What is a good martial arts? 18:15- Should you train in the streets? 19:30 21: How to prepare for the street fighting 22:00 What are you going to do in the most dangerous part of the streets in the world 23: What are the rules you should you learn in street fighting? 26:00 Do you know what to do outside the street? 27:00 | How to be prepared for street fighting ? 28:30 | How do you get away from the ground? 29:00 // How to get away with your head on the ground on the floor? 30: What do you have a good night? 35: Is it possible to protect your head with a triangle choke? 31:00: Is there a good day in a fight on the best way to defend your head and neck? 32:40 | Should you learn to get better in the outside? 33:00 Can you be more prepared for a better grip?

00:00:00.000 A lot of people ask me fighting questions and fair enough I don't fight anymore. I did retire

00:00:07.520 from fight sports very young. I'm 31 years of age. I started kickboxing when I was 17. I was

00:00:12.760 world champion at 23. I became four times world champion. I retired from fighting at 28. I then

00:00:19.480 came back to the ring and I got a really bad poke in the eye which is a very annoying way to end a

00:00:25.580 career at the age of 30. So it shouldn't have been no contest. They're saying I lost whatever whatever.

00:00:32.600 And I'm still considering fighting again. So people ask me a lot of fight questions.

00:00:35.480 I was an exceptionally good fighter.

00:00:51.960 Fighting is a very difficult thing to learn because you have to reprogram

00:00:55.380 your basic instincts. The human instinct to how to fight is incorrect. You lift your head up and you

00:01:01.420 swing with your hands down to get power and everything you do instinctually is completely

00:01:05.180 wrong. So it's very difficult to reprogram your instincts on something especially in

00:01:09.720 fighting because fighting happens very quickly. It's very savage. It's very fast. But when people

00:01:14.240 do say to me how do I learn to fight? I say well a few things. One you don't just learn to fight. It's

00:01:20.760 not like learning how to fucking flip a coin. It's something you have to train constantly. And the 0.98

00:01:27.740 second you stop training your reactions slow down x amount. Secondly to be able to fight effectively

00:01:31.940 you also have to be strong. You also have to be fit. There's a whole bunch of other things you have

00:01:35.040 to do. Getting strong and fit. Fine. To be a fighter you have to get strong and fit plus learn a bunch of

00:01:40.360 shit. So it's not easy. But people often say well what martial arts should I earn? I'm going to answer 0.99

00:01:44.920 that question. If you want to learn to fight be a boxer. This is coming from a kickboxer. I'm a

00:01:51.240 kickboxer and even I know that as amazing as my kicks are they're pretty much useless in most cases

00:01:57.940 of the street. I mean in a club I can't really kick. If I have jeans on I can't really kick. If I slip

00:02:03.100 on grass it's a big big mistake. I probably wouldn't kick in a street fight. It's happened one or two times

00:02:08.760 to the groin. But in general I don't kick. I use my hands and I win effectively. Boxing is the best

00:02:13.940 for this reason. People always come at me with what about wrestling or BJJ? Newsflash. BJJ is

00:02:20.420 fucking useless outside of the cage. And when I say this a whole bunch of Brazilian jiu-jitsu players 0.99

00:02:25.800 get triggered. I start going oh you've never messed with a BJJ guy. Actually wrong. If you look at my

00:02:31.520 career I've been in the cage six times. I broke my hand in two of those fights. That's why I stopped

00:02:35.580 cage fighting and continued with kickboxing. I fought Luke Barna who was in the UFC. I've won

00:02:40.180 by knockout many times in the cage. So I understand Brazilian jiu-jitsu. I trained Brazilian jiu-jitsu

00:02:44.540 and I fought against Brazilian jiu-jitsu professionally. But I'm telling you for the

00:02:48.580 street for self-defense do not waste your time with BJJ or wrestling. And here's why. The number

00:02:54.440 one rule of the street is do not go to the ground. You don't know if your opponent has a weapon

00:03:00.440 like a knife. You don't know if he has a friend who's going to come along and kick you in the face. 0.97

00:03:04.540 You don't know if police are going to turn up. You don't know if a whole big corner. All of his

00:03:08.480 friends are going to be running around the corner. You need to be on your feet at all times ready to

00:03:12.860 run to preserve your life. Rolling around on the floor with some guy is not a good idea.

00:03:19.140 For the reasons I've named plus more. Secondly a lot of these BJJ moves are ineffective against the

00:03:25.180 rules of the street. Yeah a triangle choke works in the cage but ain't gonna work if someone can bite 0.99

00:03:29.900 the fucking balls off. An armbar ain't gonna work if they're taking a chunk out your fucking skin. 1.00

00:03:33.600 And these other things aren't gonna work if they pick up a rock and smash you around the 0.99

00:03:36.540 head with it. You try triangle choke a dude when he can pick you up and slam you on concrete. Not

00:03:40.860 not an octagon. When he body slams your head on concrete you tell me how you're gonna get away

00:03:45.380 with that triangle choke without taking damage yourself. It's bullshit. All of it's ineffective 1.00

00:03:49.660 on the street. And most important thing and it's the most crazy thing of it all. When's the last time

00:03:54.240 you've ever seen a fair fight on the street? Ever. I've been in my fair share of street fights. I live in

00:03:59.320 Eastern Europe. I live in a dangerous place. I've been to 60 countries. I'm telling you I've never seen a fair fight.

00:04:04.260 Every time I was in a fight I was against multiple opponents. As a striker, as a combatant who can

00:04:09.640 strike I can deal with multiple opponents. Let me tell you something. You can get the best BJJ player

00:04:14.580 in the world. If he's fighting two guys he's gonna lose. Because as soon as he tries to grab one up

00:04:19.840 the other guy's gonna jump on his fucking face. So who cares how good you are at fucking this kind of 1.00

00:04:24.300 choke that kind of choke. You're gonna get fucking grounded and pounded or head stomped and beaten up. 1.00

00:04:28.820 Rules of street fights. Stay on your feet. Use your hands and be ready to go from attacking to 1.00

00:04:36.440 running from your life at the drop of a hat. This is the advice I give you. You want to learn to fight

00:04:40.640 in the street? Fox. Do not fuck around with BJJ wrestling. Let me tell you something. It's a waste

00:04:45.260 of fucking time. Anyone who thinks I'm wrong, I'll challenge you to the following. You and one of your 1.00

00:04:51.700 friends come along and try and fight me. And I'll just use what I know and we'll see how the fight

00:04:56.960 goes down. I'm guaranteeing you you're gonna take some shots. I might take some shots. I don't know

00:05:00.840 who you are. But either way I'll be on my feet. I'll be moving. You're gonna get hit in the face.

00:05:05.540 Any BJJ guy in the world, no matter how good you are, you come and fight me and my brother at the 0.98

00:05:11.300 same time. And I guarantee you're gonna get an ass kicked. 1.00

Tate Speech - July 02, 2022

Tate on Fighting

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