Tate on Fighting
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Summary
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?
Transcript
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A lot of people ask me fighting questions and fair enough I don't fight anymore. I did retire
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from fight sports very young. I'm 31 years of age. I started kickboxing when I was 17. I was
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world champion at 23. I became four times world champion. I retired from fighting at 28. I then
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came back to the ring and I got a really bad poke in the eye which is a very annoying way to end a
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career at the age of 30. So it shouldn't have been no contest. They're saying I lost whatever whatever.
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And I'm still considering fighting again. So people ask me a lot of fight questions.
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Fighting is a very difficult thing to learn because you have to reprogram
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your basic instincts. The human instinct to how to fight is incorrect. You lift your head up and you
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swing with your hands down to get power and everything you do instinctually is completely
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wrong. So it's very difficult to reprogram your instincts on something especially in
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fighting because fighting happens very quickly. It's very savage. It's very fast. But when people
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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
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not like learning how to fucking flip a coin. It's something you have to train constantly. And the
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second you stop training your reactions slow down x amount. Secondly to be able to fight effectively
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you also have to be strong. You also have to be fit. There's a whole bunch of other things you have
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to do. Getting strong and fit. Fine. To be a fighter you have to get strong and fit plus learn a bunch of
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shit. So it's not easy. But people often say well what martial arts should I earn? I'm going to answer
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that question. If you want to learn to fight be a boxer. This is coming from a kickboxer. I'm a
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kickboxer and even I know that as amazing as my kicks are they're pretty much useless in most cases
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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
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on grass it's a big big mistake. I probably wouldn't kick in a street fight. It's happened one or two times
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to the groin. But in general I don't kick. I use my hands and I win effectively. Boxing is the best
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for this reason. People always come at me with what about wrestling or BJJ? Newsflash. BJJ is
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fucking useless outside of the cage. And when I say this a whole bunch of Brazilian jiu-jitsu players
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get triggered. I start going oh you've never messed with a BJJ guy. Actually wrong. If you look at my
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career I've been in the cage six times. I broke my hand in two of those fights. That's why I stopped
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cage fighting and continued with kickboxing. I fought Luke Barna who was in the UFC. I've won
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by knockout many times in the cage. So I understand Brazilian jiu-jitsu. I trained Brazilian jiu-jitsu
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and I fought against Brazilian jiu-jitsu professionally. But I'm telling you for the
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street for self-defense do not waste your time with BJJ or wrestling. And here's why. The number
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one rule of the street is do not go to the ground. You don't know if your opponent has a weapon
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like a knife. You don't know if he has a friend who's going to come along and kick you in the face.
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You don't know if police are going to turn up. You don't know if a whole big corner. All of his
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friends are going to be running around the corner. You need to be on your feet at all times ready to
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run to preserve your life. Rolling around on the floor with some guy is not a good idea.
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For the reasons I've named plus more. Secondly a lot of these BJJ moves are ineffective against the
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rules of the street. Yeah a triangle choke works in the cage but ain't gonna work if someone can bite
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the fucking balls off. An armbar ain't gonna work if they're taking a chunk out your fucking skin.
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And these other things aren't gonna work if they pick up a rock and smash you around the
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head with it. You try triangle choke a dude when he can pick you up and slam you on concrete. Not
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not an octagon. When he body slams your head on concrete you tell me how you're gonna get away
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with that triangle choke without taking damage yourself. It's bullshit. All of it's ineffective
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on the street. And most important thing and it's the most crazy thing of it all. When's the last time
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you've ever seen a fair fight on the street? Ever. I've been in my fair share of street fights. I live in
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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.
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Every time I was in a fight I was against multiple opponents. As a striker, as a combatant who can
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strike I can deal with multiple opponents. Let me tell you something. You can get the best BJJ player
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in the world. If he's fighting two guys he's gonna lose. Because as soon as he tries to grab one up
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the other guy's gonna jump on his fucking face. So who cares how good you are at fucking this kind of
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choke that kind of choke. You're gonna get fucking grounded and pounded or head stomped and beaten up.
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Rules of street fights. Stay on your feet. Use your hands and be ready to go from attacking to
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running from your life at the drop of a hat. This is the advice I give you. You want to learn to fight
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in the street? Fox. Do not fuck around with BJJ wrestling. Let me tell you something. It's a waste
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of fucking time. Anyone who thinks I'm wrong, I'll challenge you to the following. You and one of your
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friends come along and try and fight me. And I'll just use what I know and we'll see how the fight
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goes down. I'm guaranteeing you you're gonna take some shots. I might take some shots. I don't know
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who you are. But either way I'll be on my feet. I'll be moving. You're gonna get hit in the face.
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Any BJJ guy in the world, no matter how good you are, you come and fight me and my brother at the
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same time. And I guarantee you're gonna get an ass kicked.