I took the train from Shanghai to Hangzhou with my good friend the amazing Matt Grant to train with our friend Marco Alvarado at the Hangzhou branch of Checkmat BJJ. While there, we decided to see what happens when an MMA coach and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt test out a simple women’s self defense technique video. This time, we test out the infamous Hollywood ninja neck breaking technique often seen in the movies. But will this popular fight choreography sequence translate to practical self defense when push comes to shove?
Moral of the story: before attempting to teach hand to hand combat techniques intended to be used as self defense, at the very least, make sure to test them out against mild resistance. If it only works on a cooperating training partner, it doesn’t actually work.
Dude, that video was idiotic on so many levels…. First, the techs are useless, second and foremost: why on this beautiful Earth would you want to snap the assailant's neck? On any judicial system the self defense principle must be proportional to the attacker's threat, otherwise it's jus assault and (if this silly tech actually worked) it would essentially be homicide, screwing your very own life completely in the process. This is as idiotic as it can get 🙂
Awesome, thank you for showing a solution to the situation! I think it’s more helpful than the earlier videos! I know a lot of women get stuck wanting to use one specific useless technique they were taught, rather than learning how to fight and being creative on the spot. Thanks again!
if you really want to break someone's neck, you'll have a better chance achieving that with a suplex… human neck isnt so fragile that you can break it by twisting with bare hand..
What type of "Women's Self Defense" program attempts to teach neck snapping? I mean I know that she totally failed but even if she didn't at best she is encouraging manslaughter while at worst she's encouraging murder.
Funny thing about that "neck break" the lady showed, if you cooperate with the first part it will make it do nothing and you can turn towards her making impossible to do the second part.
womens self defence had to have been invented by a rapist, it is so ineffective that it could never have been invented by someone who cares about womens safety
Hugely popular meme in Brazil nowadays. Since you know castelhano maybe you can understand what they're saying (in portuguese) but basically vem tranquilo means "come at me calm". He's beating the other guy because he talked smack about his late dad.
I've just been seeing some video in which you comment that people in streets can't fight but apparently this guy does know some martial arts. How good do you think he is?
Dude I'd let that lady try that on me at combat speed and I don't even think we'll get to the neck snap part. The finger lock is good, but not a great way of getting out of the standing back bear hug, plus she literally leaves one of the guys hands free. Women's self defence is bs. Go practice boxing at least you can gain a bit of knockout power behind your punches. Good video though.
Women's self defense videos are very paradoxical. They are simultaneously some of the best videos on the internet – do to their comedic value and potential – and are at the same time the worst – because if anyone used the majority (being generous) of the moves shown in these looney bin vids, they would get robbed and or murdered.
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Dude, that video was idiotic on so many levels…. First, the techs are useless, second and foremost: why on this beautiful Earth would you want to snap the assailant's neck? On any judicial system the self defense principle must be proportional to the attacker's threat, otherwise it's jus assault and (if this silly tech actually worked) it would essentially be homicide, screwing your very own life completely in the process. This is as idiotic as it can get 🙂
Okay, leave Master Wong alone, pick on this guy: https://youtu.be/_sGTbWvB1V0
Awesome, thank you for showing a solution to the situation! I think it’s more helpful than the earlier videos!
I know a lot of women get stuck wanting to use one specific useless technique they were taught, rather than learning how to fight and being creative on the spot. Thanks again!
Hey Ramsey, just found this channel that’s full of ridiculous women’s self defense stuff. https://www.youtube.com/user/creativecombats
Could you do a video on it?
if you really want to break someone's neck, you'll have a better chance achieving that with a suplex… human neck isnt so fragile that you can break it by twisting with bare hand..
What type of "Women's Self Defense" program attempts to teach neck snapping? I mean I know that she totally failed but even if she didn't at best she is encouraging manslaughter while at worst she's encouraging murder.
I love how you call these mistakes out. I can delete what dosen't work.
Ramsey, you are a nice Guy. I love your videos. Cheers from Brazil.
Funny thing about that "neck break" the lady showed, if you cooperate with the first part it will make it do nothing and you can turn towards her making impossible to do the second part.
I love you Ramsey but the thing on your face ain’t gonna make up for what you don’t got on top. You look better with it shaved off.
womens self defence had to have been invented by a rapist, it is so ineffective that it could never have been invented by someone who cares about womens safety
Hey Ramsay comment this fight, the Vem Tranquilo fight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B_Pc6lJW7g
Hugely popular meme in Brazil nowadays. Since you know castelhano maybe you can understand what they're saying (in portuguese) but basically vem tranquilo means "come at me calm". He's beating the other guy because he talked smack about his late dad.
I've just been seeing some video in which you comment that people in streets can't fight but apparently this guy does know some martial arts. How good do you think he is?
Don't be so ignorant, Ramsy. It's women's self defense. It only works if you're a woman. Unsubscribed!
Oh dear God… the knuckle rap release… Lol
Dude I'd let that lady try that on me at combat speed and I don't even think we'll get to the neck snap part. The finger lock is good, but not a great way of getting out of the standing back bear hug, plus she literally leaves one of the guys hands free. Women's self defence is bs. Go practice boxing at least you can gain a bit of knockout power behind your punches. Good video though.
Marco looked shocked that he was there
Women's self defense videos are very paradoxical. They are simultaneously some of the best videos on the internet – do to their comedic value and potential – and are at the same time the worst – because if anyone used the majority (being generous) of the moves shown in these looney bin vids, they would get robbed and or murdered.
Maybe the grip break didn't work because you have meaty man hands and not bony female knuckles.
Just tested the knuckle rap wrist release on my infant.
Didn't even work on him.
It is incredible the nonchalant confidence with which she mentions she will break the neck. Thank god it doesn't work.
So if someone gives me a surprise hug from behind, I am supposed to murder them? LOL
What if you were in an RNC position but used the leverage to twist the neck as hard and fast as you could, would that break a neck?
liked the "how to fix it" section
if the grab is more to elbow level, that would dificult the escape woudn't it?
Great video Ramsey! Saludos desde Mexico
The word in La Habra, CA is that Marco actually had to flee the US for doing the Ninja neck snap on someone in the Walmart parking lot 😆
Ramsey is this a response to my last comment on the ninja guy? XDD I know it's not but what a coincidence man
This advanced technique was made for the streets, not for the gym! No wonder it doesn't work for you!