How to Fight: Blinking and Flinching

[mrcrimey97]

love the promo

[TheMxracer11]

i love you vids i rently got jumped and i want anether round with one of them evy tips lol thanks

[jamesgd7]

Your videos are awesome. great at explaining and you cover nearlly every aspect of fighting for beginners.

[KennynButters1]

you need to make a video on grab counters my nephew keeps getting into fights and his neck and arms and cheeks are so brusied but i cant teach him cause in a fight i dont let no one get that close lol

[xxxalyssa09xxx1]

you should make a video on how to control your breathing...because when i fight i get nervous and i start shaking and breathing heavily and i would like to know how to control that! :)

[mrmrhollingsworth]

did i miss the point of this video? How do you avoid blinking and flinching ? Are you just advising us to spa?

[sixtiespiderman]

its a ring, not a catwalk. get rid of the hoodie, you don't need to act tough.

[wereboarder2009]

having a hood on in a fight restricts your pheripheral vision, tsk tsk.

[The1andOnlyCG]

you don't wanna keep you head UP...

kind of half tucked into your chest

if its up theres more of a target

[rbt4rbt]

To get rid of flinching and eye blinking as something comes at me very fast, I made these "robot arms" that throw punches at real speeds to super human speeds. It has helped tremendously, and also in practicing blocking with counter punching. My reaction times have improved. Since there is no telegraph and the punches are random, it IS a challenge. Your video is good in showing other ways to train the eyes to keep on looking. A blink last 100 to 400 ms, that's long in a fight.

[121314151617181943]

song at the beinging

[hockeydangler9]

You probably would of been a beast brawler in highschool. ahaha

[MontyBears]

Haha the commercial in the backround is that trouble dog one

[SuperGears100]

good tip, "close your eyes and the monsters wont go away" nice

[sodalemmon]

you have helped me alot in my school. cuz iv had 3 fights 2 of them year 10's and 1 of em yr 9 (im in yr 9) and i couldt get out of them andi did what u sed and i won and have now got a girlfriiend :P

[DriftinWolf]

@sodalemmon did the tips help your spelling?? Haha jk nice job on those fights

[sodalemmon]

@DriftinWolf nope :( i still write like an idiot :/ and ty :)

[TOMLPFANFORLIFE]

Don't answer this if you don't want too but a lot of people say you find your inner strength when you experience your first fight. When was your first fight and how did it start? 

[XXANGELXXMARINE]

good tip shane it helped

[pureskill17]

I'm thinking about training in stand up should I do boxing or maui thai

[1234meeka]

@pureskill17 maui thai, it shows you a lot more and when your in a fight you should use elbows knees and kicks, not just your fists.

[DeathLee28]

@pureskill17 why not take lessons for both?

[mistajerkinren]

nooooo what happened to the footwork!?

[FightTipsVideos]

@mistajerkinren I'm gonna re-cover blocking, then countering, then footwork. All of those and this video will work together.

[TheGardenViking]

Good clip. The black and white inset is a nice addition. Your "little" brother isn't so little! Anyway, keep up the great work.

[jdog2337]

What about a clip about submissions

[CNCTEMATIC]

Thanks. Personally I find tennis ball drills useful. Especially if you have 10+ people - half on one side of a room with a load of balls throwing them, half against the opposite wall just dodging. Very good for awareness, esp for multiple attackers, as you can't just focus on one direction.

A very, very bad tendency of mine is sometimes closing my eyes when grappling and it gets intimidating... all you can do is keep getting back on the horse I guess :)

[DawgFL]

Anything that you can do by yourself, I've got not partner, nor can I get one.

[april24iswheniaskedu]

What do you do if the person is punching/slapping like your using a hammer

[parkour23noobs]

Anyone ever notice that when he makes a video the guest/ friend looks so bored. lol

[SaszamProductions]

What about faking punches? Like fooling an opponent into trying to block a haymaker when a jab comes their way.

[bossoholic]

@SaszamProductions Do what you gotta do

[TakeshixStudios]

Interesting vid! good thing I have a friend to spar :) I think the water slapping is actually a good way to train when your by your self. just don't drown XD

[Mr420chuy]

Great tipz

[bennyboy21]

I wanna see you fight bro!

[heavymetaldeath4life]

Hey dude, whenever I'm in a street fight situation my adrenaline kicks in and I star shaking. I'm not scared but my body just loses it.....how can I control this?

[DawgFL]

@heavymetaldeath4life Deep breaths, 4 secs breathe in, hold for a sec, 4 secs breathe out, hold, continue. Trust me even though it might not completely stop it because it comes down to your mental state, it will definitely help. But I'm no fight expert, just did some research.

[kananite921]

@heavymetaldeath4life i know for real i almost got in a fight today and it was a fat dude so of course im not scared but my neck started throbbing and i started shaking a bit. i dont know how the fuck that happens

[happyicecream1234]

minor suggestion: make sure your TV's off when you're shooting. No biggy, but a little distracting. Another interesting vid.

[FightTipsVideos]

@happyicecream1234 I know, I'm sorry. Half way through I realized it. Very unprofessional, but lesson learned.

[GraveRave]

@FightTipsVideos

Nice vid, keep em comin. Got a question, some teachers when they are showing a technique like a punch or combination of punches on a student. Some of them hit the student in the face or where ever, hard but enough to cause damage. I was wandering why they do that?

[Cen2050]

@GraveRave I can't claim to know for sure my own martial arts training was strictly on pads or EXTREMELY light. But I can GUESS that some schools, particulary the more "high contact" gyms do it not only to sho how to react but also to build just a little bit of tolerance up in the students. So IN a real world situation they have at least an IDEA about what may be comming at them I know when I began teaching myself boxing the first thing HAD to do was learn how to take reasobaly hard punch.

[GraveRave]

@Cen2050

Ah I see. Thanks, that makes sense.

[happyicecream1234]

@FightTipsVideos Word - your vids are getting better all the time.

[jiniton]

cant wait for the counter punch video

[1990banks]

fight tips rulleeeeee

[bhjd1]

The first thing i had to learn when i sparred, i had to learn to counter and all this stuff.

Inn my first sparring matches i always turned away... so one tipp i can give you is:

Just realize that this are just punches, they may hurt you a bit but they are still just punches so keep that in mind

[kabroniux]

how to fight a druk person who feels no or little pain?

[rob11s]

@kabroniux I think a drunk person will fall down after first puch...

[ralphmeulesteen]

My weak point in boxing is sometimes turning my head to the ground, but i'm working on it by slipping more and thinking about it. To become a better fighter you gotta learn and train a lot.

[Fowtowsjop]

You do alot of videos giving people tips on fighting, which is good, but do you actually fight alot yourself, apart from Matches/Tournaments.

[Shmenman]

@Fowtowsjop ...kinda of a stiupid question. To get into a tournament/match you have to fight alot, train, sparing, etc... Fight matches dont just happen.

[KCIskizz]

@Shmenman think he's talkin bout fist fights and stuff.

[Fowtowsjop]

@Shmenman Your answer was even more stupid, i'm talking about STREET FIGHTS, like at school, or when you go out and some asshole is being a dick, not about Tournaments AND the training...Dumbass.

[Shmenman]

@Fowtowsjop anyway, dumbass, sure hes not fighting street fights. fighters dont wanna get injured in a street fight and he always says to avoid them.

[Fowtowsjop]

@Shmenman What is your reason for calling me a dumbass, did i ever flame you? NO, i didn't. If i would've known that i wouldn't ask him, so no reason to come in and act like a total dickhead.

[FightTipsVideos]

I purposely keep this unknown to my viewers. This is nothing to be proud of, and I don't want to boast the number of street fights I've been in. I'd be more proud to say I've managed to talk my way out of every street fight... However, this is not the case. I have been in many street fights, which was a big reason why I got into competitive fighting. To read up on stories and personal accounts, check out the forums of fighttips.

[SavvasO4]

@FightTipsVideos dude when you fight on the street you prove nothing iv learnt that a true martial artist would never do such thing my trainer kicked some one out of the gym once because they did that...dont get me wrong, if some one swings at u gata swing back but just never throw the first punch u know it aint what a real martial artist would do man

[Fowtowsjop]

@SavvasO4 Ehm, you're saying that a "Real Martial Artist" doesnt fight anybody on the street, he said that he had talked himself out of several fights, which means that it came from an arguement, real Martial Artists DO fight on the streets but only when neccesary.

[SavvasO4]

@Fowtowsjop dude didnt you read the whole comment...i said you shouldnt throw the first punch cuz then u started it

[OreoGamez]

@FightTipsVideos Did you get into alot of fights because you talked alotta shit back in the day? just curious.

[gangiskon]

sweeeeet :)