The Best Fighting Style For Your Personality

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[professortachyon]

So basically we are all some type of R->R function.
> "So what type of fighter are you?"
>"I'm a f(x)=x^2 type of fighter, you?"
>"I´m more of a f(x)=e^x kind of guy myself"

[kieranshave]

Maybe a follow up video suggesting what techniques to train for each type? Would be very helpful!

[superbean]

I pay more attention to this than I do in science class 😂

[adcyuumi]

Your muscles do one of the following (based mostly in DNA):
A -- warm up quickly (good early, but you are burning more energy)
B -- warm up slowly (bad early, but you are conserving energy)

Your muscles also do one of the following:
C -- get tired quickly (from lack of conditioning, but also due to DNA)
D -- get tired slowly (from good conditioning, but also due to DNA)

Rocket = BD
(MISSING) = BC/BD
Time Bomb = BC
Half Pipe = AC (extremely poor DNA and conditioning)
Ski Slope = AC/AD (hybrid of Half Pipe and Grinder)
Grinder = AD (extremely good DNA and conditioning)

The missing 6th slope looks like the left half of the Time Bomb; a curve that starts low, slowly plateauing out into a sustained strong performance that stops improving much about halfway through the fight.

These curves do not directly translate into 6 distinct fighting styles; rather, they limit your options as to what fighting styles will work for you in a fight. The BD fighter can choose to fight like a BC or BC/BD fighter by pushing themselves hard once their body warms up. The BC fighter can choose to fight like a BC/BD or BD fighter by training for endurance and conserving energy rather than going all out as soon as their adrenaline kicks in. The AC fighter can stay calm and conserve energy to fight more like an AC/AD or AD fighter. The AD fighter can be very aggressive to fight more like an AC or AC/AD fighter.

Mentally, it's about preference. A fighter who hates feeling fatigued will be either an AD or BD style fighter; they will prefer to conserve energy rather than do more offensively, all fight long. A fighter who hates being outfought in the moment will be either an AC or BC style fighter; they will burn extra energy to make sure they hold their own at all times.

You can't do too much about whether you are an A or B fighter. If the fight is organized, you can warm up prior to actually fighting... but this wouldn't help you in a self defense scenario, and is only so effective since your adrenaline spike much higher under duress than from just exercise. The one thing you can do as a B fighter is to stay relaxed and flexible, so that your technique is smooth; proper technique using skeletal mechanics and can help offset cold muscles.

You can partially control whether you are a C or D fighter, but better is to say that regardless of which you are that conditioning for endurance will always help you. If you are naturally a C, this helps you perform at your best for longer. If you are a D, this allows you to push yourself harder without overdoing it. There is no fighter that does not benefit tremendously from endurance training.

If you are an A vs a B, you will always win initially. If you are a B vs an A, you are just looking to survive until the A gets tired. If the A has trained for endurance, the B needs to have done the same. AC vs BD tends to be a quick fight in which the AC fighter outclassed the BD fighter too much in performance level to end things decisively; if you are naturally a BD fighter it becomes especially important because of this matchup to warm up pre-fight and to focus more on reflex mechanics than endurance when training.

Something to consider also is the impact of feeling pain on your energy level; everything done to you that hurts will pump more adrenaline into your bloodstream, which has the effect of burning through your energy faster. If you are a B type, this can actually help; some fighters will tell you that the first punch "wakes them up". If you are a C type and especially if your conditioning isn't fantastic, it's very important not to trade blows and burn through your already short energy supply.

[juliahenriques]

Maybe you should add a sixth type, a "wavy". You've certainly seen people like this. It's someone who goes through a couple cycles in the same bout, like Sugar Ray Leonard, who usually had two or three performance surges every fight. It's easier to see in boxing, with lengthy matches, but you get the idea. Just a thought.

[silvastone]

Damn, you sound so angry speaking in Swedish lol.

[beaus]

White belts have to learn patience while cleaning permanent marker off the dojo

[Shenruss]

What you say makes sense, in *competition* fighting especially. However, I always thought that we are to, yes, capitalize on our specific advantages, but for the purposes of live-or-die *combat*, the end-goal of training is to *optimize* ALL of our capacities and make us stronger _overall, _ as well as more *adaptable, * in general. This mindset would thus make us better able to deal with a wider range of possible threats. I'm a big guy with a long reach with a background mostly in striking arts... but that _doesn't mean_ that i _shouldn't_ have SOME skills in grappling, or train outside _kumite_ to go longer, or train slow twitch muscles to fight quicker opponents with more stamina, or that traditional and modern weapons training should be ignored.

Personally I think it's sensible to highlight our unique advantages, especially considering a given art [most Wing Tsun fighters will have impressive hand speed, to a degree, but the art itself is notorious for lacking in kicks, for example]. So yes, master the particularities of your style and your body dynamics, but its still more _prudent_ to aim to become as *complete* a fighter as possible. This way we'll be better prepared for Whatever the world throws at us.

[thewatcher]

I'm agree with you. I'm karate student and biochemical researcher. I work in a doping control laboratory and I'm studying about genes and sport performance. Very interesting video. Oss!

[samuelebincoletto]

These video kind of remind me the types of styles of boxing (one of my favourite fighting style alongside karate), there's the out-boxer who fight by keeping his distance from his opponent and hit with fast punches, the swarmer who fight by continuously punching his opponent in an aggressive way applying constant pressure on him, the slugger who fight by using more brute strenght than techniques and the boxer-puncher whos' quite a mix between a swarmer and an outboxer.

[brentp]

This does make sense... a lot of sense. I would add that your body type and length (reach if you like) plays a factor as well when determining personal style. I'm a shorter - short-limbed person. I learned karate from a long-limbed person and a lot of techniques (particularly long-range techniques) I learned that worked for him, did not work as well for me when I was sparring longer people. I did after a time realize that I was a lot more effective in the punching and grappling zones. We did not practice grappling so I had to learn the basics somewhere else. For long-range fighting, my goal was to adapt timing, learn to feint, and learn to close distance rather than try to exist and compete on the outside. That said, what you have said here lays a great foundation that perhaps should be worked on from white belt level.

[chkown]

Well Jesse i have to thank you. Thanks to your videos i kicked my ass yesterday the first time to Karate training. So i am a total beginner but the community in the dojo and the sport itself catched me immediatly :) I think you have born a new Karate Nerd :D Thank you very much :)

[ymd]

I hope he picked up all those markers and their lids.

[GordonSmithsmersh]

I'd say I'm a grinder that tails off towards the end, approaching 50, arthritis in both knees, I generally wait your the younger fighters to expend all their energy, then attack

[AverageGabriel]

This is what I've been searching for!
I officially love you Jesse. You helped me actually come to a new realizations about myself,
that are key to my next life goal. Also didn't know about these archtypes or thought of the time concept being added.. you're a GENIUS
Thank you, bless you!

[holdenkimura]

Not gonna lie I got nervous when the blonde haired, blue eyed, Northern European man started talking about genetics...

[GreatPerhaps]

I have noticed this in many people including myself but never this much in depth. This is an incredible help THANK YOU! I love all of your videos they are extremely helpful. You give so much to think about.

[jcfan]

Degrades is the word your were looking for.

[makaiev]

Sorry if this seems presunptuous, but only partially agreed. Because how you manage your energy will be as important as it naturally works. The same way a Rocket could delay his peak keeping an average pace, a Sky-Slope could also pace himself to be a halfpipe against a Grinder lets say capitalizing in blitz strategies....
How you manage your energy depends more than just recovery, it also relies on accuracy, strenght, space coordination and how big is your repertoir so you can adapt or force the enemy to addapt while you dribble the hurdles to apply your fight strategie properly...
As someone who doesn't know a lot my doubts can seem petty, but its honest confusion...

[blockmasterscott]

Oh, by the way, you had me laughing hard at how you changed markers.