Can Shaolin Monks actually Fight?

Dr. Antonio Graceffo, a mixed martial artist who lived and trained at the Shaolin temple, drops a truth bomb on the mystique of the fighting prowess of the legendary Shaolin monks.

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Shanghai based MMA Coach and Kunlun Fight Combat League ringside commentator Ramsey Dewey answers questions from the viewers.

This channel features original music by Ramsey Dewey

[duckfunny]

Are we not going to talk about the fact, that Ramsey is looking like he is sitting in a refrigerated warehouse, while Antonio is just in regular clothes?

[Mharriscreations]

I’ve trained with some Shaolin guys. They were amazing fighters, but that’s because their focus was Sanda and they regularly fought and competed in Sanda competitions.
However, those who don’t spar and don’t drill their moves on opponents will never be good fighters.
You can’t fight if you never fight.

[juiceslinger]

Jokes on you my level 3 dragonborn monk does 1d8+4 unarmed damage against living targets

[Leinja]

The guy on the left looks like he has offers one can't refuse. Good stuff.

[nikhilkujur]

*I didn't know Ramsey Dewey was a peaky blinder*

[wabwab]

why does ramsey look like a private detective

[ghost_of_a_dead_poet]

Shaolin monks don't train to defeat anyone... They don't have to fight anyone. They train to defeat them selves. To grow personally... The develop their character.

[jackzhou]

Throwing a Shaolin monk into an octagonal cage is like asking Jet Li to fight MMA, there is basically no chance of winning.

[nystagmushorizontalis]

Every place should have its own discount monk

[ianmcabee]

I still respect them for their hard work

[tangmingchen]

Lots of western people expect Chinese all live in the quit, peaceful village deep in the mountains, wear clothes from 12th centuries, practice eastern magic and crazy Kungfu skills that can shoot energy ball from their hands, and fly in the so western people can come to China to see a fairy world, clean their mind and shit...
Basically they expect something like go to a Zoo and see some crazy looking animal to satisfy their curiosity.

The fact is, Shi Yongxin — the current abbot of the Shaolin Temple, drives Mercedes-Benz.

We are all just human living in the 21st century, be realistic, please.

[BEASTMASTERTOAD]

They’re on-point with the psychological aspect of fighting. I tried boxing for the first time a few months ago and I lost because I couldn’t bring myself to forcefully punch my opponent. I was too worried about not hurting him that I was getting knocked around as a result. Real fighting is not a joke.

[AlexK-ohse]

I respect your opinion regarding martial arts, but who give you a right to claim Santa Claus isn't real??? You did the research? Have you ever been in Finland? Stop this nonsense!

[filiperodriguesaquin]

Great video, Ramsey and Antonio!
I'm a traditional Kung Fu guy, but i find baffling how many people think that you can learn fighting just practicing forms. Forms are a way to condense the concepts of a system in codified, organized way for teaching purposes, and if you don't decode them and try to undersand how each of those concepts translate to fighting, they are just good exercise. As you guys said, fighting is messy, chaotic, it's never organized.
Love your content, cheers!

[cannonball]

Times have changed at the Shaolin Temple. "Grasshopper, quickly as you can take the cellphone from hand. When you can take the cellphone from my hand it will be time for you to leave...to buy me a new one".

[RamseyDewey]

Yi Long is not a monk. He's a kickboxer in a costume with a gimmick. Much like the Iron Sheik was not actually a royal sheik, but rather a working class man who became a popular professional wrestler with an attention grabbing gimmick. Yi Long was self-trained in Shandong, China, he was not a monk at the shaolin temple in Henan. Yi Long has never done an MMA fight. He is a kickboxer, not an MMA fighter.

[robiulahmed]

Although you're right in the sense that there's no magic, i'm pretty sure some dude with a 6 pack, that can do push ups on their fingers, back flips, and stand on their heads for an extended period of time could, most likely, kick the arse of the average dude.

[I_.._I]

Santa claus isnt real?!?!?!? YOU MONSTERS ;)

[JesusOfTheJungle]

They have no reason to fight. I feel like centuries ago they could definitely fight but they don't have a purpose anymore, of course it'll turn into a non combative art... I think that pretty much sums up A LOT of traditional martial arts being taught modern day

[invag]

Mate you learned discount monk style, of course they didn't teach you the super power shiz 😂