The Martial Arts Podcast with Phil Elmore: Recent Episodes
Phil Elmore
Do women hate self-defense? Why are there so few women in martial arts compared to men? And what's wrong with the women's self-defense industry? Phil Elmore offers his opinions on this topic, as spurred by feedback from listeners to this podcast.
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Phil Elmore offers some topics from his book, "People Who Carry Tactical Pens Can't Fight (And Other Dumb Things People Say About Self-Defense)" and explains why you should NEVER follow this advice.
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Phil Elmore explains why there are a LOT of people out there who want to constrain who self-defense is for (because it makes them feel special to do so).
This was an experimental livestream done with OBS on our newly monetized YouTube channel for The Martialist. Future streams will be a little more produced.
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Ryan Carson was a leftist activist who got himself stabbed to death through a series of bad decisions, all of them preventable with just a little self-defense training. But defeatists have pounced on this incident to intone sonorously that "knife defense is impossible!" and knives are the scariest, most sinister things in the universe. While knives are powerful and dangerous, they obey the laws of physics and physiology just like everything else. |
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Phil Elmore's Customer Service videos are some of his most popular posts. In this episode of the podcast, Phil recounts his top 5 customer service horror stories. Specifically, Phil ranks the top 5 weirdos who have ordered, or tried to order, from his online store... and why these people are too stupid even to own knives, much less shop for custom Kydex.
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EnginesOfMayhem #CustomerService #Kydex #IWouldLikeToSpeakToTheManager
Phil Elmore describes a recent social media interaction that illustrates everything that's wrong with some knife clubs online. And no, this post isn't about you (see Rule #1).
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toughguy #toughguys #philelmore
Ninja Ron Collins has been around the online martial arts world since the late 1990s. It appears that Ron, a convicted felon, is finally out of the halfway house to which e was mandated. Phil Elmore offers an update and then explores the notion of coping using the martial arts as a means of evading reality.
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Phil Elmore highlights some more of the stupider martial arts comments made on The Martialist's YouTube channel.
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hatersgonnahate #hatemail
Too many people think telling you just to "run away" from an altercation is insightful self-defense instruction. It's not, for several reasons. In this episode, self-defense expert Phil Elmore explains why telling people to run away is stupid self-defense advice.
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Ever been challenged to a fight? It happens a lot in the martail arts world, but almost never comes to fruition. If you're thinking of accepting a fight challenge, here are some red flags to consider. Phil Elmore uses a recent fight challenge of his own to explain why you might (or might not) be safe to say "yes" to some random gong sao.
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gongsau #gongsao #streetbeefs #fightchallenge #mma #bjj #airsoft
The Americanized tanto, arguably, was popularized by Cold Steel. Very much a product of the 1980s ninja boom, this easy-to-manufacture blade style remains with us today, now synonymous with certain martial arts circles. But while plenty of people love it, plenty of people also hate it. The Martial Arts Podcast's Phil Elmore explores why this misunderstood blade style is very much worth your time.
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tanto #coldsteel #japanese #martialarts #awma
What is TOLPAR? This Russian Knife Fighting system has distinct tenets and principles, but seems to have been popular only around 2011-2014. If you have any information on TOLPAR, please leave a comment wherever you're listening to this.
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Phil Elmore looks at why the mentally ill shouldn't teach martial arts... and explains why the problem is much, much worse than you might think.
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13 years after I first wrote an article on 52 Blocks or "Jailhouse Rock," people are still complaining about my opinion. At least one practitioner of 52 Blocks has claimed that criticism of the system is inherently, and by definition, racist. I have a problem with that (and a few other things as well). Find out why in this episode of The Martial Arts Podcast with Phil Elmore.
52blocks #52 #jailhouserock #comstock #closinggates #streetfighting #worldstar
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Chris Champion's YouTube Channel
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My Article on 52 Blocks from 2010
http://themartialist.net/the-myth-of-52-blocks-or-jailhouse-rock/
Phil Elmore takes a long, hard look at Piper Knife Fighting, one of several modern "knife cults" offering self-defense instruction today.
piper #piperknife #libre #librefighting #medusa #medusaedgedweapons
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Phil Elmore looks at the disservice done to the EDC community when members of it employ clickbait hyperbole, mythology, and other sensationalism while describing knives they don't really understand.
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Phil Elmore announces the book "Street People Strategies" while explaining the problem of misplaced compassion, which causes a lot of otherwise smart people to make stupid decisions where self-defense is concerned.
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Training, training, training: We all talk about it when it comes to martial arts, self-defense, tactical firearms, etc. But are you bringing the right attitude to your training class? Phil Elmore looks at the right way and the wrong way to approach seminars, courses, and even your regular instructor-led training.
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Phil Elmore looks at a number of "alternative" non-firearms home-defense weapons and asks the critical question: How stupid is this thing? Some alternative weapons are better than others, while some are just a bad idea. When somebody is breaking into your home, that's NOT the time to find out which you have!
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In this episode of The Martial Arts Podcast with Phil ELmore, the aforementioned Phil Elmore describes how an apparent home invasion in the middle of the night highlighted valuable lessons we ALL need to take to heart for home defense.
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With the loss of publishing houses like Paladin Press, Delta Press, and Loompanics, and as the mail-order book-and-tape industry of the 1990s has given way first to DVDs and then to Internet streaming and newer content models, what is the consumer of those foundational self-defense-industry materials to do? Phil Elmore explores what the death of the classic "Action Library" means to students of self-defense, "knife fighting," and reality based self-defense (RBSD) today.
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Phil Elmore looks at clowns like Dale Brown, VODA Consulting, and other obviously fake firearms instructors who are so bad that people debate whether they're trolling or trying to be serious.
dalebrown #dust #voda #vodaconsulting #PhilElmore
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Phil Elmore, an original gangster of the 1990s and early 2000s self-defense forums (and the industry that followed) speaks out on the development and evolution of the self-defense industry, from its founding by John Keehan, to the VHS tape personality marketing days, to today's streaming content model.
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Phil Elmore describes some bullying incidents from grade school, junior high, high school, and college, including some for which HE was the bully. Phil also explains the lessons we can take from each of these incidents when it comes to dealing with (or not becoming) bullies.
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Phil Elmore tells the Tony Todd story and discusses the famous Waffle House Avenger incident -- including how these incidents relate to the greater issue of the stupid things we've all done (and that we all still do) to make ourselves victims. Our discussion includes 5 rules for preventing yourself from victimizing... yourself.
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In this episode of The Martial Arts Podcast with Phil Elmore, the aforementioned Phil Elmore describes 3 times that he had to defend himself in real life... which aren't at all like you might be thinking.
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Phil Elmore explores the topic of whether traditional martial arts "work," whether MMA has "proven" they don't, and what the two have in common (especially where self-defense is concerned) in this episode of The Martial Arts Podcast with Phil Elmore.
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I got a piece of hate mail recently in the form of a comment on the YouTube channel for The Martialist and thought it would make for good content. It turns out that some people just get really mad when you tell them they're wrong.
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In this painful episode of The Martial Arts Podcast with Phil Elmore, Phil goes over the notes he made while forcing himself to watch "Icy Mike" Pesesko's ill-informed self-defense videos. Mixed martial arts is not self-defense training, never has been self-defense training, and never will be self-defense training... something that MMA exponents, including the diminutive Mr. Pesesko, will never understand.
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Self-proclaimed ninja Ron Collins goes back behind bars, and his brief time in the sun underscores a few things about the problem of Internet Tough Guys. In this episode of The Martial Arts Podcast with Phil Elmore, we talk about some of Ron's online participation and the 5 red flags of the "Internet Tough Guys" he both represents and was interacting with during his brief time as a free citizen.
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America's Hat has "frozen" handgun transfers... but what does that mean for the US, if anything?
if you don't believe in the primacy of the self over the state, you don't believe in self-defense.
You have to have a thick skin to participate on the Internet... but when threats and extortion are involved, we've crossed a line.
A number of prominent martial artists have ended badly... or are working to do so right now.
You're always only one Instagram comment away from being challenged to a knife duel, apparently.
Are white supremacists and racists infiltrating the martial arts - and are they a threat to your personal security?
If you're still putting weird things on pizza, I know four specific ninjas who are to blame.
Why does it matter if you have a thick skin or a thin skin? Well, it makes a HUGE difference in every area of life.
Why do so many martial arts frauds pretend to be ninjas? Well, because it makes them feel special.