Why Basketball Is Like Martial Arts

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basketball is like martial artarts is the oh holy [Music] C basketball is exactly like Kung Fu or any other martial arts and here’s 10 reasons why if you’re saying that basketball exactly like Kung Fu is that why Chinese people like it so much possibly we’re here with Nelly Chan former pro basketball player to talk about how basketball is just like martial arts this is something I’ve realized and David I can’t unsee it now that I’ve seen it you talked about it with Vince Carter Nell have you ever thought of this before uh a little bit Yeah but it’s you know finally crazy to you know actually break it down let’s just play some of n’s Clips to build up some credibility here [Applause] all right everybody starting off with the number one reason why basketball is like martial arts is the aerial acrobatics and graceful movements everybody knows that jumping high and leaping in the air doing layups and dunks and contorting your body is a huge part of basketball and got to have that aerial ball control right when you’re doing that but actually man that like I want to say it started with martial arts would you say that it’s specifically more like Kung Fu or Wu or wingchun even maybe more than Taekwondo cuz Taekwondo and karate are a little bit more like stiff choppy yeah choppy so when you watch the highlights of like the taekwan do or karate like demonstrations they’re more spinning kicks which there’s some of that in the NBA but really you’re not kicking you’re really spinning your body doing 360 so a lot of like woo even I’m just going to throw it out there ribbon dancing bro is that why Koreans and Japanese prefer soccer to basketball but Chinese since kung fu is more similar to basketball like basketball more oh but anyways guys as you can tell through these clips like you want to be graceful you want to be athletic you want to jump in the air and drive a lot of power from the ground I mean listen there are countless Clips I can go to I’m just going to show all these basketball clips of these spin moves in basketball Derek Rose he always looked like he was flying through the air doing some uh Hidden Tiger Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon stuff so do we have to be clear here that players like Kyrie and D Rose that are particularly graceful Kyrie on the ground D Rose in the air they play more Kung Fu style than like Westbrook or Lebron I would actually say Westbrook I would put him up in there for some of his spin moves but yes LeBron is considered a little less graceful I would definitely say like akobe or John Morant Derek Rose would and Kyrie would exemplify this Demar de Rosen is pretty graceful too there underated you know John Wall you know those type of players basically anybody who can do a really smooth 360 layup that’s essentially who I’m talking about for me I totally see what you’re saying in the sense that like woou is all always defined by its gracefulness and so is like certain players are hyper graceful yeah and you have to understand listen in basketball it’s unlike soccer you’re using your feet and your hands equally as much so Point number two you got a lot of free flowing decision making and improvisation in the middle of a match or a game so so this is why it’s similar to like the UFC if you think about UFC and MMA you’re like there one-on-one even in a boxing match you’re reading your opponent and you’re just making all these decisions on the [ __ ] you can train all the combos you want just like in basketball you can train all the dribble combos but when it comes down to it and someone’s defending you you will have to improv and make certain movements that you may or may not have trained for right so you’re saying that’s different than like say for example football which is not very free flowing because the plays only last like 15 to maybe 20 seconds exactly and this isn’t just free flowing with yourself it’s free flowing with your teammates Nelson you can attest to this a lot of the times like you’ll have a play in basketball or an offense you’re trying to run but it might get broken right yeah I think a perfect example uh if you guys play the clip is when Kyrie in USA team practice when he broke down the full court press uh you know he had to like you know swivel around five six different people doing different moves because on the type of counters that they throw at him so you got to have to really instinctively make these type of decisions right away and there and there was real no way to prepare for that there was no way to like memorize what he was about to do because the defensive positioning and the schemes it’s always so uh every rep is individual right every rep is and basically just like I mean in anything but in especially basketball martial arts it’s like you train all the moves in the world just so that you can bust it out when you absolutely need to and you don’t necessarily plan for it you just do it yo Kyrie would be like a a master of all seven Styles he got the Crane style he got the snake style he has tiger style I think between him and Kobe they are the most masterful graceful skillful you know players yes and Kobe I’m not going to lie he takes a lot of mental games from uh martial arts too a lot of like mentality so we’re going to get into that that’s why Kobe had the Bruce Lee collection right there you go we’re going to get into it don’t worry I’m going give Kobe this flowers we know Point number three reading opponents this kind of goes onto the fact of like you’re reading in basketball like Nelson right when you’re dribbling down the court or you’re going one-on-one with someone you’re like reading their feet reading the body language and the angle and where their hands are and basically same thing in fighting in fighting you’re looking at the footing you’re looking at the angle you’re like okay how do I get this angle on this person so I can strike them this way or how do I do this so I can kick them and in basketball you’re just looking for the angle so you can get by them and it’s very similar right yeah yeah I mean I would say would you say it’s almost like I guess this this similar to to Soccer Soccer you need to like be predictive too cuz they say that that’s what Messi’s be the best at yeah like Messi is the best at predicting the scheme before it happens yeah I think martial arts and sagur obviously have a lot of crossover with the kicking but I think it’s just because basketball you use your hands just as much as your feet like for for example if you’re guarding me you have your top foot you know on the strong side I’mma you know attack that top foot make you shift or if you’re using your arm to block me off I could use my hand to you know rip through or you know swim through to like you know counter that so a lot of it is like kind of like fighting like so if I put my hand here you can swipe it down that’s like a fighting te yes it is and Luca donic most famously he’s super good at reading the defense reading the footing and here’s another thing Nelson is this correct that when you’re defending somebody one of the main tactics to defending someone instead of watching the ball is to watch their chest right you watch their body uh I think there’s a there’s a lot of different types of techniques some people like to watch the chest some people like to watch their feet some people like to watch their hands so like you know it really know there’s a lot of different styles right right I would say for me Luca is probably the most predictive player as a offensive player I’ve ever seen like in terms of his ability to like see the gaps and see what’s about to materialize sometimes even before the defense knows that that’s what’s going yeah I mean even in fighting sometimes if you can read the feat you can kind of know what they’re about to do Point number four in both basketball and martial arts you’re using your opponent’s weight against them so in basketball often times it’s like post moves right when your back is leaning against them and you have and you can feel where their body is at you can do a drop step you can spin off of them joic most recently pulled the chair on Rudy gobear using Rudy’s own momentum against him and letting him fall into the Trap of a travel so I’m just saying there’s so many ways to use your body against each other and especially in Judo for really all martial arts you use uh the opponent’s body weight against them I guess in another sport in football when the wide receiver is getting jammed by the DB off the line there’s a lot of grappling too yes yeah yeah I mean you can use basically any thing that gives you an advantage to get past this person is what you’re trying to do now can you speak to at a pro level of basketball CU you played in Asia in the a how much off ball physicality there is cuz a lot of people when they play pickup with their friends it’s not like that off the ball they’re probably just thinking maybe this on ball interaction but off the ball there’s so much grabbing right at every Elite level that you know you you level up to the physicality and you know the the athleticism is just like on another level when you’re cutting through they’ll literally just throw a shoulder at you you know throw an elbow at you or just Jam you up and it like won’t let you you know cut across you know your angles and your lanes um yeah it’s like sometimes yeah if if you’re a shooter I could be holding you when like the refs is not seeing it’s just a it’s very physical you know off ball and on ball as well too that’s a good point and that brings me to point number five which is striking see a lot of people don’t think you can strike in basketball but let me tell you this you can but you might get suspended but actually so striking in basketball what I would consider it there’s different forms there’s pushing That Elbow out so that you can kind of get um a step back which is legal but the extension of that is you will get a offensive foul or literally I have like countless clips of NBA players just fighting Draymond kicking people in the nuts people tripping each other there is some striking involved in basketball but obviously it is illegal no a common one is one is jamming the screen you know so you would jam the screen before the screen even happens so you know you basically you run up to the screener and you physically just bump him out of the way you know or let’s just say boxing out boxing out is kind of like striking right you got to like find your you know uh Defender you know and like like push him out of the way right how much uh how much can is legal n in basketball ball to like put your elbow out cuz I know that people always debate this you get I mean so a common one is like it’s very subjective so as long I feel like as long as you don’t extend your full arm you can strike so I like to you know use my shoulder bump or even like a small little chicken wing like right here halfway like right halfway you know I feel like it’s acceptable but like once you fully extend obviously you know that is an offensive foul but you know it’s subjected to the refs it depends how Ticky Tac they want to call it but obviously when you’re at uh certain street ball courts even have a rep reputation where like the threshold of acceptable physicality is much higher than you play in church league Church League you got to put the physicality down also I’ll say this this is a uh an underestimated aspect of strength I think that this is where the strength comes into play like you said If you’re trying to uh run the curl and somebody’s just like bumping you on the curl if you’re really strong you’ll just be able to go through their arm oh just a simple hand check I remember uh you know after playing overseas and coming back home to play with you know some of my friends they’re like damn Nelly you actually got like so much stronger like your hand check like I can’t even move like once you put your hand check on me but that’s just how it is you know your Chi got strong all right guys Point number six is trapping trapping is a form in martial arts obviously used a lot in Wing Chun as well but really in MMA as well where you’re pretty much grabbing or grappling an arm using your off arm or using your arm to gain an advantage and I would say Kyrie Irving is the El leite at this like when he’s trying to get past somebody you can literally see him grabb someone’s arm pull them forward just a little bit so it’s not an offensive foul but it gives them that little Advantage I would say Kyrie looks literally like he’s doing Wing Chun while he’s driving he’s like like this all the time you know when he’s dribbling and it’s almost like his off arm has a mind of its own literally it’s like a like it’s got its own AI like computer chipset yeah I have some really good highlights I’m going to be playing of Kyrie literally grabbing anney Simon’s hand just and pulling it over just so he can get around him and that is legal but I would say that the bigs it looks more like BJJ it almost looks more like you know what I mean like their grappling doesn’t look as graceful as like the pitter patter uh Wing Chun style that Kyrie’s doing right right right uh Point number seven in both martial arts and basketball there’s tons of trash talking guys Israel adna famous for this there’s a lot of taunting even in boxing there’s a lot of flashy boxers that like to dance on people who else dances in the NBA David that comes to mind Lance Stevenson I was just going to say that I was in my M was like Lance Stevenson bro who’s the Brazilian guy who beat Israel and he he was famous for having that bow and arrow thing that was the same as Jamal Murray exactly so there is a lot of crossover between the celebrations taunting trash talking these are both social things when you’re standing in the ring with someone you kind of have time to talk to them and like taunt them and kind of get them and play little mental games and talk trash so I think that’s very important I feel like the MMA fighters their’s taunting reminds me more of basketball players or at least Israel’s does more than uh boxers taunting boxers remind me more of football players yeah and let’s say like in soccer I think there’s a little bit of taunting but very rarely do you have time in soccer to go one-on-one you know like for 10 seconds long because there’s just so many people in the game is and you’re always just running around but anyways Point number eight driving power from the ground upward David this kind of goes to your point where you’re saying if you’re very low to the ground and you’re very strong you have strong legs and a strong core you can push people around but also you can shoot upward very high like Steph Curry and kind of like driving that power from the ground is the same as martial arts when you’re trying to get a kick or like uppercut off you know uh so you’re saying a floater might be similar to a kick or a uppercut yeah I would say a one-legged floater when you’re jumping off one leg that’s like a flying knee in Muay Thai and then if you’re doing like a uppercut you’re driving the power up from your legs just like a shot it is like Draymond Draymond the flying kick BR hey Bruce uh Bowen on Wally zerak oh my the flying kick that play that right now the flying God Point number nine both basketball and martial arts got crazy intricate footwork and what I mean by this is that you can shuffle your feet right you can do a hesitation it’s all about footwork you have to have crazy stamina in boxing that’s why they do the jump rope for like 30 minutes at a time in boxing right because your calves got to be uh strong you’re doing a lot of bouncing around um also basically your footing about like Triple Threat position that’s like basically a fighting stance like when you’re jabbing and stuff with your leg like a uh that’s that’s fighting talk about footwork a little bit Nell because I know that I’ve been noticing on like thinking basketball bball breakdown people have been talking a lot more about footwork nowadays because you know people just used to think about handles but handles without the footwork in combination it doesn’t even get you anywhere right yeah I think think you know footwork is a very elite uh skill that you have to have whether it’s in basketball or you know or in uh martial arts uh perfect example obviously you guys know Kobe has one of the best footwork you know hakee has one of the best footwork or even in today’s time you know who has really good footwork is Jaylen Brunson you know for how unathletic he is and for how you know effective he is when he strikes you know when he drives down the lane and you know finishes off his shots he has really good footwork with his pivots and you know his hesitations you know that like I said very extreme skill to have and I think one of the best examples is there’s this uh white guy who was the number one lacrosse player in American history called Errol Spence and he made it to the NBA this year leaving the leaving the lacrosse World moving into the G League to the NBA and when he’s out there it looks like he’s playing lacrosse while he’s in the NBA but because it’s all footwork yeah no I would say lacrosse surprisingly has a lot of similarities to the NBA as well because you’re kind of running with the stick and then you do spin moves too and they kind of bump each other um so yeah I would say Jaylen Brunson uh Chris chosa Fred Van Fleet a lot of the smaller thicker guys play like they’re playing lacrosse a little bit uh Point number 10 training methods and I think the training methods between martial arts and basketball are similar in this extent that you want to be strong but you don’t want to be bulky so like Fighters don’t really bulk unless they’re trying to move up weight classes and basketball players I feel like they all want to get stronger of course but you don’t really want to get too big enough where it starts to affect your Speed and Agility right I mean is it because in the NFL sometimes they more bulk yes I feel like in the NFL it is NFL requires a lot of the same things but it’s more about like brute strength no it’s more straight line athleticism it’s more straight line athleticism maybe unless you’re a running back and receiver but everybody else is like you’re just you’re you’re trying to do like one job but in basketball and fighting you’re trying to do everything that’s why I think a lot of Fighters like basketball David most notably Roy Jones Jr Manny Pacquiao Ryan Garcia these are famous boxers who like to play basketball oh our Roy Jones Jr was nice yeah Roy Jones Jr is probably like the best boxer Hooper I’ve ever seen no because he played summer league NBA wait does it Mayweather hoop a little bit maybe like he sucks though yeah well no that cuz uh didn’t uh bone killed us yeah you want to basically in basketball martial arts you want to be strong but not at the expense of being flexible and mobile I think in basketball martial arts is more important to be agile yes you know he shout out to Pacquiao though Pacquiao played in the PBA I believe one game I think he got like in his own League that he created no I literally think they had him in the PBA I think he did for like a game or pbl the p no I’m not going to lie I know I know that a lot of people were pretty mad about that they were like pbl fans because they were like why did they let Pacquiao because they just let him shoot yeah all right Point number 11 this my bonus point I think at the highest levels and I’ve been hearing more and more people talk about it especially watching JJ reck and LeBron’s podcast it’s like at the highest levels of martial arts and basketball when everybody’s skill level and the difference between skill levels is Razor thin it becomes a mental game it’s a mental game mental preparation learning how to handle adversity time management imag uh managing your cortisol um imagine uh managing your breath work so that you don’t get tired because you’re you’re saying once everybody shot that same jumper 40,000 times or or let’s just say everybody’s practiced that jumper 400,000 times what separates people yeah and of course there are NBA players that are more skilled but I’m saying like for 50% of NBA players their skills are like pretty similar well they all train 10 hours a day right yes they all train and it’s like they can all kind of shoot they can all kind of dunk jump what is the mental aspect that separates people is it somebody who gets nervous and their performance level goes down versus somebody else who adrenaline their their adrenaline surges and their performance level goes up absolutely but they train the same they’re twins I think in terms of basketball basketball martial arts I think 50% of the you know the game is mental not and 50% of it is physical and skill right but I think 50% of it is mental because you have to mentally prepare yourself you know for the battle that you’re about to you know enter against your opponents and if you don’t have that mental strength you it’s easy for you to break down and once your opponent see that you’re breaking down it’s a wrap for you right you know so you need that mental toughness that’s what you know what you know Kobe uh talks about mental I Mama mentality you know it’s a lot of it is is mental right so think about it this way so all the greatest martial artists that we know were philosophers right Bruce Lee philosopher right like even if you just talk to highlevel Masters of any sport they’re like almost philosophical who are the most philosophical in the NBA I would say Kobe then again maybe not it’s 3:30 a.m. my foot feels like dead weight my head is spinning from the pain meds and I’m wide awake forgive my vening but what’s the purpose of social media if I won’t bring it to you real no image feels good to vent to let it out to feel as if this is the worst thing ever because after all the venting the real perspective sets in there are far greater issues and challenges in the world than a torn Achilles stop feeling sorry for yourself find the silver lining and get to work with the same belief same drive and same conviction as ever one day the beginning of a new career Journey will commence today is not that day if you see me in a fight with a bear pray for the bear I’ve always loved that quote that’s Mamba mentality we don’t quit we don’t cower we don’t run we endure and Conquer Phil Jackson as a coach KY Kyrie’s hell Kyrie and Kyrie is super philosophical and so I’m saying at the highest levels like you do have to what’s that extra Edge it’s that mental game and I think LeBron although LeBron’s game isn’t the most graceful and like martial artsy like you know Kung Fu like but his mental game is like crazy of him ability his ability to predict things and understand schemes and kind of like yo I’ve seen he seems less philosophical in a like a sort of a beard old man on the mountain type of way right possibly yeah but uh I will say this to me it’s almost like the skill is your and your physicality is what Mario Kart player you pick you know what I mean you pick toad you pick Bowser you pick whatever Yoshi and and your skill in driving in Mario Kart that’s all there right but the the mental aspect could be the powerups whether you get a flower you get um hit a b hit a banana peel on the downside that’s the intangible aspects is what you’re referring to the mental philosophical almost ethereal aspect yeah what I love is this quote from Andre Ward uh former boxer he was saying uh I’ll just play it right here so I’m the type that you hit me like that I’mma smile at you I got you we got another round of fight sir so my my my anger my my get back I’m going get it within the confines of these rules but you going to feel me all right everybody that was the 10 reasons why basketball is a martial art in my opinion all right it’s not a martial art but it’s just like Kung Fu uh any other last words guys I would say that you have been saying this idea for 10 years you pitched it to Vince Carter Vince Carter was the first guy I saw do a dunk and then do like a Kung Fu stance MH you know what I mean so it’s like I think it’s more as you studied martial arts did it become more or less true to you cuz you’ve been saying this even before you studied it became so true to me man and I think initially it was just like oh uh some of the moves that Derrick Rose does in the air reminds me of like some Swift like movements from uh Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon but now that I delve deeper into it of how basketball uses both feet and hand equally as much like equally as much yes you’re not kicking in basketball but that’s pretty much it you’re doing everything you’re doing spin moves full work hand movements dribbling you got to shoot you got to strike you got push it’s just they’re so just it’s crazy did you guys see indistan khib and them playing their uh like wrestle version of basketball where they mix MMA and wrestling and basketball together that that’s it’s hey man however you want to F and then there’s all those videos from China of like dudes doing like Kung Fu basketball moves and then there’s that movie Kung Fu basketball there’s the movie Kung Fu basketball basketball so trust me Chinese people have been known that basketball was like Kung Fu this whole time but anyways guys let me know in the comments down below what you think about all this is my theory true or not I laid out all the evidence there the video evidence is there you tell me what other sport is more like Kung Fu that’s got to be why Asians like it so much cuz I but I know obviously the top Asians that love basketball are Chinese and Filipino so those are the two number one and Filipinos have a very uh popular martial arts too anyways guys uh let me know in the comments down below shout out to Nelly Chan and uh until next next time we out peace