Insane Military Hand to Hand Combat Fight

"this is a jab, this is a cross, this is a hook. Now fight these 5 highly trained military people with armour :)"

Many people are missing the point of the 5v1 setup. It's not to simulate a real 5v1 scenario. It's to test the 1's endurance, fatigue and fighting spirit against what is essentially a fresh opponent continuously. In real life you never know how long a fight might last. Super inspirational, thanks Magnus.

Your endurance is obviously world class. The fighting spirit in you, not being in your element is beyond impressive. I am sure those instructors hope everyone they teach has that same level of mental toughness.

That looks incredibly tiring. Really impressive. Magnus did pretty well at the striking, his strikes were quick and straight near the start, especially his push kick was really good. Where Magnus struggled was probably the grappling and I think he knew it himself. Know where you shine and excel, know where you struggle and need work. But overall very excellent job Magnus, looks tiring. Very impressive.

For the safety of Magnus’ opponents we did not allow any chalk for this test!

I remember the first time I heared about this test (in some advertising for the norwegian military) and both I and many others attending though "That sounds really hard and painful, but I guess you could end up in a situation where you're 1v5 hostiles in the field" and then the army guys said "No, this is part of the instructor exercises, because you as an instructor might need to defend yourself from your recruits, who might hate you".

Damn bro absolute respect, you went for it. The total grit and determination is absolutely worth commending, it was at a level not just anyone can pull off often conditioned or not.

I'm impressed too. What the instructor said is very true. Looked and was very good. The enemy that wanted to wrestle him down probably had 20-30kg on him and was much larger. Getting out of that is not easy without foul stuff like eye gauges wich clearly you cant do in a test scenario

"You're a tough guy, but you're gonna... you're gonna feel fear." My heart went out to Magnus in this moment

Instructor: We need volunteers to spar with Magnus Guy who had pull up record before Magnus: Vengeance is mine

The hand smothering! Oh god. Even in training having your air ways slightly blocked even by an arm or flap of clothing is very panic inducing.

it's incredible how even I tensed up in those grappling situations without even being there. Kudos to you and your massive crown jewels for doing this. You're great and you really did well.

I love how practical this training is for them. He's like, "We kick low because otherwise you would hit their magazine." They really know their stuff.

Most people severely underestimate how draining hard sparring is. You can gas out super quickly. I've seen super-fit guys just absolutely die after a 3min round of BJJ. You use way more energy than you think, and a surprisingly big part of professional fighting is knowing when you can conserve energy.

Thank you Magnus. I’ve really enjoyed your work with the Norwegian military showing us some of the training they endure. I have subscribed because of this series. I admire you for getting in the “ring” with 5 instructors to give and take a beating. It was so intense, I kept forgetting to breathe. My thanks also to the Norwegian military for opening their doors to you.

In traditional karate we did similar training but three on one all at the same time. That was incredibly hard.

That was really impressive. Having done years of martial arts training, I know how difficult it is to keep up such a pace. Not many people can do what you just did.

I could seriously feel my energy draining just by watching him fight. Dude is a beast for not giving up

For not having any/much martial arts training, this is incredibly impressive, Magnus. In my dojo, individuals would spar against 10-25 other karatekas, and it's brutal. You did great in this.

Combat against another person is great for working all those muscles you never knew you had. I remember wrestling tournaments where I was in the most average weight class, meaning I was the first fight, and the last fight of the day, and fighting every 30m. It was amazing where you'd feel muscle fatigue the next day, the next, the next. Our whole team would be walking around school like stiff zombies, but never felt so alive. Fast forward a few years, same tournament, the endurance compared to a rookie vs then, night and day difference, and no where near professional I'm sure.