- He's getting overly aggressive, reaching for his legs.
Ooh, my spinal.
(Chad laughing)
(dramatic music)
(glass shattering)
Welcome back to another episode
of Scenic Fights "Fight Scenes Breakdown".
I'm Pak. I'm a Judo Black belt and a wrestler.
- I'm Chad Vázquez.
I'm the head coach and owner of Paxibellum Martial Arts.
- Today, we're gonna break down not only one
of the best Indian movies,
but one of the greatest films ever, Dangal,
starring Aamir Khan as the legendary wrestler,
Mahavir Singh Phogat.
- I love Indian movies.
As you know, they always bring out sensitive Chad.
- Oh really? What's your favorite Bollywood movie?
- It's tough, but Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
(Pak laughing)
- Oh my God!
Anyways, let's break this scene down.
All right, Vivan Bhatena loosening up his traps.
Aamir Khan shaking his arms.
- There could be only one brolic mustache man.
That's what this match is about.
- Is it gonna be Mario or Luigi?
- Yeah, yeah. Right.
(Chad laughing)
- Good sportsmanship.
- Aamir Khan's Mario.
- All right. They go in a good wrestling stance.
Fakes a shot.
All right. They're still in their stance.
Immediately tie up.
- Boom! - Boom!
- Dude.
- That's a beautiful duck under to a lift,
a high amplitude throw,
five points in freestyle wrestling
because he goes feet to back.
But, I did see a few errors here.
Now, here are a few things that we can improve here.
I wouldn't go for a double collar tie.
I would get one hand on the collar, like so,
and one hand getting an inside bicep or tricep control.
This allows me to control this arm a lot better
than just instead of relying on my elbow
to lift him up.
Also, what Aamir Khan did that I wouldn't do personally,
is as he ducked under, he steps inside in between his legs
before executing the throw.
From this position with Aamir Khan's leg on the inside,
he's able to throw Vivan because he's massively strong
and he's also masterful at wrestling.
However, against another very skilled wrestler
it's very difficult to get the leverage
to lift and take an opponent down
without having your ability to cut the corner.
By stepping my leg on the outside, I can pivot,
grab high in the crotch, and use the power
from my feet to my hips to lift someone up,
get good base, and show off your strength.
Now let's see that in full speed.
(man falling)
Ooh, it's hard flooring.
- [Chad] Yeah. Dude, imagine?
- [Pak] Yeah. No mats here.
- [Chad] That sucks.
- Aamir Khan's letting him know, "Hey, I'm the man."
- Yeah. There's only one mustache here that counts.
- The look on his face is like,
"How dare you help me up and embarrass me."
Oh, he looks at the crowd and he's sensing
that the crowd is slowly turning against him,
and they're also seeing
that Aamir Khan, he's the real deal.
- If you talk that smack and then it fails,
that's hard, bro.
That ends careers.
If you see in professional fighting,
that has definitely been the beginning of the end
of someone's career when we talk that smack.
So, it's like there's high reward with it,
and there's also high risk if it backfires.
- Very high risk of embarrassment.
- Yeah. - And you know what?
We're gonna see how it affects your actions later on
when you're trying to recover from being-
- Embarrassed like that. - Yeah.
All right. They're squaring up again.
Circling. Circling.
All right. Looks like National Geographic.
They're just...
They're getting ready for combat.
Looks like Vivan tried to...
- To smack him.
Yo, he tried changing the rules.
- All right.
He's getting overly aggressive,
reaching for his legs, runs after him.
- Boom! - Boom!
Oof. All right.
That's an Ippon Seoi Nage in Judo,
but an arm throw in wrestling.
And Vivan makes a critical error.
He lets his emotions get to him.
He's not doing anything technical.
He's just charging with aggressive energy.
Aamir Khan does the right thing,
redirects that energy
and throws him for another high amplitude throw.
In an Ippon Seoi Nage or an arm throw in wrestling,
I want to shoot my arm underneath the armpit,
trapping his shoulder with my bicep
before I rotate and turn.
I need this squeeze to get any type of control
to follow my opponent to the ground.
It's impossible for me to generate the control
and the power necessary without at least trapping his arm.
Great job by Aamir Khan,
by redirecting Vivan's forward aggressive energy
into a arm throw or Ippon Seoi Nage.
Now, let's see that at full speed.
(man falling)
Now, in Vivan's case,
to defend or counter against an Ippon Seoi Nage
what I would do is
if I'm entering, I would beat the leg,
squat down low, get a heavy base
so I lose all the power in my throw,
And he could counter by lifting me up.
However, Vivan's forward aggressive energy
made it impossible for him to get the timing
and the balance and base needed to execute this defense.
First of all, let's make a comment
on them throwing on the hard floor.
There was a time that I had to defend myself on the street,
and I hit a beautiful take down, changed levels,
got him up in the air, slammed him on concrete,
and the way his head bounced off the floor,-
- Dude! - And made
that big thudding slap, I was scared for my life.
- And you're used to working with people who
know how to fall. - Yes.
- So when you say his head
hit the back of the floor, I'd be terrified.
That's serious.
You can get like knocked out or worse,
especially on concrete.
Dude!
- I didn't think about throwing my person
on the mat or the concrete.
- Sure. - I just did
what I was conditioned to do
all those hours on the practice mat.
- Yeah.
- And I thought this guy became a post person,
and I was so scared of my life.
But let me tell you,
that day I learned there's no faster way to end a fight
than hitting someone with the earth.
He's shaking his head, how dare..
And just runs after him.
Oh, God.
So again, another and last example
of Vivan really just charging after his opponent,
doesn't learn his lesson the first two times.
Now, again, Vivan,
he throws all tactics and strategy out the window.
His pride is hurt.
The crowd is turned against him,
and now he's just being aggressive and careless,
and he's just charging at Aamir Khan,
and gets thrown with a big Koshi Guruma
or a headlock in wrestling.
- And, the moral of the story is
actions speak louder than words.
So, if you're gonna talk that smack,
make sure you back it up.
- Absolutely!
We see Vivan very upset after being thrown twice
with high amplitude moves.
This time, he's super upset and he, for some reason,
has his arms outstretched like Frankenstein,
and just runs after Aamir Khan.
Aamir Khan gladly takes that energy, grabs this forearm
wraps his arm around Vivan's head, rotates his hip,
and throws in with the headlock.
Now, there are some dangers with a headlock.
Had Vivan not been overly aggressive and composed,
if there's this tie up and Aamir Khan rotated in
for a headlock, Vivan could've easily lowered his level,
cut the corner, lift Aamir Khan up for the counter.
Now, for Aamir Khan, a less riskier alternative
in that situation is simply just changing your levels
and getting a Double Leg Takedown.
If Vivan is standing upright, running at me,
all I have to do is drop my level, he goes over me,
grab his legs, lift him up.
You could still get a high amplitude throw
with none of the risks involved
with turning your back to your opponent.
But, because it's Bollywood, we gotta add some style.
So, let's look at the headlock in full speed.
(man falling)
Now, although it's a wrestling match,
we saw Vivan tap out and quit.
Not really because it was a submission.
He's acknowledging that Aamir Khan is a better wrestler
and he lost the exchange.
However, let's look at a few ways
we could make this Head and Arm pin
or Kesa Gatame extremely devastating and painful.
I wanna get a tight head and arm control.
I'm gonna lift my butt off the ground
and I'm gonna find my ribcage against his sternum
as I lift his neck up,-
- Oh, yeah.
(Chad groaning)
- Compressing the chest,
and making it very difficult and painful to breathe.
(dramatic music)
(glass shattering)
This was a great scene
showing a lot of high amplitude wrestling throws.
There were some minor mistakes,
and also a lot of exaggerated movement,
a lot of flashy movement that we typically won't see
in a competitive wrestling match three times in a row.
However, just like when I tell stories about myself,
I like to exaggerate,
so does Bollywood in this flashback scene.
Now, because of that,
I'm gonna give this grade a solid B.
(glass shattering)
- Hey, Logan? - Yeah.
- Oh, I didn't know you were here.
Wanted to ask you, what's your favorite Indian movie?
- Oh, it'd be Salman Khan's Hum Aapke Hain Khan.
What? I'm sensitive.
- Man! Get outta here with that.
- [Logan] I'm a person.
- Aamir Khan is the King of Khans.