@TuhonBillMcg do you know anyone who teaches it who is still active? Learned a small amount (attacks, philosophy) when i was in middle school. I wanna learn it, but i cant find a pencak silat teacher. I founda kuntao silat teacher but idk it doesnt seem the same to me
It is always fascinating how the interaction between Kali/Arnis/Eskrima and Westerners brings out certain facets from the traditional and intuitive to a logical framework.
Not trying to be disrespectful with my question; I have no experience in this art: Couldn’t an uneven tempo be harder to defend against? “Quick-quick-slow-quick?”
Excellent question. I think it depends on your fighting style. If you are firing like a sniper, one attack here, another there, then an uneven tempo can work. However, if you are firing like a machine gun, then the total rate of fire should be fast. Rounds per minute counts. If the average human reaction time is 1/4 second, then having each different move firing at quarter second intervals or less, will make it difficult for the opponent to anticipate your angles of attack and counter effectively.
Reminds me of my early days in Kyokushin. Our instructor had us do 10 mins of continuous high kicks at the start of every class. Yes, we became excellent kickers, but more importantly it sucked the excessive energy out of us so nobody got injured during our full contact sparring.
As you draw, by stepping backwards with your leg on the same side as your knife, exposes your offside unprotected thigh to attach and you have lost the fight even before it has begun! Food for thought.
I use this position as a starting point, because it fits well with how I teach drawing a pistol. Once a student becomes proficient at the basic draw, they should practice from other positions as well.
Thank you for the video , it was very helpful. First time I've heard someone give a scientific reason for a choil on a kukri (or any knife). I don't know if the ancient Nepalese kukri makers meant it entirely for that purpose. Or as often explained it had some kind of traditional , cultural or religious purpose. Though I wouldn't doubt the kukri makers knew the scientific reason for it. But either way , thanks to you , I'm a little more knowledgeable about the kukri. Keep up the good work. 👍
TuhonBillMcg, Thank you very much for sharing your vast knowledge and experience with us in your excellent videos. I have a request though. I watched some of your past videos on sharpening blades. Could you make a video on how to dull cheap blades for safe training (machetes, small and big knives, etc.), please? Ideally, I would like to be able to dull such blades to the sharpness of butter knives and to dull their points as if they were broken. And all this with just a file. Thank you very much in advance should you find the time and energy to grant my request.
Several years ago I used a belt grinder to get a few cheap blades extremely dull. However, a large blade, even when "butter knife dull" can still do some damage. I have several decades of training and I still made the switch to polymer, once good ones became available. That is why I recommend Vulpes polymer trainers to my students. www.vulpestraining.com/collections/all?sort_by=price-ascending
Here's the question how do you defend against that other than situational awareness other than keeping your head on a swivel was just about anybody could take out a blade and attack in that same way. OverWatch footings of jailhouse stabbings and pick it up just like that. My question is and it's a question a legitimate question. How would you defend against it in an unprovoked attack. And the person comes out of nowhere and attempts to do that to you. I'm sure if I attack somebody with a blade. And they were not aware that I was coming. Does that person would literally be dead and it's a real question that I have is what would you actually do against it in the Medusa system. To nullify such an attack
Hi Tony, As you said, situational awareness is important, but it is only the first step. Knowing the distance that someone would spring such as attack is useful, in and of itself. Next is knowing what to do once the bad guys sees that you are on to him and decides to attack anyway. S.A. gives you an early warning, but it buys you just a small window of time to prepare yourself. Judging by the surveillance videos I've seen, a bad guy is equally likely to just modify his plan and attack, as abandon it, once he sees you are onto him.
