Don't act like you are very good in fma you know only little, youre ways and moves using is very basic, try to research deeper the art of filipino martial arts. You only using the arnis which we learned in our physical activity subject. 😂
The real joke is.. you only commented cause you’re offended that I’m more popular than you and more recognized for what I’ve done for the FMA community. So you took time out of your lovely day to comment that because you hope someone in this world will ask themselves “hey.. is this guy better than Mark? Let’s check his content out!” Only to find nothing, because you’re afraid to share it yourself. Maybe because you aren’t as skilled as your comment makes you sound? Or maybe because you’re a part of the toxic Filipino culture that will cause this art to be forgotten, because ain’t nobody got time to train an art full of prideful martial artists who think they have the touch of God. This art is preserved and evolved more by people OUTSIDE of Philippines and to whom aren’t even of Filipino decent. So next time you see a tourist training on your beaches, thank them because they decided to even give our home a chance without trying to gentrify the culture. Thanks for commenting on my 3 year old video! The Adsense money is consistent because of this video. I’ll make sure to ship you a balikbayan box of my apparel! But the REAL joke of this all is.. if you only did your research, I’m not even from the Philippines so I didn’t learn it in school 😂 I’m Canadian, eh.
fma has vast if knowledge . what you have shown is only a little part. and is particularly used by modern arnis and other stjye cinco teros for instance . when attaked they prefer to block first with the stick then parry using the other hand. this is a good and effective technique used sometimes at other it is not . in fma good technique is used effectively in a bad fight . and bad technique is sometimes used effectively in a good fight. it is alway possible to used bad ana good form to fight well. if one is skilled not in any kind of martial art will not understand what this means !!
I have a Cebuana wife, about 2 years ago, she brought me to her uncle, an unknown kali practitioner who only teaches the craft to close relatives. Unlike other Filipinos who are only too willing to show their wares, this guy wouldn't show me a thing. But after a lot of cajoling from my wife, and after I bought one goat and lots of local gin, he finally relented and showed me his craft. Unlike other YT videos I saw with several Kali masters, what he showed me is totally different. No fancy moves, just plain strike, counterstrike and disable or kill. He told me, the essence is "economy of movement." When your life is at stake, and when you die, your wife, family and village will be at the mercy of the aggresor, nothing is left to chance. You either disable, or kill your opponent, at the first oppurtunity. In his technique, there is hardly a block, instead, it's evade and counterstrike. Killing or disabling an assailant in a few seconds. And he has reputation that is both verifiable and deadly. Some 12 years ago, after a cockfight betting went wrong, he was attacked by seven angry losers armed with machetes/knives, and guess what, 4 ended up in the hospital, and he survived with just a few cuts, nothing serious. I kept buying him the local gin, which I think he really liked and endeared me to him, and so I asked him, how good is this art? He laughed, and told me, Phil, this is not art. It was passed on to me be my ancestors, to protect self, family and village. My Kali, it is designed to disable, maim or kill, period.
FACTS, Practicality, great video, this comment comes from a veteran of the martial arts 47 years running, tactical law enforcement and protective services since 1988, keep up the good work and wake everyone up to realism, great job.
Why would you like to block the stick when you can smash the hand instead much more effective that way. My guro in The Philippines always told me that bock on stick is for practicing but real intention is to get the hand or the fingers. Block the stick is a waste of time, that's why he would always ask me to target his hand when do some sinawali not focus on his stick but the hand if I can get the hand there is a lot of chance to disarm in the meantime. Block on the stick is really you can't do otherwise as last resort but in traditionnal FMA got the hand is much more effective than block the stick. You just destroy the hand that hold the weapon because we keep always in mind and because the figure are from bladed weapon, we always target the hand. Traditional Styles like Wedo or Doblete Rapilon, Yaming Combat... and much more always target the hand don't care about the stick itself. Training that way give good result and more realistic way to fight. That kind of block I saw it mostly in practicing of modern Arnis style, traditional styles are more focus in bladed weapons work and more practical, not too much sinawali more simple and direct techniques and closer from fencing practice than Modern styles. Thanks for the video anyway just wanted to share my point of view.
You have to be diverse your techniques. You need a lot of tools in the toolbox. You don't want to be a one-trick pony as they say. Confrontations are complex and to say that, I'm only going to train to hit the hand, is missing the point of the Filipino martial arts. The most successful range to achieve a disarm from hitting the hand, is in long range. That's where you can really get some power in your strikes and you can also have the reaction time to move, if that strike doesn't give you the effect you were hoping for. The techniques they were showing were in medium range... sumbrada range. Again, you have to have diversity in your arsenal. You have long, medium and close range... and outer range, if you want to get technical. This means that you don't simply train to hit the hand. Also, in training, there are drills that build attributes and there are drills that are directly applicable to combat. Stay safe kids and keep getting after it!
Yes that's true, he only using the modern way of arnis, but there are many methods in arnis, abesidario, serado batangueno, largada, etc. His defense is useless when it will be use in stick combat
There's always someone that his/her own opinion on your technique as long as its in this public forum. Never stop learning Sir. Train with different styles if you can so that you can get exposure to multiple perspectives. Be proud that you are spreading the art and sharing your journey with the world.Keep it up! Mabuhay FMA! Later Brah!
This is what it is ,teachers train student basic techniques and from basic will evolve to different or various techniques depending on students abilities or dedication to be more effective .Stupid to think this art has a lot of mistakes . if someone gives you a knife it is up to you if you want to use it for slicing or cutting or display it as just a knife.. hopefully this make sense
I would like to learn Kali. There are no schools where I live and honestly, your instruction is extremely helpful. I've done and do martial arts but have found Filipino Martial Arts to be extremely effective (what little I know) and practical. Do you have a curriculum you follow, Step 1- Step 2- Step 3 to Level 1 to Level 2? I'm trying to be a student and trying to know how to learn it through your online instruction!
Something else that the average practitioner doesn't do, realize or is taught is that the counter blocks aren't necessarily to the stick or weapon but to the attacking tool's hand/arm. We all hit the stick in counters as a courtesy but in reality the counters are to hands, arms, wrist...etc full speed blade counters (with bolo, barong etc) are disarms....literally
Tracy Cramer defanging the snake... Absolutely. It's an offensive movement. We are more offensive because nothing in FMA should be a block or weapon hitting. It is attacking the limb as it is coming in... not blocking... and if the weapon isn't disarmed on first beat, then you add the supplemental disarm and inserting the checking hand. Meeting and following the force (attacking the attack), zoning to zero pressure, and supplementing disarms if needed.
I’ll enjoy it as much as your grammar mistake. You’re right, I learned from RU-vid and decided to try to teach 😬😬😬 I’m guessing no ones ever hit you with a stick for you to say that.
What defender is going to keep his stick in blocking contact with the attacker following the attack to allow the attacker to go inside, arm lock or disarm? He's going to block, recover,(with our without foot displacement), block again and/or counter attack.
The person who made this video apparently ignores a basic principle from FMA, at least how I've learned it since the very first class: one shouldn't aim at hitting stick again stick in a real fight, one should aim AT THE HAND of the attacker holding the stick. You cross sticks while training at the gym, because you can't (or at least you shouldn't!) break your training partner's hand, right? But in a real fight, the movement becomes different, you dodge more and you break the hand or foot of the agressor first, disarm him and then you can finish him off, if the situation goes that far. One fast, strong blow as the ones showed in the video would certainly be more difficult to block, but if blocked properly (not stick against stick, but stick against hand), as one true master of FMA will teach his students to do on the streets, there would be no need of blocking for a second time.
I'm sure he knows that bud..I'm sure when your actually practicing your not hitting your opponent hand either because it's practice but in street he will hit and aim for the hands... we all know that bud.
aiming at the hand, that would be useful on close and mid range. long and end to end of stick range would be blocking at the stick. it depends on how fast, slow, strong/heavy or light the attacker gives.
One thing that I noticed about you guys when demonstrating a strike is you're striking with the aim of somewhere in the middle of the stick. From where I came from we're trained to aim with the tip of the stick. Having said that, your opponent will have a hard time trying to block the strike. Secondly, realize the difference between the force of getting hit from the middle of the stick to that of the tip of the stick, big difference. Blocking and disarming only becomes necessary when both person comes close to each other. The primary objective of Arnis is to kill or to immediately incapacitate your opponent thus maintaining maximum distance to deliver the maximum force is the primary technique, it is at this situation where the stick becomes deadly. My point is, your reference is always the point of the stick, anywhere else, you just lost the effectiveness of Arnis and reduced to disarming and grappling (good for demos and exhibition but not practical in real fight). What about if you are fighting 2 or more adversaries? Trust me, I've seen a bunch of frat boys stopped by a whistling tip and I've seen a lowly rattan cane cut like a sharp knife. Just a word of advice from an old fart
Its not about style, it's a question on how effective it is in actual combat. Physics would tell you that if you get hit from the middle of the stick it is not as hard if you get hit from the tip of the stick.
Sure, the tip carries a lot of energy in long whipping strikes, but energy transfer is most efficient further back at the "center of percussion" or "sweet spot". This is advantageous in heavy strikes and short range "punching strikes". Regardless, what annoys me most about this video is that none of the strikes are powerful, and that they repeatedly stop in with their sticks crossed in a static pose that is not realistic ...at least if you add power and intent. --Another old fart.
tip user here. once you get hit by the tip of the olisi/stick you will notice the sound is different when you get hit by the middle part of the olisi/stick (in tournaments). if you hit with the use of the tip your distance to your opponent is at long range, and l dont do blocking, if you block, youre like stopping the force of the striker, its paintfull in the hand, what l do is parry or use angulation of my stick so that the strike of the opponent will just glide through my olisi/stick.
I had a great teacher of arnis in talisay negros occidental so far the best teacher i had and he teaches arnis, uniquely in his own Understanding and philosopy of the art And he demo with fellow eskrimadors.
You're too young to say things like that. My grand dad is a skrimador and he never said right or wrong about fma. He only said that different teachers teaches different ways and techniques. You choose how it will work with you.
One should try to refrain using the word “mistake” in any martial system. Not everyone moves the same way or learn the same way. One must learn then discard what is not practical to you. Some FMA systems emphasize striking the hand holding the weapon while others strike the weapon. Well it’s dependent on your positioning to your opponent and what type of weapon. If it’s a blunt weapon then I suppose you can use both defense but if it’s a bladed weapon then maybe striking the weapon first makes sense if your on the inside of your opponent. It’s all good and we all learn and keep what we think is appropriate to us.
why not just strike the opponent instead of the stick. This is what i find most annoying about martial arts vs combat arts.I think the goal should be to neutralize the opponent, not the stick.
Your demo is not pure arnis fighting it is mix with karate. It is a concept of Modern Arnis. Real arnis fighting method is simultinious swing ang slashing.
Subscribed! I just learned that last night including the disarm. Thank you for the video and education. I'm Fiipino - Ilocano and my grandfather knew Eskrima, Kali and Arnis but didn't pass it down to my father. So it's like I'm connecting with him through FMA.
I dare you to meet some kali grandmaster and discuss this kind of a situation, there might a hidden technique since kali have many forms of counters and sure k.o .
Union Martial Arts you believe that the opponent stick will stop after a block. And you are assuming that your opponent is too slow and don't have footwork. You don't consider the fake, the faint and footwork. In this video you do the stepping but you are assuming that your opponent can only do the strike and not protecting himself and his stick.
Hello mark I like your videos very much I read the comment criticising about your art just ignore them because they only know how point out mistakes to other people so don't worry what matters is how many people love's you at last bro I want to know your style what style of Philippino martial art is your style please tell me
I saw a video where the "first mistake" execute well and he disarm his opponent. and i think if you do a full swing which is very powerful indeed, you can't give a follow up strike and if your opponent dodge that full swing, it will leave you very open.
I would like to make a suggestion for training. Get a 2 1/2 pound weight plate--like for instance a golds gym basic plate or a cap or weider, and wrap some duct tape on your rattan sticks and put the weight on the stick so its like a sword. I started out using sticks--now I use two T ball aluminum bats instead--around 26 inches in length. I prefer using them over the sticks. I think they reflect real world situations more accurately. They are not going to break and they have more mass than escrima sticks.
In other words, the second he has reacted to your attack (hitting first) you've already created a "reference point" (opportunity) for a second technique. Your staying one technique ahead of him.
most practitioners now only rely on the training you get in FMA back then it was about improving and improvising on things you learned from other Ma 's or things you know about to how make the things that you learned in FMA better (like in the video)
What you are saying is just a basic blocking techniques in FMA. Come & visit Philippines and go to Luneta (the easiest place to find arnisadors) and practice FMA with them so you will know that you are still a beginner with the sports.
If there is a mistake of the fma style specially in arnes,why no one beat the arnes grand master in talisay city cebu...try to go to talisay and chellenge them and show to the that there is a mistake in that style..
I mean... in... application ...perception... SPEED... yeah strength... but not focused on.... Speed... Accuracy... we train for that accuracy.... but know in a... stressful situation....we may not 100 % achieve that... but what I think the kid was explaining was... TRAIN in the close range zone... that's the essence... inside....u will still be training for that accuracy for long range... when u train close. ..and close is where the disarms are... and we don't just swing that way... we sinwali when we attack. ..
Lets agree to disagree, seems your confused with calisthenics to an actual figthing technics,. Like for example blocking/ hitting stick to stick is done for practice, but when you aim for the arm thats a totally diffrent story and it is not gonnabe 50/50, thus there are alot to it and different styles like lameco, illustrisimo, laolan, 12 pares and other arnis fighting style that would say otherwise
I have always wondered that if there is such a large focus on aiming for the hand, why aren't there more full hand guards on the weapons? I usually only see the hilt being open or like a minimum cross guard.
Number 2 mistake (or so) would be assuming that your sticks are already in your hand In a deadly situation. Similar to the person who says, Well, my .45 beats your so and so art: he has to have the gun in hand. What happens if he's surprised, and never gets the chance to even take out the gun, let alone aim it? We all know the 20 foot rule, where the odds are against the person with a holstered gun actually being able to withdraw it against an attacker rushing in from 20 feet.
What's your solution then to fixing the "#1 mistake in FMA?" I watched the whole video, but all I saw are the same exact mistakes being made in your demonstration; not only are you also striking at what you call "50/50 zone," but there's no footwork and you didn't address the changes in range. You're neither ahead in timing nor are you counter-offensive if you're meeting your opponent equally with weapon to weapon contact as your video showed.
I understand what you're going for. Our combat system is actually based on the principle of striking/moving first (offense), but that's not what I'm talking about - Yes Guro Mark strikes first BUT the opponent is able to equal the strike with a "block," and because he was able to equal Guro Mark's strike, then he's not "first." Meeting your opponent weapon to weapon does NOT put you in a better position as you show because you're at equal range... you haven't gained any advantage, both in timing and position. So I don't see the "fix" you claim have because there are too many technical discrepancies, AND you didn't address the change in range because you showed no tactical footwork;. you wanna sound like you got it figured out, but in reality you are teaching people to "gamble" at a mutual destruction range. Btw, counter-offensive means you're behind timing; your opponent initiated the attack. Offensive means you're ahead; you initiated the attack. You guys need to study up and learn the difference. Sorry to be so critical, but as instructors/practitioners we have an obligation and responsibility to educate people about FMA (regardless of style) the right way, both culturally and combatively. Peace!
PTK-SMF Peninsula brah, you re probably older than them. They are still young. It's all about hitting first and hitting hard. All those pattacakes are just drills...their real value really comes into play when being in buno mode. Corto has always been the true master's range.
you are good.when you say your first striker.because i beat a lot of guy with a weapon in the city.that stick hit it very very hard.because the harder you hit the faster it bounce.like spring..the strong hit actually breaks his defence .do not hesitate to strike .strike like there is no tomorrow..actually i beat this guys because they are armed.you will actually see big guys with knife faint in front of your face and fall on the ground.
watch grand master Bobby Tabuada where in he say that you can end a fight in just a second ..... try to face even the meaddle class eskrimador then you tell us the mistake fma.
That makes perfect sense to me, as I’ve trained in FMA for a while. But, if I may ask a question regarding the defensive side? If you go on the counter-offensive, but they beat you to the punch, how do you regain that position?
Basically the technic you showed is good however base on my experience in fighting , in tournament its hard to catch that strike, not unless the one who strikes is drunked or he doesn't know anything in striking with something in his hand.
Dude you are talking like the stick is your weapon... there goes your first mistake ... the arnis or stick is just the training tool . a kinder garden tool in preparation for a more major weapon like the bolo ... kalis ..campilan and balisong .... You took out the slash .. you made is a smash .. if you are holding a bolo or kalis .. you will only make 1 move and your dead its either you stuck your weapon to the skull/bone ,the enemy shield will hold it for you or a single dodge will leave you with a slashed neck or torso .. 2nd mistake you made like the Spaniards before you ... the filipino shield made of wood and animal skin took out their weapon like a kid with a candy. Third mistake you made? ... acting like you know it all ... damn ,... even the Canete brothers who have the same Guro have different style in fighting.
A) there is no "mistake" in the art itself.... THE NUMBER ONE MISTAKE IN FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS sounds contradict .... C) this is OUR approach then why you make a title THE NUMBER ONE MISTAKE IN FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS... remember before you learn A certin style of FMA,,,, that mistakes ur saying,, its been develop long long time ago from that you just come up a new idea,,, so you should never say its a mistakes... actually watching ur video u have a mistakes also and a mistakes approach also... remember theres a traditional approach and a modern approach in FMA
what happened to train as you fight? If you spend hours hitting sticks you will block the stick. it is your trained reaction. it seems like he is taking advantage by using “picking”, to force the other to block his stick. there are many schools that teach sinawali as the main art and it is tap stick style. you would think you can find many full time stick fighting schools around the Philippines but there aren’t. Cebu is like the mecca of stick fighting so it is in a league of it’s own. why criticize his youth? he sees something that should be very obvious
well i disagree.FMA,Here in the philippines We are learning the art of blade...Know the Principle whether that is a samurai nor katana and pther kinds of blades ;)
It’s funny how these young guys know better then the real master of Filipino martial arts..I have a of respect for Filipino martial art...every move or they that is done has a reason for it..
This one is already been cleared by master Doug Marcaida. This two are not even amatuers. Where did you learn your arnis? From youtube? GM taboada will spank you both on the butt. What your doing is "gym/school arnis".. yes there's the knowledge but learning FMA for self defence is way different from what you guys are doing on the video. Please next time make sure that you know what you're talking about before you put it in the eyes of the public.
This video proves how much lack of knowledge you have about FMA. FMA is all about stick fighting base combat system, meaning you start learning with a stick and as you progress, your weapon starts to get shorter and shorter to the point that you start learning to use pens, news papers, and a towel, and finally an empty hand. So learning FMA means learning how to fight people with weapons such as knife, sword, and other impact edge weapon like bat and etc while you yourself don't have a weapon. Im a FMA practitioner for about 22 years now and trust me, empty hand are far more dangerous than having a stick.
I wish you never made this video, because this video shows lack of knowledge while your replies shows that you have enough knowledge about the art it self. Im not gonna bring up anymore bad points to say but my friend.........this is a bad video.
Pwede yan kung kalaban mo hinde gagalaw at walang alam sa arnis pero kung ang kalaban mo mamatay tao at mabilis gumallaw??? Pero bakit sa arnis mo patamaan bawal ba patamaan ang kamay
At the distance you are showing, you don't have to intercept with your stick in response. You could just use your off hand and intercept the opponents weapon hand or strike his weapon hand with your weapon.
Why dont you come here in cebu and try to apply what you are saying in all clubs that you incounter. Or try to do a spar with a grandmaster? It is battle tested. And many are becoming victims of this art. They knew that if you are far from your opponent its hard to stop the kinetic energy of the stick so that is the reason why they choose to get closer to the opponent. If you wont believe me then yes come here in cebu and try to spar a master of this art specially a balintawak master and im pretty sure that you are incorrect.
The thumbnail really NOT realistic. It doesn't apply ONLY in FMA. When you Practice, you have to hit the stick, nobody in this WORLD can learn MARTIAL ARTS IF IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU ARE INJURING YOUR STUDENTS. THAT'S ONLY FOR DEMONSTRATIONS, IN REAL FIGHT ITS DIFFERENT EVEN IN TOURNAMENTS.
my friend... the most common mistake you guys teaching is, that when a strike hits your weapon, it doesn't stop in there... you can't hold someones weapon when they strike it... it is not what the reality tells... i suggest, when you teach counter offensive, try something useful... that style or system of teaching is not effective anymore...try something different. something that really happens in reality... so that when your viewers apply it in reality, it wont fail, and you will not appear to be fake martial arts teacher..
There are lots of variations baby try to become a grandmaster and you will see and appreciate fma.why not forget fma and settle for another fighting styles baby
Don't try to discriminate a technique that you have just learn try to face the grand master and prove it are you a master I don't think so the way you hold the stick is wrong if I will be your opponent I can disarmed you with one strike
Your teaching and explaining mistake and yet your holding the sticks like hotdog, what i know is hold the stick just one thumbs up from the end of the stick, do not assume to be grand master if you dont know the basics
So your saying they are giving too much punyo? Well they are training and in training with others your grip changes too apply different situations for you and your training partner. Just my experience in kali