The REAL Truth Behind Knife Fighting! 

lol my sifu always said that the first rule of a knife fight is to not get into a knife fight.

Trained Kali and pencak Silat for years, one thing our trainer would still always tell us.. If anyone pulls out a knife.. run!

Hey man, I just wanted to say I appreciate this video a lot. Fellow Filipino, instructor but forever-student of edged weapons, firearms, and combatives. Your videos, going all the way back to the older ones, were one of the biggest reasons we started making videos in the first place when we started up our company. And the way you have connected with so many great instructors, continued to train and learn, and gave them some spotlight to grow as well...we have tried to emulated that! Just wanted to say thanks and cant wait for more content. We will hopefully be putting out more of our own as well! Cheers.

That Man is fast as hell. He seems like a really good person as well. That was cool.😎

Love the fact that he is having fun teaching you. People tend to forget the art aspect and this goes to show you can have fun and learn too.

Not really sure what to say here. There are no winners in knife fights. Unless its an ambush both combatants will be full of holes. If your opponent presents a knife, just run. Its not worth it.

What I personally loved and what caused me to I gravitate towards the Filipino martial arts is the the drilling aspect it it teaches you muscle and reflex memory on how to adjust to angles of attacks while keeping yourself in a kind of a natural stance. I would have liked to have seen you guys use the checking hand more. Great video!

I wish everyone was like GM Oliver. Deadly, but humble. Would never hurt anyone unless being directly attacked.

Best way to do it! All the practiced flow drills are well and good but just goin at it with practice blades as though it were a real encounter is the only way to see how you'd do. Most of the fancy shit falls apart here.

Damn bro, i get chills down my spine when u slowed down the video on that padded stick sparring.. he inspects your range, hits you when you ended your slash and immediately retracts his arm back just before your 2nd attack. On top of it all he looked like he's having fun sparring lol

Sweet video! I also am a practitioner of the Pekiti Tersia Kali system in San Antonio, TX. I think as a whole, the Filipino fighting systems are under appreciated yet they offer so much to self defense.

This man Oliver, is a great in both his art and personality.

Thanks for posting. This GM moves fast as my Guro Jason Cruz(Kali Method). I need to pay you guys a visit up there in Canada. Much RESPECT to the Canadian FMA community.

As a person who is visually impaired and who also crosstrains in kenpo and kali i find your vids educational As Well as entertaining keep ups the great content

His reflexes are amazing.

I'd probably seriously hurt myself trying this out. Still fun video so I clicked.

Man, I so wish I could travel and train as much as you do. That is how I would love to keep training. Training with different people, is always better in my opinion

The Filipino art of Sai-Na-Chi, it's an ancient self defense, hard to translate the proper context in English. It is just running away as fast as you can. Used extensively by Forrest Gump.

Wow. What a honor to see your growth. So much knowledge

I love this art. Thanks for the video I absolutely enjoyed it.

_THIS...RIGHT HERE, THIS IS WHY THE INTERNET WAS INVENTED!_ *SWEET SAUCE*

Respect! Also, thanks for sharing the equipment tip. I’m gonna spar with those soft flexible ends.

I was in the Philippines for a month, moving all over, from north in Sagada, to Manila, to Davao, and virtually nobody I spoke to knew what I was talking about if I mentioned Filipino Kali and knife fighting. Hindi ko maintindihan lol! Could a Filipino here please explain this to me? Salamat po.

Knife fighting is becoming a lost art. But the first time you bleed on the street you quickly realize it’s not like the movies . Always carry your edge weapon sharp, learn to hone your edge.

Mad respect for those who are willing to learn and seek to understand. Always share your gifts and be your best. Great channel. Salamat Po

Brought back some good memories of all my Filipino friends in Los Angeles. Good video well done

Nice video the Guy was really nice and he is a great teacher.

Looks like lots of fun, but boy it sure shows that if both parties have knives and are more evenly matched in terms of skill, a real combat situation could easily leave the 'winner' looking like sliced meat!

Great content, great way to illustrate the difference between drills and sparing & I love how he hit you on the head at the end, that made me laugh, but also illustrate how dangerous a conflict with edge weapons can be...& yes i know...im like 2 years late LOL

GN i think you need to explain the reasons why they have the telegraphed drills that mimic dances as our ancestors hade to train and adapt the style to not look suspisciously like martial arts as it was banned by the Spanish invaders when we were occupied for more than 400 years. In order the the Grand masters to continue the artform they came up with the different cultural dances like tinikling (footwork), pandango sa ilaw (hand eye coordination), sayaw sa banko (balance), maglalatik and more just to name a few. Thats probably why we love entertaining so much. Is because lolo said so not knowing he was our first Sensei Miyagi.

Much respect to all, great video.

This was beautiful and fun to watch, educational as well. I'm falling more and more in love with this art the more I watch and learn.

Great video. It's beautiful to see the slow mo and grace of the movements.

Thanks sir 🙏☺

Would love to be a part of something like this.

Very interesting. Thank you

So jealous. 😁 you guys having so much fun. 👍👍

smiling and learning. finding your own way. good flow. love it.

Great skill. beautiful flowing .. WELL DONE!!!

this was awesome

This is the best video that I ever seen about the real knife strike which is not easy to face it like we always imagined. TQVM Bro for teaching us the real fact about knife and the other weapon strikes. Could you please make another video about "parang" strike and how to face it?

1 GM normally dont spar out of fear of mistakes, I think. Nothing but respect to you both. 2 That looks like softcombat to me (it's like jugger but with just fighting) Which I think is amazing training. Not complete, but great still : ) (heavy bag is not complete boxing but great for boxing right? Well same thing) : )

Beautiful!

While it is interesting to analyse a combative system, whether it be a hand to hand to weapon system, there is always the danger of over-analysing what is happening. While it’s great to break down the intricacies, sometimes this creates a false sense of understanding about how to fight with whatever. In regards to knife fighting, there is a romantic notion that two combatants square off and exchange strikes, blocks and counter strikes in some sort of physical poetry. The reality is quite different and confronting. One must remember that offence beats defence and proximity negates shill. If the aggressor with the knife plans on killing you, there is a pretty good chance that is going to happen. You simply won’t get a chance to defend or get your own knife out, forget about trying to drop into a defensive position, knife at the ready. Like most martial arts, over analysing technique is an attempt to predict the unpredictable and control the uncontrollable. The reactionary gap (time wise) between the attacker’s initial move and the defender’s counter is just too short. It’s great to study, but don’t get lured into the fantasy that you’ll be able to square off with someone like Jim Bowie and come out unscathed.

Over the years, my martial arts instructors would always say that the "One Finger" technique is the best. If you use a knife, expect to get cut. Still, I like knives, .....

Have you ever played "Jugger"? You should try it. Its a lot of fun.

Mabuhay , GN thank's for putting up these authentic fma video's u bring a smile to this old man ,I have been watching your own personal growth in the Art's all I can say is niiice!!! ,If you are interested in doing a video on knife throwing I have a very good friend of mine ,14 time world championship Joe broken feather darrah ,

The flappy sticks are a great idea.

That was good and fun to watch.

Such an awesome video if you ever in SA please get hold of Mark Human from MDW this is how he trains us.

Nice.

This was informative... Thanks!

Solution....concealed carry Knife fights way too messy Actually had a guy jump out of a car with a buoy knife. I got out with a billy club and he got back in and drove away.

I want to train with that guy cool and dangerous at the same time. Kudos to GM Garduce. Hope he has a youtube channel.

Very nice training video!

Awesome!!!

Nice work my brothers...

I loved this video it was like UFC except with weapons and everything's cooler with weapons

Dear GN, may i know at the beginning of the video, what kind of karambit you are using ?

Here what I personally think about what to do in a knife fight: 0. DO NOT BE THERE! Use ambient and context awareness to AVOID SUCH EVENTS AT ALL COST (avoid dangerous cities/quartiers, avoid to be alone, avoid dark places, analize people/situations around you and instinctively detect danger, avoid confrontations, avoid to show valuable items, GIVE VALUABLE ITEMS TO THE ROBBER IN ORDER TO STOP THE ATTACK, ...) 1. BE EQUIPPED: WEAR PROTECTION CLOTHES that cannot be cut (kevlar shirts, rivetted chainmails, ...), keep with you a very powerful torch/flashlight, if viable and legal in your country keep a ranged weapon (gun, taser, peper spray, baton, kubotan, ... according with your country's laws) with you every time, especially (at night) if you visit new areas, new city or you sense that in you area the danger level is high or is going up. 2. BE FIT/TRAINED mentally and physically (be confident and SHOW confidence, be fit and SHOW your fitness, train your reflexes, be prepared/trained for bad situations, you should be fit enough to run at maximum speed for a considerable amount of time and enough to overcome some basic obstacles (walls, fences, differences in heights, gaps, ...), BE TRAINED in close quarter combats/mma/self defense tecniques/martial arts ... 3. RUN AWAY AT ALL COSTS: KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU NOT SUCCED IN THIS TASK YOU WILL BE QUITE SURELY INJURED NO MATTER WHAT! Detect danger, use reflexes, put in place a quick useful diversion (use torch/flashlight, throw item at them, ...) and go away form the danger (in combination with ambient awareness in order to know how to follow an escape part that is possible AND is viable for you). IF AND ONLY IF YOU CANNOT RUN AWAY BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE OR YOU SHOULD STAY TO PROTECT SOMEONE YOU CARE THAT CANNOT RUN FAST AS YOU, then continue with the next points: 4. ATTRACT ATTENTION FROM POLICE OR OTHER PEOPLE: use allarm sounds, whistles, yells, ... to attract attention: be prepared to not find anyone who wants to help you or to be involved into some trouble/fight. Police also is not ubiquitous so prepare not to find any officer. In any case it is a necessary attempt. 4. BE PREPARED TO BE INJURED: mentally fit means also that you need to keep fighting even if you will be injured: good training, cold mind and adrenaline will keep you up for a while even if you are severely injured and htat can make the difference from life and death 5. FIGHT USING A RANGED WEAPON (you a re trained with): guns (if viable in your country), tasers (if viable in your country), pepper guns/sprays (professional ones), or other effective blunt ranged weapons if trained in that weapon. If you don't/can't carry a weapon use improvised weapons of any kind that you can find in the ambient (remind ambient awareness) and use them for diversion or as weapons (bottles, chairs, pans, kitchen knives, ...) 6. FIGHT WITH YOUR BARE HANDS if necessary and as long as you can't escape or neutralize the menace. In order to protect form a knife you should be trained in such situation: you will be cut anyway but if you know the right tecniques and you have trained them A LOT maybe it si possible to overcome the menace. Goof martial arts for this are specific soldier training, Krav Maga, classical Jujitsu, Kali, ... But the difference is based on the amount of specific training, reflexes and strengt of your body. 7. ESCAPE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! Your duty is not to kill, empair or arrest your attacker: your duty is to keep you and the people you care alive! Escape from danger event/zone/attacker(s) as soon as possible quickly and fast as you can.

Also fucking love this channel would love to train under this guy !!!!!!!!!

Best way to do it

amazing speed and footwork

I no joke saw some old Filipino lolo subdue a big white guy with a broom handle that was unattached to the broom. One of the most Jedi things I’ve ever seen

Awesome content

Any aluminum training knife that deliver to the uk.

2:19 That woman on the background... Scared as hell

Awesome

Where would a person go to learn?

Knife "duels" arent a thing here in the usa. Someone either has a knife and the other dont or the other one has a gun.... most attacks are ambushes and knife ambush is very hard to survive.....but then again most criminals dont want to kill they just want your stuff.

defanging the snake. missing hand and arm 6:00

I'm Like Your Video. Now Can You Do A Full Nelson Defense. Please?

Dude I very very much want to learn this stuff how where do I go ? Is there any place in Chicago please tell me I’ve studied martial arts when young to 11 12 years old it’s in my blood I get it and train alone is that good enough though ? I need hands on I get uhm like collapsing baton so drills alone 100 times ok one hour try knife drills same but is that good enough you think ?

there's always someone better.. walk away when you can.. : )

I wonder if they know about running or maybe getting a car in between you and the threat?

Grand Master in what? Choreographed dancing? Yes, gentlemen this is exactly how knife and stick fighting will work in the street.

Gm garduce is amazing! Would love to train with him

death matches done by roping 2 player in the waist using 2 meters rope. running means death. cutting the rope means death. the loser dies, the winner will die later. i saw one in tondo

Park bathroom UFC!!... HERE.......WE.......GO!!

Can I try (tell you later)

Good sparring bro.

Funny in prison I didn't see shit like this and people ended up very dead. On the street, I didn't see shit like this either knife fighting isn't fighting, and guess what the attacks happen when the person or people unaware of the attack even happened until it's too late.

Are you filming a movie? It looks like some kinda gag concert lol

There is no chance to survive a knife fight, right?

Noice

just asking.. is he a doce pares style?

Freaking amazing

This reminds me of sabong or cockfighting. In the Philippines, even the roosters use knives when fighting. 😂

What is Sabayan?

Thats not knife fighting.. its a dance

Sir oliver to ah sa kombatan quiapo

Galing

Aww they look like little kids playing in the park haha 😂

6:10 and if that was a machete you dont have and arm. Gg

You guys are filming in front of a restroom can I go to the bathroom please

Stick to formless knife fighting ...lest your opponent recognize your form and counter it. An opponent fighting against an person armed with a knife should immediately give offense to the opponent ad play defense...and that is the only form one should have. Knife fighting is way unpredictable. I got 57stitches my first knife defence...but I am alive to tell about it why? Because like the elastic, my actions depend upon the tension put on by my opponent before I snap to release my energy in a knife fight.

They usually have stick or knife fight with rope in the other hand

this was embarrassing

knife fighting is stupid, knives are used to cut your food open boxes and as an absolute last resort for defence, think smart live long.

Bullshitto