Great video!!! Here in Sicily, until ww1, there were many knife school styles, also knife(leccasapone)and stick (nerbo)… what's left? Only verbal heritage and 90% of this is lost…
Viva Italia! 🤩 Still: Doesn't need an expert to know that in street crime it will be RARE that villain & victim (assailant & defender) fight in the same martial arts style.
I like the style part …. but encouraging people to carry arms …. Hmmm… It just does not seem to work out very well …. A bit like the current Israel approach … which will not lead to more safety or peace for anybody.
First video of yours, liked and subbed. At first I thought it was just another Yankee with poor training and no martial art video, I mean comparatively, the average boobus Americanus homo vaccinus homo economicus ne homo indomitus, pussilanimus ignoranus lardus cowardus janus canis bellucis pisces nobilis merda, is an utter disgrace and it’s not so much that I’m ashamed to call them my countrymen, rather, they are our dross, our scum, who love not liberty and are not American in the true sense of the word.
Then I saw it’s a proper snickersnee. Used to be common knowledge.
Good info. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to more.
I went down this rabbit hole a year or more ago, on YouTube. There's another guy that has some strange movements and claims a long lineage in Italy. I'd bet, given the terrain, that Italy has many different knife fighting/dueling styles. A quick look at their historic knives and you'll see several fighting folders.
I found it funny that, in his movie type video, he takes his jacket off and sets it down and uses his hat instead. Historically, people would use their jacket or cape to protect their other arm, blind their opponent, wrap the knife, disarm, hide their own knife, etc.
Several European countries had strong knife dueling traditions from at least Medieval times. Sailers worldwide learned to use knives and swords/sabers. Ship's crews were generally not homogeneous and typically added crew members from around the world as needed. They tended to stop at various ports and information was shared. It's a bit of a chicken and the egg conundrum when looking at styles, since they all had skills, techniques, tricks, and styles that spread like their venereal diseases. I'd bet Filipino arts learned from the Spanish, Malays, Chinese, Indians, and Arabs at minimum. I'd also bet that traditional arts in Spain and Italy brought back lessons learned in their ports of call. We act like the world was made up of countries completely cut off from each other, but people traveled and mixed and moved and learned from each other.
Imagine when the OP finds out that Italians have a REALLY long living Martial Arts traditions that involves from swords, spears and polearms to knifes and even clean hands systems, and that Italy had THE best knight the world has ever seen: Fiore dei Liberi, the man, the legend.
This is what we do to people who put pineapple on pizza 🤣 All jokes aside, in Italy the laws about self defense are ridiculous and make it impossible in the majority of cases to defend yourself legally with weapons. So you'd never be in a situation where you're allowed to carry a knife on you outside in the first place. It might be good for countries that still have freedom and care about their citizens though.
Hmm… I learned something new today. Italy isn't the first country that comes to mind when I think of pokey things. But I shouldn't be surprised. I see a lot of transitional movements very reminiscent of things I've learned in other arts, especially in Systema (here come the haters who are going to tell me its fake, even though they never even tried it… Sigh, ignorance truly knows no bounds… I suggest you look into Kevin Secours, and go tell whatever you want to tell me to him instead). Same with his framing. It looks pretty effective, tbh.
Gotta say though, the silly demo video sold me on this stuff more than any actual fighting. I absolutely want to try it with Peaky Blinders hats on too. And all the posturing too. That shit is hilarious.
I agree about the stairs part… Martial artists don't train in environments, but soldiers do. Navigating stairs is a critical skill for CQB. More martial artists SHOULD do this… what are you learning this stuff for? The possibility of having to use it. If that possibility happens, you think the assailant is going wait for you to strap on gloves and clear the area of obstacles? They aren't. You want a hilarious but far more likely scenario for how an ideal knife defense is going to go? Watch Scary Movie, when the black chick is getting chased by Ghostface. She throws EVERYTHING at him, including the kitchen sink. Believe me, that is exactly what you want to do. There is no honor in getting stabbed to death by a strung out crackhead, or a psycho Karen. Use your environment, get em off balance, and escape. If you can't escape, close the distance and show no mercy. They pulled a knife on you… It's serious, and they intend to kill you. Mercy isn't a part of that equation.
In my country seen a few knife fights, they typically take off their shirt to use as a shield of sorts & the knifes are always butcher knives. And it looks nothing like this they pretty much stab from the 12 to 6 position aiming at the heart lung & head. While this seems cool somehow I doubt this kind of knife fighting as elegant as it is would beat the utterly brutal knife fights. If interested their are a couple videos not all from my home country but they all seem to do the same knife actions. I guess it males sense they want to end the fight asap & their likely aware of gassing & adrenaline dumps.
If you want to know real knife and machete fighting you have to look into latin american knife fighting, they use knives in jail to solve their grievances and have developed a real hard core practical stile which is used not only by men but also by women . No wonder now USA Jails are controled by mexicans and Latino Gangs
If you are interest or want to see something more, I recommend you to look, here on YouTube, sicilian knife fighting (coltello siciliano) and apulian knife fencing (Trimigno System in particular)
The most famous manuscript about fighting in the middle ages is from Italy, the Flos duellatorum. Italian mercenaries, generals and marines (but most of all, equipment) were amongst the most sought after from foreign armies from the middle ages to the XVIII century approximately. Why? Well because Italy was a land marked by constant conflicts, therefore adapt or die
Knife fighting is a solid skill. But I've never heard of it used outside of military. For self defense, I didn't see any shtf drills, like for example deploying from a grounded position. In street fights whether weapons are involved or not, falling happens all the time, also with people who charge with no respect for self-preservation. Interesting video, high skills.
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Great video!!! Here in Sicily, until ww1, there were many knife school styles, also knife(leccasapone)and stick (nerbo)… what's left? Only verbal heritage and 90% of this is lost…
It's important to own a firearm obviously.
There's plenty of crazy mofos out there.
Dont bring a knife into a knife fight unless it's the only option
Viva Italia! 🤩 Still: Doesn't need an expert to know that in street crime it will be RARE that villain & victim (assailant & defender) fight in the same martial arts style.
Nonsense.
I’ve been teaching on stairs for years. Thanks!
Yeah but if he was really smart wouldn't he have kept his heavy jacket on to start with?
Fantastic topic !
I like the style part …. but encouraging people to carry arms …. Hmmm… It just does not seem to work out very well …. A bit like the current Israel approach … which will not lead to more safety or peace for anybody.
I love your intro 😂
You should check out Atienza Kali, and Sayoc, I prefer those but hey its nice to see different takes from different cultures.
First video of yours, liked and subbed.
At first I thought it was just another Yankee with poor training and no martial art video, I mean comparatively, the average boobus Americanus homo vaccinus homo economicus ne homo indomitus, pussilanimus ignoranus lardus cowardus janus canis bellucis pisces nobilis merda, is an utter disgrace and it’s not so much that I’m ashamed to call them my countrymen, rather, they are our dross, our scum, who love not liberty and are not American in the true sense of the word.
Then I saw it’s a proper snickersnee.
Used to be common knowledge.
Good info. Thanks for sharing.
Look forward to more.
I went down this rabbit hole a year or more ago, on YouTube. There's another guy that has some strange movements and claims a long lineage in Italy. I'd bet, given the terrain, that Italy has many different knife fighting/dueling styles. A quick look at their historic knives and you'll see several fighting folders.
I found it funny that, in his movie type video, he takes his jacket off and sets it down and uses his hat instead. Historically, people would use their jacket or cape to protect their other arm, blind their opponent, wrap the knife, disarm, hide their own knife, etc.
Several European countries had strong knife dueling traditions from at least Medieval times. Sailers worldwide learned to use knives and swords/sabers. Ship's crews were generally not homogeneous and typically added crew members from around the world as needed. They tended to stop at various ports and information was shared. It's a bit of a chicken and the egg conundrum when looking at styles, since they all had skills, techniques, tricks, and styles that spread like their venereal diseases. I'd bet Filipino arts learned from the Spanish, Malays, Chinese, Indians, and Arabs at minimum. I'd also bet that traditional arts in Spain and Italy brought back lessons learned in their ports of call. We act like the world was made up of countries completely cut off from each other, but people traveled and mixed and moved and learned from each other.
Imagine when the OP finds out that Italians have a REALLY long living Martial Arts traditions that involves from swords, spears and polearms to knifes and even clean hands systems, and that Italy had THE best knight the world has ever seen: Fiore dei Liberi, the man, the legend.
This is what we do to people who put pineapple on pizza 🤣 All jokes aside, in Italy the laws about self defense are ridiculous and make it impossible in the majority of cases to defend yourself legally with weapons. So you'd never be in a situation where you're allowed to carry a knife on you outside in the first place. It might be good for countries that still have freedom and care about their citizens though.
Hmm… I learned something new today. Italy isn't the first country that comes to mind when I think of pokey things. But I shouldn't be surprised. I see a lot of transitional movements very reminiscent of things I've learned in other arts, especially in Systema (here come the haters who are going to tell me its fake, even though they never even tried it… Sigh, ignorance truly knows no bounds… I suggest you look into Kevin Secours, and go tell whatever you want to tell me to him instead). Same with his framing. It looks pretty effective, tbh.
Gotta say though, the silly demo video sold me on this stuff more than any actual fighting. I absolutely want to try it with Peaky Blinders hats on too. And all the posturing too. That shit is hilarious.
I agree about the stairs part… Martial artists don't train in environments, but soldiers do. Navigating stairs is a critical skill for CQB. More martial artists SHOULD do this… what are you learning this stuff for? The possibility of having to use it. If that possibility happens, you think the assailant is going wait for you to strap on gloves and clear the area of obstacles? They aren't. You want a hilarious but far more likely scenario for how an ideal knife defense is going to go? Watch Scary Movie, when the black chick is getting chased by Ghostface. She throws EVERYTHING at him, including the kitchen sink. Believe me, that is exactly what you want to do. There is no honor in getting stabbed to death by a strung out crackhead, or a psycho Karen. Use your environment, get em off balance, and escape. If you can't escape, close the distance and show no mercy. They pulled a knife on you… It's serious, and they intend to kill you. Mercy isn't a part of that equation.
you got my like for that epic intro, well played sir!
I realy belive i am better. Rhat tecnic is clumsy. It's need to be like fluid and never stopping movment
lol.
How to use a knife: hammer grip, stab stab stab stab stab stab stab
100% of the rest is made up bs
BALINTAWAK
In my country "where the sun don't shine" is said for your butthole. We say for example: "you can put that where the sun doesn't shine!"
Inside knife fighting yah.🥷
In my country seen a few knife fights, they typically take off their shirt to use as a shield of sorts & the knifes are always butcher knives. And it looks nothing like this they pretty much stab from the 12 to 6 position aiming at the heart lung & head. While this seems cool somehow I doubt this kind of knife fighting as elegant as it is would beat the utterly brutal knife fights. If interested their are a couple videos not all from my home country but they all seem to do the same knife actions. I guess it males sense they want to end the fight asap & their likely aware of gassing & adrenaline dumps.
You sir have earned a subscribe just off that awesome intro music😂😂😂
Look into Systema…
The hat was used in western martial arts often it was loaded with a small weight to swat
The movement looks similar to the Piper knife system
❤ the scissors were used by the gypsies often to defend themselves. this art is very old, but I really love his expression of it
Really must not have seen a Detroit pimp in action huh?
Все что он говорит , и показывает это лапша на уши
I thought Italian tactics were to come from behind while your wife is in the car.
From his profile on his website, this is a system he created. Filipino Kali is combat proven over hundreds of years.
If you want to know real knife and machete fighting you have to look into latin american knife fighting, they use knives in jail to solve their grievances and have developed a real hard core practical stile which is used not only by men but also by women . No wonder now USA Jails are controled by mexicans and Latino Gangs
If you are interest or want to see something more, I recommend you to look, here on YouTube, sicilian knife fighting (coltello siciliano) and apulian knife fencing (Trimigno System in particular)
Just to drop a pill of knowledge
The most famous manuscript about fighting in the middle ages is from Italy, the Flos duellatorum. Italian mercenaries, generals and marines (but most of all, equipment) were amongst the most sought after from foreign armies from the middle ages to the XVIII century approximately. Why? Well because Italy was a land marked by constant conflicts, therefore adapt or die
Knife fighting is a solid skill. But I've never heard of it used outside of military. For self defense, I didn't see any shtf drills, like for example deploying from a grounded position. In street fights whether weapons are involved or not, falling happens all the time, also with people who charge with no respect for self-preservation.
Interesting video, high skills.
I can only imagine the insults that would be being said while fighting….
Jogo do Pau! Look for it. Portuguese Martial arte