Full Contact Stick Fight with Slow Motion, Play by Play and Action Zooming | Filipino Martial Arts

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I was shocked at what I was able to pull off from the Art of Pekiti Tirsia, a weapons based system from the Philippines, in a live energy fight. This is an art exploration in a sportive context. I am not making any claims as to the efficacy and validity of what I have learned in a self defense situation...and I hope to god that no opportunity presents itself where I get to find out.
I am exploring my culture and heritage through the Filipino Martial Arts. This is for me...and I just want to share the experience with you. -GN
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[@BradYaeger]

As one of my instructors used to say "If you ever pull this off in real life, make sure somebody records it or i won't believe you." Training is a reference point , it rarely if ever looks the same in a real exchange , BUT sometimes it's pretty close. Things get longer and wilder but those sticks are meant to be blades, imagine all the damage that would have been done

[@FunkerTactical]

When I first started watching these kinds of matches I was highly critical of FMA because the live energy sparring didnt look like the practice I saw in training...well, I believe that to be a symptom of me not know what to look for. Slowing it down with commentary like this really helps and I hope it helps others as well.

[@user-xz3oc8ei8v]

This is the best arnis fight in KZbin history. Correct me if I am wrong. Most other arnis videos are just hitting without thinking, because they have armors, they easily forgot the fact that these sticks are supposed to be swords or bladed weapons, so, what they do is just let their opponent hit them cuz they armor anyway. And that is why I believe this is the best sparring video I have ever seen, because they are thinking of what will happen if they are hit. I am not even an expert in Filipino Martial Arts(FMA) but this is just basic observation.

[@mistn]

Thanks brother. It was great sparring with you. It was one of my favorite sparring sessions. Can't wait till we can do it again at the next event. Keep putting out great content. And I love those shoes, lol.

[@this.is_kanaa]

It was YOU

[@ngonzalez2471]

Hey where did you get the gear for sparing.mask / gloves?

[@jomarbontia8735]

Position one but your strike is not number one but number nine strike. Your left arm is cover your head. Strike him with number nine in the position of number one. Their are twelve number of strike. That's is very effective

[@jomarbontia8735]

Making move of forward And backward are not effective. Just make A stepping left or right while striking or defense mode

[@audiotechplus1]

Lots of mutual destruction, Zero degree strike on after another. I was taught to always put my feet together and bridge on all attacks. Never play tick for tack. Keep growing.

[@andresvalentin6924]

I liked how they put some Capoeira ginga into the Kali footwork. It seems to transition well into Kali so long as you have the fundamentals down.

[@captaingalapagos5803]

This really impressed me :) I really liked the slowmo replays so we could appreciate what just happened.. To the untrained eye the speed makes it hard to see just how much more there is happening than just two guys hitting each other with sticks. I think some of those techniques you executed instinctually are a by-product of your training. You've figured out how to move in certain directions. Even if you never trained those specific techniques... It is possible that you wouldn't have attempted them had it not been from the foundation your training has given you. That's why experienced practitioners of any art will find it easier to learn a new art.. The body can only move in certain ways and once you realize this, the movements become easier to transfer from one style of martial arts to another.

[@Avitaser]

Paintball for edged weapon skills... mistakes HURT and they should. RL hurts so much more! Thanks for sharing your skills...VG footwork and line control. Props!

[@FunkerTactical]

I love this analogy!!

[@laurellentwine]

This is the kind of match I was expecting in the SEA games arnis tournament, where both competitors aren't fully armored so that they will be considerate in their tactics on how to trade blows in carefully manner, in this match I've seen a lot of moves that highlights the best of arnis, like a near disarm and abanico strikes, it's much more appealing to watch and easy to observe who lands the strikes, unlike in the SEA games both competitors are fully armored which made them much secure and compromise their defense in exchange of getting more landed hits for points, in the untrained eye of any viewers it would seem they are whacking each other in a chaotic manner which ended up arnis being ridiculed at. My suggestion is they changed the rule and the gears. Kinda the same you guys had, and both competitors should wear a fair padded white armors like in the match in the SEA games and the sticks should be changed with something so light yet durable so being hit would be enough to give the idea of being in a live combat so both competitors would not to compromise defense.. and both sticks should have a paint that Indicates the landed hit. Making it more easy to distinguish the landed hits for the viewers, also since it's a paint both competitors will be more careful and would rely on tactics on how to strike their opponent, I find your sparring more appealing than the actual SEA games arnis tournament! I really hope that the arnis org would change that rule

[@adventleymann8119]

Correct me if I'm wrong but i think the rule system used in SEA Games is what they call the Continuous Rule. Basically the one who's more dominant wins the round. There is also like the one on this vid that they call the Point System rule, who lands first and deflects the coming counter wins.

[@leobirondo1451]

Great video! Loved the slow motion which enabled me to see the strikes I might otherwise miss. Nice, clean strikes by both participants.

[@koranbred3512]

Had a stick fight once with no gear. Got my mouth busted and my bottom front teeth r still crooked. Other fools leg got worked and I put some speed bumps across his head. Scored a knock down too. Shit was kinda fun, but if it was swords we woulda prolly both died.

[@heythere4970]

We don't have any armor here in the Philippines. Last time we sparred full contact with rattan I couldn't move my hands for the next week. It's pretty brutal.

[@koranbred3512]

hey there just imagine what it was like when they played for keeps? Sword vs sword real combat fisrt strike wins (Usually) no squaring off, no time to think, multiplayer melee shit. Have to have heart of a lion, ballz of steel, and a passion forged in the belly of the sun to live that life. Winners looking like they r shark attack survivors. Don't think I woulda had the guts to be a fighter when men got down with swords.

[@nunyabizz1508]

Lies

[@thyssenheinel6507]

@@nunyabizz1508 it's true during 2000's sparring matches is without gear. Even masters encourage us to fight without gear. But there is a lot of rules. So it's true that after the match you will feel pain and usually you will find bruises in your body.

[@marioseeep4403]

Well arnis was made to break bones more painful and brutal.

[@yumifurukawa1249]

My Big sister Nearly killed a Holdaper in the Philippines in Cebu just using arnis stick.. My BadAss Sister is a National player..

[@butchie0415]

what's a holdaper? an insect? animal?

[@Rellikan]

@@butchie0415 "Hold Up!" -er Robber basically.

[@yumifurukawa1249]

Packo_ Hubu im half japanese . But residing in cebu.

[@zeal4213]

@@brave3670 Lintik nayan, nagamit ka parin ng "jeje" salitang yan, para kang bata na walang magawa.

[@ynonyt3164]

@@brave3670 mali ka talaga

[@butchdonato8405]

What a match! Great moves, brilliant attacks & counters! The best match I’ve watched in KZbin, so far.

[@carlosalbertosanson3200]

Wow! Excelent Job ! Tons of clear shots on your opponent.. amazing!

[@teofeo333]

That "upward strike" is what we call a "rev strike" or "revving" in Doce Pares

[@MrGourmax]

Arnis / Kali / Eskrima: this is a realistic martial art!

[@adrianeiscold6989]

As an arnis practitioner, that shit hurts so damnn much 😂

[@everythingplayfull]

Not really

[@adrianeiscold6989]

@@everythingplayfull it is because the martial art is to remember the moves itself, it doesn’t have to be a stick, you could use a knife too or any other melee weapon

[@andrzejagria1391]

Actually if you look at Kali "flow" it looks nothing like this sparring.

[@cy-taku3952]

@@andrzejagria1391 yea but look at what the military typically the marine they use it to kill but the one that mosly being teach in public is like a art but the military one is actually ll the real one kali is for killing not self defense

[@justkhai831]

This is great. Need a lot of stuff like this. Need more sparring videos!

[@crowmancaveman2gen-xer280]

Totally reminds me of my teenage years when I trained in doce pares and sundagan kali. I enjoyed watching this video in 2020

[@clgmafnas]

Nicely done GN! Thanks for sharing 👌

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Cool to see. One of the gyms I used to train at, I got to do some stick sparring. We used gear and padded sticks one time, and sticks that resembled twist ties another(they werent very sturdy). Was fun. Got some decent strikes and took some strikes.

[@Mr2012883]

Great job brother. Always nice to see some live stick, full contact sparring.

[@jellyslimu1622]

I'm learning escrima right now and I've been searching KZbin for stick fighting videos but unfortunately there aren't a lot to see here.. so seeing this video made me very happy thank you

[@julianpolzin4404]

Dog brothers gathering, look for them.

[@MarloCustodio]

Awesome sparring and thank you for the technique breakdown. I love the sportsmanship. This inspires me to learn eskrima now!

[@1917cutlass]

Nice! I can tell you've definitely learned a lot over the last year. Keep it up brother!

[@rools2roolsproject325]

Great session, i wish a lot more people starting self defence would see this video to realize you cannot go for the disarm or trap, things go too fast. Love the high spirit, keep it up please.

[@matthewhunyadi3916]

GN your footwork was on point, great work. I'd try some Redondo, elastico type strikes maybe next time. I've done the full contact kali fighting. I know I've seen a lot of guys mainly use angle 1 and 2 attacks. Both you were imo the first I've seen use different angels. Kudos to you man for getting in there like that though lol. It's like a real fight, I don't if I could do that and I train in Kali lol. Keep training bro much respect 🙏

[@sexymuppetx]

Dude, that was cool. Nice work!

[@Kyosanym]

Awesome footage and commentary. Please do more videos like this.

[@toddfarthing8760]

This was really amazing. Both of you great fighters.

[@loveshchauhan5660]

Amazing love from INDIA

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Bad ass movement at 3:14!

[@SmellyYFeet]

ikr thats a real life anime move

[@dejiiledare5620]

@@SmellyYFeet just add lightning

[@cardinalwilson8034]

in this kind of stick fight i often use 'rotating wrist strike' parrying from the left and then hitting to the right or vise versa or without parrying just fainting your attack then hit the opponent. really useful!

[@mysan7754]

I guess that's the point of those endless drills. To make the strikes and reactions almost instinctive since in a fight you don't really get to think about your moves too deeply, you just see something and before a thought goes into your mind, the body is already moving. Good sparring match though!

[@jinseng2303]

You really inspire me to practice more on footwork! Beautiful footwork man!

[@brookiebob]

jinseng Footwork is vital in nearly all MA's.

[@fuyu5979]

Thanks for sparring video n a glimpse at how fast the movements can be; strategy involved n applying training techniques.

[@AM-rv4ym]

at 3:54 (the super cool movement) Appears to be a modified abaniko, and with your foot work you managed to break his midline and land the shot. Good job.

[@Atlantafilipinomartialarts]

damn bro, very nice, just seeing this. Good job!

[@pehenryjr]

Great stuff as always

[@unlimited6884]

I wish kali (sports) would actually start sparring with two sticks, stick and daggers, sword and shields or eve spears. There's a lot of things in kali that are missing in current systems

[@FreeCatVideos]

sword and shield must watch

[@operator8014]

Well, that does move it from the realm of an applicable martial art to fantasy fighting. But yes, I would LOVE to watch some top-tier pros do some more fantastical fighting.

[@unlimited6884]

@@SuckmyDick0 rephrase that i don't understand shit from what you replied.

[@unlimited6884]

@MrFreak9.1.1 he said fantastical, not fantasy. Fantastic meant it is good or awesome.

[@unlimited6884]

@MrFreak9.1.1 ive read your first comment, yes i want to bring it to sport

[@tomolsen3420]

Just a day in the park...other than the welts and a bruise or two. Great video!!!!

[@marylandjkdkaliclub7414]

Great video. Thank you for sharing!

[@seewaage]

This looks like lots of fun!

[@danielfernandez0058]

this was really fun to watch, thanks for sharing :)

[@florete2310]

This was amazing to watch. Thanks for the upload.

[@FunkerTactical]

Glad you enjoyed it. I had fun in there! -GN

[@bg8224]

Dude, if it's possible, you and other FMA athletes should enter Combatcon 2020 for the singlestick sparring competition!! I feel like you'd do very well there despite it having a different format and ruleset... (and I'd love to see the clash of disciplines between FMA and HEMA)

[@Adventureruler]

AWESOME!!! :D It looks like Kingdom hearts!

[@Vayiram-]

Times goes by and still a great video!!!!

[@smd883]

Nice work GN

[@IlonggoDad]

you have awesome footwork!

[@018FLP]

Dude, i LOVE your fighting style! Like water, yk?!

[@aaronsimmer4932]

good show! your opponent certainly had a good manner, as well!

[@76kidlat]

Wowww, Great sparr GN, the last strike that you did look like a bagsag, from RRK, and Illustrisimo system.. Warm greetings to both of you.. Thank you for sharing..

[@76kidlat]

Hope that I didn't offense anybody with thie last comment.. Cheers KZbin community and FMA practionners.. Gumagalang po..

[@gylousumayod8159]

last strike was awesome, great counter.

[@maximusspes3319]

Such a creative footwork GN! Your creativity makes FMA more realistic. Salamat kaayo brad.

[@FunkerTactical]

Thank you! 😊

[@exogendesign4582]

D yan FMA, walang ganyan sa Arnis, Baka Stick Sports. But not as Martial Arts.

[@maximusspes3319]

@@exogendesign4582 FMA does not limit only to arnis or stick sports. You name it. FMA evolves. We filipinos are just creative. Thank you though bro.

[@exogendesign4582]

@@maximusspes3319 Martial art, is called an art for a reason coz it takes discipline to learn, it involves self defense, and fighting. This one seems sports, no basic, no defense just pure striking based on points without no real meaning. Its things like this that gets arnis and Eskrido disrespected coz they are using it wrong and shouting at the world that kali and arnis are the same when its not. Taga cebu ko brad doce pares for almost 6 years. Since 20 years old ko. Dli ni arnis, sinapat ni.

[@maximusspes3319]

@@exogendesign4582 you said "seems sports, no basic, no defense...etc. " Question: do sports have no defense no basics? Boxing for instance is sports. Do you think it has no basic and discipline? It's definitely a contradictory statement. If you really are into any kind of martial arts, you also have the so called MMA or mental martial art or mental defense. GN and those other martial artists with him in this video spent years to learn the basics and the discipline of the arts. Maybe you watch too much movie martial arts. That's choreography for entertainment. This video here it is meant for real fight like that of a "matter-of-life-and-death street fight." in real fight just expect every choreography you see in the movies every demonstrated movement you see in martial arts expo is gone. There is only trained instinct movement or trained reflexes, that if you are trained. Never limit martial arts to a Box of particular knowledge. Get out of the box and you'll see infinite variety of martial arts. Happy to exchange ideas with you BAY. Bisan asa dapita di gyud moatras ang bisdak. Salamat kaayo Bay.

[@strikingtiger-filipinomart5043]

I really enjoyed watching this video. Thanks for sharing it. I noticed a lot of angles #1 and #2 (downward diagonal strikes) to the head, as well as horizontal strikes. Would have liked to have seen more low line strikes, Redondo strikes, and don't think I saw any Punyo strikes unless I missed something. I've always said that Punyo end can be very effective. Question: What brand do you think makes the best protective gear? Miraming Salamat

[@bestiagrama1276]

Awesome!

[@roydubai]

Good job bro!!!

[@skits2240]

Great match u guys had some clean attacks

[@anamerdano-og5068]

Most i love fma dancing with bolo i like the art to apply in bolo

[@paulrexlan1307]

You did well bro, respect

[@superhuman5857]

Good job bro I respected it

[@landlockedviking]

Good stuff!

[@lerch400block]

Great job dude.

[@Riqtube]

Upward & Downward strike - Taga Hirada - the downward strike counters a downward strike after a shield block.

[@solveiglecosaque9783]

Very cool !!

[@RedStar192000]

hey GN .. what's your thoughts on collegiate full contact arnis here in Philippines? is part of next year's South East Asian Games and probably 2020's Olympics

[@FunkerTactical]

Joshua Ezekiel Belandres I support the art and sport...so I think it’s a wonderful thing.

[@husainwang7663]

So this is how Philippines Kali looks like in real fight. It does not include any fancy movement Kali practitioners shows us how it would hurt opponent in a very artistic way

[@chidy494]

Nice fight im a 12 years old nd have been playing arnis for 3 years now when i was grde 4 i started playing it And yea its cool.

[@donttrythisathome2690]

Skylex Playz that’s cool, I’m 12 and I started a few months ago haha

[@johnhickman2675]

ya gotta have faith

[@jenniferalciera3483]

Nice movements!!

[@GILBERTJRBUNAO]

amazing fight, shows the instinct

[@wilyt123]

That was awesome

[@ChineseAndFilipinoMartialArts]

Nice work - I think you would benefit from more Amarra training as you will also pick up the correct names for each strike etc as well.

[@ShifuCareaga]

Great vid.

[@happiness8138]

I enjoyed that. Thanks alot

[@grahamtodd8748]

What type of gloves are you using? I've got some lacrosse style gloves but my hands got smashed, so I'm looking for something with a lot more padding. Would you recommend the gloves your wearing?

[@lars75au]

From watching that I'd say anyone wanting to improve their stick fighting could benefit from doing some fencing, in particular the saber. The footwork and speed of a good fencer is a thing of beauty. Plus you'd be sparring every time you train.

[@FunkerTactical]

there's something to learn from every corner. thank you for the tip! no pun intended.

[@esgrimaxativa5175]

this is the best olympic fencing has or will ever have to offer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4LanGV_hdSCppI

[@indianprepper2478]

Gr8 Going bro.

[@shadow6pt533]

Great video! Please do more contact sparring videos. This is superior to Doug's lame flashy videos with no resistance.

[@FunkerTactical]

Please look into The Pekiti Tirsia Tactical Association headed by Jared Wihongi. They have done a phenomenal job at delineating art and function. History, preservation of art and functional, progressive concepts meant to address modern day threats.

[@kikoe8650]

Amazing reflexes

[@WizardyDylan]

great video

[@talinhagaph7342]

the upward strike then follow up with downward strike is called rumpida/rompida

[@blaqshiep4920]

Really cool

[@scripcariuvictor2145]

I take my comrades and we do the same thing every day but without protective equipment, of course it hurts but that feeling when you block a hit so strong that you know you could die if it's hit your head is indescribable (Nobody has been gone to a hospital for the moment)

[@NikosTechDowntime]

Wow this reminds me of my fencing days

[@sotek2]

nice footwork

[@jacobshocklie2928]

You have any recommendations for a meet up in Arizona?

[@serotoninape8549]

My mma class practices kali after kickboxing and grappling. It’s really cool stuff!

[@PisongKaninAdventures]

Nice combi training...

[@richardobrien8615]

love it

[@XxEvilClownxxX]

now imagine to replace that stick with the templar sword. it's freaking amazing. I do think this is how medieval men sword fights.

[@kingsjoker2046]

wooow ... my filipino friend is good toooooo

[@eapal]

If you practice tapado arnis "long stick arnis" at 2:03 that's our number 1 downwards and upwards are used to parry and striking

[@pepehorhae]

I believe this is how sparring and competition should be. adding some realism to it. not just flailing in speed the sticks. wish grappling would have been included and strikes using legs and knees and some boxing and thai boxing. In short I wish it had MMA elements and I wish competition was like that.

[@fernandolapulapu1321]

Nice and Good fight

[@flipteezy]

nice footwork!

[@hvyduty1220]

thank you for the video looked good

[@r.t.972]

Loved your footwork. It really messed up his OODA loop.

[@spiritriddle3611]

A+ on a great camera and wide angle so we could SEE the moves, not other people's heads. Ditto on the slo-mo and descriptors so us noobs could follow the action, many THX!

[@phantomthiefjoker939]

Besides katanas, I love escrima/kali sticks. It is an excellent, all-around weapon.

[@sevchyk]

Thank you

[@onzkicg]

Indonesia’s Pencak silat has very similar moves with Kali, am i right? I guess they too are doing these collaborations back then.

[@brookiebob]

It originated as one art but became specific to individual islands.

[@bobwampler3387]

I think you did awesome.

[@FunkerTactical]

Thanks

[@BobSmith-oo7ei]

I'm curious if you guys have an assessment of the various HEMA techniques, particularly the one's related to unarmed fighting and stick fighting, that are slowly starting to see a resurgence?

[@sigma6656]

HEMA is an organization, you probably should refer to those techniques as MARE (martial arts of renaissance Europe,) which caught on in part thanks to the excellent book of the same name by Sydney Anglo. Although I will admit I'm biased due to my ARMA Scholarship. I personally really love Kampfringen but it doesn't get nearly enough love.

[@BobSmith-oo7ei]

Kampfringen, that's a german discipline, right? I'm curious about them as they teach techniques with longer weapons that can reasonably be concealed out in the open as it were. Indeed, they can even be argued to simply be weapons of opportunity in the right circumstances which is good for the legal side of things afterwords, while extra reach and lack of need to draw it (since it's already in hand.) seem like they'd help with the practical end of things.

[@sigma6656]

Kampfringen actually means Grapple-fighting. It's an unarmed discipline. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWHJh2Sld5idasU That stems from knights duking it out in the fields. I'm currently working towards mastery of the longsword, got a long way to go, but my next weapon will probably be quarterstaff and dagger. Probably rapier after that in about 10 years. Quarterstaff techniques can basically be used with any old stick or pipe you find out in your travels and I guess the same can be said for half-swording kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJqaZmpjbL13b5Y