The Slightly Uncomfortable Truth About Sinawali as a Knife Skill...

[@FunkerTactical]

Ya'll getting tired of this knife content? I'm really enjoying it and I really hope you find it somewhat valuable. I appreciate you guys so much. Have a great day! -GN

[@cameronmccoy5051]

Nah, I like the content I've seen recently

[@Bruno_Knoxx]

knife content is never enough post more

[@clgmafnas]

Not at all bro... carry on, pls 🙏🏽 and ty

[@Schismarch]

This was really cool. My instinct is to clear with the second hand over the first hand, which this vid taught me prevents the faster backhand follow up. Super interesting and bite sized content.

[@lamontg.9756]

Great job, keep it coming.

[@TomFurman]

You are putting the best material out there. Keep it up.

[@Impalingthorn]

Heaven Six, for everyone interested , is a COORDINATION drill. It has practical application in terms of training your instinctual responses and giving you a sense on how to flow into more attacks, but you aren't actually expected to flail at someone. All Heaven Six is is a system that trains different striking angles and the sequence teaches you how to smoothly flow into follow-up shots or how to roll or "snake" into grapples and potential disarms.

[@alexfresel6198]

Great thanks I trained under a guro and I found sinawali frustrating and kind of skipped it but this is a really nice explanation of the purpose.

[@fluffyrider9467]

Just starting on my journey and wanted to focus on the knife and empty hand as I don’t EDC a sword or stick. Is this what you did?

[@alexfresel6198]

​​@@fluffyrider9467yes that's what I did. I transitioned to Martial Blades Concepts. You can find it here on KZbin. Depending on where you live you might even be able to find an instructor or get to a seminar. However this system/art is like a language: there are certain variations and if you know the basics you can probably understand the variations better. ie this probably won't make sense to you but: hubud lubud parry outside vs parry inside for example I'm not so well-versed in Kali that I could really discuss this in depth with pertinent examples but the instructor on this video or others so qualified could probably explain that to you better. Basically what I think this instructor is saying is that sinawali is a foundation a building block like a phoneme in a language that helps you build technique which leads to flow etcetera.

[@joelhaynes6409]

Thank you. I will check out your other training video.

[@markmayer508]

Great vid geo , you're always informative. Subbed you a long time ago , no regrets!

[@scottneumann551]

GN, you are a very good teacher, very professorial--and I mean that in best sense. You appear to have studied well and you are doing a highly commendable job of making sense of what often does not make sense, but could if it were demonstrated and explained as skillfully as you do--Kudos!!

[@Imas671]

Nice GN! I actually experimented just like this in the past. Very good.

[@johnmahutga4478]

overall main point well explained and demonstrated ! I liked the information and the thought process of how to make use of the flow training to using part of it in a fight.

[@moifaacademynewcastle6130]

Nice work

[@oldmanstillcan]

Agreed, I think the 1st 2 or 1st 3 movements may be useful and Im typing this as I watch the video. Good stuff

[@BladedBoxing]

3:17 is probably one of the best examples of practicing the methodology vs an opponent who does not. While your partner committed to advance you were able to move off the X, establish a parry and riposte with brutal efficiency. You were able achieve that against an advancing threat that was still loading their attack. A general rule I like to follow is if a response sequence is more than 2 techniques, we're venturing into bullshido territory if you haven't already dominated the threat; especially with bladework. It's a problem that many legacy fighting lineages struggle with. Thanks for bringing more insight to it! Also the bracers are cool as fuck. Where can I get them?

[@danielefiore8173]

Video full of good and interesting material, i always thought that Kali skills can be used to develop some other sub-skills (e.g. like being fluid in movements)

[@moscowcowboy_13]

Very nice! Reminds me a lot of my Kenpo training, as far as angle change, contouring, parrying, pinning etc. If you apply economy of motion and shorten the last move with your right hand instead of pulling it back to your left side after blocking/striking, try turning it over in a tight circle and go directly into that throat strike afterwards. Almost like a ricochet! Then it will be really deadly and probably not safe to even train at full speed.

[@Arcliteshadow]

Nice. Another good video.

[@jabba0975]

2:30 Problem is, even with a 'tentative opponent', they probably have enough sense to know they need to go when they see you commit. Even with 'action beats reaction' and all, their knife is coming, so unless you faked them out first and 'froze their mind', you'll have to deal with that knife somehow. Even in the rear hand, he can still stab effectively as you come in, and injuring his other hand won't stop his attack.

[@christopherpavkovich4995]

Sinawali is a drill. Application depends on the situation.

[@FunkerTactical]

There infinite variations of Sinawali. It is a concept and a methodology…much more than a drill

[@jakefisher-psalm23]

The 3-move drill with dual-knives--slash to hand, clear, slash to face/body--wouldn't the clear move be a bit redundant in reality? If someone gets their hand slashed, I'm sure they would instinctively retract it to get away from the threat. Unless, of course, it's included purely for the drill to develop skill. I know not everyone will respond 100% the same way 100% of the time. Either way, love the vids GN! Kali was the second martial art I studied and practiced (on my own, no schools near me--first was Wing Chun) with some depth. Clearly not enough, but there's always time to learn more. 😎

[@donmallard2141]

Oi Oi!!! Do you have a loisense for thet kitchen knoife.

[@FunkerTactical]

noi

[@donmallard2141]

@@FunkerTactical Just get a chef's jacket and loose the hoodie. Simple as.

[@josephmoore977]

Great content as always. My issue with the technique is the crossing of the arms. I've always trained to minimize the amount of crossing (feet & hands) while still maintaining a tight defense. I think I'd rather attempt to move to the outside of the lead hand to get to the dead side, attack, and ultimately escape. The context and application are factors to consider.

[@Impalingthorn]

The arms aren't actually supposed to cross in the technique. It can look like they do when you do it fast enough, but you're only meant to have on active limb at a time because it's a drill meant with knives and bladed weapons in mind. The other thing to note is that this video's topic is a little redundant. Heaven Six wasn't ever actually meant as an actual attack pattern, it's a COORDINATION drill. The various attack patterns in the sequence are all used because they are basic striking angles and Kali uses a flow chart approach yo response in fights such as the arm catch and various other "Snaking" techniques, but you aren't actually supposed to just strike like a windmill. It's more so "If you like 1 strike, you will know how to instinctively go for more".

[@josephmoore977]

@Impalingthorn interesting. I did consider that the purpose of these drills was for a flow rather than practical application. I guess my concern would be that the practitioner develops the "muscle memory" and instinctively performs the movements that they are most comfortable with.

[@lamontg.9756]

Can you make a video on the easiest way to disarm when you have control of the knife arm and they're resisting?

[@A.M.Customs]

More such video

[@arneilmarquez]

I almost feel like the sinawali is like, the base of everything. If you can sinawali, how can you flow?

[@EpherosAldor]

No disrespect intended, but I think you really missed the mark on this one. Showcasing sinawali in a single attack drill is not really what sinawalli is good for. Take what you've done here, your attacker came in an executed a simple number one strike - great for practice, no problem there - and you engaged by protecting yourself and making contact with the weapon hand, closing the distance on the attack to more thoroughly control the opponent's options, then followed up with a potential lethal attack. Where sinawali will more effectively come in is the follow up to this. No knife fighter is gonna just do just one move and create distance, you are going to make sure the opponent is not going to continue fighting. The next aspect of the fight you're going to be focused on is preventing further attack, controlling the opponent's distance and maneuverability, and ensuring you are continually "convincing" the opponent he doesn't want to fight anymore. Sinawali will guide your 'weaving' from checking to stabbing/slicing, using your footwork to maneuver while continually checking and attacking. You will be reacting to your opponent's input. This will happen in very quick succession because you two are now engaged and may even grapple. This isn't a fencing swordfight where you will engage, retreat, assess, engage, retreat, assess... When thinking of sinawali, think of follow through, what's next, your position will tell you where to go from there and sinawali will guide that transition. I've done so many drills where sinawali is just naturally in place that once my Tuhon showed it to me I felt stupid for not seeing it and applying it. It made sense after he highlighted it. Great content still, and it's awesome to see your son involved too.

[@FunkerTactical]

There’s no such thing as a “knife fighter”

[@paulvittorelli7059]

Why do you think it's so far removed from the drill? It is 1/2 of the drill . The drills are simply made for muscle memory and body movements. Of course you'll never be able to pull off the entire drill. Bug the drills get your hands used to the movements of the drill and thus maneuver without thinking many times.

[@WJWTAC]

I'm looking at this saying why? Why is it not the exact same hand motions? Why is the conclusion not a transferable skill? I use this same methodology in a lot of knife and empty hand and stick sparring. Your video seems to prove these are transferable patterns and then your conclusion is that they are not. *confusion*

[@luv484202]

you demonstrated clearly it is effective at training the right left sides of your brain to flawlessly win

[@capthappy345]

Like the real application

[@fallingleaveskungfu]

In-to-out, out-to-in.

[@azr_4519]

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[@soullessone_edc6226]

I've wanted food set of sticks since I was a kid that and tonfas definitely a huge fan of tonfas

[@SfhjjFghjki]

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[@hebrondatabase]

In real life with that technique you would already be dead!!

[@SfhjjFghjki]

So peole ,UNIQUE GAMME... HOW didactique did you left

[@ScottSiddon]

Once you know where their "off switch" is at and how to get to it, all this "Kung Fu" is ertelevent. One can just step in and disconnect. It doesn't take years of training. They have the belt system in place to vet people who may use it for nefarious intent. Its as simple as turning off your T.V. before bed . The knife is just a messy tool that's just hard to justify. Unless one needs to know C.I.A. specific things like how to rupture a spelean with a Karate like strikes to mimic a car accident injury before administering a vodka enema and driving their car into a tree or off a cliff.

[@olegchekhov4559]

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