GM Bobby Taboada demonstrates Balintawak Empty Hand and knife

[@ericrecano8557]

GM Bobby Taboada is so fast and explosive Yet always in total control of his movements-a true Master

[@thehastingsdojo2332]

Style and not a wasted opportunity or movement, thankyou for sharing and inspiring us all train hard and train smart Mr Clive

[@zshakur]

GM Bobby is a LEGEND!

[@lifetimeskater24]

Empty hand here looks like Wing Chun. I guess that helps explain why catching on to this stick fighting style was pretty easy for me.

[@attrayomandal2498]

Does Balintawak escrima include panantukan dirty boxing? Or is it a separate martial arts

[@beltonlubas4120]

As demonstrated it can translate into the empty hand

[@attrayomandal2498]

Thanks for the reply sir

[@BrennAlmario]

The variation are all dirty as the final hit point is always head, and balintawak doesn't have mainstream tournament as it's really fatal.

[@damnthisuser]

I've never seen this fighting style. Is this what the father in the movie Taken was doing? Looks similar.

[@markvillarosa2033]

yes

[@cardinalwilson8034]

its the same fighting style, it follows the same movement patern in balintawak. balintawak has no specific weapon of choice. but as long as you know balintawak you can probably use many types of weapon to use.

[@chenzenzo]

I spent 15 years in the Marine Corps and got lost in the middle of house full of people they wanted to kill me. If not for Arnis/Wing Chun, I would be dead.

[@mrmushin1]

Nice what kali style and what linage of wing chun? May i ask?

[@jhonbjornlodbrok7745]

Let me guess,it's your inlaws house isn't?

[@loonylinn8824]

imagine...on that age how fast his hands

[@Theroadneverending]

What is this art empty handed

[@evelyndampor7177]

What will happen when guns are no longer used and banned around the world? And military or police use only close combat fight? Anyway who invented guns? I heard it was also related to the history of Philippines that first gun was invented.

[@nospam3327]

Fwiw, I get the FMA principle of applying your training across different kinds of fighting (stick, knife, empty hand), but that blocking a knife with a knife drill is the kind of stuff that gives martial arts a bad name... no bueno, you would not do that in a real self defense scenario.

[@mattsmith4277]

Hubud

[@Strong-m2v]

Jeet kune do

[@NandoWasabi]

Reminds me of Wing Chun Pak Sau drills.

[@738polarbear]

The bearded man is not attacking him . This looks very rehearsed to me.His right hand is doing nothing .What am I missing here?

[@saidmughery357]

It is not rehearsed . Under the Balintawak system the instructor is always the feeder . Obviously the students is always on the defensive side. It's all about how he responds to all obstacles thrown against him .

[@boyong5577]

Maybe he reserve to teach that to only pinoy .

[@sniperey9696]

Because it's clear the he's teaching him how to block those strikes.. And to Guro Bobby's side is he's teaching how to disarm under those blocks.. And yes every trainig center has a rehearsed training exercise that's why it's called exercise / routine.. It will gonna be different in a arnis fight. Watch some fights and you will know what im saying.. Remember that those are just routines that they keep doing every training..so you can develop what they called muscle memory, and develop your flexibility and reaction time.

[@visitamastudio6002]

@@saidmughery357 brain maybe idk

[@craiglangley3844]

The man is 70 odd years old! He is a beast.

[@korranis1]

His knife stuff isn’t very good.