Mixed Weapon Cutting Tournament (Top 4) - Filipino, Latin American, German Swords!

[@oolooo]

Reese had a $9 Machete while his opponents had weapons ranging from $500-$1200 .Damn .Props to him for having the skill .

[@zes3813]

wrrr

[@mandiferrer]

did you know that the Filipino Pinute (Pinuti), which is very much like the Barong, was the inspiration for designing the light saber of Star Wars' Count Dooku...

[@yvonniedagcuta6908]

May isa pa ung karakter inspired from tarsier.. Pati yung martial arts sa star wars is kali or Filipino martial arts

[@mattk8672]

Ewoks spoke tagalog

[@mattk8672]

Kali arnis escrima no 1

[@HEMASimian]

Worth noting that the Machete Reese was using cost $9. If that isn't a low entry point to start learning how to cut, I don't know what is.

[@HEMASimian]

Water bottles are cheap, stand can be iffy but if you're creative it's not hard either if you're really pinching at pennies. Big thing is that there's a lot out there that think there's no point to enter cutting if you don't have an Albion. I did sharpen it, but not to any special extent that I would with any other sword I sharpen. As to videos of it being ineffective, I couldn't tell you. Probably a mix of everything.

[@TheGodTell]

Julian Schuetze is that a tramontina?

[@HEMASimian]

Possibly, not sure. Definitely looks like it though.

[@SUB0SCORION]

Also finding a place to practice is hard... My school doesn't do cutting often so it leaves me very few options..

[@timothylaverdiere629]

I have the same machete as he does and I have to say it is an amazing dollars to donuts tool. I'm happy to see how well he preformed with it!

[@PasDeMD]

Those mats look super unsafe... People kept tripping on them.

[@egjundis]

Contact cement & the right solvents to clean the floor after. But test to make sure no floor damage first. Or next time just use tape to signify the zones.

[@granthagen2996]

The way that messer just glided thru. Mmmmmmmmm

[@skemethekid8508]

Let’s go Philippines 🇵🇭

[@csknives]

Very cool, nice work guys

[@waltercarillo8916]

im filipino, but i really like the messer. But for a zombie apocalyps id go for the machete. its a multi pourpose tool and weapon in one.

[@bucksorel6805]

The most beautiful blade I've ever seen in my life was from Philippines Filipino martial arts. Barong kabamtuli minasbad etc, so frickin beautiful to see!!! I will buy a barong and a Golock on my next payday !

[@Neidzwiedz1]

great vid, its great to see different weapons and styles compete in cutting at the same time.

[@theodorequakins2636]

the best 8 minutes of my week.

[@aldor9357]

Nuts

[@baddoopey]

Theodore Quakins, poor you....

[@leveticus5721]

For the last test, seems like throat and stomach would be more logical targets.

[@esgrimaxativa5175]

Nive video!! this is really cool. It's like you guys came up with a competetive environment for all of us that grew up in the 90's cutting cardboard boxes with cheap katanas and SLO's from flea markets. Keep it up! I think this combined with some sort of like forest of tatami mats and having them cut their way through it would be cool too.

[@MaciejNaumienko]

a well cut clip

[@theodorequakins2636]

eye see what you did there. i think. maybe.

[@man5961]

eyyyyyy

[@NotMeButAnother]

Really cool footage and I liked the feat at the end a lot. I have to say though, while I don't mean to criticise the scoring for it, it feels a bit weird that martially solid places to stab someone like the throat or downwards beside the collarbone are counted as misses.

[@HEMASimian]

It's a test of precision under speed/duress, if you see the scoring points of it prior, inside the two boxes give 10 points, missing the boxes are 5 points. So still deadly yes, but not the indicated targets. If we do the feat again then we'll get a better target for the thrust.

[@sverdmester]

A competition needs clearly defined scoring criteria. Maybe removing the human figure and just having two squares on a white sheet of paper would have been better, given the obvious bloodlust of the crowd ;p

[@HEMASimian]

That was the criteria though. In the boxes, 10 points. Outside the boxes, 5 points.

[@sverdmester]

I know. I was just making an off-hand comment since people seem to find those other hits so satisfying. I liked the throat stab in particular XD

[@HEMASimian]

ahahah it was satisfying for sure.

[@ArizonaTengu]

Random people: Why do you want to learn swordsmanship? It’s so outdated! The third world: Machete fights in the streets Seriously though, seeing the machete was cool. There are some videos where you see the damage a machete does in a fight. Cutting off limbs is not out of the weapons abilities. The Bowie knife was interesting too. Goes to show why so many of them were 10-12” in blade length.

[@strangesignal9757]

In many parts of my country, it's still heard of for some people to settle their differences in duels with long knives, especially in rural areas, a practice dating back to the 18th Century. Many rural men here still carry their knives in the old fashion way, and on horseback too.

[@jurgenkarambit2084]

@@strangesignal9757 as a mexican from the western highlands i can relate and confirm that some disputes are settled with machetes or long knives,then guns,or both

[@rommelcruzsager]

The cutting skills definitely plays a part on this not just how sharp the sword is.. There's no shortage same in making a mistake as I've seen katana experts make the same mistakes.

[@BeamMonsterZeus]

Idea for training: Set three tatami mats in a narrow slalom row 1.5m apart. Attack each with a true edge and false edge, or alternating pattern, and attack each successive mat in a unique fashion. Take no more than 3 strides from one mat to the next. Completing quickly is factorable.

[@Daniel_Doce275]

Reese is cutting a mat thats more expensive than his machete, respect

[@orsettomorbido]

Uhh, a really cool video! As the other people here, i loved the end feat. Congratulations to everyone!

[@ardrian100]

Did they also considered the skill of the person cutting? , and also that scarf/cloth below their feet is bothering me if they can execute a great chop without an unbalanced footing, it's slippery asf though.

[@aptcmpasion]

whoa, i thought tamashigiri was only for the magical cutting power of the katana, only possible in the hands of a kendo master

[@aptcmpasion]

@Der König it would appear so; but i found a japanese youtube tamash, where a dozen or so sensei were being tested, and quite a few ''oh, shit'' fails; usually, the 'fails' do'nt hit the web

[@inregionecaecorum]

There are tatami mats and then there are brambles, trust me I am a gardener.

[@angelocadena7094]

Pinuti? Not sure man, I'm an ilonggo and pinuti is a dagger. Maybe a ginunting you mean. Thanks for showcasing our blade. ❤ from 🇵🇭

[@jayar4188]

Pinuti is not an ilonggo blade. It is originally a cebuano blade. What lamont was holding is a pinuti.

[@khust2993]

Each region, sometimes even provinces, have their own set of blades. Wait till you see what does a "ginunting" in Bicol region looks like, very different from the one from Panay. Some Filipino blades have similar names but can look very different.

[@fabioc9644]

Wait! is this Latin machete made in the legendary forge of Tramontina with Brazilian mystical steel? if you don't have to retake the whole test

[@travismt0349]

Really like this music, but I’m a drummer so maybe that’s why

[@danioshea]

Those foam mats look like they nearly caused several contestants to come a cropper...!

[@porkchop2325]

Wait as a filipino, I use Pinute dagger for chopping onions, tomatoes and garlic😅

[@bestcoffeeintown997]

Wow they are very good.

[@ioda006]

lol the FMA guy at 5:20

[@tangsoodoarnis4life]

Awesome cutting video ever!

[@wakuluriel4363]

The third guy that's how you strike he must be a Cali martial artist.

[@tacticaltemplar875]

Nice! I especially liked the precision combination cut at the end.

[@Sebastian_Gecko]

Really enjoyed the music. The cutting was nice, too.

[@HAPILIPINIM]

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[@jamesdrains8047]

Why are they using mats to cut things tho?

[@xaalcarlsonanimations1539]

7:03 hmm people getting hit in the shoulder all the time in movies makes sense now

[@Joe11Blue]

To be accurate, none of these are real fighting weapons. The Messer was more of a tool that could legally be owned a d serve as a weapon. The Machete is obviously for cutting thick foliage.

[@Simtar123]

Awesome video! Awesome cuts! Some really nice ones! :)

[@bertoytv8457]

Its just not about the sword, it's skills of the swordsman matters

[@themightycaolf6549]

So a stab right through the spine and throat is worth is still considered a miss? Damn.

[@HEMASimian]

again, as stated in the rules you have to hit right in the boxes of the head or center mass. Outside the boxes and you get 5 points instead of 10.

[@xXChipsAndGravyXx]

he didnt aim for the throat

[@TuhonBillMcg]

What was the bowie used here? Cold Steel Natchez?

[@bordwithasword]

3:47 damn that was clean

[@JustGrowingUp84]

Very, very nice and interesting!

[@tintoy]

Dli pod palupig ang pinute ha ha

[@maritimeswordschoolmoncton6513]

Cool video, and nice job, reese!

[@damienlong3009]

Nice video

[@francescogulisano2917]

Jesse's advanced pattern was amazing, I can see why the crowd went so wild

[@stoontownparts]

Very cool thank you

[@JeffReeves]

I may be wrong, but it looks like Jesse does more of a slice rather than trying to "baseball bat" through the cuts (plus he has great edge alignment).

[@pejbartolo2365]

Contest is not standardized. Heavier knife would cut better if equally sharp. There should be weight category or blade length category.

[@Dragon227]

Love the defanging the snake portion of the completion. A close 2nd was the Bowie knife segment. Good stuff guys!!!

[@chaos_omega]

Those plastic things on the floor... I think they should be on top of the tarp or perhaps some yoga mats (better grip) to prevent them from sliding around.

[@311man2]

Try a kilij sword it’s a good cutting sword

[@ricefarmer8292]

Damn, I didn't know that ice posiedon liked swords

[@0bliviXx]

How hard is it to cut that pole? Just curious

[@4AneR]

As harder as you strike in curve, instead of straight line

[@BeamMonsterZeus]

It's difficult to cleave through. Truly like something you'd make in your kitchen.

[@londiniumarmoury7037]

You mean the tatami mat? they are very easy to cut, I've cut through them with kitchen knives and blunt swords before. A well sharpened sword goes through like butter, when you get a perfectly aligned edge on it, you don't even feel the mat.

[@kieranlock3070]

Would of been cool to see someone attempting some arming sword

[@theShepardsPath]

this is a single hand, single edge cutting event. arming swords too not meet that criteria....

[@kieranlock3070]

Morgan Garrett its a short sword event sure, just thought it would be cool to see those moves with an arming sword as you do not see it often and these guys are awesome.

[@theShepardsPath]

good point. but there are many HEMA tournaments for that. this is my event and i want something that makes me and my event different.

[@kieranlock3070]

Morgan Garrett well congrats it looked ace, but if you know of arming sword events or vids specific, please share because i cannot for the life of me find any

[@gabrielpottebaum5249]

I want that Messer! (Hopefully a left handed version, haha)

[@Scott-qq9jd]

Albion makes that exact weapon for right and left handed people.

[@bradolfpittler2875]

a mixed weapon, mixed technique tournament would be badass!!

[@LatosaEscrimaEurope]

nice

[@vincentnin1]

those mats will kill someone

[@BeamMonsterZeus]

Body mechanics, dammit! Bend your knees and manage your weight for cutting control and flow! Entertaining nonetheless. Keep it up.

[@mattk8672]

Pinute wins

[@fareastpride94]

At first, I was a little worried for the filipino guy. most filipino martial artists do not work on footwork. but this guy actually stepped in with his strikes.

[@zes3813]

wrrr

[@oolooo]

Can Filipino weapons be categorized as Western ? . Edit: Having been more educated , I answer my own question .They are .All Hispanics are Western .

[@theShepardsPath]

this is NOT a HEMA event. this is a mixed cultural event created by me. so there is no need to classify that weapon under any sort of criteria for this event.

[@oolooo]

Oh , that is just quackers .They should do that more often .

[@shanegrimes3455]

Here comes another filipino telling hes a spanish smh 😤

[@SpiderMan-ni8ek]

@@shanegrimes3455 he was just asking. Dafuq's your issue?

[@user-cg5gd3ke6y]

Nope... they are southeast asian...

[@notyou6674]

bowie knife stepping is pointless and stupid imo its like hey learn this random nonsense skill or be at a disadvantage to everyone else

[@kullenberg]

What's stepping?

[@immo6844]

they move like amatuer swordsman.any decent master swordsman there?

[@elbato_OP]

Pretty bad system of rating their cutting techniques

[@baddoopey]

Amateurism.