Old footage - Krabi-Krabong in Bangkok (1960)

Krabi-Krabong at the Poussam festival in Bangkok 1960 with French commentary

[@TimeFlyingBy1884]

This was how battles and wars were fought before the introduction of bullets and guns. Many soldiers died by decapitation. May their souls rest in peace.

[@garychin5321]

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[@terrencewinter2746]

I love all styles and systems of martial arts including this very ancient battlefield Thai Martial Art of The Ancient Kingdom of Siam 😊😊

[@paulabarquez1252]

That poor banana tree

[@nadnavlis240]

I know, right? It was just standing there minding it's own business like it always does, and it ends up being the only fatality.

[@Shiresgammai]

This is very impressive! Thank you so much for uploading!

[@donnie1238]

🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 I’m half Filipino and I love all types of martial arts especially double swords.😏😏😏

[@muayboran6111]

I mean, when you learn kali you learned dual sword style just with a stick

[@desmondnel5706]

Me too. My ancestors are either Indonesian or Malay.

[@matthewpaul8755]

@@muayboran6111you realize those sticks represent blades right? It’s a dual bladed system those are just to practice and learn

[@terrencewinter2746]

Yes my friend I completely agree with you on that I myself am half Filipino American and I love and adore all styles of Combat Martial Arts and Training Especially Filipino Kali Escrima and Arnis as well as Pagamut and Kuntaw Kali Silat a very old Native Filipino Martial Arts System 😊

[@user-gs5vp3bs8n]

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[@user-bj7sj9ri2q]

Thanks video 🙏🏻 from ❤️🇹🇭💙

[@iROChakri]

Muay thai and Thai arts keep it real since old times lol

[@Chraan]

"Keep it real" is an odd thing to say about a choreographed fight

[@iROChakri]

@@Chraan Nah. Try again lo

[@Chraan]

@@iROChakri That made no sense.

[@iROChakri]

@@Chraan It does. As I said, Muay thai keeps it real since old times lol

[@Chraan]

@@iROChakri *facepalm* I give up, you clearly aren't smart enough to hold a conversation. But I congratulate you on your ability to use a keyboard. You did well.

[@mistermindahenziandalasnus3754]

1:33 that tree cutting is something you rarely see in any martial arts demonstration. 😅

[@christianbrady8585]

He looked at it and got pissed after 😅😅

[@johnlloyddy7016]

I'd say it was to show that they were using real sharp blades.

[@Chraan]

It looks fake though, he went into it with a diagonal cut, nearly vertical even, and then it pops off with a clean horizontal cut

[@LeChieff]

This made me shed a tear in both eyes at the end

[@bobokai]

Great video witnessing times gone by. The french commentary sounds very outdated but is interesting, aside from the factual description, it tends to depict things in a poetic, precious, almost impressionist way, typical of those times.

[@davyzyvy4810]

Wow amazing !

[@denisefimov6496]

В этом сценическом поединке главным было срубить пальму, чтобы показать, что клинки острые :))

[@burnsson]

love it

[@salt8966]

Thank you !

[@darkmoonm1585]

ฉันเรียนรำดาปเพื่อเคารพครูเป็นพิธีการสืบทอด เมื่อสมัยฉันเป็นนักเรียน teenage 😅. Since never จับอาวุธดาบอีกเลย

[@loyaljones8814]

At first glance it looked like they were actually trying to kill each other. It was choreographed very good.

[@kzm-cb5mr]

There's a similar French documentary from the 50s about Filipino martial arts arnis, I wonder if both documentaries were made by the same person.

[@lumri2002]

Poor banana trees, they were sacrificed for this show. 🤔

[@QuentinMichelRouge]

C'est normal que l'image de distorde comme tout ?

[@antondelacruz9362]

Wheres roger moore?

[@americanoutside]

😮Wow! The women were fantastic. They had a better presentation.❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@WolfStar900]

Rambo III brought me here

[@theovanrossum8652]

What did these poor banana trees ever do to them?

[@stetsonman]

Thus may Boran was born

[@shinechonxd7945]

rip banana tree

[@albertfatti]

Questo è il krabi krabong, non le pagliacciate al rallentatore che si vedono in giro

[@feilox]

those poor banana trees.

[@rogeriorodriguesmartins850]

A primeira vez que vi foi no filme, Guerreiro do fogo. Na cerimonia de decapitação.

[@wisdomelves5838]

Krabi are Malays. I wonder if this martial art is purely Malay or Malay mixed with Thai?

[@featherstone2226]

It’s Thai. It existed in Thailand since the 1600’s. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krabi%E2%80%93krabong It doesn’t really look similar to any Malay martial arts that I know.

[@muayboran6111]

I doubt it's malay... I'd say it's probably Myanmar, Khmer and Mon mixed with traditional Thai ahomese martial art as they came down from India, asam to Myanmar and further down. Of course, Ayuthaya had influences from all over from india to japan and of course Malaysia. Not even Pattani but Satun were trading partners with Ayuthaya and many became mercenaries to fight in the south and were given land as a gift by the king in Ayuthaya and the community still exists to this day.

[@wisdomelves5838]

@@muayboran6111 Malays who first settlers of Krabi.

[@abangjixtv4869]

The people looks like malay race..

[@VeteranGOD]

@@abangjixtv4869 aren't they all looks the same?

[@joselitogonzales1063]

It's scary 😮

[@gregorscapades]

More or less by accident I came across a Krabi-Kerabong training session in a temple compound in Ayutthaya, February 2024: see kzbin.infopxM23zyuLFo?si=y3CKcOE4s8ZNqDma

[@dukecentral3087]

The fact that they go in front of a palm tree on purpose to cut it tho

[@muayboran6111]

It's a banana tree, they're pretty soft

[@sandaysanday3319]

ผู้หญิงไทยใช้ดาบเดี่ยว ถ้าไล่ฟันคุณสามีไปเล่นชู้นอกบ้าน ล่ะอย่างฮา ตายสถานเดียว

[@lionpeters123]

*Some facts about Thaiachira* A spin-off of Muay Chaiya, which originated from a student sports group at Ramkhamhaeng University and therefore has nothing to do with old fighting styles, but pretends to make themselves important. The chairman of Thaiachira (Kru Lamp) has no qualification as a teacher (Krob Kru). He has also never fought in a boxing ring. His sword knowledge is based solely on student sports and stage fencing (Krabi Krabong), which is taught at the university. The rest comes from Muay Chaiya, which can also not be called an old or a real Thai martial art. The Muay from the city of Chaiya mainly refers to a certain Ajarn Ket Sriyapai. Ket Sriyapai was the son of a governor who was active in sports promotion and brought Muay Veti fighters (Muay Thai) from Chaiya to Bangkok to promote them there. Ajarn Khet never learned Muay Thai himself. The only reason why he is called "Ajarn" is that he has written and published some (fictional) stories about Muay Thai fighters. Ajarn Ket came from a high-ranking family and therefore never fought in a boxing ring. That would have been inappropriate for his standing. His actual profession was civil servant in the building industry. Later Muay Chaiya generations (for example Ket's school friend Tonglor Yalee) mixed normal Muay Thai techniques with Silat (Indonesia), Wushu (China) and Jiu Jitsu (Japan). For these reasons Muay Chaiya, and everything that comes from this direction, can neither be called an old nor a real Thai martial art. Source: Pantip. com (dig deep and you’ll find what they don’t want you to know! 🤫)

[@abhijitdas7416]

So then the question is what are the real old battle test combative weapon martial arts

[@wisdomelves5838]

Half of Thailand is originally Malay and the other half is originally Khmer. After taking over those lands, Thais took both arts and cultures mixed them together and preserved them. That's what makes Thailand today unique.

[@sorisara6427]

@@wisdomelves5838 n Malay silat from indo hahaha

[@sorisara6427]

@@wisdomelves5838 like Malay copy silat from indo n mix it

[@wisdomelves5838]

@@sorisara6427 You said Malays copied silat from china, but then you edited it. How funny you are. Malays are not Malaysia nor Indonesia. Malays include both of them. The original people of Southeast Asia are Malays and Khmers and their relatives. The others only came recently.