THE DEADLY MAU TAIAHA | TRADITIONAL MAORI WEAPON

[@christiaanherzogenrath8471]

So cool to see a video about Māori martial arts.

[@dunkenFrancis]

Glad you enjoyed it Christiaan. It's taken a while as we wanted to make sure we honoured the tradition of both the weapon and the people that use it.

[@regmullett4899]

isnt it!? So often this kind of knowledge is "kept sectret" which always seems insane to me, although of course you have to respect the decision.

[@nikosskeptikos6295]

I did the last class with Theo at a previous camp and as a few others have rightly commented, there are many similarities, unsurprisingly, with the Kumi jo especially, but its really obvious that this was a MARTIAL system to teach basic skills to men who would quite likely have to fight for their lives using this weapon. Its rare to see a training system that we KNOW was proven in battle.

[@RetrogasmicPodcast]

yeah it was really good

[@axealotal-ul6ny]

It was used in war many times and internationally techniques were adapted to Bayonets

[@AIKIDOSILVERDALE]

@axealotal-ul6ny yes it's int8you say that, we have an instr8at one of our clubs who says the drill resembles bayonet on rifle drilling

[@BoomBoomDeluxe]

So much of this is familiar from jo pair work, but at the same time the stance makes it seem totally alien to watch. really useful i think though for lot's of reasons

[@Clarity2020Australia]

Very cool, will watch this through properly tomorrow thanks for posting guys

[@dunkenFrancis]

thanks to Theo once again for a truly fascinating session.

[@rickymarino1208]

kia ora Mita mohi😢😢😢 and his family ....

[@CarlaCasteneda]

great class Theo well done

[@puaishibashi4396]

Mahalo for sharing.

[@dixonbeejay]

Ataahua ehoa kapai te korero o te mahi mau rakau ngamihi kia koe

[@AIKIDOSILVERDALE]

kia ora e hoa 👍👍👌👌

[@rickymarino1208]

​@AIKIDOSILVERDALE very good teachings.. was trained by mita mohi and his boys on Kapiti Island .early 90s . was mean . was spose to Waka over .too rough.. for 3days. got over and fined up,seen killer whales x3 after powhiri n hongis rounds.❤

[@10clapbaacs78]

Its like samurai nija type combat ,where did the Maori people learn this from

[@matiungawharau]

If you think that this is a lethal weapon in my ahuatanga o te Ao Maori this is a weapon of a foot soldier, the Far North have a taikaha,different again, the tewhatewha is the weapon of a Noaia,a general of the taiaha warrior's, and then the weapon of a Taiopuru,,a Hoeroa,the most lethal weapon of my people, kia ora....

[@sportchanel6090]

itu ada di jurus Toya PSHT 1922

[@AIKIDOSILVERDALE]

I'm sorry but your comment does not make sense.

[@sportchanel6090]

@@AIKIDOSILVERDALE Toya's style, in the Indonesian silat school, is called psht

[@AIKIDOSILVERDALE]

@sportchanel6090 how does that relate to this? This is a Maori weapon

[@AIKIDOSILVERDALE]

So are you saying this looks similar then? Sorry, I dont understand the connection at the moment lol.?@@sportchanel6090