Thrusts Are The Best Counter Attack In Filipino Martial Arts

A very important concept in training Filipino Martial Arts is that instead of focusing on defense when a strike is coming at you, it is better to emphasize counter-offense. One of the quickest and most efficient counters that can be performed with a stick or sword is a thrust. GM Oliver discusses how he utilizes thrusts as a counter in his Filipino martial art system, Pintados.
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[@benjyholmes1]

Whoever that guy is …he is the most humble but lethal martial artist I’ve seen ..

[@thomvankeuren5531]

from what i was told, he trained under master Presas Jr.

[@benjyholmes1]

@@thomvankeuren5531 understand..but he’s lethal.

[@garrotista]

Super lethal! Nice outfit too! I like his fashion sense, deadly lethal!

[@sahila.k7208]

You are perfect teacher.

[@artistleaf]

Very educational thank you 🙏🏽

[@gwashington65]

Great video with useful information. Thank you.

[@binoyandpinay777]

True thrusting is under used. From a ready position we thrust from underneath sometimes, and straight underneath their chin, face or whatever we can hit. Man! This annoys, surprises and gets a jump on our opponents. very difficult to block, deflect or maneuver from; just got to make sure you have a strong grip or you can thrust the stick out of your hands. Also use that puno and don't let anyone tell you other wise cause its an potent blow and very fast.

[@MickeyRegala]

There's just a shit ton of fighting systems out there built for different types of warfare. Best advise I ever received was preventive. Build insane cardio, be proactive in spotting exit strategies, identify potential threats, situational awareness, environmental awareness, and run the moment you have the opportunity to do so. Fighting is a last resort. I'm a black belt in Judo and thank God I have only resorted to self-defense once in my life when a thief tried to snatch my phone. I was commuting in the Philippines walking on a pedestrian bridge. When all of a sudden my audio got cut from my phone and I immediately turn around to see a small woman with a hand in her fanny pack. My instincts kicked in and grabbed her hand that was in her bag, pulled it out. andgrabbed my phone. She immediately ran back into the crowd. I knew instinctively that she was probably going back to some back-up. So I just ran for my life.

[@allengordon6929]

Le parry-counterthrust, the bread and butter of all swordsmanship.

[@Christopher._M]

Hahaha

[@AgentSynthetic]

Nice! However, not that I want to try it, but Bagua outside pivot is the Defence to thrust! After strike blocked, a thrust from and a pivot towards the side of the thrust but away from thruster.

[@sachindgang1519]

U r great martialarts❤❤❤

[@itsrichie2763]

galing talaga ng pinoy salute po sayo sir Godbless po

[@jheyzbondmoto-klista6856]

Kabayan! Idol! Isa ba itong uri ng eskrima or dinevelop pa para mas makamandag?

[@joeleek9976]

Stab off the bind is pretty effective. There are counters for it, of course, but the best bet is to step back and reset.

[@chengyuanchou9921]

謝謝

[@pss0584]

Dip & retrieve, and you get a decent false edge thrust without “withdrawing”

[@nesonariap4209]

do you have slowmotion?

[@temetnosce7482]

Such a great teacher! (non practitioner here - but curious) wouldn't the attacker, if Filipino trained, also be immediately progressing to the next attack on contact?

[@shemayisrael198]

This is horrible instruction

[@RenegadeRanga]

Yeah, they will change angles and slash or stab.

[@aurelian2668]

That is why you must kill the opponent immediately

[@burhanettinhasdemir4964]

Yep they counter immediately with the second strike, if they slash first they stab, if they stab first they slash, thus you need to be extremely fast and give some blows AS SOON AS you see the weapon is coming at you. There are some counters for it look it up on the youtube.

[@elibookoff556]

VERY EFFICIENT TECHNIQUE>

[@CBBoXdjNab]

do you guys have a step by step tutorial?? either Arnis or silat

[@joeleek9976]

Is silat weapon based? I knew one practitioner back in the day. Never saw here with weapons though.

[@emeraldlucky1274]

​@@joeleek9976Give those guys a knife or karambit, you may observe that their art is really for those weapons. Like they said, if you remove the karambit to a silat warrior, they are like tigers without claws.

[@scx2355]

i love you man

[@LarryArrojo-cz8qu]

SIR ,100 PERCENT EXCELLENT! BRAVO ! BUDO BROTHERS! To Our Everliving Lord God Jesus Christ be only and always be and will be and shall be the Highest Glory! More POWER BUDO BROTHERS ! Hallelujah! Amen

[@WayTruthLife316]

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[@user-tn6ko3rx2u]

I like

[@tyler1768]

Where did you get training sword the small machete type blade the name of it

[@iWandering]

try searching Bolo knife..

[@erzascarlet2925]

Mabuhay Sir Pintados not practitioners but a curious one as a Filipino 😅 why our FMA always called as a deadly real combat martial arts 😁 i thought it's only for AFP 😅

[@smokedoubt1262]

His adlibs are phenomenal lol

[@yadaben-yisrael8703]

Ohana,can anyone tell me the name of the blade that the teacher is using?

[@AkHob]

Don't know name, but kult of Athena website, Asian sword section has Philippine swords, sadly most are back ordered, but should get you the name at least.

[@orlandomonterde1970]

its called sundang used for local eskrima back in the days

[@thyssenheinel6507]

From the actual look of it. it is "talibong"

[@jettereq272]

"BOLO or ITAK" in tagalog, "BADANG" in Ilocano (northern Phils) could be longer or wider, BLUNT or POINTED TIP

[@marcelluskelley3050]

My footwork shall make him miss💃🚶🏃

[@3228000]

Is the sword he is using have a name, or is it a custom design

[@Milkisu_u]

i think it's a bolo knife

[@mrgrimlemortv8077]

Its called dahong palay

[@user-zk1my9mv3b]

최고의 실전 기술,;;;

[@shimazutakuma1031]

how i wish they'd use these in the recent starwars... would be more exciting to watch eh? efficient lightsabers killing technique, practical thrusts, not just swings

[@burhanettinhasdemir4964]

Lightsaber combat in Star Wars mostly derived from Kendo and Kenjutsu. It would be cool if some double lightsaber users like Aayla Secura or Ahsoka Tano (or even Asajj Ventress in that sense) did some sinawali like action.. I wish they wouldn't just look to Kendo but still.

[@garrotista]

Nice outfit, sarong with a weapons belt holster : blades , Glock!

[@juliosanchez1880]

Philippine martial arts seems extremely effective.

[@cainmarko335]

Pintados arnis

[@babyghost78]

Okay... next...look around...okay...take off your shoes...okay... next look around one more time. Okay... Run 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ don't look back. Okay

[@neomagnon]

That is basic in all FMA systems. Nothing special. There are so many variations/counters to any angle of attack. For strike number 1, instead of cutting the hand and doing the thrust, you can do sungkiti (hooking thrust) to the eyes first and proceed to cut the hand before you do the thrusting. But, of course, it depends on how skillful the individual is in pulling this technique perfectly, in sensing/preempting the opponent's strike. And, do you even teach the repercussions of killing a man? Morality? Social laws? The stigma of being a pariah? Law of karma? No matter how skillful you are, you will never beat the law of karma.

[@phph1701]

yup only newbies will believe garduce yes irresponsible garduce is he dont even teach the legal repercussions, he part of the kill kill fma mentality. only for the money

[@franciscodizon4078]

Correct. It really depends on the individual skills. Thrust or no thrust, the bottom line is how fast a practitioner is! Execution is basic and important.

[@neomagnon]

@@franciscodizon4078 Yes. The name of the system is irrelevant in actual fight, your superior skill and intelligence are what counts. But one should understand there is no foolproof techniques. Everything has a counter or can fail. What one learned and rehearsed in the dojo may not work in the streets because of so many circumstances.

[@jaymay7957]

Well if you kill someone in self defense you’re all good in the eyes of god and karma.

[@jaymay7957]

@@neomagnonmost martial arts is impracticable outside of a dojo or in a street fight or combat, with exceptions to some techniques. tosses, submissions/ground control ( which is useful in controlling someone with a knife), basic striking, some kicks. Im mostly against old school martial arts stuff because it’s not realistic to a fight or combat. But it still has some good uses. Or you learn a technique really well for example machida fight style and his karate background

[@ricardoroquefelle5982]

Why is he wearing a gun? Why a knife? And how can Arnis be realistic? I really really like the Martial Art and I understand it comes from war and has tradition. But in which self defense situation are you aloud to use lethal force with a sword against a person?

[@taylorshanks692]

It wasn’t created for self-defense. It was created for combat. It’s an important distinction.

[@TheCthulhurlyeh]

You are allowed to use lethal force when attacked with lethal force if someone uses a weapon like a gun or a knife or a club to attack you you. Can defend yourself with a gun or a knife or a club. If someone attacks you with bare hands then you can defend yourself with bare hands it's fairly simple

[@neomagnon]

FMA is good for defense. You can use a weapon against an aggresor, but make sure you have a good defense story, good lawyer, money and time for litigations. And you may spend the rest of your life wary of revenge. You may successfuly evade the law, but not the law of karma. The pinnacle of FMA is learning to avoid fights at all costs.

[@cainmarko335]

​@@neomagnon defense and offense you don't know anything about this art

[@neomagnon]

@@cainmarko335 I studied Arnis/Escrima/Kali in Cebu under SGM Ondo Caburnay of Lapunti Arnis de Abaniko International; Bakintawak SuperCuentada, Tres Personas Arnis de Combate, Modern Arnis in Manila, CincoTeros, Sikaran, Sincala, Wing Chun, small circle Jujitsu, etc. I taught arnis/escrima in High Schools and some private students. I know what I'm talking about.

[@alexandrebaccili454]

Jack Sparrow

[@roido6614]

Don't be a Superman. Be The Flash. And run your Ass away from a Knife!

[@allanvelando3078]

Tagasan kayo boss

[@alexr.4955]

Whole shit...

[@michaelblack9458]

Bruce Lee told inasonto that fma was too flashy this guy fixed that

[@JungleAsianIslander]

Bruce Lee used FMA and knife fighting in 3 of his movies. Plus his son Brandon Lee used FMA in his movie Legacy of Rage.

[@michaelblack9458]

@@JungleAsianIslander exactly flashy

[@JungleAsianIslander]

@@michaelblack9458 the training is flashy, the application used in real fighting is quick and direct.

[@michaelblack9458]

@@JungleAsianIslander agreed I studied it and jkd for 9years

[@joeleek9976]

​@@JungleAsianIslander super direct and brutal. Lost count of the number of times I heard "and this is where you kill them"

[@Milara887]

as if the attacker will give it hands like that 😂 if i attack you sword cross attack you finish

[@jgyodai]

This is sooo ridiculous and non-existent in martial arts. Complete BS!!!

[@BigTone713]

I'd like to know who his teacher was and what lineage.

[@spencermorningstar9204]

He is from Leyte, he has an interview saying all of that. Look it up bro

[@nova12332]

​@@spencermorningstar9204 what is his name?

[@spencermorningstar9204]

​@@nova12332Grandmaster Oliver Garduce, Pintados

[@nova12332]

@@spencermorningstar9204 thanks!

[@Account-gk3rl]

looks like bulshit to me, knife attacks are not done like that irl

[@shemayisrael198]

You sir, are correct. This is garbage.

[@crowkoraki6910]

Bet you never been attack by a knife or a longer blade

[@shemayisrael198]

@@crowkoraki6910 I’ve taken a lot of classes with good practitioners and guys who are well known. This is bad instruction.

[@crowkoraki6910]

@@shemayisrael198 right right question the guy who has experience fighting in real combat , better research first who you guys are painting as fake

[@shemayisrael198]

@@crowkoraki6910 so… Dan inosanto is a lesser instructor and this guy fights with sticks and knives and short swords today? Dude, get a grip. This isn’t good instruction. I’ve been in enough fake fights to know what’s being proposed here will just get you struck more times.