KNIFE DEFENSE! Filipino Martial Artist VS Grappler

I was in the army for a decade and did every level of edge weapon training they have. And he is 100 percent correct you should never ever try to grab someone wielding a bladed weapon. Maintain distance from the knife at all times. And grab the first thing you see you can use as a weapon. That’s the only defense against someone who knows what they’re doing.

As a mma practitioner, I think this is very useful. Fighting is a violent sport, but true violence is much more gruesome.

As the instructor said, the basic rule of dealing with a knife in a fight is that you are guaranteed to get cut. Accept that fact and end the fight as quickly as possible. Even better, don't get into a knife fight at all.

I taught weapons for 20 years. This man is absolutely correct. It's refreshing.

My dad taught me a very good lesson as a kid. The second a knife comes out, the best way to win is 4 fences and 3 backyards away. Unless there is literally no other option than to fight them, running is always best when knives are involved.

I took kickboxing as a teen and Jiu Jitsu as an adult, but if I ever see a Philippine brother with a knife, I’m running the other way.

I've trained Kali for about 8 years. And I love what this guy has to say!!!! He's the truth.

I spent over ten years learning hand to hand combat. Some under the concept of knife fighting. One of the things that really bothered me was some of the tactics that people taught would clearly not get you very far in a real scenario. I like this quick demonstration of that. Showing that knife fighting in the movies and knife fighting in real life is totally different. If you want to get humbled, wear a white shirt, get a dummy knife and put lip stick on it. Then have someone come at you with it. Chances are you're going to be painted a little bit. It's very hard to defend against a knife attack.

First line I ever heard out of this guy was,”Irl life there’s no block, there’s no disarm!”. Refreshing to hear from a FMA instructor. Very clear on separating the art from the reality. Edit: Well this proved pretty popular. Thanks for the likes & comments. Few points though. 1. To all the “Yeah, well, of course there’s a disarm” replies; he’s a guro & you’re not. He has a vested interest in selling his art as effective & chooses instead to be honest. The context of the above quote was that blades usually stay concealed & you’ll likely feel them before you see them. You can’t block something you can’t see coming & you can’t disarm someone you don’t know is armed. 2. FMA is, at it’s root, a martial art in the truest sense. Mars wasn’t the god of h2h combat, he was the god of war. FMA is a battlefield/guerrilla art from a time when fencing played an actual effective part in combat. Think of it more as HEMA than wrestling, boxing or MT. 3. I train FMA so I’m not trying to disparage it. But let’s take the guro’s lesson & be fr. There’s no knife combat on da streets. There’s stabbings.

What an experienced fighter/combatant can do from adjusting their grip, stance, position, or even leverage ever so slightly is mind blowing. Great video.

I have a black belt in hand to hand combat. The way this officer or civilian is trying to disarm him is the same way i was basically taught. Although this guy is extremely talented with a knife and not someone your likely to encounter in the US or daily life who knows it could happen. The first thing i was taught when training through my belts. “There is no such thing as a fair fight”. Everything is a weapon. Pick that chair up. Pick that pipe up. Hit him with that pipe. Someone is going home to their family. Is it you? One mind one weapon.

Imagine ending up in a dark alley, one on one against a dude with a knife saying "We play"

The reality is if you have time, space and gut to run away from being killed. Then do not fight, just RUN!

I am a Filipino, I train Kali and have been doing BJJ for 9 years (purple belt). This is true, the only way to disarm a blade is with a blade, then the game begins on who has better, faster, and better skills at (defanging the snake) slashing fingers and wrist will win. Barehand fighting a guy with a knife is always not or last(est) option. Running away is always first.

This is what a real instructor looks like.

Thank you so much for pointing these things out. So tired of flashy knife techniques, Westside story duals, disarming the knife with your arm against the flat of the blade (That one really gets my goat).

"THERE'S NO BLOCK IN REALITY" and that's true. I've witnessed with my own eyes, guys fighting with fist. The other guy has no match to the well trained guy in martial arts. So he pull out his knife ang starts attacking. In just a split of seconds blood all over his body and cuts in his hands. Mma guy died instantly in that moment it was terrible. Everything went so fast. There's no take 2 or pause.. Everyone around is shock, it happened so fast. We thought it was just a fist fighting.

Best Knife defence basics ever to be performed on youtube.

He makes the point we all need to hear: no matter what, you get cut. You can disarm sure, but you aren't getting out without a cut.

I bought the Pintados course on Budo Brothers and have been loving it so far.