My uncle practiced kali. He died a horrible death he was brutally hacked down by a group men. But he was able to take down three men along with him with only using a karambit. While he was cornered by men with machetes and knives. It did not end well for him but to be able to take down three men with you is one hell of a feat.
@@memesettings271 he lives in mountainous area in Philippines where our houses are far from each other the roads has less people to counter and if you have enemies they can ambush you if you dont get cautious enough. Less populated areas here in ph can have more weapons stacked in their houses.
Kali's _arm disarming aim_ is a recent thing. Like a PG version. The A rated, 300 years Spanish occupation version of it involves hitting vital areas until they break and *severely* cripple or kill them. The reason why we are mostly taught on targeting hands nowadays is because of practice and we have no one to kill it with. A Filipino Kali practitioner with bad intentions or in a survival mindset, will use *all of their limbs* to kill and live another day. Like a dangerous cornered animal. How else would they even fight and kill Spaniards in armor effectively with no footwork involved?
True, although hitting your opponent across the fingers, hopefully severing 1 or 4, is probably the oldest disarming technique since man first swung stick at another man with stick
My father had great respect for the Filipino people, both culturally and militarily. He spoke of them in very high regard, and met some of the men who helped MacArthur retake the land from the japanese in the second world war. I believe they have great fighting spirit. This martial art is evident of that killing mindset needed for victory.
@@Oneamongthelegion As a filipino, it is sad to see that fighting spirit die nowadays thanks to social media/toxic influences from the world, but some of us(including me) choose to continue down this path. Be it physical, moral, intellectual, and spiritual, some of us still have a great fighting spirit, and that's all that matters.
@@zaberfang You don't bring your fists to a gun fight, a cannon fight, and willing converts that lets them be conquered until they said "Oh no, they're oppressing us, let's fight back." On an archipelago. At a time when people still used to send letters. Letters that can be easily intercepted by officials. Spanish officials. In short; logistics problem.
Folks new to FMA need to also understand that it isn't just a "stick art". The sticks are used because live blades and swords would scare most people in training. The sticks are meant to replicate the movements of an edged blade. Also, the sticks are great in teaching timing, distance and of course reaction time. Unless you've had a stick or two whiz past your head and limbs at over 90 mph, you're definitely missing out on training for spatial awareness and improving hand/eye/foot coordination. And yes, when you get whacked on the knuckles, knees and other body parts, you're actually teaching your body and mind what it feels like to be hit. Most people who haven't sparred or have experienced what it's like to get hit are in for a rude awakening when they find themselves on the receiving end of being hit by one or more attackers. Most just freeze up because they haven't developed that killer instinct / mental toughness / warrior mindset that only comes from actually engaging in full contact. Finally, FMA is one of the few arts out there that teaches you how to be proficient in all ranges of combat, including the reality of facing someone ready to do you harm with a weapon in hand.
I have to agree with you this type of training can help you prepare for the unexpected in a real situation in the Rio Street fight know how to defend yourself better and improve it's all about improving is all about getting stronger annoying your next move and what techniques you can use to get you out of a sticky hardcore jam it's all about the improvements and how you use it 🥋☯️🙏😌🙏☯️🥋
Just for clarity, it must be said that Filipinos in a provincial rural setting do not go about with sticks. They would, in agricultural areas, walk about with bolos and panabas (scythe) strapped to their side. These were work tools ; but it also meant that a fight would normally involve blades, not sticks.
Here's my take, from a generalist mover's perspective, who has trained in several martial arts (including western/modern ones) but also thinks about the practicalities of skill acquisition. One thing that is actually awesome about Kali is that the angles/body mechanics are pretty much identical no matter what implement you use. So the same technique can be used with any sort of blade, a stick/blunt object or empty handed. As Bruce Lee said: Fear the man who has practiced a single technique 10000 times. A Kalista gets in a lot of time practicing these basic patterns. These patterns also produce some angles that even a trained opponent usually won't expect, and the element of surprise never hurts to have on your side. It includes Panantukan (Filipino kickboxing) that is similar to Muay Thai as it puts a lot of emphasis on elbow techniques for the close distance & clinching/trapping for the in-fight. There's grappling/throws as well in the form of Dumog. From a self-defense/"street fight" perspective I like that the traditional interchangeable patterns will make you use hammer fists when going empty-handed, which protects your own hands from damage much more compared to throwing like a boxer. I would say it was also very beneficial to learn about knife fighting in a realistic way (and I was also trained in that area in the military by SF instructors), by learning a lot of dirty tricks an actual attacker out to hurt you could use and making the knife sparring as "live" as possible. A lot of traditional martial arts are potentially setting up their students for death or severe injuries with the knife-defense BS they teach, often with cooperative attackers and predictable attacks. Everyone trained in Kali understands that a knife showing up in a fight means one guy is going to the cemetery and one to the hospital. In my school/style of Kali all these things were taught. Techniques were mostly kept basic and often drilled repetitiously with resisting opponents in sparring. The style's founders thankfully were open-minded individuals, so there was some cross-pollination with Savate (a very under-estimated style of kickboxing due to its quick footwork and emphasis on managing the distance) and other grappling styles as well. If you want to train martial arts, choose a realistic style but also base your decision heavily on the individual school/teachers and whether or not they are willing to test their techniques and theories with a lot of live sparring.
@@offTheMedsYe For blade work, the "pitik" or is "watik" strikes where the "stick" is employed in a snapping manner may not be optimum. Allow follow through for the blade to maximize the length and depth of the cut.
All martial arts are intended to kill…the clue is in the name ‘martial’. All the martial arts you see in MMA are intended to kill, break bones, tear tendons etc…the difference is, in competitions there are rules on what and what is not allowed, e,g no strikes to the eyes, kicks to the groin, punches to the back of the head….as such one trains without those parts. Muay Thai, BJJ, Karate and others all have parts to them which can kill, but none are allowed in MMA for obvious reasons.
@letsgo23123unless the Kali practitioner goes directly for the kill. MMA is just for competition, not really effective for the streets in a lot of situations.
I am a MMA. I am also a Filipino Martial Artist, in fact I have a license at Sikaran. I love Kali because it can be use any time anywhere. Street Fights or just simple Kata.
My dad once told me that he and his friends were held at gunpoint by another group of guys. There was only one guy that had a gun and he pointed it at my dad within arms reach, he basically did a fast full sweep with his hands and took the gun out of the other guy's hand then the crooks started running away😂. He told me he remembered that move through P.E. and watching TV since it was part of the curriculum to teach students basic kali moves.
I did basic Kali/Arnis once in primary school, we were taught by a former prison guard, and one of the basic things he taught us is 'where (to strike)' in 10 simple strikes. He said, knowing that alone can make a huge difference in a life or death situation (take note, this was not to be used in a fight but in a life or death situation or self defense). Upto this day I still retained that information and will never forget it till the day I die. Fast forward a few years later, I went to nursing school in college and would get assigned to assist in the OR, one of things I will never forget is how often the doctors/ surgeons would grumble about how hard treating stabbed or hacked victims. They would say that it was almost as if the perpetrators studied anatomy and physiology because the strikes were so precise and fatal that it was harder treating or operating on stabbed victims than those who have been shot. At that moment, I doubted the perpetrators know zilch about medical anatomy and physiology but kind of made the connection that maybe, just maybe, these perpetrators were trained kali or arnis fighters. I don't like the fact that the Spaniards censored the early Filipinos in practising this art form, but I can't say I blame them. Just imagine dealing with a population trained in such a deadly martial arts. 😅
Your dad got really lucky. Disarming an armed person with an empty hand is stupidly risky even if the practitioner is trained. Not to be that guy, but, this is the type of story I would expect to hear from a habitual liar who knows that the listener has no way to confirm/deny his story.
Isn't it 12 strikes though? Right n L temple, R n L strike shoulders stomach thrust, R n L shoulder thrust, strike R n L legs, eyes thrust R n L, then strike at the crown 12th hit
just fyi for the viewers, many fma systems do cover those lateral movements and pressure especially during sparring! my school has been having us build up to multiple attacker drills with broken rhythms, less warning, building more dependency on our instinctive response and correcting our application of technical principles :) pugay!
This is the kind of comments everyone deserves, not the fellow filipinos giving a vibe of "i suck my own dick everyday" seeking for their existence and their country's a well known solid fact. Im glad for this comment section.
Kali Eskrima train weapons first and then empty hand…it all bleeds together to evolve into a very real versatile system that can flow in any direction..martially
Kali was never a martial arts to destroy. Its a martial arts form of killing the opponent as quickly and smoothly as possible. It was never really intend to be thought outside of the Philippines but since its the modern day era where it is becoming known and social media has made it known, they are making stories about how kali is being thought.
It's a bladed curve short small knives that can easily be hidden using a band in the arms/wrist area hence "pulahan" band of the Abacca and Pinya fiber ...at the time of Magellan then during colonialization this "Kali" as "kawayang/kahoyng lig.on" used to just "tungkod" of an elderly "magtutudlo" as yes certain metal or something of the same or of sort that is or can be used as lethal weapon was banned. "Kinamot" na Lang tawn Wala nay kutsarahay. Few of us still use Coco shell and bamboo. The Spanish were good at controlling the tribes to thrive with the help of greedy "kauri" who will do everything just like Judas who betrayed Jesus the Christ. We really are ancient that of the time of Solomon has its Gold mine somewhere in Bohol.. think the chocolate hills formed guys. We'll continue the same kind of Rizal who avoided violence and time will tell how we'll grow spirituality and thinking. Our ancestors were once fooled. Let's open our minds kabayan.
ive seen ESKRIMA used in a real fight here in Cebu Philippines way back year 1998..butcher knife vs bare hands (eskrima)..the guy with the knife holds ít with ice pick grip and attacks like a madman and the eskrima guy redirecting the knife so many times i cant believe he walks away unscratched..im glad no one died or even bleed that day..the guy that knows eskrima is so awesome he just snatch the knife away and not even retaliate or punching the attacker..he just scolded the knife guy and made out afterwards..so funny they even drink beer later that day..i realize that day that people who knows martial arts are extra patient,humble and just good people..but their are some bad apples in a basket but rare. but sadly today the art is dying bcause the new generation are too busy updating their social media and idolizing men with lipstick and makeup
That sounds about right the gay genration thing , no offence but aint homophobic , it just very common to younger generations lipstick and make up and cuticles for man or girls, in the event of trouble these lipstick gen when gets in trouble they just cry like a baby or slap the face or pinch the shoulder of the attacker LOL😬
Anyone interested in learning one of the deadliest style of Kali should study the style of Grandmaster Illustimo as he is the only undefeated Kali master who made an Indonesian champion stick fighter stepped out a ring by just watching him just goes to show the aura the Grandmaster possessed in that he won a fight without fighting that is the spirit of an outstanding champion
@@chrisbera7952 You should try and get more info and tuition for Illustrimo is truly an outstanding GM like Lapu Lapu wish you the best and train hard let me know of any further progress
@@Vins_. What about the outcome of a battle? Should not that be better sure Kali is an outstanding but we are born with natural weapons our hands and feet hence we should know to use the natural weapons also as Kali is a weapon art of which is not natural to us but practical to us
to be fair we also used it in the philippine-american war, against the spanish, and against each other. By the time the japanese arrived it was basically just another tuesday for us
Some say Kali is impractical because of it's variety of movements that is hard to replicate in a real life scenario, but it is contrary to that belief. First and foremost, Kali doesn't have a strict rule on its attacks or counter attacks, it just goes with the flow of your body. That's the same reason why practitioners practice the flow of the arms and feet rather than combinations, they are training the mind and the muscle to react to whatever is coming, because in a real life situation there is only a split second to think of a combination or an appropriate attack or counter attack, so the fighter or the defender would automatically shift to the movements that their muscle memory is practiced to do. If you see a boxer in a real street fight, his muscle memory would tell his system to block, slip, evade and counter, but it wouldn't stand a chance against an overly aggressive attacker because those movements takes a lot of motion to execute. In Kali, same with Krav Maga, there is this constant motion which enables a defender to just move constantly without the gap of time that a boxer would allow from its attacker. And as you would know in a real life and death situation, there is no disarming or blocking, although Kali teaches disarming it is taught not entirely as disarming rather an incorporation to the flow of attack.
Why is Filipino Kali effective in a street fight? Because it was designed for Brawling and streetfighting. The techniques can be used for any improvised weapon you can bring to the streets, from beer bottles to umbrellas. Even screwdrivers. and boxcutters. There's even a funny story an uncle of mine told me years ago; This lady who ran a stall at a market had a robbery attempt. This guy came at her with a knife, she was holding an Abaniko fan at the time. These fans are made from dried leaves and have a sharp edge to them (I still remember the cuts I got from when my grandmother scolded me when I was little). Her other hand went for the nearest thing she could grab, which was an egg from her stall. She used the fan to slash at the knife-holding hand and then used her other hand to smash the egg on his face leaving shards in his eye.
Arnis was required to study for me way back in a public High school ( govt funded school) as part of a curriculum. We studied 9 formations only. All teenagers in public school learned this. The school provided those sticks. And yes we were taught that is dangerous and meant only for self defense.
@@stanberry4000 how nice. You have an arnis club 👍👍👍 Filipino martial arts is alive. We just dont use it frequently. But we all know, Filipinos if pushed on the corner to a fight. are the weapon. With or without weapon, we become warriors
@@enigmatic2878 there are jerks sure who use sticks to prey on people. But that is just a minority. as Filipinos it is part of our culture not to start a fight. That reflects on our history with our war with Spain, America and Japan. We Filipinos are always defenders of our land. But when we do fight, we finish the job. And win in the end. No matter how long it takes. We only use arnis, when we feel we are no longer safe. Carrying sticks is prohibited in school or at working place.
Kali is extremely dangerous in a street defense as a matter of fact it is considered deadlier than the nunchaku of course it can be deadlier than judo karate because it is a weapon I highly recommend Kali be learned by many people as possible if not everybody
If 'everybody' learned Kali it means offenders or criminals can do it to. Meaning self-defense would be unlikely to be effective but yeah learning it as self defense.
@@infinitezero255 Friend please understand the English language when certain words are used it does not mean literally as in the case of every most certainly EVERY one on the planet cannot and will not have the time to do so hence every pertains to most just like in an election if there are one hundred casting votes for a leader and one got sixty votes he becomes the victor hence it can be said everybody voted for the sixty percent candidate as he won the do I make myself clear and please do not take things to literal for Jesus said let the dead bury the dead do you know what is meant and last but not least Jesus said you must be born again to enter his kingdom do you understand what is said
Aikido: (Which I learned) You must redirect the opponent's hits and use their momentum against them so that you may throw and/or pin them Kali: (In a general sense) BREAK THEIR HANDS Kali is probably one of the coolest martial arts i've heard of. Even cooler once I learned they used it in Dune.
Kali also teaches people to step on their dominant knee when they advanced to break it. Most Kali schools are PG and refuse to teach the real and dirty side of kali. It's not an honorable kind of art lmao.
Why fight with your body parts primarily if you can use tools like guns, swords, machetes, knives and clubs? That's why FMA makes a lot of sense in today's world! it is all about practicality!
Simple being able to fight with your fists even if it's overall less practical will make you better at fighting with weapons. Besides you got an extra hand and 2 feet why not use them?
As a kali practitioner. I say that this art is only effective when u have weapons. If ur unarmed its kinda bit no use bcz in street fight everything is random u cant read attacks bcz everything is not planned . But if you have like sticks and knife or anything sharp it’s effective and deadly like only 3 strikes can discombobulated someone. I practice Arnis since i was 8 but I have not gotten to tournaments yet but maybe next year i can go but i still have alot to learn. Im still 16 and learning silat,mauy thai,krav maga,yaw yan and bjj and i and i still want to learn more about every martial arts in the world. Sorry for my bad English still learning on to it
An overall good video, though he often depicted jkd and kenjutsu when the video was about kali. Kali also has excellent angular footwork ( and so does boxing for that matter ). Some people should actually spend a significant amount of time training in various martial arts before making broad generalizations in a video.
in Cebu they fight to death proving who's style is much more effective on old time so generally speaking it depends upon the person in which he will use it
Old Real Kali warriors are secretly using a prayer during the fight... And the Kali warriors who's having a powerful Prayer's, will alway's win... For now using this Prayer is for emergency only and for the Filipino invaders only. when time comes...
Kali does teach you to move left and right using your entire body (male and female triangle). You move forward to attack and defend as well and there are traps and locks in the system. There just very quick.
I cant speak for all the eskrima/arnis/kali systems out there. But ours does do pressure testing and we do have back and forward defense and attack methods. We also use a lot of angular movement. Not sure why you think we dont have decent footwork mr. Try taking some classes and see if you feel the same way afterwards.
Yeah As for Kali, it really depends on the person, they have their own technique and hand to hand too that's why I like Kali I can create my own technique 😆 and I loved to explore more in martial arts
I agree w/ you bro, that is the only thing that the narrator says that i don't agree that FMA don't have proper footworks, if you want to master FMA you should know how to dance CHA-CHA...that is the footwork.
Imagine in the provinces mostly are farmers.. yeah you commonly see them with bolos on their side waist.. when they encounter something bad thats gonna harm along the way, that's your primary weapon. So it's the art they developed for self defense...
Thank you for this information. Now I'm studying FILPINO MARTIAL ARTS , BECAUSE I DISCOVERED THIS TECHNIQUES IS SUPER EFFECTIVE. IF YOU KNOW ARNIS YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST BLADED WEAPONS AND HOW TO USE.
🇵🇭 Trivia: in the Early Years, there was this guy, Trovador Ramos I think, who's one of the recognized Filipino Martial Arts Greats. Known for his Skills in "Arnis" or Stick Fighting. Body built that looks like Bolo Yeung. U mentioned Escrima (Clash of Swords or stick), Baston is a Cane Stick,. I don't know Kali. But Toughies in street fights don't use sticks. They use Lead Pipes. So you'd better stay away and call the Police.
Also unlike some martial arts where disarming or knocking your opponent unconscious is the goal Kali is different. The goal of Kali is to *kill* with just very few and quick movements. Sticks is used for general purpose training, the reason for this is that if you replace the sticks with any blunt or sharp weapon like even a regular kitchen knife, Kali can still be used.
3:30 the only mistake because all arts are good. Boxing adds leg skill and weight into the punch and expects some retaliation. The best part of Kali is the speed of attack. It is a rain of attacks and counter attacks - and one of the healthiest communities to study in.
People who really do FMA are happy to let you people believe that our art is. “Not effective” it is kind of like gun owners not wanting people to think of them as unsafe. Go do a “dangerous” art like BJJ, lay down on the ground, open your legs, and give your attacker a hug.😊
Its "not effective" as a self-defense art. But it's definitely an effective killing art. And that's the problem, people keep putting Kali in the same category as "self-defense" when in reality, it favors the attacker more than it does the defender. You don't practice it to defend yourself, you practice it to kill people more effectively and efficiently.
@@_aweshit I mean obviously it wouldn't cater to civilians as much if they said it was a killing art and that you'd probably end up in jail, so they had to say it's a self-defense art so they could get some *$$$$$$* . But yea, the point of this art is not to "defend yourself" but to "neutralize the opponent" which is just another way of saying "unaliving them".
@@rocelderamos3013 I agree with you you can modify things to do “self defense” but the two Filipino gentlemen who were kind enough to share their arts with me had had to make real world use of it in combat when they were younger. 👍
@@rocelderamos3013 You're kidding right? If you can't use your "killing" art to defend yourself, i worry for you. Not all moves are made to kill or need to be maiming or killing people. Any effective art can be used to kill someone for goodness sake. A choke can kill you, a punch can potentially lead to deaths, just ask boxers. Eskrima is effective whether you use it for sport, self defence, or warfare.
@@747maran If a mugger has the sense to use a gun from far away then just give them your wallet and phone. Sucks to suck. However you will find a lot of liveleak videos out there where gangsters and robbers tend to pull in real close to try and intimidate their target into submission first. Even in just a standard killing, if it's not gonna be a drive by, they'll walk straight up to the target, usually from out of sight, pull the gun and shoot it at their head from like a foot away. It's so common it feels almost on purpose, but I think it's just a human instinct to want to close the distance. One could argue about a decline in accuracy over even just a few meters, especially in a high adrenaline kinda spot. We see it in cop shootings where they'll fire like 20 bullets at a guy a cars length away and somehow only hit 5 or 7 times. And military statitistics suggest that it costs hundreds of bullets to kill a single guy from a few hundred meters. In the end I don't think it's worthless info. Though I wouldn't bet my life on the efficacy of it.
I praktis FMA and a varsity of the sport one thing that our coach always taught us to strike first with speed and power where you wouldn’t need to strike again.
Saying kali an umbrella term is accurate. The forms we see today are simply from a certain a person or group who specializes a certain form/s & teach it to other ppl which are the schools gaining exposure to the general public. Though Kali originated from using bolo &/or utility dagger, it has no specific form but rather simply employs the core principle of "attack attack attack" as it aims to destroy an opponent the fastest way possible or the least strikes possible (which also implies incorporating a certain superb defense in order to "effectively" mount the attack3 principle). So Kali can be applied to any form. In boxing, Pacman applied Kali: midrange & close-range punches in rapid succession thrown from different angles includes weird angles while still maintaining balance to maintain power in each throw. And if one watches the video analysis from experts & pundits, one would see pacman has superb defense which is not easily noticeable since pacman constantly attacks even when backpedaling
Pero tradiccion el karate del Filipinas sepmre escrima mula sa ama den natin na español.. pero sempre about arnis.. una sa tradiccion sa martial arts sa Filipinas.
I love Kali. My Instructor taught Kali & Wing Chun and they have very similar moves. They are fairly easy to learn and quite effective. We always trained fighting multiple assailants in class, practiced disarming techniques and how to inflict injury quickly. These arts were designed to dispatch opponents with extreme prejudice.
Kali is an awesome martial art. I studied for a few years, long enough to realize that it does have a vulnerability. Let's see if you can figure out that that vulnerability is.
I’m pinoy, I’ve always thought so you carry those 2 sticks with you everywhere you go? It’s kind of similar to Kendo, ancient Japanese art that was effective when they carried swords instead of guns. Do you carry the samurai sword with you today, what good is that art for today..?
@@747maran I'm pinoy as well. Kali is weapons-based but translates to empty hands easily. Then there's locks and the ground game (like wrestling), which would be difficult if you're holding a couple of sticks. There's also foot strikes in which you don't need a weapon in your hand. But if you insist on having a weapon, perhaps a collapsible baton would suffice.
as a Visayan Kali is taught that you have to injure your enemy first so you will win the battle. It will only take a minute or so. You dont have to be fancy about it.
Asian Mom with kali discipline is not a good for a stubborn kid. My mom have a variety of weapon to choose. Broom, Clothes hanger, mop and slippers. But the most fearsome non contact offensive is the staredown it gives you a chilling effects.
Kali is designed for cqc and can be deadly unarmed or armed. Armed techniques can go from sticks to knives. Our Physical Education professor used abaniko, a type of wodden folding fan around 8 inches, to disarm our classmate using sticks during a demonstration. She mentioned that abaniko is also the term used for a striking fanning motion.
Actually when using a stick the purpose is to stop ur opponent on the first blow esp when using "bahi" as a baston...it's much solid and heavier than rattan..imagine some one smashing ur joint or bone with a solid metal pipe it sounds like that when u use that bahi....anyway thanks for sharing the hand to hand combat about it is another thing the olds call it law-ay it focus on ur weak points causing ur muscle to cramp or ur bones to a pain some weak can't resist the term is bikog....✌️✌️✌️✌️🙂🙂🙂
Using rattan stick is only use for teaching KALI, the real stick used is a KAMAGONG it is one of the hardest wood here in the Philippines back in the ancient times
The early form of silat originated from a martial art called "Sundang," which was created for the elite warriors of Majapahit. Sundang Majapahit is a martial art created by Mahesa Anabrang, combining techniques from the Singasari and Dharmasraya kingdoms. It also uses both swords and keris, with different styles for various combat scenarios: Sundang Gunung (Mountain) for defense, Sundang Kali (River) for offense, Sundang Laut (Sea) for conquest, Sundang Angin (Wind) for infiltration, and Sundang Matahari (Sun) for protection. Sundang Kali spread to the Philippines, influencing the development of "Kali Majapahit" This is the truth that not many people know or don't wanna know, they have just speculated that silat came from the Malay region, but no one has ever clearly identified its exact location
It is a combat art. It was made to kill. My friend’s uncle is a kali practitioner and he killed 3 people who tried to murder him. He was unarmed and used the enemies’ knives against them
Most of us Filipinos didn't even know how to utilize the Kali martial art coz most of the martial arts school here teach Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Karate and other foreign martial arts. And if by chance you saw a Kali school you won't be able to afford it if you're an average man. What a big B.S ain't it
You got it in reverse. In Kali/Eskrima, we are taught hand-to-hand techniques first because those can eventually be used while holding a blade or a stick.
Kali was taught to us in our PE class back when I was still attending college here in the Philippines, it was a mandatory subject so we we'rent allowed to change it. Honestly iy was fun, tiring, but worth it. Our final test was to land at least 3 hits on our instructor which mind you was hard af since he's a pro, and had a black belt in martial arts. I was only able to hit him on the side of the shoulder, side of the thigh and lastly near the crotch, it was considered unprofessional cause of the low hits I made (I had no choice he was so fast any hit from the front stomach and up were impossible). But I was able to pass his class with average scores. I memorize most major moves and still use them by instinct. I haven't practiced Kali in years and there was a incident where I was robbed years ago and out of sheer instinct and adrenaline. I tapped his hand hard, grabbed his hand to make him lose his grip, and push him to the ground. I sat on him and kept pummeling afterwards. I had a few cuts and scratches but overall lucky to be alive all thanks to the Kali class taught to me.
No movement? Uhm what??? Not sure where you got that idea from. Movement is an essential part of both training AND fighting. You don't survive a stick fight by standing still....🙄 Kali features both linear AND angular footwork and movement. The vast majority of Kali techniques REQUIRE these linear or angular movements or the techniques won't work. In fact, modern boxing footwork was derived in part from Kali/Pananatukan footwork.
Kali is not self defence . It is designed to kill.what you see two persons sparring for minutes but is real fight , two to three strokes and the opponent is dead
Yes, angling (45 degree movement to control the opponents weapon arm from the outside) is a central component in modern Kali and so is extensive pressure training. The idea is that you have drilled so much that everything should come naturally, this is the only way it can work in a real fight. In order to easier achieve this, everything is based on the same principles, including empty hands, rather than learning new techniques for each weapon and there is a lot of focus on "flow".
I do not know what the Titles are used in Kali for Leveling currently. But, I hope in the future, Kali Practitioners use the Pre-Colonial Society Titles in the Philippines in Kali Ranks: Start with the Alipin sa Gigilid rank (white sash), then Aliping Namamahay rank (yellow sash), then the Timawa rank (green sash), then Maharlika rank (red sash), then Maginoo rank (black sash), then Datu ng Balangay rank (silver sash), then Datu ng Bayan rank (gold sash), then the Datu Laksamana rank (red and silver sash), and finally the Lakan rank (red and gold sash). 9 ranks in all. And then, the ceremonial uniform should be the Visayan or Tagalog Bahag (the Igorot Bahag is different) complete with the Putong for the head, coat, sleepers (yup, they should have the pre-colonial Indian inspired footwear), the main battle sword (a longer wooden sword if not real), the secondary sword (a shorter wooden sword if not real), and a ceremonial dagger (only for Datus and higher ranks). See Kirby Araullo's pre-Historic costumes for reference. This is just a wish to preserve our country's lost history.
I’m sure someone else made a similar comment but, I’ve studied Kali for many years, under Francis Fong Wing Chun Academy in Atlanta, with occasional appearances of Dan Inosanto There is a lot of focus on footwork and balance
Many people make the mistake of believing that sports martial arts are the same as the original martial arts. In the sports versions there are rules, limits and a referee, in the original ones that were developed when self-defense meant finishing off the attacker before he finished you off, everything was valid. I practiced Kung Fu for 12 years before a back injury kept me away from it and my Sifu told me that he would teach us two types of fighting, those that can be used in tournaments and those that can be used on the street. He only taught the latter to students who had already been practicing with him for a couple of years. He also had the habit of inviting teachers from other arts and disciplines, from boxers, Karate teachers, jujitsu, ninjitsu to teach us, but the one I remember the most He was a drunk who was always fighting, he was a street fighter and he taught us the tricks that street fighters use. On one occasion when I left work almost at midnight, three people tried to attack me with knives to take my money. The fight did not end well for them since I think I broke some of their bones and I was the only one who was able to leave on my own. Walking away of that place, I remembered what my Sifu and that street fighter had told me, that these types of criminals always walk in groups, I started running towards a main street when I had gone far enough I could see how another group of people approached the three I had knocked down, picked them up and left.
Yeah As for Kali, it really depends on the person, they have their own technique and hand to hand too and I think it's better to learn in army you might learn a lot there I recommend try other Martial arts explore them maybe you can create your own style and technique I think Kali is like assassin kinda 😆
as an scholar of arnis/kali back in high school. we trained with other martial arts like taekwondo and wushu. this is one of the realistic martial arts can be brought to the real fight. ofcourse as you can see many mma fighter destroys some mix martial artist and telling its just a myth. kali has some advantage when it comes using a sword fight a bat or a golf racket or a jungle bolo instead of practicing kendo. the difference of samurai and arnis KENDO is a very good martial arts using the way of sword it has technical and very precision techniques to attack and defend. but when only using a samurai or a sword to cut it depends on the sharpness of the sword. the downside of this art was the intension to hit on the body or head. it was last used in edo period by japanese military. where their enemies using gun not perfectly and still bows. Kali/Arnis is using techniques how to disarm your opponent, example hitting the hands and legs to paralyzed parts your enemy. even using anything like knife, iced pick, baseball bat, golf racket anything that is long can be used to strike. you will learned how to immobilized your opponent all part of the body was a target. it was used by 1600s - past1900s when spanish colonized filipino. it was the time the cal.45 was born. because of this kind of martial arts. they need to immobilized filipinos in just one shot coz when the itak/bolo (weapon they used) get near theyre gonna be a deadman fosho
when I was in thailand, around 17 years ago, I practiced double stick drills for arnis in Lumphini Park. A Khrabi Krabong ajarn told me that my techniques are all wrong.
This video shows a misconception that kali does not teach forward and backward movements. It does, but it is incorporated in sideways/diagonal steps that generate a triangle on the ground so that a forward step allows an offset to one side, a sidestep allows a hit from a different angle, and a backward step also evades a direct attack by deflecting it to the side and then sets up a strike to the attacker's side and rear. There are multiple combinations of these steps together with arm or hand attacks but the kali system teaches a practitioner to develop an instinctive flow via muscle memory and repetition that doesn't require much thinking to perform in the blink of an eye.
Arnis was taught during my high schools, didn't paid much attention to it and would skip the class. I didn't know it can be use as self defense someday.
My uncles told me in there teenage days they go to barangay were there are are master in kali in which they are, they become discipline they have never fought anyone who was trained in kali in the street they told me that masters usually have strict standard, my father was of different type he is proficient in boxing never trained in kali but feared by those train in kali, I now live in a barangay were there use to be several master in kali but sadly there are no remnants of them and they didn't trained any to be master of their art and pass on to the next generation
I think this format technique is very impressive when when you use it correctly in the right way and all depends on how you practice with me and how you do well with it and most importantly how you master it and how can save your life why how you use it the right way 🥋☯️🙏😌🙏☯️🥋
Yes,some are right,arnis or eskrima is deadly but at Philippines it's a sport,highschool boys are trained until their hand bleeds,some highschools train them by hitting the body so they will be trained and they wouldn't feel anything even if they are hit
My uncle practiced kali. He died a horrible death he was brutally hacked down by a group men. But he was able to take down three men along with him with only using a karambit. While he was cornered by men with machetes and knives. It did not end well for him but to be able to take down three men with you is one hell of a feat.
How did they bring such weapons??
@@memesettings271 he lives in mountainous area in Philippines where our houses are far from each other the roads has less people to counter and if you have enemies they can ambush you if you dont get cautious enough. Less populated areas here in ph can have more weapons stacked in their houses.
@@zylynlamis9285 ahh ganun pala, sorry for misunderstanding
@@memesettings271 pinoy ka pala eh alam mo yan pag nasa bundok. Hahahah
@@zylynlamis9285 oums, minsan nga may mga rebelde jan naka base eh
The best thing about Kali is proficiency in footwork. You can be a boxer, kickboxer or Muay Thai Fighter to learn Kali's Style weapon fight
Karate doesn't have that footwork
Fun fact: si Gabriel "Flash" Elorde ang unang gumamit ng Kali sa boksing kaya naging kampeon sya noong araw
Tinuro sa kanya ng ama nya na isang Kampyon sa Kali
You can be a Chef and still learn Kali :D best Con Fu style in the Universe !!!!
Krav maga practitioner here we practice Kali aswell as strikes kicks and ground game
Ancient filipinos discovered that whacking someone with a stick hurts really bad
Especially with a walis from a filipino mother yelling at you in tagalog.
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@@danielpickrell8311 it is all over the Philippine archipelago.
i filipino think that its true bc asian parents only made this into a fighting style
Kali's _arm disarming aim_ is a recent thing. Like a PG version.
The A rated, 300 years Spanish occupation version of it involves hitting vital areas until they break and *severely* cripple or kill them.
The reason why we are mostly taught on targeting hands nowadays is because of practice and we have no one to kill it with.
A Filipino Kali practitioner with bad intentions or in a survival mindset, will use *all of their limbs* to kill and live another day. Like a dangerous cornered animal.
How else would they even fight and kill Spaniards in armor effectively with no footwork involved?
True, although hitting your opponent across the fingers, hopefully severing 1 or 4, is probably the oldest disarming technique since man first swung stick at another man with stick
My father had great respect for the Filipino people, both culturally and militarily. He spoke of them in very high regard, and met some of the men who helped MacArthur retake the land from the japanese in the second world war. I believe they have great fighting spirit. This martial art is evident of that killing mindset needed for victory.
@@Oneamongthelegion As a filipino, it is sad to see that fighting spirit die nowadays thanks to social media/toxic influences from the world, but some of us(including me) choose to continue down this path. Be it physical, moral, intellectual, and spiritual, some of us still have a great fighting spirit, and that's all that matters.
IF it's so powerful, how did the Spanish managed to conquer the Philippines?
@@zaberfang You don't bring your fists to a gun fight, a cannon fight, and willing converts that lets them be conquered until they said "Oh no, they're oppressing us, let's fight back."
On an archipelago. At a time when people still used to send letters. Letters that can be easily intercepted by officials. Spanish officials.
In short; logistics problem.
Folks new to FMA need to also understand that it isn't just a "stick art". The sticks are used because live blades and swords would scare most people in training. The sticks are meant to replicate the movements of an edged blade. Also, the sticks are great in teaching timing, distance and of course reaction time. Unless you've had a stick or two whiz past your head and limbs at over 90 mph, you're definitely missing out on training for spatial awareness and improving hand/eye/foot coordination. And yes, when you get whacked on the knuckles, knees and other body parts, you're actually teaching your body and mind what it feels like to be hit. Most people who haven't sparred or have experienced what it's like to get hit are in for a rude awakening when they find themselves on the receiving end of being hit by one or more attackers. Most just freeze up because they haven't developed that killer instinct / mental toughness / warrior mindset that only comes from actually engaging in full contact. Finally, FMA is one of the few arts out there that teaches you how to be proficient in all ranges of combat, including the reality of facing someone ready to do you harm with a weapon in hand.
I have to agree with you this type of training can help you prepare for the unexpected in a real situation in the Rio Street fight know how to defend yourself better and improve it's all about improving is all about getting stronger annoying your next move and what techniques you can use to get you out of a sticky hardcore jam it's all about the improvements and how you use it 🥋☯️🙏😌🙏☯️🥋
Just for clarity, it must be said that Filipinos in a provincial rural setting do not go about with sticks. They would, in agricultural areas, walk about with bolos and panabas (scythe) strapped to their side. These were work tools ; but it also meant that a fight would normally involve blades, not sticks.
Here's my take, from a generalist mover's perspective, who has trained in several martial arts (including western/modern ones) but also thinks about the practicalities of skill acquisition. One thing that is actually awesome about Kali is that the angles/body mechanics are pretty much identical no matter what implement you use. So the same technique can be used with any sort of blade, a stick/blunt object or empty handed. As Bruce Lee said: Fear the man who has practiced a single technique 10000 times. A Kalista gets in a lot of time practicing these basic patterns. These patterns also produce some angles that even a trained opponent usually won't expect, and the element of surprise never hurts to have on your side. It includes Panantukan (Filipino kickboxing) that is similar to Muay Thai as it puts a lot of emphasis on elbow techniques for the close distance & clinching/trapping for the in-fight. There's grappling/throws as well in the form of Dumog.
From a self-defense/"street fight" perspective I like that the traditional interchangeable patterns will make you use hammer fists when going empty-handed, which protects your own hands from damage much more compared to throwing like a boxer. I would say it was also very beneficial to learn about knife fighting in a realistic way (and I was also trained in that area in the military by SF instructors), by learning a lot of dirty tricks an actual attacker out to hurt you could use and making the knife sparring as "live" as possible. A lot of traditional martial arts are potentially setting up their students for death or severe injuries with the knife-defense BS they teach, often with cooperative attackers and predictable attacks. Everyone trained in Kali understands that a knife showing up in a fight means one guy is going to the cemetery and one to the hospital.
In my school/style of Kali all these things were taught. Techniques were mostly kept basic and often drilled repetitiously with resisting opponents in sparring. The style's founders thankfully were open-minded individuals, so there was some cross-pollination with Savate (a very under-estimated style of kickboxing due to its quick footwork and emphasis on managing the distance) and other grappling styles as well. If you want to train martial arts, choose a realistic style but also base your decision heavily on the individual school/teachers and whether or not they are willing to test their techniques and theories with a lot of live sparring.
It’s a blade art. The stick is for mere beginners
@@offTheMedsYe For blade work, the "pitik" or is "watik" strikes where the "stick" is employed in a snapping manner may not be optimum. Allow follow through for the blade to maximize the length and depth of the cut.
Many moves of Kali are ban in sports or MMA, Kali is a martial arts intended to kill
All martial arts are intended to kill…the clue is in the name ‘martial’. All the martial arts you see in MMA are intended to kill, break bones, tear tendons etc…the difference is, in competitions there are rules on what and what is not allowed, e,g no strikes to the eyes, kicks to the groin, punches to the back of the head….as such one trains without those parts. Muay Thai, BJJ, Karate and others all have parts to them which can kill, but none are allowed in MMA for obvious reasons.
@@friktionrcwell said brotha
@letsgo23123unless the Kali practitioner goes directly for the kill. MMA is just for competition, not really effective for the streets in a lot of situations.
Kali is intended for killing
ofc kali is banned it's a weapon in a empty hand combat sport
I am a MMA.
I am also a Filipino Martial Artist, in fact I have a license at Sikaran.
I love Kali because it can be use any time anywhere.
Street Fights or just simple Kata.
Palayo na lang ko daan kay basig imo kong Sikaran 😂
My dad once told me that he and his friends were held at gunpoint by another group of guys. There was only one guy that had a gun and he pointed it at my dad within arms reach, he basically did a fast full sweep with his hands and took the gun out of the other guy's hand then the crooks started running away😂. He told me he remembered that move through P.E. and watching TV since it was part of the curriculum to teach students basic kali moves.
I did basic Kali/Arnis once in primary school, we were taught by a former prison guard, and one of the basic things he taught us is 'where (to strike)' in 10 simple strikes. He said, knowing that alone can make a huge difference in a life or death situation (take note, this was not to be used in a fight but in a life or death situation or self defense). Upto this day I still retained that information and will never forget it till the day I die.
Fast forward a few years later, I went to nursing school in college and would get assigned to assist in the OR, one of things I will never forget is how often the doctors/ surgeons would grumble about how hard treating stabbed or hacked victims. They would say that it was almost as if the perpetrators studied anatomy and physiology because the strikes were so precise and fatal that it was harder treating or operating on stabbed victims than those who have been shot.
At that moment, I doubted the perpetrators know zilch about medical anatomy and physiology but kind of made the connection that maybe, just maybe, these perpetrators were trained kali or arnis fighters.
I don't like the fact that the Spaniards censored the early Filipinos in practising this art form, but I can't say I blame them. Just imagine dealing with a population trained in such a deadly martial arts. 😅
Your dad got really lucky. Disarming an armed person with an empty hand is stupidly risky even if the practitioner is trained. Not to be that guy, but, this is the type of story I would expect to hear from a habitual liar who knows that the listener has no way to confirm/deny his story.
Isn't it 12 strikes though? Right n L temple, R n L strike shoulders stomach thrust, R n L shoulder thrust, strike R n L legs, eyes thrust R n L, then strike at the crown 12th hit
just fyi for the viewers, many fma systems do cover those lateral movements and pressure especially during sparring! my school has been having us build up to multiple attacker drills with broken rhythms, less warning, building more dependency on our instinctive response and correcting our application of technical principles :) pugay!
Pugay :)
This is the kind of comments everyone deserves, not the fellow filipinos giving a vibe of "i suck my own dick everyday" seeking for their existence and their country's a well known solid fact. Im glad for this comment section.
How can I join?
Well what made you think combat was anything else but Diversity?...
@@orlandogivens4779 true
Other martial arts: use empty handed technique*
FMA: I'm gonna use any weapon I could find*
FMA is the Jackie Chan of martial arts.
Filipino mothers: how cute.
Walis tambo😂@@mattmerced1148
Kali Eskrima train weapons first and then empty hand…it all bleeds together to evolve into a very real versatile system that can flow in any direction..martially
Kali was never a martial arts to destroy. Its a martial arts form of killing the opponent as quickly and smoothly as possible. It was never really intend to be thought outside of the Philippines but since its the modern day era where it is becoming known and social media has made it known, they are making stories about how kali is being thought.
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It's a bladed curve short small knives that can easily be hidden using a band in the arms/wrist area hence "pulahan" band of the Abacca and Pinya fiber
...at the time of Magellan then during colonialization this "Kali" as "kawayang/kahoyng lig.on" used to just "tungkod" of an elderly "magtutudlo" as yes certain metal or something of the same or of sort that is or can be used as lethal weapon was banned. "Kinamot" na Lang tawn Wala nay kutsarahay.
Few of us still use Coco shell and bamboo.
The Spanish were good at controlling the tribes to thrive with the help of greedy "kauri" who will do everything just like Judas who betrayed Jesus the Christ.
We really are ancient that of the time of Solomon has its Gold mine somewhere in Bohol.. think the chocolate hills formed guys. We'll continue the same kind of Rizal who avoided violence and time will tell how we'll grow spirituality and thinking. Our ancestors were once fooled. Let's open our minds kabayan.
Yes, our teacher told us so...usually practiced in backyards....
ive seen ESKRIMA used in a real fight here in Cebu Philippines way back year 1998..butcher knife vs bare hands (eskrima)..the guy with the knife holds ít with ice pick grip and attacks like a madman and the eskrima guy redirecting the knife so many times i cant believe he walks away unscratched..im glad no one died or even bleed that day..the guy that knows eskrima is so awesome he just snatch the knife away and not even retaliate or punching the attacker..he just scolded the knife guy and made out afterwards..so funny they even drink beer later that day..i realize that day that people who knows martial arts are extra patient,humble and just good people..but their are some bad apples in a basket but rare. but sadly today the art is dying bcause the new generation are too busy updating their social media and idolizing men with lipstick and makeup
"men with lipstick and make up" Agree! haha
Men with lipsticks and makeups. That got me. Kpop shit
Men with lipstick and makeups, sounds like a clown
That sounds about right the gay genration thing , no offence but aint homophobic , it just very common to younger generations lipstick and make up and cuticles for man or girls, in the event of trouble these lipstick gen when gets in trouble they just cry like a baby or slap the face or pinch the shoulder of the attacker LOL😬
Hahaha! "Men with lipstick and make up" gave me a good laugh. Hahaha!
Anyone interested in learning one of the deadliest style of Kali should study the style of Grandmaster Illustimo as he is the only undefeated Kali master who made an Indonesian champion stick fighter stepped out a ring by just watching him just goes to show the aura the Grandmaster possessed in that he won a fight without fighting that is the spirit of an outstanding champion
Learned a little bit of his style from one of my Teachers who trained with several Filipino masters and Dan Inosanto
@@chrisbera7952 You should try and get more info and tuition for Illustrimo is truly an outstanding GM like Lapu Lapu wish you the best and train hard let me know of any further progress
Kali is better martial arts income of battle
@@Vins_. What about the outcome of a battle? Should not that be better sure Kali is an outstanding but we are born with natural weapons our hands and feet hence we should know to use the natural weapons also as Kali is a weapon art of which is not natural to us but practical to us
Its similiar to silat in indonesia or malaysia, we are melayu before spain come..
The Martial art was used by the Guerillas back in WW2, very effective in combat
It would also be effective in the Vietnam war if only the American and South Vietnamese soldiers were trained by the martial art.
@@brocaesar7484 Filipinos tried to teach americans bro but the americans were too freaking racist to listen.
@@alvinsmith3894 kinda like saying,
Who needs Martial arts, when you have big Guns
@@seulbilee1025 you'll come up in a situation that you ran out of bullets and come back and check how stupid your comment is
to be fair we also used it in the philippine-american war, against the spanish, and against each other. By the time the japanese arrived it was basically just another tuesday for us
Some say Kali is impractical because of it's variety of movements that is hard to replicate in a real life scenario, but it is contrary to that belief. First and foremost, Kali doesn't have a strict rule on its attacks or counter attacks, it just goes with the flow of your body. That's the same reason why practitioners practice the flow of the arms and feet rather than combinations, they are training the mind and the muscle to react to whatever is coming, because in a real life situation there is only a split second to think of a combination or an appropriate attack or counter attack, so the fighter or the defender would automatically shift to the movements that their muscle memory is practiced to do.
If you see a boxer in a real street fight, his muscle memory would tell his system to block, slip, evade and counter, but it wouldn't stand a chance against an overly aggressive attacker because those movements takes a lot of motion to execute. In Kali, same with Krav Maga, there is this constant motion which enables a defender to just move constantly without the gap of time that a boxer would allow from its attacker. And as you would know in a real life and death situation, there is no disarming or blocking, although Kali teaches disarming it is taught not entirely as disarming rather an incorporation to the flow of attack.
My mother practices kali with 3 different kind of tree branches... I was also the training dummy who didn't go home at the time we agreed.
lol!!!
Sounds like Mama was Serious teacher!-lol
I am so lucky that my mother was only a user of the slipper and hanger variant.
@@mattmerced1148 my mother used the kalis silhig
Why is Filipino Kali effective in a street fight?
Because it was designed for Brawling and streetfighting. The techniques can be used for any improvised weapon you can bring to the streets, from beer bottles to umbrellas. Even screwdrivers. and boxcutters. There's even a funny story an uncle of mine told me years ago;
This lady who ran a stall at a market had a robbery attempt. This guy came at her with a knife, she was holding an Abaniko fan at the time. These fans are made from dried leaves and have a sharp edge to them (I still remember the cuts I got from when my grandmother scolded me when I was little). Her other hand went for the nearest thing she could grab, which was an egg from her stall. She used the fan to slash at the knife-holding hand and then used her other hand to smash the egg on his face leaving shards in his eye.
Because filipnos are Pacific Islanders and everyone knows islanders know how to fight. Westerners just need to drool over the women 😂
Arnis was required to study for me way back in a public High school ( govt funded school) as part of a curriculum.
We studied 9 formations only.
All teenagers in public school learned this.
The school provided those sticks.
And yes we were taught that is dangerous and meant only for self defense.
Yes. We also had this in our private school. We had Arnis club.
@@stanberry4000 how nice. You have an arnis club 👍👍👍
Filipino martial arts is alive.
We just dont use it frequently.
But we all know, Filipinos if pushed on the corner to a fight. are the weapon.
With or without weapon, we become warriors
What I wanna know if there are some jerks who abused this knowledge
@@enigmatic2878 there are jerks sure who use sticks to prey on people. But that is just a minority.
as Filipinos it is part of our culture not to start a fight. That reflects on our history with our war with Spain, America and Japan. We Filipinos are always defenders of our land.
But when we do fight, we finish the job. And win in the end. No matter how long it takes.
We only use arnis, when we feel we are no longer safe. Carrying sticks is prohibited in school or at working place.
Kali is extremely dangerous in a street defense as a matter of fact it is considered deadlier than the nunchaku of course it can be deadlier than judo karate because it is a weapon I highly recommend Kali be learned by many people as possible if not everybody
If 'everybody' learned Kali it means offenders or criminals can do it to. Meaning self-defense would be unlikely to be effective but yeah learning it as self defense.
@@infinitezero255 Friend please understand the English language when certain words are used it does not mean literally as in the case of every most certainly EVERY one on the planet cannot and will not have the time to do so hence every pertains to most just like in an election if there are one hundred casting votes for a leader and one got sixty votes he becomes the victor hence it can be said everybody voted for the sixty percent candidate as he won the do I make myself clear and please do not take things to literal for Jesus said let the dead bury the dead do you know what is meant and last but not least Jesus said you must be born again to enter his kingdom do you understand what is said
Ok chill.. wtf?
@@infinitezero255 Do not become hybrid when you are being tutored for learning never ceased
@@infinitezero255 damn you got schooled my guy
THIS is why I LOVE FMA!!!!!! Awesome vid!!!
Narrator really gets around. Good on him.
Aikido: (Which I learned) You must redirect the opponent's hits and use their momentum against them so that you may throw and/or pin them
Kali: (In a general sense) BREAK THEIR HANDS
Kali is probably one of the coolest martial arts i've heard of. Even cooler once I learned they used it in Dune.
Kali also teaches people to step on their dominant knee when they advanced to break it. Most Kali schools are PG and refuse to teach the real and dirty side of kali. It's not an honorable kind of art lmao.
@@alvinsmith3894that’s cool
Glad for someone to mention our local martial art.
Why fight with your body parts primarily if you can use tools like guns, swords, machetes, knives and clubs? That's why FMA makes a lot of sense in today's world! it is all about practicality!
Simple being able to fight with your fists even if it's overall less practical will make you better at fighting with weapons. Besides you got an extra hand and 2 feet why not use them?
😂 does anyone have guns? Does anyone bring knives everyday??😅
As a kali practitioner. I say that this art is only effective when u have weapons. If ur unarmed its kinda bit no use bcz in street fight everything is random u cant read attacks bcz everything is not planned . But if you have like sticks and knife or anything sharp it’s effective and deadly like only 3 strikes can discombobulated someone. I practice Arnis since i was 8 but I have not gotten to tournaments yet but maybe next year i can go but i still have alot to learn. Im still 16 and learning silat,mauy thai,krav maga,yaw yan and bjj and i and i still want to learn more about every martial arts in the world.
Sorry for my bad English still learning on to it
Real Filipino Kali is secretly using a prayer during the fight.
You can't see them if they want.
@@georgemarkpadilla8790 I do it actually
Equalizer series used kali in fights scene he used barehand and improvised weapon
@@Christian-zg1eg in a movie yes but neutralizing a person without a weapon and the other dude has a weapon irl damn near impossible.
@@Sultan0803 it’s really not
An overall good video, though he often depicted jkd and kenjutsu when the video was about kali. Kali also has excellent angular footwork ( and so does boxing for that matter ). Some people should actually spend a significant amount of time training in various martial arts before making broad generalizations in a video.
Exactly lol…I’m gonna give ‘em the benefit of presuming it was shown to provide a comparison to another system.
@@spideyschaf9489 same here, I believe it was well intended but somewhat poorly researched.
in Cebu they fight to death proving who's style is much more effective on old time so generally speaking it depends upon the person in which he will use it
Dose pares
Tigasan, king sino mas matigas and loco loco..
nangyayari pa rin ba to?
@@CharlesBLim kkssjskkgkskkjlljafkaskljassaksgjglaasassklasahkssjhashslsjsajgskskhsaskhakhslklslghksskjksjk
Old Real Kali warriors are secretly using a prayer during the fight...
And the Kali warriors who's having a powerful Prayer's, will alway's win...
For now using this Prayer is for emergency only and for the Filipino invaders only.
when time comes...
Kali does teach you to move left and right using your entire body (male and female triangle). You move forward to attack and defend as well and there are traps and locks in the system. There just very quick.
its until ur opponent pulls out his gun
This arts needs to be on PE again. I remember in grade school in the 80's we have 30 mins daily drills in the morning before class.
Agreed. Our PE consist mostly of Folk Dances, which we tackled so many times I'm sick of it. Arnis is the closest one but that's it.
2014 era.. its been reduced to a subject in PE, basic strikes is the only thing taught.
I cant speak for all the eskrima/arnis/kali systems out there. But ours does do pressure testing and we do have back and forward defense and attack methods. We also use a lot of angular movement. Not sure why you think we dont have decent footwork mr.
Try taking some classes and see if you feel the same way afterwards.
Yeah As for Kali, it really depends on the person, they have their own technique and hand to hand too that's why I like Kali I can create my own technique 😆 and I loved to explore more in martial arts
@@jeklo3713 For me as long as its effective and you dont lose sight of the fundamentals. But i agree learning about other arts is great.
I agree w/ you bro, that is the only thing that the narrator says that i don't agree that FMA don't have proper footworks, if you want to master FMA you should know how to dance CHA-CHA...that is the footwork.
Imagine in the provinces mostly are farmers.. yeah you commonly see them with bolos on their side waist.. when they encounter something bad thats gonna harm along the way, that's your primary weapon. So it's the art they developed for self defense...
Thank you for this information. Now I'm studying FILPINO MARTIAL ARTS , BECAUSE I DISCOVERED THIS TECHNIQUES IS SUPER EFFECTIVE. IF YOU KNOW ARNIS YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST BLADED WEAPONS AND HOW TO USE.
The good thing is people who are good with kali can be also good with other martial art. My father an ex boxer but he is also good with kali lol.
Kali is a "no retreat" art, always move forward, and dont look back
🇵🇭 Trivia: in the Early Years, there was this guy, Trovador Ramos I think, who's one of the recognized Filipino Martial Arts Greats. Known for his Skills in "Arnis" or Stick Fighting. Body built that looks like Bolo Yeung.
U mentioned Escrima (Clash of Swords or stick), Baston is a Cane Stick,. I don't know Kali.
But Toughies in street fights don't use sticks. They use Lead Pipes. So you'd better stay away and call the Police.
Trovador Ramos eventually developed TRACMA which is mixed style born from all the martial arts he had learned, and combined them.
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Also unlike some martial arts where disarming or knocking your opponent unconscious is the goal Kali is different. The goal of Kali is to *kill* with just very few and quick movements. Sticks is used for general purpose training, the reason for this is that if you replace the sticks with any blunt or sharp weapon like even a regular kitchen knife, Kali can still be used.
It use on a death fight in old time and it has so many style of fighting Ang hand to hand to
3:30 the only mistake because all arts are good. Boxing adds leg skill and weight into the punch and expects some retaliation. The best part of Kali is the speed of attack. It is a rain of attacks and counter attacks - and one of the healthiest communities to study in.
People who really do FMA are happy to let you people believe that our art is. “Not effective” it is kind of like gun owners not wanting people to think of them as unsafe. Go do a “dangerous” art like BJJ, lay down on the ground, open your legs, and give your attacker a hug.😊
Its "not effective" as a self-defense art.
But it's definitely an effective killing art. And that's the problem, people keep putting Kali in the same category as "self-defense" when in reality, it favors the attacker more than it does the defender.
You don't practice it to defend yourself, you practice it to kill people more effectively and efficiently.
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@@_aweshit I mean obviously it wouldn't cater to civilians as much if they said it was a killing art and that you'd probably end up in jail, so they had to say it's a self-defense art so they could get some *$$$$$$* .
But yea, the point of this art is not to "defend yourself" but to "neutralize the opponent" which is just another way of saying "unaliving them".
@@rocelderamos3013 I agree with you you can modify things to do “self defense” but the two Filipino gentlemen who were kind enough to share their arts with me had had to make real world use of it in combat when they were younger. 👍
@@rocelderamos3013 You're kidding right? If you can't use your "killing" art to defend yourself, i worry for you. Not all moves are made to kill or need to be maiming or killing people.
Any effective art can be used to kill someone for goodness sake. A choke can kill you, a punch can potentially lead to deaths, just ask boxers.
Eskrima is effective whether you use it for sport, self defence, or warfare.
That gun disarming technique is very effective🫡
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If the gun is faulty.🤫
I’m not sure if I could trust it in real life situations.. I would think 99% of an attacker with a gun will not have it against your head close by
@@747maran If a mugger has the sense to use a gun from far away then just give them your wallet and phone. Sucks to suck.
However you will find a lot of liveleak videos out there where gangsters and robbers tend to pull in real close to try and intimidate their target into submission first. Even in just a standard killing, if it's not gonna be a drive by, they'll walk straight up to the target, usually from out of sight, pull the gun and shoot it at their head from like a foot away.
It's so common it feels almost on purpose, but I think it's just a human instinct to want to close the distance. One could argue about a decline in accuracy over even just a few meters, especially in a high adrenaline kinda spot. We see it in cop shootings where they'll fire like 20 bullets at a guy a cars length away and somehow only hit 5 or 7 times. And military statitistics suggest that it costs hundreds of bullets to kill a single guy from a few hundred meters.
In the end I don't think it's worthless info. Though I wouldn't bet my life on the efficacy of it.
I praktis FMA and a varsity of the sport one thing that our coach always taught us to strike first with speed and power where you wouldn’t need to strike again.
Saying kali an umbrella term is accurate. The forms we see today are simply from a certain a person or group who specializes a certain form/s & teach it to other ppl which are the schools gaining exposure to the general public. Though Kali originated from using bolo &/or utility dagger, it has no specific form but rather simply employs the core principle of "attack attack attack" as it aims to destroy an opponent the fastest way possible or the least strikes possible (which also implies incorporating a certain superb defense in order to "effectively" mount the attack3 principle). So Kali can be applied to any form. In boxing, Pacman applied Kali: midrange & close-range punches in rapid succession thrown from different angles includes weird angles while still maintaining balance to maintain power in each throw. And if one watches the video analysis from experts & pundits, one would see pacman has superb defense which is not easily noticeable since pacman constantly attacks even when backpedaling
Proud to be, i'm Filipino/pilipino/pinoy 🇵🇭, pero sana po lahat ng pang depensa natin thru the ground wala po sanang makaalam, 🤔
Pero tradiccion el karate del Filipinas sepmre escrima mula sa ama den natin na español.. pero sempre about arnis.. una sa tradiccion sa martial arts sa Filipinas.
My dad sure knows how to use kali coz I experienced it when I was young.. the stick is deadly 😂
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Mujaja, really deadly😂
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Jason Bourne series. Used deadly kali in fights.
I love Kali. My Instructor taught Kali & Wing Chun and they have very similar moves. They are fairly easy to learn and quite effective. We always trained fighting multiple assailants in class, practiced disarming techniques and how to inflict injury quickly. These arts were designed to dispatch opponents with extreme prejudice.
Kali is an awesome martial art. I studied for a few years, long enough to realize that it does have a vulnerability. Let's see if you can figure out that that vulnerability is.
I’m pinoy, I’ve always thought so you carry those 2 sticks with you everywhere you go? It’s kind of similar to Kendo, ancient Japanese art that was effective when they carried swords instead of guns. Do you carry the samurai sword with you today, what good is that art for today..?
gunshot from far away
@@taiko7126 Heh...well, in that case, why study martial arts at all? I'm talking about hand-to-hand combat.
@@747maran I'm pinoy as well. Kali is weapons-based but translates to empty hands easily. Then there's locks and the ground game (like wrestling), which would be difficult if you're holding a couple of sticks. There's also foot strikes in which you don't need a weapon in your hand. But if you insist on having a weapon, perhaps a collapsible baton would suffice.
as a Visayan Kali is taught that you have to injure your enemy first so you will win the battle. It will only take a minute or so. You dont have to be fancy about it.
No words can discribe the proudness i fell to my kind.
in hand to hand combat you can incorporate some judo or boxing for flexibility
Asian Mom with kali discipline is not a good for a stubborn kid. My mom have a variety of weapon to choose. Broom, Clothes hanger, mop and slippers. But the most fearsome non contact offensive is the staredown it gives you a chilling effects.
Kali: offence is also your best defense
Kali is designed for cqc and can be deadly unarmed or armed. Armed techniques can go from sticks to knives. Our Physical Education professor used abaniko, a type of wodden folding fan around 8 inches, to disarm our classmate using sticks during a demonstration. She mentioned that abaniko is also the term used for a striking fanning motion.
Actually when using a stick the purpose is to stop ur opponent on the first blow esp when using "bahi" as a baston...it's much solid and heavier than rattan..imagine some one smashing ur joint or bone with a solid metal pipe it sounds like that when u use that bahi....anyway thanks for sharing the hand to hand combat about it is another thing the olds call it law-ay it focus on ur weak points causing ur muscle to cramp or ur bones to a pain some weak can't resist the term is bikog....✌️✌️✌️✌️🙂🙂🙂
Using rattan stick is only use for teaching KALI, the real stick used is a KAMAGONG it is one of the hardest wood here in the Philippines back in the ancient times
The early form of silat originated from a martial art called "Sundang," which was created for the elite warriors of Majapahit. Sundang Majapahit is a martial art created by Mahesa Anabrang, combining techniques from the Singasari and Dharmasraya kingdoms. It also uses both swords and keris, with different styles for various combat scenarios: Sundang Gunung (Mountain) for defense, Sundang Kali (River) for offense, Sundang Laut (Sea) for conquest, Sundang Angin (Wind) for infiltration, and Sundang Matahari (Sun) for protection. Sundang Kali spread to the Philippines, influencing the development of "Kali Majapahit"
This is the truth that not many people know or don't wanna know, they have just speculated that silat came from the Malay region, but no one has ever clearly identified its exact location
Awesome and informative
It is a combat art. It was made to kill. My friend’s uncle is a kali practitioner and he killed 3 people who tried to murder him. He was unarmed and used the enemies’ knives against them
Most of us Filipinos didn't even know how to utilize the Kali martial art coz most of the martial arts school here teach Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Karate and other foreign martial arts. And if by chance you saw a Kali school you won't be able to afford it if you're an average man.
What a big B.S ain't it
Yes i want to know more and study kali..proud Filipino here..
Talks about Kali but shows Japanese Kenjutsu 😂
One hand sword
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I love the intro it goes like
"So sit back, relax, and STICK to the end of the video." GET IT?
Kali and Penket Silat are very similar.
The systems has its origins in srijivaya empire before it collapse.
@@stealth7476 thank you for the input. Such history is never taught in the west, so we should do our best to inform others.
2000s high school in the PH, we were taught on how to use kali sticks basic training.
Every close combat martial art will be effective when you master it .
You got it in reverse. In Kali/Eskrima, we are taught hand-to-hand techniques first because those can eventually be used while holding a blade or a stick.
in visayas and mindanao, we are taught weapons first then empty hand
@@harem_lord-FFM I see. Maybe some slight variation depends in the area. My guro was one of the grandmasters teaching in Luneta.
As a Filipino I feel very satisfied and happy about someone talking about our fighting techniques or anything else that involves Philippines ☺️
Kali was taught to us in our PE class back when I was still attending college here in the Philippines, it was a mandatory subject so we we'rent allowed to change it. Honestly iy was fun, tiring, but worth it. Our final test was to land at least 3 hits on our instructor which mind you was hard af since he's a pro, and had a black belt in martial arts. I was only able to hit him on the side of the shoulder, side of the thigh and lastly near the crotch, it was considered unprofessional cause of the low hits I made (I had no choice he was so fast any hit from the front stomach and up were impossible). But I was able to pass his class with average scores. I memorize most major moves and still use them by instinct. I haven't practiced Kali in years and there was a incident where I was robbed years ago and out of sheer instinct and adrenaline. I tapped his hand hard, grabbed his hand to make him lose his grip, and push him to the ground. I sat on him and kept pummeling afterwards. I had a few cuts and scratches but overall lucky to be alive all thanks to the Kali class taught to me.
No movement? Uhm what??? Not sure where you got that idea from. Movement is an essential part of both training AND fighting. You don't survive a stick fight by standing still....🙄 Kali features both linear AND angular footwork and movement. The vast majority of Kali techniques REQUIRE these linear or angular movements or the techniques won't work. In fact, modern boxing footwork was derived in part from Kali/Pananatukan footwork.
Kali is exclusive for our pilipino military,especially our rangers.
1:17 just died doing Self improvise defence 😂😂
Kali is not self defence . It is designed to kill.what you see two persons sparring for minutes but is real fight , two to three strokes and the opponent is dead
Lots of incorrect generalizations but not bad.
Especially about movement. Footwork is at the very heart of the art.
Yes, angling (45 degree movement to control the opponents weapon arm from the outside) is a central component in modern Kali and so is extensive pressure training. The idea is that you have drilled so much that everything should come naturally, this is the only way it can work in a real fight. In order to easier achieve this, everything is based on the same principles, including empty hands, rather than learning new techniques for each weapon and there is a lot of focus on "flow".
I do not know what the Titles are used in Kali for Leveling currently. But, I hope in the future, Kali Practitioners use the Pre-Colonial Society Titles in the Philippines in Kali Ranks: Start with the Alipin sa Gigilid rank (white sash), then Aliping Namamahay rank (yellow sash), then the Timawa rank (green sash), then Maharlika rank (red sash), then Maginoo rank (black sash), then Datu ng Balangay rank (silver sash), then Datu ng Bayan rank (gold sash), then the Datu Laksamana rank (red and silver sash), and finally the Lakan rank (red and gold sash). 9 ranks in all. And then, the ceremonial uniform should be the Visayan or Tagalog Bahag (the Igorot Bahag is different) complete with the Putong for the head, coat, sleepers (yup, they should have the pre-colonial Indian inspired footwear), the main battle sword (a longer wooden sword if not real), the secondary sword (a shorter wooden sword if not real), and a ceremonial dagger (only for Datus and higher ranks). See Kirby Araullo's pre-Historic costumes for reference.
This is just a wish to preserve our country's lost history.
Aulas de defesa.
Muito boa🥰👍
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I like that all tecnique
I’m sure someone else made a similar comment but, I’ve studied Kali for many years, under Francis Fong Wing Chun Academy in Atlanta, with occasional appearances of Dan Inosanto
There is a lot of focus on footwork and balance
Ummm Kali does have forward and backward movement but we stress taking angles even moving forwards and backwards.
Yeah As for Kali, it really depends on the person, they have their own technique and hand to hand too
Many people make the mistake of believing that sports martial arts are the same as the original martial arts. In the sports versions there are rules, limits and a referee, in the original ones that were developed when self-defense meant finishing off the attacker before he finished you off, everything was valid. I practiced Kung Fu for 12 years before a back injury kept me away from it and my Sifu told me that he would teach us two types of fighting, those that can be used in tournaments and those that can be used on the street. He only taught the latter to students who had already been practicing with him for a couple of years. He also had the habit of inviting teachers from other arts and disciplines, from boxers, Karate teachers, jujitsu, ninjitsu to teach us, but the one I remember the most He was a drunk who was always fighting, he was a street fighter and he taught us the tricks that street fighters use. On one occasion when I left work almost at midnight, three people tried to attack me with knives to take my money. The fight did not end well for them since I think I broke some of their bones and I was the only one who was able to leave on my own. Walking away of that place, I remembered what my Sifu and that street fighter had told me, that these types of criminals always walk in groups, I started running towards a main street when I had gone far enough I could see how another group of people approached the three I had knocked down, picked them up and left.
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This video was good enough that I booked my first Kali class! 15 years ago... Good video though
Kali is fun, but the older I get the more I find jujitsu and boxing are the most effective in street fights. Especially jj for women
I feel the exact same! Haha
Yeah As for Kali, it really depends on the person, they have their own technique and hand to hand too and I think it's better to learn in army you might learn a lot there
I recommend try other Martial arts explore them maybe you can create your own style and technique I think Kali is like assassin kinda 😆
It's true, brother, as we get older, our bodies seem to get heavier or we don't feel fast anymore
My father an ex boxer, also knows kali but in real bare handed fight he'll just use boxing lol
Nowadays ppl want to fight using knife and guns
I love how they slap their hands like kittens playing ✋ super useful in my last fight. My opponent was so confused that he just quitted the fight
Fact: filipino policemen actually carry a stick than a police tonfa
Don't forget the Tonfa made of steel, it adds confidence to the holder..
Salute to the FMA friends from San Miguel Eskrima Italy and Taboada Balintawak Italy! 🤜🤛
as an scholar of arnis/kali back in high school. we trained with other martial arts like taekwondo and wushu. this is one of the realistic martial arts can be brought to the real fight. ofcourse as you can see many mma fighter destroys some mix martial artist and telling its just a myth. kali has some advantage when it comes using a sword fight a bat or a golf racket or a jungle bolo instead of practicing kendo.
the difference of samurai and arnis
KENDO is a very good martial arts using the way of sword it has technical and very precision techniques to attack and defend. but when only using a samurai or a sword to cut it depends on the sharpness of the sword. the downside of this art was the intension to hit on the body or head. it was last used in edo period by japanese military. where their enemies using gun not perfectly and still bows.
Kali/Arnis
is using techniques how to disarm your opponent, example hitting the hands and legs to paralyzed parts your enemy. even using anything like knife, iced pick, baseball bat, golf racket anything that is long can be used to strike. you will learned how to immobilized your opponent all part of the body was a target.
it was used by 1600s - past1900s when spanish colonized filipino. it was the time the cal.45 was born. because of this kind of martial arts. they need to immobilized filipinos in just one shot coz when the itak/bolo (weapon they used) get near theyre gonna be a deadman fosho
0:24 shows wing chun 💀
Short answer is that this is and art that was born out of real life violence. It may get lost but its potential is there
All I can see is just well choreograph move, like to see a real practical application
ikr, 5:18 look at this who would even try to snuck up a knife to someone like that
Dam, this narrator on so many channels. He must be the actual embodiment of youtube.
While in Thailand we use 2 blade ⚔️ style only and keep swinging it around to protect from arrow and enemy all around in war
when I was in thailand, around 17 years ago, I practiced double stick drills for arnis in Lumphini Park. A Khrabi Krabong ajarn told me that my techniques are all wrong.
@@KenMikaze ดาบอาทมาฏ Vs Arnis let's go!
This video shows a misconception that kali does not teach forward and backward movements. It does, but it is incorporated in sideways/diagonal steps that generate a triangle on the ground so that a forward step allows an offset to one side, a sidestep allows a hit from a different angle, and a backward step also evades a direct attack by deflecting it to the side and then sets up a strike to the attacker's side and rear. There are multiple combinations of these steps together with arm or hand attacks but the kali system teaches a practitioner to develop an instinctive flow via muscle memory and repetition that doesn't require much thinking to perform in the blink of an eye.
Arnis was taught during my high schools, didn't paid much attention to it and would skip the class. I didn't know it can be use as self defense someday.
My uncles told me in there teenage days they go to barangay were there are are master in kali in which they are, they become discipline they have never fought anyone who was trained in kali in the street they told me that masters usually have strict standard, my father was of different type he is proficient in boxing never trained in kali but feared by those train in kali, I now live in a barangay were there use to be several master in kali but sadly there are no remnants of them and they didn't trained any to be master of their art and pass on to the next generation
I learned this growing up in Philippines it's very use full in the UK when someone pulls out a knife on you
I think this format technique is very impressive when when you use it correctly in the right way and all depends on how you practice with me and how you do well with it and most importantly how you master it and how can save your life why how you use it the right way 🥋☯️🙏😌🙏☯️🥋
Yes one of best martial arts❤🇵🇭
when i was a kid, this is what my mom used to me for discipline.
kali in essence is not a martial arts..it is an instinct to live and to survive..
Proud to be a Filipino, bro. Tnx for exploring our culture self defense.
Thank you
Yes,some are right,arnis or eskrima is deadly but at Philippines it's a sport,highschool boys are trained until their hand bleeds,some highschools train them by hitting the body so they will be trained and they wouldn't feel anything even if they are hit
Kali is a continuously calculated brutal bladed attack designed to completely destroy multiple opponents as fast and violent as possible.