Is there a distinction between a well-trained FMA attacker with intent and that of, say, a prison shanker?
It appears to me from what little I've seen that most knife based FMA's (Sayoc, Atienza, and Pekiti/Dekiti Tirsia) both consider thrusting to be the primary offensive movement, especially when the goal is to kill the opponent.
Naturally, the FMA guy is going to probably have better fluidity in linking up strikes, and be much more accurate in poking into things like arteries and vital organs...
But in a situation wherein a Kali guy really wanted to take somebody out quick in a face to face situation... don't you think that sewing machine mechanics would come out?
What happened with the bouncer- one deep cut along the inside of the thigh? Stylish and impressive, but it goes against what I think would be the more natural movement.
I guess it would also depend upon the weapon...if you have an ice pick type weapon, you're going to use it differently than a carpet knife type weapon.
So wouldn't it be a function of the situation, and the tools given that would determine the nature of the attack...with the only advantage to the kali guy being a knowledge of anatomy and better angulation?
I guess it's a moot point...whoever's at the other end is going to the er or the morgue in either case.
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