Knife Instructional Tapes

[Bjjwrestler]

What is a good knife instructional series?

[crouton]

professor david james of vee arnis jitsu has a great 3 tape knife series. he was just recently rated as 1 of the 11 best knife instructors by tactical knives magazine. you should definitely give them a try. unfortunately their website, where you can get more information on their tapes, is down for some reason. they said it should be back up pretty soon though.

[krys]

Forget about learning knive to knive fighting or even worse knive defenses through tapes..... you need a good instructor and serious sparing to get any valuable skills.....

[crouton]

i agree, videos should only be a supplement to your training. especially when you are dealing with knives. the moves can be very technical and dangerous if done wrong.

[Bjjwrestler]

I will be using the tapes as a supplement,I train with a JKD Concepts instructor.

[Gunjin]

Kali Tapes...

Has anyone viewed the Kali tapes by Rick Tucci? I've been considering these to supplement my training and could use some opinions on these or other knife videos too.

the link below has some short previews of Rick Tucci's tapes...

http://www.pamausa.com/Pages/kali1.html

[kaliace]

Greetings,

Master Greg Alland has a good basic series on the Kali knife. I belive they are Tape N and O. His site is at www.kalisilat.com

Good Luck,
Michael G Olive

https://www.rattanclub.com

[Sun_Helmet]

Sayoc.com has dvds available called 3 of 9, there will also be another DVD on the Transition Drills from Sayoc kali. If you are JKD Concepts then these will be easy to access and there's already a frew JKD Concepts instrcutors training in Sayoc Kali.

--Rafael--
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[Buckethead]

I typically shy away from the TRS videos with "Kill a bunch of Bad A$$ bikers" claims but there is a very good two tape set by Felix Valencia that is worth the money. The knife series is a Lameco and has some very good information. I think it is titles the Ultimate Knife system.

Another great set is the Ron Balicki series by Pointman

If you want to Specialize on a specific area go with James Keating at Comtech. His reverse Grip or Draw point series is very good.

[Buckethead]

The Rick Tucci tapes are also very good.

I have the Alland tapes also but the others I mentioned probably offer more info for the money

[Gunjin]

The Rick Tucci tapes are also very good.

Cool. I actually ordered them this past weekend. I ordered the first two tapes (3 tapes total, since the first one is a double set) I should be receiving them here soon.

I'll post my thoughts on them once I've viewed them.

[Gunjin]

Now others have already said this, but i will reiterate. Honestly go and do escrima for knife fighting training, and use the videos as a suppliment.

H2H, I 've been taking the kali classes here: http://www.sifujames.com/index2.htm

I've sparred in the class, and at home with friends. I just wanted something extra to suppliment my training while deployed. I'll be on ship going to who knows where for about 6 months if all goes well.

I'm not the type trying to achieve a 'black belt' or learn some super deadly secret art you always see advertised in Magazines. Trust me I know it takes time and effort to learn a MA. I've made a few post relating my experiences in Shorin Ryu Karate while stationed in Japan. Blood sweat and tears...

[shootodog]

you could look into finding some stuff in www.bakbakan.com.

i think there will be new stuff some notable fma'er out soon. will keep this forum posted.

[Buckethead]

A friend of mine did outlines of the Tucci Tapes from Edges 2 I will try to post them

He used to post as Dead Pattern to give credit where credit is due:

Inosanto/LaCoste Blend
Tucci Organization

Grips on Olisi
No Punyo
2 Fingers
Fist
Grips will change

Numbering System
Inosanto/LaCoste (Portion of the system 1-12)
Illustrisimo 1-12

Double Stick
Types of Blows
Hit & retract Witik
Hit & pull through Loptik
Fan Abaniko
Circular Motion Redondo

Sinawalli Drills
Drill 1 Cob-Cob (Pi-Pi 6)
Drill 2 Ikis Heaven 4 (Downward Figure 8’s)
Drill 3 Abecedario 6 (Inward, low back hand, high back hand)
Drill 4 2 Count Entry to low back hand, high back hand
Drill 5 3 Count upward figure 8 low back hand, high back hand
Drill 6 3 downward figure 8’s, low back hand, high back hand, upward figure 8’s, low back hand, high back hand
Drill 7 Heaven 6
Drill 8 Heaven and Earth (Standard 6)
Drill 9 Earth 6
Drill 10 Upward 6 count (Left hand chambered on top of right hand [forehand, backhand, forehand])
Drill 11 Heaven Umbrella 6
Drill 12 Heaven and Earth Umbrella 6
Drill 13 Earth Umbrella 6

Abecedario 1st stage
Single stick feeding two sticks
One block to one counter
Open (forehand) and closed (backhand) guntings
Option 1: Feeder feeds Illustrisimo numbering system (1-8) receiver guntings and returns one blow with the right hand Feeder receives the return blow with the lead stick
Option 2: Feeder feeds Illustrisimo numbering system receiver guntings and returns one blow with the right hand Feeder receives the return blow with the rear stick

When done with a partner as soon as one side finishes receiving that side starts immediately feeding to your partner

Footwork
All done on right and left sides
Lateral triangle
Male triangle
Female triangle
Full female triangle (step around the triangle)
Full male triangle (step around the triangle)
Advancing lateral triangle (shuffle step at the end)
Two step lateral triangle (shuffle step with a shift off to the side)
Advancing shuffle (just like jun fan/jkd)
Side step (just like jun fan/jkd)
Circling footwork

End Volume 1 tape 1

Espada y Daga
Co-ordination drills done with a partner
Drill 1 4 count from open position on female triangle (high thrust)
Drill 2 5 count from open position on female triangle (high/low thrust)
Drill 3 6 count from open position on female triangle (high/low/high thrust)
Drill 4 5 count from closed position with circling foot work (clock wise and counter clock wise)
Drill 5 Abecedario 1st stage receive hit with stick
Drill 6 Abecedario 2nd stage receive hit with the dagger
Drill 7 Angle 1 feed to high thrust (1-2 on right side, 1-2-3 on left side always finish with a thrust move to variations for finish)


Single Stick
Partner feeds with protection on arm to hit
From a forehand position
Drill 1 Meet the force
Drill 2 Meet the force Follow up #1 (x – pattern)
Drill 3 Meet the force Follow up #2 (Redondo)
Drill 4 Follow the force
Follow the force follow up #1
Follow the force follow up #2
Drill 5 Same drills as above but from a backhand position
Drill 6 Abecedario 1st stage middle range
Drill 7 Contradas Sectors 1 & 4 (sector 1 inside deflection sector to pass the hand)

Basic Blocks
Roof
Wing (Low/high)
Drop stick
Shield
Inside Deflection
Outside Deflection

Contra Sumbrada
Drill 8 High box variations
1 to roof, 1 to inside deflection, 4 to drop stick (feed 1-1-4)
Second variation use low wing on 4
Third variation 1 to roof , 1 to inside deflection, 2 to shield

Drill 9 Abecedario 1st stage (receive with punyo)
Drill 10 Punyo sumbrada (feed angles 1,3 and 5 then mix the angles for variations)
Drill 11 Higot Hubud Lubud

Single Dagger
Abecedario 1st stage long range (can counter thrust from here)
Abecedario 1st stage middle range

End Volume 1 tape 2

[Buckethead]

Intermediate Sinawalli
Variations of 6 count mix all
Ex: Low-Low-High on both sides, or Low-Low-High on one side High-High-High on the other side. Just play with it and you will find the 64 combinations of the drill

Footwork
Basic Heaven 6 done with:
advance and retreat
circling (clockwise, counter clock wise)
Person in center is stationary circle around them in both directions
Female triangle
Laterally (Kalid-Kalid)

Drill 1 Abaniko 6 count (do as Heaven, Heaven/Earth, Earth)
Drill 2 LaCoste 8 count (Prefix of High/Low stays the same then do add in Heaven, Heaven/Earth, Earth)
Drill 3 LaCoste 10 count (start with Cob-Cob)
Drill 4 LaCoste 12 count (start with Cob-cob to redondo that misses to witick backhand backhand)
Drill 5 Villabrille 8 count
Drill 6 Abecedario 1st stage with double stick feed (1st variation receive from open position, 2nd option receive from a open and closed position)

Single Stick
Largo Mano
Start with a backhand position
Drill 1 Backhand to double Redondo follow up
Drill 2 Backhand to downward X to Redondo
Drill 3 Backhand to Redondo to downward X
Drill 4 Backhand to double Redondo to downward X
Drill 5 Forehand to double Redondo follow up
Drill 6 Forehand to downward X
Drill 7 Forehand to downward X to Redondo
Drill 8 Forehand to double Redondo to downward X
Drill 9 Contra Sumbrada High Box variations
1 to roof , 1 to inside deflection with sector 5 pass, 2 to outside deflection
Option 2: 1 to roof , 3 to gunting, 2 to outside deflection
Option 3: 1 to roof , 5 to gunting, 2 to outside deflection
Option 4: 1 to roof , 7 to gunting , 2 to outside deflection
Then mix the angles and play
Drill 10: 5 count sumbrada middle range
Drill 11: Punyo sumbrada and Hubud play
Option 1: Hubud 1-4-1
Option 2: Hubud 2-2
Option 3: Hubud witick with soft sticks (High lines and low lines)

Baston y daga
5 count contra sumbrada
Tie up 1 & 2 finish up with knife thrust or pool cue
Tie up 3 (bent elbow take down)
Tie up 4 (Cut the chicken at the wrist with the stick)
Tie up 5 (Figure 4 lock insert stick at neck to takedown)

Single Dagger
Sak-Sak and Pakal grips
Drill 1 Higot Hubud Lubud
Option 1: Hubud 1-4-1
Option 2: Hubud 2-2
Play with it [Block, pawas (parry), hambok (pass)]
5 dagger basics
Slash
Thrust
Punyo
Hack
Tear
Drill2 Palisut (High line, low line and circle the hand out variations)

End Volume 2