Kali Knife Expert Rates 11 Kali Knife Fights In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider
Kali weapons expert Jamie Yancovitz reacts to 11 fight scenes featuring traditional Filipino knives and stick weapons and rates them based on their technical accuracy.
Yancovitz rates knife fights in Hollywood movies, from "Quantum of Solace" (2008) to "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" (2015), "Extraction" (2020), "The Book of Eli" (2010), "Kick-Ass" (2010), and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014). She also looks at improvised-weapon scenes in "The Bourne Identity" (2002) and "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" (2003) and rates the technique of baton and stick fighting in "Taken 2" (2012), "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" (2002), and "Arrow" (2012-2020).
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Kali Knife Expert Rates 11 Kali Knife Fights In Movies And TV | How Real Is It?
Apart from her knowledge and insights, I’m mostly impressed that she can watch flashy shaky cam fights and see everything that is happening
Thank you for the support! ⚔️
So true. Most of these fights are awful. It's just cut, swinging arm, cut, someone's back, cut, someone falls down, what the hell is going on? It just exemplifies that the actors don't know how to fight. The Kill Bill fight might not be technically accurate but at least a lot of it is full frame and the cuts actually have continuity. If an element is one shot (i.e. a table) then it's in the next shot and a new element is introduced which is then present in the next shot. It ain't hard. The Arrow one is terrible. Just when you're getting into the action, 'Oh he's gonna get hi *CUT*'. Seriously, ffs. The Bourne one is so ridiculous that he goes from him grabbing one arm to it cutting and then he has the other. Show us the full frame, show us the hits and don't cut unless it's necessary to keep the flow of the fight going and if you are going to cut, have it make sense.
Dude your tag had me going for a sec. Thought there was a fly on my phone
Knowledge and insight? Xdddd
@@MsKeylas And quick eyes.....in Kali/Escrima/Arnis we need quick eyes & reaction times because a stick or sword moves a lot quick than a hook!
“Just break the arm” so casually said.
@Spartan-208 Anything that causes sudden shocking pain will take most people out of a fight, unless their adrenaline is REALLY going, then you’ll need more force.
Easier said than done.
@@duanecameronson A child can break a grown man's arm with the right technique. Joints are incredibly weak to pressure that goes beyond their range of motion. That's why fighters always keep their arms and legs slightly bent.
Lolz
@@TomeBiter I'd like to see that happening first, thank you very much. :)
The fact that Kali trains the mindset of being able to use everyday objects as tools for self defense is an aspect of it that i really appreciate.
martial arts look cool in Hollywood movies, but in real life they are almost useless. The best art for self-defense is either running away or having a gun, no amount of black belts in all of the world's martial arts can compete.
I thought that was common sense. You don’t need kali to tell you that hitting someone with a bottle is better than punching them. You don’t need to roll up a newspaper and use it like a weapon. Open it throw it in the guys face tackle him and then ground and pound. Who needs to learn kali for that.
@@igorbednarski8048 😂😂😂 spoken by someone who most definitely has no experience in martial arts or self defense.
@@josewmeldondo I have trained karate for many years, I never even had to check its usefulness in a dangerous situation because I'm not a moron and when I can't talk myself out of danger - I RUN. Martial arts training is much more likely to cause you injury than save you - and doesn't matter whether you train Krav Maga, Boxing or whatever, jogging is much more likely to save your life.
@@igorbednarski8048cool story, sport karare doesn't count, though.
I'm happy that Filipinos and our culture are getting representation; not just because of our desperate and constant need for validation, but for our fellow Filipinos to see that what we have is actually pretty awesome and shouldn't be looked down upon especially by our own.
I studied a couple decades ago but back then they teach everything about Filipino culture in Sibika and Hekasi but there's so much to memorize. No normal person can know everything. And I noticed Filipinos in general don't like studying, so if you're already suffering in math and science, social sciences is torture instead of crucial information about a rich and diverse culture. I don't think Filipinos look down on things like Kali specially when national pride is so strong, I think it just doesn't register it exists. What registers is what's on TV like singing competitions and dramas and foreign media. And thanks to corruption, everyone has to leave just for a better life or work to death, no one has the time or luxury to enjoy Filipino arts and studies.
Thank you Business Insider for the feature! We are proud to represent our Filipino culture & fighting arts. ⚔️
Heck yeah, girl. You were absolutely lovely to hear. Clear, concise, and captivating the whole time. Love from India ♥️ Rock on 🙂✌️
@@jimothybikael Thank you so much! Appreciate the support. ⚔️
You did a fantastic job on the video. From a fellow Filipino Fighting Arts practitioner to another. Salute!
But sadly in todays generation it seems like our people dont appreciate our martial arts that much while the number of foreign practitioners are getting bigger and bigger worldwide while the numbers of local practitioners are slowly decreasing and dying😢 I hope more of our people will appreciate and embrace the art and legacy of our ancestors that left behind and to start to practice kali and spread it to the world
Spewin you guys didn’t cover a knife fight from The Hunted with benicio del toro and tommy Lee Jones. Great knife fighting movie and one of my fav movies. Think it was the dudes from Sayoc kali that collaborated on the film from memory?
me :the knife flip is the coolest thing of this decade her :N O P E
Clearly the coolest thing is the teeshirt canon.
Useless, but stil badass
@@CelVini but I don't understand how it's useless? The move he did could actually be effective. In that particular fight the entire focus and concentration of the defender would be on the knife. So throwing it up in the air would be a very unexpected and sudden move which could potentially "shaken" the focus of the defender, basically kinda shocking him. And he also switches his grip to the "icepick" one in the process, and I'm thinking that switching grips mid combat could also be effective as now, the defender has to adapt himself and dodge a new kind of attacks. The minor shock and the grip switch could also potentially make the defender screw up, allowing the attacker to go for the kill. Just cuz it's not one of the moves taught in some fighting style doesn't mean it's useless
@@Struggler_5 practical martial arts don't use risky and flashy moves, there are many aspects need to be consider in an real fight. That type of martial art is for self defense and real life application, that's why it is not for sports.
@@ian3087 while the move is flashy, it could actually be effective in a fight like I explained. Ok I admit it would only be effective if you're fighting someone unarmed, but still. Practical martial arts may not use such moves, but that doesn't mean they're useless in a real fight. If used correctly and at the right time, any move can be effective
Kali/Escrima is one of the most versatile styles. Fairly easy to learn, great exercise, and the techniques can be used with or without a weapon (empty hand).
interesting.
every martial arts is easy or hard depending on how fast one man can learn.
actually it depends. filipino martial arts you train with the weapon first. its basics are for the villagers to be profiicient enough to protect each other during raids in the old days. but yeahi know waht ya mean. and you only get good depending on your dedication@@a_l7515
This! Kali,Eskrima is not only a weapon combat but basicallg fist or weapon combat
Denzel in The Book of Eli is exceptional with the machete. He inspired me to keep that kind of mindset with my stick drills. Also, his hand-to-hand and improvised weapon fights in The Equalizer movies are worth mentioning too. Proof that you can still excel in hand-to-hand techniques even when you get older.
True dat.
Uh....you are referencing choreographed fight scenes from a Hollywood movie as "Proof that you can still excel in hand-to-hand techniques even when you get older" Stop it, just STOP as those movies are not reality, they are only make believe.
agreed! Denzel is one of the greatest, hands down! ⚔
I studied Kali for 10 years as a stuntman in LA. It’s a great art, as you can grab just about any object and look bad-ass with it. Credit to the choreographers in these scenes!
Thats the scariest part of it. 😂 Imagine getting beat up with a marker?!
@@stansooyoungsnsd3466 I do motion-capture. So I get beat up by people *wearing* markers! (That’s what we call the balls on the suits) 😉
“Look” is the key word because this is about as affective as Steven segal crap.
Credit to the choreographers for what exactly? Shaky camera and quick cuts that hide the absolute lack of any skill involved? Is it really that hard to design an actual fight scene that's tense and exciting and actually makes sense?
@@stansooyoungsnsd3466 I actually got beat up with a blackboard eraser. got hit on my left eye and trachea, I got disabled in less than 20 sec due to breathing shock
This is why legit continuity experts are needed for fight scenes.
Agreed
They are called script supervisors and they are there for movies. Sometimes these details just slip through.
Just like jackie chan said.... That's why western fight scene always has a shacky cam because the actors don't know how to fight... And why jackie film has a steady and wide cam because they know how to fight
Those inconsistent cuts and continuity errors are made on purpose very often. It's a movie. Not real life. As long as it LOOKS believable in the moment it's fair game.
Certain things don’t show up right in camera. Have a mma friend who was a extra in a movie. They change things a little for it to show up on camera. This is why Bruce Lee looked good on camera with a 0-0-0 fight record
People who attack Kali don't understand it is a martial art born from bloodshed- warfare- and street fighting. It's real life. Not a sport. It was used against the Spanish- Americans- and Japanese who all feared Filipinos for their blade culture and martial arts- even so that the Spanish banned the uses of their swords- to which Filipinos had to then use sticks and knives and even hidden their training methods through dances so that the Spanish wouldn't know that they're training. I'm not trying to trash MMA but it's not really going to work against someone well-versed with a blade- knife- or a stick. That said- it's best to learn everything.
Same with Capoeira... Born out of necessity in Brazil
@@PNWRideAlongs Not really, capoeira rarely has practical applications, although every now and then you may be able to use a certain kick or two in a fight. BJJ, on the other hand, does meet that description. Capoeira is very good exercise, and is nice to look at, but is fairly impractical for actual combat when compared with BJJ, Muay Thai, wrestling, boxing, etc.
In an armed vs unarmed situation the one with the weapon is going to win, unless something extraordinarily happens. So it makes sense for martial arts that incorporate weapons to be superior to the ones that don't.
Ain’t nobody scurred of Filipinos 🤣
@@user-bi7xd8ry5p not necessarily because if the one with the weapon doesn't know how to use said weapon and the unarmed is experienced those odds change drastically
Been practicing Kali since I was 10. It used to be part of our PE classes in school here in the Philippines. I still get blown away by its precision, deadliness and fluidity. Wouldn't recommend it if you just want to be flashy while fighting. You could lose a hand, a finger, a toe, sever a nerve, receive an epic blow to the head, etc. Would recommend however to catch GM Bobby Taboada, one of the best out there, on his demo tours. Even if you've been a lifelong practitioner, you still learn something new.
You certainly never called it Kali in class, bobo. It’s still Arnis
@@spartanwarrior1😂
I never thought Kali has a great influence on Hollywood. Damn, as a Filipino, I think I should train with this right now
I'm going on my 2nd year of Kali and it's pretty fun and realistic, I would recommend
I think one of Bruce Lee's friend was a Filipino Eskrima expert. He passed away a few years ago. I think his daughter is in The Mandalorian.
why theyre taught part of PE
For a fight that will never happen
@@shaider1982 I think you are talking about Dan Inosanto. But he is still alive.
Imagine training for years to become a knife expert then end up being shot
Like in Indiana Jones basically
That would definitely suck having trained so hard for so long 😆. Conversely, imagine training with firearms for years to become an expert shooter, then end up getting stabbed or taken down with unarmed hand-to-hand combat. I feel like that would be even more embarrassing 😁. That's why I train in all of them (but I only consider myself an expert in firearms, having been training since the age of five, just better than average in the others...) In real life things like situational awareness, tactics, who "gets the drop on" whom, and/or "overwhelming force" (being a smaller guy, even if I was an expert fighter I'm probably not winning a street fight against a giant guy who's only moderately skilled) are usually the critical determining factors...
@@ZombieWilfred I can't cite specific videos off the top of my head but I'm pretty sure I've also seen people trained in firearms say things along the lines of 'if an attacker with a knife is within 10 ft (may be more, may be less but can't remember exactly) a firearm is not as effective.' Their rationale being that at that distance, getting off a good shot would take longer than the time it'd take for the attacker to charge and stab you if you're not already fully prepared.
well, if a man with expertise with knife is in a 15 feet radius of a man with a gun, is pretty dangerous for the man with the gun
You would only run into that problem if you live in the United states
"The Hunted", starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro, is another good example of a movie featuring the Kali knife fighting technique. Thank you for this video.
Probably most accurate
The HUNTED training and production pre-dated BOURNE. Some of the stunt performers in BOURNE took classes and watched the HUNTED technical advisors behind the scenes.THE HUNTED paved the way for FMA in big studio productions. RIP to director William Friedkin.
As a person who does bailsongs tricks and collects them it always make me happy to see them in movies and I'm so glad she went over them. Yall keep up the good work now👍
When it comes to Denzel's scene as soon as he dropped his bag and started saying bible verses, taking off his gloves and pulled out that blade I would have headed for the door.
Well not exactly, I was once attacked with a knife on a trip to brazil. I was saved because I was wearing leather gloves which made me willing to grab the knife by the blade and thus give me time to disarm the guy. If you grab the arm of a person trying to stab you they can simply switch knife hands. Technically you can still do this with an ungloved hand but instinct works against you harming yourself. All I mean is taking your gloves off for a knife fight is probably a terrible idea.
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That is a truly fantastic movie, I'll always watch anytime.
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"Sorry to bother you sir."
for those who ask "why use a stick?" the point of a stick is it can potentially be anything such as a Knife, machete, sword, baton, club, walking stick, or even a rolled-up newspaper/magazine. it is such a versatile system also I love how she says to stay on the outside of your opponent. face on your enemy has 9 weapons 2 fists 2 elbows 2 knees 2 legs and 1 head plus an added extra weapon (knife for example) so 10 in total stand on the outside of your enemy you have halved his weapons and possibly thrown him/her of balance giving you a clear advantage
Plus sticks are everywhere. It could be an actual stick. It could be a cane, or a metal rod, or a bit of wooden dowel. And as she said, in colonial times they weren't allowed to have weapons. So they trained with sticks.
Its for practice, cheaper and less regulated than a blunt though still metal practice blade.
What if they're dual wielding, then it's 11!!!!
Why use a stick? Because you don't have a big knife or a sword.
@@toddellner5283 we have big knife and sword. Itak, Kalis, Kampilan etc.. we also used Spanish Toledo sword remember we are also having a Hispanic culture..
It is such a real great honour of seeing a beautiful Kali fighting coach like Jamie Yancovitz in explaining every knives utilization fight scenes in some movies according to the realistic criteria, so hopefully Insider can invites her again to bringing much more informative clarity to us, peace and cheers. 🙂
Thank you so much!!
@@SurvivalArts you are very welcome, this is such a great honour to learn some useful martial arts from influential people.
@@LawChunHou much appreciated! You may be interested in more of our footage on our channel. 🗡 Might have to do a follow up video...
@@SurvivalArts I'm looking forward for your further great works, sir. 🙂👍
"We" I so love that affectation. She is speaking about her school. Her trade. She doesn't speak on her behalf. She is an ambassador for the art. It's not her skill. It's not her personal opinion. It is her. Speaking on their behalf. Expressing their teachings and being as upfront and technical as possible. But it's not about her. Or anyone. It's the art. Because she represents her school. Respect.
Thank you so much! ⚔
Denzel dropping his bag and saying bible verses is the same as Captain America saying “before we get started, does anyone want to get out?”
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I did some research and found out she trains here in my Province and I am shocked that only the ones who are interested gets to discover this kind of cultural treasures. I really hope I can experience learning from her master or from her as soon this pandemic surpass.
I get what you are saying, but "surpass" might be the wrong term to use here ahaha
Which province?
Warded.
same men
*subsides Not surpass
I have no experience in this stuff, but knowing my heritage has given rise to something this cool is fun.
15:05 The double-stick drills with a partner is generally called "Sinawali" (weaving). There are different patterns used by the various systems so there are many names for the "specific" general movements. Also, Chambering is taught as a foundation for proper form/technique, but there are also times where you shouldn't chamber (behind your back) your sticks (for speed, economy of motion, tighter defense for quicker offense etc.)
I agree, in her demo, she doesn't ALWAYS chamber herself
Since no-one has said it. This expert was great and the scenes were very interesting. You should definitely bring her back.
Thank you so much! Appreciate the support. ⚔️
very much so
Absolutely agree 100%!!!
They should bring in someone who's actually been in a knife fight. He wouldn't talk about grips, fluid motion, wasted movements, tradition and "for everyone." He'd talk about that one time when he got stabbed 16 times and lost a lot of blood and was lucky the ambulance got there in time.
@@OptimalOwl Glad to see I'm not the only one who sees this woman doesn't know what she's talking about. Knife defense is a joke. The reality is, you're going to get stabbed or cut. She says a whole lotta nothings in this video.
Noticed how she says « we » , that shows the respect for the school
Oh I thought it was a Khajiit thing, I was gonna say.
Ooo k lol
Thanks for explaining - I was quite confused by that!
She makes her $ from the school makes sense she would
She refers to 'we' for her 'Survival Arts School', in other words, she is advertising, not bringing honor to a cultural tradition. Rudimentary commentary.
FMA in my humble opinion is the most practical martial arts one can learn. I've seen crazy quick attacks and defense. Your example of fluid motions was INSANE!!!!!
well... FMA is what killed the spanish with their metal body armor...
You should include the movie of Tommy Lee Jones "The Hunted" which is based on Kali. The fight scenes in there is the most realistic Kali engagements which is typically carried out by the Philippine Special Forces.
I agree. One of the most realistic portrayals of kali onscreen, even down to the improvised usage of branches and twigs as improvised weapons.
It's good that this traditional filipino martial arts which has been used in hollywood fight scenes for so many years is getting recognized.
True. Its nice to see it in hollywood movies however,as a a Filipino, Its sad that it doesn't get shown as much in our own movies and tv shows/ teleseryes.
@@che3663 they don't do martial arts in their action films or series i could kinda even think they're not capable
It's also used in US army training.
@@che3663 si kardo lang sakalam..
I could listen to her critique knife fights for hours.
Thank you so much! ⚔️
Same, which makes some of the editing in this hella frustrating, where shes clearly about to say more and then gets cut off T.T
And yet 99% of knife attacks are surprise just hug someone and stab him in the stomach of torso multiple times.
@@lovinmclovin5290 Best comment I've seen on here yet.
Simp
One of the best fight breakdowns I've ever seen. I've never studied Kali/Escrima. But I have studied Kenpo, Aikido and Judo. I call it the styles of circular aggression because we're taught to center our opponent and work around them, so for me, going inside an incoming attack is a big no in every case except when deliberately attacking to the inside, and even then it's not directly inside. Even in Judo our holds and grips tend to target off-center. Torque the head to the side, pull the shoulders back. pressure the ribs into the lungs from the side. We don't go directly inside, rarely ever. The only difference I'd say the key difference between Kali and let's say Aikido when it comes to blades is where we target. Both seem to target vital areas, but the goal in Aikido is to debilitate not kill. So, where Kali would cut a throat from the back Aikido would cut your arm at your shoulders so you can't use that arm, and we'd do it from the side with a pass cut. I've sparred against many, many styles and probably the top two I'm most concerned about would be 1. Krav Maga, because it incorporates so many other styles, it is the original and most deadly MMA (military style, not civilian), and yeah 2. Kali, just because of the sheer brutality of it. She is not a woman I would ever like to spar against, and I have every advantage in the book. I've been considering what other style to add to my arsenal. Kali might be one of them.
Krav maga is training in Kali to..
@@kemuelcapagalan7082 Not kali. I know it's easy to confuse because of the training with stick and staff, but it's Aikido, not kali. Krav Maga is the original MMA derived from Aikido and Judo (two of my styles which is why I consider Krav Maga), boxing, wresting, and traditional karate.
Yeah understandably. Because mainly Kali was built to fight back foreign envaders back in the day. The core was sort of "to kill or be killed." Even to me as a filipino, i find it quite brutal compared to other martial arts. But back then, it served its purpose best. And training for this is great to have in your back pocket because it's very practical. It focuses on the mind to body responses which makes anything a weapon (your body included) and utilizes every move as much as possible.
First it is oxymoron, to call krav maga the first mma system, all systems are based in mma concept
@@jacobharris954 I don't hink the word oxymoron means what you think it means. It's a figure of speech in which terms seem contradictory, like calling someone little John when he's the biggest person. What you're trying to say is that I was wrong to say Krav Maga was the first MMA system, which isn't what I said, but I understand that the word original has more than one meaning, and I didn't clarify which one I meant, so I'm not worried that you thought I meant first.
She gave Bourne 9/10 rating. I remember watching a video telling that FMA was used on that film. The rolled magazine and the pencil scene are one of them.
I thought they would have the knife fight with John Wick.
I thought so too
They're most likely making a part 2 with her.
Is'nt JW mostly practicing Jui Jitsu or Silat in those scenes, i'm not sure probably have to check that movie again
@@BotterZA, Jui Jitsu and Samba are his main fighting techniques.
I was hoping for the raid 1 or 2
When we travel overseas to the rural Filipino province where my wife grew up I always try to pick up a different style bolo. These are not the "tourist" crap, but the working knives the folk actually use. I've seen them chop pigs, build houses, split bamboo, open coconuts, and harvest rice with these. All solid, and certainly an extremely deadly weapon in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing.
Its a deadly weapon even in the hands of someone who has zero training. Anyone swinging a sharp bladed weapon is dangerous. 99.9% of knife "experts" would not be able to disarm a determined person with a knife, machete, razor, etc without taking serious and possibly life threatening damage themselves. And thats even if the person they are attempting to disarm has no training.
@@mattjack3983 There's an old saying, everyone bleeds in a knife fight.
@@TheOriginalRick yes, that is exactly right. Well said.
@@TheOriginalRick Simiar to the other more recent one. "The loser of a knife fight dies in the street. The winner dies in the hospital"
I used to bring one to school for our agriculture subject
I love how she said "we'd just break the arm." So casually, like that is something that happens when competing or training kali, on the reg. If it IS something that regularly happens, damn, these athletes go hard. I'm sure she meant in a real fight scenario, but the way she said it just cracks me up lol. 😂
the only thing a lot of people don't speak about is when you are in a knife fight is when blood is drawn how difficult it is to hold your blade because it begins to slip around then gets sticky. how do you defend that situation. i have been there and fortunately I survived the little bit of kali I learned as a kid.
Glad to see another person who likes the Book of Eli, its such a great movie.
Yes, one of the best! ⚔️
The Book of Eli absolutely slaps, I watched it with one of my friends and he said “Eli is too broken.” I was like bruh. My friend doesn’t like it because of that.
The movie is good, the message is awful. After the world has collapsed I can guarantee you religions played a massive part in the collapse. The last thing we need is the bible, quran, torah or any of that religious BS!
I like it too.
@@eddiewinehosen6665 The movie is great and the message is sublime
Maybe not Kali but it's too bad they left out the final knife fight from "The Man From Nowhere" Seriously the best knife fight (or at least most entertaining) I've seen in any film. And also, maybe the knife vs baton fight from "SPL"......Should've looked a little beyond Hollywood when researching this video. Still a great analysis though.
Knife fight on man from nowhere is very good. SPL one is a great fight scene but looking at a realism side it is absolutely dreadful 😂.
@@callumfalcus4216 SPL is definitely not as realistic but it certainly looks great. Maybe because Wu Jing uses a lot of wide circular wushu-like movements haha
Scenic fight channel has break down about that scenes
The man from nowhere is a good movie. Loved it. Action packed, good story, exciting. Really great.
My fave movie "man from nowhere"
Love this channel 🤓👍 showing so many things to explore the truth about... you knw ALL. Keep on giving💟🤞
"We wouldn't recommend...We would encourage you..." Having had many years of training myself (not in the same universe as her, of course) I can say that this is an absolutely mature and clever woman.
It's not that deep. She's talking about her school's way of teaching.
@@mechanomics2649 So?
@@LamiNalchor So it's got nothing to do with being neither clever nor mature.
@@mechanomics2649 Well, I am afraid that it does. Anyone who has been involved with martial arts for a long time is aware of how self-assured and unreasonable so-called teachers or trainers give combat advice. Advice that can lead to serious injuries and depending on your opponent to worse.
@@mechanomics2649 Yes, the knife fighting expert who runs a knife fighting school certainly doesn't need maturity or cleverness to run that at all. Oh Oh! Did you hear about this great real estate deal in Brooklyn?
Much love to the lady narrator who studied not only the martial art, but also our history. Mabuhay!
Salamat sa iyong suporta! ⚔️
Man this expert is BRUTAL with her ratings.
surprising cuss she doesn't bring up the most important thing about stopping a knife. control the hand not the arm. her first comments made me laugh cuss while she is right she is also wrong , but that might be due to difference in style.
Nah. She gave extra points to a couple movies.
Well she's right, most movie knife fights are kind of dumb
@@ninjafruitchilled She's actually not right, the best experts they bring on are the ones that acknowledge that Movies are entertainment, and can understand that movies are for entertainment.
@@tinamoul the ratings are for accuracy, not entertainment. she even explicitly noted several times she likes some of the stuff but had to rate it low
I love her passion and especially was grateful for her history with the art
Thank you so much! ⚔
I love how informative this is. You can tell she's really an expert
Thank you so much!
The machete is very common tool and was used as a weapon in the Philippines during the colonization cuz as she said "weapons" are confiscated. The butterfly knife is literally the hidden blade.
Oof yeah! 😋 Must admit anytime I see anyone using a machete in vids from South East Asia, Pacific region or Africa (real common tool in subtropical farming as she notes), my automatic reaction is always "Yikes, that thing looks lethal!!" 😧
It's really deadly. I mean, it's got weight to it and used to cut and hack hard stuff like sugarcanes, bamboo and the like. Even the blunt side would probably break your bones
I don't remember how many times I've cut my self while chopping up some pig food. So unless you're hitting something hard like wood or a bamboo, you don't need to apply that much push when you bring the blade down as the weight will do the job.
We don't use machete in the Philippines. We use "our" own knives: bolo, panabas, itak, ginunting, barong, punyal, batangas etc... Machete is not one of them. We don't use machete.
the poster probly meant bolo, since that's the equivalent
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thank you supporting Filipino martial arts.. im filipino and its great that you are teaching this to others.
I love it when real martial artists and fighters break down Hollywood fight clips. I wish I was sitting beside you having g coffee talking together.
I don't remember his name but, "The Winter Soldier" actually trained in Kali for this role.
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She sounds so expert in the straight technique. She misses some of the situation in the movies. Like in The Winter Soldier both Cap and SW are superhuman and can take a knife stab with not real threat to their life. So leaving themselves open could be seen as a psychological ploy to setup a move later. Also in Arrow the lack of clambering is because both are posturing. Show the have master the drill and daring the other come for an opening. In both case the opponents are familiar with each other and are using non-standard technique to gain an advantage rather then the expect.
Bucky Barnes, or young Mark Hamill
@@faervas1234 yeah the low score she gave Winter Soldier annoyed tf out of me, but then again she's approaching the topic on technique alone, not context within each scene. I feel like she'd rate it higher if she saw the whole sequence starting from Black Widow taking him on before Cap takes over.
Chris' face in any of those freeze frames is priceless
Yep any random pause 😁
Well, he's being attacked with a knife.
What about Matt Damon's @7:13 LOLZ
I love this reaction vid like I love my balisong. Proudly representative of our Filipino roots and culture.🇵🇭💪🏽 Kali is a lifestyle. Once you engage in Arnis, Kali, Eskrima your eyes open to every possible move and turn life can make. Lakas!👊🏾🇵🇭
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As someone coming from police style krav-maga, I was a little shocked every time she were talking about cutting people. Kali seems a little bit more aggressive, than other systems (specially within open situations)...
It was developed to combat spaniards then americans then japanese during each country's occupation of the Philippines. Its a martial arts to make quick work of an opponent.
Yes, it's a martial art to kill people, not to beat up people.
maybe it's not odd to say cut in some more sword or fencing like martial arts, which some people do for fun nowadays.
This is a not a peaceful resolution art. You are not taught to offer your atacker a hug. Think of it this way, if you as a cop are trying to subdue a bad guy without hurting him and he breaks out of every hold you put him in,breaks the handcuffs, bites your baton in half, doesnt flinch when you tase him, pepperspray has no effect, and now he is strangling your partner to death, you would stab him in the eyes and testicles with your ball point pen. Her style of fighting is a last resort. When you have to kill.
Of course it is aggressive, it is a weapons art. If you're not aggressive with it, that weapon can be taken from you and used against you.
I'm a practitioner of the Filipino Martial Arts as well. The scene in Extraction where Chris went for a swing rather than the arm could pass easily as more like a lapse in judgment than "extending the scene." As she said, we go for vital points. It could easily pass as an attempt to slash at the neck or the eyes which was then evaded. I'd personally rate Extraction at 8 or 9. It's a lot more realistic than the Mission Impossible scene. 😁 More power to Survival Arts. I'm a fan!
really I didn't like extraction
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Loving these videos. The professional people judging the movies are totally the best I've seen in their field of expertise. Keep it going.
I love her voice and her knowledge. Could listen to her for hours
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Cool the explanation is crystal clear 😊 love it how i wish u can train my son love it
Im filipino. Here in Philippines Kali is taught in school in elementary and highschool in P.E. It is also taught in college in law or criminology majors. Also, knife fights here are very common because of that.
That's sad to hear. On the other hand I thought that most of Filipinos are even unaware that kali exists.
@@Ryosuke1208 I actually didn't know Kali until a few days ago, But I do know Arnis(Also part of Kali) cuz it's taught in highschool.
I really wish THE RAID 2 kitchen fight was in this, the blades fight is easily the best 1v1 cqc scene in movie history currently imo, choreography in those fight scenes & camera angles are unmatched!
Technically the raid series was based more on silat which looks very similar but isn't escrima/Kali. But incredible fight scenes
@@kiddvandal91 Fyi, Silat dan Kali share a same basic style.
The raid 1 & 2 scenes are basically what I clicked this video for
Whoever made this video gave away the easy W by not including anything from either 'Raid' films. Yeah, silat isn't kali but it would've been cool to hear her perspective on the silat knifework.
Was looking for this comment. Tho im guessing they left it out cuz too much blood. The night comes for us also has some amazing fights scenes, but is super gorey.
I remember when I first started martial arts and my uncle showed me videos of Kali fell in love ever since just a shame I didn’t have anyone here who could teach it but definitely one to learn. In the future
I love the clear exuberant pride she has in the Philippines history, culture, etc. All Filipinos seem to have this and it's always so... I don't know... warm and just so lovely.
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"For us in kali, we would just break the arm." (Says very casually)
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Cuz they know the way how to break it easily
Yup. The fun thing about Arnis is that while a lot of other martial arts emphasize self-defense, here the philosophy is that "the best defense is a good offense".
because in life-death situation, hesitation is bad
@@hakeemzahardi9207 in Kali/Arnis the Mantra is Kill him First before he Kill you.
Been training Kali since the early 90s, she nails this. Love it!
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Great and informative!!
learned the very, very basics of kali decades ago. Even today as a middle aged person with a well rounded belly the system is still very useful from my perspective. 🤜🏽🤛🏽
Book of Eli is such a amazing movie, the story itself is so beautiful and heart felt yet the movie itself is so gritty and violent...the fight scenes are some of the best. Especially when you find out the entire time at the end he was deaf, it leaves you completely flabbergasted on how he was able carry out such amazing things..but it's clear he is prophet on a mission and it's beautiful he completed it and could rest finally
Blind, not deaf
High praise for Book of Eli, god job Jeff🙏
As someone else commented, he was blind not deaf.
he was blind
You should probably mention that you're going to spoil it somewhere in your comment before giving away the biggest twist of the movie. Someone might read you comment who hasn't gotten a chance to see it yet.
1:18 She just casually brings out a knife, it surprised me for a second.
I have expertise in FMA but not in film. I saw very little FMA in these scenes. In many cases, I didn't know the fight scenes where FMA inspired. Thank you for the video.
Thank you for practicing and appreciating our ancient and wonderful martial arts. I tried out as Kali Arnis athlete in College before but deemed my grip and stance are not ready and strong for it 😁. But it's good because it's more of self-defense and discipline. ❤️
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I just noticed that the symbols on her pendant read as "KA-LI" in baybayin script.
I took a couple years of capoeira, and its similarities to kali are fascinating. Both were developed by oppressed people, both disguise movements in dance. They also both use a nonlinear style (she says kali is based on a triangle, capoeira reminds me a little more of a four-step swing dance). Capoeira is a lot more kick-focused, of course, but I think it's cool to see the similarities in a martial art specifically designed against colonizers vs. martial arts able to develop in a less fraught situation.
Eskrima was already practiced long before the pre-colonial era and was not actually developed not just for colonizers.. Our ancestors used them long before against their enemies.. and they used it as well when the Spaniards came. If it was developed when Philippines was colonized, then Ferdinand Magellan and his troops could've been not killed. Eskrima has long been practiced before the Spaniards came.. There were probably changes during the colonial era. However, this martial art was already well-developed pre-colonial era. However, some Filipino traditional dances related to Eskrima which was developed during the colonial era were developed because of the Spanish oppression. Through these they could train secretly.
@@marblueony754 Very interesting. There's a fight style in Capoeira that uses weapons in an way very similar to Eskrima. In this style, the fighter uses two wood sticks known as "Maculelê" while making the Capoeira "dancing". In real fights, during the colonial era, insted of wood sticks the fighter would use two long machetes. I've never seen a real fight, but just the demostration of two skilled fighters it's pretty cool (and scary).
@@marblueony754theres no evidence that eskrima existed before the spaniards came. There was probably a weapon art like silat because there were swords and sticks, but the arts we know are clearly influenced by the spaniards, evidenced not only by loanwords like 'eskrima' (fencing) or 'arnis', but by some of the weapon combinations like espada y daga or baston y daga, which dont exist in silat or other regional arts. The paete arnis, which imo has the best archival evidence of arnis culture, even include rapier. It is great to be proud of indigenous culture, but be proud of the facts, not the myths.
@@marblueony754also magellan was killed by thrown weapons and his forces were outnumbered. The description of the battle includes the environment. The weapons, and the numbers, but not any eskrima technique. Like many other cultures, the 'indios' had swords, shields, spears, and pointed sticks, were nimble and agile, and vastly outnumbered the spaniards. Specific techniques were not mentioned or alluded to.
@@antondelacruz9362Depends of who wrote about the event. Pigafetta may have been bias I mean, his boss was just killed. It’d make Spaniards look weaker if he wasn’t bias. I remember reading his account about how nice the Village chief easily accepted Christianity. They saw things from their POV. In reality that Village chief converted with an ulterior motive (to get Spanish support in defeating his enemies). There is 2 sides on what happened that day. Facts is even if you are right our ancestors still developed their own fighting style which may have been vastly different from how it is now. Nevertheless, we have always had our own. The fact that most of the Islands was mainly a collection of warrior kingdom city-states of sorts that survived through alliances, raids, trades or occasional conquest proved that.
I would enjoy seeing a collaboration with the guys from Scenic Fights. I don't know how possible that would be but I bet we would get some incredible fight scene breakdowns
Loved the vid
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Pekiti Tirsia is no joke! Thank you for sharing some excellent techniques and analysis. You are very well-spoken and your movements are fluid and efficient. All respect and thanks to Grand Tuhon Leo Gaje for sharing his family's martial art with the world.
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I'm so happy to see this kind of analysis! I love Kali and I'd love to see more videos like this! Great job!
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Thanks for this. As a Filipino, I didnt know the history. And now I know why we " were using sticks" instead of metal swords. We call it Arnis. Using sticks. Foreigners call it Kali. I know Arnis from High school as part of our curriculum but they never told our " painful history" I didnt take it seriously, because I cant hurt my sparring partner lol. That we were supressed to use that Art but our ancestors though hidden, developed it further. That is the Filipino spirit. You cant quench the bravery. I am proud of our heritage. Thank you for this.
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Is anyone surprised that Denzel went hard to get ready for a role. Dude always gives 100%
I really enjoyed watching this.
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I love this. I don't know why it was never recommended to me. I just love how casually Jamie said, "oh in Kali we would just break the arm," too.
Im impressed with ability to break down the flashy shaky scenes
This is very informative and interesting I'd like to learn more about this
im from the philippines and im proud that you are representing our indigenous filipino kali martial arts
too bad most, if not all, of the Filipino I know didn't know/practice Kali
@@FedJimSmith sadly thats a fact, and its even the National Sport btw
@@FedJimSmith Kali is used for killing so they dont just casually teach it.
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@@SurvivalArts ty so much ate HEHE keep on doing it
Come on Insider, we want to see more breakdowns from this lady.
They'll do a part 2 soon
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Totally agree! She's very intelligent and "sharp" (pun intended), obviously experienced and quite professional.
They should bring in someone who has actually been attacked with a knife. He wouldn't talk about grips, fluid motions, wasted movement or tradition. He'd tell you about that time when he got jumped and stuck seventeen times and most of his blood came out, and he was damned lucky the ambulance got there in time.
@@OptimalOwl I agree but she was helpful when discussing knife techniques
Kind of fun seeing as mulitple of the fight seens are explicitly not Kali. In taken he use a combination of japanese figting styles, Bourne borrows from multiple styles, new bond Daniel Craig leans heavily on Krav Maga, WInter Soldier utilize russian Systema. Also most incorporate various other styles like muay thai, kick boxing, aikido, jujutsu etc
We are grateful to watch this
Really liked her, hope to see her again.
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We need a part 2 from her, there are so many great scenes she could break down.
may need to... any knife fight scenes you recommend?
@@SurvivalArts Off the top of my head, Donnie Yen and Wu Jing in Killzone, although I think your fellow Kali practitioner Logan Lo already broke that one down. There are a lot more fight breakdown shows 2 years later, it might be harder to find ones that haven't been covered!
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Jamie reppin. Nice work sis! ❤️
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In terms of realism, sure Winter Soldier fight gets a 5/10. But those 2 guys actually learned that choreo and went full speed (multiple times) to get that sequence...RESPECT.
I did Taekwondo for most of my teenage years, definitely helped me a lot at that age - and I did one course on Eskrima which was a heck load of fun :)
Good for you. pugay!
I had never known that Denzel had any kind of martial arts training since I'd only watched him in dramatic, non-action roles. But when I watched the first stunt sequence of Book of Eli, I immediately knew he had. Also, little Chloe in 'Kick Ass' was pretty amazing too, and a kick in the butt for lazy me. I certainly remember working out a lot during 2010.
I tried Kali years back, I thought it was all about upper body and arm dexterity. I wish I'd had a teacher that explains it this way.
My dad taught me mixed martial arts for self defense to a lethal degree, and a lot of the philosophy I learned was Kali fighting as adopted for use with the Army Special Forces. It’s extremely efficient and dangerous. When someone throws a punch at me I might deflect but if I they’re gonna give me a limb for free like that I’m gonna take and break. Use the elbows and knees. Efficiency is effectiveness, effectiveness is efficiency. No wasted movements or opportunities, end it swiftly and brutally. A lethal CQC engagement lasts only seconds, it’s you or them, make it them.
Whoa you the navy too? That punch knocks you out 90% of the time weekend warrior. Stay in your lazy boy and don't get hurt.
@@vengray8055 Why the hostility?
learned a lot from this. one of the better videos on fight choreo and analysis i've seen. she's great!
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Great reviews
I love her necklace and how it says kali in baybayin it’s a nice touch.
I love how rhythmic and smooth her fighting style is. Definitely can see how it is like a dance.
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Um Jiu Jutsu
Yet western boxing is more effective than all of those…except Muay Thai and Boran
@@scotch4890 kung fu is effective
@@TingusPingus445 It’s effective within the set parameters it demands. That’s the problem with flashy martial arts if you are playing by rules no one else is following its rendered ineffective.
@@scotch4890 actually no Brazilian Jiu Jutsu is effective since its all ground work you just have to take them down
dope explenations , respect .
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Very very good explanation
I’m training in Arnis now, and soon after I finish, I’ll be training in Kali!!! Wish me luck guys
You are trained in getting on your hands and knees
Good luck to whatever you will be doing.
Isnt arnis and kali the same thing? If im wrong pls explain the difference between kali,escrima and arnis
Arnis and Kali are the same thing as far as I know (born and raised in Philippines and trained in them). There are different schools though thus different art names, styles or clans/lineage.
@@mechanicalpencil1016 arnis is for self defense, that's why it is being taught in schools. While kali is for killing.