Blays Halla video!

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silat

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Hi Guys,
Has anyone seen this video called Blays Halla
knife fighting I believe the instructor is Blaise Loong. Pleas give me some input sounds real interesting.
 
Hi,The production is donre very well but thats about it.The techniques are basic,very basic,but if you want a hollywood type of beginer knife video then check it out.
 
Silat,IMO The Blaise Loong tape is excellent,not only is the production first class but the material is well worth the money.although this is basic tape(Blaise even says this on the tape)it is by far the best knife tape i have in my collection and i have allot of tapes.Blaise also shows some stick,sword,knuckle duster,boxing and kickboxing plus you get to see blaise in action his skills are awsome.......a master of the basics is a true master.
 
Basho: did we see the same tape? Is there another one? If you are referring to the ONLy tape of his on the market, besides the animated section which is different..what was/is educational or instructional about the tape?
No offense intended but maybe I'm not seeing whats there..
Its a slick tape in spots..seems made to secure a movie spot, which I'm not sure it did...
BUT educational? one of the best knife tapes?
check out Keating & COMTECH, check out Worden & Natural Spirit, Wordens PALADIN tapes, check out Janich..check out Hock...check out Brennan & Miller....
Blays Halla...well Blaise himself is not the question..Ok he's talented..
I think one can get much better instructional video tapes than his...
why not check it out...?????
I believe SMOKE, JRF and others have a large
file of tape reviews on the forums here...
again no offense meant to anyone...



[This message has been edited by BRAM (edited 09-13-2000).]
 
Hey thanks for your responses!Smoke there is way too many reviews to go over. And I thought I had a big collection!
 
Thank you Silat.



[This message has been edited by Smoke (edited 04-10-2001).]
 
Caveat: I do not have this tape, nor have I viewed it. I would, however, like to purchase it from anyone reading this that does not want their copy anymore. I don't want to order from their website.

Instruction can be found in the strangest venues. Even the thoroughly despised Spear book, "Military Knife Fighting" is worth taking a look at. Even if someone is promoting something incredibly stupid, take a look at it. A good movement can beat a bad movement but do not be so arrogant to think that someone cannot slide something in on you, in your arrogance, you never expected.

There is no doubt that Keating and Worden are top dogs. Something like the Blays Halla video should be reserved after you have the other material that is better. That is just taking everyone else's word on it.

I have a couple Black Belt Magazines from the 1980's and Blaise is in them, teaching U.S. Special Forces. He has something going on.

The reason I always wanted to see this particular video is, I wanted to see the NASA-Quality Animation used in it, as was used during the Simpson Debacle that I never had a chance to tape at the time.
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I think the use of that technology could be a great training aid in explaining disabling and lethality to people...why hasn't anyone else done this?
 
To Bram, yes, I believe we are talking about the same video. I assume you didn't watch it carefully....as you should already know, every first video starts off with the basics. And Blaise explicitly states that in his tape. The techniques in that video cover the basics...that way, a foundation is established and more advanced techniques can be built upon that base. Unfortunately, Blaise isn't really into the flowery drills nor does he teach anything as complicated and impractical as bio-mechanical cutting. Now...that does NOT mean that he does not teach more advanced techniques than those shown on the tape. He obviously cannot cover all he knows in an hour or two. Perhaps you and your "followers" should review the tape again (feel free to grab some cokes and popcorn...maybe a pen and notepad to take notes, too). I know that I might sound like I am just feeding the forum guys bs, but I have trained with Blaise, and I know firsthand that his stuff holds up in the real world. On the other hand, I don't think bio-mechanical cutting would actually work in the streets. Bram, perhaps you shouldn't insult those you haven't even met. I don't see Blaise on the forums knockin' your material. Have some respect, man.
 
No offense meant to him personally..and I don't think I insulted him in anyway..or did you actually read my post or just get defensive? I'll re-read my post but I DOUBT I insulted Blaise at all...
My opinion of his tape is not the same as saying anything about him... I think the tape is a showpiece..its not instructional in anyway..as for Blaise..i've never met him but from what I heard he's really good at what he does..
BUt as an instructional video this is not one..PERIOD.
There are many others who have reviewed the same tape with just about everyone saying the same thing..Smoke?? didn't this get reviewed before several times?????
That hes a good JKD man? i don't know..Is he good filipino concepts guy? I don't know..is he a good Silat guy ?? again I don't know any of this personally...
Is his tape instructional..??that I can see and comment on and as an instructor,,no its not..
is it fun to watch.??.yup, especially the graphic part..(of course DON..its not current state of art but he did a really courageous thing for those times...with the animation...)
Look,,Just cause hes a good martial artist and in person be a good teacher this tape doesn't reflect that at all...
He really should do another tape...
Just my opinion..
since teaching is what i do best and review teaching, well its a sore point..
again I mean no disrespect for Blaise personally....nor any of his students...


[This message has been edited by BRAM (edited 09-18-2000).]

[This message has been edited by BRAM (edited 09-18-2000).]
 
Gee BASHO..maybe you might get out a pen and take notes..some of us might be as good as Blaise or heavens some out there "lurking" are better than all of those here..OH my!!!...
Actually I seem to teach Bio mechanical to lots of real time people..so if its not your thing..well its no big deal to me..
You just do as you do..
This is a very big world...
differences arewhat make horseraces..Student..isn't that correct??LOL>
 
Ok, this is in Smoke's links but I'll put it here as well. Politics be damned, this is what the average person (who doesn't know Blaise) will probably think:

"OK, review time. I have seen "The Secrets of Blays Halla", and in my opinion, it is one of the worst "training" tapes out there. The tape has basically no instruction, and has Blaise just do alot of fast techniques, with very little explanation. The tape begins with 10-20 minutes of who Blaise is and what he has accomplished. It truly looks like it was sent to movie producers, trying to sell them Blaise. The upside to the video is its use of computer graphics of the techniques showing insert points, etc. This is only done once or twice though.
There is no doubt that Blaise is very talented, and I haven't met him, but all I've heard is that he is a great person to meet, as well. But the instructional value of the tape is virtually non-existant.
My $.02
Andy"

NEVER on the tape is there an explanation of footwork, although Blaise does quite a bit of dancing & showing footwork at high speeds. The first 10-20 minutes of the tape talk about Blaise & his accomplishments; does that sound like instruction to anyone else here? An intro is fine, but blatant "look at Blaise!" on an "instructional" tape just doesn't fit. I have seen it, and popcorn or not,I don't need to see it again and I stand by my review. I would encourage others to see it as well though, and get other outside opinions.

Andy
 
Yes I have seen the tape, never once during it's viewing did I ever think of it instructional. It seemed more of a portfolio type of thing, a VERY quick review of many different things he can do. He had a very broad scope of abilities, but taught none of them. It was good to watch, but I wouldn't consider it for training anymore than a Jackie Chan movie. That's all as far as the tape goes.

Mr. Basho,

No one even hinted that Blaise did "flowery drills". Take some of your own advice and don't insult people you haven't met. You refer to biomechanical cutting as complicated and impractical. I can see you don't understand it all, if you like I will explain it in detail. Some more advice would be not to insult or bash what you don't understand. No one here is bashing any of Blase's material, as you suggested, read and understand, everyone was reviewing the tape and it's use as a training tool. Think of it like this, i'm sure Jackie Chan knows his stuff (Chinese Kung Fu?), but every movie he makes is NOT a training tape. If I happen to say such a thing it does not mean that I'm bashing Mr. Chan, or saying that his stuff doesn't work. Have some respect, man.

Driscoll

 
Hi Guys,
Thanks for replying the post!First off when I posted this question I didn't know it was going to turn out like this! So I'm sorry!Basho I read your reply and thanks for your info on the video!Bram just do what you do man your stuff rocks!
 
Basho,

First, I'm not a student of Bram's, nor have I been to any of his seminars or bought any of his tapes ... yet! I did however read Bram's article on Bio-Mech. Cutting and (as I understand it) the basic principle (to stop the attacker by rendering him functionally incapable of continuing rather than simply terminating him) is both quite simple and sound.

In a nut shell ... I severed a tendon in my right hand 12.5 weeks ago and to date I still can not grip a knife/stick or punch properly. Once the tendon was severed I couldn't flex my index finger to grip anything or make a fist. Extrapolating from there ... if I were to cut someone along the inside of their forearm or wrist I could (in theory at least) sever one or more of the tendons that flex that hand's fingers thereby diminishing or eliminating their ability to hold their weapon and continue their attack. This cut could be accomplished by the "horizontal gunting" that many people teach.

Btw, although I wouldn't wish a severed tendon on anyone after what I've been through/am going through, it's a lot more humane than being killed.

Respectfully,

Dave.

P.S. Bram, if you think I've missed the point of Bio-Mech. Cutting please speak up. I wouldn't want to misrepresent someone else's work even by accident.
 
Well most of the posts I see here about Blaise, or rather his videos, are pretty old. Thus, I am not sure if anyone will look to read this reply. Despite how you feel about his knife fighting basics video it is a thing of the past. What I mean by that is Blaise is putting out new DVD's like crazy. Topics covered thus far are bolo basics, double stick/sword, silat sabungin 1&2 (short knife fighting style), and the roman gladius. Much more instructional in my opinion than his old knife fighting video. These new videos don't have the long intro or pretty animations but they are dynamic and shot at multiple locations as opposed to being shot in a studio (not that there is anything wrong with that).


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Sorry about the advertisement. I was just trying to direct those who were giving input on Blaise's old video updated info. Let me know if I need to remove or edit my previous post as I am still trying to get the hang of the whole "forum" thing. Sorry again.
 
No problem!
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Basho,
I read what you wrote & how you answered Bram!Personally,MY view ,you have NO idea what you are talking about!Yeah,I'm a Bram student! Get one of Bram's tapes & observe,even you may be surprised,however, I doubt it! Your smart*****comments were not necessary!
Jim
 
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