Combat Kukri

I am a master of an ancient martial art known as FunGu. I used to have a black belt, but I eventually grew into suspenders.

This little known but widely practiced technique uses no ritual and no rules. It has seven basic tenants.

1. Hit First
2. Hit Hard
3. Hit From Behind
4. Hit Again
5. And Again
6. Once more for Luck
7. Run

We have no rules, but we have what are called "adaptive suggestions" which have evolved over the years. These are specific to the individual and are usually kept secret.

Knives of any kind are usually shunned as their use requires a dangerous closeness and they can be quite messy. One of our preferred weapons is a four foot two by four, although a two inch steel pipe of the same length is also effective.

The choice of the steel or wood depends on what sound you prefer to hear when contact is made. Of course a baseball bat is also a fine weapon, but carrying it other than to a ball game can elicit suspicion.

My favorite hit was with a club that just prior to the event was a maple floor lamp. The sound of hardwood on skull was quite impressive.

In the past FunGu info was not usually made public nor shared, but these are trying times full of danger, animosity, and paranoia. Cracking somebody's skull may be just the ticket to having a great day.
 
OK, I think the best fighting kukri are:

1.18" WW2
2.16.5 WW2
3.Gelbu Special
4.British Army Service

Now I have an idea.........which one aggggggggggg
Are the only diff between the WW2 models are the handle lenghths?

Thanks All
 
Well, that's one way to look at it. If you took all those knives one at a time and placed them in your hands, you might have different results depending upon which Kami made it and how he felt when he did.

I dont know why you'd place the Gelbu behind the WWll as a fighter.


munk
 
Originally posted by djweaponx
OK, I think the best fighting kukri are:

1.18" WW2
2.16.5 WW2
3.Gelbu Special
4.British Army Service

Now I have an idea.........which one aggggggggggg
Are the only diff between the WW2 models are the handle lenghths?

Thanks All
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Methinks that DJ is just a newbie making guesses based on what he's been told when the rest of us know that the list above could be quite different if any of the rest of was chooseing.;)

DJ, IMO I think the M-43 would maybe be the best first khuk for you from what you've stated in different threads.
I don't have an 18" Chitlangi, but I have a 21" plus that I believe I can make a judgement from.
I believe the 18" Chitlangi would also be an excellent choice for a fighting khuk.
The Chitlangi cuts like much heavier khuks IMO. I prefer mt 21+" Chitlangi over my 18" Gelbu Special any day as it feels lighter to me.

The Rai and Lai(?) tribes in Nepal most often choose the Sirupati when one of them is enlisted into Ghorka duty.

IIRC the M-43 and WW II were both issue khuks, don't know which one killed or wounded the most enemy, doubt anyone does.

It's a problem trying to decide which one would be really best for you as there's just too dayumed many choices on the HI Website.
I would suggest getting the M-43 and then if you didn't like it send it back to Bill for a replacement.
If you paid postage both ways he might keep trading out with you until you found your favorite, In moderation of course.:D

By the way. Welcome to the Cantina or Psycho Ward, whichever you prefer, both are an apt description of this place.:eek:
 
Yes yes I am a kukri newbie. I have been a katana/wakisashi kenjutsu practitioner for years and now I have the kukri bug BIG time. The blades listed are not in order they are the ones I think will fit the bill for me but I dont know which one.

Thanx All
 
The knowleadge in this group just blows me away. I think I found a new home and another way to piss my wife off :(
 
Nice Shinobi. :)

I've been practicing kobudo, to include kenjutsu, for about 9 years. I'm 66" tall, and stayed at about 145 for quite a few years. (Up to around 154 since I've been in uniform.)

The 16.5" wood handle WWII is my favorite combat blade.
 
Hello brother kenjutsu practitioner. I am really excited to get another blade from a different culture and apply my training with it.

:)
 
Hey there,

Originally posted by djweaponx
Hello brother kenjutsu practitioner. I am really excited to get another blade from a different culture and apply my training with it.

:)
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I'm doing Shingen Ryu Batou Jutsu. What do u practice?

Always wanted to get to know fellow kenjutsu practitioners...
 
The type of art you do the way in which you use a blade, the objective of the use of the weapon are all factors to consider.

The basic Khukuri like a serve one WWII will do the adverage job for the adverage martial artist- if you are more of a blade artist you would like the lighter faster blades.

The range you like makes a difference long mid short ranges all have different applications and with them different limits you need to address that when picking a blade length.

The magic in these weapons is in the shape and to really undertand what that can teach you is the most important aspect of the use. The capability of this configuration is not like most martial arts.

I don't know your history in the arts or the styles but I have been re-training a wide range of artist to a new way of thinking blade arts becasue of the Khukuri.

I have students that range from FMA CMA JMA IMA as well as European and mid-evil sword artist. There is no one model that works for all of them.

You may want to just start with what you can afford or what you think looks good and get started, then as you get to understand it your next selection (and there will be a next) will be more correct.
 
For me, the 16.5 WW2 has magic in it. But I'm 5'4", about average for a Nepali. The M43 also feels good. The 16.5 WW2 just seems right - for the unknown.

The 18" WW2's have a longer handle, and allow choking up or sliding back to the end to get extra velocity in the swing. Others love them ( presumably more average size ).

Fact is, anything in 16" to 18" length seems to find somebody to champion it as the perfect for them.

I'm going to cause consternation and say the 15" AK and Sirupati are fine, but I just don't care for the BAS. Give me a 14" villager for all around or a 16, or 17".

It's kind of like the 25-06, 308, 270, 280, 7x57, 7-08, 30-06. Bout any of them can do the same thing on most of the same game
 
Ben Around, your Fun Gu sounds much like the Tonopah/Goldfield style of fighting.

Walk into a bar without having a gun on. Rouse your enemy til he's ready to kill you and then leave, promising to get your pistol and come back.

Do so, but take your shotgun too. Hide in the bar's back alley, behind solid cover. settle down til your enemy takes some more liquid courage, and decides you aren't coming, and relaxes with a few more glasses. When he's ready to leave, he'll take the back door just to be safe.

Shoot him in the back with the shotgun from behind cover, shoot him with the other barrel. make sure with your pistol, and leave before anyone gets the gumption to check out what happened.

Wyatt Earp in his older days made a good amount of money from protection and
( not hidden but shares of ) ownership of bars in the area.
 
FunGu and Tonopah/Goldfield, now there's some real-world martial arts.:cool:
Djweaponx, don't listen to these cabbages. What you need is a Baby Ganga Ram. (I was tempted to have mercy on the poor guy, but nobody else was).:D
 
Sorry, should have informed you this was named after the Cantina in the first Star Wars ( due to the odd clientele ). It just seemed to go down the slippery slope from there.

No need to worry though. they've come a long way from the early days and the thorazine and such. Most of us do pretty well with a little monitoring to make sure we take our medication regularly. ( Well, sometimes a little modification of the doseage is called for. )
 
The dosage being 6 bottles or 12. :D
Meds are Heinekin, Guiness, similar poison. Mine's coffee.
BTW: 1 Khuk so far and no urge. How long in the germiniation phase of HIKV, anyway?

Brian
 
A lot of people mention Sirupatis when MA and kuks are mentioned, but the sirupatis just felt...wrong for me. The 16.5 WWII feels powerful, but lively. I have a GRS that hits like a ton of bricks, but is also not nearly as lively, and my Chitlangi doesn't feel as powerful. To each his own.

John
 
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