Khukuri knife fighting techniques

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brent52

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Hi

On youtube a fella by the name of Sunny ...demonstrates 9 ro 10 different methods of khukuri combat knife fighting

here is the youtube header : Shuny Bee - Khukuri Knife
 
This is a nice find; thank you. It's always good to see a demonstration, instead of having to guess.
 
Does his mommy know he's playing martial artist today?

That's somewhere between a cute mall ninja and an embarrassment to the khukri.
 
I did like the way the guy sitting at a desk behind him just got up and walked off screen without any concerns for interrupting the video ...maybe he was the Sensei?
 
MagenDavid said:
Does his mommy know he's playing martial artist today?

That's somewhere between a cute mall ninja and an embarrassment to the khukri.
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This Shuny Bee guy looks like an accomplished martial artist. I took a look at a few of his other videos and also reviews of the movie, Gorkha Protector.

He is actually really good. :)

MagenDavid, check out some of his other vids and then have a nice, thick slice of humble pie on me.
 
The offensive techniques are technically correct and would be useful against an unarmed non resisting opponent.
For a starter video teaching the basic offensive techniques it's fine.
However,the common mistake of ignoring defensive technique or integrating defense with offense is made.When you learn from a master you learn all technique is half offense and half defense.In Chinese Boxing it's called 69 theory but you see the same thing in Fencing and Medieval combat manuals.
There are ways to block and attack simultaneously,to use angles to deflect attacks while landing your own attack,to bridge and trap your opponents weapon making it safe for your attack.
Basically what I'm saying is advanced technique is half offense and half defense.
Better to learn that from the beginning then to have to relearn everything you've spent time practicing and putting into muscle memory.
 
I have no comment on the videos, I only want to know one thing: What is he teaching?
He has a Korean flag, a Japanese shodo (poster) talking about a Nepali weapon and yet he does not appear to be Asian.
One must assume that he "created" all of his techniques or got them from books written by other people. That's ok and all, but it would be nice to know the origins of what he is teaching.
 
I was looking at the wrong video.
This guy isn't too bad. Little bit of parlor trickery here, but certainly not the insult to the khukri for which I was mistaking him.
Like Danny, though, I'm curious of his teacher and style.
 
I was looking at the wrong video.
This guy isn't too bad. Little bit of parlor trickery here, but certainly not the insult to the khukri for which I was mistaking him.
Like Danny, though, I'm curious of his teacher and style.
 
It looks to me like a simple, fairly universal set of striking drills, which could probably be learned, and incorporated into existing MA practice, pretty quickly. Provided that you already have a framework of training to work within, that's an adequate place to begin.
 
I'm pretty sure Uncle Bill used to talk about how the training that most of the Gurkhas got in the military sense were just basic strikes. Strike to the leg, strike to the neck, strike to the gut, etc.

Of course, taking someone who has used a particular knife day in and day out from the time they could walk for general chores would probably mean that they would get the hang of a martial blow pretty quickly.
 
Steely_Gunz said:
I'm pretty sure Uncle Bill used to talk about how the training that most of the Gurkhas got in the military sense were just basic strikes. Strike to the leg, strike to the neck, strike to the gut, etc.

Of course, taking someone who has used a particular knife day in and day out from the time they could walk for general chores would probably mean that they would get the hang of a martial blow pretty quickly.
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I would certainly hesitate to enter a knife fight with Nepali farmer.
 
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