Kukri techniques

I always enjoy watching that guy. He's pretty controversial in the Sikh community but he's fun to watch.
Never ceases to amaze me how much empty hand shastar vidiya looks like empty hand silat.
 
I've seen quite a few videos from that guy on youtube. Why is he controversial? Or is that something we don't want to get into?
 
Some of those techniques seem so elaborated, remind me of staged Aikido stuff that works well during a demo, and when getting into the a real-life confrontation / into a ring, get reduced to wide sloppy haymakers. I may be very wrong, and this guy might have an incredible muscle memory, able to pull off everything under stress. To use the same analogy, I'd go with Judo everyday rather than Aikido. And with Dog Brothers, and the risk of being slapped hard, rather than more flashy stuff.

I have no idea why he is controversial, hopefully I didn't open the wrong can of worms :).
 
Moonw said:
Some of those techniques seem so elaborated, remind me of staged Aikido stuff that works well during a demo, and when getting into the a real-life confrontation / into a ring, get reduced to wide sloppy haymakers. I may be very wrong, and this guy might have an incredible muscle memory, able to pull off everything under stress. To use the same analogy, I'd go with Judo everyday rather than Aikido. And with Dog Brothers, and the risk of being slapped hard, rather than more flashy stuff.

I have no idea why he is controversial, hopefully I didn't open the wrong can of worms :).
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The armed stuff is strictly demo work-nobody turns their back on an operational opponent (not twice, anyway).
A lot of the unarmed stuff would work IMO if they train muscle memory drills ala silat/panantukan/wing chun-but like any other art the wancy stuff is for the first ten seconds-after that you better be able to throw down.
(Same goes for judo, jujitsu, etc.- if you blow the initial throw/lock/whatever opportunity you hafta be able to plain old fight until ya get another opportunity).
A google search for shastar vidiya will reveal the controversy-not a big deal to us, just doctrinal stuff. I just got stuck waiting for a flight and started reading random stuff-only reason I know at all.
 
Very enjoyable video.

Obviously demos are different from real life fights or even athletic competitions like MMA.

1. In a real life fight there's usually a huge mismatch between the opponents. One might be bigger, stronger, better trained or better armed than the other, or with the advantage of surprise. Sometimes the surprise goes the other way, when someone tries to mug the wrong person based on appearances. Most real life fights involving edged weapons end after one or two moves, and sometimes the big difference is which guy is tangled up or tripped by stuff that gets in the way. Myamoto Musashi made a point about forcing an opponent into obstacles and confined spaces.

2. In athletic contests the organizers usually try to make competitive matches, so you don't get a novice or bully-type pitted against a master. Many moves that work well against a surprised or untrained opponent will fail against a skilled opponent who knows the proper counter, or who is well-enough conditioned to withstand blows that might incapacitate most people.

Apart from all this, the video shows a wide variety of techniques, executed (in slow motion) by a master who certainly would be quite deadly in a real fight.
 
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