Gladiator fights coming to TV and such soon?

Yea I had a brother who did that for awhile, was pretty neat but definitely dangerous. This was back in the early days of carbon fiber knife fighting though.

It will probly be awkward to watch. I've trained in Sayoc Kali for about a decade now, and we spar about once a week in pads with hard rubber knives.

As well as stick fighting. Even without the real weapons it hurts like a bitch.

Real sword, and knife fighting from the Philippines is very low effort, All killing blows. So with armor on this is going to be almost like tae kwon do imo. People using alot of moves that would in no way be efficient for real fighting. More like a sport

Will check it out if it ever airs

I guess what I mean is, no one is going to die on the show. I assume it works off some kind of point system so people will use un conventional moves to score points.

Real sword (Machete/long blade) and knife fighting which is still heavily used in the Philippines, and where we get most of our techniques from is made to be a quick kill not to be drawn out.

When it does get drawn out its very clumsy to watch. Really not that exciting

Seems fun, wish I had that set up

Having watched some of their demos I have zero interest in ever seeing anything like this again as they seem to have completely missed the point of fighting exhibitions completely; yes they are demonstrations of skill and physical prowess but just as important is the sense of danger and excitement we experience watching another frail human being expose themselves to physical harm while demonstrating that skill. What they have instead done is completely remove the human element from the equation and replaced it with what amounts to a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em ROBOT match with faceless automatons wearing full black impenetrable shells while going through the motions of swinging completely ineffectual weapons around... it just looks absurd. It amounts to watching those remote controlled robot duels if said robots were not allowed to destroy one another and shower the arena with sparks and shards of metal and were instead forced beat on one another with padded arms for score points.

Watching choreographed weapon exhibitions would probably be more entertaining.

lanx_sl said:

Holy shit, this white guy is like the perfect Walking Dead Zombie. But yea this demo was so boring, i can't fault the guy.

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Like I said earlier it's really boring to watch.It's not supposed be flashy like the movies. Allot of Knife moves don't need power or speed behind them to be lethal. Which makes it perfect for anyone to learn.
The chances you will meet a person as well trained as you is pretty slim so the first thing they teach you is the point system. You don't want a altercation to get where you you are not disabling them immediately, but if it happens you can regain control so that you are the feeder.

But yeah those are the trainer Knives you use while sparring.

I'm white so I know very little about the Philippines, but according to friends I have in class, the reason there is so many weapons martial arts coming out of that place is because there are so many small islands that fight all the time.

I know that's where we get Leatherneck from because so many Marines got there throats cut that they had to start wearing neck protection while on those islands.


Amazing system, that will save your life, if you can find a qualified teacher in your area.

Bahala Na is another good one, it has many similarities with Sayoc Kali but trains with sticks that simulate the machetes ( swords) they use in jungle warfare.

Sayoc Kali is not just Knives tho it teaches you to use all weapons. Knife And Gun, Axe and Knife, things that are in your environment etc
Knives are just really easy to conceal, and are legal up to a certain length in almost all states versus Guns that are much tougher to keep on you with out attracting attention.

Also very low effort to gut, or bleed out any man with a knife.


One thing I thought that was funny on that video was when she asked them do they carry weapons all the time. You really have to. You have to get used to deploying a weapon, because most people when adrenaline kicks in they will drop their gun, knives etc on the floor. It happens all the time.

Unless they bring in sharpened blades made of steel and chainmail for protection i have zero desire to watch.

Column_sl said:

I know that's where we get Leatherneck from because so many Marines got there throats cut that they had to start wearing neck protection while on those islands.

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Leatherneck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term Leatherneck | Marine Corps Stories | Scuttlebutt | Sgt Grit

could link other articles, but the term leatherneck has been around WAY longer than US occupation of the phillipines.

just random fyi stuff