http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrN_0Vvs3dc&search=silat%20stick

It starts off a little slow, but then the poor guy assisting has to put a helmet on.....

Not bad, even though it just looks like Escrima to me. I guess that's to be expected considering both arts have influenced each other to a certain degree.

I've never done those types of drills with a guy wearing armor. It looks like a good way to practice technique at something approaching full force, which is always a plus. Too bad there wasn't a sparring demo. Thats where the real test of skill is.

Another good "demonstration" of 'art'.

Otherwise, 90% of it was garbage.

IMO of course.


-John

Looks more like some of our mid ranked students do when warming up with a few disarms and some strike patterns.

The sinawali wasn't particularly flash.
Some of my orange belts [6th kyu] do it a lot better IMHO!

I couldn't stop laughing at the sounds the "targets" were making when they were practicing with the armor!

Here is what *I* call stick fighting:

Real Contact



-John

I liked how he got to whack that guy's head in the demo, hahah, what I would give to do that a few times!

And John, nice video. MMA expanded even more. I like he says you can fight with any kind of weapon you want. Nunchaku, boken, tonfa, sticks, staff, endless choices!! It represent alot of what Kali fighting is I guess. Starting with a weapon and then eventually you progress to when you no longer have a weapon, which is empty hand fighting. Nice find.

It IS the ultimate expresion of MMA anywhere! No judges or scoring system, referees or trophies. About as perfect as you can get.

And for those who don't know, that is NOT training session. Training is toned down. They don't engage like that but twice per year.


-John

Yep, and they have to "know" you for you to be admitted to fight in a gathering, and you can't be a "dog" without doing a few gatherings. As cool as it would be if everyone trained this way, it will never happen. The dog bros are carefully regimented as to not allow for the suckerfish of today's letiguous society to infiltrate their ranks and possibly do harm to their organization. However, if you go to their site they do offer the opportunity to train with them for a day or more exclusively. Even if you don't go "full contact", I would imagine it would be immensely helpful for your stick/knife fighting and I plan to take advantage of this as soon as possible. Just don't forget it's ok to have fun with kali too. The back alley behind your house, some pals and padded sticks can always make for an exciting sunday afternoon.