Knife Fighting Techniques that are super effective - Filipino Knife Drill

[Music] today we're going to be taking a look at some knife fighting techniques of kali let's grab a training knife and uh let's do this drill together real quick all right so for this drill we're taking a look at uh doing this drill starting off in the reverse grip and it's a total of seven movements we're working different types of tactics and blending them into one drill so we're going to start off right here in a neutral position we're going to turn to the right as if our opponent is approaching to the right and this could also be you know starting to get into that bladed position as well so you can look at it that way also first movement i'm gonna start off with a circular two thrust just like this and then go into a broken vertical thrust from there we're gonna go into some countering an outside tap and an inside tap from there we're gonna slash to the eyes we're going to thrust low to the groin and then we're going to come up and we're going to thrust up to the eyes now right here as we're thrusting to the eyes we have two options we can go ahead and go into this basic jabbing thrust or we can go into what's called the extended largo footwork and raise that rear foot and that's going to give you about an extra foot or foot and a half extended reach so from here circular into the vertical outside tap inside tap slash the eyes thrusting down that jabbing thrust to the groin and then up jabbing thrust to the eyes let's take a look at this one from uh from the back from here circular into the vertical tap low to the outside tap low to the inside slash up to the eyes thrust the groin and thrust out to the eye [Music] once you've practiced this drill on the right hand side okay you can also practice this drill on the left hand side as well boom and bop right there the other thing that you can do is you can do these exact same movements the exact same exercise from the forward grip let's take a look at it but from here this is going to become a circular slash into the broken vertical we're going to tap to the outside and tap to the inside slashing the eyes jabbing load to the groin and jabbing back up to the eyes [Music] this is a great drill to practice it's very dynamic and it covers a lot of the different knife fighting tactics and aspects different elevational changes but we're also working in the slashing the thrusting the tapping on the countering and that quick firing of the jab and it's really cool because right you can work it in both grips right hand and left hand if you want to take your kali knife training to the next level i have a link down in the description below that will take you over to my online school and go check out my complete kali knife fighting course remember consistent practice daily practice is essential start slow with every new drill and as you are starting to get more and more familiar with the movements your coordination is improving then gradually pick up the speed but remember always to start slow when you start slow you're going to learn a lot faster if you try to start fast you're going to learn a lot slower get outside go let nature be your colleague dojo and i'll see you guys back here next time [Music] you