Who’s here after seeing her in The Mandalorian?

Both are awesome and the way of explain is completely adorable.

She is awesome in the Mandalorian they are the real deal with the knife

I am truly "WOWED!" Thank you for the defensive info!

That toe'd round kick to the hip flexor is devastating. Some Dutch systems use it, as does Savate. Incredibly debilitating. What a badass couple, much respect to all of you guys.

on another unrelated note: Diana seems like the coolest tita(filipino for auntie) ever.....unless you piss her off of course lol

Very informative. Thank you for giving out some very important details and giving honor to my ancestors' legacy.

what an amazing evolution of this art in the USA. I was introduced to Guru Dan in 1983, at a Maryland seminar, and have been to many of them since. Amazing, down to earth and personable people who love sharing and teaching this awesome art. Great vid, brother

To those saying that isolating the thumb this way is too difficult in real life, it can be done at full speed against a resisting opponent but it takes a tremendous amount of practice. After working on these techniques for almost 15 years I can do this type of "palasut" or passing motion without any thought. Also keep in mind that this is only one tool in the Kali / Silat toolbox. If you fail to secure this disarm you flow immediately into something else. One key point that many do not grasp is that the Kali / Silat approach is not based on trying to immediately control the knife. Instead it's based on achieving a positional advantage. Once you have that, you attempt to control the knife arm, then the hand, then get your disarm. Positional advantage + strike > arm > hand > disarm.

I like FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS very EFFECTIVE. thank you guys for sharing this techniques.

wow this was a pleasure to watch, this form of teaching is fantastic in my view, once repeated many times becomes second nature and flows naturally. I would love to attend your classes!

Love Mr Ron and Ms Diana instructors...very nice to see no ego and someone saying I’m a newb.

Love these flows. 😎🙏🏼👍🏼 Amazing work!!

Thank you for sharing OSS!!!

LOVE IT!!

LOVED this! very good stuff...in stress situations with completely different set of rules (even sweat can make any grabbing difficult) as he said initially, running is the best option

Very nicely done.

outstanding drill!!

Superb superb superb tq for the knife flow

Man what an awesome vid.

This video deserves my highest written praise: Fist Bump.

From their explanation and emphasizing on running away, i can tell Mr. Ron and Mrs. Diana have experienced some violent encounter before. No fancy and flashy stuff, just do whatever you can to run away. Nice video paulo.

I like it when you go closer to the camera,thanks.

I respect the work of the masters and the philosophy of sifu Dan. I am sure that no kind of disarmament would work against them! There is little to do but nothing against an expert, but it is right to study them. Greetings and good training

Ron Balicki ... Gracias por compartir su conocimiento...un saludo.

Excellent video! Thanks Ron and Diana, and Aperture!

*How the hell can i run if the one's chasing me is doug marcaida?*

Nice video. I learned some techniques from you guys. Keep it up.

ive trained briefly in balintawak escrima and even though i enjoyed it, i will still never put my complete faith in any self defense system against knives. never. you are going to get cut and even worse, this is fact. but what i liked about this was when ron demonstrated the ‘point of no return’ - the closest distance where you can’t run away anymore because the attacker will just stab you in the back when you turn your body. therefore, these knife demonstrations/techniques are SOLELY for those ‘point of no return’ situations where you HAVE to commit and engage in stopping the attackers knife hand. just hope that youre not damaged enough afterwards so you can get to a hospital and survive.

i like this style💙💙💙

my thoughts on this is that in a real life or death situation with adrenaline going and an aggressive unpredictable opponent that is constantly moving the knife or more likely trying the sewing machine attack, i'm not sure that the coordination and fine motor skills and reactions would be good enough to isolate the thumb and if you haven't got the thumb then those techniques don't work. i have tried pressure testing knife defense and disarms and am not experienced in kali just know some of the basics a friend showed me(he is an instructor but has decades of martial arts experience as do i), but we did drill all these disarms a lot then tried pressure testing them, and i don't think either of us managed to get the other one's thumb and perform an actual disarm, once you have the thumb the disarm is easy however getting the thumb was almost impossible. what we found as well was that the way we would attack was not what was taught to be defended against as would not wave the knife around infront but would keep it back safely away from disarm range, then approach and use other hand to create an opportunity to stab, often by trying to pin arms across chest and then sewing machine. we decided i think if in a real knife fight what seemed to be most effective was to not go for disarms but just to grab them if the opportunity presented it's self, however trying to go for them resulted in extra stabs (so if someone had never held a knife then there would probably be more opportunity, as both of us have quite a bit of experience so react to disarm attempts and as we train together can often see what they will be going for). so what we found most effective was to jam the elbow of the knife hand whilst using your other arm to try to gain a dominant position (whether by striking or whatever techniques you already know) and to use that moment of control to disengage and run away. so basically only fighting them to get an opportunity to run away. it's like you can train wing chun 20 years every day but in a real fight no techniques come out only reactions and intent, you will never see anyone throw a bong - wu or a tan - da on the street or even in the ring the thing that does come out is the principles and structure (like dominating the center, upper body triangle, structure of a guard) so you will see the structure of well drilled techniques and their intent but will not see the actual technique, so all the intracesis(ok no idea how that should be spelt) and finger positioning disappear but the principles and structure will remain. so from my experience grabbing the thumb is expecting too much in a real life combat scenario but that is only my opinion

Mr Ron&mrs Diana good job

Balicki seems smart and tough, but the chance of this working against a committed attacker is real slim. Something to keep in mind.

6:10 Hi guys! Son Tsi here from the viper kuen school. You probably haven’t heard of us. We are relatively new. I wanted to shed light on Dianna and Ron’s expert tutorial. I mean this very respectfully, and in no way do I think I’m superior to Ron. In no way. But.. with that said. The techniques where we “Try to take a knife?” I’m thinking we ought to scrap that modality. If you pause the camera on the part where Dianna sweeps his arm to the outside and uses a HUEN SAO then uses her open hand to push the knife away with the back of her arm. If you pause it on that take. You’ll notice, the minute you make contact with the opponents knife hand. He’ll likely JERK or PULL BACK. This we refer to as a FRENCH FRIED FINGER EFFECT. Look at when she puts her arm on RONS knife arm near his thumb. If he even turns the knife slightly, just by happenstance even, your going to get cut. The only reason I’m doing this comment, is because I’m working on a modality that does way better. Using BUI SAO to injure the eyes while grabbing in such a way as to twist the attacker around facing away from you. Injuring the eyes viciously. I’ll keep you posted because I’m not completely done with it yet. 🥊💥💯

So beautifully clear. Thanks and respect!

My edc blade is a karambit. Any ideas on that?a video with different blades would be neat.

Amazing Sir Ron and his wife are really a good martial artist

Run or find a chair. Or look around find a stick broom stick sweep stick. A blunt object longer than stick. Even a rolled newspaper.

Respect.

Simplistic and informative. Great video for beginners such as myself. I got a lot out of this. Thank you both.

I wish I could take a private lesson with Diana and Ron.

Met guru Ron at NRAAM, so personable.

nifty. only thing missing is her dad, and maybe Doug Marcaida :D

Guro Balicki is awesome! 🙏🏻

This will works perfectly in the jason burn movies.

Amazing training. “This isn’t Hollywood your gonna get cut”

you have to just use a figure 4 kimura or have some kind of leather cloth that you can wrap around the blade, or gloves that are strong to shield from the blade

much respect from nyc ,bronx ,guro ron is awesome ,gn you are doing great work ,

2 masters of kali! Fantastic video!!!!

Good advice telling folks to RUN as the first option to being faced with a blade in the street.......Running may bruise the ego but is a 'profitable enterprise'....For instance with Wong Jack Man we learned that experience showed that the best way of dealing with BRUCE LEE in a no rules fight was to RUN AWAY.....TERRIBLY FAST.....lol

Very nice. Thank you for your knowledge

Amazon sells sleeves that are inexpensive, kevlar, like a cut resistant sock going over the forearm. I have a Taylor sew pockets and sheaths into places on my clothes for my tools....discreet carry.

No bullshit here .great teachers with a wealth of down to earth blocks .Thank you sir

Here's what I think re: the knife? "Chase the world...and the world will run away from you? Run away from this world....and IT will chase YOU ! R.J.

same disarms from the lamenco video very consistent through the years

The trouble with these self-defence methods is that the majority of the time they don’t work in real situations and give naive people the idea that they can protect themselves. Maybe better than not having any experience at all but still dangerous if instead of avoiding and escalating situation or running away from a situation you feel confident and stay then try to fight. An experienced martial artist gets into a situation at a bar, most altercations happen that way; the experienced martial artist has had enough of this thug threatening him and his wife so he puts his glass down to prepare himself to defend or attack the guy, the thug just shoves the glass in his face, he doesn’t put his glass down, different way of thinking. Its split seconds that make the difference, by the time most people realise they are going to be involved in bother it’s over. Most people who get stabbed don't even know that the person has knife and the don't realise they have been cut until they see their entrails hanging down past their knees; basically people with knives don't flash them about or even signal that they intend to attack you.

Would love to do knife training

an important lesson leaned here !..you have to be taken to the pain or you will never understand the tech behind it !.

Redirecting energy can also be used to the opponents advantage. The opponent can build off the redirecting energy. This must be looked in to. Very great video regardless. Any information can help

Ron and Diana are awesome-learned a lot from their videos. Guro Dan is obviously a legend as well. Good stuff.

Lesson number one in knife fight is or should I call it sayonachi

WOW, thank you for sharing. So many little things in this vid, that are often over looked in other vid.

SUBSCRIBED. The Husband & wife that knife train & pray together , stay together

DIANA IS BEAUTIFUL!!

My master

remember lesson #15.

These two masters did not change 😊 they look young and healthy 😊

How wonderful. ...☺

Where can I go to train with them lol

Now let's see some pressure testing

I got into a fight with a guy and his friend grabbed me, threatened me with a knife, and I couldn't get away because he cornered me.

I've been in martial arts since I was a teenager and have practiced a handful of styles and I fully admit there was a time when I thought/believed [a lot] of this kind of technique from karate all the way to escrima arts would be effective if learned properly. As I've grown in martial arts, combat sports and "self defense". my honest opinion regarding knife disarms are [for the most part] a waste of time and have an almost zero chance of ever being pulled off in a real world situation. main reason being is the overly complex fine motor movement and number of movements required to even learn it in a controlled and relax environment. More so to the point it has been scientifically verified that when real stress and adrenaline dump happens in true fear of bodily harm or death that fine motor control is basically gone and you're left with gross motor control. I keep this in mind and apply this critique to many of the long standing traditional martial arts and yes, ultimately, this is just my opinion and I give it honestly and without malice. respect to all practioners 🙏🏽

" Diana " acts like a big shot a little bit ..lol too funny

Locking the thumb digit is correct, but never ever touch the blade, instead slam to back of palm on the knuckles trying to break the wrist.. The hand will open and knife will drop.. follow up with open hand strike to the voice box & then snep the eye ball with speed... They will grasp the eye and choke, then break the knee joint. real street fighting .. I have doe it 11 times as a nightclub security. also disarmed 4 handguns & 2 rifle types.. In my life I been taking martial arts from age of 8 year sold till now 57.. doing this techniques must be done 500 times and brushed up 20 times a day.. speed, technique & perfection is key...

If they manage to do it at the speed of a real attack, they will have an admirer in me and my total respect, just as they are teaching it, I can only say that their technique is only hypothetical and never proven.

What if its a double bladed knife

NICE !

i feel a little sorry for him, two masters not gonna let him quite easily unless he master it. his face was like " please master let me go home"

7:31 so it’s a thumb submission... I didn’t know that.?

love to ya bro..I love that initial cali style strike to the fore arm and the big loop pushing the the knife hand towards him, but I am way to ignorant to do much more.If I get that arm pushed down and chased around in a circle and catch it with one hand I will grab it with both hands any way I can get a hold of it. the wing chun fellow said "control the weapon at all costs".I am not letting go to grab the thumb base I am not trying to knock that knife out of his hand, while I try to hold on with one hand. I will be kicking shins stomping feet trying to stab the guy with his own hand, biting beating that hand on anything handy, twisting that arm out of the socket.You are correct about "don't let them pull the weapon, and grabbing those hands." I am not nearly so polite as you are the second they reach for that weapon I grab those hands and head butt them as fast as I can, and push. them back wards as fast as I can, as far as I can.Hope fully when they fall I will be on top of them driving the other guys elbows in the ground with all my weight on my hands.I really love the video but I am not that skilled.

Geez... wouldn't he be so nice, Ron Balicki would scare the shit outta you...

in real life situation we should already saw some signs that its gonna be life or death before it hapens ten steps ahead we should always be the one who gives the first strike ...if u wanna survive a real life or death situation no fear ones u decide to engage

I liked the beginning and retention/stopping the knife pull, 2 on 1 control etc...and then they did the knife pass and wrist stuff. Shoulda quit while they were ahead. Any kind of fine motor skill takeaway when it comes to knife in a stress situation is no bueno in my book.

You are going to be as good as Frank Castle after this training bro :) FMA is an amazing art

But who attacks that way

The knife is a sneaky weapon so to speak, to show the weapon is for intimidation most times the person using it will target the weaker and better to give up your belongings than taking a chance on trying to use any of these moves. You will get cut just depends on how badly it will happen to you

Talking knives living Heads flowered

Against a real attack? Ha, Ha, Ha. You guys kill me.

I can’t even see! is all the way down there! If they come a little more closer to the camera!

I don't agree with the 1st technique that you showed as far as grabbing his hands when he was reaching for his blade because you're gonna get punched in the face and then you're just gonna pull the knife at that point and step you anyway Yes this is just my opinion but I've been around the block a few times And that would not work the 2nd technique that you showed I bow to you sir It made sense It was a all around decent technique I have been studying many years Like I said I've been around the block quite a few times in conclusion have a great day thank you so much for your knowledge

In the traditional calm setting it’s fine, in real world violence not in a million years, nothing works, only luck and just survival

i m not sure i could pull off these little nuances in the grip - if i was adrenalised.

There are some gullible folks online to think this is the way to retreat a knife attack. Of course, with this style, you are bound to get stabbed a few times.

Why shoes on Mat.? o.O

dati naglalaro ako ng video game n Metal Gear peacewalker tapos may martial arts system dun tawag CQC (cloase quartes combat) eto pala un!!!!sobrang galing, mas makatotohana at mas epektibo talaga to.sana matutunan ko rin to. SALAMAT AT MABUHAY ANG KALI.

Vs knife..no better than kali escrima and particularly pekiti tersia by Guro Tuhon.T.Gaje.

At 6:44 if you switch your lead leg you won't get your femoral artery cut.

"The best defense against a knife is a gun" What the fuck? Anyone ever heard of a flamethrower?

I get it I see the logic but the mechanics of being able to execute it are another thing. Has anyone use a knife disarm technique similar to this in a real life situation?

bullshito moves on pasive students !!