Funker Tactical Has Called Me Out!?
How dare he.
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Guys is spot on
To me it’s self explanatory. I mean with various disciplines such as learning to play an instrument, sports, drawing, etc., you have drills and practice to help you learn.
I don’t see what the debate is. It’s like saying movie fighting is real life in it’s totality.
I’m actually gonna agree with this guy when he says the flow drills teach instincts that non experienced martial artists don’t know… But on their own it’s trash and I agree with trav when he says it gives people a false sense of security. Trav’s knife defense is the only one I’ve seen that makes that perfectly clear.
Soooo…fuck this dude up
Soooo…. fuck this dude up
This is gonna be better than the Eminem Machine Gun Kelly thing… Trav is about to drop the killshot !!!
MGK got bodied
Surely it’s worse to ‘think’ you can defend yourself and miss your opportunity to do one.
Nah, he didn’t call you out. You both are essentially saying the same thing. Both saying practice, practice. And be practical. It’s just you’re funnier and easier to watch.
With or without the wardrobe malfunctions. 😅
Trav these guys at Funker are obviously all about knife fighting and know their craft well based on years of experience. What they focus on is next level stuff. They drill the shit out of everything. There is a difference between defending yourself from a knife wielding noob gone psycho and a knife wielding expert trained through a legacy culture of bladework. Both can be deadly, but the latter is going to likely end things far more rapidly, precisely, and effortlessly. That said, it would seem to be more useful to collaborate and share knowledge and views between audiences than to compete. I think we could all learn a lot by having both of your efforts come together and harvest the countless hours you all have dedicated to studying how to stay alive in such encounters.
Also perhaps worth repeating is one of the oft spoken “rules” of knife fighting: “A knife is most effective when felt and not seen.” And therein lies the challenge: to build your awareness/sixth sense abilities to avoid getting jacked in the first place. Rory Miller’s books and instruction approach Jedi level and are worth the reads and investment if you want to better get your head in the game. His experienced based threat and defense matrix (Meditations on Violence) can be an eye opener.
Rory has been a friend and colleague of mine for many years and I count myself lucky to have met him. He crystallized a lot of my experience in human violence both as a fighter as well as professional in violence professions (federal agent and now bouncer/security). Meditations should be mandatory reading for all martial arts. His blog is genius as well
That sounds so smart it’s dumb. Keep it simple stupid.
The Kali drills are good because they teach you how to move, but the line between drills and fighting are still blurred imo. Where is evidence that they can pull any of this stuff off against anybody with experience? That’s always the problem when these guy’s get called out. Showing drills doesn’t prove anything except they would most likely kill you way quicker with a blade. Defending against a knife is different and there’s really not a lot of evidence out there that they can pull it off. I’m not talking about life or death fights, but try and find a video where an expert is going against resisting opponents. Showing that would probably be bad for business.
Full disclosure: I am not a knife fighting expert or an ex-Navy Seal. But I did buy your full program after seeing your knife fighting video. I am completely satisfied with all of your program, so much that I bought the full programs for my daughter and her husband.
With respect to your credibility: I have been involved (mostly against my wishes) in a variety of street fights since about 1960, from one-on-ones to gang fights involving up to a hundred people. I “bounced” at a rural “roadhouse.” I hold a brown belt in judo and a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. My most valuable personal experience? Getting my ass kicked a number of times. The point? Two things. 1) Ya never know what’s gonna happen and how; and 2) Everything I see in your program has value for fighting. My forty-nine cents.
I agree. Especially with point 1. I have training in a couple of disciplines, and have been in some dark situations. Any attacker (or attackers) worth their salt, wont be seen coming. Only luck, or a ‘vibe’ you might have got a few seconds prior, is gonna save your ass there. After that, any ‘technique’ is for increasing your chances against school kids, wanna-be gangstas, and dumb-arses. And from what ive seen in Trav’s vids, he has a lot of good advice there.
Mike, you sound like a guy I’d like to buy a beer. Thanks for the wisdom.
Thanks for the compliment and the offer, but my beer days are over.