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Bartitsu stiletto knife techniques

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  • @larshaas2658
    @larshaas2658 Жыл бұрын

    Envisioning knife fights always puts chills down my spine, no one wins. One dies on the street one dies in the hospital.

  • @therealbenfudge
    @therealbenfudge3 жыл бұрын

    This bro looks like a randomized character from red dead

  • @TommyMooreww2combatives

    @TommyMooreww2combatives

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha I’ve never been called an NPC before. But given the epic nature of the game I’ll take it!

  • @accountisnotdeleted1063

    @accountisnotdeleted1063

    3 жыл бұрын

    The cowboy mafia

  • @DinoMeat-qw4lg

    @DinoMeat-qw4lg

    3 жыл бұрын

    omg hahaha

  • @Spalbeert

    @Spalbeert

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @subarashiiashi3894

    @subarashiiashi3894

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@accountisnotdeleted1063 "Ah reckon ah'll give em an offer they ain't in a position to refuse"

  • @skyc3598
    @skyc35983 жыл бұрын

    Kids, always remember, when thrusting at the torso, turn your blade horizontal to ensure you penetrate the ribcage of your opponent.

  • @skyc3598

    @skyc3598

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Kuka Munga yes maam

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Жыл бұрын

    1:40 - Drawing the stiletto 2:50 - Stance 4:15 - Cut 5:25 - Slash 7:35 - Thrust 8:45 - Lunge 10:20 - Combos 11:20 - Eye contact 12:00 - Covering the knife 13:00 - Conclusion

  • @DavyCrosier
    @DavyCrosier2 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully explained and executed. It’s wonderful to see an instructor blend gentleman’s fighting with modern combative style. Well done!

  • @stevenfeduk4833
    @stevenfeduk48332 жыл бұрын

    With such a gentlemanly, well executed demonstration, I began to feel he was defending his suspenders. Thank you so very much!

  • @CS-rh2ce
    @CS-rh2ce Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video sir! I carry an Italian stiletto with me as I live in a dangerous city and I walk home from work late at night in the dark. Your a natural instructor, clear, concise, and effective. Thank you very much!

  • @sandmanbrian777
    @sandmanbrian7773 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the succinct explanation with insights into these techniques.

  • @therealpinkguy2772
    @therealpinkguy27723 жыл бұрын

    I’m surprised this dude doesn’t carry a giant great sword called the Berserker’s Bane

  • @tuberocker69
    @tuberocker698 ай бұрын

    Is there anything cooler than a leather jacket, a zippo, and a good quality Italian stiletto?

  • @ItaloGallese
    @ItaloGallese3 жыл бұрын

    This is brilliant. I’m a teacher... not martial arts. Your delivery is crystal clear, repeated and concise. Can’t find fault... well Quattrochi is pronounced Quattro “ocky” in English! But I’m Italian. Keep these coming my pal James has trained with you. I will too hopefully 🙏

  • @jungi001

    @jungi001

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good luck fighting rogue students then :)

  • @enzofernandocosta449
    @enzofernandocosta4492 жыл бұрын

    I live in a country with a significant influence of Italian immigration, and I have formed the idea that the "stiletto" was wielded with the free hand behind only in duels subject to a "codice d'onore" in which they sought to achieve a "first blood" with shallow cuts and stab wounds. That fencing position would be suicidal in a criminal environment. Other than that, its design makes it very attractive and elegant, good for a quick defensive move, but bad for a prolonged engagement. Very interesting your reminder of this weapon and its technique of use.

  • @olparax4570

    @olparax4570

    Жыл бұрын

    Brasileiro?

  • @jasonashley4579
    @jasonashley45792 жыл бұрын

    I grew up I'm an Italian neighborhood in Kansas City, my uncle's carried stilettos with them everywhere, and snubbies.

  • @Inv1cto

    @Inv1cto

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ah classic

  • @tim777us
    @tim777us2 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea that Bartitsu used dagger style techniques! Wonderful!

  • @devildust1003
    @devildust100311 ай бұрын

    Good to see an English man not telling me to destroy my knife collection I've had since my pre teen years! I have pieces an American would lust after..

  • @deanmilward3917
    @deanmilward39178 ай бұрын

    Outstanding attire sir.

  • @user-pd2ue7nj5n
    @user-pd2ue7nj5n Жыл бұрын

    this helped me overcome fear of someone… thx very much❤❤

  • @knifeguy9134
    @knifeguy91343 жыл бұрын

    This has been a pretty cool video, I carry a stiletto almost everyday it’s a kershaw launch 8. I’m either tactical or gentleman lol so it’s cool to see someone who helps teach people how to fight with a stiletto.

  • @chewysofa550
    @chewysofa5502 жыл бұрын

    Ive been jumped too many times, i bought a stiletto because I can't get a gun. Hopefully next time I get jumped I can scare away or defend myself with a knife.

  • @ishollow
    @ishollow3 жыл бұрын

    Good video. Brief, precise and concise.

  • @buzby3353
    @buzby33533 жыл бұрын

    all jokes aside, i walk home from bdubs every sunday and wednesday (saving up for a car), there are always a bunch of people who look at me as walk by them, this video really helped my out as im getting one for my bday, thanks for this

  • @adrianmorales4966

    @adrianmorales4966

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@treasuretim3 😂

  • @tx.tactical3165
    @tx.tactical31653 жыл бұрын

    Very good stuff Sir, thank you for posting it...

  • @mishanya9495
    @mishanya94952 жыл бұрын

    Stabbing is the most british thing ever

  • @allesblau1947
    @allesblau1947 Жыл бұрын

    GREAT TECHNIQUES FOR PERSONAL DEFENSE.

  • @shootingorguk
    @shootingorguk3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Tommy - great content 👌🏻 have you recorded a video on how to defend against the same weapon, if confronted by 1 or more assailants with a knife, if they hold it out in this style? In my old jujitsu training we were taught, if possible to immediately reach for any object or implement to use as a counter weapon, and failing that to try to grab a jacket / curtain / towel to wrap around your arm to use as a ‘shield’ to absorb their first attack, while you close the gap in order to counter.

  • @alexfresel6198
    @alexfresel619810 ай бұрын

    Thanks just what I was looking for. Will probably get a Benchmade SOCP folder. I also like the potential for use as a yawara. Friend of mine who works as a security guard neutralized someone using a closed Cold Steel Ti- Lite So this got me to thinking.

  • @rusiloveittt5113
    @rusiloveittt51132 жыл бұрын

    That man looks like he's from Irish mafia

  • @federicosilvestri569
    @federicosilvestri56916 күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Goofiest_goober838
    @Goofiest_goober8383 жыл бұрын

    great video! but one thing carrying the knife with the knifey bit down is actually called "tip up" because the tip of the knife is pointing up while in the folding position.

  • @kalimaster0807
    @kalimaster080711 ай бұрын

    Very well presented the basis of knife fighting! Good job, sir!👍

  • @mood1676
    @mood16762 жыл бұрын

    I was under the assumption that stiletto blade are thin and not for slashing, but only stabbing like a large needle.

  • @toddsmith3874
    @toddsmith38743 жыл бұрын

    this is a same idea i was taught some jujitsu combinded with knife fighting the slashes are 1s and 2s 3s and 4s at horizontal 5s and 6s upwards horizontal all slashing techniques tear down the oppoenet wont last long being sliced to shreds but can still live to tell tale/

  • @ratebait2254
    @ratebait22542 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @TheRealRomansThirteen
    @TheRealRomansThirteen9 күн бұрын

    Yeah the first thing I see from a knife fighting perspective is the straight lunge under the intercostal spaces 344556 of the ribs or just under the rib cage to the bottom of the heart targeting the eye or the airway you always want to slash out but the Stiletto just became king in my book for the civilian dagger because of the subclavian stab to the heart and exiting taking out the artery. The last technique is always the best with Tommy Moore because not only do you have the concealment you have the cut to the eye vertically followed by the natural downward thrust into the targets left side where the heart is severing the aorta stopping the fight severing the artery too. Instant kill. I really like this vertical slash Libra knife fighting has a little wrist flick that goes horizontal using the tip of the blade and the movement of the wrist. The last technique makes the most sense because it's counter-ambush it's offensive fighting. I understand the literature going back in the day and they showed individuals fencing off in a duel. Maybe that was common practice back then but they say now those techniques will get you killed. It's fascinating that the arm goes behind the back. The reason being because you're the arteries inside of the forearm. Perhaps with systema movements your pivoting the hips to move the chest out of the way. I've seen something very similar to this from Adam Celadin in the Czech Republic using batons. He tends to throw his arm behind his back for a full swing. And it appears to offer more momentum. So is it for evasion is it for defense or is it to increase momentum? These videos are so comprehensive thank you so much.

  • @GT3-RS_992
    @GT3-RS_9926 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @davidallen7540
    @davidallen75402 жыл бұрын

    Great channel. Real world self defence

  • @thijmenhoogbruin2269
    @thijmenhoogbruin22693 жыл бұрын

    Sound effects on point

  • @laveyan4353
    @laveyan43533 жыл бұрын

    Great channel. Very informative! Ty!!

  • @israelloyd7802
    @israelloyd78023 жыл бұрын

    Hey greatings Tom Good very educational videos of Self-defense

  • @powerplay4real174
    @powerplay4real1742 ай бұрын

    It always helps to have a knife made of quality steel like AUS8a or 440c especially if you're planning to slash and not just thrust because some steel will scratch but cuts very poorly especially if the opponent is wear denim or leather or heavy cotton jacket 🧥 or something of that type. 😊

  • @navajador
    @navajador3 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Thank you for sharing. Can you share, if able, where you got your information from? Is the information from historical records (books, news articles, etc...) or is the information more modern? Also while not Bartitsu specific, do you have any views on the Arditi and their use of the knife?

  • @vAstronomia
    @vAstronomia6 ай бұрын

    Great video m8 🖖

  • @brenton9492
    @brenton94923 жыл бұрын

    Very informative video! Thank you :)

  • @BionicDeathclaw
    @BionicDeathclaw Жыл бұрын

    As an American I appreciate the accent, it let's me know he knows what he's talking about.

  • @xerpogi438
    @xerpogi4383 жыл бұрын

    now i feel unstoppable

  • @voidwarden1413

    @voidwarden1413

    Жыл бұрын

    Wait till the opponente has a gun

  • @justinsmith2227
    @justinsmith22273 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to Kingsman

  • @JugglesGrenades
    @JugglesGrenades3 жыл бұрын

    Watch CCTV videos of actual knife attacks. Most of the time the attacker will grab the victim with the "off hand" (also called the leveraging arm) Then the blade is thrust like a sewing machine. Fast and repeatedly. By grabbing the victim with the other hand, the range is perfect, and the victim cannot run away.

  • @jeffreybarton1297

    @jeffreybarton1297

    Жыл бұрын

    The sewing machine is very difficult to defend against, too. Once the first couple of stabs happen the victim quickly loses the will to do anything but shout.

  • @arielantivero4315
    @arielantivero431519 күн бұрын

    Great video! Do you have any bibliography on stiletto fencing?

  • @SVNT0
    @SVNT0 Жыл бұрын

    This tutorial pops up when you’re born in south London

  • @wojciechx330
    @wojciechx33011 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @RussellBarnhart-dw4kh
    @RussellBarnhart-dw4kh11 ай бұрын

    Thank you sir ! ♈⚓⚓♈

  • @rosamariamacielnavarro5333
    @rosamariamacielnavarro533311 ай бұрын

    Irish stick cane & fencing knife or sword, please, great video...

  • @francisconikotian2326
    @francisconikotian23262 жыл бұрын

    my hand and finger tendons already feel cut just from watching this

  • @martinek4826
    @martinek48265 ай бұрын

    Outstanding video. Much appreciated. For fighting with stiletto do you prefer 4 or 6 inch blade?

  • @JC-ds1jh
    @JC-ds1jh2 жыл бұрын

    Lol I ended up buying 3 of those knives because of this video

  • @stylechild23
    @stylechild233 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone find a manual of arms? I'm coming up short in every search I make and I am a consummate Stiletto enthusiast.

  • @johnbella913
    @johnbella9132 жыл бұрын

    Well done!

  • @johnbella913

    @johnbella913

    Жыл бұрын

    Another ''traditional Sicilian'' technique is the ''Eagle Hand''.....Are you familiar with it?

  • @greeneyedlunatic7473
    @greeneyedlunatic74733 жыл бұрын

    This fighting style is very close to Israeli fighting that I was used to be. But I think Italian style it’s older and experienced fighting style.

  • @whitemom9944
    @whitemom9944 Жыл бұрын

    How he looks:💪🧔‍♂️🧔 How he talks:🙂😃😊🤗

  • @josephmac2386
    @josephmac23862 жыл бұрын

    I think anything with an Emerson wave or a pocket opening thumb plate beats a switchblade a hundred times. Especially if it's a big Cold Steel

  • @jeffreybarton1297

    @jeffreybarton1297

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes. I've got a 6 inch Cold Steel T-lite. Very much a stiletto. Looks very cool, BUT, I never carry it. I opt for the Cold Steel Recon 1, which slices like a razor, can also stab, and is almost impossible to break. Also opens like a dream, and closes just as quick, with a pretty much unbreakable lock.

  • @mrd7067
    @mrd70673 жыл бұрын

    In an icepick grip in my pov the cutting edge to the ellbow is way more effective. I tested it on a dead pig. Maybe i`m missing something.

  • @TommyMooreww2combatives

    @TommyMooreww2combatives

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, it's just not hugely common in Sicilian Stiletto work. There's many interesting ways to practice historical blade work

  • @lilkeelxo
    @lilkeelxo2 жыл бұрын

    i’m not disappointed, but why did i just watch this

  • @lawrenceloebman8961
    @lawrenceloebman89619 ай бұрын

    Great job 👍 super skill

  • @aristotlecat
    @aristotlecat3 жыл бұрын

    I use an stiletto as personal defense (Arg, no much apart pepper spray) and I find this useful!

  • @jungi001

    @jungi001

    2 жыл бұрын

    Be careful. Knife fights are not controlable.

  • @steventhrelfall3563
    @steventhrelfall35633 жыл бұрын

    Interesting

  • @stevenscholl7383
    @stevenscholl73837 ай бұрын

    Man this is all great stuff but you really should discuss the legality of bladed weapons. Quite a lot of cities you could get jail time just for carrying a knife like that.

  • @sngm7863

    @sngm7863

    7 ай бұрын

    Better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six

  • @joaoherbert3888

    @joaoherbert3888

    5 ай бұрын

    My life is more important than stupid laws. If you are a gray man, the possibility of be annoyed by police is very low.

  • @osswa6690
    @osswa66903 жыл бұрын

    This video is gonna make a lot of ppl murders lmao

  • @williammoore7482
    @williammoore74822 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully we will never have to use our knife or firearm to defend ourselves, but if you do you better know what to say and not to say when you call 911. Remember this is a recorded conversation and in my opinion the only thing you want to say is “I feared for my life and had to defend myself.”Have 911 bring the police and two ambulances, One for the assailant and one for yourself. Talk to no one except for your attorney. Just my opinion for what it’s worth. I recently purchased the 5700SBK Auto Presidio II And let me tell you, this is one knife worthy of carrying. Another word of advice, avoid cheap TV and flea market knives because they will close up on your hand and that’s not a good thing. Stay safe

  • @leberpower2022
    @leberpower20223 жыл бұрын

    What kind of fighting technique is this ? Because in the past in my country there were a lot of knives duel

  • @Inv1cto

    @Inv1cto

    2 жыл бұрын

    This man is a Bartitsu practitioner. I'm sorry to say I don't know about the specific knife techniques

  • @Mobscure_
    @Mobscure_3 жыл бұрын

    Are you from the uk? What’s the laws on these knifes and how did you get your hands on one?

  • @TommyMooreww2combatives

    @TommyMooreww2combatives

    3 жыл бұрын

    I am fella. These knives are legal to own, not carry. They are gravity operated not spring. For some reason in the opening I say spring! Must have been a long day. This knife opens by force of the thumb (gravity) on a metal ridge that pokes out of the handle. You have to push it round but it moves fast, rather than a button push (spring) like a traditional US stiletto, so readily available!

  • @burnsnight1

    @burnsnight1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TommyMooreww2combatives I thought there was a limitation on the length of the blade, no more than inch?

  • @TommyMooreww2combatives

    @TommyMooreww2combatives

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@burnsnight1 Hi fella. I should be clear mate, legal to own, not carry without reason 👍

  • @kibainuzuka858

    @kibainuzuka858

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TommyMooreww2combatives where can I find it

  • @ckyrus4651
    @ckyrus46513 жыл бұрын

    Looks great 👍👌

  • @Jacob-hx7kk
    @Jacob-hx7kk3 жыл бұрын

    What's a good stiletto length for practicality?

  • @TheBuddha528

    @TheBuddha528

    3 жыл бұрын

    9” for edc works for me.

  • @taisiraminrafi689
    @taisiraminrafi6893 жыл бұрын

    What about overhand slash and other reverse slash to the throat

  • @nikolas_schreck
    @nikolas_schreck2 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah dude!

  • @rauldelafuentejr.2376
    @rauldelafuentejr.23764 ай бұрын

    Never Hurt a Human Being.

  • @penuelasmma3626
    @penuelasmma362610 ай бұрын

    Que usas para que brille la calva asi?

  • @joebaumgart1146
    @joebaumgart11462 жыл бұрын

    I always keep mine in my back pocket handle facing inside the pocket. I don't want people knowing I'm armed.

  • @Rabon12
    @Rabon1210 ай бұрын

    Have you ever done a knife fight?

  • @ambrosiusblem5404
    @ambrosiusblem54042 жыл бұрын

    exellent stuff

  • @balintfarago5652
    @balintfarago56523 жыл бұрын

    It was an interesting video, one thing that would have been nice is a few words about the history of stilettos at the beginning. It is an iconic knife and has a very known reputation. Nevertheless, good video

  • @leberpower2022

    @leberpower2022

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also it’s knowing as the knife of Ellie, a simbolic character from a great game, The last of us

  • @cheneyxxxxx
    @cheneyxxxxx3 жыл бұрын

    the "belt clip" is not a belt clip but a pocket clip!

  • @perrywithcigar217
    @perrywithcigar2172 жыл бұрын

    He looks like a protagonist from a game

  • @Marco-pc3vc
    @Marco-pc3vc2 жыл бұрын

    Ma cos'è questa cosa? Sei un pazzo il bello che questo video andava bene a inizio 900

  • @brucegrit8928
    @brucegrit89283 жыл бұрын

    I think a common everyday household BUTCHER KNIFE is the best.

  • @McDanielRanch
    @McDanielRanch9 ай бұрын

    Need to get ur slf a coldsteel ti-light you will like the way it deploys

  • @edfred
    @edfred2 жыл бұрын

    Avoid hitting major arteries. That's when blood gets all over the knife making it slippery. It's when most stabbers end up injuring themselves with their own blade.

  • @bobbyluna8079
    @bobbyluna80793 жыл бұрын

    Knives are easy to carry and hide Incase of in attack, then a gun

  • @luciferiandread2709

    @luciferiandread2709

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please don't have kids.

  • @gort3969
    @gort39692 жыл бұрын

    What happens if you hit a rib? Does your hand slide into the blade or does the knife find its way in regardless?

  • @Hodgepodge02

    @Hodgepodge02

    Жыл бұрын

    The blade will go through the path of least resistance. If your grip is decent, it will go above or below the rib and slash about in the chest cavity of whatever bastard your offing. Cheers.

  • @SunSheepOfLight
    @SunSheepOfLight2 жыл бұрын

    Stabbing is usually better than cutting because most Knives 🔪 can’t cut very deep.

  • @gigilaco
    @gigilaco9 ай бұрын

    Oí m8 don’t let the bobbies see this

  • @luckyoneill4660
    @luckyoneill4660 Жыл бұрын

    My God ....can you get to the fighting technic...dam ! 20 min on opening the blade Good technic once you finally got to ti....

  • @pyramideye3225
    @pyramideye32252 жыл бұрын

    I would barely call that a stiletto, it’s moreso a stiletto-inspired pocket knife. Regardless, nice knife fighting video

  • @suryasukma5627
    @suryasukma56273 жыл бұрын

    Wow keren

  • @sharpclawsrr6663
    @sharpclawsrr66632 жыл бұрын

    I have knife from italy

  • @BB-mv9wl
    @BB-mv9wl Жыл бұрын

    Is that legal in UK?

  • @LauraKayne-zt8dk

    @LauraKayne-zt8dk

    Жыл бұрын

    In your house yes

  • @leberpower2022
    @leberpower20223 жыл бұрын

    Where I can buy it one ? I live in Italy

  • @semvanderlaan4404
    @semvanderlaan44043 жыл бұрын

    Where can I buy that knive? Looks good

  • @kingstonlabelle6954

    @kingstonlabelle6954

    3 жыл бұрын

    www.grindworx.com/item--Milano-Red-Swirl-Stiletto-Style--20188

  • @_maci_ek134
    @_maci_ek1342 жыл бұрын

    From where you have this knife?

  • @bernardfrederic6535
    @bernardfrederic65353 жыл бұрын

    Stiletto? This might be a cultural gap thing, as I'm a Euro-American, but for me this is a switchblade, or Harlem spoon and a stiletto has dagger like hilt and a thin, edge less blade, like a needle from hell. A pure stabbing weapon.

  • @colewilliams9432

    @colewilliams9432

    Ай бұрын

    A stiletto switchblade is a type of switchblade (automatic knife) just like a stiletto dagger is a type of dagger

  • @frankdavis1139
    @frankdavis11393 жыл бұрын

    Hello Lad