Go show love to Alex’s pages in the links in my description!

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

I put it up there 👍

@PooleAcademyofWingChun

3 жыл бұрын

You did well considering he was 7th degree

@yeetfeet1878

3 жыл бұрын

You did well considering you don’t really have a major background in kali

@skunkworks9391

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for trying and showcasing our art... you were very brave sparring with rattan.

@beyondthestaticnoise

3 жыл бұрын

I love how you are trying different styles and even weapon styles it's awesome. Any consideration of trying out HEMA?

finally a school with actually kali sparring, thank you

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Share it with your Kali friends so they can enjoy me getting beat up too! Lol

@5144210552

3 жыл бұрын

@@SenseiSeth btw seeing the damage with a real stick. Imma stay padded stick for sparring lol.

@anthonygerber8261

3 жыл бұрын

That's kinda the draw to the FMAs. If you're not sparring, you might as well be a baton twirler in a high school marching band.

@unseencrowyomare4143

3 жыл бұрын

I miss sparring. Club closed doors because of the C.

@anthonygerber8261

3 жыл бұрын

@@unseencrowyomare4143 what state are you in??? NYC area by any chance?

Love how sparring is literally hitting each other, then shaking hands / hugging afterwards. That's what the works needs.

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

More hitting with sticks, I agree

@spamspasm8183

3 жыл бұрын

@@SenseiSeth Well...if World War 3 happens that's what we'll get. You know what Albert Einstein said about World War 4 right?

@spamspasm8183

3 жыл бұрын

Can we settle for a friendly wave and a positive greeting from 2m away? Covid is spiking in my area again and we're back in a lockdown for 2 weeks. : ( I guess hitting each other is out of the question as well lol.

@VTSifuSteve

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I'd like to see congress settle policy differences this way. We'd have a lot more compromise and agreement! And when they couldn't agree, boy would it be fun to watch!!!

@blackpowderkun

2 жыл бұрын

When I imagine if this was a real battle field skirmish the loser would try to grab or hug the winner in hope of have a comrade have the opening to avenge the loser.

That stress talk was what I needed today. I've been stressing hard all day and you helped me out a lot Seth. Thnx

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help bro

@jean-christophearsenault2104

3 жыл бұрын

@@SenseiSeth This actually challenged me deeply about something that I absolutely let become distress. Thanks for the challenge ! Respect.

I love this. Flinch factor is such a big part of this. You turtle up a little when he attacks and you notice when you move forward he stays relaxed. It's just like sparring in any other martial art, when you first start you're afraid to get hit and it affects your performance. Once you get over that fear then you really start to open up.

Damn Seth making me pull out my kali sticks to put me in touch with my Filipino roots lol

@kalisticks573

3 жыл бұрын

Same

This has me nostalgic for HEMA and Larp fighting. Weapon martial arts have such depths to them, especially when you introduce striking and grappling arts in the mix

@jacobharris954

10 ай бұрын

They are in there in fma systems

And Now you have scars to prove it...😂👍👍 Great video btw

De-fanging the snake is one of the most valuable concepts of Kali - destroy the weapon, and it can't be used against you. It also makes it so that you're striking the thing that is closest to you, which assists in ranging the opponent. The other thing Kali is exceptional for is footwork. Skills you pick up with a stick are hardwired into reflex, and the type of motion translates directly to knife, sword, empty hands, etc. It makes it very versatile, and you can become effective much more quickly overall as a result. It's been decades since I practiced it, but it was always a favorite art. Lots of fun to learn, if you don't mind the stings :)

@licenciadogutierrez3215

7 ай бұрын

It's not "de-fanging", it's "Defang"

@ChrisM-tn3hx

7 ай бұрын

@@licenciadogutierrez3215 Forgive me. It's been 40 years since I studied it. I guess the important thing is that it works, not whether I spelled it correctly.

@Aaronsmith-cu8ii

3 ай бұрын

😂😂 De fanging is a Dan Inosanto marketing term he made up to make FMA appealing to Westerners especially Americanos. Dan is one of the biggest snake oil salesmen and the FMA community in the Phillipines know this

As a self-defense practitioner, I find Filipino Martial Arts very useful and applicable in self-defense situations.

@itsmeseventy7480

3 жыл бұрын

Very.

@theelysium1597

3 жыл бұрын

How many self defense situations have you been in where you actually used fma?

@penttikoivuniemi2146

3 жыл бұрын

Especially if you are the attacking party and have a long knife.

@kevin080592

3 жыл бұрын

yes indeed!..kali in general is brutal

@xinziearusuke4696

Жыл бұрын

coz its designed and been tested for generations in actual combat not just for defense but to effectively and quickly eliminate your opponent.

One thing I love about balintawak teachers is they always seem to know exactly how hard to hit you without going to far

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Yeaaa, I noticed that here!

@elnombredelarosa3167

3 жыл бұрын

"Balintawak" you know my kendo sensei practices that but it not until now that I know how its written

@lunafreed

3 жыл бұрын

@@SenseiSeth your thumb says otherwise

@matthewkevinobispo6582

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. That's the important part of Balintawak Eskrima. The training they have is the same training I had from Balintawak Eskrima. The same aggressive intent is important for knife training too. Notice the punches, the check, even elbow strikes have aggression that was also intense. As well as the swing that follows it. But it needs control. Here in The Philippines, Balintawak Eskrima was developed as a Street fighting based on Filipino Martial Arts.

@Aaronsmith-cu8ii

3 ай бұрын

Many FMA teachers also know how hard to hit, not just Balintawak.

Nice dude you’ve been exploring a lot of martial arts lately!!! Love the content!!!!!

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch bro!

@yeetfeet1878

3 жыл бұрын

No problem man!

Did bjj today I’m a white belt, first time sparring with my instructor, I was def feeling stressed lol

I didnt knew about this style, now i love it

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Niiice!

I do a different style of FMA. Many years ago I watched some local guys do Balintawak, taught by a direct student of Anciong Bacon. A lot of very intricate, close range stick play, ...cool, but IMO pretty much BS for fighting. Then I came across Bobby Taboada's stuff online. Wow! What a difference. He's the real deal. Respect!

Thanks for trying out our martial arts🇵🇭

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

👏👍

The timing on that stick drop at the beginning almost had me spraying Dr. Pepper on my phone 😂

Alex is a beast!!! Love that man and everything he’s done with Ryu Te, and Kali.

@ilovebalintawak5740

Жыл бұрын

Thanks my man! 🤙

Wow my mum is a stick fighting expert, especially when i come home with a bad grade

Balintawak is a good style, I love that its practitioners are not afraid to spar with others outside their system across world.

I haven't done kali in years and this brings me back. Remembering the first time I ever sparred, feeling that fear and adrenaline as the stick whizzes by your face. I had pretty bruises on my arms for awhile lol. Gotta get back into it.

4:33 bruh, I wasn’t looking for a life lesson but I got one and I appreciate it 😂

Hey Sensei, I really have been loving all these collaborations you've been doing. As someone who focusing sword fighting, I would love to see you do this kind of thing with either a HEMA or SCA rapier group. Great stuff, keep it up.

Hell yah I've been studying eskrima for a while now and it's one of the few constants in my life. Mad respect bro!

That dude was at my dojo yesterday day

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Sick!

Great video. I love Kali and it's really nice to see somebody investigate it. Props to you for sparring too. You're a legitimate martial artist with your open mindset. I only ever sparred with padded sticks, using proper wood is mental! I'd love to see you do something with the dog brothers.

Oh man, long time viewer and I don't know how I missed seeing this when it came out! Great seeing more people try stick sparring, glad you enjoyed it, and pugay to the guro!

I love Kali! I hope you do some more training and share. I have been doing it about 6 months and it complements other martial arts nicely. Such a beautiful and deadly art.

Really great video! I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. The Kali quality was excellent!!!!

Stick boxing?! Now that sounds cool and extremely useful… you can find a stick or stick shaped object almost anywhere. Just wish I could find a teacher.

@Wavemaninawe

Жыл бұрын

FMA is starting to get some attention. And seem to be quite spread out. So there is a chance that you have groups where you live. Look for not only 'Kali', but also 'Arnis' and 'Eskrima'. Similar material have different names, depending on which region it comes from. But generally most styles tend to involve some combination of stick work, knife work & stand up grappling... some manner of empty hands striking (knees, slaps, elbows, punches, low line kicks, forearms, headbutts...), and occasionally more spectacular weapons like swords/tomahawks/whips/spear...

I'd love to see more of these kinds of videos. Will we get "Karate Sensei Tries Kendo" or HEMA or Fencing?

You guys were looking good oh, I really enjoyed watching you guys train. Miss you both so much look forward to seeing you guys again

love your vids !! great stuff guys!!

That lesson about stress was actually my biggest takeaway from the video because it's something that I needed,thank you Seth

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped 🙏

Damn this video was really good! I learned of some kali in the past but I learned so much just watching you and Alex! Can’t wait to see more collabs.

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Hey that’s awesome! What style you want next??

Yes! Thank you for this! I train Kali also and love that you did this!

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Was a blast!

Finally, FMA is getting some representation - I always thought it was super underrated as a style and deserves a lot more attention in the mainstream martial arts community. Did your instructor go through knife dueling, by any chance? The specific details might be changed a little bit, but the way I learned dueling with a knife was that you should hit the thing coming towards you (usually your opponent's knife stab or slash), almost like you're jabbing out the opponent's attack, and then just keep moving away. Then, if they try to attack again, repeat the process (attack the attack, backtrack). Or, if you don't want to fight with a knife, use a flexible fabric-like object (eg. jackets, blankets, towels), and use it to catch the knife, and then immediately move in for a 2-on-1 control over the knife arm. I ask because a similar overall strategy carries over to stick fighting as well (target the thing swinging at you and manage the distance). Anyways, thanks, and good luck!

Alex is one of the guys I really look up to. I’m a newbie at Balintawak at the age of 39 and I’m loving it. My background is in CMA but after watching GM Taboada on KZread for a few years, I had to seek out a teacher. It’s cool to see you and Alex together. I hope you guys do more in the future. I enjoyed this!

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!!

@ilovebalintawak5740

Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! 🤙

@simpleman8644

Жыл бұрын

@@ilovebalintawak5740 your welcome! You are a great martial artist man! Greetings from Winston-Salem, NC. Hope to see you at camp this year!

Loved this

Great job! I remember my first stick sparring in this video, nasty stings of the stick strikes but loving the game... Purple thumbnails, partially twisted index finger, red violet tiger stripes - all from the stick blows. It's after the first stick fighting you get to start thinking of more strategies and means of stick fending and you'll want more matches to experiment techniques... I had it also in sudden transition from Karate Kumite concept into Kali (Arnis) Stick Fighting Concept. However, from then on, I became an instructor of both martial arts (Kali and Karate)... Again, nice video!

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

Fun to watch you two hit each other with sticks....kinda cant keep myself from noticing how its aoo similar to HEMA stuff.....arming sword or bastardsword in one hand....

@benquiller5212

3 жыл бұрын

Some FMA style are heavily influenced by spanish fencing. Espescially Kalis Illustrissimo, which has absolutely stunning footwork for one shot counters to the head.

@SamuelSantos-bx2rh

2 жыл бұрын

They use pretty similar weapons plus the cultural fusion, its not surprising that different styles came to generally the same conclusion.

Greetings from Spain !! As a former amateur boxer and muay thai fighter, I'm used to hard sparring... but that kali sparring was scary AF... you definitely have "cojones" 😂

@danielllama9197

3 жыл бұрын

Ain't scary when you get used to it bruv. We do that a lot here. Haha! I invite you to try it. Kali is for everyone

@juanph9892

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielllama9197 Maybe I should give it a try !

@benquiller5212

3 жыл бұрын

It's not harder. than sparring in Boxing. Rattan sticks are quite light and with helmets on you usually don't have those impact shots that send you to sleep like in Boxing. That actually happens more with punyo strikes or fist strikes. But light sticks just hurt different than getting punched it's more like getting stung or bitten by something...

HECK YEAH FMA!!! Great Video Sensei Seth!

Shit, now I want to do Kali stick fighting. I can't afford all these damn schools lol

KICK Sensei! Do what you know! Much love, I really enjoyed that!

They actually had one in these fights when I was fighting on a show

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

That’s so sick

@TheWillToFight

3 жыл бұрын

@@SenseiSeth I’m trying to look to see if I can find it on KZread

@theelysium1597

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWillToFight posting a comment so I see your reply in case you post the video here :P

Awesome!! I train Balintiwak with Guru Belton who also trained with GM Bobby! So cool to see you do this!

I love this path of you exploring martial arts and expanding your repertoire! It’s impressive and super entertaining, keep it up and I’m excited to see who the next is!

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

I’m excited to see what’s next too!!! Thanks for taggin along 🙏

*Classic martial arts blunders/traps for new guys:* 1. BJJ - This guy keeps squirming, I'm going to hold him down. *Gets arm barred.* 2. Kali - He keeps hitting me in the lead hand, I'll move it back and away to protect it. *Gets hit in the head* 3. Muay Thai - Those outside leg kicks really hurt. I'm going to rush in and get too close for him to use them. *Ends up in clinch. Eats knees.* Anybody else have any more?

@giancalub

3 жыл бұрын

4. Taekwondo - This guy won't stop hitting me with his lead leg, I'm going to rush in to do some cheeky body hits. Gets jumping spinning back kicked in the face. 5. Karate - This guy won't stop bouncing around and running away, let me put him in a corner and beat him up there. Gets one-punched in the chin.

@Chris09978

3 жыл бұрын

6. Silat- this guy won’t stop hitting me in the knees, I going to punch him in the face and hopefully he stops. Gets elbowed in the fucking neck followed by a forearm strike in the same spot as the elbow strike

@EngineerMK2004

3 жыл бұрын

7. Judo - This Judoka can throw me from any position. Continually gets thrown from every position.

@giancalub

3 жыл бұрын

@@EngineerMK2004 this one's definitely my favorite one😂😂😂

@bandit6272

3 жыл бұрын

@@EngineerMK2004 That's....actually accurate, from personal experience. 😂

When I practiced armas regularly we used to say, "Lose your knife, lose your life." Seth won and his kali buddy felt some kind of way about it, so he gave Seth a stick hicky.

@ilovebalintawak5740

Жыл бұрын

LOL I won’t entirely disagree with your comment, but I did have range when I “died” so meh…. But I definitely felt sucky about it and I may or may not have gave him a zebra stripe in reaction. 😂🙃

@artoffence

Жыл бұрын

@@ilovebalintawak5740 In fencing good sportsmanship leads to success (and survival!) Thanks for replying.

Loving all the super diverse content! Keep it up sensei!

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch!

Hema Next!!

Very nice and quick jabs Seth!

Thanks brother for your content very informative ✊🏽

So far, from what I've seen about Kali here in youtube, it only ever comes in 2 flavors, messy fights and deadly and precise fights. In any case, thank you for this interesting video!

Until he said "feeler and keeler" i didn't realise he was talking about THE Bobby Takaeda😂.

Really interesting to see the balintawak method. Super different from the Lacoste and Illustrisimo methods I'm more familiar with. Still lots of similar elements though and the sparring I can definitely see it's the same movements roughly with a different priority. Since you guys mostly sparred at largo/medio too the more uniquely balintawak stuff from earlier didn't come out as much. Really cool to see!

Great vid.. glad you got by Alex's place! Miss both of ya!

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Miss you too bro!

Oh snap! I put that hot water quote about the egg and potato in the discord

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Wait did you really? When??

@ZackofAllTrades87

3 жыл бұрын

@@SenseiSeth I did! It was while ago. I've been slacking....

12:04 nice hit Sensei. 😉👍

Didn't expect a stress pep talk but super cool 👍🏽

Fun video. We've got two students going for their black belts in Modern Arnis this weekend and part of the promotion is live stick sparring. I will be sparring with both of them and am really looking forward to it.

Kaliiiiiii, aye ive been waiting for your input on Kali this surprised me

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to make it!

Just so every one here knows I only clicked just to make sure this guys came from a good teacher. Bobby is one of the best. Of all time. Maybe history. So I strongly approve this guy knows what he’s doing good technique not shaky at all so clean love this dude gona have to go check out some other stuff

@ilovebalintawak5740

Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! 🤙

Good to see some Eskrima-Kali-Arnis.

Watching the level of skill your fried have is very impressive Especially his feints and fluid combos

Glad to see some Kali sparring - we regularly do it (pre-covid) and will start that back up soon.

Not bad at all. Your playing his game and by his rules. Well done Sensie Seth!

That stress talk advice was fucking amazing opened my eyes a bit not even lying.Thanks

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

Keep doin the great work sensei

I love your content ❤️ great video

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You should try ATA Taekwondo Weapon Combat Sparring! We use those padded sticks

Mad respect Sensei!!🤙

Good point about the function of stress. Also “You got my thumb!”, yeah I saw that coming. In all that was a good informative video.

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Martial artist and therapist here. Thank you so much for talking about Eustress

The Ormaza! Lol that's my dude, I teach balintawak in Raleigh. Great content!!

@ilovebalintawak5740

Жыл бұрын

My man! 🤙

That looks fun!

That is very, very nice. I've done some very basic stick work (dual sticks is just too confusing for my brain!), Oss!

I love that art♥️

“The same boiling water that softens the potato, hardens the egg.” Great quote!!!

Thanks for exposing Kali Seth. Hats off to you

Hey Sensei Seth! I'm an FMA/Kali instructor from Maine. You "played" very well. You should be proud. Peace!

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch! 🙏🙏

I like how you described stress I usually just call it clench moments honestly it's probably when I feel the most alive

was not expecting an inspiring speech about stress, tnx sensei

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Dang, I didn’t think that much about it, glad it had an impact!

Eyyyy, Filipino pride! Arnis/kali is one of the most effective form of marshall arts

when I was younger we had one of the squishy stick things, we called it the forget me stick🤣

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Haha great name!

I miss kali training. I only did a few classes, the class schedule didn't fit with my work schedule at the time, but I was able to learn a little bit, and even get some stick sparring in. Was a lot of fun.

Very interesting

I'm impressed you got away with as few bruises as you did going that fast with wood and only gloves and a mask.

That looked fun! We practice basic strikes, blocks, and disarms, but we don't have the PPE for sparring. Would love to try it though.

thank you for featuring kali.

Damn this looks fun

Dude that Was awesome, maybe I'll try some escrima myself

Been a “safe space Karate” and Kali practitioner I really enjoyed that. A little tip though which you probably learned anyway, you don’t want to be bringing your empty hand/arm up to cover your head. Fighters spot this and will draw your hand/arm up to hit as it has less padding. I learned this the hard way when I first started with lots of hand injuries 😂. It’s better utilised for parrying

Nice video

Id love to see some sparring with takedowns, locks, and kicks thrown in to! Thanks guys.

Number 1 rule in full go is never ever hesitate to hit your opponent

very nice vid, I hit subscribe. I just following karate nerd's journey and here you are.

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thanks!

I've been following both channels so I was shocked to know you are actually family friends.

@SenseiSeth

3 жыл бұрын

Since birth for me!

I instantly hit the like button when you started going all Dr. Phil on us