Knife Fighting Training
Train like a Highland Warrior at Home, Dirk Dagger Martial Arts Workout
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Thanks for keeping ME FIT DURING LOCKDOWN TOM!!!!! MUM AND DAD ARE HAPPY WITH MY PHYSIQUE NOW!!!! :)))
You are light on your feet and have good foot work plus your body mechanics are good and functional. Although i rewatched in 2x speed and it is awesome. Thank you for the information.
Work out with your dirk out!
this is fantastic. thank you.
why does always grab a knife like that? it restricts your reach and movement?
I think your feet are the wrong way round. The blade should be on the lead foot side as you are losing distance by keeping it on the rear foot side unless you step forward as you stab which would be slow. Every martial arts main attack comes from the front foot or moving the back foot to the front foot. The tao of jeet kune do would be worth a read as he has a lot of footwork related to fencing in his thought process. I think Silat would be a good example to look at as well because highland dancing also has a martial component so you might find foot work in the dance like Silat. For a start you are moving in a straight line and moving offline is important and useful.
I am not sure the dagger would be the weapon of choice as the staff beats sword so it would be a better thing to use.
I have some questions that would shape how it would work.
1) What did they know about killing and anatomy? They would kill animals and have been soldiers so a certain knowledge has to be given.
2) What did they wear? The famous Leather bracers would change blocking etc.
3) How often did they fight and to what end? If the knifes come out is it to the death.
4) Were they stabbers or cutters?
ymh it's interesting if in practice you had to fight someone, you can meet someone who specializes in knife fighting and martial arts and what would you do then. And if someone would certainly attack you from the front, they would not attack you from behind.
So cool.. A real workout..thats fun n functional…with the historical lesson to boot. Great stuff Tom!!
I hate the reverse grip. it is only good for retention and stabbing downward and maybe concealing the blade in hand. but if you have a 24” blade in reverse grip then I would have 1” more reach than you with only a 1” blade in foreword grip. the problem with foreword grip is it’s easier to disarm and it’s harder to block punches… but they would have to be inside your reach. a 1” blade is also a shield and it would be hard to disarm but with a 12” blade in foreword grip they couldn’t even reach you to disarm you or punch you without drawing back a bloody stub.
oi, uy got a licence for that knife? Bin THaT Knoif!
Very nice and interesting video
Ever see Native American Scout Training or Otava Yo Russian Couplets While Fighting on youtube? The first one is toward the end of the video & second one is a song, so the training stuff comes along as it goes, but both of them would have aptitude for those conditions. The Forge by Sonny Puzikas is good, too.
Exactly what i was looking for!!! 8D
I think a dirk would be the perfect item to have while hiking in grizzly country. Same maneuvers could be used when attacked.
If you throw some Fiore's Master of Dagger, I think you'll see some fun augments to the Dirks potential.
Great video. My son and I started doing these as a workout and just to do something together. I live in America but my family (Grant) came from Scotland in the 1700's. All your videos are great for discovering my families past.
this was so epic
Is there a tutorial on how to make a wooden training dirk?
Mr. dozy, most outstanding instruction on practice and exercise with the Dirk. Your video was highly inspirational and I find your topics are sensationally crafted! Thank you for providing illumination on our history, great work!
This actually has similar origins to muy thai kickboxing which also originated from knife fighting. very cool
Well Done sir well Presented
I need to learn this Dirk Kwon Do
You should have removed your breeches not your kilt
Damn the endurance that was amazing I pity the fool who messes with you at the bar
it is amazing to see that this is much like Silat here in South East Asia, where it is very much a close quarter combat with a keris replacing the dirk dagger. Although the main way to hold the keris/dagger is the blade facing forward. The fighting stance and footsteps are eerily the same with the point of balance and gravity is as close to the ground as possible, with the main exception being silat has grappling and throwing core build into if and when there is no keris or dagger involved and it turned into purely hand and feet based closed combat. Sometimes it amazed me that these cultures were never in contact in the far past but have similar looking fighting style.
I would not like to in a fight with this guy. A dirk to the face.
I'd just like to let you know that I really love your videos and I'm so glad I found them. (You have a very nice yard, by the way)
You are starting to look like a Mac Mac Feegle.
So very interesting. I was wondering if you might in time maybe talk about the rolls of the women when the men would go to battle? I know that they would often provide nursing afterwards, but did they become more involved in smaller skirmishes?
Anglo Saxon culture is very interesting.
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Are there any defensive moves with a dirk? Or is it possible used with light targé?
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After doing some research I found my family came from Scotland back in the early 1800's. Find your YouTube videos has opened my eyes to a very interesting history. Keep up the great videos.
Na,man ! Dont believe this is an authentic way of fightng.
As a martial trained I see error after error .
You would stand no chance.
First would be kick your front food where you rest your bodyweight.
Second: first cut would hit your unprotected forearm or head which most of the time is in front of your blade
and thatfore the most exposed bodypart .There is no cover at all.
Third : why will you shorten your range by holding the knife in behind body position?
Makes no sense .
Compatible with Feckyu fighting-system, as designed by Master Heedthebaa'.
To the best of my knowledge no common man dirks are known though I would have thought some worn out hunks of rust would have been found somewhere. The written words simple described them as large heavy knives about 13 or so inches long which suggests they may have just been a big sax and may not have matched what a man at arms or lard would have carried. In other words if you think you know exactly what the working class was carrying you're and idiot. We don't know.
The lad is right though that the common man dirk was both a weapon and tool and I at least suspect the blade would have been more useful for butchering, and chopping than the triangular blades of the elite or at least some of them.
You need a targe.
Great video! Can you recommend a good manufacturer to buy a proper dirk like yours?
Love it. You are a clear instructor, very similar to the Wing Chun methods my instructor is showing us. I have forwarded your video to him. Congratulations on the size of the following. I pray you produce more videos to help many more people.
Cool man. I like your videos. Gonna make a plaid on the weekend
The Scots were always fierce fighters. If you wear a kilt without underwear, and the thistles are waist high, it's got to toughen you up.
I can't imagine that many of these strikes would be that powerful..
Don’t let all the young men in the UK involved in knife crime see this!!
Take a gander at the Coldsteel Scottish dirk and let me know what you think of it.