My boxing instructor - who studied all kinds of martial arts and was a streetfighter in his youngers days - told there's some people he couldn't KO with a punch - but there is NO ONE he couldn't KO with a SLAP.
I am Pleased and glad that someone took also in the selfdefence part, and not just the form health and beuty. Very nice demostration, and I was woundering If you were teaching indonisian silat?
hey kuntao i apreciate the posting of this vid i can easily see that ive been over looking the open palm technique very intensive i trained muay thai for about 3 years or so and think its pretty awesome but the other martial arts are some what more technical muay thai is about endurence strength and heart but uve got my intrest in silat so thank you and much respect
@sillylocs420 Thank you. You'll find that some (though not all) silat styles have some similarity with Muay Thai since Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are fairly close together.
no use ur elbows much more effective and yes u might hurt ur elbow hittin a piece of wood with it but go hit sum1 in the face or the ribs and u wont feel a thing
@x1Wardy Elbows are an excellent tool and we use them a lot but they don't have the reach that the open hand does. And this video is about the open hand not elbows. We train to strike with the open hand, elbows, knees, feet, forearms, all parts of the fist, shins, the head, shoulders, hips, fingers and more.
Legitimate stuff, but suggesting breaking the board with your fist would break your fist is nonsense. I have broken boards with my fist and open hand. Either one is pretty easy. The little bit of technique shown has a resemblance to Aikido I learned a few years ago. Great stuff for hand to hand, but don't dismiss the fist altogether.
@bmckenzie69 Of course you can break a board with a fist also but it requires a little more training. And if you run your fist into an elbow or the hard part of someones head you can easily break it while the open hand will usually not suffer any damage. We find the fist is also a useful tool for certain things but we tend to use the open hand about 70 - 80% of the time.
@kuntaosilat With open hand strikes there is a danger of catching a finger on something hard such as a chin or elbow. If I try to palm heal strike someone in nose I could have a finger broke or dislocated if they block or move enough that I just catch them with my fingers. There is certainly legitimacy to both forms of strikes, but both have their risks. I just thinkt the video would be much more legit if the fist strike had not been so easily disregarded as a bad idea.
@bmckenzie69 If your hand is tense it is easy to injure the fingers as you describe. However, if you keep the hand relaxed so it will conform to the shape of whatever you hit the strike will be more powerful and the risk of injuring the fingers is very small. We use punches but that there are a lot of benefits to the Open Hand and beginners can learn to transmit real power with Open Hands a lot faster than they can with punches.
@nemicaproductions Any one can do a basic 1 Hit KO with 5 - 10 min of instruction. You just saw Ralph Miranda learn it in about 5 min and his board break was much closer to a 1 Touch quality. A basic 1 Touch KO can be taught in a weekend intensive. There are also more advanced 1 Touch KO's (less effort w/ more power) that take years to master.
@nemicaproductions I got mine sweet after a while. About a year or two broke every block every time (standard training blocks) with the 'chop' (not a chop) and the palm. It's good for fighting trained fighters like boxers because it looks like you're going to clinch to them (just the way they've been trained).
on a night out i was picked on and i was forced to defend myself, i used this technique and it was real affective so thanks for uploading otherwise i woulda probs got beaten
@espo812 You just missed us. We were in Albany a couple weeks ago at the Tai Chi Gala. However we are putting together a series of free and low cost workshops for 2012. So visit our Clear's Tai Chi website and keep an eye out of those.
@187Soowoo Then do a youtube search for slap knockout. You will find all kinds of KOs. Everything from kids being stupid to real street fights. In most of the videos the person doing the KO doesn't understand what they're doing & it's mostly an accident. But if you train it a little this technique becomes very easy to use and has many advantages over a punch. We've taught this to everyone from children to little old ladies and they all have the same success as the guy learning it in the video.
@personalman3 Because you weren't there when our students used these techniques to defend themselves. Also, because this knowledge / art is not commonly available. Maybe you mean fist fights? Ahhh, it is because our students do not engage in them and only use their knowledge for self defense and not fist fighting.
@Chassen1236 -- Pain has nothing to do with it. Once you start breaking bones & bouncing someones brain of the inside of their skull they tend to go down quick.
@sybrenkoninckx -oh no, many schools teach open handed slap for the amount of surface area that the hand strikes and the power it hits with. a punch impacts a smaller area, and many people do not know how to punch.
@bubbybaker -- It's much easier to find quality BJJ & Boxing than Kung Fu here in the US. So these arts tend to dominate US based competitions like UFC.
@bubbybaker Comparing Silat & Bjj is apples & oranges (or more accurately apples vs skiing.) Silat is a category that includes over 800 very different martial arts. So you need to be more specific about which style or method you are comparing. Second Bjj & most silat train for very different things. A silat guy will lose quickly in a BJJ match. But make em fight 5 guys with blades & the silat guy has a good chance of walking out in one piece while the bjj guy is almost certainly full of holes.
My boxing instructor - who studied all kinds of martial arts and was a streetfighter in his youngers days - told there's some people he couldn't KO with a punch - but there is NO ONE he couldn't KO with a SLAP.
gomergilligan 6 days ago
I am Pleased and glad that someone took also in the selfdefence part, and not just the form health and beuty. Very nice demostration, and I was woundering If you were teaching indonisian silat?
shiifu 2 months ago
hey kuntao i apreciate the posting of this vid i can easily see that ive been over looking the open palm technique very intensive i trained muay thai for about 3 years or so and think its pretty awesome but the other martial arts are some what more technical muay thai is about endurence strength and heart but uve got my intrest in silat so thank you and much respect
sillylocs420 4 months ago
@sillylocs420 Thank you. You'll find that some (though not all) silat styles have some similarity with Muay Thai since Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are fairly close together.
kuntaosilat 4 months ago
no use ur elbows much more effective and yes u might hurt ur elbow hittin a piece of wood with it but go hit sum1 in the face or the ribs and u wont feel a thing
x1Wardy 4 months ago
@x1Wardy Elbows are an excellent tool and we use them a lot but they don't have the reach that the open hand does. And this video is about the open hand not elbows. We train to strike with the open hand, elbows, knees, feet, forearms, all parts of the fist, shins, the head, shoulders, hips, fingers and more.
kuntaosilat 4 months ago
The human face isn't a piece of wood.
hugoiv 4 months ago 3
@hugoiv Whew.
Thank goodness.
I was worried that people didn't know this.
:)
kuntaosilat 4 months ago 5
kevin bacon's day job
tupark82 4 months ago
Legitimate stuff, but suggesting breaking the board with your fist would break your fist is nonsense. I have broken boards with my fist and open hand. Either one is pretty easy. The little bit of technique shown has a resemblance to Aikido I learned a few years ago. Great stuff for hand to hand, but don't dismiss the fist altogether.
bmckenzie69 5 months ago
@bmckenzie69 Of course you can break a board with a fist also but it requires a little more training. And if you run your fist into an elbow or the hard part of someones head you can easily break it while the open hand will usually not suffer any damage. We find the fist is also a useful tool for certain things but we tend to use the open hand about 70 - 80% of the time.
kuntaosilat 4 months ago
@kuntaosilat With open hand strikes there is a danger of catching a finger on something hard such as a chin or elbow. If I try to palm heal strike someone in nose I could have a finger broke or dislocated if they block or move enough that I just catch them with my fingers. There is certainly legitimacy to both forms of strikes, but both have their risks. I just thinkt the video would be much more legit if the fist strike had not been so easily disregarded as a bad idea.
bmckenzie69 4 months ago
@bmckenzie69 If your hand is tense it is easy to injure the fingers as you describe. However, if you keep the hand relaxed so it will conform to the shape of whatever you hit the strike will be more powerful and the risk of injuring the fingers is very small. We use punches but that there are a lot of benefits to the Open Hand and beginners can learn to transmit real power with Open Hands a lot faster than they can with punches.
kuntaosilat 4 months ago
can anyone do this??..or does it take years to master it??
nemicaproductions 5 months ago
@nemicaproductions Any one can do a basic 1 Hit KO with 5 - 10 min of instruction. You just saw Ralph Miranda learn it in about 5 min and his board break was much closer to a 1 Touch quality. A basic 1 Touch KO can be taught in a weekend intensive. There are also more advanced 1 Touch KO's (less effort w/ more power) that take years to master.
kuntaosilat 5 months ago
@nemicaproductions I got mine sweet after a while. About a year or two broke every block every time (standard training blocks) with the 'chop' (not a chop) and the palm. It's good for fighting trained fighters like boxers because it looks like you're going to clinch to them (just the way they've been trained).
MrJudzey 5 months ago
never seen in it in theUFC
mexikoAMERIKA 5 months ago
@mexikoAMERIKA Then watch more UFC or Boxing. Though usually you'll see it done with fists in these environments.
A classic example is the Muhammad Ali VS Sonny Liston "Phantom Punch."
A 1 Touch KO only feels like a touch to person doing it. The person on the receiving end feels like they got hit with a sledge hammer.
kuntaosilat 5 months ago
Dude you look just like Kevin Bacon! Awesome techniques!!
HollywoodHumphrey 6 months ago
teaching the bitch slap
flos3n 7 months ago
on a night out i was picked on and i was forced to defend myself, i used this technique and it was real affective so thanks for uploading otherwise i woulda probs got beaten
andoversaint 7 months ago
i prefer tkd and karate but this looks good like bruce lee says as long as it teaches you to defend your self in a fight you should learn it
XxModernDayRaiderxX 7 months ago
opend hand to the nose
StackinItToThaMoon 8 months ago
Come to new york and teach this lol this stuff is pretty cool
espo812 8 months ago
@espo812 You just missed us. We were in Albany a couple weeks ago at the Tai Chi Gala. However we are putting together a series of free and low cost workshops for 2012. So visit our Clear's Tai Chi website and keep an eye out of those.
kuntaosilat 8 months ago 2
ID LIKE TO SEE THAT AT A STREET FIGHT
187Soowoo 8 months ago
@187Soowoo Then do a youtube search for slap knockout. You will find all kinds of KOs. Everything from kids being stupid to real street fights. In most of the videos the person doing the KO doesn't understand what they're doing & it's mostly an accident. But if you train it a little this technique becomes very easy to use and has many advantages over a punch. We've taught this to everyone from children to little old ladies and they all have the same success as the guy learning it in the video.
kuntaosilat 8 months ago 2
Kevin Bacon can slap the shit out of things.
milezer0 10 months ago 23
@milezer0 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG
420laxitude 8 months ago
@milezer0
lol i wasn't gonna say it, but i thought it. :P
copycat042 4 months ago
How come I never see techniques like theses put into practical use in a street fight?
personalman3 11 months ago 4
@personalman3 Because you weren't there when our students used these techniques to defend themselves. Also, because this knowledge / art is not commonly available. Maybe you mean fist fights? Ahhh, it is because our students do not engage in them and only use their knowledge for self defense and not fist fighting.
kuntaosilat 11 months ago 5
wow thats a very interesting fighting style
DealerDeath305 11 months ago
that shit 4 real beleive.dont it come from pakistan or some were like that
razza620 1 year ago
@razza620 It's from Indonesia with Chinese influences.
kuntaosilat 1 year ago
Real men grow balls and take the pain. Besides when your mad and about to whoop ass you don't feel it ;)
Chassen1236 1 year ago
@Chassen1236 -- Pain has nothing to do with it. Once you start breaking bones & bouncing someones brain of the inside of their skull they tend to go down quick.
MaryvilleMartialArts 1 year ago
i thai box 2 year and even i cant do that xD
its Bullshit.
and i hit hard enough ;-)
sybrenkoninckx 1 year ago
@sybrenkoninckx -- You've been Thai Boxing for 2 years & you can't break a board? Really?!?
MaryvilleMartialArts 1 year ago 11
@sybrenkoninckx i trained muay thai for 3 weeks before i could break boards
Karminak 1 year ago
haha lol xD Bullshit !
sybrenkoninckx 1 year ago
@sybrenkoninckx -- lol Our doors are always open. You are welcome to come feel first hand.
kuntaosilat 1 year ago 4
@kuntaosilat your doors are always open because you keep breaking them, when you push'em open!
matthewcagefighter 1 year ago
@matthewcagefighter lol, it keeps things simpler that way.
kuntaosilat 1 year ago
@sybrenkoninckx -oh no, many schools teach open handed slap for the amount of surface area that the hand strikes and the power it hits with. a punch impacts a smaller area, and many people do not know how to punch.
DW8814 11 months ago
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bubbybaker 1 year ago
@bubbybaker -- It's much easier to find quality BJJ & Boxing than Kung Fu here in the US. So these arts tend to dominate US based competitions like UFC.
kuntaosilat 1 year ago
@bubbybaker -- Sounds like the silat guy was either 1. poorly trained or 2. made the mistake of play by bjj rules.
kuntaosilat 1 year ago
@bubbybaker Comparing Silat & Bjj is apples & oranges (or more accurately apples vs skiing.) Silat is a category that includes over 800 very different martial arts. So you need to be more specific about which style or method you are comparing. Second Bjj & most silat train for very different things. A silat guy will lose quickly in a BJJ match. But make em fight 5 guys with blades & the silat guy has a good chance of walking out in one piece while the bjj guy is almost certainly full of holes.
kuntaosilat 1 year ago
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bubbybaker 1 year ago
@bubbybaker -- If you would like to see / feel some quality Kung Fu, Kun Tao or Silat first hand you are welcome to stop by anytime.
kuntaosilat 1 year ago
"Hit the board like its on fire"
Thats the best metaphor of energy transfer I've ever heard... Nice!
edenthedjguy 1 year ago 2
very effective!
DORC101 1 year ago 2
wata
nikkojohn9678 1 year ago
Very Good thanks for sharing Guru Çlear.
silatyogi 2 years ago