A.C.T. knife,machete,spear,katana - Armed Combat and Tactics highlights 2008

[alowishus180]

Great videos! My advice: I would like to c fighting w markers, to show simulation of cuts, stabs, and punctures of a blade. With no shirts on and with shorts instead of pants

[ACTdirector]

@alowishus180 Thanks for your praise, much appreciated. Regarding the marks , what can I say it is a weapon combat , not a drawing competition:).That is what the slow-mo is for. The markers do not depict the power behind the cut and it often happens that a most shallow cut is the most visible one. The FIGHTERS know the score - that is what matters the most (killing or disabling blow , a small graze and so on). In other videos - you can see the quality of the hits better still, enjoy!

[SpicyHam]

hello, I look forward fighting you all in the future.

[irahshots]

the MMA of weapon combat.

[ACTdirector]

@irahshots

Aye, you nailed it. It is exactly that. Well said and thanks.

[gilelahs]

Great video!

Wonderful example of control on sec.24.. It`s is hard to perform such a clear and controlled technique on rushing opponent.. Another beautiful example of clearest and controlled strike is on seconds 55-56 of the video..I very liked the knife sequence on sec 1.20-1.21..A parry with a simultaneos slash two the neck, then to trusts to the abdomen, and final thrust to the throat-all in free sparring in less then 2 seconds! A enxample of performance to strive for in knife combat..

[ACTdirector]

I seriously appriciate your comment. You are correct - a quickest way to subdue an agressive opponentwith a knife is to dish out as much punishment as possible in that fraction of a second when you have got control over his hand, hence the multi-stabs to the vitals.

[nathanshallcross]

Great seminar you gave us in Conwy, UK. All the group really enjoyed it. We're all lookng forward to getting you back over again next year.

[ACTdirector]

Thank you kindly. And an awesome group you've got there,I'll be honest with you! Good fighters, the lot of them, it was tough two days, and I can't wait to get back!

[PuddingblendeR]

do you know steve tappin?

[ACTdirector]

Yes,Sir , sure do:). I had the pleasure of meeting him on my way back from seminar in Conwy, well him and his son Wayne. Wayne and myself managed to scrounge a little time to sparr a bit (knives and bolos). Really, really nice jents and extremely accomplished martial artists. I hope that answered your question .

Regards

Alex

[PuddingblendeR]

Ok, what kind of martial arts have you done in your life?

en wich ranks you have in it?

srry for my bad english, i hope you understand me

[ACTdirector]

Well, I have trained in karate , judo, switched to kickboxing, then I picked up weapons - kendo, escrima and a bit of fencing. For the last 12 years or so I have been doing full contact weapon fighting and opened a school which now has groups in Israel , UK and we are opening now in US. As you can see we study with an arsenal that includes both short and long weapons.

[ACTdirector]

Regarding the ranks, I hope I don't offend you but as you know there are no ranks in kickboxing and regarding weapons, well I'd rather tell you that there are currently multiple students in my school that are holding medium and high ranks in kendo, aikido and ninjutsu as well as escrima practitioners and even sport fencers.

[noahsarkil]

I have over 24 years of martial arts, Bujinkan Ninjutsu (6th dan) and some experience in Judo Arnis and Taekwando.

None of them prepared me nor equipped me for full contact sparing with a person fighting with little constraints. Formal training is not live training and

In live training Rank means nothing only martial ability.

[noahsarkil]

Martial ability with weapons can not be developed without full contact sparing.

Now after 5 years with ACT both as a student and instructor I can tell you that

I have the skill and experience to deal with uncooperative adversaries in armed combat in a wide range of weapons irrespective of their style and training.

[noahsarkil]

Alex's rank has never interested me for the simple reason that he was and still is a better fighter than me when it comes to armed combat.

I know of no one else I could get the kind of training I am getting from him.

I have traveled with him to Europe and have watched him spar both there and here in Israel with hundreds of practitioners from most weapon oriented martial arts with very good results.

[noahsarkil]

If you want to know what a 6-th dan kendoka (who also happened to be knife expert and cqb teacher) thinks of us and the reasons for him adopting our system, you are welcome to watch the other video on Alex's channel. it's not about the ranks man, you know? It's about knowing what you have learned in combat and surviving. By the way we know that Steve Tappin teaches a long sword as well, so here you go :

look up this vid: Fightcamp 08 anders (Alex is the smaller guy :).

Hope that helped

[QiKeyMonkey]

Just attended your workshop in Wales UK last weekend..

Thanks for a great day...

Some things in life you have to experience...

This is one...

Best wishes Taiji Stan

[ACTdirector]

Stan, my friend, believe me , the pleasure was all mine. One of the most intense knife sparring expiriences I have had. Well done , Sir , and I applaud your aggression and control. I will see you in several months. By then,I recon,Nathan will have about 30 people ready to take a swing at me :). All the best

Alex

[noahsarkil]

Hi Stan,

Glad to see you atended the seminar.

wish i was there as well, still remember crossing blades with you last time.

have been doing this for nearly five years now and even though finally am able to explain what it is, it is still best ubderstood through direct experience.

look forward to crossing blades again,

Noah.

[samidoli]

I practise this martial art and it's great!! Recommended to everyone.

[gilmaor]

Great, I have started training with noach gross and it is just great

[dimsam78]

Really great stuff, I enjoy every training session, and I can see that the way I handled weapons a couple of years ago before ACT is nowere near my current ability, and it's mindboggling to see were it's going

[bluepurplewave]

Cool video! This method proves that if you are simple, clear and focused- you can acheive great results. Good luck!

[photoprospect]

Straight to the (sword)point!

Very effective technique.

[axer01]

Awsome work! Check hyper-speed thrusts to vital points at 1:07 & 1:20. The sword sequences are clean, no "fancy" moves, only efficiant ones.

[yairseeman]

as always,

your videos are awesome Tal.

Alex, as a student, I can't say how glad I am to see you whack the heck out of people from different MA's.

[Djemps]

Are those RSW trainers? Great work by all.

Chazak, chazak, v'nitchazek!!

[noahsarkil]

Thanks DJ,

the simulators we use are of our own making they are our unique design and we are constantly improving on them as for accuracy of weight, design and behavior.

we expect to have several models on the market for sale in few months.

[noahsarkil]

training properly is key, and knowing the realities of violent encounters is what you base yor training of off

[kickasstv]

Nice one. Reminded me of my taster last year in London.

[mikesternberg]

Nice knife work ! I noticed how he went: liver - spleen- trach nice work that is an instant kill!

[noahsarkil]

Hi Mike,

thanks for the praise,

we have been devoting alot of time to close in knife fighting and knife fighting in general applying our study methadology.

clearly most knife fights go to exterem close range and involve repeat stabing.

knowing how to do this in real time as in sparing and how to respond to this mode of attack are essential.

[mikesternberg]

As a person who has used knifes in real fights. Many times I have seen how a quick few stabs will drop someone, I have also seen how repeated stabs in non-vital areas (such as the intestinal track) wil leave someone able to fight for minutes with even great bloodloss. focused thrusts are the key. i definately saw that here.

[mikesternberg]

That is so true. I have a saying" you can be 99% alive and 1% dead if the 1% is in the right spot your just as dead." The flip side is you can be 50% dead and still a threat.