Eskrima Grandmaster vs. Supreme Grandmaster

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I think what people forget to remember is that the Filipino grandmaster is 72! And he is still able to move very quickly in armed combat.

"he's playing defense! play offense" supreme grandmaster grandpa proceeds to disarm him right away

Thanks everyone for your comments! Once again I thought it would be useful to draw the attention of many of the negative commentators to a fairly simple fact. Would you comment on a video demonstrating an armbar in BJJ with things like "I'd just stand up and stomp on him", or "I'd just start punching him, BJJ doesn't work."? Once again, this video is demonstrating one component of a complete system. As much as I'd like to be able to demonstrate all of Diamondback Escrima in one video, that would be quite a long one. Rest easy knowing that kicks, knees and grappling are all accounted for in the system.

I think people get confused because you don't actually see a hit. These are all theoretical for sparring purposes. The moves are so fast you miss the "hits", that's the sign of a true master. If this were an actual fight it would have been long over.

How to know that a keyboard warrior doesn't know thing in the comments 101: When he starts referencing guns in a martial arts debate

The sad Part is some people in the comments are Filipinos insulting their own art.

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True Master's indicate their art by showing it.  Both of these men are Master's notably because of their skill, but also because their not "hiding" their art.  Beautiful stuff, this for me is the essence of martial arts.

Too many keyboard warriors and gunslingers in this thread. Just to make things clear. This is not a sport. It is a means of survival. No one should compare this to MMA. Nor should they compare this to guns. People need not show or tell other people their secret techniques just to impress you, because it is a secret. We have dealt with all this problems since the Spaniards came to our islands with sabres and cannons more than 500+ years ago, Japanese with their bayonets and katanas, and Americans with their advanced weaponry. But we did not become Hispanic, or Japanese, or American.  So for a keyboard warrior that the most violent time in his life was school bullying, please give respect.

Try to watch it on 0.25x you will appreciate it even more. Peace out!

Looks silly but i can see what's going on. I'll end up in pieces if i went up against them in a sword fight. Pretty cool.

Anyone calling these guys "hacks" or saying this isn't real martial arts is simply ignorant of fighting mechanics, drills, technique, etc. Also, this is clearly lighthearted (not even official) sparring for fun. Whether with knives, empty hands, or a broken pool stick I guarantee at 100% full force and speed either of these two men would DESTROY most, if not all, of your keyboard warriors' favorite MMA champs if similarly armed. There is a reason why eskrima is taught to army special forces around the world, including the US, IDF, etc. Also, don't compare this to MMA period; this is a 'weapons'-based fighting system, which is why you don't see it in MMA or typical sportfighting. It's designed for defense against and delivery of murder, plain and simple. It is meant for street fighting, and war. Throw your MMA fighters into a bar brawl or life-or-death combat situation with a group of master eskrimadors, and your MMA fighters will most likely be dead when the dust settles.

I see many ignorant comments here. Of course to the uninitiated, it would seem like 2 guys slapping. In the same way that a pure bjj match would look like 2 guys hugging each other over an extended period of time. But for us martial artists, we can already count the number of hits the other guy got in eskrima, or in bjj who has control of the fight (even if he's the one on his back). Watch the eskrima episode of human weapon in history channel. You'd see when jason sparred with one of the eskrima fighters, it seems the fighter was just flailing his stick mindlessly but afterwards, jason is already filled with bruises while the eskrima fighter was scot-free

Damn, who would've known I was a grandmaster everytime my siblings take the remote from me

I wonder if people post "A car would win" on videos of the Olympics 100m sprint...

Thanks everyone for your comments! Please remember that this is one tiny excerpt of one tiny aspect of a much larger system. Saying, "This wouldn't work against a prison yard rush" is somewhat ignorant, as this video is not demonstrating knife defence or knife fighting, rather a way to break down stick to stick work at close range, and develop speed, distance and reflexes.  Make sure to check out some of the other footage on our channel!

Gordon Ramsey doesn't look impressed

Too much ignorance in here. Well ignorance is a bliss. Escrima is pretty useful in a hand to hand combat, or a knife fight.

If you have to pick-up one thing from this video, it's this: Never, ever underestimate the mild-mannered nature of most old-timers. Especially in Cebu City (a known centre of FMA) of all places. It's one thing to just see it and think that it's two people flailing around, it's a whole different thing when you're on the receiving end of all those strikes. Saludo ko kang Manong.