what martial arts uses the knife?

[Vito]

i understand that knife fighting uses knives a lot.

[thaiboxerken]

Kali is good, Silat is also good for knife training.

[Synaesthesia]

With all due respect: I've interacted with people who have trained Chinese Knife work with the Chinese millitary. According to him, the millitairy won't attack the groin in a knife-fight because it's "impolite".

 

This alone sums up my opinion of Wushu knife-work untill and unles someone shows me something different.

 

*lol*, there's a lot of prominent wushu practitioners who readily employ a very common wushu move to that effect.

 

The chinese military does employ such moves to the best of my knowledge. I saw a training video of a guy who trains chinese military units and that's one of his main attacks. (Body armour and helmets impede the use of many other attacks, so it's a very desirable one.)

 

Wushu is a very diverse group of arts. I don't think it's very... sage to prejudge them all on such terribly tenuous grounds. Don't you agree?

[street fighter]

First Chris 3 dude becareful of the knife techniques if you are not a knife fighter, some of the things taught by non-fighters are pure dangerous as if the knife wasnt dangerous enough. I am a concept trainer i look at many styles and pull from what I feel works for me and what I believe will work for others and having trained in indonesion and chinese if feel they are the most effective, for me anyway, but dont put much faith in a pure TKD instrutor to lead you properly in knife defense, you are better off running.

[MenteReligieuse]

How is knife techniques in kalaripayat ? From the documentary I saw it seems a bit ...weird. Unrealistic even. It was traditional, so maybe that is why.

[striking_cobra]

kung fu...i study kung ling kung fu and i've been doing weapons training, including knife since white belt. the only weapon with a belt restriction in my school is sword, which starts at brown belt.

[JerryLove]

"kung fu" isn't an art. It's a term used in China to refer to any skill, and in the US to refer to any Chinese martial art.

[street fighter]

Wow, Jerry understands what most are to ---- to understand or care that they are using the term incorrectly.

 

Ki-ap, how many TKD people hollar this every time the kick, do they know that they are yelling the word "yell" and the list goes on and on. hey it just mine