Thanks for the share ….. what can I say i’am 4th generation Italian and find this shizzzz of value as do I about Dante Comedy , rice and ravioli …. Sad my family stop speaking the old language. I did hit the like and subscribed …… appreciate your work and unique style ! Take care ….. ✝️
Master Lajolo is a very legit martial artist; I really like a lot of things in his system (f.e. the idea to train "gun AND knife" or the idea of "train in enviroment" etc etc). Nice video ;-)
This is not Italian anything. He is a student of my old teacher William Sanders who was a Silat Guy 23 years ago then, then called it IRISH STICK, now he calls it ITALIAN knife fighting. OMG, and he would have his students use fake credentials back then as well, we were the only accredited certified Indonesian school of Pencak Silat. I recognize these moves any where. He has a personality flaw or something where he wants recognition, changes cultures every decade. This is not authentic, historical, classic Italian anything. Google William Sanders Silat. Watch his movements in old videos. I hope he does a follow up video apologizing. He is plagiarizing his Indonesian teachers for his EGO. My school 23 years ago was King Dragon Silat in Farmington Hills Michigan. It closed when his His head instructor and him fell out. Half wanted to go with Sanders some wanted to stay with Jeff Davidson. Then Sanders changed to Irish Stick and lost more students. So he only wanted to keep students that paid well and worshiped him, and defended for him by Trolling the internet for his honor LOL. OMG can't wait to share this with my old classmates. They are going to get a kick out of this. But sanders flow and moves are genuine, just not Italian. He is a Narcissist
Have you looked into the Sykes Fairbairn commando knife fighting that was developed during and after World War II? The stories that they told as police in Shanghai and the fighting are legendary. It would be interesting to see how it stacks up against our contemporary martial arts culture.
the two have very different goals. The goal of fairbairn is to take out a sentry nice and silent. lagiolo shows actaul fighting when the 2 opponents agreed to enter a fight, there is no surprise exept for the change of hands. Lagiolo moves a lot both hands and feet while avoiding the opponents hits, this may result in dropping the knife especially that a small knife
This is based on sword fighting during the Renaissance period. The switching comes from the use of bracers. It would allow you to switch the position of the knife safely and be able to block without serious or lethal cuts. Knife also acts as a shield while changing positions. This is a very old system of fighting. I would guess it’s probably 500 years old. I wonder how far back he could trace his lineage.
funny I traced his movements to Pikiti Tersia from the Philippines... absolutely nothing he is doing is European based except for his attempt at linear footwork which is plain awful.
Italian school of swordsmanship has a long tradition and daggers together with rapiers were essential in duels and general fighting especially when used by their mercenaries called "condottieri"
@@emillyyelen5169 exactly right! another reason this video is so scammy. Not one mention of that! Not one bit of research went into this making this a bromance documentary.
@@emillyyelen5169 nitpicking but, the "condottieri" where the leaders (from the word condurre which means to lead). The mercenaries themselves were called "compagni" (literally translates as companions or mates) and the outfits where called "compagnie di ventura" (adventuring companies). I am Italian, by the way.
@@LouKiss Europeans have a very long history of Sword and Knife fighting. They didn't learn it from the Philipinos. When you look at the Roman Gladius, you are looking at a short blade sword the techniques adopt well to the Dagger or Knife. All through history there have been styles of Knife/Dagger fighting. It is not something they learned when they came to the Phillipines.
He is one of the best knife practitioners. Excellent structure, footwork, angles. They do have a fencing approach, which possibly shows connections to Italian medieval fencing/HEMA. Well done for bringing the style forward.
This is not Italian anything. He is a student of my old teacher William Sanders who was a Silat Guy 23 years ago then, then called it IRISH STICK, now he calls it ITALIAN knife fighting. OMG, and he would have his students use fake credentials back then as well, we were the only accredited certified Indonesian school of Pencak Silat. I recognize these moves any where. He has a personality flaw or something where he wants recognition, changes cultures every decade. This is not authentic, historical, classic Italian anything. Google William Sanders Silat. Watch his movements in old videos. I hope he does a follow up video apologizing. He is plagiarizing his Indonesian teachers for his EGO. My school 23 years ago was King Dragon Silat in Farmington Hills Michigan. It closed when his His head instructor and him fell out. Half wanted to go with Sanders some wanted to stay with Jeff Davidson. Then Sanders changed to Irish Stick and lost more students. So he only wanted to keep students that paid well and worshiped him, and defended for him by Trolling the internet for his honor LOL. OMG can't wait to share this with my old classmates. They are going to get a kick out of this. But sanders flow and moves are genuine, just not Italian. He is a Narcissist
I recommend looking into esgrima criollo- Argentinian knife fighting- if you haven’t already. They use ponchos for distractions and defense. Beautiful in a deadly way with fascinating history.
Hatian machete fighting ("Tire machete")& Puerto-Rican machete and axe fighting (aka "Guazabara")... they're really captivating to look at in action. The evolution, history and application is beyong interesting.
The use of the poncho as a defensive tool in a knife fight used to be more common throughout Latin American countries. If you watch old Latin American movies with fight scenes, you will occasionally see some people using their poncho/coat as a defensive tool.
3:00 in italy double sided blades are legally weapons and not used as pocket knives. 6:40 straight razors were a common weapon,expecially in the south, scissors also Many pocket knives have a square tip design because by law they could be made longer. The main dueling and fighting pattern in Sicily was the Liccasapuni, soaplicker knife. Italian martial arts mostly consists of these regional styles of stick and knife fencing. The was a strong culture of dueling in the south,so many peculiar dueling knives designs. Stick fighting was the other side,schools teach both. The recently created a national competition called Liu-Bo. Honestly,it is a very underdevelopped sector,there is no martial culture in Italy outside of Boxing and TMA.
Unfortunately the martial arts culture in italy is dead, even for boxing and other more popular martial arts, italians nowdays are scared of pain and hard work, unfortunate, expetially when you consider than in the past we were a warrior culture and we taught martial arts to the world
@@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443 I only partialy agree.yes italian grew softer like everywhere else. But the problem is the stigma attached to anything that it is not soccer. Karate is, basicaly, the only martial art you can practice without being called a maniac or similar. Aikido? you automaticaly become a steven seagall wannabe... Kali? what are you, a wannabe killer? it is ignorance more than anything else.... which is even worse than what you described. This led, over time, to a serious shrinkage of offer... (I had to drive 40 minutes to practice Kali... where I live now, in 40 minutes by car I have at least 45 proposal in everything martial arts related) add to this the not exactely popula cost and you get the point
@@udp1073 not just that, mma is also straight illegal in italy, i practice in mma and you can't ground and pound, also gyms are not that serious, we train too little and so on, there is a reason why there is no high level italian fighter in any combat sport, our society and government wants us weak cigarettes
When it comes to Italian knife fighting, I've heard of a style or system called Paranzas Cortas, but this looks incredibly advanced, and I can see some similarities to knife usage in Kali. I say this as a casual observer considering I only have basic training with knives and most of my experience is in unarmed forms of martial arts, although I've always wanted to learn Kali or some form of weapons-focused martial art. Lately I've been getting into Kuntao Silat because I'm disabled (I'm almost 31, but I've had back and hip problems since I was in my early 20's due to being overworked at a job I had at the time and then a botched surgery that was supposed to fix it) but the movements utilized in Silat seem to agree with me despite my limitations. I've also learned the basics of cane fighting since I walk with a cane, but as I've stated already, the bulk of my experience is fighting unarmed. I hope that in addition to my learning of Silat I can learn more about the specifics of using the Karambit as they are fascinating blades. I first became interested in the use of blades because I'm a collector.
Imagine when the OP finds out that Italians have a REALLY long living Martial Arts traditions that involves from swords, spears and polearms to knifes and even clean hands systems, and that Italy had THE best knight the world has ever seen: Fiore dei Liberi, the man, the legend.
I love the use of the hat. In capoeira, the old masters would sew a weight into the back of the hat. They'd use it as a defensive/offensive weapon against straight razors.
There are many Italian knife fighting systems. State recognized maybe. But there are other systems used by the Italian military. If you keep digging you will find more and connections to other weapons canne fighting where they are taught in connection. This is not my favorite Italian system but there are others. Really cool that you highlighted this
Thanks. I wear a wide brim wool hat everyday and I find it to be the best tool in my box set but I never knew it could be used in self defense for a blade. I always used it for spiders and the occasional snake in the blackberry patch
As a kiro (Ilustrisimo tony diego line) practitioner, spot on the itallian knife spar and Ilustrisimo analysis, sir! Fun fact: ilustrisimo has lots of Spanish and Italian blade influences.
@@inside_fighting he just finished 2 days in florida!! He'll be in Cincinnati, Ohio, next! Then NY...you could connect with Mr. Dan Lowman since he is our rep there
Master Lajola’s belly also has the perfect amount of adipose tissue to help provide an extra layer of protection in a knife fight. This is what peak performance looks like for knife fighting.
All these videos are you making about unheard of martial art. I did the research back in the AOL days when they didn't have a lot of videos on UA-cam. it's cool you are making them
It would make sense for there to be things that look like Eskrima, because the Italian and Spanish fencing traditions are very related and Eskrima is influenced by the Spanish fencing tradition. Think the "Manual del Baratero". Also, regarding fedora use, there are various European fencing manuals that show using the hat as a parrying device, especially with smallsword and knife, so this is definitely a historical technique with a long European pedigree. Scissors were used by the Spanish and Italians for duels, especially horse and sheep grooming shears.
Some FMA systems does incorporate fencing styles like kali ilustrisimo and more modern system. More traditional system favors footwork and slashing motions.
nella prima parte dei secoli 1500 1600 spagna e alcune parti di italia che erano spagnole o comuni che prestavano all'impero furono i primi a colonizzare e o commerciare, anche i samurai furono impressionati dagli spadaccini portoghesi mi pare@@MrUod ! Grazie
Being Italian I think it shows the best skill from my heritage. I myself practiced knife fighting which was Petiki Tursa so now I can implement this skill with it.
WW2 Combatives in Italy were inspired by Fiore. That said, this gentleman certainly has influence from SE asian knife arts. Not a bad thing. Classical Italian dagger is just longer so the movements are different as a result. Cloaks/jackets were also a bigger part of Italian knife/dagger. AKA cloak and dagger. Nice modern rebirth...renaissance? of Italian knife fighting.
I’ve seen the wounds from knife fighting personally from gang violence. They definitely maintain measure/distance. The same is true with machete fighting. The old European manuscripts weren’t lying about maintaining measure. Even the traditional Japanese swordsmanship styles do the same. Although I’m surprised people don’t practice deployments regularly. I guess not enough first or second hand experience.
When I practice ground fighting (only 1 knife); I find that if I'm on bottom with the knife, hand changes become the most important thing for both knife retention and creating attacking opportunities.
In Italian (definitely in Sicilian) knife fighting, such fights were stylised duels, not street thuggery, not killing matches. The stylised moves were an essential part of the ritual. It was all about looking good, showing your bravery and honour and humiliating your opponent with damaging, but rarely lethal cuts. Deaths did occur, but they were not the primary focus, it was a honour duel not an execution. Think ‘deadly dance’ rather than ‘street brawl’.
Thanks for sharing another interesting style of martial arts with us! Love how you keep it positive, which is sadly rare today with so many people trashing other styles. Absolutely agree that training in real environments is super important. Some buddies and I used to train in abandoned buildings. You can pick up so much training on stairs, in narrow hallways, and doorways/entryways that you just won’t know always training on mats. Of course, I’m also thankful for how much I’ve gotten out of training on mats too.
I agree completely, I practiced Bujinkan for about 8 months. Very picked on art for many legitimate reasons, but one thing I did learn was your environment changes everything. My instructor at the time would clutter our tiny training hall with lots of objects. Eg tables, plastic chairs, medicine ball and we would roll one on one amongst it. On one occasion a day off work I was so badly bruised. Environment changes everything.
Italians have to be fancy, I guess, switching up grips in the middle of an engagement. His techniques in the one-on-one demonstrations look formidable.
He flings those scissors like a balisong knife. Very interesting vid. Italian posturing is so different, also... it looks soooo..... Italian, I love it. Great idea training on a staircase and on REAL environments... Lo adoro.
I train in real enviroment cos I train all day long ahahah in italia ovviamente... qui ci si adatta non ce lo deve dire Bruce, dobbiamo essere Like Water, se pensiamo... Quelli che non lo fanno di solito si arricchiscono qui da noi invece ahahha
In the sparring video, at 6:32 he uses a fragment of a very famous tune in the Pizzica style from southern Puglia (called Pizzica de San Vito). A nod to the local tradition. The pizzica was used, among other things, as pretend fighting - similarly to capoehra in Brazil.
3:14 so i think the knife he’s using is a slip joint. in italy you have to declare a regular reason to have a knife on you in public. most traditional european folding knives from previous generations are slip joints because having a knife which locks could be seen as tactical or more difficult to explain away. i haven’t seen the video but i think he uses his forearm to close the blade.
I came across Piper and Libre Fighting recently in a seminar coming from a certified Inosanto Academy Instructor. You should totally check it, it's savage, and very unique. Also, thanks for showing so much of the martial arts world, it's awesome.
Impressive indeed. Nice find and great video. Having trained kali I think you make a great point about drawing the blade. I recall nothing covering that. But when I trained in kali years ago we had plastic knives with felt edges that we put chalk on and them sparred. It was very humbling. But as you got better, those chalk marks were just on the forearms. But everyone always got marked. It was great training, and I rarely see anyone practice knife sparring.
"Everyone always gets marked" -- yes exactly so. I've never been shot, but many years ago I used to associate with some shady people in my misspent youth and have been slashed and stabbed (back then an 11" stiletto was my weapon). We used to have a saying about knife fights, "the loser dies at the scene, the winner dies on the way to the hospital". Of course that's not always literally true; in reality or at least my experience when _both_ people have a knife the fight rarely lasts long beyond the first blood. It's almost always the unarmed one who ends up seriously hurt or killed; for that's when the armed aggressor feels safe in attacking. But I have witnessed a few *serious*, life and death knife-on-knife fights, and mind you this is 100% undisciplined street fighting stuff, and the injuries are fking horrific. That's what eventually got me into actual training.... But even the best will end up cut or stabbed in a knife fight I don't care how well trained you are or how good you are unless you're made of steel you're going to get hurt.
Well said. Once in a while someone like you comes along and dispells all the mythical shenanigans tells it the way it is. In a knife fight..all the combatants lose or are severely injured. As usual it's the bad guys who resort to knives with an element of surprise. Having one and the skills to counter that is useful as it reminds the assailant of the mutually destructive nature of the confrontation. Hopefully, self-preservation kicks in without any combat taking place and both parties de-esclate. If it's impossible to disengage better look for something to grab with a free hand to use as a shield quickly and fight for dear life with the objective of getting away quickly when the opportunity presents itself.
A little while ago, I commented on a Funker Tactical video in which GN stated that sinawali was essentially useless in training with the knife. Out of everything I added in comment, he decided to respond that "there is no such thing as a knife fighter". If you train knife then you are a knife fighter, but this lajolo guy seems to be going much, much further in training than I've experienced in my kali background. It's wild that we train all these drills in FMA; all the sensitivity drills, all the efficient footwork and hand movement, all the reactions that up-close range creates and here we are looking at what a knife fight more truly is. It really makes me rethink my kali training and how to deal with this. I'm far more 'aggressive' in stick fighting, meaning I will purposefully close the distance to get in for strikes but my opponents almost always tend to be more skittish and dancing around out of range and just not fighting. We don't use padding but we aren't dog brothers either, so they don't want to risk getting hurt. Knife fighting is different physically and psychologically and this video shows that. The sparring videos really showcase how "stupid" knife fighting really is because managing range becomes a long, drawn out game and if you have that amount of time you should be rethinking what the hell is happening. It's like staring at the stove for five minutes and purposefully not contemplating the fact that you are trying to put your hand on the hot burner. Getting jumped in an alleyway is an immediate, crazy situation but if you have a knife, the opponent has a knife and you two are facing off for minutes trying to figure out who can cut the other's fingers then there is an egregious failure in training on your part to end it. Sorta like Bruce Lee's epiphany about how his fight took too long and how ill prepared he was to deal with it despite his training. Anyway, thanks for showcasing this, these videos are great!
Really very cool and interesting system. Thanks for sharing. Also you're so right about what you said in 17:46, that people inherently don't know how handle a weapon, be it a knife, a stick or a gun
Another way to state what you said about protecting “where the sun don’t shine”, is that everywhere a joint bends, it bends to protect a major artery. The neck tucks to protect the carotid artery, the shoulder to protect the subclavian artery, the elbow to protect the brachial artery, the wrist to protect the radial artery and so on.
Knife (and stick) fighting was a thing in Mediterranean Europe. A lot of local differences... Check out "manual of the baratero" in example which is from Spain but has very similar movements and tactics of Italian knife fencing. Also FMA got influenced by Italian sword masters of the Renaissance period, they arrived along with the Spaniards as mercenaries and gave the mathematical and geometrical aspects typical of FMA.
A lot of those geometrical aspects already existed in FMA. Remember, the roots of FMA are shared with Silat, and Silat is very analytical regarding angles, body positioning, etc.
And the Italians and Spanish were influenced by African stick fighting, which is probably the oldest styles in the world. The English knife styles were influenced by Indian and so on and so forth.
I have trained in FMA and love the art but it does have its drawbacks. There are a couple other people you should check out if you haven't heard of them before, that have much more of a realistic modern approach. Tribe 13 UA-cam channel is great. Ed caldron(he was on the joe rogan podcast) has a similar take, I had an opportunity to take a two day class with him and it was absolutely amazing. Libre knife fighting guild, piper knife fighting and Craig Douglas shiv works (more grappling with wepons) is all interesting stuff to check out. Anyways great channel I try to catch all of your videos, keep it up!
My Father taught me, never to bring a weapon to a fight that you cannot defend against. Because you could be disarmed, and it could be used against you.
2:34 - agreed... FMA always begins from a stance of presumed combat. What I like here is a lot of wrist camming... fine movement makes a big difference with short blades.
As I understand it, knife fighting was analyzed a few years back, a statistical approach to it if you will. Most knife fights or attacks are in prison. And experienced murderers in prison were interviewed, they know what works and what doesn't work. Their stance is quite defensive since one of the riskiest things that could happen in a knife fight is being disarmed by your opponent, or the man. The knife is kept concealed as long as possible and when disclosed, it's kept close to the body. Simple methodology, you're jabbing with your left arm and waiting for an opening for your knife with your right hand. Once it opens, go for it several dozen times until the enemy is neutralized. Yes, you might get cut in the left arm, but it's the price you pay for playing with knives in the first place. Still this Italian gentleman has a lot of style to him. Certainly flashy enough.
I love your open mind approach to martial arts. I would not hesitate to say that it means that you are a master and, at any rate, I would be more than glad to train under your guidance. You are close to Spain. I do not know if you have time to spare but it would be great if you came to share your wisdom. Thank you for being there and share your no bs overview of the different styles. Best of luck!
Thank you for your distinguished efforts in providing us with everything interesting and enjoyable in the world of martial arts. Your information is considered a reference in combat methods. I hope that you will devote episodes to Russian combat methods, especially combat sambo and hand-to-hand military combat.
I can't lie. This is one video that you've done that I really actually love. No disrespect to your other ones other than some comments I have made, but this one. This one is gold as far as the information you said
The guy's website states "It is a combat system, an evolution and reworking of the use of the traditional Italian knife, contaminated by different disciplines with an international flair, including martial arts" So I do not understand were everyone is saying that his style looks like others. The answer to that is because it does. The guy is putting on his site that he is combining what he learned from other marital arts and combining it into his families style. Nothing wrong with that, that's how Bruce Lee invented Jeet Kune Do, he took what he learned from other martial arts and combined certain techniques and everything else he learned to make his style of fighting.
Just to drop a pill of knowledge The most famous manuscript about fighting in the middle ages is from Italy, the Flos duellatorum. Italian mercenaries, generals and marines (but most of all, equipment) were amongst the most sought after from foreign armies from the middle ages to the XVIII century approximately. Why? Well because Italy was a land marked by constant conflicts, therefore adapt or die
The hat thing is something done in the navaja knife style of fighting that was done by gitanos in Spain. They used their hat and their clothes to blind the opponent and as defensive tool.
I'm particularly interested in the way Lajolo incorporates the straight razor into the system. You can see this guy and others doing amazing straight razor training drills. And somewhat hair-raising, because they're using live sharp razors which he demonstrates. Fascinating. I especially love the straight razor for some reason, and often carry them. It was once a common street weapon in the United States, up into the 1970s. But is now obscure. Probably because not a whole lot of men are shaving with them anymore. My favorite antique razor that I restored and rebuilt, which is a Wade & Butcher English barber's razor, had clearly led a very long life of being carried in a hip pocket when I found it. Still sharp too. If only I could know where it had been before that. I'm sure it was an interesting story...
I guarantee he has some silat in his background. That pattern on the floor is from pentjak silat. They also do similar movements hiding the blade, protecting vital points, etc. . Check out Joe Simonet's knife fighting stuff.
Great video… will you please say some tactical ideals that I can disagree with you about! 😂 As a Balintawak guy I can say in weapon vs weapon scenarios the skills I develop through that training has use in a very limited part of the fight… the stick clinch specifically and the hand fighting bridge when we close into the Muay Thai clinch as well. These very quick moments in a broader match are important… however my largo training, mainly De Campo these days is the space I mainly occupy when I spar. I like to close distance in stick fighting, but that is way more risky when you are sparring with knives, if we are being honest and respecting the training weapon. Thanks for these great videos. I agree this man is incredibly skilled. I love watching him move.
Wow I train on stairs I’ve never seen anyone else do this. Lajolo reminds me a lot of classic 52 blocks, but I’m quite sure the styles have crossed paths.
The basis of this style is traditional Italian "fencing (scherma)", which is a martial art in which bare-handed combat, sword, sabre, stick, knife etc. are used. Olympic fencing descends from it, like archaic boxing, that of the 18th century.
Looks similar to eskrima probably because they came from the same system namely the espada 'y daga of spain. Italians developed their version and filipinos developed their own version after learning the main art.
Remember: walking up stairs backwards with two sharpened knives is 'super smart'. :) joking. agree100% systema gets grief but they are grwat at i corporating environment. Bravissimo.
Hmm... I learned something new today. Italy isn't the first country that comes to mind when I think of pokey things. But I shouldn't be surprised. I see a lot of transitional movements very reminiscent of things I've learned in other arts, especially in Systema (here come the haters who are going to tell me its fake, even though they never even tried it... Sigh, ignorance truly knows no bounds... I suggest you look into Kevin Secours, and go tell whatever you want to tell me to him instead). Same with his framing. It looks pretty effective, tbh. Gotta say though, the silly demo video sold me on this stuff more than any actual fighting. I absolutely want to try it with Peaky Blinders hats on too. And all the posturing too. That shit is hilarious. I agree about the stairs part... Martial artists don't train in environments, but soldiers do. Navigating stairs is a critical skill for CQB. More martial artists SHOULD do this... what are you learning this stuff for? The possibility of having to use it. If that possibility happens, you think the assailant is going wait for you to strap on gloves and clear the area of obstacles? They aren't. You want a hilarious but far more likely scenario for how an ideal knife defense is going to go? Watch Scary Movie, when the black chick is getting chased by Ghostface. She throws EVERYTHING at him, including the kitchen sink. Believe me, that is exactly what you want to do. There is no honor in getting stabbed to death by a strung out crackhead, or a psycho Karen. Use your environment, get em off balance, and escape. If you can't escape, close the distance and show no mercy. They pulled a knife on you... It's serious, and they intend to kill you. Mercy isn't a part of that equation.
So the question is: how much of Filipino knife fighting was influenced by the Spanish and Italian schools? Because for swords, Filipinos styles took a good amount from Spanish sword play.
Knife fighting is a solid skill. But I've never heard of it used outside of military. For self defense, I didn't see any shtf drills, like for example deploying from a grounded position. In street fights whether weapons are involved or not, falling happens all the time, also with people who charge with no respect for self-preservation. Interesting video, high skills.
Not sure which FMA you practiced but the PTK system does focus on deployment and doesn't focus on just looking pretty. It focuses on lethal effectiveness.
I'm Italian, and where I come from knife fighting is at the bottom of any self-respect, then again it depends on the person and if he can fight..... oh, that's right, most people can't fight, so they use a knife. Having said all that, I do admire the brilliance of the guy's demonstrating their techniques.
I love the use of hats...that's a very common thing in weapon martial arts...hats, cloaks, beer mugs...they all appear in much older weapon styles as well.
Glad you enjoyed and wonderful work and teaching 🙏🏼 May i ask? When you rub the knife against the arm is it to change the grip as i mentioned? I can pin the response so people can see!
As an Italian I have never heard of this style,Once upon a time I know that men rarely killed each other,Only if someone insulted someone else's honor was he challenged to a duel, or treacherously killed,It depends on the type of offense that was committed. For example, if someone touched someone else's wife, he was killed with dishonor,In any case this was done in southern Italy, In northern Italy at least in recent times, as far as I know, people were calmer and less "bloody"
Using the hat reminds a lot to me the sword and cape discipline in the Bolognese style of Renaissance fencing, it is always better to have something to avoid getting cut or parry things when you fight.
anything italians do, they do it with style!
Yeah... obnoxiously so
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Thanks for the share ….. what can I say i’am 4th generation Italian and find this shizzzz of value as do I about Dante Comedy , rice and ravioli …. Sad my family stop speaking the old language.
I did hit the like and subscribed …… appreciate your work and unique style !
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@@erichwebb8312 risotto man, so many American Italian places lack this icon of an Italian dish😭
Master Lajolo is a very legit martial artist; I really like a lot of things in his system (f.e. the idea to train "gun AND knife" or the idea of "train in enviroment" etc etc). Nice video ;-)
This is not Italian anything. He is a student of my old teacher William Sanders who was a Silat Guy 23 years ago then, then called it IRISH STICK, now he calls it ITALIAN knife fighting. OMG, and he would have his students use fake credentials back then as well, we were the only accredited certified Indonesian school of Pencak Silat. I recognize these moves any where. He has a personality flaw or something where he wants recognition, changes cultures every decade. This is not authentic, historical, classic Italian anything. Google William Sanders Silat. Watch his movements in old videos. I hope he does a follow up video apologizing. He is plagiarizing his Indonesian teachers for his EGO. My school 23 years ago was King Dragon Silat in Farmington Hills Michigan. It closed when his His head instructor and him fell out. Half wanted to go with Sanders some wanted to stay with Jeff Davidson. Then Sanders changed to Irish Stick and lost more students. So he only wanted to keep students that paid well and worshiped him, and defended for him by Trolling the internet for his honor LOL. OMG can't wait to share this with my old classmates. They are going to get a kick out of this. But sanders flow and moves are genuine, just not Italian. He is a Narcissist
Has he ever been in an actual knife fight?
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Have you looked into the Sykes Fairbairn commando knife fighting that was developed during and after World War II? The stories that they told as police in Shanghai and the fighting are legendary. It would be interesting to see how it stacks up against our contemporary martial arts culture.
everybody who is curious about these things has heard that...
and when you already mention that you could have said that knife is SAS symbol also
I am quite a fan of the founder of the OSS, precursor to our CIA.
the two have very different goals. The goal of fairbairn is to take out a sentry nice and silent. lagiolo shows actaul fighting when the 2 opponents agreed to enter a fight, there is no surprise exept for the change of hands. Lagiolo moves a lot both hands and feet while avoiding the opponents hits, this may result in dropping the knife especially that a small knife
@@emillyyelen5169the SAS emblem is a short sword. You may be thinking of the royal Marines commando badge which is the faiburn sykes dagger.
This is based on sword fighting during the Renaissance period. The switching comes from the use of bracers. It would allow you to switch the position of the knife safely and be able to block without serious or lethal cuts. Knife also acts as a shield while changing positions. This is a very old system of fighting. I would guess it’s probably 500 years old. I wonder how far back he could trace his lineage.
funny I traced his movements to Pikiti Tersia from the Philippines... absolutely nothing he is doing is European based except for his attempt at linear footwork which is plain awful.
Italian school of swordsmanship has a long tradition and daggers together with rapiers were essential in duels and general fighting especially when used by their mercenaries called "condottieri"
@@emillyyelen5169 exactly right! another reason this video is so scammy. Not one mention of that! Not one bit of research went into this making this a bromance documentary.
@@emillyyelen5169 nitpicking but, the "condottieri" where the leaders (from the word condurre which means to lead). The mercenaries themselves were called "compagni" (literally translates as companions or mates) and the outfits where called "compagnie di ventura" (adventuring companies). I am Italian, by the way.
@@LouKiss Europeans have a very long history of Sword and Knife fighting. They didn't learn it from the Philipinos. When you look at the Roman Gladius, you are looking at a short blade sword the techniques adopt well to the Dagger or Knife. All through history there have been styles of Knife/Dagger fighting. It is not something they learned when they came to the Phillipines.
He is one of the best knife practitioners. Excellent structure, footwork, angles. They do have a fencing approach, which possibly shows connections to Italian medieval fencing/HEMA. Well done for bringing the style forward.
This is not Italian anything. He is a student of my old teacher William Sanders who was a Silat Guy 23 years ago then, then called it IRISH STICK, now he calls it ITALIAN knife fighting. OMG, and he would have his students use fake credentials back then as well, we were the only accredited certified Indonesian school of Pencak Silat. I recognize these moves any where. He has a personality flaw or something where he wants recognition, changes cultures every decade. This is not authentic, historical, classic Italian anything. Google William Sanders Silat. Watch his movements in old videos. I hope he does a follow up video apologizing. He is plagiarizing his Indonesian teachers for his EGO. My school 23 years ago was King Dragon Silat in Farmington Hills Michigan. It closed when his His head instructor and him fell out. Half wanted to go with Sanders some wanted to stay with Jeff Davidson. Then Sanders changed to Irish Stick and lost more students. So he only wanted to keep students that paid well and worshiped him, and defended for him by Trolling the internet for his honor LOL. OMG can't wait to share this with my old classmates. They are going to get a kick out of this. But sanders flow and moves are genuine, just not Italian. He is a Narcissist
@@the1knifepro169 thanks for being the educated one in the room.
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O please give me a break...Learn something about combat before you comment on the issue of knife fighting...😮
I recommend looking into esgrima criollo- Argentinian knife fighting- if you haven’t already. They use ponchos for distractions and defense. Beautiful in a deadly way with fascinating history.
Sounds amazing. Writing it down
Hatian machete fighting ("Tire machete")& Puerto-Rican machete and axe fighting (aka "Guazabara")... they're really captivating to look at in action. The evolution, history and application is beyong interesting.
The use of the poncho as a defensive tool in a knife fight used to be more common throughout Latin American countries. If you watch old Latin American movies with fight scenes, you will occasionally see some people using their poncho/coat as a defensive tool.
Interesting. The knifes looks like small arming swords. I get confirmation bias for my first impression of sword and buckler.
In real knife fights, it's almost impossible to identify the style used. The thing is so quick and brutal that all styles looks the same thing.
3:00 in italy double sided blades are legally weapons and not used as pocket knives.
6:40 straight razors were a common weapon,expecially in the south, scissors also Many pocket knives have a square tip design because by law they could be made longer.
The main dueling and fighting pattern in Sicily was the Liccasapuni, soaplicker knife.
Italian martial arts mostly consists of these regional styles of stick and knife fencing. The was a strong culture of dueling in the south,so many peculiar dueling knives designs.
Stick fighting was the other side,schools teach both. The recently created a national competition called Liu-Bo.
Honestly,it is a very underdevelopped sector,there is no martial culture in Italy outside of Boxing and TMA.
this is 100% legit.
well said and completely true and accurate (I am an italian expatriate, a knife collector and kali trainee, albeit a bad one)
Unfortunately the martial arts culture in italy is dead, even for boxing and other more popular martial arts, italians nowdays are scared of pain and hard work, unfortunate, expetially when you consider than in the past we were a warrior culture and we taught martial arts to the world
@@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443 I only partialy agree.yes italian grew softer like everywhere else. But the problem is the stigma attached to anything that it is not soccer. Karate is, basicaly, the only martial art you can practice without being called a maniac or similar. Aikido? you automaticaly become a steven seagall wannabe... Kali? what are you, a wannabe killer? it is ignorance more than anything else.... which is even worse than what you described. This led, over time, to a serious shrinkage of offer... (I had to drive 40 minutes to practice Kali... where I live now, in 40 minutes by car I have at least 45 proposal in everything martial arts related) add to this the not exactely popula cost and you get the point
@@udp1073 not just that, mma is also straight illegal in italy, i practice in mma and you can't ground and pound, also gyms are not that serious, we train too little and so on, there is a reason why there is no high level italian fighter in any combat sport, our society and government wants us weak cigarettes
When it comes to Italian knife fighting, I've heard of a style or system called Paranzas Cortas, but this looks incredibly advanced, and I can see some similarities to knife usage in Kali. I say this as a casual observer considering I only have basic training with knives and most of my experience is in unarmed forms of martial arts, although I've always wanted to learn Kali or some form of weapons-focused martial art.
Lately I've been getting into Kuntao Silat because I'm disabled (I'm almost 31, but I've had back and hip problems since I was in my early 20's due to being overworked at a job I had at the time and then a botched surgery that was supposed to fix it) but the movements utilized in Silat seem to agree with me despite my limitations.
I've also learned the basics of cane fighting since I walk with a cane, but as I've stated already, the bulk of my experience is fighting unarmed. I hope that in addition to my learning of Silat I can learn more about the specifics of using the Karambit as they are fascinating blades. I first became interested in the use of blades because I'm a collector.
Imagine when the OP finds out that Italians have a REALLY long living Martial Arts traditions that involves from swords, spears and polearms to knifes and even clean hands systems, and that Italy had THE best knight the world has ever seen: Fiore dei Liberi, the man, the legend.
I love the use of the hat. In capoeira, the old masters would sew a weight into the back of the hat. They'd use it as a defensive/offensive weapon against straight razors.
There are many Italian knife fighting systems. State recognized maybe. But there are other systems used by the Italian military. If you keep digging you will find more and connections to other weapons canne fighting where they are taught in connection. This is not my favorite Italian system but there are others. Really cool that you highlighted this
I observe this Italian guy for a long time, aside from his apparent masterful skills, I love his taste in clothes, he's always so impeccably dressed.
Same here! I have always liked his use of shaving razors
That’s Italy for ya
yeah he is a noble
i mean from a real noble family
Thanks. I wear a wide brim wool hat everyday and I find it to be the best tool in my box set but I never knew it could be used in self defense for a blade. I always used it for spiders and the occasional snake in the blackberry patch
As a kiro (Ilustrisimo tony diego line) practitioner, spot on the itallian knife spar and Ilustrisimo analysis, sir!
Fun fact: ilustrisimo has lots of Spanish and Italian blade influences.
It’s my favorite fma
@@inside_fighting coach arnold is in the us now, i hope you get a chance to attend one of his seminars/workshops!
@@pepemanikan2808 Do you know if he is in florida at all? Or near there?
@@inside_fighting he just finished 2 days in florida!! He'll be in Cincinnati, Ohio, next! Then NY...you could connect with Mr. Dan Lowman since he is our rep there
@@pepemanikan2808 thank you
Master Lajola’s belly also has the perfect amount of adipose tissue to help provide an extra layer of protection in a knife fight.
This is what peak performance looks like for knife fighting.
All these videos are you making about unheard of martial art. I did the research back in the AOL days when they didn't have a lot of videos on UA-cam. it's cool you are making them
The internet’s golden age :)
It would make sense for there to be things that look like Eskrima, because the Italian and Spanish fencing traditions are very related and Eskrima is influenced by the Spanish fencing tradition. Think the "Manual del Baratero". Also, regarding fedora use, there are various European fencing manuals that show using the hat as a parrying device, especially with smallsword and knife, so this is definitely a historical technique with a long European pedigree. Scissors were used by the Spanish and Italians for duels, especially horse and sheep grooming shears.
Yes. Spanish gypsies were known for their use of shears/ scissors. Manual Baratero has a lot of such images.
Some FMA systems does incorporate fencing styles like kali ilustrisimo and more modern system. More traditional system favors footwork and slashing motions.
nella prima parte dei secoli 1500 1600 spagna e alcune parti di italia che erano spagnole o comuni che prestavano all'impero furono i primi a colonizzare e o commerciare, anche i samurai furono impressionati dagli spadaccini portoghesi mi pare@@MrUod !
Grazie
Being Italian I think it shows the best skill from my heritage. I myself practiced knife fighting which was Petiki Tursa so now I can implement this skill with it.
WW2 Combatives in Italy were inspired by Fiore. That said, this gentleman certainly has influence from SE asian knife arts. Not a bad thing. Classical Italian dagger is just longer so the movements are different as a result. Cloaks/jackets were also a bigger part of Italian knife/dagger. AKA cloak and dagger. Nice modern rebirth...renaissance? of Italian knife fighting.
Thank you so much for introducing this incredible martial artist to us. Id have never found him otherwise. Loads to take from him. 🙏🙏
Filipino martial arts have elements of Spanish and European sword styles :)
The northern and central do not the southern Philippines because the Spanish were never able to conquer that region.
The northern and central do not the southern Philippines because the Spanish were never able to conquer that region.
The northern and central do not the southern Philippines because the Spanish were never able to conquer that region.
The northern and central do but not the southern Philippines because the Spanish were never able to conquer that region.
The northern and central do but not the southern Philippines because the Spanish were never able to conquer that region.
I’ve seen the wounds from knife fighting personally from gang violence. They definitely maintain measure/distance. The same is true with machete fighting. The old European manuscripts weren’t lying about maintaining measure. Even the traditional Japanese swordsmanship styles do the same.
Although I’m surprised people don’t practice deployments regularly. I guess not enough first or second hand experience.
When I practice ground fighting (only 1 knife); I find that if I'm on bottom with the knife, hand changes become the most important thing for both knife retention and creating attacking opportunities.
In Italian (definitely in Sicilian) knife fighting, such fights were stylised duels, not street thuggery, not killing matches. The stylised moves were an essential part of the ritual. It was all about looking good, showing your bravery and honour and humiliating your opponent with damaging, but rarely lethal cuts.
Deaths did occur, but they were not the primary focus, it was a honour duel not an execution. Think ‘deadly dance’ rather than ‘street brawl’.
This is my new favorite self defense channel!!! Keep up the the good work!!!!!!
same here. ilan is the man
I agree. I find he's very in depth and spot on
Appreciate that
Thanks for sharing another interesting style of martial arts with us! Love how you keep it positive, which is sadly rare today with so many people trashing other styles.
Absolutely agree that training in real environments is super important. Some buddies and I used to train in abandoned buildings. You can pick up so much training on stairs, in narrow hallways, and doorways/entryways that you just won’t know always training on mats. Of course, I’m also thankful for how much I’ve gotten out of training on mats too.
I agree completely, I practiced Bujinkan for about 8 months. Very picked on art for many legitimate reasons, but one thing I did learn was your environment changes everything. My instructor at the time would clutter our tiny training hall with lots of objects. Eg tables, plastic chairs, medicine ball and we would roll one on one amongst it. On one occasion a day off work I was so badly bruised. Environment changes everything.
Love this guy. Been watching him for years lol
Great video and thank you for featuring him. We are hopefully sponsoring him for a seminar in March 2024 in California.
Italians have to be fancy, I guess, switching up grips in the middle of an engagement. His techniques in the one-on-one demonstrations look formidable.
I met Lajolo in person and he is an exceptional fighter as well as humble, always ready for a constructive discussion, verbal and also practical.
He flings those scissors like a balisong knife. Very interesting vid. Italian posturing is so different, also... it looks soooo..... Italian, I love it. Great idea training on a staircase and on REAL environments... Lo adoro.
I train in real enviroment cos I train all day long ahahah in italia ovviamente... qui ci si adatta non ce lo deve dire Bruce, dobbiamo essere Like Water, se pensiamo...
Quelli che non lo fanno di solito si arricchiscono qui da noi invece ahahha
In the sparring video, at 6:32 he uses a fragment of a very famous tune in the Pizzica style from southern Puglia (called Pizzica de San Vito). A nod to the local tradition. The pizzica was used, among other things, as pretend fighting - similarly to capoehra in Brazil.
Interesting! Thank you for being so open to different styles / methods
Ah a rich tradition of knife fighting in Italy !
This is very cool. A complete martial art. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to incorporate as much of this as I can with my Kali.
you got my like for that epic intro, well played sir!
3:14 so i think the knife he’s using is a slip joint. in italy you have to declare a regular reason to have a knife on you in public. most traditional european folding knives from previous generations are slip joints because having a knife which locks could be seen as tactical or more difficult to explain away. i haven’t seen the video but i think he uses his forearm to close the blade.
I came across Piper and Libre Fighting recently in a seminar coming from a certified Inosanto Academy Instructor. You should totally check it, it's savage, and very unique.
Also, thanks for showing so much of the martial arts world, it's awesome.
Just found your channel. Pure gold. Thanks for sharing this.
Impressive indeed. Nice find and great video. Having trained kali I think you make a great point about drawing the blade. I recall nothing covering that. But when I trained in kali years ago we had plastic knives with felt edges that we put chalk on and them sparred. It was very humbling. But as you got better, those chalk marks were just on the forearms. But everyone always got marked. It was great training, and I rarely see anyone practice knife sparring.
"Everyone always gets marked" -- yes exactly so. I've never been shot, but many years ago I used to associate with some shady people in my misspent youth and have been slashed and stabbed (back then an 11" stiletto was my weapon). We used to have a saying about knife fights, "the loser dies at the scene, the winner dies on the way to the hospital". Of course that's not always literally true; in reality or at least my experience when _both_ people have a knife the fight rarely lasts long beyond the first blood. It's almost always the unarmed one who ends up seriously hurt or killed; for that's when the armed aggressor feels safe in attacking. But I have witnessed a few *serious*, life and death knife-on-knife fights, and mind you this is 100% undisciplined street fighting stuff, and the injuries are fking horrific. That's what eventually got me into actual training.... But even the best will end up cut or stabbed in a knife fight I don't care how well trained you are or how good you are unless you're made of steel you're going to get hurt.
Well said. Once in a while someone like you comes along and dispells all the mythical shenanigans tells it the way it is. In a knife fight..all the combatants lose or are severely injured. As usual it's the bad guys who resort to knives with an element of surprise. Having one and the skills to counter that is useful as it reminds the assailant of the mutually destructive nature of the confrontation. Hopefully, self-preservation kicks in without any combat taking place and both parties de-esclate. If it's impossible to disengage better look for something to grab with a free hand to use as a shield quickly and fight for dear life with the objective of getting away quickly when the opportunity presents itself.
A little while ago, I commented on a Funker Tactical video in which GN stated that sinawali was essentially useless in training with the knife. Out of everything I added in comment, he decided to respond that "there is no such thing as a knife fighter". If you train knife then you are a knife fighter, but this lajolo guy seems to be going much, much further in training than I've experienced in my kali background.
It's wild that we train all these drills in FMA; all the sensitivity drills, all the efficient footwork and hand movement, all the reactions that up-close range creates and here we are looking at what a knife fight more truly is. It really makes me rethink my kali training and how to deal with this. I'm far more 'aggressive' in stick fighting, meaning I will purposefully close the distance to get in for strikes but my opponents almost always tend to be more skittish and dancing around out of range and just not fighting. We don't use padding but we aren't dog brothers either, so they don't want to risk getting hurt. Knife fighting is different physically and psychologically and this video shows that. The sparring videos really showcase how "stupid" knife fighting really is because managing range becomes a long, drawn out game and if you have that amount of time you should be rethinking what the hell is happening. It's like staring at the stove for five minutes and purposefully not contemplating the fact that you are trying to put your hand on the hot burner. Getting jumped in an alleyway is an immediate, crazy situation but if you have a knife, the opponent has a knife and you two are facing off for minutes trying to figure out who can cut the other's fingers then there is an egregious failure in training on your part to end it.
Sorta like Bruce Lee's epiphany about how his fight took too long and how ill prepared he was to deal with it despite his training. Anyway, thanks for showcasing this, these videos are great!
Really very cool and interesting system. Thanks for sharing. Also you're so right about what you said in 17:46, that people inherently don't know how handle a weapon, be it a knife, a stick or a gun
Another way to state what you said about protecting “where the sun don’t shine”, is that everywhere a joint bends, it bends to protect a major artery. The neck tucks to protect the carotid artery, the shoulder to protect the subclavian artery, the elbow to protect the brachial artery, the wrist to protect the radial artery and so on.
Knife (and stick) fighting was a thing in Mediterranean Europe. A lot of local differences...
Check out "manual of the baratero" in example which is from Spain but has very similar movements and tactics of Italian knife fencing.
Also FMA got influenced by Italian sword masters of the Renaissance period, they arrived along with the Spaniards as mercenaries and gave the mathematical and geometrical aspects typical of FMA.
A lot of those geometrical aspects already existed in FMA. Remember, the roots of FMA are shared with Silat, and Silat is very analytical regarding angles, body positioning, etc.
Fma are heavy influenced by spanish fencing, specially the "verdadera destreza" (true skill) that all about angles.
And the Italians and Spanish were influenced by African stick fighting, which is probably the oldest styles in the world. The English knife styles were influenced by Indian and so on and so forth.
I have trained in FMA and love the art but it does have its drawbacks. There are a couple other people you should check out if you haven't heard of them before, that have much more of a realistic modern approach. Tribe 13 UA-cam channel is great. Ed caldron(he was on the joe rogan podcast) has a similar take, I had an opportunity to take a two day class with him and it was absolutely amazing. Libre knife fighting guild, piper knife fighting and Craig Douglas shiv works (more grappling with wepons) is all interesting stuff to check out. Anyways great channel I try to catch all of your videos, keep it up!
FMA has numerous different systems. Which one did you train in?
The first SF in the world were the ARDITI, they used this style.
Bob Brean was 70 when he taught me . He was an amazing teacher.
We do a lot of knife sparring at my Kali school! It can really build distance management, timing and footwork.
Yea obviously lol
My Father taught me, never to bring a weapon to a fight that you cannot defend against.
Because you could be disarmed, and it could be used against you.
Just wow! I can see a lot of fencing in this, still incredible.
just wana say im stoned. was not expecting the intro. but will now be here just because of your intro
2:34 - agreed... FMA always begins from a stance of presumed combat. What I like here is a lot of wrist camming... fine movement makes a big difference with short blades.
That intro gets me every time😂
As I understand it, knife fighting was analyzed a few years back, a statistical approach to it if you will. Most knife fights or attacks are in prison. And experienced murderers in prison were interviewed, they know what works and what doesn't work. Their stance is quite defensive since one of the riskiest things that could happen in a knife fight is being disarmed by your opponent, or the man. The knife is kept concealed as long as possible and when disclosed, it's kept close to the body. Simple methodology, you're jabbing with your left arm and waiting for an opening for your knife with your right hand. Once it opens, go for it several dozen times until the enemy is neutralized. Yes, you might get cut in the left arm, but it's the price you pay for playing with knives in the first place. Still this Italian gentleman has a lot of style to him. Certainly flashy enough.
Just found this channel and your intro alone got a like from me.
I love your open mind approach to martial arts. I would not hesitate to say that it means that you are a master and, at any rate, I would be more than glad to train under your guidance. You are close to Spain. I do not know if you have time to spare but it would be great if you came to share your wisdom. Thank you for being there and share your no bs overview of the different styles. Best of luck!
I hope to visit Seville in March 🙏🏼 thank you for watching
@@inside_fighting you gonna train first hand in the back of one of these sevillian navaja knife shops?
Thank you for your distinguished efforts in providing us with everything interesting and enjoyable in the world of martial arts. Your information is considered a reference in combat methods. I hope that you will devote episodes to Russian combat methods, especially combat sambo and hand-to-hand military combat.
Danilo is a really cool guy, he is good at what he does and he has mad style!
Love this video. Watching as an expat in Thailand.
Looking forward to training out here
Damn well done by all involved. Thank you so much! A Great review of a great art (Lajolo) of a great master (Danilo Rossi)
I can't lie. This is one video that you've done that I really actually love. No disrespect to your other ones other than some comments I have made, but this one. This one is gold as far as the information you said
The guy's website states "It is a combat system, an evolution and reworking of the use of the traditional Italian knife, contaminated by different disciplines with an international flair, including martial arts"
So I do not understand were everyone is saying that his style looks like others. The answer to that is because it does. The guy is putting on his site that he is combining what he learned from other marital arts and combining it into his families style. Nothing wrong with that, that's how Bruce Lee invented Jeet Kune Do, he took what he learned from other martial arts and combined certain techniques and everything else he learned to make his style of fighting.
The Arditi were an Italian unit in WW1 who fought the war armed only with knives
I hope links I gave are informative. Thanks for showing this and great coverage
Yea appreciate the info 🙏🏼
Just to drop a pill of knowledge
The most famous manuscript about fighting in the middle ages is from Italy, the Flos duellatorum. Italian mercenaries, generals and marines (but most of all, equipment) were amongst the most sought after from foreign armies from the middle ages to the XVIII century approximately. Why? Well because Italy was a land marked by constant conflicts, therefore adapt or die
I’ve been teaching on stairs for years. Thanks!
Here for the opening theme 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😆
😂😂😂
Hello Sensei, thank you for making this video.
You actually responded on my request. :))
Of course 🙏🏼 I’m still looking at the other one you mentioned
The hat thing is something done in the navaja knife style of fighting that was done by gitanos in Spain. They used their hat and their clothes to blind the opponent and as defensive tool.
They had a unit of soldiers that shocked the allies with their knife skills
I'm particularly interested in the way Lajolo incorporates the straight razor into the system. You can see this guy and others doing amazing straight razor training drills. And somewhat hair-raising, because they're using live sharp razors which he demonstrates. Fascinating. I especially love the straight razor for some reason, and often carry them. It was once a common street weapon in the United States, up into the 1970s. But is now obscure. Probably because not a whole lot of men are shaving with them anymore. My favorite antique razor that I restored and rebuilt, which is a Wade & Butcher English barber's razor, had clearly led a very long life of being carried in a hip pocket when I found it. Still sharp too. If only I could know where it had been before that. I'm sure it was an interesting story...
I guarantee he has some silat in his background. That pattern on the floor is from pentjak silat. They also do similar movements hiding the blade, protecting vital points, etc. . Check out Joe Simonet's knife fighting stuff.
This guy also has videos up of him and his students sparring with fencing/kendo gear, but MMA style adding strikes and groundwork.
Great video… will you please say some tactical ideals that I can disagree with you about! 😂 As a Balintawak guy I can say in weapon vs weapon scenarios the skills I develop through that training has use in a very limited part of the fight… the stick clinch specifically and the hand fighting bridge when we close into the Muay Thai clinch as well. These very quick moments in a broader match are important… however my largo training, mainly De Campo these days is the space I mainly occupy when I spar. I like to close distance in stick fighting, but that is way more risky when you are sparring with knives, if we are being honest and respecting the training weapon.
Thanks for these great videos. I agree this man is incredibly skilled. I love watching him move.
Wow I train on stairs I’ve never seen anyone else do this. Lajolo reminds me a lot of classic 52 blocks, but I’m quite sure the styles have crossed paths.
The basis of this style is traditional Italian "fencing (scherma)", which is a martial art in which bare-handed combat, sword, sabre, stick, knife etc. are used. Olympic fencing descends from it, like archaic boxing, that of the 18th century.
Looks similar to eskrima probably because they came from the same system namely the espada 'y daga of spain. Italians developed their version and filipinos developed their own version after learning the main art.
Remember: walking up stairs backwards with two sharpened knives is 'super smart'. :) joking. agree100% systema gets grief but they are grwat at i corporating environment. Bravissimo.
Marvelous, realistic approach!
Hmm... I learned something new today. Italy isn't the first country that comes to mind when I think of pokey things. But I shouldn't be surprised. I see a lot of transitional movements very reminiscent of things I've learned in other arts, especially in Systema (here come the haters who are going to tell me its fake, even though they never even tried it... Sigh, ignorance truly knows no bounds... I suggest you look into Kevin Secours, and go tell whatever you want to tell me to him instead). Same with his framing. It looks pretty effective, tbh.
Gotta say though, the silly demo video sold me on this stuff more than any actual fighting. I absolutely want to try it with Peaky Blinders hats on too. And all the posturing too. That shit is hilarious.
I agree about the stairs part... Martial artists don't train in environments, but soldiers do. Navigating stairs is a critical skill for CQB. More martial artists SHOULD do this... what are you learning this stuff for? The possibility of having to use it. If that possibility happens, you think the assailant is going wait for you to strap on gloves and clear the area of obstacles? They aren't. You want a hilarious but far more likely scenario for how an ideal knife defense is going to go? Watch Scary Movie, when the black chick is getting chased by Ghostface. She throws EVERYTHING at him, including the kitchen sink. Believe me, that is exactly what you want to do. There is no honor in getting stabbed to death by a strung out crackhead, or a psycho Karen. Use your environment, get em off balance, and escape. If you can't escape, close the distance and show no mercy. They pulled a knife on you... It's serious, and they intend to kill you. Mercy isn't a part of that equation.
So the question is: how much of Filipino knife fighting was influenced by the Spanish and Italian schools? Because for swords, Filipinos styles took a good amount from Spanish sword play.
That info music deserves a subscription.
Well-dressed gentlemen. No martial art could look more italian.
It's pronounced "Lie-yolo". I love Maestro Danilo. Great video.
Thanks for mentioning the proper pronunciation 🙏🏼
My pleasure. I've got a private with him tomorrow. Thanks again for covering this@@inside_fighting
That intro was hype
Super cool & in depy. I know a half dozen knife styles but this is some new concepts
Excellent content, insightful commentary.
Thanks.
Intresting video thanks for sharing and the commentary, Spanish navaja is another intresting knife/style of fighting.
Knife fighting is a solid skill. But I've never heard of it used outside of military. For self defense, I didn't see any shtf drills, like for example deploying from a grounded position. In street fights whether weapons are involved or not, falling happens all the time, also with people who charge with no respect for self-preservation.
Interesting video, high skills.
Not sure which FMA you practiced but the PTK system does focus on deployment and doesn't focus on just looking pretty. It focuses on lethal effectiveness.
I'm Italian, and where I come from knife fighting is at the bottom of any self-respect, then again it depends on the person and if he can fight..... oh, that's right, most people can't fight, so they use a knife. Having said all that, I do admire the brilliance of the guy's demonstrating their techniques.
❤ the scissors were used by the gypsies often to defend themselves. this art is very old, but I really love his expression of it
What I got out of this video is never mess with an Italian barber.
I love the use of hats...that's a very common thing in weapon martial arts...hats, cloaks, beer mugs...they all appear in much older weapon styles as well.
I'm sold. I've watched a cpl of your vids and I'm 100% into it. Sorry I can't train with your group.
Thanks soo much
Glad you enjoyed and wonderful work and teaching 🙏🏼
May i ask? When you rub the knife against the arm is it to change the grip as i mentioned? I can pin the response so people can see!
As an Italian I have never heard of this style,Once upon a time I know that men rarely killed each other,Only if someone insulted someone else's honor was he challenged to a duel, or treacherously killed,It depends on the type of offense that was committed. For example, if someone touched someone else's wife, he was killed with dishonor,In any case this was done in southern Italy, In northern Italy at least in recent times, as far as I know, people were calmer and less "bloody"
The weird rolling the blade over his arm to switch grips seems like an amazing way to accidentally drop your knife.
Hahhaha but it looks very pretty 🤔 i recently got more in to a traditional form of Silat and they do it with longer blades for rotating the grip
I’ve watch these videos and seen this master. I’d like to see you review Fred Maestro system of silat and FMA
Using the hat reminds a lot to me the sword and cape discipline in the Bolognese style of Renaissance fencing, it is always better to have something to avoid getting cut or parry things when you fight.
Thanks for this insight. This was informative