January 2008 Clip of the Month

[disgruntled]

Starting this year i have decided to find a good MA video clip every month for us to discuss. if you have suggestions please PM me.

this months clip is one about Khmer Martial Arts which is a Martial Art from Cambodia. i thought this was a very well done clip and was really interesting because i have never heard of this style before. the clip is from the History Channel's series "The Human Weapon" and was posted on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WjY2plAxtk

[rolltroll]

the clip is interesting. I see a lot of similarity's to muay thai, even the double under hook clinch for the take down. I think if you were to practice that take down you should pay special attention to were you place your grip. I have accidentally broken a friend's ribs with a similar take down. my mistake was i started at the base of the rib cage not centered on the spine. With my lift, I allowed him to slip just a bit as i was lifting so my grip would end up between his shoulders but when the first rib broke his entire body weight came crashing down, breaking a few more before I was able to get him to the floor. So just a word of cation from hindsight.

[disgruntled]

ouch... thank for the advice (and welcome to the forum)

i really noticed the similarities to muay thai too. i would love to learn more about this art and find out if they have similar origins.

do you practice muay thai? and what MA was the throw you were praticing from, or were you just experimenting?

[rolltroll]

i do not practice muay thai. It was a modification to the front seatbelt take down from modern army combatives level 1. long story how the idea came up. i wonder if the history channel provides resources for there show?
yep heres is the link hope it works
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?c...&mini_id=54986
here is a sight i found with a search might interest you.
http://www.bokator.com/

[disgruntled]

those were really great links. up at the top of this site you will see a link for Martial Ats TV they have a good collection of shows from the human weapon series.