Folding Knife Use: The Spyderco Kris - Closed Position
The second video is free flow while I utilize a Spyderco Kris in a closed position. My student attacks as he sees fit. We do not move our legs in this video, mainly so we can stay in frame for the camera. I wanted the viewer to be able to have a fairly close view of these techniques, as some of them are done at considerable speed. Due to the consumer grade quality of my video camera, I am not moving at full speed, but many of these moves are approaching that speed. Without a close range view, many subtleties of these techniques would be lost and, judging from previous experience, my movements start to blur, making for low quality video. In one instance during this video, I parry a blow and then count out ten strikes as I throw them at my opponent, with the series of movements all completed in two seconds.
Tuhan Holloway, July 2007
