I really enjoyed this one.

[JowGaWolf]

 

[Buka]

There’s a whole lot of guys in MA that I’d never go against, but Eric Paulson has scared me for about forty years.

But I would have loved to have met the man.

 

[Gyakuto]

It’s a great video!

 

[Holmejr]

While at the Kali Academy, Paul did a lot of classes in the South Asia arts FMA, Silat, etc. In Eskrido, like most FMA these techniques are taught simply as self defense. If someone attacks with a weapon or it’s ascertained that it’s life threatening, we’re not concerned about whether it’s career ending or not.

 

[Steve]

Dudes a badass for sure. I like how casual he is.

 

[Tony Dismukes]

I like Eric Paulson’s material a lot and would love the chance to train with him.

That said, I was a little disappointed in this video. It seemed that often he just jumped to the first technique in his repertoire which roughly resembled the pictures in the Bubishi rather than looking more carefully to see how the details of the illustrations might indicate something a bit different from what he does.

 

[isshinryuronin]

I was a little disappointed in this video. It seemed that often he just jumped to the first technique in his repertoire which roughly resembled the pictures in the Bubishi rather than looking more carefully to see how the details of the illustrations might indicate something a bit different from what he does.

I noticed that too. But he is not an Okinawan karate specialist and probably is content with the way he does things (something I wouldn't argue with him about). While many of his techniques were not exactly as illustrated, they were close enough IMO to show the effectiveness of the kind of things the Bubishi was showing.

These techniques, plus the karate we all are familiar with, give a hint of what the masters were probably capable of in the later 1800's thru the start of the 1900's and what Okinawan karate looked like in its early stages. Definitely not sport or exercise oriented.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

For the sake of technique discussion, at 3.02, he can "crack" his opponent's elbow joint better if he extends his right arm and put the back of his right palm on his opponent's chest while pulling his opponent's left arm with his left hand.